A bit of hunting from Japan

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11 April 2012, 17:15

Hokkaido

A bit of hunting from Japan

Here is a bit hunting here in Hokkaido from the rut (roar). It was a good year with lots of big stags taken. Looking forward to next year. Thanks to Allan Foot for putting this video together.
Hokkaido 2011

11 April 2012, 19:41

impala#03

Looks like a cool hunt!

11 April 2012, 20:28

Singleshot03

Interesting hunt in a unique location . Great looking animals and good video.

13 April 2012, 17:42

BrettAKSCI

Very cool! Thank you for sharing!

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15 April 2012, 00:44

Jim Kelly

Ok this video is awesome! How do you go about booking a trip to Japan? Are these Sika Deer importable into the USA and can you bowhunt for them??

15 April 2012, 21:15

bhtkevin

Texas has Sika behind high fences and also a large population free range in the Hill Country. Many people hunt them with bows also. If you are really interested I can send you reliable contacts. With that said, hunting them in Texas is fun but doesn't look like it compares to the hunting in the video. That looked incredible.

16 April 2012, 05:49

ghostbird

Congratulations on a good season Eric.
Enjoyed the video... thanks for sharing.

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17 April 2012, 18:32

Caracal

Superb stags, thx for sharing!

18 April 2012, 03:28

Equinsu Ocha

Awesome as always, Eric.
Thank you for sharing the film. Very entertaining to see a new locale and new hunt not familiar to most.

18 April 2012, 09:54

Nakihunter

Wooooow!

You should start a guided service where you take guys along & they watch you shoot these big stags! You might even have a few crazy Kiwi Sika cult followers take up the offer!

21 April 2012, 12:03

RELBAT

Very nice footage. Looks like a lot of fun. How does one go about getting more information about this hunt?

22 April 2012, 17:55

dorsethunter

Amazing video!

Really interesting to view. I have done some work with Manchurian in parks in UK and find all species Sika very interesting.

24 April 2012, 18:36

Hutty

Great video. Those Sika deer are huge and way bigger than the Sika we have running around the swamps here in Maryland.

Sounded like you were using an elk cow call? We use those along with a Sika deer call when hunting them during the rut here in Maryland.

Thanks for sharing.

29 April 2012, 04:27

tendrams

quote:
Originally posted by Jim Kelly:
Ok this video is awesome! How do you go about booking a trip to Japan? Are these Sika Deer importable into the USA and can you bowhunt for them??

Careful. Somewhere here on AR there is another thread on this topic where I believe the same OP informed us rather bluntly that we were all shit out of luck. A shit storm followed as I recall.

29 April 2012, 23:22

Norton

quote:
Originally posted by tendrams:
quote:
Originally posted by Jim Kelly:
Ok this video is awesome! How do you go about booking a trip to Japan? Are these Sika Deer importable into the USA and can you bowhunt for them??

Careful. Somewhere here on AR there is another thread on this topic where I believe the same OP informed us rather bluntly that we were all shit out of luck. A shit storm followed as I recall.

Epic thread that was....but I think they kissed and made up at the end of it all.

Nice video....you're a lucky man to be able to hunt there.

04 May 2012, 02:56

Jim Kelly

Not sure what we have to be careful about? Just thought the hunt looked fantastic, if it's not a trip that people can do......well that's fine. Great footage!