LIHU‘E — The state Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Forestry and Wildlife in a press release stated a feral and trespass cattle hunt will take place in portions of Pu‘u Ka Pele Forest Reserve on specified days
LIHU‘E — The state Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Forestry and Wildlife in a press release stated a feral and trespass cattle hunt will take place in portions of Pu‘u Ka Pele Forest Reserve on specified days this month and in August.
Permits are being issued on a first-come, first-served basis from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays except furlough days and holidays at the DOFAW office at 3060 ‘Eiwa St., room 306, Lihu‘e.
Interested persons must present their 2010-11 Hawai‘i hunting license in person in order to be issued a permit (no exceptions).
The cattle control will be conducted in portions of Pu‘u Ka Pele Forest Reserve, and portions of Hunting Unit A and include areas known as Kaulaula Valley, Ha‘ele‘ele Ridge/Valley, Polihale Ridge, Hikimoe Valley, Ka‘aweiki Ridge/Valley, Kauhao Ridge/Valley, upper Papa‘alai Valley, upper Kaluanamaulu Valley, upper Ka‘anamahuna Valley, upper Kamokala Ridge and upper Pohakumano Ridge.
Maps of the cattle-control area are available in the Lihu‘e DOFAW office.
The cattle control will not be conducted in the Kekaha Game Management Area portion of Unit A.
No permit fees will be assessed for the cattle control.
Hunting dates are three-day periods, Tuesday through Thursday: July 13-15, 20-22, 27-29; Aug. 3-5, 10-12 and 17-19. Individual hunters will be allowed to hunt on only one of the slots.
Up to 50 permits will be issued per three-day slot, the release states.
Hunters may go as a group, but their permits must be issued for the same three-day slot.
Hunter assistant permits will be issued to senior citizens and disabled hunters only.
The use of dogs and handguns will not be permitted, but the use of pack horses and mules is allowed, the release states.
Feral pig, feral goat and black-tailed deer will not be open to hunting.
Field dressing and boning will be permitted, however, the unskinned tail must be brought to the Koke‘e hunter checking station as evidence of species take.
Hunters must sign-in and sign-out at the Koke‘e hunter checking station at the 8.75-mile mark of Koke‘e Road (state highway 550).
All requirements contained in Chapter 123, Rules Regulating Game Mammal Hunting, shall apply to the cattle hunt, including wearing of blaze-orange garments, legal hunting hours, hunting boundaries and lawful firearms and ammunition. For more information call 274-3433.
An archery and muzzleloader feral-goat hunt in Hunting Unit F in the Puu Ka Pele Forest Reserve on Kaua‘i is also planned, states another release.
This hunt is to curtail nuisances or crop damage.
Interested individuals need to show valid hunting licenses and sign animal-control permits. Animal-control permits are available at the DOFAW office in Lihu‘e.
Public archery-only participation in the control of feral goats will proceed from July 10 through Oct. 31 on weekends and state holidays.
The limit is two feral goats (either sex) per hunter per day. Animals may be de-boned in the field. Blaze-orange attire will not be required for the archery-only season. The ongoing pig-hunting season will continue as scheduled, the release states.
The muzzleloader control of feral goats will proceed from Nov. 2 through Dec. 31 on weekends and state holidays, the release states.
The limit is two feral goats (either sex) per hunter per day. Animals may be de-boned in the field.
A blaze-orange vest, shirt or jacket is required in the field. The ongoing pig-hunting season will continue as scheduled.
Limits are set to maximize public opportunities to participate in this control action. There is no limit on the number of times a person can participate.
Hunter access to Unit F is permitted through Waimea Valley. Volunteers will be required to check in and out at the Waimea Valley, Waimea Heights, mango tree or Koke‘e hunter check stations.
