PTA to open Keamuku for bow hunting

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Army officials are the opening the Keamuku Maneuver Area for hunting from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Army officials are the opening the Keamuku Maneuver Area for hunting from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Keamuku Maneuver Area will be open for bow hunting of feral goats and pigs only.

All hunters must check in and check out at one of the following hunter’s check-in stations: Kilohana, on Saddle Road between mile markers 43 and 44; Puu Huluhulu, at the intersection of Mauna Kea Access Road and Saddle Road near mile marker 28; or Puu Anahulu, on Mamalahoa Highway across from mile marker 14. Checkout time is no later than 7 p.m. each day. Hunting passes will be provided at check-in stations beginning Friday after 5 p.m.

Hunter access is through any of the following: gate 7 on Old Saddle Road; gates 11, 14, 17 and the old corral near mile marker 9 on Mamalahoa Highway; and the 49.5 mile marker gate on New Saddle Road.

The bag limit is one pig and one goat per hunter, per day. Unless otherwise specified, all game mammal hunting activity at Pohakuloa Training Area follows State of Hawaii regulations.

For more information, call the PTA Hunter’s Hotline at 969-3474; visit garrison.hawaii.army.mil/pta, and click on the “Hunting” tab; or refer to instructions on the hunting pass. Hunters with disabilities can call Officer Brian Mabry at 969-2429.