I've had some of the most incredible bow hunting experiences in Hawaii from
camping and caves to hunting up in the fog
to hunting over cliffs right above the ocean just the type of landscape and the
habitat is truly incredible
So when I first got out of college in 2010 of course I was paying off college
number-one but I didn't have any money and I came over to Hawaii on vacation
with some really close friends that I've hunted with. The light went on seeing how
much of a target-rich environment it is over here and how much opportunity
that I could get with a bow making kills and I knew that would help me just
develop and become a better bow hunter that's the whole reason why I come over
here
now pigs are kind of a different story they can get to rooting around and
feeding they're a little less aware obviously and if you have a little wind
you can get right up on them and that's why I love pigs is there an easy target
and they taste really good too
so I'm actually on the outside of his shoulder and it went in behind his
shoulder I thought I got him in the point but that's right into the chest
cavity. Look at those teeth dude yes finally got some
good teeth. I could see his teeth from 150 yards away.
I'm gonna get him cleaned up and get his
backstraps in the game bag and keep going.
see we can find some deer.
Big old blond Hawaiian boar.
that's definitely my best pig yet.
access deer are a totally different ballgame out here they're like an
antelope jacked up on steroids incredibly fast incredibly keen senses
just a very difficult animal to get close to and to get a good arrow into
the biggest challenge that I've encountered with axis deer is them
jumping the string especially on those calm days those deer can hear every
little movement your bow going off and it's just flat-out difficult to kill
them what I've learned over the years is to aim at the heart and expect them to
jump the string
Spotted a buck down here we're just getting downwind gonna make a move on him
He's right over this ridge at about 200 yards. Let's keep wiggling down here.
He jumped the string a little bit
Should've known better. He was right at 61 yards
and I held right in the middle of his body and he still dropped a little bit.
I hit him high.
Followed my buck for Oh half mile spotted him on this Ridge you
look at the footage and the arrow kind of kicked upward they got ran along the
scapula so it didn't hit him moraly at all he's over there bedded up with the
other bucks happy as a clam
now a good example that really comes in my mind with how fast these animals
really are was me and my camera guy Tim we stocked in on this whole herd of deer
we got within 30 yards I shot this buck underneath a kiawe tree and the whole
herd blew up and this spike kind of blew over to my left
he let me knock another arrow draw my bow and you can literally see my aiming
point was down near his knee with him on high-alert like this I knew he's gonna
be fast so I held really low like five inches below the brisket and you can
just see within 30 yards he was 32 yards I think he dropped about 18 inches and I
hit him really well but that's a perfect example to show you
that even if you were to aim at the heart on that deer you're still probably
gonna hit him really high or shoot over his back so incredibly difficult
incredibly fast animals
Well here is is. We looked at the footage we knew the second deer was
good hit really good hit. It only went about a hundred yards
One deer down time to go get it in the fridge and go find another one.
And lastly you have goats. Now goats
are really fun to hunt because usually you know you can shoot your quiver full
arrows in a day on goats just because of the quantities of them in a lot of areas
Wow
so we're down here... cleaning our pig. Kinda took a little nappy there we heard "baaaa"
up here so we come up sure enough big ol herd of goats coming across this ridgeline so we're gonna poke
on up there and see if we can get close maybe we get a shot at big Billy
13 yards
Dude. He's gotta be down in the draw did you see the blood flying and the mouth open and the
eyes wide, "beeeeeeeeh" he reared up. How crazy was that?
Drag him out of here where we can...
shot him right through the heart basically what happened
man bigger than I thought he was but he's
not the muy grande well found both arrows two misses no idea where I hit so I
guess we'll keep hunting but there's no blood at all on either one of these. Oh well.
the whole reason why I keep coming back to Hawaii is just to be a better bow
hunter you'll encounter about every type of situation you can think of out here
whether you're hunting access deer goats or pigs not only does it build character
that builds experience but there's also a fair share of heartbreak so when
you're hunting axis deer you're gonna miss you're gonna miss a lot I missed I
miss a lot and that's just part of it you just got to pick up the pieces put
arrows back in your quiver go out and keep trying find those shots and keep
shooting that's all you can do that's part of bow hunting but in the end it's
gonna make you a better hunter
I don't see any going this way oh dude he's dead right there.
Just the natural beauty alone of Hawaii is enough to keep me coming back
year after year you have everything that a bow hunter could ask for to become a
better bow hunter