shoot accurately. 



I'm 18. The guys my age are flicker stickers. They hunt with 

 bows that are junk and shoot 50 yards, can't hit a 6 inch black 

 at twenty yards. We really need to stop this. 



There are too many bow hunters who are not seriousenough about 

 the sport. They shoot at to great of distances and are poor 

 shots to begin with. Go to an either or archery season. 



I think they should due away with archery hunting because all it 

 does is wound animals. It's a fun sport but their alot of 

 animals wounded by bow hunters . 



I believe that better education of a bow propose use, and 

 knowledge of limitations due to the use of a bow is very 

 important, and is at this time very inadequate. We need to teach 

 hunters common sense when attempting a shot becuase too many poor 

 shots are taken. 



Would really like to hunt on the Reservation. More restrictions 

 would be harmful to the sport but things need to be done to 

 decrease the number of hunters who have never (seldom) shot a bow 

 prior to hunting season. 



Hunter that take bad shoots at elk should not be able to hunt 

 with a bow. 



I as a landowner with land with archery only, I see both side of 

 hunting. I see the good bow hunters and bad hunters. I thing 

 thers should be a test to pass before hunting. 



I feel there should be an accuracy test for all archers. I work 

 hard at shooting a bow. I don't miss left or right and hit 

 animals in the neck or ass. If I miss, it will be high or low 

 over the vitals. This year, the bull elk let me shoot two times, 

 both arrows passed two inches appart through the heart. It took 

 three years to get this one shot. Any responsible archer would 

 not object to an accuracy test before licensing. 



I think bow and gun hunters both should have to meet some sort of 

 competency test with their equipment before being able to 

 purchase a hunting license. 



I have been happy the past two years as far as elk numbers in 

 HD's 631 and 632. My only complaint of the 1987 season in HD 631 

 was that some hunters would never give some elk a chance to quiet 

 down after a sneak. I had two instances where I had been 

 waiting for elk to quiet down and maybe lay down in order for 

 you to stalk them and had on one, 3 pickups come screaming past 

 me and spook the elk thus they kept after them until they chased 

 them right out of our hunting district. It wasn't until the last 



