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Jaro:
Hello, these are the results from shot we did in autumn in czech. It was shot in temperatures around 5-10C and some crosswind.
We only had 6 bows for 9 people haha, no doubt to fact that Pajas yew bow demised due to cold and Marc st Luis bow finally gave out in one limb (and me being lazy and not making bow for myself).
Nevertheless, I still think the distances are fairly good, especially those shot with bows of mere 100#.

Galery for your viewing pleasure (or not) :

http://picasaweb.google.com/martin.kovac05/Medlanky2009#

I shot borrowed bow of 130/32", which I can only draw to 30" (as usuall) with my fingers much taped with hockey tape, due to old injury which never gives up.)

Jaro

zeNBowyer:
So  Jaro
are  you  saying  yew  bows  fail around freezing  temps?  That  would  be  suprising,
I've  seen Art  Young  in  pictures  hunting  with   yew  bows  in  the  NW  and  Alaska

Marc St Louis:
Nice pictures Jaroslav.  Did that HHB give out during this shoot?  You must have put thousands of arrows through that bow.  I guess you need another?  :)

Rod:

--- Quote from: zeNBowyer on December 07, 2009, 11:36:51 am ---So  Jaro
are  you  saying  yew  bows  fail around freezing  temps?  That  would  be  suprising,
I've  seen Art  Young  in  pictures  hunting  with   yew  bows  in  the  NW  and  Alaska


--- End quote ---

Never had that problem myself and I have shot the same good self yew bow in conditions ranging from summer heat in Missouri to all day in snow and sleeting conditions in the Lincolnshire fens in February.
The weather at either extreme affected the archer far more than the bow.

On the other hand I have seen a hickory backed yew of 50lb or so DW that was left for a few nights in an unheated shed during a cold spell here in the UK and the moisture content must have frozen, it felt like an ice cube fresh out the freezer and would not bend at all, trying to brace it would certainly have broken it.

Nice pictures.
What is that scary looking bow that only bends in the handle?
Did you shoot a scoring clout?
That clout boss looks a tad small to me, or the ring it sits in too big...   ;)


Rod.

mullet:
  Cool pictures, Jaro. I'm curious about that bow also. Is it a reflex/deflex Warbow?

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