Tips for selecting deer hair

Deer hair textures - Different animals have hair with different textures - and different uses

Intro Hide chart Hair textures Hair types Stacking Cleaning Muddlers The author

It's not trivial to choose hair for a wing like this. Photo and fly: Hans Weilenmann

Explanations:

Type Texture Stiffness Length (") Length (cm) Elk       Bull Medium   1-2½ 2.5-7 Cow Coarse   1½-2½ 3-7.5 Yearling Medium   1½-2½ 3.5-7 Hock Medium   ¼ 0.6 Mane Fine   3-6 7.5-15 Rump Coarse   2½-4 7-10 Deer       Body Coarse   1½-2½ 3.5-7 Neck Medium Soft ¾-1¾ 2-7.5 Texas whitetail Fine   ¾-1¾ 2-7.5 Early season Medium Stiff ½-¾ 1-2 Yearling Medium Soft 1½-2½ 3.5-7 Antelope       Generally Coarse Brittle 1-1½ 2.5-4 Caribou       Generally Fine   ¾-1½ 0.6-4 Moose       Body     ½-2 1.5-5 Mane Coarse   2½-8 7-20

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