The Godfather of Axis Deer Culling on Molokai Island

Desmund Manaba was born and raised on Molokai, Hawaii’s fifth largest island and home to a staggering population of axis deer. He started hunting the non-native animals when he was eight, and has been watching their numbers explode ever since. Axis deer are destructive to the island’s terrain, vegetation, crops, and ranchland. But where there are indisputable problems, Manaba has also found opportunity. Senior Deputy Editor Natalie Krebs road around with Manaba during a nighttime cull. Read her full story here.  Produced and edited by Senior Deputy Editor Natalie Krebs. Hosted by Editor-in-Chief Alex Robinson. Supported by Camp Chef, Leupold and Nosler. Music in this episode by Harrison Black, Zep Jameson, and Emerson Lee via APM Music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices