Are you ready for some Sika Deer Chili? Backstrap may be the first cut everyone gets excited about after a successful sika deer hunt, but ground venison is often what hunters bring home in the greatest quantity. That is not a bad thing. Ground sika venison is one of the most useful wild-game meats you […]
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Grilled Sika Deer Backstrap: A Simple Eastern Shore Recipe
There are plenty of complicated wild-game recipes available, but when I have a good piece of sika deer backstrap, I prefer to keep things relatively simple. Sika venison has a rich but mild flavor, and a properly handled backstrap does not need to be soaked overnight or covered with enough seasoning to hide the taste. […]
Hunting Pressure: The #1 Reason You’re Not Seeing Deer
If there’s one thing that separates consistently successful properties from ones that struggle year after year, it’s not genetics, food plots, or even deer numbers. It’s hunting pressure. I’ve seen properties with plenty of deer feel completely dead. And I’ve seen properties with moderate deer numbers produce incredible hunts year after year. The difference almost […]
Can Sika Deer Get Chronic Wasting Disease?
Can Sika Deer get chronic Wasting Disease like whitetail deer do? This is another one of those questions that I get asked quite a bit by our hunters so I thought I would share what I have learned in doing my own personal research and from what I have learned from the National Deer Association. […]
How Sika Deer Ended Up in Maryland
When most hunters in the U.S. think of deer, they picture the familiar whitetail with its tall, wide antlers and white-tipped tail flashing through the woods. But here on Maryland’s Lower Eastern Shore, we have something truly unique — the Sika deer, a smaller, darker, and far more elusive species that feels like it belongs […]
Why You Should Sit All Day During The Rut
By Captain David Fletcher – Owner, Nanticoke Outfitters, Maryland’s Eastern Shore As I’m sitting here this morning watching the rain pour down, our hunters are poised and ready to head out to the blinds in anticipation of things clearing up this afternoon. The sound of rain on the roof and the smell of coffee in […]