White-Tailed Deer Hair Can Give Clues

Knowing the different colors, lengths, and textures of hair on a white-tailed deer can help you determine where you hit the animal when you examine your arrow or when you find hair at the hit site.

• Back hair is long, dark (often black-tipped), and coarse.
• Neck hair is like short back hair except it is light-colored on the front of the neck.
• Brisket hair is very dark and is twisted near the junction of the neck and the body.
• Side hair is short and brown with dark tips.
• Bottom of the rib cage is a mixture of white and dark brown hair that is straight, moderately long, and thick.
• Belly hair tends to be white, long, fine, and sometimes twisted.
• Tail hair is very long.
• Hair on top of the tail is dark brown tipped with black.