PTA to open Keamuku for bow hunting this weekend

PTA to open Keamuku for bow hunting this weekend

PTA to open Keamuku for bow hunting this weekend

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

The bag limit is one pig and one goat per hunter, per day.

All hunters must check in and check out at one of the following hunter 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 (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 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.

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. Additionally, hunters with disabilities can call Officer Brian Mabry at 969-2429.