2013 PA Bow Trade...PLEASE READ ALL RULES FIRST(pg. 1)

[Squirrelslayer]

Got some nice staves ready to work just need to know who and I'm off to the bench ....  One of them is a nice piece of Yew...  count the rings to kill the time while you wait for the info on your victim

there are 35-36 rings in the heartwood not sure about the sap wood

[JW_Halverson]

I hope the person that drew my name doesn't have a limited choice of just yew to play with.  Yew see, yew fails in my dry climate.  If I were to receive a yew bow I would cry, knowing there would come a day when I could no longer resist.  I would have to string it and shoot it.  And it would blow up, sure as anything. 

I can think of no better wood for a bow to hunt antelope, but fated to fail from over-drying.  But if yew got yew, you can get vine maple, cascara, and lots of other stuff I have never worked with, so it's all good. 

[Bryce]

I hope the person that drew my name doesn't have a limited choice of just yew to play with.  Yew see, yew fails in my dry climate.  If I were to receive a yew bow I would cry, knowing there would come a day when I could no longer resist.  I would have to string it and shoot it.  And it would blow up, sure as anything. 

I can think of no better wood for a bow to hunt antelope, but fated to fail from over-drying.  But if yew got yew, you can get vine maple, cascara, and lots of other stuff I have never worked with, so it's all good.

I get if it's backed with sinew it won't;)

[Keenan]

I keep hearing about yew not being able to handle dry climate but have a hard time believing it as I live on the edge of the high desert and have hunted with multiple yew bows for years. Never had one fail except the ones that didn't survive the tillering tree. has anyone experience with yew failing from a dry climate? If so please show stats


 

[JW_Halverson]

The buddy I learned from has had three yew ELBs blow at various stages including one that was rawhide backed and tillered so gently you would think it was made of nitroglycerine. 

[TNArcher1969]

Well Trade bow A came in under weight... starting trade Bow B... this time will be alittle less agressive on the tillering...