LIHUE — The Department of Land and Natural Resources announced Friday the opening of archery, muzzleloading rifle and high-powered rifle hunting seasons for feral goats on the island of Kauai. Pursuant to “Rules Regulating Game Mammal Hunting,” the following rules
LIHUE — The Department of Land and Natural Resources announced Friday the opening of archery, muzzleloading rifle and high-powered rifle hunting seasons for feral goats on the island of Kauai.
Pursuant to “Rules Regulating Game Mammal Hunting,” the following rules and conditions will be in effect for the hunt. No permit or tag fees will be assessed during the 2013 Kauai goat hunting season.
Archery Only Season
Kauai archers must present their 2013-14 Hawaii Hunting License in order to obtain their permits starting June 24 in the Lihue Division of Forestry and Wildlife office at 3060 Eiwa St., Room 306.
A person other than the permit applicant but must present the applicant’s license. Neighbor island archers may pick up an application form now at the DOFAW office on their island and mail it to the Lihue DOFAW office.
Specific instructions are on the application form. The first available weekend for archery hunting will be July 20, and end Oct. 26 or 27, 2013.
Validated archery permits will be mailed to each hunter after application has been received. Unit K bow hunters must sign-in and sign-out at either the Waimea Heights or the Kokee Hunter Checking Station. Unit G bow hunters must obtain a Unit G-Archery Pass from the Lihue DOFAW office. Each pass is good for three consecutive days and is free of charge.
Unit A Muzzleloader Season will be closed due to high fire danger, and in accordance to the closure declaration in Hunting Units A.
Regular Rifle Season
Applications for the 2013 Kauai Goat Rifle season in Units B, E and H are now available at participating hunting license vendors on Kauai and all DOFAW offices. A maximum of eight hunters may apply together as a hunting group with no exceptions.
Rifle hunters will be assigned two weekends. One weekend is in Hunting Unit H on the Na Pali Coast, and the other weekend in Hunting Units B and E of Waimea Canyon.
The season duration is for weekends only between July 13 and Sept. 1, 2013. Specific information may be obtained on the application form.
The deadline for submitting applications for the regular rifle hunt is 4 p.m. on June 7. The public drawing to assign hunting dates will be held in the Lihue State Office Building Conference Room at 4 p.m. on June 12.
All hunters who participate in the rifle season must have a valid 2013-14 Hawaii State hunting license on their person while hunting. Hunters have the option of using a conventional rifle, muzzleloader rifle, handgun or archery equipment on their assigned hunting weekend, but may carry only one means of take while actually hunting.
Hunters will also be allowed to take pigs on their assigned hunting weekend. The bag limit is one pig, per hunter, per day.
Permit-tags are non-transferable between hunters. The tag must be placed immediately on the animal upon taking it.
Boning of game will be permitted, but the unskinned tail must be left attached to the carcass. Each firearm hunter is required to wear a blaze-orange shirt or vest and sign-in and out of their designated hunter checking station.
Hunters must observe legal hunting hours and safety zones and the lawful carriage of firearms during the goat hunting season. Hunters are reminded to review Title 13, Chapter 123 “Rules Regulating Game Mammal Hunting.”
For information call the DOFAW office for more information at 274-3433.
