Nothing much new under the sun Will B. Look at a pic of Pope ,and Young's museum bows, and the animals they killed with them. That was a century ago. Most of us could only dream of that kind of hunting success, and their bows were made with top notch wood like Yew, and later Osage, and their bows were top notch even by today's standards. They killed Polar Bear with them. With a good piece of premium wood like Yew ,or Osage you are 70 percent their.