Fact---A true Mule deer-Blacktail cross WILL HAVE a black stripe from the base of the tail tothe black tip on the end of the tail. This is not a opinion. This is fact. By the way Finnbear I get off my butt and get out often. I also live in theColumbia River Gorge andspend time there from one end to the other. Oh by the way that buck is no Blacktail. Lay off the crack pipe.