Hawaiʻiʻs Axis Deer - From invasive species to food source

[@abiylitye1325]

Tim sent me here. As a long time Maui resident I didn't know the extent of the negative impact of Axis deer on the natural habitat of the island. Thanks for enlightening me.

[@ramaimacdonald6430]

Amazing approach to improving the environment. Love this.

[@micdrop-jh3pf]

As a forester, I appreciate all the efforts I'm seeing and hearing about in this video. Invasive species is a challenge to manage whether it is fauna or flora. In fact, at several points in the video, I can hear the coqui frog's chirping - another invasive species that has overtaken Hawaii's beautiful ecosystem. Kudos to this company. I will check out your products. Best Wishes to all and Aloha from Montana. I am here thanks to Chris Williamson on his podcast with Tulsi Gabbard.

[@dorothysay8327]

Ferris-head here. I’m SO buying from you guys. Amazing , responsible outfit. THANK YOU.

[@niknokgaming5748]

I really wanna be part of this kind of nature balance preservation.. good work guys. Keep up.. thanks

[@GRANDDOSE]

Great story and beautifully done.

[@PacificNorthwestBowhunting]

So well done and amazing work! I visited Maui recently and had no idea the axis numbers were so high. This effort creates so many wins - for Maui's precious ecosystems, for people, and for the axis deer and all other wildlife. Mark, great work in so eloquently capturing this story. It's both educational and inspiring!

[@Peace-qm2sp]

Thank you for your hard work and dedication! Amazing video capturing the essence of your work, truly inspiring. I've had the honor and blessing of tasting this red meat, deeply nourishing. Wouldn't be possibly without you. Aloha

[@Dreaming.Cherry]

Mahalo for your work! I've been sent here by my Kumu to learn about this, because we are making Venison deer sliders in class, i just want to thank you all for the time you take to make this video and do this for the aina and everything else.

[@JeremyClow]

That is a beautiful video. We need more initiatives like this.

[@basedbotany-zl8ko]

ey guys thank you so much, me and my friends tried to start a mobile slaughter house on Kauai, i know how much work and dedication goes into what you guys are doing and this is kne of the best videos of my life! Now i have a 2 acre regenarative farm in pu'unene. working along side the dear. Mahalo nui loa!

[@emlynjones1212]

This is beautiful. Thank you for sharing this!

[@jeffreybelko3383]

I love this. To think I had the same idea a year ago! Love axis deer meat. What a great thing.

[@tenplus1025]

Had no idea until I heard Rogan talk about the Axis problem in Hawaii

[@hawaiianpunchproductions38]

What a beautiful production. Well done!

[@williamsnyder1205]

Thank you!!!

[@lillianirenel]

Iola oy? What is the beautiful Hawaiian phrase uou said when planting the trees? "when you live i live, your health and well-being is my health and well-being" around 9:07

[@EugenesBackpack]

invasive species introduced another invasive species and now uses it as food, that can be considered a symbiotic relationship. Right?

[@sticksstrings9792]

How come there isn't an effort for more public hunting opportunities 🤔

[@johannemitchell5280]

Exactly! These people have created a problem to become savors. "The land owners" lock out the kanaka hunters to put a profit on the so called problem deer population. Instead of selling the deer meat how about promoting youth hunts, native rights hunts. Stop locking out the Hawaiians of there own land and FOOD source. Don't be fooled by the movie production video.

[@dr_mr_dj_baguette1721]

Great video! How are unused remains discarded?

[@mauinuivenison5625]

Mahalo! The small amount of inedible portions that can't be used are disposed of in accordance with Federal and State regulations.

[@LiKwaiLao]

Beautiful I have many roots to the islands and indigenous people. The deer has been apart of genes before any gun was made. I would love to talk more to you about the program.

[@hafizullawncare7080]

Look delicious

[@prun8893]

If it's an invasive species.....isn't the best management to eradicate them ASAP rather than harvest them yearly to maintain "balance" for business purposes?

[@thomasjust7116]

Great message

[@lorinichols9996]

Peter Attia has a good podcast on this also!

[@atrueearthling4326]

Send them to the Hills of the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Great environment for them and they will feed many peoples.

[@knievel8727]

Did the fires fix the problem?

[@andrewscott3184]

Good thing they taste good

[@Lahainalongboarder]

Very informative video. Seems like deer undergo more regulation and screening than cattle? Glad to see positive momentum moving in the direction of protecting the local ecosystem

[@Jdbarney91]

how do I buy stock in this company?

[@bryana602]

Where do I sign up to go hunting I like teach my son and my self ?

[@Lonewolfeatssolo]

Halal

[@evilweener]

Hey , i'm not sure if im one of a million, but this would be a really cool life style, even if not the most lucrative. Are there ways to get into Axis deer management? I don't necessarily want to shoot anything, im sure there's more qualified people for that, but i'm good with technology and learning any system if its on a computer.

[@jonahquinto5594]

Such a big problem, Let Maui residents hunt then.

[@diecast4359]

Where can we go to harvest one of those

[@RehsNahk]

Put some tiger over there, and then you could live farcry 3

[@isaiahacia2355]

AWESOME VIDEO

[@MrDhukdhuki]

Can I get the axis deer meat in Colorado ?

[@restorationlandscapingkankakee]

Just like goats on Galápagos Islands

[@gw8111]

Wonderful concept and a terrific product and I have really enjoyed the venison jerky sticks. However, they were not economical before if you try to have 2-3 per day and they are way out of reach now at $122/box of 24. That is $5/jerky stick or $0.50/gram of protein whereas we can buy 100% grass fed beef in my hometown for less than 1/2 that price per gram of protein. We can debate what protein is higher quality but paying double for something like this has to raise serious questions. Charging $122/box is putting this product in the reach of only the 1%. Sad but maybe the reality of what quality food can cost. I wish you guys well. Doing good work. Just totally unaffordable for me (and the vast majority of others( now.

[@PappaMustafa]

Some sub sonic ammo and a suppressor would be a great addition.

[@johannemitchell5280]

Looks like more of a money source than a food source

[@isaiahacia2355]

What about the goats tho they cause way more harm out kahikinui side

[@brandonp4990]

Where do I sign up?

[@steveburlingame1935]

Dam i want a hunting trip wonder how to do that

[@caseypittman9950]

If you start valuing axis deer too much, you'll start to forget their invasive nature.

[@alcopwn454]

if you are diving in hawaii on vacation. dont go vegetarian or eat fish. go for the eco firendly option and have some deer. asme if you go florida get some lionfish.

[@joshmumpower4077]

It called hunters for the hungry in virgina hunters will fill tags our do pest control and donate the meat to local butcher shops then it goes to the food bank to feed familes in need hawaii really needs something like this

[@sticksstrings9792]

No it's not needed. The ocean and land full of animals and food, a culture to tie it all together. That doesn't make people wealthy though.

[@sticksstrings9792]

@Glum Sullen The fire ant. They bite, I pay money to eliminate them and I can't feed my family with ants, Call this an invasive pest. Do the deer harm the ecosystem, yes. Ide argue less than invasive humans building hundreds of homes but that's not the point. What the point is they are food and a part of a culture in hawaii that is the ability to live with the land not off it. I think the problem lies with not enough public local hunting opportunities, lots of deer bc we can't hunt them on private.

[@assaultking8089]

I can help u guys with the deer problems if u need a hand lmk thanks guys 🤙🏽

[@zeeshanpervaz7357]

Keep your hands for masturbating....we don't need your help.

[@1voluntaryist]

Did federal or state agencies recognize the damage and create the solution? No? Then why are they needed to oversee and second guess business? Why do they get to govern others, restricting and burdening? By what right do they enforce their demands? Why do free people put up with it?

[@tubbytuber]

Did federal and state agencies recognize the damage? Absolutely. Who do you think has funded and managed literally thousands of projects that provide education and research necessary to understand and improve Hawaii's ecological management; implement and enforce environmental regulations for land owners; ensure food safety; and not least, provide the entire framework that's necessary for a small independent program like this to work? You seem to suggest a program like this could simply pop up and function smoothly on its own. Not a chance. These guys are operating within legal, scientific, and commercial frameworks that balance competing interests and resolve conflicts. At some point, communities have needs that aren't met by the volunteer fire department and they decide to hire professionals, a full time fire department equipped and specialized for the job. People don't put up with it. People want it. Likewise, Hawaii's land and animal government agencies are professionals hired to perform functions and roles agreed upon by the free society. They are not restricting and burdening anyone. They are empowered by the people and strongly supported by the people as the way to enable solutions like this one, as well as more direct government programs such as agriculture inspections at Hawaii's airports. Free people freely decided that funding community resources is best and they freely electing people to lead the effort. Some might have learned that governments are often he best way to get things done. Often that happens after business had their chance and messed up royally. If you want to examine past approaches that didn't have all that "governing others" and oversight, learn about meatpacking before the USDA or study he sugar industry on Maui and the oh-so-wonderful solutions that business created for the island without any of those burdensome enforcers getting in the way.

[@1voluntaryist]

@@tubbytuber "Hawaii's ecological management, implement and enforce ... the entire framework ...for a small independent program like this..." You make my point that business is not free, not fundamentally controlled by the owner, NOT independently owned property. The so-called owner is a manager of a business owned, i.e., controlled, by an elite, i.e., govt., i.e., elected rulers. Even when they fail so badly that the entire country (Nazi Germany) or city (Hiroshima/Nagasaki) is turned into dust and tens of millions of "the people" die, the superstition that coercive govt. is better than voluntary govt. based on reason/rights will not be abandoned. Why? The law is ultimately force dressed up as reason and when a particular law is proved logically to be irrational, counter productive for order, the final reply by coercive govt. is not to defer to reason but to remind the protester, "the law is the law", i.e., obey or die. The scientific or commercial framework is irrelevant to bureaucracy. So is "the balance of competing interests". Competition for market share is only found in capitalism, which has been replaced by socialism in every country, Society's needs are NOT met by the master/slave, i.e., ruler/ruled paradigm. Mutual respect maximizes productivity and happiness. Particularly when that respect for life/liberty is realized by property rights. Socialism denies the right to property. Libertarianism doesn't. It's time to try a new political paradigm.

[@tubbytuber]

@Richard Gilley Yes, people wish they could have it all, everything the way they want. But the world is built on compromise. Usually through a government. Or through professionals ie the people put in charge. If you don't like the way things are being decided at least in Hawaii you can speak out and try to affect changes. Run for office. Get trained as a professional. Change how things get done. It's funny you think people have the right to decide what happens on "their own lands," well it takes a government to make sure that land remains yours... so from there it's just a matter of where you draw the lines. Should it be illegal for ME to build a house or start fires on "your land?" Should it be illegal for you to build a nuclear reactor on "your land?"

[@shawnwegner3746]

lion's

[@Lonewolfeatssolo]

Man land venison lovers would buy this in a heart beat! I can make this happen bring a hunt team and have them extracted and package and shipped not complicated !

[@artemiskurian1]

Take some tigers from India to balance out.

[@Felis-Concolor]

Or even just a few dozen cougars, they’d handle that axis deer population extremely proficiently.

[@johannemitchell5280]

Instead of selling the deer meat how about promoting youth hunts, native rights hunts. Stop locking out the Hawaiians of there own land and FOOD source. Don't be fooled by the movie production video. This is for profit while Hawaiians go homeless and hungry in their OWN LAND!

[@gw8111]

They actually sell their venison at a steep discount to locals. Before you judge them, you should do some actual research.

[@rudhisundar]

Why don't you bring Tigers there from India? They will manage them pretty well.

[@lilcourtny08]

That are not native to the islands, might as well introduce lions , leopards, and hyenas

[@rudhisundar]

@@lilcourtny08 Nature will manage it well. Tigers even thrive in Tundra, so they will be happy to manage themselves and the deers as well, 🙂.

[@leroyrobinsoniii6882]

I'm not sure why I'm here....oh wait Joe Rogan!!😭🤷🏾‍♂️

[@wildlifemaster1665]

Me two I thought I would see Joe rogan