token it is a responsibility of the Bowhunter not to take long or 

 Injury causing shots. I enjoy watching and listening to animals 

 as much as Hunting them. Also thank you Fish and Game For Doing 

 a good Job . 



I would like to see a survey like this one sent to gun hunters. 



Gun hunters complain about the archer's wounding, but I see what 



gun hunter do. Also a bowhunting education course for all 

 archer ' s would not hurt anyone . 



Slob sportsman have driven me from a number of areas generally 

 always to more difficult terrain. Slob, poachers and idiots in 

 our ranks is the greatest problem I see. 



Motana as one of few states still outstanding in big game should 

 make a precedent by having Archery hunters show they are 

 proficient with their equipment to show they can humanely take 

 big game at a reasonable distance to stop unesscary wounding & 

 spooking of big game at the expense of responsible hunters 



I am satisfied w/the managment of game and archery hunting in 

 general. We could use more volentary education in the form of 

 semanars, movies, etc. directed at improving (archery) hunter 

 attitudes - judgement in taking shots at game - too many people 

 are shooting "at" game with out being sure of their shot (poor 

 range estamation, aim etc.) We are all probably guilty of a poor 

 shot or two but some people seem to take careless shots just to 

 be able to say they "shot at an elk, deer etc." This is an 

 attitude problem not a management one. 



As a high school teacher - I know of many young, inexperienced 

 Boys who hit elk with an arrow and are unable to locate them. It 

 seems to me that these younger hunters lack Both the patience & 

 skill to track their hits. I feel much of this unnecessary 

 killing would be eliminated if the more serious hunters were 

 allowed in the field by having an either (bow) or (rifle) season, 

 of course this may reduce some fees that the Game & Fish receive 

 - however perhaps they could increase the Bow & Rifle Licenses. 

 Thank You. 



From working with bowhunters and the Fish & Game, several things 

 must be done. 



1. We need bowhunter education — eliminate slob hunting 



2. We need to limit out-of-state eMR hunting. 



3. We need to support programs such as "Block Mgmt" not private 

 game farms . 



4. We need more "walk in only" areas - This is walk only - no. 

 horses, cycles, bikes or anything except human power. Put the 

 rich & poor hunter on the same level ! ! >Guns & Bows 



There needs to be more Regional meetings to discuss how we (the 

 bowhunter) feels about changes & what needs to be changed so we 



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