LAST EDITED ON Feb-18-13 AT 08:22AM (MST)[p]Sageadvice,
thanks for the compliment on my mount. The "happening" was the most chaotic thing I have ever seen. It has totally changed my outlook on what could happen while hunting. Nature always takes its course, I just happend to be there at the very moment it happend>--->
As far as velvet antlered deer go, I agree with you on the reddish brown hair. some of them look like an old rat on their last leg. My buck only had red hair on his shoulder and I was falling out every time I touched it. I am not sure if its due to age or he was just done shedding his winter hair. When I got the cape back from the tannery, almost all of the red hair was gone. There is still quite a few long red hairs but they blend in pretty good. He has the most beautiful summer cape I have ever seen.