at elk but I would shoot any elk. 



Sorry my form is late but I received my mail late and I have been 

 very busy. But probably not too busy to archery hunt if the 

 season was open. 



The deer hunting in 87 wasn't so hot in Medicine Lake. The deer 

 got sick and started dieing but it was a fun sport trying to find 

 the deer. 



I saw and had opportunity to shoot (under 2 5 yards) two cows and 

 one spike. Bugling twice brought in six point bulls but never 

 closer than 50 yards. I don't shoot accurately past 30 yards , so 

 I never fired an arrow this season. 



I also feel, with no malice towards present commissioner, that 

 all executive positions should be held by "in-house", experienced 

 game and fish personel - not "civilian appointees". 



This survey is very bogus . I feel that you are picking on the 

 bowhunter. You use trick questions in this survey and what you 

 call information can be used as missinf ormation . It has been 

 proven that bowhunters biologically have no effect on game 

 populations. Why don't you ask rifle hunters how many elk they 

 blaze away at 300 - 1000 yards and if they don't see one go down 

 they don't walk over the see how many they hit! If you really 

 want to limit bowhunters and man/hours recreation and revenue and 

 opportunity, just make it either/or. It's to bad a few selfish 

 individuals being bowhunters/guides/comissioners/ or dirrectors 

 or biologists have to ruin it for everybody. Question? How does 

 a state like Pennsylvania handle 200,00 bowhunters! 



I am new at bowhunting however I enjoy the challenge and the 

 safety of bowhunting as opposed to rifle. 



One week prior too bow season I smashed off left index finger, 

 since not work I had lots of time too hunt. I saw lots of game 

 with my time in the mountains, but was unable too capitalize on 

 it during bow season. 1988 will me my 2nd season bow hunting. 

 I'm thrilled with the sport. Feel free to contact me on any 

 surveys for Fish, Wildlife & Parks. 



My name is Jim Bigley, I'm employed as the University of Montana 

 in Missoula as an Electronics Specialist in the Geology 

 Department . Except for 6 years served in the US Navy I have been 

 a continuous resident of Montana since 1961. My father 

 introduced me to hunting and fishing at a very early age (I'm now 

 36 years old), so I speak with some knowledge of how hunting has 

 changed here in western Montana during the last 2 7 years. 



I have just come off of an extremely poor year of hunting in 

 Montana. Last season was particularly dry, but there seems to be 



