Dominant or Master Eye

Just as you have a dominant hand, you also have a dominant eye. You need to aim with the dominant—or master—eye for the most accurate shooting. Usually your dominant eye is the same as your dominant hand, but not always.

To determine your dominant eye:

1. Form a triangular opening with your thumbs and forefingers.
2. Stretch your arms out in front of you.
3. Focus on a distant object while looking through the triangular opening and keeping both eyes open.
4. Close one eye at a time. The weak eye will see the back of your hand; the strong one will be focused on the object in the triangle.

Learn to shoot with both eyes open. It will improve your peripheral vision when using a scope and will give you better vision of your sight and target when using open sights.