Army officials at Pohakuloa Training Area are opening several training areas for bow hunting in the Pohakuloa Training Area from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Training areas 1 to 6 will be open for bow hunting of mammals only. The bag limit is one pig, one goat and one non-typical ram (polled, deformed, muumuu) per hunter, per day.
There will be no hunting Monday, due to training.
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 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 to training areas 1 to 6 is by foot only from the parking lot at the Old Saddle Road gate, across from the Mauna Kea Recreation Area.
Hunting on the range follows state law.
For more information, call the PTA Hunter’s Hotline 969-3474; visit www.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.