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Tools and Uses => Hunting => Topic started by: new2808 on September 26, 2016, 08:15:57 AM

Title: Bowhunt goats at Makua Ke'eau
Post by: new2808 on September 26, 2016, 08:15:57 AM
Headed out to zip some goats sometime soon.  Any tips on good locations on the west side?  Never hunted goat before.  I'm thinking get up to the ridge lines and hunt down.  Any advice is most welcome!
Title: Re: Bowhunt goats at Makua Ke'eau
Post by: JHanawahine on September 26, 2016, 09:38:17 AM
This month & next month wear blaze orange
Title: Re: Bowhunt goats at Makua Ke'eau
Post by: oldfart on September 26, 2016, 10:36:25 AM
Quote from: new2808 on September 26, 2016, 08:15:57 AM
Headed out to zip some goats sometime soon.  Any tips on good locations on the west side?  Never hunted goat before.  I'm thinking get up to the ridge lines and hunt down.  Any advice is most welcome!
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Welcome to the forum.
Good luck on your hunt.
Title: Re: Bowhunt goats at Makua Ke'eau
Post by: new2808 on September 30, 2016, 02:56:58 PM
Quote from: oldfart on September 26, 2016, 10:36:25 AM
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Welcome to the forum.
Good luck on your hunt.

Thanks!  I went out to recon the area  a couple weeks ago and ran into a guy called "Cowboy Pete".  He works up at the church on Homestead road or something.  Anyway, I noticed a DLNR sign on the ground that said "Archery Only".  Is there rifle hunting up there?
Title: Re: Bowhunt goats at Makua Ke'eau
Post by: JHanawahine on September 30, 2016, 05:38:29 PM
Yes.firearms season is from August-October.you must wear blaze orange if hunting up there during those months
Title: Re: Bowhunt goats at Makua Ke'eau
Post by: new2808 on September 30, 2016, 08:00:31 PM
Quote from: JHanawahine on September 30, 2016, 05:38:29 PM
Yes.firearms season is from August-October.you must wear blaze orange if hunting up there during those months

Okay, hope I don't sound too stupid here, but is there a certain part of Makua Ke'eau that is Archery only and a certain part Rifle?  I tried calling DLNR, but the guy who can answer that never returned my calls.  (2x every day this week). 
Title: Re: Bowhunt goats at Makua Ke'eau
Post by: Heavies on September 30, 2016, 08:16:58 PM
This is some good reading.

http://dlnr.hawaii.gov/huntered/files/2013/05/MammalHuntingRegs_Chap123.pdf


Looks like Makua Keeau, in unit "G", is designated archery only.
Scratch that, I was looking at the wrong island. 
Title: Re: Bowhunt goats at Makua Ke'eau
Post by: JHanawahine on September 30, 2016, 09:40:31 PM
Makua Keeau is one unit.Goat/pig(never seen a pig up there) season is February to October.Feb-July(archery) & August-Oct(firearms).other than bird season it's closed for hunting the rest of the year.

yea take a good look at the link Heavies posted page 26 & 27