Hunting in Hawaii

[Crazy Dave]

Hi guys,

I'm a long time lurker from Hawaii. You have a nice forum here. I haven't spent much time up in the North East and lived out here for most of my adult life.

Even though our gun laws are pretty strict we have a lot of gun enthusiast out here. And, we have a really nice public range in Honolulu.

Later,
Dave

Here's some photos of hunting pigs on the island of Niihau.

The campsite.

The pigs are smaller on Niihau and are from the original Polynesian settlers. I think they are the only ones in Hawaii that didn't breed with the larger european hogs that Captain Cook and the others brought to Hawaii.

These are great guns (Marlin 1894C / .357 with iron sights). I'm selling off all my hunting rifles but keeping this one. Highly recommended. With practice, these things can lay down some lead quickly and accurately.

And, plenty accurate at 50 yards...

It was an amazing weekend. Too bad the hunt is no longer available. It was the best trip I've ever been on...hunting or otherwise.

 

[MP-In-The-Wind]

Wow! That looks like a great hunting area!

 

[ccm75]

Thanks for sharing. Nice pics!
Why is the hunt no longer available..?

 

[ILikeGlocks]

Aloha! If I recall correctly, the Big Island has (or had) a bit of an issue w/ goat over-population. Maybe some more opportunities there...

 

[whacko]

What else do you hunt in Hawaii?

 

[Crazy Dave]

Whacko, nice animation.

Yea, the hunt ended because the guy who owns the island decided to shut the private hunts down. You can still hunt but only through the owner of the island.
NIIHAU SAFARIS INC.

The private hunt was 3 days, two nights, lots of shooting, sleeping on the beach, spear fishing after hunting...amazing. The hunts you can do now are very limited, short, and you don't get the full experience. But, having a chance to see the island would be worth it.

I'm not sure of everything that is hunted out here. I've hunted sheep on the Big Island, Axis on Molokai, and Pigs on Niihau. There's birds too.

Have a good one,
Dave

 

[Crazy Dave]

I can't figure out where you change the avatar. Can someone please give me a tip on where to find that setting? Thanks.

 

[Stryker]

You can change your avatar in the top right menu by clicking on your name:



Nice pictures btw - thanks for sharing

 

[76Too]

top right, brother. click your user name. feel free to change your avatar to a hula dancing girl...skirt or none.

 

[Fixxah]

Welcome. Avatar is for paid members. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[76Too]

You can change your avatar in the top right menu by clicking on your name:

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Nice pictures btw - thanks for sharing

damn stryker, you're on point!

how'd you screen shot like that? and edit it so damn fast?

 

[whacko]

I can't figure out where you change the avatar. Can someone please give me a tip on where to find that setting? Thanks.

Go Green (pay the membership fee) then click your profile name on the top bar. left side 7th icon down is "avatar".....follow the instructions and upload your avatar photo or gif. As far as my avatar......I had another "yoga pants and recoil gif" but some other loser NES member copied and stole it......so this is my new one!

 

[Crazy Dave]

Right on, thanks for the info.
Dave

 

[45collector]

That looks awesome! I have a Rossi .357 lever gun that I think I may use for coyote hunting before end of season this year.

 

[Crazy Dave]

The owner of the Niihau didn't allow semi autos so the lever gun was the next best option for being able to take quick, multiple shots. Give it a try.

 

[Crazy Dave]

Here's some more photos from the hunt. The island is very poor because they have not done any kind of development. They used vehicles from the 1950s. No brakes, just low gears to stop.

Amazing beaches. Not a footprint and no development.

And, trash covered other beaches... Lots of fishing related trash.

 

[Stryker]

That is beautiful!

So, one person OWNS the island (I think you mentioned that in one of your posts)?

Didn't know there was an island Niihau in Hawaii so had to look for it on a map

 

[Crazy Dave]

Yea, it's the Robinson family. Bruce Robinson seems to run the daily operations has one of those odd / difficult personalities. But, it's a beautiful, undeveloped island.
Niihau - Wikipedia

 

[northny]

OP, thanks for posting. Nice pics. I appreciate the Williams Peep sight in the lever gun. They carry great that way. My 94 Winchester, 45-70 Marlin, and one of my 88 winchesters are set up that wa. only way to have a lever gun IF you can see it. (Its getting tough for me, but I've worn bifocals for almost sixty years. Me and colonel Roosevelt).

 

[Crazy Dave]

Sounds like you have some nice lever guns. The peep sights proved fast and accurate on moving targets. I"m enjoying iron sights while I still can.
Dave

 

[Crazy Dave]

The guy riding shotgun would jump out and get to work whenever pigs were spotted. There were so many pigs on the island that it wouldn't be long before more were spotted.

This was the island hurricane shelter. A small number of Native Hawaiian's live on the island. Outsiders (us) were not allowed to visit their little settlement area.

 

[Crazy Dave]

Since this is also a fishing forum. Here's some photos from the same trip with some of the locals with a throw net.

One guy is spotting for fish while the other guy waits for the word to throw.

The throw.

Retrieving the net.

The catch

A job well done.

 

[Stryker]

Nice! With all the doom and gloom in the past couple of weeks, this is quickly becoming one of my favorite threads.

 

[jtnf]

Nice! With all the doom and gloom in the past couple of weeks, this is quickly becoming one of my favorite threads.

Right! Pics are fantastic... And a little sad. That fishing flotsam is just awful.

 

[Crazy Dave]

Awesome, thanks. I'm enjoying the memories too.
Dave

 

[Tooth]

This is great. Thanks for sharing. We should have both hunting trip and fishing trip megathreads. A range trip thread wouldn't be a bad idea either.

 

[Crazy Dave]

Cool, I'll keep it going...

Fishing next to the endangered Hawaiian Monk Seal.

We went to this area to collect some sea salt. Our tide in Hawaii doesn't really change that much. Maybe a few feet between low low and high high tides. And we don't
have a storm surge like on the mainland because there is no continental shelf for the water to build up on. So, I'm thinking that this area must get flooded with salt
water during storms (big ass waves) and then it dries out and you can collect the sea salt for cooking... I suppose the salt water could bubble up from underground.
Who knows. All I know is this is where they get the sea salt from on Niihau.

 

[Admin]

Pretty damn cool. I hope you guys cooked them up over a fire on the beach

 

[greencobra]

nes airline charter to Hawaii anyone?

 

[Crazy Dave]

Now, we move to the island of Molokai for an Axis hunt.