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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: bowtech721 on November 23, 2010, 08:59:05 AM

Title: Deer hunting Hawaiian style
Post by: bowtech721 on November 23, 2010, 08:59:05 AM: Well as long as the weather here cooperates im getting on a plane in the am tomorrow for hawaii to do a little axis deer hunting! Seven days on Lanai hanging out with family and chasing free range axis bucks 8) Hopefully ill have some good pics when im back :)
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Post by: rb2506 on November 23, 2010, 09:01:40 AM: sweet :) good luck
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Post by: bucklucky on November 23, 2010, 09:05:02 AM: SWEET man!That sounds like fun. Id like to do that some day. Hopefully you knock one down. It will make a good piece for your shop !
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Post by: BrownGoinDown on November 23, 2010, 01:25:42 PM: Good luck Bowtech.

I'm in Maui now, enjoying some sunshine with the family and wished I would have packed some hunting gear. Actually took a ferry to Lanai on Friday to play some golf and could not believe all of the tracks and rubs on the golf course. I mean shredded!

Please post lots of pics. I talked to a couple locals on the ferry that were heading over to hunt and Lanai sounds like the place to be for free-ranging axis, but looks like tough country.

Please take lots of photos.

Sounds fun.
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on November 23, 2010, 01:32:55 PM: good luck to you :IBCOOL: hope you smack some :tup:
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Post by: Austrian Hunter on November 23, 2010, 01:40:29 PM: Can't wait to see some pics!! Good luck and have a Maitai for me :chuckle:
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Post by: bowtech721 on November 23, 2010, 02:46:06 PM: Ya hopefully we can find some bucks up where we can hunt... I guess the problem lately is the drought is pushing the bucks into town looking for water wherever they can find it.
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Post by: ser300wsm on November 23, 2010, 02:52:31 PM: Good luck to you.. Story & pics when you get back...
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Post by: Jackjr on November 23, 2010, 03:06:56 PM: Good Luck. Would like to do that someday
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Post by: bowtech721 on November 25, 2010, 05:58:31 PM: Well made it to camp lol... the manele bay resort :)
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Post by: cooneyes on November 25, 2010, 06:55:20 PM: Good luck Bowtech! Sounds like fun. I wonder if I can talk my wife into doing that for our Honeymoon :chuckle:
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Post by: lokidog on November 25, 2010, 08:55:33 PM: Good luck, hope to do something like that as well someday.
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Post by: BrownGoinDown on December 07, 2010, 01:39:36 PM: Bowtech -

Any luck on the islands? Would love to know how it went. Beautiful place over there, I guarantee you have some great pics.

Thanks for any info,

Brown
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Post by: rasbo on December 07, 2010, 01:49:27 PM: hope you get in them,good luck...
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Post by: belkaholic on December 07, 2010, 11:11:58 PM: hey cuz, bring me back a loco moco! i always wanted to hunt pigs when i lived there.
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Post by: jstone on December 08, 2010, 08:06:59 AM: We have some really good friends that grew up there. I was talking to them about having there family guide me on an axis hunt. Let us now how you did.
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Post by: grunt11B on December 08, 2010, 12:19:46 PM: Good luck, I miss the islands especially the sound of my reel when you hook a Marlin
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Post by: p-ohana on December 09, 2010, 06:05:54 AM: Born and raised on Maui and grew up hunting Axis deer on Lanai. They have been killing alot of big bucks on Lanai lately. You can see all the pics on facebook Lanai Hunting and fishing. Good luck and can't wait to see the pics and hear the story of your hunt.
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Post by: Bean Counter on December 09, 2010, 06:33:42 AM: I didn't even know there were deer on Hawaii to hunt. Transplants, I presume? Is it just bow and shotgun there? Or smokepoles and modern rifles allowed, too? :dunno:
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Post by: Cascade_Sherpa on December 09, 2010, 08:27:50 AM: Quote from: Bean Counter on December 09, 2010, 06:33:42 AM
I didn't even know there were deer on Hawaii to hunt. Transplants, I presume? :dunno:

Nope, they swam over with the pigs!
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Post by: elkslare on December 09, 2010, 09:27:36 AM: Good luck on your hunt. Hum!!! Maybe a good idea for a Christmas present for my wife. Trip to Hawaii for the 2 of us. And just pack the bow, to do a little hunting. :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: bowtech721 on December 10, 2010, 01:18:00 PM: Well I had a great trip and saw some awsome bucks and rams but i hate to disapoint you guys but didnt end up packing anything home :( The hunting aspect of the trip was kinda thrown together last minute and my outfitter ( uncles/cousins) didnt cross the Ts and dot the Is when it came down to it. I know I shouldve done it myself but they insisted they had it taken care of and to just show up with my gear and hunters safety card. When we went to pic up the licence/ tags we found out some stuff about non-residents hunting that we didnt know... like that you have to have a reservation for the area of the island you wanna hunt and it was just my luck that there were no openings for any of the time that i was going to be there >:( I dont hold it against anybody over there though because they buy a 15 dollar tag and have free run of the island like year around. All in all it was a good trip and I found a nice set of matched shed horns and got to shoot the awsome sporting clays set up they have on the island. If all works out well i plan to go back hopefully in june when I can do a hunting only trip and combo sheep and deer. For anyone looking to do the hunt i would highly recommend it but be sure to look into ALL the details if your going diy.