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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting <br />Minutes – June 25, 2019 <br />MC: Yes. Like I mentioned earlier – I do have a jig that I will go to land – put this jig <br />down – put this jig down – take my grass samples – I will dry it out to see <br />exactly how much pounds of dry matter I have for how much pounds of <br />animal. So one of my biggest concerns is, you know, a lot of this game <br />management been going on for a while – they’ve been talking about it and <br />they even have the right research done to make a call on eradicating animals <br />or anything like that – so I’m hoping what I’m talking about with this jigs on <br />trying to figure out your dry matter and everything will actually help with the <br />research and development thru this project. <br /> <br />TN: So this is Teresa – so what you’re saying is – we have to ask the question <br />what type of science- research needs to be done on the land so we can <br />determine what is the carrying capacity for that area? <br /> <br /> In other words like you gave us an example 1,000 feral animals on the land <br />but then it it’s a dry season the hunters can come in and manage the <br />numbers of that to dwindle down to maybe 500, but if it’s a wet season there’s <br />a lot of food for them and now the numbers is up to 1,600 and then now the <br />hunters come in and manage the animals back down to a 1,000. <br /> <br />MC: To a thousand, yes. Correct. <br /> <br />TN: So that kind of carrying – so we’re looking at carrying capacity. <br /> <br />BKK: I apologize for my handwriting I can’t speak while I write – so you have <br />anything else there Mark? <br /> <br />MC: Well, cause I going be honest – carrying capacity like that is one of the key <br />things to the whole game management. <br /> <br />TN: So who will do the management and the oversight of an area to determine, <br />you know, there’s an abundance of number and now the number has to go <br />down is my question – who would be determining that factor? <br /> <br />BKK: Ian can you answer that? <br /> <br />TN: And this would be on county – is park and recreation be part of this. So who is <br />in charge of the hunting area on county if we’re talking about making home <br />rule on game management plan... <br /> <br />?: No county – all hunting areas is all state... <br /> <br />TN: It’s all on state land <br /> <br /> And private? <br /> <br />24 <br /> <br /> <br />