jgar,
Welcome to PAFF. The doe you recently bagged will provide a lifetime's worth of deer hair (except the tail, which you will use up). Deer hair "performs" differently from different parts of the body. First off, the tail: you'll want to preserve this. Just cut the tail off from the rest of the hide, skin it and discard the bone/flesh section. I'd recommend looking over the rest of the hide and selecting 3 or 4 areas with hair you'd like to use for tying. The thick hair along the deer's flanks is the hollow stuff that flares and will spin. Belly hair tends to be white or dirty white (obviously)and not as hollow and therefore is better for streamer wings or large bass flies where you don't need the hair to spin/flare - like a Lefty's Deceiver. Cut sections of the hide in sections about 10" square or smaller (small enough to fit in large zip-lock freezer bags). Get an old board or plank of wood and lay the tail and other sections on the board fur side down and nail 'em to the board to dry. Put some salt on 'em to speed the process and help preserve the hide. Put 'em somewhere dry and out of the way of dogs or family members who might not like the odor. Once they're dry, they'll last for years and shouldn't smell. If they do smell a bit, seal 'em in the zip-loc bags for storage. Good luck with your spring bass fishing.
