When to stop tillering/shooting yew bows?

[poplar600]

With Winter slowly creeping upon us, when does one stop shooting and tillering yew?

I heard (via the grapevine) that cold weather destroys yew.

[DC]

How cold is your cold? My cold is freezing or a bit below, yew takes that no problem. Now if you live in Lake Baikal

[BowEd]

Ask Pinecone.He'll tell ya.

[LittleBen]

Also interested to know. Up here in NY it can get pretty damn cold in the late season. Teens ... Single digits ... Even subzero is not uncommon. Usually our real cold days are in January after the hunting season, but it's not unheard of to have -10 F - -20F .... Where's the line where you shouldn't be shooting/ hunting a yew bow, but also wood in general?

[poplar600]

I hear mixed opinions.

[Badger]

    Most every yew bow I have lost happened in a very dry climate, never cold but dry. If the cold weather dries it out too much Thats where I would worry.

[Bryce]

I've shot yew in 9 deg weather and in the dry hit high desert.....never had a problem.
The one time I did have a problem is when I left a yew bow in my hot car for a few days then stopped at the range in my way home.... First pull BOOM! 9 piece blow out


This years mule deer I shot in the driest part of the Oregon alvord desert, yew longbow did its job

[jayman448]

I dont know what the type of wood his bow was made of but the only explosion due to cold my one buddy  had was somewhere around -30C

[Del the cat]

Dunno, anywhere near freezing is too cold for me to work or shoot.
Once it's below about 8deg C I quit.
Certainly wouldn't be tillering in a freezing cols workshop.
Del