PTA to open hunting areas

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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 through Monday.

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

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 stations: Kilohana, located on Saddle Road between mile markers 43 and 44; Puuhuluhulu, located at the intersection of Mauna Kea Access Road and Saddle Road near mile marker 28; or Puuanahulu, located on Highway 190 across from mile marker 15. Check-out time is no later than 7:30 p.m. each day.

Hunting passes will be provided at the check-in stations beginning Friday after 5 p.m. 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.