No, it's on. That flap of hide laying on top of his front leg is also attached. I flipped it back up and it layed in the shoulder perfectly, looked like a knife had cut it out. Fish and game called me yesterday to say they picked it up and rendered the opinion it was hit offcenter, squarly on the shoulder only, driveing the shoulder out of cavity. He said it was amaseing he made it 30 yrds instead of dieing on the spot.