2019 05-14 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – May 14, 2019 SB: I think the existing closure is just gonna expire – so probably sometime this summer. I don’t have a date... AA: You going make ‘em public notice that it’s gonna reopen? SB: I’ll have to check with the NARS staff. But I think that it’s just gonna expire. BKK: Is there any other commissioner’s reports? OK. I have something on - next week Monday, Tuesday and Thursday – May 20, 21, 23 – there’s hunter education out in Kona at Kealakehe so if anybody needs to go for some hunting license you find Teresa over there. All right – any other reports? AA: Just over the last few weekends – probably two weekends in a row – one the weekend before last there was a hunting tournament out in Hamakua somewhere – I think it was Laupahoehoe – had a significant number of turnout – I think about 15 pigs in all came out – I never went to that one – but one of my friends said about 15 pigs came out of that one. I was recently at the one in Panaewa – had 40 entrants – 40 hunters – and I stayed – the weigh-ins was 12:00 and it was done at 4:00 and I stayed there the whole afternoon. We weighed in I would say at least 30 pigs came in and not all 40 people came – about 30. One of them was island-wide tournaments and sizes ranged from one 200 pound laho’ole that came in from Kona to one 86 pound boar that came in from Keaau. There was also 180 something pound came in from Volcano, if I’m not mistaken. So there’s still lotta game throughout the Island but there’s also some areas where there’s not and we need to get better communication with the hunters to figure out like what Mr. Dedman said. And we’re working on it. ADJOURNMENT: BKK: Teresa Nakama moved to adjourn the meeting at 8:30 pm. Seconded by George Donev. Motioned carried unanimously by voice vote. Meeting adjourned. Respectfully submitted by: Donna Urban-Higuchi Secretary ASTTEST: Bronsten “Kalei” Kossow, Chairperson 30