2013-05-13 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

Home

Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes - May 13, 2013 nothing – you know – it helps fix their problem with having animals – and you guys get a place to go hunt – and it might not be forever – it might be a five year agreement – but that’s something – you know I see hunting as not – I mean you’re not this mosaic of – sometimes you’re gonna have a short term agreement – ideally you’d want to have in perpetuity thing – but I think the way it’s gonna work best is if you’re open to all of that. P. Bueltmann: \[Unclear\] liability. Every licensed hunter has to find – his license – on the back of that license it actually – all of the agencies – whether it’s the federal, state – \[unclear\] involved in that league – then there’s gonna be a waiver of responsibility – \[unclear\] I mean for everybody and it goes from grandpa to children being born twenty years from now. J. Jokiel: Right. P. Bueltmann: And it releases them of responsibility. So, um, there’s that \[unclear\] if there are going to be individual permits to go hunting – you know like we have – like Laupahoehoe \[unclear\] on the weekends \[unclear\] like that – where you might have people sign a lease \[unclear\] that would be good for two years five years or whatever. J. Jokiel: So, we have agreements with private landowners like on Maui there’s Kaonoulu Ranch and it’s – we pay them like a dollar an acre and that’s a public hunting area – so what I can do is look into that agreement – ‘cause I have a copy of that and maybe pose a question to the AG and say, you know, is this landowner – is the owner of that ranch not protected – ‘cause yeah – that opens up a lot of opportunities – I think. But again, I don’t know the details – but I think if we’re paying for it – I would hope that the landowner assumes no liability – no State \[unclear\] – and that the State does. P. Bueltmann: And, in fact, not just the land owner - any property you cross to get to that land owner – is also indemnified. J. Jokiel: Right. P. Bueltmann: And that’s one thing \[unclear\]. 24