2019 02-12 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – February 12, 2019 IC: I’m sure we’ll run into some political hurdles...but I don’t think it’s us, you know, I think it’s a reasonable request – how’s that? AA: Last one would be – we talked before about putting more kiosks in the District 4 area – see where we can move forward about that, you know, just putting one hunting check-in station in the Lava Tree State Park. And then maybe we can put another hunter check-in station we can get more information about the game in the area. IC: That’d be good and we definitely are willing to do that – I would like to work with somebody from District 4 – if somebody that hunts down there – so that I can figure out the best – cause there’s so many different accesses to, where do you guys think strategically they would be best. AA: I hunt in that area, too, and I think Lava Tree State Park would be a good area because it’s on state land and that’s kinda like right around the area but it’s kinda harder now because of the lava – what the lava did – so the areas are a lot smaller, you know, the hunting areas are a lot smaller then what it was and, um, Lava Tree State Park is next – pretty much right next to the two Nanawale Forest Reserves. IC: Basically we just need to look at the routes – like where you think the most people are gonna go by – cause it you put it out of the way – being as you’re not necessarily required to go to the hunter check-in station – you know what I mean? AA: I think they going change once they open up Highway 132 and gain that access back down towards Kapoho and then you can get more people, you know, using that road again. As of right now – I think the only people using that road is PGV employees cause that’s like the only way – the only place that people can access is actually PGV. IC: And I don’t know if you guys have also been informed but there is – we’re trying to work out a mobile app and it’s just because people are – I mean there’s always going to be old timers who want to use the paper stuff – but we’re trying to work out a mobile app so we think we’ll gather more data that way because of – you know in places like Kahaulea and stuff where there’s no hunter check stations up there... AA: Yeah. IC: ....So plenty people are hunting in there without recording anything because there’s no check station to or from so they just don’t bother, right? They just go hunt – so if they’d be willing to put the data in a mobile application that they’ve recorded I think we’ll get more data from the remote spots where we 14