I shot a nice 6X6 bull with my rifle on the second day of rifle 

 season, in a place I've never been before. But in bow season I 

 seen over 30 head of elk, but they were to fare off in open 

 country. I shot a two with my bow, but never came close, to much 

 brush, for an arrow. 



I didn't get a chance to hunt with bow in 87 . I'm looking 

 forward to 88. 



I feel that most bow hunter are good sportmen, and try to have 

 clean shots for a good kill. There are good hunter and bad 

 hunters in any large group of hunters as we have hear in Montana. 

 I would like to think that my kdis will be able to coninue on in 

 years to come to enjoy the sport of hunting in Montana. 



Don't let Montan become a place where the rich come to hunt and 

 where residents can hunt out of their own back yards- who does 

 the animals belong to- the property owners or the public or no- 

 one. 



I think management shoudl promote bowhunting for deer. 

 Bowhunting is compatible with settled areas like Bitterroot. 

 Elk hard to kill for bow I suspect. I wounding of elk a problem? 



I've never killed an elk with my bow. However, Ive had a few 

 close calls, but couldn't get the bull to close in to under 40 

 yards-I'll keep trying though and one day I'll get one. 



I think the low success rate has nothing to do with wildlife 

 management or current big game populations it all depends on 

 hunter skill and persistance. 



It's disturbing to see sportsmen arguing over the archery hunters 

 priveleges to hunt... even though the archers purchase licenses- 

 spend money doing so etc. as other sportsmen do. With all the 

 important issues at hand all sportsmen would better things by 

 trying to work together than by tearing apart! 



I live in the breaks (Lewistown to Lanousky) . This is where I 

 fish, hunt, camp, and hike and spend most of my leisure time. I 

 do not want to go anywhere else and if denied access I will 

 become a law breaker because this is the only place in the world 



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