Sika Deer

Sika

Sika

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Not sure if any of you know of this little elk we have here in Maryland. It's a free ranging herd that is the product of a few that were brought here in the early 1900's. I took a stag in each of the seasons this year. There are plenty of public hunting opportunities if you are so inclined. Contact me and I can get you started.

Nick
 
I've hunted them twice...guided. Have yet to see one (while hunting). We hunted the first time in Jan. a few years ago. Guide assured us late season was best, over feeders. Said they're addicted to corn. Well, it was so cold, they couldn't keep the feeder batteries from dying. We froze our butts off 2 days, and got run out by a huge snowstorm.

Guide tried to make it up to us...gave us a free hunt the next fall. We chose to hunt the "rut" in early Oct. It was completely the opposite weather...90*, buggy, dried up swamps, buggy, humid, oh, and did I mention BUGGY. Those skeeters are EVERYWHERE. I still itch thinking about it. (Thank goodness for Thermocells).

Anyway, a buddy got a spike the afternoon we arrived, before the real heat hit us. As soon as the heat came, they went completely nocturnal. We could hear bugling them all night long from the place where we stayed, just couldn't find 'em in the daylight.

This was private land, south of Blackwater. I do want to try it again sometime though.

bownut
 
have alway wanted to hunt them. hunted a place last week all week long that was supposed to have them. It was supposed to be over run with deer also. we were there to take five does each as a managment tool for Texas Parks and wildlife. I saw 2 deer the whole week where we could hunt and 20 in town in the Walmart parking lot, alive and roaming around!!!!!
 
Texas Sika are of a different origin than those we have in Maryland. Actually, there are several different strains of Sika. Ours came from Yakushima Island in Japan. We've had a free ranging herd since the 40's and have had hunting seasons since the 60's.
 


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