2022_08_16 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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LT: Yeah. AG: \[Unclear\] always nowadays I could have zoomed in on that thing’s eyeball like what kind of \[unclear\]. LT: Yeah, so, it’s like, is it real? It could have been just a big cat, yeah, and it’s far away. You just… AG: I have no idea. It kinda looked like one mountain lion, one bobcat or something, but being Holualoa get so much hunters up there, but there is in that area there’s some ghost pigs is what the locals they say, ah, when I run into those pigs that thing went burn my dogs every time so maybe it’s a cat, you never know… LT: Oh, maybe… AA: Yeah, so, Abraham – District 5. So just for everybody’s information there’s a picture going around on social media that there’s this mountain lion up in the Holualoa area so for those that didn’t know that – that’s what the quick discussion is about. LT: If you go look at the map, Leomana – District 3, if you go look at the map and you guys kind of just gauge by the surrounding neighborhoods that people have money, they have huge compounds with exotic animals, cause in Hilo I grew up, my neighbor had monkey, we have ibex over here. I saw black bucks, ah, you know, I saw all the animals growing up, so, I mean, bobcat isn’t too far out there. AG: I know my brother when we was like 15, 16, he was hunting South Kona Forest Reserve and he claims he saw one black panther in the forest, but that was years ago. Who knows. LT: \[Unclear\] enough. Thank you. SW: Sylvia Wang, Deputy Corporation Counsel, I’m sorry this conversation is very interesting but it has strayed from the agenda. \[Unclear\] please return to the agenda. AA: Sorry, we were just looking at – the discussion was the \[unclear\]. Ah, District – 7, vacant. District – 8, Cortney? CO: Hello everyone, I was hoping to have an update for you on the Kailua Pier being reopened but I have not heard anything from them so hopefully next time I’ll have something to report. And Barbara actually brought to my attention, I’m not sure exactly if this is in my district or if it’s further south but she sent me a note about the opening of new management area called Waiea Natural Area Reserve, um, it’s a 1269-acre plot of land in South Kona known as the Waiea Tract. So 29