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Japanese: $4,500

Golden/White: $6,950

Dybowski Sika: $6,500

Manchurian: $6,950

Platinum Class – TBD

Lodging & Meals Packages

Pricing is per hunter and covers accommodations and meals. Trophy fees for each species are additional and selected at checkout.

3-Day, 2-Night Package: $1,000 per hunter

4-Day, 3-Night Package: $1,350 per hunter

5-Day, 4-Night Package: $1,700 per hunter

Lodging & Meals Packages

For non-hunters who want to stay at the lodge and join the experience.

3-Day, 2-Night: A Private Room for $885 per person, a Shared Room for $600 per person

4-Day, 3-Night: A Private Room for $1,180 per person, a Shared Room for $800 per person

5-Day, 4-Night: A Private Room for $1,475 per person, a Shared Room for $1,000 per person

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August 8, 2016 Monster Dybowski Sika Deer Hunt

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At Texas Hunt Lodge, our guides specialize in putting hunters on various species of Sika Deer, offering the finest selection of Trophy Sika Deer available worldwide. This includes Dybowski Sika Hunts, Manchurian Sika, Formosan Sika, and Japanese Sika. With no seasonal restrictions on hunting Sika Deer in Texas, these exotic deer can be pursued year-round. However, the best time to hunt them is from August through March when mature males are fully antlered and in prime condition for trophy harvests.

We empower our hunters to select their preferred method of hunting Trophy Sika Deer, whether it’s Spot and Stalk, Bow Hunting, Rifle Hunting, Black Powder, Safari Style Hunting, Handgun, or hunting from a Blind. Our goal is to accommodate hunters of all ages, experience levels, and physical abilities.

The Platinum Class represents a truly one-of-a-kind specimen and showcases some of the largest animals of its species ever harvested at Texas Hunt Lodge. These elite trophies are extremely rare and carefully managed to provide an unmatched hunting opportunity. This class is specifically designed for serious hunters pursuing record-book animals, with strong potential for qualification in both TGR (Trophy Game Records) and SCI (Safari Club International).

With our expertise and dedication to providing exceptional hunting experiences, Texas Hunt Lodge ensures that every hunter has the opportunity to pursue and harvest their desired Trophy Sika Deer, making memories to last a lifetime.

Sika Trophy Fee

Japanese: $3,950

Golden/White: $6,950

Dybowski Sika: $6,500

Manchurian: $6,950

Platinum Class: TBD

Sika Deer are truly an exotic species and will make an excellent addition to your exotic trophy collection. They are small to medium-sized and in general are compact animals with a short wedge-shaped head. Sika deer can range in color from mahogany to black. They can be but are rarely white. All colors carry a distinctive black dorsal stripe from the base of the skull to the tail.

The antlers of an adult male are usually 8 tines but antlers having 5 or 6 tines per side sometimes occur. Females carry a pair of distinctive black bumps on the forehead.

The Sika Deer are closely related to Red Deer, Central Asian Red Deer and elk. The Sika deer found in the Texas Hill Country stem from several different sub-species including Manchurian Sika deer, Dybowski’s Sika, Japanese Sika, and the Formosan Sika. Formerly, Sika was native from southern Siberia and the adjacent Japanese island of Hokkaido south, along both the mainland and islands, to southeastern China and Formosa. They are disappearing rapidly from their range due to habitat loss, but Sika were introduced to 77 counties of central and southern Texas in 1939, with free-ranging populations known from 12 of these counties. The last count in 1988 showed the total Texas population to be in the upward 11,000.

Smallest is the Japanese sika (Cervus nippon nippon), which is native to the main islands of Japan. It stands about 31 inches (79 cm) at the shoulder and weighs about 105 pounds (48 kg). The summer coat is reddish-brown with many white spots, changing to dark brown without spots in winter. The sharply defined white rump patch is broken by a narrow, dark tail stripe. (Another small sika deer found in Texas is black year-round without white spots or rump patch. It has always been called Japanese sika and is thought to be a color phase.) Mature bucks have four points on each antler and a beam length of 16-18 inches (41-46 cm).

Considerably larger is the Formosan sika (C. n. taiouanus) of Taiwan, with a shoulder height of 38 inches (97 cm) and weight of about 175 pounds (79 kg). It is a very beautiful animal, with a summer coat of bright chestnut with prominent white spots, becoming a little more drab in winter with the spots less prominent. The white rump patch has a noticeable black border and the black tail stripe is more pronounced than in the Japanese sika. Antlers have four points on a side and 18-22 inch (46-56 cm) beams. Listed as endangered by the USF&WS (1979) and the IUCN in its native land, it may actually be extinct in the wild, surviving only in zoos and private herds in other parts of the world.

Larger still is the Manchurian sika (C. n. mantchuricus), which is native to southern Manchuria and Korea. It stands 38-40 inches (97-102 cm) at the shoulder and weighs as much as 240 pounds (109 kg). The summer coat is a rich chestnut-red with rather faint spots, and a white rump patch bordered with black. This changes in winter to deep brown on the body and bluish-black on the neck, with the spots barely discernable. Trophy antlers will measure 24-26 inches (61-66 cm), with four points (sometimes five) to the side.

Largest race in Texas (and in the world) is the Dybowski or Ussuri sika (C. n. hortulorum) from the Ussuri region of southeastern Siberia and eastern Manchuria, and northeastern Korea. (It should be noted that most biologists now consider Manchurian and Dybowski sika to be the same animal.) Shoulder height is as much as 43 inches (109 cm) and weight may be 250 pounds (113 kg) or more. The summer coat is reddish-fawn, with small white spots that extend onto the neck and often fuse into rows on the flanks. The coat turns dark yellowish-brown in winter, with spots barely visible or not at all. There is a vague dorsal stripe, the white rump patch is bordered with black, and the upper surface of the tail is reddish with a black stripe. Antlers measuring 28-36 inches (71-91 cm) have been recorded in Siberia and Manchuria, usually with four points to the side, but sometimes with five or even six.

All sub species of sika will interbreed and-because few ranchers in the United States have kept the subspecies separate-the result is a multitude of hybrid forms. While sika deer on some ranches may appear to be purebreds of this or that subspecies, there is no way to be certain. For this reason, all North American specimens are combined for Record Books including Safari Club International.

Typical sika deer antlers have four points to a side-the main beam plus three tines. A strong brow tine grows close to the burr, a trez tine (no bez tine in sika deer) grows from the top or front of the main beam, and an inner top tine grows on the inside of the beam to form a forward-facing terminal fork. Some sika stags will have additional tines, which usually are basal snags or extra top tines, and these tines are always non-typical.

Sika Deer meat is probably the strongest flavored venison meat, which leaves much interpretation to be made. The Chinese fancy the meat, while many Americans dislike its strong gamey taste. Book your hunt with Texas Hunt Lodge today and get your beautiful trophy Sika deer!

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