I've used deer hair dubbing two different ways: 1. I chopped it up and mixed it with finer dubbing that carried it onto the thread, and 2. I did it the "magic tool" way, which is to say, I clamped some hair of the length I wanted in a bulldog clamp, and inserted it in a split thread, or in a dubbing loop, and twisted it into a brush. This results in more of a hackle type effect, and can be trimmed to shape. It helps to have a table to support the thread while you stuff in the hair. The chopped up hair made a good looking, spikey body that's softer than just the plain dubbing.
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