I broke my homemade yew longbow last summer (a pity, I waited for five years for it to be dry and stable). Now I understand why yew that grew in atlantic climate was not used in the middle ages and why bowmakers used Italian or Spanish yew. I still have one long and fine yew branch drying, but it's gonna wait for long before I dare using it.

Until then I use a basic leisure bow (quite an huge one).