HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The state is inviting hunters to apply for the 2026 Lanai axis deer hunting season. Officials said there will be four hunts: an archery hunt, a youth hunt, a muzzleloader ...
Desmund Manaba was born and raised on Molokai, Hawaii’s fifth largest island and the home to a staggering population of axis deer. Now 57, he started hunting the non-native animals when he was eight, ...
Brian Gilroy loves everything about exotic animals. The CEO and co-founder of WildLife Partners, an exotics brokerage based in San Antonio, breeds around 3,000 nonnative animals across three ranches ...
KAHULUI — The Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) announces the 2024 Axis Deer Control Landowner Incentive Program (LIP) for Maui Nui, through a ...
WAILUKU, Maui, Hawaii, August 14, 2025 (ENS) – Hawaii Governor Josh Green, MD, declared an emergency caused by the overpopulation of axis deer plus an ongoing drought on the island of Maui two weeks ...
The spotted fawn was leaning against the screen door of Daniel Oppenheimer’s back porch near Luckenbach. Oppenheimer found it when he ventured outside on the first morning of last week’s record freeze ...
In 1868, India gifted eight axis deer to King Kamehameha V of Hawaii, who in turn introduced the modest population to the isle of Molokai. It would prove to be the gift that kept on giving. With no ...
An unchecked axis deer population in Hawaii has created an environmental crisis that a company is combating through sustainable, for-profit deer harvesting. Maui Nui Venison sells premium venison meat ...