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Post by 92notch on Dec 11, 2006 16:36:16 GMT -5
I hunt in Mardela Springs, MD... Heard some wacky noise in the woods ... like a whistling or bugling or something ... I think it may have been a sika deer. Does anyone have a sound recordings of a sika deer ... of know what they sound like? ... I’m really wondering if the property I hunt has sika deer on it (no one has taken nor seen one on the property)
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Post by THE DEER HUNTER on Dec 11, 2006 16:40:18 GMT -5
I don't have any recorded, but the sound is similar to that of an elk. With it's location, it is very possible that there are sika deer on the property.
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Post by BuckMaster on Dec 12, 2006 8:58:50 GMT -5
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Post by 92notch on Dec 12, 2006 9:59:57 GMT -5
Yup, there are sika in Mardela Springs ... thanks for that link above .... I was mistaken the yak-yak-yak noise for a weird assed turkey ... definitly been hearing that yak-yak-yak too.
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Post by Bartman on Dec 12, 2006 11:10:21 GMT -5
No doubt there are sikas in Mardela!
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Post by wicomicojoe on Dec 12, 2006 23:10:28 GMT -5
There is a guy who makes a sika call, I believe his name is Doug Whitfield. My dad bought the call for me and made a copy of the instructional cd. I will forward the contact information when I get it from pops, if your interested. The cd demonstrates all of the vocalizations of the sika.
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Post by osprey on Dec 16, 2006 12:24:26 GMT -5
Yes, there are sika that far over. A few have been seen by the bypass in Salisbury, too. Tagging studies a few years ago at Tudor had one that summered near Decoursey Bridge in Dorchester but in the fall would migrate all the way to Mardela for the winter. Seen a few myself down toward Quantico and below Hebron.
Be careful on that yak-yak noise, we've got several marsh birds that make a VERY similar noise, one of the rails I think. Hear it all the time in the marsh but rarely is it a sika.
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Post by cmac on Dec 17, 2006 20:26:35 GMT -5
Definitely Sika in Mardela Springs. Hunt near there and got a 7 pointer that booked out at 54 5/8 at the buck expo in Frederick this past August. It would have been a perfect 8 but the split tine on the left was busted off.
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Post by Hardcorehunter on Dec 17, 2006 20:53:03 GMT -5
Wow that sounds like one great stag. Love to see some pictures if you get a chance to post em. Anyone know the top scoring sika stag measurements?
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Post by Bartman on Dec 18, 2006 12:53:17 GMT -5
Yeah, it's an 8pt that scores 75" an some change. I think the guy that shot it owns Whitmarsh Arms or something.
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Post by wicomicojoe on Dec 20, 2006 22:34:28 GMT -5
Here is the information on the sika call. The guys name is Doug Wifield. The name of the call is Sika Seducer. His phone number is 410-742-1445. He has an advertisement in the Fishing and Hunting Journal.
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Post by BuckMaster on Dec 20, 2006 23:12:47 GMT -5
I have that call from Doug and it is great. I used it this year down at Blackwater and had a bugle off with a sika stag out in the marsh. I am soooo hooked on sika hunting that I am taking a week off next year to go down there.
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