I have a question about your sika.I have only took one and it was a doe a few years back so thatmaybe part of my answere! Did your have a smell? Not a nasty dead smell but a muskie smell like a wet rutting deer?The meat from mine was good,real dark and rich flavor...not something I would suggest eating alot of at one sitting,or more sitting was in near future!
I could only eat a 1/4 as much of it at a meal as I could the axis or fallow but still great table fare!Congrats on your sika,maybe someday I will get a chance at a buck!