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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting <br /> Minutes —July 20, 2015 <br /> of hunt able area. Open up more parking areas and stay with the parking <br /> and stalk. <br /> Recent news release, PTA conducting a game management shut down — <br /> a break— a hiatus to look at what can be done to improve the hunting for <br /> the community and to take a hard look at the bird season and provide as <br /> many hunt able acreage as possible - to keep the animals in the areas. <br /> Q. Does DOCARE get involved with you on any enforcement action? Do <br /> they patrol along with you? <br /> A. Yes, State lease land. Other would be turned over to County PD <br /> depending on what level of violation that there is. And, yes DOCARE <br /> patrols with BM as well. <br /> Comment: When DOCARE files a game violation - any fines are supposed to go <br /> into the Wildlife Revolving Fund. However, the fees are being turned over <br /> to the County's general fund which does not go toward hunting. We would <br /> like to see anything that could be turned over to DOCARE go there which <br /> would sustain that program (WRF). <br /> Q: Is there a hotline number if somebody sees someone that shouldn't be <br /> there? Is there a person there? <br /> A: Yes, PTA Police desk number is on the hunter's hotline. Brian's duty cell <br /> phone will be added to the hotline shortly. <br /> Both men were thanked for all that they are doing at PTA to enhance the <br /> quality of hunting. Not everyone pleased with the changes but in the long <br /> run it will benefit the whole hunting community. The community must be <br /> supportive of these changes and look at ways to help. Encourage anyone <br /> in the hunting community to get involved with starting up a hunting club — <br /> one does not have to be a hunter. Thank you to the Colonel for his <br /> commitment. <br /> Chair Lodge asked if there were questions from the public. <br /> WM- Hi, good evening. My name is Wayne Matthews. I've been in and out of <br /> these meetings and different agendas for a while. I just, number one I <br /> guess I'd like to say I like what I'm hearing to a certain extent but I also am <br /> concerned the new Colonel he's only here on assignment for <br /> approximately two or three years at the most and we've had different <br /> agendas with different colonels and couple years back we had a colonel <br /> who, my understanding was — they were from Hawaii and they understood <br /> the culture so they were a little more lenient in the hunting and things went <br /> well — then had another colonel come along that was on the other side of <br /> 9 <br />