Tim Mahoney hunted with us again here on the Big Island. He has taken a bunch of nice sheep and today held out for his personal best. We saw a lot of good sheep, more than we see most of the time. Some good sheep moved into the area and we kept having the big …
The Sackmans mission was to catch a Wahoo. Alan loves to eat Wahoo and chartered 12 boats in the past and caught only one. We trolled the 40 fathom line in the morning and caught this nice one for him. It was good to get the mission done early. Wanting action, we fish a buoy …
Alan and Barbara Sackman hunted in Hawaii with us. Barb did most of the hunting and we found that see could really hunt. As a couple they were a pleasure to hunt with and their hunting experience around the world was really great to hear about. They both are award winning hunters and made the …
Ryan Got this ram today. Our day was crazy with unplanned things that don’t usually happen. We had a scope fog up on us. It happens when the gas from the scope is out of the inside of the scope and moisture get in.Mat brought us another gun and we jammed back up the the …
Mat Ward came back to Kona to spend time in paradise with his family. We got up the mountain for a few days of sheep hunting in between relaxation with his family. We hunted hard for a big one and found this nice sheep. It wasn’t the monster he was looking for but was a …
Tom Hunt got this nice billy early. We had a nice bunch of goats that got down the side of the cliff fast. We were able to get a shot and got this nice billy
Today Mike Omaly got this nice Hawaiian Ibex. We only have 10 percent of our goats that are this style and we got lucky to get what we were looking for. This was a nice sized one with a pretty multicolored coat.
Today after a great stock we had two Rams get hit with one bullet. Adam Ruthven shot a nice ram and a stray pass through bullet hit a second ram. It was bitter sweet after a great stalk. We worked hard to get on the right ones and finally got to the rams in the herd. Everything looked good and safe and had had two rams get hit. Adam only wanted one ram. We have to be careful what we wish for we wanted a ram so bad and ended up with two. I glad we got two nice ones.
Today we got a nice sheep right off the bat in a nice herd we found early.I was a nice set up and a great shot. It set us up great for our afternoon goat hunt. We found a nice Billy mid afternoon and Robert made a great shot. We had a bit of a hike but we got ’em. Great day.
Today we got this nice Billy. We ended up get him late in the morning because we had to have our hunters get on a plane when they realized they were on the wrong island. They drove to the airport and flew to Kona where we met and went down to hunt goats. The timing worked out good and this dandy was waiting for us.
Jeff and I had a great time here hunting almost everything we have here. We had good luck on the goats getting spanish and a hawaiian Ibex. The next day we got a turkey in the morning and we got a sheep late in the afternoon. The fog moved in and I got lost out there for awhile. It was humbling to be so close to the truck and not be able to see it in the thick fog. We found it but it was frustrating for awhile. Jeff was patient and we got back. We will have to get the boar next time.
Tsunami Day was actually Tsunami Night. Here you see Travis towing the forty back in in the morning. We found out at 9:30 at night that we had a tsunami headed our way after the action seen in Japan earlier in the day. The fleet here in Kona went to the harbor to get the boats out of the harbor. My problem was that I had 3 boats to move and one of me. Thankfully Travis Ota and Brian Balancio helped me move the boats out. Brian took the forty Gamefisherman and Travis and I took the 37 Merritt and Towed the 40 express Gamefisherman that was not able to be run because of work that was being done to it. We had good calm conditions out in front of the harbor where boats with their lights on turned the ocean into a city at sea. We waited until the the big serge came into the harbor. The harbor water level dropped very low and filled back up full. It came up very high but didn’t take any of the dock boxes with it. Over all we were very lucky The only damage was from boats that were left in the harbor through the serge. after surges really came in and messed up boats that came in right after the first surge. The early boats the tied up were fine. When the other boats around them came in and the surges started it made it a real challenge to get the boats in safe. The fleet really worked together and we came out of it very well. Places in town and down the coast line didn’t fare to well. Our prayers go out to japan and all those who were effected by the Tsunami.
Return customer Brett Tessier came back to try for a big one this week. We gave it 3 days and didn’t get the big one but caught some good fish to eat. We enjoyed our time with them and look forward to the next trip.
Today we went out to try to catch gabby a stripey or a spearfish and had great luck. Uncle Pononui and Gabby’s friend Zane joined us. We caught zane a nice mahi and we had a bunch of little big eyes to eat. Gabby had a big spearfish right to the leader and it came off. She did a great job it just came off.