| Announcement |
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| Lanai Axis Deer 2025 Hunt Announcement.pdf (If the viewer below is blank, please download the announcement) |
- Hunt Type
- Archery
- Hunt Information
- • Please fill in all required information. A $10.00 per application fee is required. The application fee is non-refundable even if the hunt is cancelled or you are unable to participate. Only one (1) application per person will be accepted for the archery hunt. If duplicate applications are found, the first received will be processed and all others will be returned to the applicant, unless the Division of Forestry and Wildlife is contacted by the primary applicant of each group requesting change. All other duplicate applications will be removed from consideration. Application fees under these circumstances will not be returned.
• The archery hunt will have four (4) draws, each draw consisting of five (5) consecutive days. Participation for this hunt may be subject to limited participation for non-Lanai residents.
• A lottery will be conducted to assign draw dates on Friday, December 6, 2024 at the J Cameron Center, MEO facility located in Wailuku, HI . The Lanai resident drawing will occur at 9am in the same location.
• A Lanai resident is defined as an individual who has a permanent mailing address and has lived on the island for six (6) continuous months.
• All applicants must possess a valid 2024-25 State of Hawaii hunting license before their hunting date; those under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult possessing a valid 2024-25 State of Hawaii hunting license while hunting.
•The bag limit for the 2025 Lanai axis deer season will be one (1) either sex axis deer per hunt applied and selected/drawn for. A free mouflon sheep ewe tag may be available online and/or at the Lanai hunter check station after purchase of the required axis deer tag. See hunt announcement and addendum for tag fees and other requirements.
• All hunters, unless checking in online, must report to the Lanai hunter check station (911 Fraser Ave.) to check in, and if necessary, validate permits and receive the assigned tags. To be validated, the permittee must provide identification and sign the permit in the presence of an authorized officer of the Department of Land & Natural Resources and the officer must sign and date the permit.
• Check station hours for the archery hunt are from 8:00am to 6:00pm the Tuesday prior to the start of the hunt and Wednesdays through Fridays, between the hours of 8:00am to 3:00pm. Checking in (Outer Spatial) and the purchasing and printing of tags (Go Hunt, Hawaii) will be available online.
• Upon completion of the hunt, hunters are required to check out by submitting hunter permits to the Lanai hunter check station. If applicable, include sex and unit where animal was harvested. Hunters may also check in and upon completion of the hunt, check out and report harvest information online using the Outer Spatial app.
• Hunting Units 1, 2 and 3 will be open for the Archery Hunt.
• Hunter assistant permits will be issued at the time of hunter check in - one (1) hunter assistant may accompany a senior citizen or disabled hunter and the hunter assistant must possess a valid 2024-25 State of Hawaii hunting license. A disabled hunter is defined as an individual who has an impairment that substantially limits one or more of that person's major life activities. Current (within 90 days) physician's certificate required.
• PERSONS APPLYING FOR THE ARCHERY HUNT WILL BE ALLOWED TO APPLY FOR AND MAY PARTICIPATE IN THE GENERAL RIFLE HUNT OR MUZZLELOADER HUNT.
• Application period begins Monday, September 16, 2024 and ends at 4:00pm HST, Friday, October 25, 2024.
• Lottery results will be available on the internet at: www.dlnr.hawaii.gov/dofaw and on GoHunt, Hawaii (Announcements) by 4pm, Friday, December 6, 2024. - Hunt Information Attachments
- Duration
- 5 days
| Hunt dates |
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| 02/05/2025 - 02/09/2025 |
| 02/12/2025 - 02/16/2025 |
| 02/19/2025 - 02/23/2025 |
| 02/26/2025 - 03/02/2025 |
- Applications required?
- Yes
- Application Start Date & Time
- 09/16/2024 12:01 AM
- Application End Date & Time
- 10/25/2024 4:00 PM
- General Public Lottery Date & Time
- 12/06/2024 10:00 AM
- Lanai Resident Lottery Date & Time
- 12/06/2024 9:00 AM
- Max Amount of Hunters Allowed per Group
- 8
- Island
- Lanai
- Location
- Lanai Cooperative Game Management Area (LCGMA)
The LCGMA is the area on the northwest portion of Lanai with the southernmost boundary extending from the western shore off of Kaumalapau Hwy and traveling east along said road to #57 road. From #57 road heading in a north-northeasterly direction along the former pineapple field to the junction of Polihua road and Ka'a Road. At the junction heading in a southeasterly direction to the Horse Pasture connecting to the Keomoku Road and following the said road to the northeastern shore of Lanai. The Kanepu'u Easement Area is excluded from the LCGMA. - Location Attachments
- Other Information
- • Each hunter shall be limited to carry one bow of legal draw weight in the hunting areas. No crossbows allowed, unless with valid permit.
• Hunting permits/tags are non-transferrable and may not be traded between hunters.
• Hunters must abide by the provisions of Chapter 123 when hunting on Lanai during the hunting season.
• Applicants may apply in parties up to a maximum of eight (8) persons. Lanai residents may apply with non-residents by submitting their applications together to the (off islander) public drawing on Maui. No non-Lanai resident may submit his or her application with that of a Lanai resident for the Lanai resident drawing.
• Guides will not be required. If you need someone to guide you, be sure that you apply together with that of the guide who must apply as a hunter. Commercial guides are prohibited for this hunt.
• Only senior citizens and disabled hunters permitted the use of a hunter assistant.
• Hunters may bone the animal with the exception that a hind quarter must be tagged with genitalia and skin still attached.
• Any hunter encountering feral goats in the area may take these animals, regardless of sex and number. Hunters must have in their possession an unused tag.