Bird hunting this weekend at PTA

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Several sections of the Army’s Pohakuloa Training Area are open 5 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday for bird hunting.

Several sections of the Army’s Pohakuloa Training Area are open 5 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday for bird hunting.

Training areas 1-2, 10-11, 14-16 and the Keamuku Training Area will be open for shotgun hunting of birds only. Use of shotgun slugs 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; 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 (Highway 190) across from mile marker 15.

Checkout time is no later than 7 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.

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.