Army officials are opening areas of Pohakuloa Training Area for bow hunting from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Army officials are opening areas of Pohakuloa Training Area for bow hunting from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Training areas 1 through 6, 9, 12 through 16, and the unfenced portion of training area 18, will be open for bow hunting of mammals 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 190 across from mile marker 15. Checkout time is no later than 7 p.m. each day. Hunting passes will be provided at check-in stations after 5 p.m. Friday.
Hunter access is through any of the following: Training areas 1 through 6: Accessible by foot only from the parking lot at the Old Saddle Road Gate across from the Mauna Kea Recreation Area. Training areas 9, 12 through 16 and the unfenced portion of 18: Vehicle access is through the Ahi Gate at the 38.5 mile marker on New Saddle Road. There is no vehicle access allowed east of training area 9.
The bag limit is one sheep, one goat, and one pig, per day. Unless otherwise specified, all game mammal hunting activity at Pohakuloa Training Area follows State of Hawaii regulations; please refer to H.A.R. Title 13, Chapter 123 “Rules Regulating Game Mammal Hunting.”
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. Additionally, hunters with disabilities can call Officer Brian Mabry at 969-2429.