floating the Yellowstone river and tresspassing on private 

 property. I would like to see a late Archery season and a 

 drawing for Mule deer Doe in area 701. 



Archery season in Mt . is the most favorable when compared to 

 surrounding elk states. Restrictions should be considered when 

 numbers of hunters gets too large such as in CMR Breaks areas 



In District 622 the hunting preasure Incresed due to hunters 

 getting licenses on their 2nd & 3rd choices even tho Fish @ Game 

 Regulations said they couldn't 



Hunting for people who do not like crowds is still available, and 

 always will be. The average hunter doesn't venture more than 300 

 yards off the road-and there are a lot of mountains to hunt that 

 are roadless. Hopefully we will 'not' have to pick between 

 archery or rifle in order to be able to hunt. 



I have pretty much quit archery hunting due to the hunting 

 pressure and the diminishing number of elk in the South Fork. 

 (Area 140) We are seeign very little sign and almost no elk. In 

 general season (9 days steady hunting) in an area that used to 

 support 2 fair herds we saw sign of 3 elk and only sign of 1 bull 

 rubbing during the rut. The area has a fair size winter range 

 and 6 years ago was heavily browsed-we now see 3 years 

 undisturbed growth on the browse. 



I feel the small number of calf in the cow herds we have observed 

 is directly linked to the heavy pressure on the mature bulls 

 during archery season. I will not shoot unless I have what I 

 feel is a perfect shot. 



Definatly a diminishing elk population in Area 140. -Tremendous 

 hunting pressure during Archery and general season- I strongly 

 suggest hunters choosing archery or rifle and only hunting that 

 season. Not both. Also shorten archery season to provide at 

 least 2 weeks of undisturbed rut. 



There are getting to be more and more bow hunters. It is also 

 harder finding real remote areas where there are less hunters. 

 I'm getting tired of getting run out of my favorite hunting areas 

 by out of state and out of county hunters and I've been hunting 

 this area for 15 years. 



Too much hunting pressure in the Bitterroot Valley. Too many 

 non-resident hunters-No more game!!! 



I work for a ranch and we get days off in regular season, I do 

 think something should be done with all the pressure I've seen 

 the last two yrs . by resident and non resident alike. I would 

 really hate to see bow season get loused up. My son is in the 

 1st grade and he loves to go now, where I'd be half scared to 



