2017-01-17 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – January 17, 2017 so building a range or operating one – that has to be part of the process. As it turns out, was and continues to be our biggest issue at Puuanahulu and we have done three sounds studies and we’re satisfied – On-Target and the shooting community is pretty satisfied that we can abate the sound to the extent that we can be great neighbors – that we can be in that community without bothering anybody at the resorts – that the amount of traffic, visitors, occasional shooters that come over from Oahu or people from East Hawaii that go over there to spend a weekend would definitely benefit that community greatly, so... So in developing any kind of shooting facility – those are the kinds of things that you have to take a look at zoning and land use – we were fortunate because we found – out of looking at was it 9 sites? Was it nine sites we looked at? JO: Yeah, I think, there were nine sites we looked at – all over the island, you know, we looked for years, we had the criteria the ones I laid out we have to meet the safety being able to deal with lead and all those things and all of and out of those the only site that even came close was that an the DLNR, which has been partner with us from the beginning had to say – well, we have hunting area right next to the county landfill at Puuanahulu that we could use for that – that it’s properly zone for it – it’s legal to have firearms there so – so that’s – those are some of the considerations that go into, you know, where to build a range. TL: Well, when you were looking at these other sites what range distance were you looking at – that 1,000 yards or 600 yards? JO: A thousand yards - if we could have everything that would be great, you know, but we could live with less if we had a lot of long range shooters – that is their bread and butter. We wouldn’t turn down a good opportunity for a range if we could do it at 200 or 600 yards – those are suitable. If we get ninety percent, it’s good – if we get 100% - I’m even happier. I don’t know how many, how many golf courses do we have on this island? NP: Yeah... JO: Eighteen, nineteen golf courses... You know, I live by the bottle motto – that a golf course is a terrible waste of a good rifle range. NP: Yeah... JO: So... Well, that’s my only standup comedy routine, OK. Some of the things and the issues that keep coming back that challenge ranges – indoor ranges have their own challenges, air handling sounds – neighbors are part of that – outdoor ranges, primarily it’s lead – that’s, that’s the biggest issue that we have there. As an example for the shotgun field that we’re planning for the Puuanahulu facility – we had designed it so that all of the 20