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2024/2025 PTA Hunting Permit Information
Hunting permits for the 2024/2025 permitting season are in processing for hunters to purchase. Our PTA Hunting Team is completing yearly background checks for all hunters. This action is on-going, permits are for sale for hunters that have met all prerequisites stated on the "Permits and Fees" tab.
Some notable differences this year:
•Changes To Ke'amuku Hunting Units: As of October 1st, Parker Ranch has begun their grazing lease within the Ke'amuku Training Area. This grazing lease has changed the available hunting acreage throughout all KMA Hunting Units as well as eliminated most hunter access points along Old Saddle Road. We will be making additional parking areas along Mamalahoa and Daniel K Inouye Highway. New Hunting Maps are available, please see the new maps for new boundaries throughout KMA.
- Permit Prices: The permit prices for civilian Archery Mammal, Game Bird, and Combo permits will remain at $30, $30, and $50, respectively. Youth (10-15) and Seniors (65 and older) permit will remain the same at $0.
•All hunters must complete the new 2024/2025 Safety Briefing to purchase permits as the old safety briefing lasting for three years is no longer valid. A new safety briefing will be required to renew every year. The new yearly safety brief will also be used to initiate background check validations each year.
• New Humu’ula Safety Setback -Humu’ula hunting unit boundary abutting State Hunting Unit A has been updated to include a new 500m setback buffer within PTA boundary.
•Currently, there are a total of 12 transmitters deployed on Erkels Francolin, with 6 each in the Humu’ula and KMA 3 hunting units. Hunters are being asked to return transmitters to the Hunting program, if a tagged bird is harvested.
TO DETERMINE YOUR VALIDATION STATUS: logon to iSportsman and go to MY ACCOUNT -> ACCOUNT DETAILS -> VALIDATIONS.
For more information about permits and validations, see the permit information under the "Permits and Fees" tab.
Reminder: Firearms registration is REQUIRED for all hunters who intend to participate in any upland game bird or spring turkey hunts. Use the form on the Registration page, and fax or mail it with a copy of your County registration for each shotgun you intend to use on PTA. Get your paperwork in early to avoid any delay on your approval process.
PTA Background
Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA) was first used during World War II as a Marine Corps artillery live-fire training area. U.S. Marines from the 2nd Marine Division and the 5th Marine Division trained at PTA and on the western side of the Big Island in preparation for the Iwo Jima and Saipan campaigns.
During World War II, few permanent structures existed; when the Marines trained at PTA, they slept in tents. After the war, PTA fell under the control of the Hawaii Territorial Guard, and in the mid-1950s, the Army took over PTA. Marines from US Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay built the distinctive Quonset huts in 1956 and 1957, which are still in use.
Today, PTA stands as the premier military training area in the Pacific region. Units from all U.S. military services, as well as allied militaries, train at PTA, because it offers realistic training opportunities not found elsewhere. With several new construction projects underway, PTA stands ready to support military training well into the future.
The PTA command team and staff embody the IMCOM motto: “Sustain, Support, and Defend.”
