Portions of Pohakuloa Training Area will be open Saturday and Sunday for bird hunting.
Portions of Pohakuloa Training Area will be open Saturday and Sunday for bird hunting.
The Humu‘ula Unit (Training Areas 1-4) and the Keamuku Maneuver Area will be open 5 a.m.-7 p.m. for shotgun hunting of birds only.
All hunters must check in and check out at one of the new Army check-in stations at the following locations:
• Old Saddle Road Gate, across from the Mauna Kea State Park entrance.
• Mile Marker 49.5 gate on Daniel K. Inouye Highway (Highway 200), about 1 1/2 half miles from Mamalahoa Highway (Highway 190) on the left.
• Gate 10 near mile marker 53 on Old Saddle Road, 1 mile from Mamalahoa Highway.
Checkout time is no later than 7 p.m. each day. Hunting passes will be provided at check-in stations beginning after 5 p.m. today.
Use of shotgun slugs is not permitted and access to training areas is by foot only.
For more information, call the PTA hunters’ 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 the PTA game warden at 969-2429.