Sorry, I can’t help you on the hunting but used to go there as a kid. The horse flies were miserable but the blue crabbing was spectacular. That’s about all I can bring to memory. I never saw a sika deer but lots of wild horses.

Good luck!

Can’t help you with any input about the areas your going… but i was fortunate enough to get 2 sika in a row down on Blackwater Refuge in MD on 2 succeeding years

They’re not that hard to kill. But they are very wary. I had a very dense holly tree between me and a large spike stag and moved my left foot 5″ slowly and he spooked!

I did get a shot. Hit him a bit forward but still got both lungs… but he ran 50 yards to my right, then back to me and 50 yards to the left, the retraced his steps and came back to me again and ran dead away 50 yards and dropped dead.

I shot a small hind of the year a year earlier… so “cute” I wanted to get down and play with it.:shock:

They’re like shooting super-charged water spiders. They don’t stand still long.

Danged best venison I ever ate and I’ve had antelope, elk, moose, whitetail and mulie… so if you get one, take very good care of the meat… get it checked in FAST and skinned out… in a cooler to cool down and Yummmmm!