2018-01-29 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – January 29, 2018 the time we’re falling down because the grass is so terrible because got no sheeps – the old days when we get all the sheep the grass was so easy to walk. Not one of the – you guys – talk about that. Last weekend, when I was up there, you know how many hunters are up there on Saturday. Nine hunters checked in. Before the old days we used to get hundreds...People don’t go up cause the grass kills you before hunting – it’s not worth it. What is DLNR doing? Nothing. To me you guys \[unclear\] palila. The sheeps you can eat – palila we can’t eat – it’s just to look at. What’s more important? To me the sheep’s more important. And one of these days you know what’s gonna happen because all that grass is so tall these guys walking in it – somebody’s gonna shoot themselves – they gonna make mistake and who’s gonna be blamed – yelling - for not – the State, actually. That mountain is a mess. It’s not worth going hunting. It’s not fun anymore. So, no, it’s true. You guys supposed to be game management – not only the hunting but fishing too. Right. Even the fishing – this place is terrible – even the fishing – that’s why I go up to Alaska look, you know, we pay big money but at least we catch something, you know what I mean...And that’s what, I think, the board needs to know is what are you gonna do? TL: Right. These are action. Now, these are things we’re actually working on, but you bring up a very good point – how do we get our word out to the public. RS: I tell you, this is way back, OK, I came to one meeting and I told you folks – we went to Manuka, you know, at the – not Manuka – Osaka’s, yeah, and then we were fishing there – cause over there you pay to go in, right – and I told you folks that and the monk seal was right there in front of us stealing all day and I was against that... What you guys did nothing, but DLNR with their ten-year plan they had that in because when I went to DLNR at the office and they had that ten-year plan they came back in the book – you guys – on their record they had nothing that you guys reported that and I think that, that’s what you need to do – your communication is not 100%. So a lot of times I haven’t been coming already. I used to come to every meeting – you remember? TL: Yeah, the monk seal issues, ah, is another issue – I’ll be happy to talk to you about that later. 26