I had the darnedest experience with some yew lumber. Got some 40" long 2x4 pacific yew, very clean, and it dried for a year before I touched it. Was already pretty dry. I had a buddy band saw out a couple of blanks to splice for an ELB and as soon as he cut them, they warped into S shapes. I steamed them and set them back straight, but it wouldn't hold - went back to the s-shape after a few days. So i used a wide backing strip, spliced them, and backed as-is for what will be a kind of wacky character backed bow. Tips and handle line up. That glue up has been sitting around since last summer and I haven't gotten to it.
Dave