are poor marksmen. Money will buy you a license and the bow, but 

 it doesn't make you a good hunter or shot. I feel that 

 legalization of crossbows might improve the ability of the 

 average archer to hit his target. I would like to see bugling 

 outlawed. Too many people are doing it and the bulls are 

 becoming wary of answering the calls. 



Archery hunting is fun and a chalange - but most of the areas 

 have low elk population especially in the Salteese area in the 

 last ten years. Also I feel archers should pick there shots 

 before shooting becase alot of animals are hit and not killed 

 and run off to dye maybe days later. 



$20 seems a bit steep for a license, $10 -$12 would. Thin out 

 the nonserious archers and reduce wounded animals hopefully. 



I don't see any problems with season or regulations. The 

 biggest problems I see are inexperienced hunters taking bad shots 

 and not making effort to track game. 



I think there should be something done to eliminate or low the 

 number of inexperienced archers. Maybe raising the price to $20 

 for an archery stamp would cut out the hunter who aren ' t serious . 



I feel that if hunters, mainly archery hunters, had to be 

 educated that two things ought to be high in priority are, 1) 

 proper shot placement, 2) the ability to track a wounded animal. 



I see that archery hunting has increased dramatically in the last 

 few years since I started. This I feel is a good sign for people 

 who enjoy to archery hunt. At the same time I see a need for 

 some education coarse required for bow hunters . Some bowhunters 

 who I met out in the woods didn't seem to take careful 

 precautions for the circumstances. Thanks for sending this 

 questionnaire to me to allow my thoughts to be expressed. 



It's bull the way people never practice all year, or go out 



and buy a bow a couple days before season starts and think their 

 bow hunters. This has to be stopped to many animals are getting 

 wounded and getting away just to die later, just because of 

 stupidity. This has to stop. 



I have heard of numerous types of game law violations during 

 archery season, and the biggest is game being shot with a rifle. 

 If someone wants to hunt with a bow they should have to complete 

 a compentency course with the equipment they use in order to buy 

 a (license) stamp. 



I like the archery regulations as they were in 1987. I hope you 

 do not change them unless you add a shooter proficiency test. I 

 realize such a test would be hard to administer, but wish it 

 could be implemented to eliminate archery hunters that can't 



