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Places to shoot warbows
WillS:
Forgot about this thread until just now. Funnily enough, after all the difficulties trying to do it properly, I ended up going to a farm just down the road and the farmer had no issues at all. So now I have a 300 yard field to chuck arrows down anytime I want. Bootiful.
On the subject of sourcing yew here in the UK, I've found the best way to go about it is find people who sell wood-turning materials. Yew is used very often due to it's colour and sap/heart boundary and if you ask them if they have any bigger bits they haven't yet chopped up they tend to say yes. It's also a very good idea never to mention how hard it is to find. I learned that the hard way, and had to pay too much for some yew logs. Handled carefully, you can either pick them up for free or a fiver if you're friendly enough.
Never had much luck with churchyard yew. It grows very crooked and quite often now the yew trees found in churches are fast-grown landscape yew which is pretty rubbish quality, especially if you're building warbows.
JW_Halverson:
So this means you aren't popping over to France? They will be glad to hear that.
Congratulations on your new place to shoot. Like any fine motor skill, archery is something you just have to practice regularly to improve. Glad it worked out for you!
dwardo:
--- Quote from: WillS on August 16, 2013, 03:52:35 pm ---
One farmer I contacted a good while back actually decided to get in touch with the local council because he was worried I might succeed, and the "Head Officer For Parks And Open Spaces" contacted me telling me to stop asking land owners to let me partake in a dangerous activity without proper consultancy from local authorities!!
--- End quote ---
What a muppet. That farmer needs a hobby, maybe bow making.
Peter-t123:
you should have come to the shoot last week m8
WillS:
Would have done, but I just couldn't get across to Kent by the Saturday morning. Will be at the next one though!
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