The U.S. Army is opening several training areas to bow hunters at 5 to 7 a.m. on Sept. 5 to 7 at the Pohakuloa Training Area.
The U.S. Army is opening several training areas to bow hunters at 5 to 7 a.m. on Sept. 5 to 7 at the Pohakuloa Training Area.
Training areas 1-6, 9, 12-16, and the unfenced portion of training area 18 will be open for bow hunting of mammals only. The daily limit is one pig, one goat and one non-typical ram (polled, deformed, mu’umu’u), per hunter.
All interested hunters must go to one of the check-in stations: Kilohana, located on Saddle Road between mile markers 43
and 44; Pu’u Huluhulu, located at the intersection of Mauna Kea Access Road and Saddle Road, near mile marker 28; or Pu’u Anahulu, located on Mamalahoa Highway across from mile marker 15. Checkout time is 7 p.m. Hunting passes will be provided starting at 5 p.m. Friday at check-in stations.
Hunter access is through any of the following:
Training areas 1-6: Only accessible by foot from the parking lot at the Old Saddle Road Gate across from the Mauna Kea Recreation Area.
Training areas 9, 12-16, 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 access allowed east of training area 9.
Unless otherwise specified, all game mammal hunting activity follows State of Hawaii regulations.
For more information, call the PTA Hunter’s Hotline at (808) 969-3474; visit www.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.