communication of FW&P and sportsmans could alter any exsisting of 

 future problems ! 



I passed up 3 elk (bulls) this past season. Reasons were simple- 

 not high percentage lung shots available due to brush/lodgepole 

 thicket area. All 6 pts, all trophy status. Passed up numerous 

 cows that I could have harvested. My own personal ethics. 



This was my first year to hunt with a bow. 



I spent more time hutning elk in early 1980 's than recently. 

 Hope to increase hunting in the near future, work permiting. 



Even though I am presently using a compound bow I would like to 

 see a return to traditional (non-mechanical) archery equipment. 

 It would tend to reduce the number of archery hunters to the more 

 serious ones. 



I've lived here for 2 yrs this August, this will be my 2nd 

 hunting season and I can't wait. I am an excellent shot with a 

 bow but I just didn't have enough luck to get an elk. I practice 

 2 hrs . every day with my compound bow. I got to a point where I 

 can nock arrows into each other it gets expensive but didn't get 

 any luck to bag my elk stupid branches screwed up my two best 

 chances of getting one. And one bull caught me in the open 

 sneaking up on him. I got 8 feet to a cow and didn't shoot. 



In our districts the bulls won't bugle, but they respond to cow 

 calls. Around here a person will bugle up people all the time. 



I sincerely hope that you use the information you reieve back in 

 your survey for compiling the season dates and not pressure from 

 groups like RMEF or others for the sake of archery hunting in 

 Montana. 



The deer I shot was blind in one eye. 



I passed up shots at does with fawns inorder to enhance the fawns 

 chance of winter survival. Something you haven't considered in 

 your questionaire. 



Let get something to kill knapweek and stop Indians shooting elk 



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