Sikas are a little more nocturnal than whitetails. They mostly are seen at dusk or dawn unless you push them. Fishing Bay WMA in dorchester county has over 28,000 acres open for public hunting. It is a saltwater tidal marsh ideal sika country but different than most whitetail hunts. Very wet you have to have high rubber boots or hip waders. And the best access is by boat only. These areas are very thick and you cant even walk thru them. You have to hunt the openings. Or the edges of the thick brush. This is a rifle county during gun season. Like 6pt. said you can take 2 with each weapon bow,rifle or mz. 1 doe and 1 buck. These deer do not count against your limit for whitetails. You can also apply to hunt the Assateague Island National Seashore and you will get the permit. Your right cyclone the lower eastern shore has skeeters that are big enough to mate with a turkey flat footed. And one wrong step and you can sink into the swamp muck over your head. I dont want to scare anyone away from hunting these sikas but we do lose a couple of hunters every year. And as far as eating sikas dont waste your time if you get one just contact me and I will come and get it and properly dispose of it on my grill. LOL

My in-laws live on Deal Island(Dames Quarter), near Princess Anne and Salisbury Maryland. Do I have good sika country by me? I have a buddy who asks me to Dorchester County but I never have time. What do you guys think? Am I amidst the sikas now?

Scott Meier
White Oak Lodge

Let's see if these work.

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and http://ttmb.net/pics13/sika.JPG

Barnes, I believe you have sikas in that area, I think that's Wiccomico county? I know a couple guys who have some property a few minutes from Salisbury, and they have a couple sikas now and then. Either way, you're within 45 min or so of some, I would think.
The pictures above are an average stag next to a whitetail buck, 75lbs versus 172lbs, taken this Nov.
The other one is a really nice stag, placed first in the blackpowder category at the MD Big Buck awards fro that year. He went 100lbs, and is the largest I've seen in person.

BarnesX.308, your in laws are sitting right in the middle of the Deal Island WMA 13,000 acres of public hunting. Yes that is sika country, in the tidal marshes. Also whitetails in the upland areas. You can hunt there with a rifle/shotgun, muzzleloader and bow during the seasons. And your friends place in Dorchester county may have lots of sikas if its close to the water or whitetails if its more upland. The Eastern shore of Md. has put many whitetails into the B&C record books.