Army officials are opening training areas for bow hunting at Pohakuloa Training Area on Saturday and Sunday for bow hunting.
Training areas 10 and 11 will be open for bow hunting of mammals only between 5 a.m. and 7 p.m. each day, according to the U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii. Hunters are allowed one pig, one goat and one sheep, per day, in keeping with state bag limits. Shooting sheep with blue collars is not permitted.
All hunters must check in and check out at one of the following hunter’s check-in stations: Kilohana, located on Saddle Road between mile markers 43 and 44; or Puu Huluhulu, located at the intersection of Mauna Kea Access and Saddle roads, near mile marker 28. Checkout time is no later than 7:30 p.m. each day.
Hunting passes will be provided at the check-in stations after 5 p.m. Friday. These passes must be signed and placed on the vehicle’s dashboard. Hunters who do not have a signed hunting pass on their dashboard will be barred from hunting for 30 days.
Hunter access to training areas 10 and 11 is through gates 1 through 6 on the east side of new Saddle Road.
Firearms, alcoholic beverages, all-terrain vehicles, dirt bikes and/or recreational vehicles are not allowed in the training and hunting areas.
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.