Pics from Hawaii for "Fishnhunt"

[Ryan Sanpei]

Originally posted by Fishnhunt:
Ryan, do you have any more pics that you could share? I'd love to see more pics of the countryside and wildlife.

Are they rutting like crazy right now? Were all the males in hard horn or were you seeing some in velvet too?  

I was hunting in the tx Hill country this past weekend (there are some good numbers of free ranging axis there - mostly escapees that have gotten loose from high fence places during floods, etc).  Usually they rut this time of year and they were bellowing like crazy.  I think a lot of people do not realize how loud and how huge they can get, to me they seem more like an elk than a deer.  Congrats again on the hunt, that is a fine animal. IMO its the best tasting venison out there.

Hey Fishnhunt,
I decided to start a new thread for the pics that you requested.

The rut is different for the different islands.  The rut is over for most of the islands. Usually the deer are in velvet during bowhunting season but you can find a few hard horns.

IMO Axis is the best meat ever!       :D

[Ryan Sanpei]

A few pics of our wildlife. All free ranging spot and stalk.

   

Goat from Molokai

     

Sheep from Big Island

     

Muflon from Lanai

     

Pig from Oahu

 

Big Island Ewe


 

Molokai spike

 

Big Island goat


 

Selfbow harvest with a local wood from Hawaii

[Ryan Sanpei]

Country Side Pics

   

Glassing

     

Bamboo forest

     

Hiking pic

     

Lanai

     

Sheep Country Big Island

[k. sisco]

Ryan,very nice pics.

[Cottonwood]

I would sure love to be back over there, one day my wife and I will be making a one way flight.

[Ryan Sanpei]

A few action shots

 

Pack'n Axis

 

Full draw in the mountains

 

Full draw at the range

 

Pig Pack

 

Heading to the truck

[Ben Maher]

Giddyup Ryan ...
looks like a beautiful place to fling arrows !

[Ragnarok Forge]

Looks awesome. Nice trophies

[Thumper Dunker]

looks like a real cool place. Nice animals.

[Ryan Sanpei]

Originally posted by Cottonwood:
I would sure love to be back over there, one day my wife and I will be making a one way flight.

:D      

[Ryan Sanpei]

Thanks for the kind words guys!

[Ryan Sanpei]

A couple meat hunts from this year.

 http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=146;t=000042

Aloha!
Ryan

[BradLantz]

hunting public ground or ?

[Ryan Sanpei]

Public and Private Land.  I don't have "connections", I'm just lucky that my friends let me tag along.

[trad_bowhunter1965]

Thanks Ryan those are awsome photos,

[Mudd]

Thank you for sharing! Great pictures!!

God bless,Mudd

[KentuckyTJ]

Great picts Ryan

[Chris O]

awesome pictures. thanks for posting em

[Fishnhunt]

Ryan - WOW!  Thanks for taking the time to post those pics.  You've got some great trophies there! Its good to see that you're out there hunting hard in that beautiful countryside.  I'd love to make it to Lanai some day.

I'll start a new thread later with Axis pics from this past weekend once I get em downloaded.  I saw some huge bulls but did not take any shots.  As Al Kidner has said before....spot and stalking free ranging Axis with a tradbow is tough.  They like open ground, they look out for eachother, etc. You almost have to be a massochist to enjoy it   !
Congrats again!

[chopx2]

And to think I spent 3 weeks in Hawaii for my honeymoon and never thought to bring my bow!!!!

Boy was I stupid...(although it was a much cheaper trip that way...saved big avoiding divorce costs       )