Last week I had planned to cut up some black locust with my step dad that was a blow down on a neighbors property. The plan was I help with the waste wood and help him cut firewood and I was gonna pick out some clean sections(if there was any) to split into staves. We first got there and it was a huge hybrid locust. It was a mess,limbs and brush everywhere. The landowner said it took out a yew and I said that makes bows too,and she said I could take some of it as well. I thought maybe it was just another smallish ornamental too crappy for bow wood like everything else. So I climbed the brush pile and saw a 8" diameter yew trunk and went huh. No way. Underneath it all was a huge old yew. Now im also a lil cus they just bulldozed both trees over to the side of there yard to the treeline and some of it got beat up. What a shame
but there is alot still there that's usable and good. It took awhile to unbury it but this is what I found and im smiling from ear to ear. I ve only touched the surface and there's also another tree under there but didn't unbury it yet to see if any of it is good or not. Im gonna have to go back tomorrow and sat to get the rest. This is gonna be a lot of work.
Yew overhaul baby. 20"+ trunk
As you see,some of it got abused
I got one trunk out and cut into a few billets and a couple full lengths. And a couple limbs. There's so much more. A LOT
Once I get it all out ill count it all up and line it all up and snap some pictures. It may not be warweight worthy stuff,but it'll still make some nice hunting bows for sure. From what I seen the ring count is between and varies around 10-25 rpi
