You guys have to run to the nearest ABC store and get some Tabi's!!! Go to Hanalei quick cuz!
They are rubber impregnated socks with felt soles, ninja style with the big toe separate from the others. You can RUN with those on, seriously! When I backpacked the island years ago I wore those and even with a full pack I would run full speed through even the snottiest red dirt Na Pali has to offer, past unprepared tourists slipping hither and yon. I learned from a Hawai'ian named Otashi who had two permanent camps on the trail and lived there. Otashi showed me many one trick. I still get 'chicken skin' thinking about them days, and please tell me you've found the wild sweet potato plants, they are bushes, living near the rivers, blueish green ting to the leaves, which are round in nature... look for rounded features where the vines meet the earth. These are the tops of wild, purple, unbelievable potatoes. Wrap them in Ti leaves (ask a local, it's what they wrap the rocks in as offerings at trail heads and what they make the leis out of...) and then put them into the coals of a dieing fire for 1/2 hour or better. Unbelievable.
Also living in the rivers are fresh water lobsters (their eyes glow in flashlights at night) capture them with a stick of bamboo splayed open at the end... really good boiled alongside the potatoes, also, look for fresh water limpits (spelling) stuck on rocks. Hawai'ians call the I'Ivai, or something like that. If you like oysters, you'll LOVE these guys. DANG! If I was there, brothers, I'd show you some magic.

LET'S DEFINITELY SAVE UP OUR $$$

Kaua'i will lift your soul, it is a very spiritual place and regardless of your beliefs will have you paying due reverence to your creator.  

Man, Steve!

What happened to the little pencil-necked kid you brought to Cloverdale who said he hoped to be a dentist some day?!?!?

Glad to hear he's "made the grade", and to see how well he has grown up!

Congrats on a fine hunt, and thanks for the story.  

Daryl

Awsome thread!!! Makes me miss the island. I lived there for six years, best time of my life. some freinds of mine would go up on the cliffs by Polihale and take goats with a bow. Funny thing was they would jump off the cliffs when hit and we would get them with a boat from the river. Can't wait to go back!! I miss kalua pig, best stuff on earth!!

Lovely goats, and a cracker of a pig! Well-done Steve and Benny!

Very cool thread, congrats and thank you for a great story

Great pics! More please on Musk Ox and Bear.

Those hero pics on the cliff with the tropical ocean in the background are just amazing. Such a contrast of experience and country. Awesome!

Steve, after talking to Benny about Kauai, this is definitely on my "to do" list...

Kev:

Get in shape and we'll go!  If not I guess we can use one of them game carts to get you to the game, lol!

Hey Steve and Bennie,
Thanks for the stories.  I gave up the chance for 2 weeks back in the Islands (taking my bow this time) so we could move to Denver.  Hopefully I'll be back to the islands in '10.
homebru aka nathan in parker, co

Good Hunt Steve and great story of it. I must say that is a mighty purty place.The pic with Bennie on the ledge with the goat with a boat in the background is special.RC

I will never make it there, enjoyed the pics and story. Thanks for sharing a great hunt.

HA! I'm working on it, Steve.

Great story Steve! Nice not having to worry about frostbite I bet.  

awesome thanks for taking the time to share it with us
love these threads !

beautiful place!

That was a great read and looksy Steve.  You guys rock!!  I dont know when I'd ever get out there but Kaui is the place I'd love to go in HI.
I'm saving my pennies but with little kids...etc etc...someday maybe.

How was your camping set-up?  How many days in the bush...etc.

What do you do with all the meat in such a target rich environment and warm climate when your packed in?

Thanks for sharing..          

My 20th wedding aniversary is coming up in 2011 and Hawaii may be our destination.  If so, Kauai may be just the place to go.  Looks like plenty of critters for me and my son to chase, and other things to keep my wife and girls happy/distracted....

Thanks for another well documented adventure, Steve H.

Just got done reading this one .... just wanted to say again thank God for Trad Gang!!! Where we can come and read about folks that actually hunt and kill stuff, and folks are more interested in sharing stories with others than 'telling stories' about others, and no 8th grade male drama queens.

Hammer down Steve!!!!!

Fantasy Island only real. Hawaiians really know luau. How was the goat?