An old professor of mine who taught ecology and required Sand County Almanac to be read by all of his students shared this article with me. I knew Aldo Leopold hunted with the bow and arrow and made his own arrows, but I had no idea he also dabbled in bowyery The link shares a letter he wrote to a friend describing a yew bow he had just made for him. What a great writer!
bowhunting.net/artman/publish/Dr_Dave_Samuel/Aldo_Leopold_the_Bowhunter.shtml
Moderators: if this direct link is not allowable, can you please delete only the link?
The letter can be found by copying and pasting this excerpt into your search engine:
Does a yew tree glory in fashioning from mere soil and sunlight a wood whose shavings curl in ecstasy at the prospect of becoming a bow? These are questions meant for an archer to ask, but for no man to answer.
