Spotted Sitka

Anyone have one? What are they worth?

Depends.....

There are at least 3 sub-species of Sika that are spotted (that I know of):

1. Manchurian Sika
2. Formosan Sika
3. Dybowski Sika

All of them are typically $2,000+ for large bucks. I have a property with GIANT Dybowski Sika.....and they charge $3,750. Yes, that is expensive for any Sika, but when you see a big one....you will agree it is worth every penny!! They are absolutely gorgeous!!

Buddy just killed one on his deer lease free range Dybowski from what I can tell from photos not a giant but little over 20's and free still will make a cool mount.

We've got pure manchurian's and they're pretty spendy.

Our manchurian's are hitting 24 inches by their 3rd year.

Lots of crosses starting to show up these days as the dybowski/manchurian crosses are now pretty readily available at auction.

All but the melanistic japs (the black, black) ones will have spots this time of year. So hard to tell you what it'd be. Sure it's just a cross of some sort.

It looks exactly like an axis, except for the neck hair.

Any pics? I would love to see them.

Here's the only one I have....

Beautiful animal his looked exactly that but antlers were not that big

That thing is awesome!

Here are a couple of Sika not Sitka. Sitka is a type of Blacktail deer.

Those are awesom

Dang it 007007 you caught my typo and you still wont show the whole trophy room

007007 is holding out us. You guys need to get on him too so we can see his collection

IMHO Sika deer are underrated. I will shoot a Sika over an axis any day. I personally think they are prettier and they taste better. I have a top 10 ROE Formoson Sika bull on the wall and would definately shoot another one in a heartbeat.

Post the pics

Very good looking sika bucks.

ES- the one in the pic is beautiful.

007007, back up an take another picture, PLEASE.

Manchurian on the left, dybowski on the right?? Beautiful critters for sure.

I think Sika are an awesome critter to hunt, and calling them in the rut is a blast. IMO they get a bum wrap because a) most people are only familiar with the Japanese variety and b) even those get shot too young on a lot of places.

As mentioned above, with the prevalence of the larger subspecies showing up, I think you'll see a lot more interest in them.

Exactly right Txnrog!

Ok Lonnie....Here you go!

huge blackbuck there, very nice!

ac

NICE!!!!

007007 show us all the mounts you gotta quit teasing us

Sorry BMD ...I didnt mean to take over your thread.

Alot of great animals on that wall.

YOU THE M A N,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

just keep posting pics of that collection

Here is a Sika. It was spotted and weighed 199lbs.

WOW very nice.

Nice mounts.

Which variety is smaller and doesnt have spots? Mine is about whitetail size and Im not sure if its a cross or what.

Japanese - There are actually about 20 varieties of sika, but no one knows where the original version most common in Tx comes from, but they are from one of the Japanese islands.

This one's mostly japanese

Which one is this?

Everytime I type Sika iPhone changes it to Sitka

Just one of the many things autocorrect on an iphone does. Sika to sitka is mild compared to what a lot of what autocorrect does. There is a website of svrewed up autocorrects. Would post the link but this is a family friendly forum

Nice sika your friend got. Love those targets of chance showing up

Lol I hope someone can identify it for sure

Hard to tell for sure.....I'm sure it's probably either a Dybowski or Manchurian (or cross). Sika are so crossed up in Texas, it's damn near impossible to know 100%.

Yep and the bad picture doesn't help

I was told this is Japenes, and supposedly a big one. Its 24" and looks good on the wall so Im happy. Bow killed in 2005.

looks great....I am looking forward to adding exotics to my collection.

Looks like a Dybowski to me BMD.
David

Thanks David. Now let's see those trophies

Nice

Hard to tell in summer coat, but my guess would be young dybowski or dybowski cross (latter more likely). Manchurians have spots in summer coat, but they're not as well defined as that. Manchu's are a little more muted in color than an dybowski all the way around, and their spots mostly fade out in the winter coat (which is pretty grey).

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how much did all the mounts cost u + the animals fees...just curious

DAMN...I agree with BMD...show it to us...quit teasing...PLEASE

he won't give in