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Thanks gang! In the last few months, I've changed the way in which I train and it has been paying off huge! It's almost near impossible to find old billies like this guy on the Big Island anymore due to poor game management and environmental groups calling a war on almost all ungulates and mandating, through federal law, the eradication of the animals we hunt out here. I feel super blessed to have crossed paths with some great folks who would kindly allow me access. Didn't want to bore you guys with a novel, but I do have a blog where I try to write in more detail. Message if you'd be interested in that.
KentuckyTJ : Thanks! I guess when my folks had the idea to use the name Ryan, everyone else had the same idea at the time.
Kook68: Mongo is right. Polynesians brought over hogs and dogs, but our sheep, goats, and deer were introduced and in some cases where gifts to the king at the time.
Mongo : Not Puuanahulu. South side.
mmisciag : Unfortunately I do not have this hunt on film. I have others for this year though. The folks there requested I not bring my video camera but fortunately it was ok for me to preserve my memories in a picture. To be honest, any more weight in my pack with a vid camera might have been my undoing over that hike.
Traditional is such a trip! I'll be stoked for months! Not to mention some jerky and smoked meat in a few months from this guy!
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I got to run around PTA when I was in the Army. We tried to put the sneak on some goats and never got closer than 300 yards!!! Those dudes are slick! Awesome hunt! Thanks for sharing
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Nice! Goats can be a lot harder to sneak up on than people realise... especially if they are hunted regularly! Well done Posts: 328 | From: New Zealand | Registered: Jul 2008
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Well done Ryan, He's a good billy alright, top stuff. I feel the same way about hunting traditional as you mentioned, look forward to reading more of your adventures, Memo.
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Cavalry Scout : PTA was pretty much my training grounds as a child all the way through my high school years. Unfortunately, most of the best areas to hunt there in the past are now gone with fencing and eradication of all mammals. It is saddening that will just be a memory and not something our next generation could experience.
Dogboy900 : Yes. Our goats here are hunted pretty much everyday of their lives. Wish I could have taken video of this trip, but part of the reason why I couldn't was because of the heavy hunting pressure we have locally and out of respect for the others that hunt there.
In years previous, I probably would have "choked" and "folded" up like a cheap lounge chair with my heart racing, sweating bullets, short drawing, and wiffing the shot over the back . It's really cool to be able to learn from a forum like this and others that have already been there and done that.
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That is a very nice ram. Hoping to be in Oahu around June of next year to visit my son. Hope to get in some hunting while I'm there. Thanks for the encouragement.
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I just returned from a trip to Molokai, where I killed a nice billy last year. Love those goats in the rocks/cliffs and higher elevations. This year we ignored the goats and hunted axis deer. No deer taken, but love hunting in aloha land. All the best...mahalo.
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That is awesome. Thanks for sharing. I missed one just like that once (no missed him twice! ) on Catalina in the early 90s- forever with me.
They eradicated them off there too in the past ten years or so.
What a trophy and experience.
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