Hawaii Safaris — Attraction in Hawaii

I am just returning from a doe management hunt on Maui. I have hunted my entire life, but this was my first guided hunt. The experience could not have been better. The Fisher family provided me with a lot of information prior to the hunt and answered all my questions, which put me at ease. My guide, Keanu, was fabulous. We hunted a full day, and I harvested two nice Axis deer. I believe that this is the type of hunt that can be tailored to the hunter. There are some easier shot opportunities, and the location we hunted is very hunter friendly. However, if you want to spot and stalk, or bust through the brush in the wind while hunting bedding areas in the afternoon, you can experience it. I saw a lot of Axis and some pigs during the hunt. The landscape and views are out of this world. I picked up the meat yesterday, and it looks amazing. One thing to consider, you have to schedule your hunt so that your meat will have time to freeze solid before you try to fly back. I checked some of the meat in a 52-quart marine cooler with wheels, and I carried the rest on with a backpack cooler (over 24 hours without any problems). I can’t thank Keanu and the Fisher family enough for helping me have such an memorable experience. Decades from now I will still be thinking...

My wife and I booked a hunt for our honeymoon. Paid to rent two guns. Met with our guide the first morning, he only brought 1 gun. The binos he brought were trash, so he ended up using my wife’s binos. My wife spotted a nice axis buck early the first day, but our guide dismissed her and wouldn’t even try to see what she was looking at. A few minutes later, I spotted a buck our guide called a monster at 155 yards. Our guide took the rifle from my wife and started running toward the buck. Then after it got away he tried to convince her to shoot a buck less than half that size. That night we spotted another nice buck at 77 yards. There was a burm the perfect height for a dead rest, and our guide grabbed the gun to readjust it 3 times until the buck ran off. I could go on and on. I’ve been on guided hunts all over the US and Africa. Nothing was even close to this terrible. Because they only brought 1 rifle, I never even got to hunt. It was like our guide was purposely sabotaging the hunt. Thats the only way I can wrap my mind around how bad it was.

I also find it ironic that at least 2 of the 5 star reviews are from the owners (the very ones I was communicating with). Pretty sad you have to give yourself...

A hunt of a lifetime!! I had been planning and saving for an Axis deer hunt on Maui for almost 3 years. I looked at all the different outfitters and Hawaii Safaris was who I choose not only because they are extremely fair priced but when speaking with Patrick, he was nothing short of accommodating to all my questions. The day of the hunt I met with Chaz who is Patrick's son. We were less then 10 minutes into the hunt and we were already on the deer (and a random pig that popped out of the jungle). We moved on and up the ranch that morning. We saw about 25 deer and one nice buck but Chaz was sure we could get something even better. We broke for lunch and met back at 3 that afternoon. Chaz took us up top of a hill to glass the better part of 1000 acres from one spot. We saw several large heard of deer and several nice bucks in the distance. Out of nowhere about 40 deer popped up below and one very nice buck was hanging in some guavas. We waited and I got a great shot on that buck and was lucky enough to make a clean harvest. Chaz helped get the buck out and later processed the deer for me to take home. this hunt met all my expectations and I hope one day I can hunt Axis deer again with...