PTA to open several areas for bow hunting this weekend

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Army officials are opening several training areas for bow hunting at Pohakuloa Training Area from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Army officials are opening several training areas for bow hunting at Pohakuloa Training Area from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Training areas 1 through 4 will be open for bow hunting of mammals only. Hunters are allowed one pig, one goat and one sheep, per day, in keeping with state bag limits. Shooting sheep with blue collars is not permitted.

All hunters must check-in and out at one of the following hunter’s check-in stations: Kilohana, located on Saddle Road between mile markers 43 and 44; or Puu Huluhulu, located at the intersection of Mauna Kea Access Road and Saddle Road near mile marker 28. Check-out time is no later than 7:30 p.m. each day.

Hunting passes will be provided at the check-in stations after 5 p.m. Friday. These passes must be signed and placed on the vehicle’s dashboard. Hunters who do not have a signed hunting pass on their dashboard will be barred from hunting for 30 days.

Hunter access to training areas 1 through 4 is through gates 1-10 on the East Saddle Road.

Firearms, alcoholic beverages, all-terrain vehicles, dirt bikes and/or recreational vehicles are not allowed in the training and hunting areas. For more information, call the PTA Hunter’s Hotline at (808) 969-3474, click here and then click on the ” Hunting ” tab, or refer to instructions on the hunting pass.