Tips for selecting deer hair

Hide chart - Selecting hair from the right part of the hide

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This drawing shows where to find different hair types on the hide of a Whitetail deer harvested after the directions described in the introduction to this article.

Northern woodland whitetail deer Harvested during November-January

Mask (1) - short, medium texture, marginal for caddis, Comparaduns. Spinal cord area (2) - fine texture, fairly long. For wings. Body (3) - medium length, usually coarse to medium texture. Good for spinning medium to small bass bugs, also useful for Madame X, hopper patterns and others where floatability is required. Rump and belly (4) - long coarse hair ideal for spinning large bass bugs, mice etc. White belly hair excellent for dyeing. Legs (5) - short, fine textured hair. Good for small Wulff patterns, small caddis Bucktail (6) - Ideal for streamers, trolling flies, Lefty's Deceivers

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