Low elevation yew

[Blacktail]

that is great steve...i would be happy with any yew...i hope you get some good results with and the wood you just glued up also...cant wait to see the next..john

[Pappy]

Very nice bow Steve,that should be a shooter.
   Pappy

[Kpete]

Badger,
I like that bow!  It is interesting that "conventional wisdom" doesn't always turn out to be wisdom.   I am encouraged to use some "Inferior wood" I have around here.

[PEARL DRUMS]

That bow looks incredibly "heavy". Does yew in general require that amount wood to make a bow? I have a fine low elevation piece of yew as well.

[Badger]

  Pearl, the bow is 19 oz, 1 1/2" wide.

[Blacktail]

you can make a fine bow out low elavation yew its not inferior wood..but as pearl said..the limbs will be thicker and for me that will slow the cast of the arrow....i try to shoot for tight rings...but if i only had low elevation and wide rings i would have no trouble using it...most people in the world of bow making wont even get to try this wood or even get to see it up close....so,if you only have low elevation HECK YEAH give it a try...yew is a great bow wood any way it comes...john

[Gordon]

the limbs will be thicker and for me that will slow the cast of the arrow

Arrow cast is much more affected by limb mass than by volume. There is no reason that a properly constructed bow of low elevation yew should, in general, perform any different than one made of yew with a higher ring count. At least that has been my experience.

[rossfactor]

Don't mean to hijack this, but there was a really interesting discussion on this subject back in 2009.

Linked Below:

http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,15620.0.html