Bow hunting this weekend

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Several sites at Pohakuloa Training Area are being opened for bow hunting today and Sunday, 5 a.m.-7 p.m., according to a written Army statement.

Several sites at Pohakuloa Training Area are being opened for bow hunting today and Sunday, 5 a.m.-7 p.m., according to a written Army statement.

Training areas 10 and 11 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 Puu Huluhulu, located at the intersection of Mauna Kea Access Road and Saddle Road 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 beginning today 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 and 11 is through gates 1-6 on the west 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 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.