2023_11_21 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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AA: Volcano transfer station. ?: Volcano transfer station. AA: Right above the – and even just access like better, safer access. I’ve been talking with you guys about that for quite some time and I only get one more meeting, so I decided to try use what no power have on this Commission since I’ve been talking as far as access – like we was talking about clearing roads and stuff like that in the Kapapala and I know Brian talking about upper Mauna Kea, which is good – that’s all \[unclear\] prior to bird season but up in District – 5 in the Kulani Forest Reserve – up Puu Maka’ala and stuff get tree planting road \[unclear\]. You know, couple years back you guys came in you guys did a good job cleaning, you know, opening up the roads and had some flak from of the other hunters like, well, you guys opening up road – we’re getting everybody gonna go – but technically not that much more presence that actually went into the hunting areas in my opinion – so if we can get some kind of system like that up and going again – come back in and \[unclear\] one maintenance thing every couple years or something \[unclear\]. JPC: We’re probably due for one again… AA: Yeah. JPC: ….with the machine… AA: Yeah, yeah, with the brush \[unclear\] again. That would be awesome, um, as far as the relocation of the sheep like were you guys planning on relocating – has there been any talks yet? Cause it’s like – it’s a whole process to grab an animal from one hunting area or from just any area and relocating ‘em to another area because just the whole process. JPC: Yeah, we have some \[unclear\], we have no plans to, I believe, to release any animals \[unclear\] the game management areas specifically on the west side because it’s a GMA we can so if we still kind of in a discussion part – right now we’re still, you know, trapping the mouflon, it’s a tough landscape out there in Manuka… AA: Yeah… JPC: You know, hunters I talk to who that have gone – I mean on foot cause it’s all a’a \[unclear\] so and it’s mouflons – mouflon \[unclear\] sheep are a whole different animal from feral sheep… AA: Yeah… JPC: They are super smart – you can’t habituate ‘em so the methods part is where we’re still working on – the where is we have some ideas on where, it’s, um, based on \[unclear\]. Where makes sense, you know, we need to, you know, even though we couldn’t in portions of South Kona, but nobody can find the sheep in South Kona \[unclear\] and release in some place like that so – some place that makes more sense – where it’s legal and where \[unclear\]. AA: So west side that’s where you’re talking about it – Puuanahulu and Puuwaawaa area… 19