Thread: Sika hybrid or red?

Still some good Sika traits.

There is a gap between the brow tines and the coronets where as red brow tines are typically hard down.

Brow and trey tines sweep upwards and outwards where as red tines sweep fowards.

Heavy pearling and a hint of a ridge on the left beam.

Skull length doesn’t look that out of place to me.

The tops and lack of defined ridge lines give it away to me but my call is slightly more Sika than Red by about 60 - 40

Originally Posted by Tui4Me

Still some good Sika traits.

There is a gap between the brow tines and the coronets where as red brow tines are typically hard down.

Brow and trey tines sweep upwards and outwards where as red tines sweep fowards.

Heavy pearling and a hint of a ridge on the left beam.

Skull length doesn’t look that out of place to me.

The tops and lack of defined ridge lines give it away to me but my call is slightly more Sika than Red by about 60 - 40

Cheers for the observations, you confirm some of what I thought. You're right there is some ridging on the beams more pronounced on the left. Scull length is 14" so bit big for sika and more red.

Has been a educational experience! Pleased I bought the antlers out, was gonna just take the meat and leave the head.