Yes it’s 8 days in feb. most bucks are in velvet but you will see a few hard horns. There is a mouflon sheep hunt also that happens in July that’s also fun but challenging due to low sheep numbers. Axis application comes out in oct.
Big Island has plenty of sheep.. and goats lol. Had axis deer for a couple years too but just eradicated em.
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There is some good goat and pig hunting on Kauai that is year round. And good for the family to keep busy.
I've been interested in the hunt for a while, and read through all the HI state info, but I'd be curious to hear from someone who has done it. How would you rank the hunt in terms of difficulty (access, physical, opportunity, etc)? Also, what are the logistics or costs in getting home skull and meat?
95$-non res license 120$ tag flight an be from 400-650
usually can get house rentals for 50-75$ a night and trucks are
100$ a day.
They have a state hunt every year on lanai. For axis and mouflon. There is also a private side that does offer paid hunts. But the state hunt is diy
There's axis deer in Maui, Lanai, and Molokai, and for a short time on the Big Island but were recently eradicated. The ones that were on B.I. were there because of a bright idea by a couple ranchers/hunters to trade some B.I. mouflon with a Maui axis. The state, with the help of USDA I think, paid some pro hunters to take em out before they proliferated.
Yea I can't speak for the other islands, but Big Island has plenty of pheasant, francolin and other similar upland birds, and a huge turkey population that few people seem to hunt. I'm not sure why, but most of my local buddies there just aren't into the turkey thing even though there's plenty around. They're more into bowhunting for sheep/goats and dog-and-knife hunting for pigs for whatever reason.
Yeah dog and knife is popular in Hawaii. Hawaii is awesome for hunting. Maui has really good goat and pig hunting and a lot of axis too. Molokai has axis and pigs even Black buck but no public hunting there it’s all private. Lanai has the best bow hunting opportunity for axis and mouflon otc. Kauai has good goat and pig there is even black tail deer on Kauai. Big island is awesome too. They got feral sheep, mouflon and the hybrid cross bred (mouflon/feral) Hawaii has allot of hunting opportunities.
