Kiptail

[skiptomylu]

I agree Skip. I have to be careful with some of my bucktail as it will crush and flair out like a bad hair day. As if I had hair. LOL I tend to think their is a big difference between young and old deer tails but they don't come with age tag. One thing I do know is that I use Kevlar thread on my bucktail to lock it in and not pull out with toothy critters. If I pull too tight, and you can pull a lot, it will flair really wide. Tend to pull really tight in the first third of my wraps from the head and back off tension on the back end to calm down flair. Hollow hair is finicky for sure.

All of what you're saying is what I have seen also and I think kiptail is a lot easier to tie because of the hollow hair the bucktail has. I also prefer to find Souther Deer to tie with because the hair is more fine and not as much trouble to me. So when they say Large Northern Bucktails I know that's not what I want most of the time. However they do have their place too. The deer up where you are will have larger hair than the ones down here and will flair worse.

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