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that are trying to get turkeys in every state – Hawaii is one of the, you know, because of our
<br />season, a lot of places on the mainland don’t – spring turkey doesn’t happen till like May or,
<br />cause it’s not warm out yet till then – so Hawaii’s one of the earlier places in the nation that
<br />their season opens amongst others, but, people are trying to come to Hawaii, vacation, come to
<br />Hawaii – shoot a turkey, there’s all these breath taking views as you stroll, yeah, popular
<br />pictures of certain areas on social media like a guy from the mainland on Mauna Kea next to
<br />some silver swords, \[unclear\] turkey, right, ten thousand feet above the ocean, mountain in the
<br />middle of the Pacific, right, so, yeah, there’s a lot of, yeah, there’s a lure around it and, there’s a
<br />lot of tags that get sold from out-of-state hunters. I’ve talked to a handful of guys, it’s a big deal.
<br />Some of the guys I talked to like we end up talking like couple of times, you know, leading up to
<br />while they plan things out and I follow up with them later to see how was your hunt when you
<br />came. Some guys get lucky first day they shoot their turkey, and it’s kind of icing on the cake for
<br />their vacation with their families and stuff, so some guys enjoy it, other guys like I see all these
<br />turkeys, know, in these pastures but, yeah, you mentioned you can’t go out these pastures it’s
<br />private land, but, there’s plenty turkeys down there. I go, yeah, it’s private land. It’s ranches, are
<br />active working ranch so it has more of a turkey’s \[unclear\], and it doesn’t get hunted as much, so
<br />it’s the breaks, but people have, the guys that I’ve talked to have enjoyed their trip, a lot of
<br />guys, like I said, they’re just coming to hunt and for the experience and they get lucky and – a
<br />few guys that I talked to didn’t get lucky at all, they still come and try the experience and they’re
<br />like, you guys’ tags are thirteen, you know, compared to the mainland, they’re happy to come
<br />on vacation and pay, the small amount for a turkey day and I, but, on the other side, I hope to
<br />see more, I hope the culture to some point, starts to spread here or more, um, \[unclear\] and
<br />enjoys turkey season as well.
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<br />LT: Anymore discussion from the Commission. None seeing – Leomana, District – 3, thank you so
<br />much for the presentation. I’m not, I shot one turkey in my life down in Kau, Milolii, I ate that
<br />thing, and I never ate turkey after that. I don’t get it, right, the turkey – the Kau turkey maybe
<br />was dry and skinny, yeah.
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<br />LT: Yeah, but, you know, ah, so I don’t really, I’m not a bird hunter. I’m just, I’d rather shoot the clay
<br />cause I not gonna eat the birds, but, talking to a lot of the hunters and people around the Island,
<br />I guess, people love bird hunting. I didn’t know, I, and they said Big Island was the best bird
<br />hunting in America at some points and, I don’t mind us having tourism to go hunt the birds
<br />cause I don’t eat ‘em, so, however the GMAC can help in boosting the turkey hunting or the
<br />game bird hunting or whatever we can do as a Commission to get us back to all of these stories
<br />that I hear, please let us know, cause I want to get us back to the world leader, you know, I don’t
<br />mind people taking pictures on Mauna Kea with their turkey if they can help boost our
<br />economy, give our hunters some jobs, give our DLNR, our private guides jobs, and even help our
<br />birds to get feeders and the water and attention so if it’s social media attention, if it’s news
<br />attention, if it’s something that we can do on the Commission just reach out and just let us know
<br />cause one of my things is I want to get us back to that leading position in the world cause we are
<br />looked at as a, a popular vacation spot for families and then, my family goes to Kona. I take my
<br />bow right there in the resort. I mean, it’s illegal but…
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