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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting <br />Minutes – January 14, 2020 <br />MRH: Muzzle loaders – they were doing that for a while. <br /> <br />?: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I mean, I know \[unclear\] pig hunters in here they <br />would react the same as Mr. Mendes, you know, but we – just a few of us – <br />how about we hold another meeting with some pig hunters that we can gather <br />and have their feedback... <br /> <br />NP: Sure... <br /> <br />?: ....here at this GMAC hearing. <br /> <br />NP: Yeah. <br /> <br />?: Yeah? <br /> <br />?: Excellent. <br /> <br />?: Thank you for your time. <br /> <br />NP: Thank you, Jaerick. So, ah, Kanalu and Ian. Have you noticed the pig <br />population in Kaohe – that out of control or unusually high? Are you setting <br />pig traps in that area? <br /> <br />?: We don’t trap in Kaohe itself. We do trap in the mitigation area adjacent to it <br />so they are actively removing pigs in that mitigation area? <br /> <br />NP: Under the core critical habitat. <br /> <br />?: So it’s that mitigation that was kinda to replace the critical habitat that was lost <br />because... <br /> <br />MRH: The reforestation... <br /> <br />?: That was lost because of the Daniel K. Inouye Highway... We got to mitigate <br />for that and replace, you know, that lost critical habitat. <br /> <br />NP: Right... <br /> <br />?: So that old Lau lease, um, and so we are actively removing pigs from that <br />area, um, but within Kaohe Game Management Area we are not eradicating. <br />We don’t trap or anything like that and so – I’ve only been here five years – <br />have I seen an increase in pigs in that area? No. From discussions with a few <br />hunters – most hunters are not very interested in hunting pigs on Mauna Kea <br />cause those pigs aren’t as nice, I guess, as pigs... <br /> <br />NP: Not as much fat... <br />22 <br /> <br /> <br />