I took some time and got my brushow all dressed up! A bow doesn't *feel* like a bow to me w/o a leather wrap. The stitching on this one is tied tight just above the bowbolt and left loose below it. There's just enough play to loosen it, slide it over the split and take the bow apart.
The feather is from one of my first pheasants. I'm not a superstitious man, but carrying some remembrance, a small fetish from a prevoius hunt, again just *feels* right to me.
And here's someone else who's all dressed up for the hunt:
Thanks to my wife's relatives this little guy has more camo than I do!
Here he is watching some zebras: