Hawaii Immersion - Dec 2024
Join our Sacred Hunting Hawaii trip to source your own wild meat, connect with your primal roots, and step into manhood like our ancestors.
Remembering on old way of living...
There are over 50,000 axis deer on the island of Molokai and around 7,000 humans. The majestic animals are in huge herds, which means there are dozens of pairs of eyes looking for movement from predators like us. The axis deer hunting in Hawaii is a combination of ambushing AND spotting/stalking when there is no available shot.
Join this hunt to connect with the process of killing an animal to eat. Connect with your primal self and a brotherhood of likeminded men. We will start by learning and participating in traditional Hawaiian cultural practices and enjoy a medicine journey before and after the hunting.
Meet Your Guides
Mansal Denton "Little Beaver"
Mansal Denton is the founder of Sacred Hunting, author and transformation facilitator. He brings indigenous rites, rituals, and plant medicine ceremonies together with hunting to facilitate inner growth. He has been leading axis deer hunts in Hawaii for 4 years.
Dennis Notten
Dennis is the founder of Sacred Journey, an officially recognized Santo Diame church. Dennis was a musician from a young age, leading him to study at the Royal School of Music in The Hague at 18 years old. His passion for travel and the healing arts ran alongside his successful career as classical musician, before the call to a monumentally different path eventually became too loud for him to ignore. Dennis’ work with sacred plant medicine has taken many forms; student, founder of a healing centre, conscious community leader. He has held sacred ceremonies around the world for over a decade, and his path has led him to this current place of deep listening.Â
Hunt Details:
What: Hunting axis deer (~ 40-70 lbs of meat each).
When: December 8-13, 2024
Where: Molokai, Hawaii
Cost:Â We'll discuss on our call +Â Hawaii hunting license. This includes food and lodging for 3 nights & 4 days. **Payment plans available.**
Available Spots:Â 8 total
Honoring Hawaiian culture
Hawaii is one of the few places in the United States that still has strong ties to their cultural roots. Molokai is one of the islands that has slowed commercial progress for the purpose of maintaining that culture. This Molokai axis deer hunt is about more than that. It's about understanding and connecting to the culture of Hawaii.
In order to hunt Hawaii the most ethical way possible, we organize an entire day of cultural sites with native Hawaiians to provide introspection and personal growth. If you are just looking for big axis deer buck hunting in Hawaii, this is NOT the experience for you.
For those who want to hunt in Hawaii like the indigenous have for hundreds of years and like your ancestors did wherever you're from, then this is the cultural experience for you.
Itinerary
- Fly from the mainland to Molokai, HawaiiÂ
- Arrival, pickup, and transport to lodging
- Dinner
- Logistics to prepare for the hunt
- Visiting sacred Hawaiian cultural sites
- Grandmother ceremony (led by Dennis Notten)
- Morning: Hunting for axis deerÂ
- Evening: Hunting for axis deer
- Morning: Hunt
- Afternoon: Grandmother ceremony (led by Dennis Notten)
- Morning departure from Molokai (
Sacred Hunting Meets Sacred Journey
Watch Mansal Denton of Sacred Hunting and Dennis Notten of Sacred Journey discuss the paths which led them to ethical hunting, and the transformative experiences that the hunts have offered them.
Frequently Asked Questions
Our guide will flash freeze the meat and can ship us coolers from Hawaii via FedEx. It will cost about $70, but that's a small price to pay to not have to carry that around with you. The only catch is that each person will need to bring a cooler for shipping. Molokai is too small an island and likely will not have any (much less 6) coolers for sale. You can likely put food/snacks in the cooler, check it in, and come back without one so it's not a huge commitment.
Weapons can be easily transported to Hawaii using a TSA case. These are not expensive and are generally better gun cases than existing ones. Alternatively, you can use a TSA lock on your existing case, which would be a more affordable/simpler option.
They take it somewhat seriously, but it isn't overly problematic. They require a negative COVID test 72 hours before arrival and a bit of other paperwork (where you're staying, etc etc). This is all stuff that I will coordinate. However, be mindful that if you are planning to go to other islands while you are there, there will be more paperwork/legwork.
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"It was incredible...Easily one of the best experiences of my life. First kill on the tail end of medicine... I've never experienced anything like it."
- Kyle Kingsbury
Kyle Kingsbury Podcast / retired UFC Fighter