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??: the problem with that, before they eradicated all the sheep, it was good hunting for bird that did because the sheep kept the grass down, birds could flourish. The bird hunting in Kaohe was really very good. BL: Oh, this is the worst year I've had. I actually had one day where I did put up one bird. Never - didn't happen. And, for a couple days we only got, like one or two birds. You know, eight years ago I would limit out by eight birds in the morning with one dog. I had one dog and five guys that could get 13 birds just working with little scratch now Mauna Kea it's just become a desert. As far as game birds and non-native tweeters, I call them just, it's scary up there. I mean, you go up there and you don't see very much wildlife whatsoever. I think we really need to relook the eradication of the sheep and fire hazard and game management and everything else. We wouldn't have to be spending all that (unclear) hour. Oh, we just started the sheep once again. It's just management levels, but anyways, that’s enough. That’s great. Oh, maybe some more waters and Kaohe, because I know inside the fence there's, like, only one really up and on the back end. JPC: Yeah, we looked at there's a couple old, but still functional tanks that are in Kaohe that we're going to build a roof over plum the tank feed that, you know, one less tank we gotta go haul up the mountain. There's one poly tank, plastic tank, and then there's one, like core fishing tank, and it just held tank position. I think there's three you know, capitalized, for that sustaining infrastructure… BL: Do you guys have any plans that's (unclear) The big tires ones… There you get used to the (unclear) JPC: Big tire ones, yeah, BL: But there's stack of tires and, JPC: Yeah there’s just one core area (unclear) BL: (unclear) taking care of the aina when you go up there (unclear) stack of old tires (unclear) I think there's three, you know, capitalized, for that existing infrastructure that's JPC: Yeah. BL: Thank you. (Question from a non-commissioner). ??: One question about Kapapala - to hunt bird, I know for years, is up. Why are there no sheep hunting there? JPC: The ranch, they've tried working with the back and forth. It’s mainly ranch overlap with the hunting. Again, the ranch is, it's a leased, its Kapapala Ranch leases that area, right? And they allow for a game bird hunting, but the sheep hunting adds is a different type of approach. You know, a lot of the sheep are in areas where the ranch is actively managing for cattle. The overlap of mammal hunting on the ranch. I think it's tough to navigate. So… 12