Upon having a closer look at this deer species, one can only adore them )) they have so many fascinating traits and specialties, which distinguish them from other cervids. It would take 2 pages here to write them down, but if there ever will be some major catastrophe to bring mammals / cervids on the brink of extintioen, sika will survive it.
And already now, they don't go hard on the forest, they can much better cope with human intrusion into their habitats, they are ways better in terms of resistance against parasites and immunity, they cope much better with a narrowed genetic pool and it is said that sika venison is the best there is.
I have always disregarded them because of their relatively poor head/trophy, but i am growing up/getting older ))) and I enjoy now hunting more because of hunting on its own and much less because of a trophy... Change in philosophy ))
And I have soaked up a podcast / radio documentary about them and am now a fan of that deer race.
Finally, any population outside their recent habitat (Southeastern Asia) is vivid wildlife protection ex situ.
