My concern of elk hunting center around certain specific areas. 

 I have bugled up hunters in Missoula Area (Black foot River) . I 

 cut short a hunt in Missouri Breaks due to obvious hunter 

 pressure - in the Breaks, hunters, even archery hunters, really 

 move elk around especially on weekends & early in the season. 

 Something needs to be done such as drawing permits for those 

 types of areas. Other areas such as N.Fk of Flathead, Libby area 

 do not seem to have pressure problems. 



I live in Montana for the variety of hunting available to me. 

 Often I see a lot of game animals. I bow hunt deer for meat in 

 area 260. I do not bow hunt elk much. I hunt often during the 

 general season. I cat hunt with hounds when I can. 



Montana is a beautiful state. I am a native Monetaman and I 

 think that even the people who move into this state to live & 

 work should have to wait two years before they can hunt. These 

 are my animals and I will do anything (even give up hunting) to 

 protect them. Montana has a very good hunting season, with a lot 

 of good bulls. Not being a land owner I would like to see the 

 purchase of more land for hunter like myself that do not own 

 horses or all terrin vehicles have the oportunity to walk in 

 hunting. 



Thanks for the chance to fill out this survey. I think Montana is 

 a great state for outdoor activities especially hunting, both Bow 

 and Rifle. In the last five years I hunted. South Valley after 

 drawing a permit, and have enjoyed and been very satisfied with 

 the number of Elk that I've seen and all the beauty of the whole 

 country. I like both the pre hunts & post hunts. Thanks to all 

 who have done so much, to make it so great. The hunting in Montana 

 is excellent, I think, but there are too many out of staters. 



Bow hunting is Montana is an exciting and rewarding experience 

 and it's quality should be maintained. I find this survey 

 encouraging and am looking forward to hearing about its outcome. 

 I think Montana has a good archery set up. Timely seasons, good 

 elk populations, good deer population, and a variety of hunting 

 environments . 



This survey is a good idea for archery hunting. I hope to see 

 more in the future. To help archery hunting and big game animals 

 in Montana. Montana is a wonderful state and your hunting and 

 fishing are the reasons I moved here. I grew up in Wyo., Colo., 

 and Utah and I hope you keep your out of state licences to a 

 limited number which from what I have seen in other states will 

 help keep your state the hunting paradise that it is . I am also 

 strongly oppossed to the use of a crossbow for hunting. 



I enjoyed a very successful archery season this past fall and 

 consider Montana a premeir big game state and I feel that it is a 



