11-02-2012, 01:29 AM
That is not only a myth, it is a huge whopper of a lie.
Kalanikupule lived from 1760 - 1796. He was king of Maui for one year before being killed by Kamehameha in 1796.
Axis deer were introduced to Molokai in 1867, almost 70 years after Kalanikupule had died. Axis deer were introduced to Maui in 1959, by the government, for recreational hunting. They reproduce at 20% to 30% per year on Maui with no predators, and now, even with hunting, are estimated at over 20,000.
The hunters, for all their bellowing and chest beating, are not very good hunters. Then there are those that have to prove their point of making holes in the fences the DLNR is trying to put up to restore the native ecosystem, then saying DLNR is incompetent because their fences aren't working. Sheesh!
Kalanikupule lived from 1760 - 1796. He was king of Maui for one year before being killed by Kamehameha in 1796.
Axis deer were introduced to Molokai in 1867, almost 70 years after Kalanikupule had died. Axis deer were introduced to Maui in 1959, by the government, for recreational hunting. They reproduce at 20% to 30% per year on Maui with no predators, and now, even with hunting, are estimated at over 20,000.
The hunters, for all their bellowing and chest beating, are not very good hunters. Then there are those that have to prove their point of making holes in the fences the DLNR is trying to put up to restore the native ecosystem, then saying DLNR is incompetent because their fences aren't working. Sheesh!
*Japanese tourist on bus through Pahoa, "Is this still America?*