The Kaʻohe Game Management Area (GMA) will open to game mammal hunting with a muzzleloader or shotgun (with slug) on Thursday, July 3. The season will continue through Sunday, August 31, excluding August 27-28 when the area will be closed for ungulate management operations by DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) staff.

Conditions and restrictions will apply for this hunt.

The daily bag limit will be four pigs of either sex per hunter, per day. There is no limit for sheep or goat harvest. All hunters and non-hunter assistants must wear an exterior garment (shirt, vest, jacket, or coat) made of commercially manufactured, solid blaze-orange material or solid blaze-orange mesh with a maximum mesh size of one-eighth inch.

For more information, contact DOFAW’s Hilo office at 808-974-4221.

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