I think on your boundry maps for the different districts should 

 be more outlined with known boundry marks, it is getting harder 

 every year to determine were a person hunts and if it is private 

 or not. Thanks. 



Agin. Colo' has a good elk herd - take a look at their program. 



I was raised in Libby Mt. lived in the hills hunting & fishing 

 sence I was 9. I feel the planting of Grizley cubs with Black 

 Bears is a crazey idea We have Black Bear problems in town every 

 Dry year. I would hate to see that become a grizley problem 

 every other year. 



Not being knowledgeable in the Area of Wildlife management, I 

 rely heavily on your decisions concerning this important area. 

 Furthermore, I obey and respect all laws governing me in hunting 

 these wild animals. I feel the layman hunter is much the same as 

 me although they complain alot. 



In general, I feel the archers are not highly supported by DFPW, 

 but are mostly tolerated. While mS. pay extra for an archery 

 stamp (plus tags) generally our needs are not seriously 

 considered or are secondary to rifle hunters. I do not feel we 

 significantly impact herd populations @ 17,000 archers, but by 

 the same token fear there are attempts to erode our privledges . 

 I hunt for the challenge, using longbow & recurve, it takes many 

 hard hours of dedicated practice & hunting. I could certainly 

 take more animals if I used high tech equipment but that's not 

 why I'm in it . 



1) Don't cut our seasons. 



2) Why not open-up state lands - at least for archers - we have 

 limited range weapons reducing risk to livestock. 



3) Why not give archers a "B" (doe) tag or "A" tag with their 

 stamp purchase? 



4) Why not open up the 200 and 300 areas for the whitetail 'B' 

 (doe only) tags. Impact on populations would be minimal. 



5) The archery only areas are great! Allows us to keep going 

 during rifle season. Policing is poor in these areas - lots of 

 rifle hunting occurs anyway. 



Overall, don't further restrict us. and don't open up Montana for 



more out-of-state archers! I am in Montana (a native!) for a 



reason and its certainly not economics. I love the hunting 



opportunity. 



All & All I'd be happy w/the status quo with a bit more 



recognition from DFWP . This survey maybe a good 1st step for 



better relations. Thanks for your time! 



I don't know why you send these out, its been my opinion that you 

 do as you please anyway! You sent one last year about Elk and 

 now only out of state (rich people) get to hunt Big Bulls how do 

 you plan to mess up Archery? Remmember the people own the wild 



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