Hawaii Canned Hunting Statutes and Regulations

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Statute

Hawaii's Department of Land and Natural Resources states that a license, for a fee of $1, is required to engage "in the business of conducting a private and commercial shooting game preserve, or breeding and selling game birds" (§183D-34).

Hawaiian law defines game mammals as deer, pronghorn, goat, sheep, cattle, pig, "and any other mammal that may be or has been introduced into the State and released for hunting and for which a hunting season is established by law or by rule of the department," as long as they are living in a wild or feral state not under domestication (§183D-51a).

However, "nothing in this section shall permit the taking, catching, pursuing, or killing of any mammal in the legal possession or control of any person, or where otherwise prohibited by law or by rule of the department" (§183D-51b).

Regulation 

Regulations promulgated by Hawaii's Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife, specify that anyone licensed to operate a private or commercial shooting preserve must "comply with the provisions of Chapter 183D, Hawaii Revised Statutes and all applicable rules" (§13-122-16).

The regulations make it clear that only game birds are permitted to be hunted on private or commercial shooting preserves.

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