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■ The 2022 game bird hunting season kicked off on Nov. 5, following a week of heavy rainfall in east Hawaii. The plan was to pick up my friend Brian Phillips in Kea‘au early Saturday morning and proceed to Kapāpala Ranch, prepared for but hopefully avoiding any more rain.
I arose early, fed the dogs and loaded Yankee, my young wirehair, into