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Offline Bryce

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Re: Todays Yew Haul..
« Reply #15 on: September 16, 2012, 04:07:41 am »
Alright raven thanks for picking that up for me, why don't you just bring those logs over around noon on Monday :D

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Offline Del the cat

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Re: Todays Yew Haul..
« Reply #16 on: September 16, 2012, 06:57:46 am »
Jeez that makes me jealous!
I spotted a nice big ole Yew in a churchyard, loads of big verticals with a nice clean 6" diameter on tucked away in the middle.
The church has no vicar at the mo' so I E-mailed the local archdeacon asking if I coul harvest that one limb for a suitable fee... he said he'd pass my request but wasn't hopefull as many trees have 'tree presevation orders' on them and even if they didn't there would have to be a survey of the tree blah blah blah... >:(
Maybe my mistake was askin' ? >:D
I'm still waiting on another 6" limb which I asked a forrester on a country estate about in April... the wheels grind exceeding slow but fine when it comes to finding decent Yew in the UK :(.
Maybe it's time to don my Ninja outfit and creep out under cover of darkness... shhhh, you ain't seen me right? ;)
Del
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Offline k-hat

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Re: Todays Yew Haul..
« Reply #17 on: September 16, 2012, 09:22:14 am »
Lucky yew!
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Offline Matt Heppe

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Re: Todays Yew Haul..
« Reply #18 on: September 16, 2012, 02:29:13 pm »
The only yew I've ever seen is the yew people plant around their houses. Sometimes it grows quite large, in fact I just found a row that had been abandoned for a few decades and has many branches 5-7 inches in diameter.

But I have never seen yew like you posted in your photo. Are we talking totally different types of yew?

Is the yew I've found good for bowmaking?
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Re: Todays Yew Haul..
« Reply #19 on: September 16, 2012, 02:44:58 pm »
Quote from: Matt Heppe on September 16, 2012, 02:29:13 pm
The only yew I've ever seen is the yew people plant around their houses. Sometimes it grows quite large, in fact I just found a row that had been abandoned for a few decades and has many branches 5-7 inches in diameter.

But I have never seen yew like you posted in your photo. Are we talking totally different types of yew?

Is the yew I've found good for bowmaking?

Irish yew is a common lawn plant.....It's also worthless
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Todays Yew Haul..
« Reply #20 on: September 16, 2012, 05:30:32 pm »
Quote from: Del the cat on September 16, 2012, 06:57:46 am
Maybe it's time to don my Ninja outfit and creep out under cover of darkness... shhhh, you ain't seen me right? ;)
Del

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Offline Hunter Van Winkle

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Re: Todays Yew Haul..
« Reply #21 on: September 16, 2012, 05:34:58 pm »
Oh god, i'm so jealous!! To think of those precious trees being treated like garbage, the humanity.

Where abouts you at? You said north island, i'm thinking northern washington?
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Offline dwardo

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Re: Todays Yew Haul..
« Reply #22 on: September 16, 2012, 05:40:02 pm »
Quote from: Del the cat on September 16, 2012, 06:57:46 am
Jeez that makes me jealous!
I spotted a nice big ole Yew in a churchyard, loads of big verticals with a nice clean 6" diameter on tucked away in the middle.
The church has no vicar at the mo' so I E-mailed the local archdeacon asking if I coul harvest that one limb for a suitable fee... he said he'd pass my request but wasn't hopefull as many trees have 'tree presevation orders' on them and even if they didn't there would have to be a survey of the tree blah blah blah... >:(
Maybe my mistake was askin' ? >:D
I'm still waiting on another 6" limb which I asked a forrester on a country estate about in April... the wheels grind exceeding slow but fine when it comes to finding decent Yew in the UK :(.
Maybe it's time to don my Ninja outfit and creep out under cover of darkness... shhhh, you ain't seen me right? ;)
Del

The old adage comes to mind.
Its easier to ask forgiveness than it is to ask permission ;) After all they are in the business of forgiveness.
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Offline rossfactor

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Re: Todays Yew Haul..
« Reply #23 on: September 17, 2012, 12:08:16 am »
Got an estimated rings per inch on those?  The biggest log there looks about 18" in diameter. With a 9 inch radius and 40 RPI that puts that tree at 360 years old. Wow. 

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Offline Blacktail

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Re: Todays Yew Haul..
« Reply #24 on: September 17, 2012, 02:19:03 am »
good score.it just blows my mind that they where cutting it up for fire wood..do you have to get a permit to cut yew..john
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Re: Todays Yew Haul..
« Reply #25 on: September 17, 2012, 04:08:04 am »
Well...

We went out again today but to a different spot.   We loaded the truck and trailer again.  The clearcut we found this time is massive and you wouldn't believe the quantity of yew that is cut down and left.

Off hand most of the logs are pretty twisted,  so not sure if it will be bow wood or not,  Either way.  there is so much there we are thinking of stocking up.    But for now,  the recent batch will be off to the mill.
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Re: Todays Yew Haul..
« Reply #26 on: September 17, 2012, 04:12:33 am »
 :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o ??? ??? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
nice!
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Re: Todays Yew Haul..
« Reply #27 on: September 18, 2012, 02:05:55 am »
Holy crap! Maybe I need to move to Canada. The forestry service has gotten real stingy here in Washington. I'm having trouble even getting a permit to cut vine maple--and it's just an overgrown weed!
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