Yup, that is true. In fact, this past weekend when I was at my lake cabin with my younger cousins we made a bow in like a day. First I went on the edge of the woods behind us to look for wood and found this nice curved(not evenly curved throughout it) stick that was about 1" in diameter. I cut it 70" long and cut out a shelf and cut out notches for the string and tied some nylon string to it. My first shot I nailed the bull's eye from about 10 yards away with it. After that though, it started to lose its "spring" and would barely shoot 10 yards before hitting the ground. Then, finally, my 9 year old cousin broke it while shooting. It broke right above the shelf. Not a hunting bow....but still fun to make.