PTA opening area for hunting this weekend

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The Keamuku Maneuver Area in the Pohakuloa Training Area will be open for bow hunting from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

The Keamuku Maneuver Area in the Pohakuloa Training Area will be open for bow hunting from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

The only animals targeted are goats and pigs, with a limit of one each per hunter.

All hunters must check in and out at one of the following hunter’s check-in stations: Kilohana, located on Saddle Road between mile markers 43 and 44; Puu Huluhulu, located at the intersection of Mauna Kea Access Road and Saddle Road near mile marker 28; or Puu Anahulu, located on Mamalahoa Highway (Highway 190) across from mile marker 15.

Passes will be available from 5 p.m. Friday at the check-in stations.

Hunters must check out at 7 p.m.

Entry 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 mile marker 49.5 gate on New Saddle Road.

Hunting will take place under Hawaii hunting rules.

There is more information at the Hunter’s Hotline at 969-3474 and at www.garrison.hawaii.army.mil/pta under the “Hunting” tab. Hunters with disabilities can call Officer Brian Mabry at 969-2429.