RE: hole in cape
holes also seem to grow through the tanning process.
they aughta beable to be sewn and hidden decently...depends on the taxi, and if you cut/torn out hair as well...
i know i had a coon pelt tanned last winter...22 hole right in the head..hardly noticeable when it was skinned...i rough fleshed it myself...then sent it to a tannery to be finished and tanned...got it back and its visible..could be sewn, but hair pulled for 1/8th of an inch around the hole..probably from it stretching and/or bullet damage...
for future reference, when your skinning, you wanna use your knife as littttttttle as possible. neck of a deer you shouldnt had a knife in your hands at all...just pull the hide from the meat...fleshing is better than holes in the hide....ive learned that lesson...i had a bad habit of using a knife when all i needed to do was pull...i was making it harder than it needed to be and wasting alot of time and cutting alot of hide...