Shoot with Both Eyes Open

We're back at Nardis Gun Club with today's bullet point: Should you shoot with booth eyes open? The answer is, yes you should.
When we close one eye, we're eliminating half the information we can take in. When shooting, we want to take in as much information as possible. I know that can be challenging, especially when that target starts getting a little further out. The tendency when that target gets further away is to start *aiming (focusing too hard and closing one eye). I get it, we've all done it and some of us still do it. What I'm here to talk about is how to stop that, get both eyes open, and start taking in more information so we can become better shooters.
The first step is to understand eye dominance. What we need to understand is which eye is our dominant eye. We're gonna have one eye that is naturally stronger than the other just like we write and throw with one hand. To figure out which eye is dominant, pick a small spot on the wall. Next, place your left and right hand together-make the smallest sliver with the webbing between your index fingers and your thumbs. While keeping your focus on that spot on the wall with both eyes open, we're going to bring our hands slowly back to our face until they land on an eye. For me, I'm left eye dominant and I shoot right handed. According to some, I look with the wrong eye or I should shoot left handed. I'm not going to do that. Others think if you're not going to shoot left handed, then you need to tape up your glasses and to train your right eye in order to make your right eye your dominant eye. I'm here to tell you that’s not necessary. All I'm going to do, when I present my firearm, is turn my head a little bit to the left. By doing so, I'm getting my dominant eye in line with the sights of my firearm. That's it. That works. The same thing applies if you're a same-handed shooter with your dominant eye. Let's say I'm a left handed shooter and my left eye is dominant. If I'm having difficulty closing that eye when I shoot, I'm going to do the same thing but with the other side. All I have to do is go to the same side, getting my dominant eye over that line of sight.
Understand that when we close one eye, we lose our depth perception. That's fine, depth perception is what it is-it's a perception. Even with both eyes open, I'm working on experience. I'm not deducing the distance about how far things are away from me. Also, if I close one eye, I'm not going to all of a sudden start tripping over things. When we add stressors to our shooting, we're becoming better shooters through the process. The more information we can take in, the better shooter we're going to become. So, shoot with both eyes open and give these two techniques a try. I believe what you'll will find is it may be a little bumpy at the start, but you will become a better shooter on the other side of it.
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