First attempt at deer hair

Thanks guys, I appreciate it. This stuff is really fun. I hope to be able to save up some $$$ and buy a few different colors to work on some patterns and stuff. Being broke I just went with the color I figured I'd use the most of.

Here's effort #2, sort of a Muddlerish thing.

Thanks again everyone for the advice. I decided to give a mouse pattern a shot today, and packed with an old pen. I was able to get the hair much more firmly packed with this than I was able to do with my fingers. This is the result.

May I reccommend some things?

1) Pack so much hair on the hook so you cannot possibly fit anymore on it. (see picture)
2) Get a "FuglyPacker". This is by far the best packer ive used. Its much larger then standard packers, and it has little guards that prevent your fingers from getting sliced up. You can get these from Hareline. Pat Cohen designed them. You can get them from his website too. search "rusuperfly".
3. Use a double edged razer to trim. When you pack hair this tight, its pretty hard to trim with sissors. It also gives you a much more uniform cut.

I dont consider myself an expert by any means. These are just some things I had to learn the hard way along my way down the long road of deer hair. Your are looking much better then mine did when I first started. It takes alot of time, practice, and deer hair. Keep it up.