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Sika Cross - is it a Silk Deer or something else?

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11:38p, 1/11/18
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We have a lot of Sika and I am very familiar with them. We have seen a handful of elk over the years and one Silk (Sika-Elk) cross. Not sure where this ugly guy falls so I am polling the OB




For size reference, these are normal Whitetail next to same feeder:
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7:31a, 1/12/18
Elk/roe deer cross

"Roelk"
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7:35a, 1/12/18
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not a rag horn elk?
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In reply to OnlyForNow • 7:42a, 1/12/18
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I don't think so, but possibly.
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In reply to OnlyForNow • 7:45a, 1/12/18
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This might have been him in 2013, which is very Silk looking:
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In reply to ttha_aggie_09 • 8:40a, 1/12/18
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I don't know anything about sika. But that sure doesn't look like any elk.
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8:42a, 1/12/18
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I don't usually say this, but that is one ugly critter.
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In reply to ursusguy • 9:28a, 1/12/18
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But would you eat it?
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In reply to ttha_aggie_09 • 9:54a, 1/12/18
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ttha_aggie_09 said:
Not sure where this ugly guy falls so I am polling the OB
He falls after you shoot him in the neck with a .270

This is the OB

EOT
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10:17a, 1/12/18
If you shoot near him with a .50 cal, the shockwave from the projectile passing by will kill him and suck the eyeballs out of his head.
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In reply to OnlyForNow • 11:14a, 1/12/18
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OnlyForNow said:
I don't know anything about sika. But that sure doesn't look like any elk.
Doesnt look like a Sika either but certainly has some qualities of both.

Damn sure eat him!

Damn sure is ugly.

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11:38a, 1/12/18
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crazy looking critter. Silk seems reasonable to me. Make sure it's not a barasingha, then enjoy backstraps
(not saying that's what it is, just that you should make sure it's not)
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12:31p, 1/12/18
AG
Went to a YO auction 5-6 years ago and they were selling some true Silk, aka Elk/Sika crosses. They looked identical to your pictures. Silk typically have the neck "mane" that are similar in Elk and are usually larger in body size than a pure Sika....but not always. I knew the rancher who bought them and he said they ate good!
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In reply to Charismatic Megafauna • 12:45p, 1/12/18
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NRD09 said:
crazy looking critter. Silk seems reasonable to me. Make sure it's not a barasingha, then enjoy backstraps
(not saying that's what it is, just that you should make sure it's not)
Why make sure it's not a barasingha?

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In reply to 1990AG • 1:17p, 1/12/18
AG
Barasingha are protected and require regulation to own or harvest.
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In reply to Gunny456 • 1:21p, 1/12/18
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Wow. How the heck is an invasive species protected in Texas?
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In reply to AgEng06 • 1:28p, 1/12/18
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The same way they tried to regulate Scimitar Horned Oryx, Addax and Dama Gazelle a few years back. They are not just regulated in Texas but federally in U.S. Animal rights activist/ Obama admin. would rather have them go extinct than have them hunted on ranches in the U.S.
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In reply to Gunny456 • 1:36p, 1/12/18
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Gunny456 said:
Barasingha are protected and require regulation to own or harvest.


I dont think it is one but the only ones I have ever seen are on the way to Port O and those might be Sumbar or Rusa Deer not Barasingha
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