In the Early 1900s, a Maryland landowner released just five or six Japanese sika deer, and their descendants spread across four counties and Assateague Island

In 1916, five or six Japanese sika deer were released on James Island in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay. That small introduction became the foundation of a population that would eventually spread across much of the lower Eastern Shore.

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