Primitive Archer

Had a buddy of mine pick up a set of yew billets in Cloverdale and wanted them spliced, Shawn showed up just at the right time, we jumped on them and had them cut/fitted and glued up in short order, had to work on the saw a bit but other than that things went smooth, always something in the shop, then Brats for lunch.
 Pappy

Bow tillered out to 52@26, the tip flipping added a few pounds so done a little tweaking on the tiller and brought the weight down to where I wanted it, shot it about 100 times and then on to the tip over lays, deer antler. 
 Pappy

I normally dont like a hickory backing for a 40# bow....it clearly makes the slower bow than boo. But it does stress the belly less. Its the give and take gamble 😁

presuming both boo and hickory have the same effect although in differing amounts....
it would seem with any backing that has a different stiffness than the belly, that "how much" is just as important as "what"

 Thanks Little John, We drew area 25 around Yampa , I think some call it the Little flat tops, Yes plan on packing in about 3/4 miles, we usuall set up a nice base camp and then spike camp out of that but this year we plan on just spiking in, you are right it is getting harder every year to be ready, at 73 it takes me most of the spring and summer to be able to half way keep up with Beau, so far been able to manage but not sure how many more years i will be able to, so trying while I still can.We both have either sex tags so anything goes. Not sure if they have the add on Bear tag in that area but if they do we will get them also. Wished I could shoot heaver also but at this stage I just can't handle more than about 50 at my draw, I usually build a bow every years for the trip and this year the one in the works is 52@26, 550 grain arrow with 160 ace head, I think it will work if I do my part. It's almost finished. so now just need to shoot. Hope you have a good hunt also, check in now and then and let me know how it is going.
 Pappy

Thanks Del
Minimizing set was priority here because of the higher drawweight and in fact it did not take a lot. I glued in about 7cm of reflex and preserved around 4. That is very good imho. My approach was
1 make it long enough 68.5ntn
2 use the better yew
3 heattreat the yew before glueup
4 use hickory instead of boo
5 make a flat belly
6 tiller careful
I normally dont like a hickory backing for a 40# bow....it clearly makes the slower bow than boo. But it does stress the belly less. Its the give and take gamble 😁
Cheers