STATE OF HAWAII
ARCHERY HUNTING TO OPEN
IN THE
PUUANAHULU GAME
MANAGEMENT AREA
The Department of Land and Natural
Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife announces the opening of archery
hunting in the PUUANAHULU GAME MANAGEMENT AREA (GMA) beginning Saturday, March
5, 2005, and continuing on weekends and State Holidays through June 26, 2005. The annual closure of the archery season in
this GMA will be from July through February.
As provided in Title 13, Chapter 123, the Department hereby notifies the
public of changes that have been made in the bag limits, conditions and
restrictions for the hunt and the assessment of a permit application fee. The following conditions and restrictions
will apply for the hunt:
Background:
The hunting of rams will
be allowed this year. Only rams with
horn lengths of 20 inches or more (measured from base to tip) may be legally
harvested. There will be no season limit
for the harvest of polled and deformed horned rams in Puuanahulu GMA, and tags
will not be required. Hunters must leave
the head and the scrotal sack attached to the carcass of all harvested rams for
ID purposes.
Hunters will need to purchase a 2005
feral goat and/or feral ram tag to legally hunt in this area. Feral goat and ram harvest tags will be
available at the Division of Forestry and Wildlife offices and various hunting
license agents in Kona. A limit of two
feral goat harvest tags and one ram harvest tag will be issued per hunter and
will cost resident hunters $10 per tag and non-residents $25 per tag. There will be no replacement cards issued.
Season for 2005:
- Area opens on March 5 through June 26, on weekends and State
holidays only.
Bag limits:
- The daily bag limit will be one pig of either sex, one goat of
either sex, and one ram with 20 inch or greater horn length or one
polled/deformed horn ram per hunter.
- The season limit will be two goats and one ram of 20-inch or
greater horn length.
- There will be no season limit for polled and deformed horned
sheep or for feral pigs.
Additional requirements:
- Hunters must be in possession of an unused 2005 feral goat or
ram tag to continue hunting in the area. Once the feral goat and ram season limit is
reached, hunters may no longer hunt in Puuanahulu GMA.
- The feral goat and ram harvest tags will not be transferable and
must be placed through the hind leg of the animal immediately after each kill.
Further information may
be obtained by contacting the Division of Forestry and Wildlife Offices in Hilo
at (808) 974-4232 or in Kamuela at (808) 887-6063.
Report game law
violations to the Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement at (808)
974-6208 in Hilo. After hours and on weekends and holidays, calls may be made
toll-free to Honolulu by asking the operator for Enterprise 5469" (not
operable from cell phones).
Done
at Honolulu this_____ day of February, 2005.