PTA to open Keamuku for bow hunting this weekend

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Army officials are opening the Keamuku Maneuver Area (KMA) at Pohakuloa Training Area for bow hunting from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The area will be open for bow hunting of goats and pigs only. The bag limit is one pig and one goat per hunter, per day.

Army officials are opening the Keamuku Maneuver Area (KMA) at Pohakuloa Training Area for bow hunting from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The area will be open for bow hunting of goats and pigs only. The bag limit is one pig and one goat per hunter, per day.

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 and Saddle roads near mile marker 28; or Puu Anahulu, located on Mamalahoa Highway 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.

For more information, call the PTA Hunter’s Hotline at 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.