Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 13 - DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Subtitle 5 - FORESTRY AND WILDLIFE › Part 2 - WILDLIFE › Chapter 123 - RULES REGULATING GAME MAMMAL HUNTING › Exhibit 11 - Game mammals to be taken, means of take, daily bag limits, hunting periods, hunting days, and special conditions for hunting on the island of Hawaii

Current through June, 2024
Hunting Unit
Game
Mammals To
Be
							 Taken
Means of Take
Bag Limits
Open Hunting Periods
Open Hunting Days
Special Conditions and Restrictions
A Mauna Kea Game Management Area (GMA) and
							 Forest Reserve
Feral pigs
Rifle, muzzleloader, handgun, shotgun,
							 archery. Dogs not permitted.
One pig per hunter per day. No season limit.
Year-round, except on legal game bird hunting days
Daily, except during spring turkey season
							 (Mar 1-Apr 15), when firearm mammal hunting is restricted to elevations above
							 treeline.**
Evidence of sex and species waived for
							 sheep and goats
Wild sheep and feral goats
No bag limit. No season limit.
Year-round
B Kohala, Olaa, Kau (including Haao
							 Springs Restricted Watershed), Hilo, Manowaialee, Hamakua, Waiakea, Kapapala,
							 South Kona Upper Waiakea, Honuaula Forest Reserves (F.R.), Waiaha Springs
							 Forest Reserve Portions of Upper Waiakea Forest Reserve
Feral pigs, wild sheep, and feral goats
Rifle, muzzleloader, shotgun, handgun, archery, spears
							 and knives. Dogs permitted.
*
Two pigs, one goat, and one sheep per
							 hunter per day. No season limit.
Year-round
Daily
No access with dogs to Humuula Section of the Hilo
							 Forest Reserve from Keanakolu Road
Rifle, muzzleloader, shotgun, hand gun, archery,
							 spears and knives. Dogs permitted.*
July through December. (Upper Waiakea only)
Hunting allowed with dogs in Upper Waiakea Forest
							 Reserve between Tree Planting and Powerline Roads. No dogs allowed on Powerline
							 Road. No vehicle access on Mauna Loa and Powerline Roads.
B (cont.) Portions of Upper Waiakea Forest Reserve
Feral pigs, wild sheep, and feral goats
Rifle, muzzleloader, shotgun, handgun, and archery.
							 Dogs not permitted.
Two pigs, one goat, and one sheep per hunter per day.
							 No season limit.
January through June. (Upper Waiakea only)
Daily
Hunting allowed without dogs in Upper Waiakea Forest
							 Reserve between Tree Planting Road and Powerline Road. No dogs allowed on Tree
							 Planting Road. No vehicle access on Mauna Loa, Powerline and Tree Planting
							 Roads.
C Upper parts of Laupahoehoe and Piha Sections
Feral pigs and wild sheep
Rifle, muzzleloader, handgun, shotgun, archery. Dogs
							 not permitted.
Two pigs and one sheep per hunter per day. No season
							 limit.
Year-round
Saturday, Sunday and State Holidays.
D Keauohana Forest Reserve, Hilo, & a portion of
							 Kohala Restricted Watersheds
Feral pigs, wild sheep and feral goats
Rifle, muzzleloader, handgun, shotgun spears, knives,
							 archery. Dogs permitted.*
Two pigs, one goat and one sheep per hunter per day.
							 No season limit.
Year-round
Saturday, Sunday and State Holidays.
E Pohakuloa Cooperative Game Management
							 Area and Training Area (PTA) and portions of Mauna Loa GMA and FR Puuanahulu
							 Game Management Area (GMA), East Section Kipuka Ainahou
Feral pigs, wild sheep and feral goats
Archery only. Dogs not permitted.
One pig, one goat and one sheep per hunter per day. No
							 season limit.
Year-round
Saturday, Sunday and State Holidays in Mauna Loa Daily
							 in PTA, subject to training.
Entry permit to PTA Unit E required from PTA
							 Commander. Call 949-3474 Pohakuloa Training Area subject to military training
							 schedule.***
One pig, one ram and two goats per hunter per season
March through June
Saturday, Sunday, and State Holidays.
Tags required at Puuanahulu East Section**
No daily or season limit.
March through October
Saturday, Sunday, and State Holidays.
None.
F Puu Waawaa Forest Reserve (mauka &
							 makai) and Puuanahulu Game Management Area, West Section
Feral pigs, wild sheep and Feral goats
Special Youth & Disabled Archery (Puu Lani Safety
							 Zone) Dogs not permitted****.
Three non-typical rams and one typical ram per hunter
							 per day. This is also the season limit.
August
Saturdays, Sundays, and State Holidays
Tags required.
General archery (makai only) Dogs not permitted.
One pig, one non-typical ram, and three
							 goats per hunter per day. This is also the season limit
Four consecutive weekends beginning the first weekend
							 in August
Tags required
Muzzle loader rifles (makai only). Dogs not permitted.
Three weekends following the end of the general
							 archery season
G Kaohe GMA
Feral pigs
Archery, muzzleloader, and shotgun with
							 slugs Dogs not permitted.
One pig per hunter per day. No season limits.
Year-round, except on legal game bird hunting days.
							 Archery: September through June. Muzzleloader rifle and shotgun with slug:
							 July-August.
Daily
Hunters must check in and out at Kilohana
							 and Puu Huluhulu Checking Stations
Feral goats and wild sheep
No bag limit. No season limit.
Archery: September through June. Muzzleloader, rifle
							 and shotgun with slug: July-August
H Kulani Buffer Zone
Feral pigs and feral goats
Rifle, muzzleloader, handgun, shotgun, archery, spears
							 and knives. Dogs permitted.*
Two pigs, one goat and one sheep per
							 hunter per day. No season limit.
July through-December
Saturday, Sunday, and State Holidays.
Rifle, muzzleloader, handgun, shotgun, archery, spears
							 and knives. Dogs not permitted.
January through June
Hunters shall check out at the checking station before
							 4:30 PM. No access via Mauna Loa Road.
I Kalopa, Honokaia, Nanawale, Makaula Ooma tract of
							 Honuaula Forest Reserve and Malama Ki Forest Reserves
Feral pigs and feral goats
Archery or spears and knives only. Dogs permitted.*
Two pigs and one goat per hunter per day. No season
							 limit.
Year-round.
Saturday, Sunday and State Holidays
K Natural Area Reserves: Puu O Umi, Waiakea, 1942 Lava
							 Flow, Kahaualea, Kipahoehoe, Laupahoehoe, Manuka, Mauna Kea Ice Age and Puu
							 Maka'ala and unencumbered portions of Manuka, Kaulanamauna, and Kipahoehoe
Feral pigs, feral goats and wild sheep
Rifle, muzzleloader, handgun, shotgun, spear, knife or
							 archery. Dogs permitted.*
No daily or season limit
Year-round
Daily
* Dogs shall be kept under physical restraint and control
					 at all times, except when actively pursuing game.
** Confirm with the Division of Forestry and Wildlife
					 before hunting; the Hilo office at 974-4221 or the Kamuela office at
					 887-6063.
*** Units are owned by cooperating landowner or lessee.
					 Access and public use conditions are subject to landowner approval
**** Only youth and disabled hunters may hunt; One adult
					 licensed hunter only per youth hunter; One licensed hunter per disabled
					 hunter