These are beautiful skins that are soft and supple. The skins in winter are a gray-brown with longer, softer, hair and guard hair. The hair length is approximately 2" long for the winter deer. One random adult deer weighed 7 lbs. (3.17 kg).
Supplies of the winter skins are generally available.
Fallow deer are not endangered and are not subject to CITES. The animals are not killed just for their skins. These deer were hunted for meat. The skin is saved and tanned.
A USFWS export permit is required for shipments outside of the United States.