animal is taken from his land, or at end of year just give to the 

 rancher or just send in to State Agency to use toward animal 

 habitat . 



I think the destruction of the forest by loggers in the Big Hole 

 area is a crime. And to many road closures have forced hunters to 

 congest the areas that the roads are not closed in, thus making 

 those areas poor quality hunting areas. 



The movement of cattle out of the mountains in the fall 



completely disrups the elk in the area. Once the cattle have 



been moved out of the area the elk leave, and don't return till 

 after bow season is over. 



I would like to see less timber cutting in the areas I hunt. 418- 

 420 448. but besides that I love my times in the timber and 

 pleasure of hunting even if I don't get any game. 



The critical issue for archers as well as riflemen is the 

 preservation and continued cultivation of winter range. More 

 monies should be allocated to support habitat improvement. 4x4 

 and ATV accessibility to summer range, along with more new road 

 construction by the USPS also threatens the future security of 

 out herds. I would like to see more management practices which 

 favor the large, mature bull population. 



Archery elk hunting is (can be) the epitome of the wilderness 

 hunting experience, free of the stress associated by human 

 pressure. I always hear shots during the rifle season; I seldom 

 even see hunters in the field during the archery season. 



Fish and Game Dept . should acquire as much winter range as 

 possible to insure good elk numbers in the future. More 

 enforcement of Fish & Game laws. 



to much farmer control on good ranges. The old system before the 

 stupid red paint rule gave more axcess. To much responsibility 

 and & control on the wardens and FWSeB. 



- check station should not be manditory 



- fines at them sould be illegal. 



I really don't think anything needs to be changes, except may the 

 way F.W.P. is spending it's money. 



Seems like the money spent on this survey could have been used in 

 a much better fashion. Like improving the wildlife habitat 

 rather than asking people if that what they want. 



You did not mention logging of my elk area 319. This is a major 

 problem here - as they are at this moment starting a new cut this 

 week. The archery season is fine the way it is in Southwest 

 Montana - just don't keep the continueing closing of roads year 

 after year. We need access to our back areas. 



