Wow, that sure is nice and tight!
![Shocked :o](http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/Smileys/default/shocked.gif)
I live in Europe, so we have
Taxus baccata here. Even the bext "high Italian Alps" yew rarely gets a ringcount higher than 40 or 45 per inch. Myself, I get my yew from sealevel up to 150 ft. (50 metres) above sealevel. I'm happy with a ringcount higher than 25, but even 15 rpi will make a nice light bow. I have used 50 rpi yew though, which is pretty unique in its properties.
![](http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c316/JorikSwier/Yew%20logs/Yewlogs001.jpg)
Here's some of my high ringcount yew.