Yew shorty, really shorty

[upstatenybowyer]

I saved this short but clean little piece of Yew from the chipper at my local highway department. It's 41" ntn and pulls 57# at 22". Shortest bow I've ever made. Shoots very fast, but hard to control.

The tips are whitetail antler from Greenriverwoodcraft
finished with tung oil

[upstatenybowyer]

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[PEARL DRUMS]

You got that tiller nailed down, looks good. Don't feel bad, I cant shoot those herky jerky shorty's either. I need a full draw to even start to shoot accurately.

[Stick Bender]

Very cool little bow those Hwy department guys are good to know the can access a lot off diferent trees nice tiller peepy little shorty 

[osage outlaw]

Cool little bow!

[penderbender]

Sweet little bow jeff. I have made a few of those little yew shorties in the 40" range they are fun to shoot. Cheers- Brendan

[upstatenybowyer]

Thanks gang. I just couldn't bare to see such a straight little piece of yew turned into mulch. 

[Marc St Louis]

Yes that is a very nice little bow

[mullet]

Cute! I like it.

[Del the cat]

Those little bows are punchy... when I shoot 'em, I punch myself in the mouth
Del

[BowEd]

You made the best of her.Nice job.

[Floridabowyer]

You did an outstanding job on that shorty! That is my kind of bow since I'm kid poor and can afford the staves!😀

[Whiskeyjet]

Really neat bow!  Yew grows in NY?  I'll have to get my pops scouting for that too LOL.

[Greenriverwoodcraft]

Great job

[upstatenybowyer]

Thanks again guys. Yeah, we've got Yew here. Most of it's Irish Yew, but English Yew is a popular ornamental tree. We had a huge windstorm a couple weeks ago, and when the huge pines and lindens came down they took out a lot of smaller ones with um. My buddies at the Highway Dept. always keep a look out for me and throw all the straight looking Yew in a pile off to the side.