Army officials are opening several sections of Pohakuloa Training Area for bow hunting on Saturday and Sunday from 5 a.m. to 7 Army officials are opening several sections of Pohakuloa Training Area for bow hunting on Saturday and Sunday from
Army officials are opening several sections of Pohakuloa Training Area for bow hunting on Saturday and Sunday from 5 a.m. to 7
p.m.
Training areas 10-11, as well as the northern portion of training area 2 (on the Mauna Kea side of New Saddle Road), will be open for bow hunting of mammals only. 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 hunters’ check-in stations: Kilohana, located on Saddle Road between mile markers 43 and 44, or Pu‘u Huluhulu, located at the intersection of Mauna Kea Access Road and Saddle Road near mile marker 28. Check-out time is no later than 7:30 p.m. each day.
Hunting passes will be provided at the check-in stations beginning Friday after 5 p.m. 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 10-11 is through any of gates 1-6 on Saddle Road. Hunter access to training area 2 is through any of gates 1-5 on Saddle Road. The new Saddle Road alignment near mile marker 40 is off limits to all traffic except construction vehicles.
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 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.
