Primitive Archer

I ran my formula with the numbers you gave me and the dimensions are exactly what they need to be for the poundage.

I have opinions on the profile of a bow, but being uncertain of their accuracy, ill only say what I firmly believe to be true. The more you stress the inner limb, the more torque you get, the more you bend the outer limb, the more horsepower you get. The limbs profile AND length needs to be built according to those goals. Longer gives more torque shorter more hp. Which, is a large reason my shirt bows have a hard time keeping up with Arvins long bows in shooting broadhead, but also why his long bows struggle against my short in flight.

Headed to my in-laws in OH next week and want to take a day to "dig" some rock at Nethers. I know my time and money would be better spent buying rock but that's not a whole lot of fun. Is it still the same setup in years past w honor system, cash in Dropbox, etc...

Thanks for any insight.  Paul

Relative humidity is the key here as stated.  My bows that sit up in my rack in the house here will be quite dry as winter months go by and susceptible to potentially breakage if I take it out and start shooting it without acclimating it’s mc a little first.  Sadly I’ve learned this the hard way.  Cold and very dry are bad combos.   Some woods are more resilient than others but it’s a potential issue.  The bow I broke recently was a tillered bow with no bow sealer or coating on it either.  That could also contributed to mc loss perhaps too.   

Great advice from hamish!  I agree with working it down a bit to floor tiller at least then reassess things from there as to heat corrections or steam.  Lately I’ve been using more steam bending and heat corrections on my yew builds.  Little safer and less potential for overheating belly wood.  Yew is indeed magical stuff.  Just don’t overheat it and try to avoid heat correcting same area more then once if making corrections.  If you sapwood is questionable these yew bows take well to sinew.  I e done a number of them now it’s a great combo.  Even using tb3 with sinew as your glue works quite well too.  Lots of help here when you get after it.  Post lots of pics and ask lots of questions when you need.  A lot of good experience from the members here.  Del has his own YouTube channel too that’s great reference for yew builds.  Keep us posted. 

OK, I'll leave 'er be.  Thanks, guys! 
For my future reference:  This bow was originally going to be a fiber-backed antelope bow, short so I could shoot it out of a blind.  Is there a way to make a bow this length draw to 27"?  (I really do draw that far, Pappy--I have long arms!)  Bendy handle?  Sinew backing?  I don't like short draw bows; the inability to anchor messes with my aim.