PTA to open several areas for bow hunting this weekend

PTA to open several areas for bow hunting this weekend

PTA to open several areas for bow hunting this weekend

Army officials are opening several Pohakulao Training Areas for bow hunting 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Training areas 1-4, 9, 12-16 and the Keamuku Training Area 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 check out at one of the following hunter’s check-in stations: Kilohana, located on Saddle Road between milemarkers 43 and 44; Puu Huluhulu, located at the intersection of Mauna Kea Access Road and Saddle Road near mile marker 28; or Puu Anahulu, located on Mamalahoa Highway across from milemarker 15. Checkout time is no later than 7:30 p.m. each day.

Hunting passes will be provided at the check-in stations beginning 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 1-4 is through any of gates 1-10 on East Saddle Road. Hunter access to training areas 9 and 12-16 is through Ahi Gate, near mile marker 38.5, on West Saddle Road. Hunter access to Keamuku is through gates 2 and 7 on Old Saddle Road, and gates 11 and 14 on Mamalahoa Highway.

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, visit garrison.hawaii.army.mil/pta and click on the “Hunting” tab, or refer to instructions on the hunting pass.