page_title: Sika deer
section_title: Hunting
hierarchical_section_title: Sika deer / Hunting
caption_attribution_description: English: Title object: "Joganden no tsuki" (Joganden moon). Title series: "Tsuki hyaku sugata" (One Hundred Aspects of the Moon). Ukiyo-e by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi depicting Minamoto no Tsunemoto hunting a sika deer with a yumi (Japanese bow). Minamoto killed a deer in the palace grounds in autumn 932. 日本語: 弓で鹿を仕留める源経基を描いた『貞観殿月』（月岡芳年「月百姿」）
context_page_description: The sika deer also known as the spotted deer or the Japanese deer, is a species of deer native to much of East Asia, and introduced to various other parts of the world. Previously found from northern Vietnam in the south to the Russian Far East in the north, it is now uncommon in these areas, excluding Japan, where the species is overabundant.
context_section_description: Across its original range and in many areas to which it has been introduced, the sika is regarded as a particularly prized and elusive sportsman's quarry. In Britain, Ireland, and mainland Europe, sika display very different survival strategies and escape tactics from the indigenous deer. They have a marked tendency to use concealment in circumstances when red deer, for example, would flee, and have been seen to squat and lie belly-flat when danger threatens.
  In the British Isles, sika are widely regarded as a serious threat to new and established woodlands, and public and private forestry bodies adopt policies of rigorous year-round culling.
  The main predators of sika deer include tigers, wolves, leopards, and brown bears. Lynx and golden eagles target fawns.
caption: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi Ukiyo-e depicting the Minamoto no Tsunemoto hunting a sika with a yumi
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