Public or Private Destination: Public, Member, Corp
Type of Shoots: Field
Game/Birds Offered: Dove, Quail, Pheasant, Chukar, Grouse, Huns, Turkey
Gun Dogs: Guides & Dogs, Allow Hunters to Bring Their Dogs
Other Hunting/Sporting Opportunities: Clays, Deer Hunting, Bowhunting, Rifle & Pistol
Lodging: Lodging
HAWAII HUNTING
Parker Ranch offers a variety of scenic hunting areas spanning approximately 150,000 acres and ranging from sea level to 7000’ elevation. We offer a wide variety hunting terrain and game species.
Our excellent hunting opportunities have been featured on TNN’s Csonka Outdoors, ESPN’s “Under Wild Skies” and “Backroads,” Petersen’s Hunting, Pointing Dog Journal, Wing and Shot, Shooting Sportsman, Sporting Clays and The Hunting Report magazines.
Celebrating 160 years – 1847-2007
Spanning approximately 150,000 acres between Mauna Kea and the
Kohala
Mountains on Hawaii’s
Big
Island , Parker Ranch is among our nation’s largest and most historic ranches. Throughout 2007, Parker Ranch marks its 160th Anniversary, commemorating the $10 purchase of two acres of land from King Kamehameha on January 14, 1847.
Parker Ranch on Hawaii's Big Island – Discover Parker Ranch!
Parker Ranch on the
Big
Island of
Hawaii is home of the Hawaiian cowboy: ka’ aina o ka paniolo. The Parker Ranch story is a road from Hawaiian history to modern day life in
Hawaii . Parker Ranch offers activities and events, which give insight into life on
Hawaii . A trip to the
Big
Island would be incomplete without a visit to the Parker Ranch historical homes, visitor center, museum, or without an adventure through ranch country on horseback or ATV.
Hawaii Hunting
Parker Ranch offers a variety of scenic hunting areas spanning approximately 150,000 acres and ranging from sea level to 7000’ elevation. We offer a wide variety hunting terrain and game species.
Our excellent hunting opportunities have been featured on TNN’s Csonka Outdoors, ESPN’s “Under Wild Skies” and “Backroads,” Petersen’s Hunting, Pointing Dog Journal, Wing and Shot, Shooting Sportsman, Sporting Clays and The Hunting Report magazines.
Year round hunting is available for big game species.
Big Game species include Polynesian boar, Spanish goat,
Vancouver bulls and Axis deer. Polynesian boars are known for their fierce temper. They flourish in rolling grasslands and dense forests. Mature boars weigh 200 pounds and sport up to 6-inch tusks. Spanish goats are known for their keen eyesight and exist in rugged terrain. Billies weigh 100 pounds and their horns span up to 30 inches. Wild
Vancouver bulls sport up to 35-inch wide horns and weigh up to 1000 pounds. They lurk in the ranch’s remote dense rain forests. Wild bull hunting is not for the weak at heart. Axis bucks carry antlers up to 36 inches tall and weigh up to 200 pounds. They are known for their keen senses and tasty meat qualities. We have maintained a 98 percent success rate on our big game hunts. For the ultimate big game hunt inquire about our
Big
Island Grand Slam hunt, which includes harvesting three species.
Our upland game bird hunting is second to none with a season extending from October through February. Pointing dogs are used to pursue 12 species of game birds found at Parker Ranch. Kalij, blue and ring-neck pheasant, Erkels, black and gray francolin, Chukar partridge, Valley and Japanese quail, Rio Grande turkey, Sand grouse and Lace neck doves. Our Spring Hunt runs from March 1st through April 15th.
Meat handling and caping is included with hunts. Mounts can be arranged by request. Our German Shorthair and English Pointers accompany upland game bird hunts. Beverages and snacks are supplied on all hunts. A hunter education card is required to purchase a
Hawaii hunting license. A current license from any state may be used to purchase a
Hawaii preserve license.
We hope to share this unique part of
Hawaii with you. The hunting experience you share with us will be one you will always remember.
For more information please contact Patrick C. Fisher by email or phone at (808) 960-4148.
History of Parker Ranch
Parker Ranch is among the largest ranches in the , spreading approximately 150,000 acres across Hawaii’s
Big
Island . It is also one of the country’s oldest ranches, with more than 160 years of history. The story begins in 1809, a single generation after Captain James Cook first encounters these tropic isles. A nineteen year old sailor named John Parker jumps ship and hides in a thicket as the ship that brought him to
Hawaii drops below the horizon.
John Parker comes to the attention of the great King Kamehameha I, the monarch who fought to unite the islands in a single kingdom, and John is given important tasks by the king. John returns one more time to the sea for adventure in China during the War of 1812, but then returns to
Hawaii to stay for good. Having brought back with him a new, state-of-the-art American musket, John is given the privilege of being the first man allowed to shoot some of the thousands of maverick cattle that roam
Hawaii ’s remote plains and valleys. These rangy beasts are the legacy of British Captain George Vancouver, who presented Kamehameha with five head just 21 years earlier.
Due mostly to John’s efforts, salt beef eventually replaces the increasingly scarce sandalwood as the island’s chief export. As the need for beef increases, so does John’s fortune and influence. A year after he returned to
Hawaii in 1815, he had married Kipikane, the daughter of a high-ranking chief, who took the Christian name Rachel. Rachel Parker bears John a daughter and two sons, and the Parker dynasty begins, figuring prominently in the next two centuries of Hawaiian history.
As the Parker family fortune grows, the highlands of Waimea become a bustling center of trade. The family grows too, and chances some ventures into areas outside cattle ranching. There are good times and bad times, and in 1887, events lead to a search for a good, strong manager. Alfred Wellington Carter, a respected Honolulu businessman and judge, becomes the answer for Parker Ranch, guiding its growth with a steady hand for nearly half a century.
Between 1942 and 1945, Waimea was home for 50,000 Marines from the Second and Fifth Marine Divisions and the V Amphibious Corps as they prepared for the battles of Iwo Jima and
Okinawa . Parker Ranch played an integral part in hosting the Marines at what became known as
Camp
Tarawa . A monument to the Marines who trained here can be seen along the highway near the entrance to the Ranch Historic Homes attraction.
Gunplay? High drama? Romance and tragedy? It is all here in the history of Parker Ranch. It is a story of explorers, Hawaiian cowboys, kings and dignitaries, star-crossed lovers, and an heir who became a Broadway actor who established the Parker Ranch Foundation Trust that was created exclusively for health care, education and charitable purposes.
Pheasant HuntingPheasant Hunting is one of the best if not the best gamebird to hunt. Ofcourse this depends on the likings of the hutner. But Pheasant Hunting is definitely a fun experience for the young and old. South Dakota is an excellent choice for Pheasant Hunting. We have several pheasant hunting lodges which are located on our South Dakota Pheasant Huntingpage. We ask for all of our Pheasant Hunting shotgunners to let us know how you feel about wingshootingdestinations.com. We strive to offer the best Pheasant Hunting opportunities available. South Dakota pheasant hunting. Pheasant hunting has been a very popular gamebird for a long time. Pheasant hunting seems to be getting more popular everyday. This is due to younger shotgunners picking up on the excitement of pheasant hunting. Quail Hunting has been popular in the South for very long time. Quail Hunting is somewhat similar to Pheasant Hunting. Alabama and are popular State for Quail Hunting.
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