Yes the sounds is quite upsetting, I think ill need to shot a few more animals before i adjust to it.....after that well see Im actually surprised your not more interested in the 6-284 lol. I just got some 87gr Vmax for my 6x47, gonna see if i cant break 3400 with them in the 6-284 also. those should make for a veritable goatsplosionLoved the pictures! I can tell you're displeased with the plop instead of thwack sound, so I'll do you a favor and let my daughter use that thing for her deer pursuits over the next few years, just send it and the brass and whatever bullets you won't use anymore to Wyoming and I'll try to make sure it doesn't just collect dust.......I'm really helping you out here twofold cuz then you'll have more room for something you'll enjoy much more..... honestly though, thanks for sharing more tales and photos!
I think you got the timing about right! lolGreat post and sure does bring back some memories. I used to fly into Hilo (from Oahu) every three months, drive the saddle road as far as the turn off to Mauna Loa and then head up the mountain to the observatory near the top, around 12,000 feet elevation. I used to see a lot of sheep on the way up but if I slowed down they were gone. I lived in Hawaii for many years and in a perfect life I'd spend three months a year there, probably early January through early April ... I'm working on it.
My brother completed his post doc in Hawaii in the late '80s at the Astrophysics Department on Woodlawn Drive in Manoa Valley. He used to go up to the observatory on Mauna Kea fairly regularly to collect data on some distant galaxy ... interesting but ultimately useless. I was living with him at that time but never got to go with him. My visits to Mauna Loa were during '05 to '11. We had a test site in Volcanoes National Park about 1/2 mile from the road and downwind of the Puʻu ʻŌʻō crater (assuming typical trades) that I used to visit on the same day that I drove up to Mauna Loa. It was a long day with about 250 miles of driving, lots of sun and plenty of VOG. I would always start the day with breakfast at Ken's HOP ... good times. I don't remember ever seeing any animals in Volcanoes National Park other than a few birds, maybe a Nene or two.
Still are quite a few sheep over in Kipuka (left side of the road going up to Maunaloa), its archery only. I havent hunted that area yet, the part closed to the road belongs to Bishop Estates (i think) and they took it back last year, so now its a much farther drive/walk than before.
VNP dose have some pigs in the park but not a lot from what i understand, and some of the property that belongs to the national park has sheep and goats, but they arnt IN the park itself.
Actually the Hotels tend to be clustered, even Oahu has some pretty open tracks of land. The Big island is actually fairly lightly developed, molokai and Lanai have very little major development, Maui has chunks of it, but still quite a bit of "open" land in between, and around. I havent spent alot of time on Kauai, but from what i remember its more like the big island, than honolulu.....maybe more like Maui actually.I had no idea there is that much open country on the islands.
I thought it was coast to coast hotels.
Theres some hunting on every island.
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