Hunting Bills Intoduced

Please take a moment and look at the bills introduced and please prepare testimony to submit in support of these efforts.

* Hunting Licenses

Establishes a lifetime hunting license for disabled veterans who meet certain qualifications or veterans who are recipients of a Purple Heart.

* Hunting

Requires the DLNR to issue Hawaii hunting participant permits authorizing children to hunt under direct supervision of an adult.

* Relating to Outdoor Heritage

Designates September as “Outdoor Heritage Month” to celebrate Hawaii’s natural environment and recreational activities.

* Wildlife

Authorizes BLNR to enter into a memoranda of understanding, agreement or mutual aid compact with other states and jurisdictions for the mutual enforcement of hunting, fishing and other wildlife laws, including the wildlife violators compact. Requires BLNR to enter into the wildlife violators compact and adopt necessary rules.

* Hunting

Prohibits any net reduction of public hunting area on each island. Requires the DLNR to make comparable land available for hunting upon making land unavailable for hunting. Requires the DLNR to submit an annual report

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