(As Seen on our Property)

So, you want to be a Sika deer hunter?

Can you see the 6-point Sika buck? (click on photo to enlarge)	Can you see him now? (click on photo to enlarge)
Sometimes you are lucky if you see this much of the deer. More often the only thing you see is the doe head in the marsh needle grass. (at the center right water's edge in the picture) (click on photo to enlarge)	This would be your shot if you were lucky enough to see the deer. The next thing we knew, we had lost sight of him...Notice a doe in front of him. (click on photo to enlarge)

• Day 1 - 3 hunters saw 17 Sika deer....2 hunters got their doe, while the other hunter missed his shot.
  


• Day 2 - 3 hunters saw 13 deer and 1 hunter shot a doe.
  


• Day 3 - 3 hunters saw 14 deer....1 spike Sika deer was killed. An 8-point white tail buck with a nice rack was also seen.
  


• Day 4 - 5 hunters saw 20 deer, including a Sika doe that was shot. 3 spike Sika deer were seen and 1   4-point Sika buck was also observed.
  


• Day 5 - 1 hunter saw 4 Sika doe and killed 1 doe...also saw a 6-point Sika buck.
  


• Day 6 - 2 hunters saw 12 Sika deer and killed 1 doe...also saw a 5-point buck.
  


• Day 7 - 2 hunters saw 10 Sika deer...also observed were 2   6-pointers and
  1   4-pointer.
  


• Day 8 - 1 hunter saw a 6-point Sika buck and a doe.
  


• Day 9 - 1 hunter (with binoculars) saw 10 doe, 2   6-point Sika deer,
  1   5-pointer and 1   4-point Sika buck.
  


• Day 10 - A hunter killed a 5-point Sika deer...pictures are shown below and outstanding video footage will be available soon on the web site.
  
        



• Day 11 - 1 hunter saw a 6-point Sika buck and 3 doe. The 6-pointer was within 15 yards from the hunter, but he was unable to get a shot off.
  


• Day 12 - A hunter saw 10 doe and 3 stags (2 were 6-pointers).
  


• Day 13 - 6 hunters saw 7 doe and killed 1. They also saw 2 spike Sika deer, but missed both.
  


• Day 14 - 6 hunters saw 8 Sika doe, shot and missed 1 and killed 1. They also saw 1 whitetail doe and 1   6-point Sika buck.
  


• Day 15 - 5 hunters saw 2 Sika spikes, shot at and missed 1. The hunters saw 5 Sika doe, shot at 1 but the the arrow bounced off.
  


• Day 16 - 2 hunters saw 1 doe.
  


• Day 17 - 5 hunters saw 17 deer, missed 2 deer.
  


• Day 18 - 2 hunters saw 4 doe, missed 1 doe.
  One hunter had video and video taped a 6-point Sika buck mating a doe. Film footage will soon be on our web site. We believe this footage is very rare and to our knowledge no one else has footage of Sika deer mating in the wild.
  



Muzzleloader season for the following 3 days

• Day 19 - 12 hunters saw 12 bucks which included 5   6-pointers, 1   4-pointer,
  1   5-pointer, 2 spikes, and 3 stags (with unknown points).
  They also observed 19 doe.
  


• Day 20 - 12 hunters saw 4   6-pointers, 2 spikes and 15 doe. The hunters killed
  2   6-pointers, 1 spike and 2 doe.
  
        
  Chris (left) with a 6-pointer and Rob (right) with his first buck
  


• Day 21 - 2 hunters saw 2   6-pointers, 2 spikes and 4 doe.
  


• Day 22 - 1 hunters saw 3 doe.
  




Rifle season

Pictures from the first week...

    



    

(through 12/01/09)

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