Today's Bird Hunting Training Gear

revious articles have focused on the perceived decline in Hawai‘i island game bird abundance and the corresponding reduction in reported hunter harvest success. The four basic elements necessary for game survival are food, water, cover and space. Favorable weather, coupled with the removal of grazing animals, has stimulated unusually heavy and widespread brush growth, severely reducing the space availability. In addition to its adverse impact on game survival and corresponding generation of wildfire fuel, the rampant spread of knee- to waist-high or taller vegetative growth has required a change in bird hunting strategy and equipment.