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PTA to open several areas for bird hunting this weekend (Feb 21-22)

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Puu Huluhulu Hunter’s Check-in Station. Hawaii 24/7 File Photo hunting

Puu Huluhulu Hunter’s Check-in Station. Hawaii 24/7 File Photo

POHAKULOA TRAINING AREA, Hawaii – Army officials are opening several
training areas for bow hunting, here, Feb. 21-22, from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Training areas 12-16 and the Keamuku Training Area 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 hunter’s
check-in stations: Kilohana, located on Saddle Road between mile markers 43
and 44; Pu’u Huluhulu, located at the intersection of Mauna Kea Access Road
and Saddle Road near mile marker 28; or Pu’u Anahulu, located on Mamalahoa
Highway (Hwy 190) across from mile marker 14. Checkout time is no later than
7 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 12-16 is through Ahi Gate, near mile marker
38.5, on West Saddle Road.

Hunter access to Keamuku Training Area is through gates 2 and 7 on Old
Saddle Road, and gates 11 and 14 on Mamalahoa Highway.

Hunters are required to park in designated parking areas. Firearms,
alcoholic beverages, all-terrain vehicles, dirt bikes and/or recreational
vehicles are not allowed in the training and hunting areas.

Hunters with disabilities can call Officer Brian Mabry at (808) 969-2429.

For more information, call the PTA Hunter’s Hotline at (808) 969-3474, visit
www.garrison.hawaii.army.mil/pta and click on the “Hunting” tab, or refer to
instructions on the hunting pass.

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