If the king and yew were dead ?

[bushboy]

I'm with the elm lovers,then rock maple,the real porous woods like oak and ash not so much!

[Slackbunny]

Hophornbeam for me. I love that stuff.

[SLIMBOB]

Elm and Hackberry.  Too many others I haven't tried yet that are on my list, HHB, BL, VM, to name a few, but Elm and Hackberry make sweet shooters.

[Hrothgar]

Hickory or elm.

[Bryce]

I think your title is wrong. Yew is king

Second choices either of these 4
VM, oceanspray, osoberry, cascara.

[bushboy]

Elm is the. Prince I guess !did I mention that I love eLmbk

[rossfactor]

If Yew and Osage were gone, I'd go right on making Plum bows like I did when there here. Nuff said.

Gabe

[Youngboyer2(billyf)]

Hophornbeam, I have a good source. Then I make the aliens take all the musclewood with them because they probably need something better at sucking up water than salt flooding spaceships and all, . And while they are at it they can take all the multi flora rose, I don't care if it makes the best arrows on earth, ihe stuff tears me up
-billy

[Bryce]

If Yew and Osage were gone, I'd go right on making Plum bows like I did when there here. Nuff said.

Gabe

Finally got around to that purple leaf I was talking about. That stuff if GREAT! Easy to work. Compression and tension strong plus the purple bark is just beautiful.

[Jodocus]

sambucus nigra.

[rossfactor]

Shhhh Bryce,  don't tell anybody.    Can't wait to see some pictures of your bow.  I'm building a white oak recurve for a gentleman right now,and man it makes me miss my plum.  Something about that purple leaf that just says 'bow.'
Gabe

[doulosparachristos]

Oregon ash, Cascara!

[Pappy]

HHB/Reds Elm/Persimmon/dogwood/Hickory/Hackberry. Plenty of other good stuff that will make a fine bow if treated right.
   Pappy

[Del the cat]

Hazel, plentiful and easy to work, virtually no knots.
Maybe Ash if I wanted to agravate my elbow joints during the making.
Del

[blackhawk]

Black locust...hhb....dogwood....elm..