Masa i budowa tuszy oraz jakość poroża jelenia sika (Cervus nippon) w Polsce

It was found that the average carcass weight in the group of stags, does and fawns harvested during the hunting seasons of 1993/1994 to 2003/2004 was 46.46 kg, 33.66 kg and 21.22 kg, respectively. Zoometric measurements provided the basis for developing a sika deer profile. In the case of the average stag they were as follows: carcass weight – 47.37 kg, carcass length – 108.77 cm, height at sacrum – 87.05 cm, height at withers – 81.18, chest girth – 91.95 cm, while in that of the average doe: 34.46 cm, 134.96 cm, 71.83 cm, 79.13 cm and 85.09 cm, respectively. During the last ten hunting seasons the average weight of antlers was about 1.2 kg, and eight−point stags dominated in the population analyzed (approx. 50%).