| Sambar Deer Hunting Florida | | | | highest concentrations in southern Dorchester |
| Obviously, when the word deer is mentioned, most | | | | County. Sambar Deer Hunting Florida |
| of us think of whitetails, since they are the most | | | | The Sika males are called stags and females referred |
| predominant deer species in North America. But over | | | | to as hinds. Both of which are very vocal, especially |
| the past few decades there has been another deer | | | | during the rut. The Sika is more closely related to our |
| that has received a lot of attention by hunters, | | | | native elk then whitetails, therefore they are one of |
| biologists and wildlife viewers. | | | | the most vocal of all the deer species. During the fall |
| The Sika deer is a nonnative species and is not | | | | and early winter breeding period, stags can be heard |
| related to our Sika black tails of the northwest and | | | | bugling across the marsh, with most of this occurring |
| Alaska. The Sika's I'm referring to are actually more | | | | early in the morning and at dusk. Hinds also vocalize |
| closely related to our native elk. They are not native | | | | using soft bleats and whistles to communicate with |
| to North America but originate in Japan, Taiwan and | | | | other females and their young. |
| eastern Asia. Captive Sika's have been reported in 34 | | | | They differ from whitetails in appearance in size and |
| states in the U.S. with wild populations found in | | | | color. Adult Sikas will stand about 2 ½ feet at the |
| Texas, Virginia and Maryland's eastern shore. | | | | rump and have proportionally shorter snouts, legs and |
| It has been reported that Clement Henry, an eastern | | | | ears. Adult stags weigh around 90lbs., with mature |
| shore resident, released five or six Sika deer in 1916 | | | | hinds weighing around 60lds. There coat is a reddish |
| on James Island in the Chesapeake Bay. Then in the | | | | brown during the summer months and a dark |
| 1920's, some of the Henry stock was released onto | | | | chestnut to almost black during the winter months. |
| Assateague Island. | | | | Stags are typically darker and have a shaggy main |
| Over the years, the deer have moved onto the | | | | around their neck. They will also keep their white |
| mainland of Maryland, taking up home in the marshes | | | | spots into adulthood which are most noticeable during |
| and wetlands of the lower eastern shore. Today, | | | | the summer. Unlike whitetails, who raise a large white |
| Sika deer inhabit Dorchester, Wicomico, Somerset | | | | tail up when alarmed, Sikas have a white rump patch |
| and Worchester counties of Maryland with the | | | | that flares outward. |