opportunities & options available to hunters - because we still 



have excellent habitat. All of us should be concentrating on 



habitat preservation & protection rather than on manupulating 

 regulations . 



I feel that a hunter safety course for Bow hunters is really 

 needed to educate hunters about good shots and poor shot's, 

 distances required to make a good kill and animal safety. Also 

 should educate Bowhunter ' s about equipment that is significant 

 enough for a good kill! 



I feel the archery test would be stupid because hunting 

 situations and target shooting are way diffrent. I would like to 

 see the either sex stay that way. 



My major complaint with archery hunting is the number of 

 inexperienced archers hunting elk. This dramatically increases 

 the number of wounded animals lost. This problem is not specific 

 to inexperienced hunters, however, the stories of wounded animals 

 that are lost, and most will die, is something I am having a hard 

 time getting used to. 



hunting with a bow is tuff and should only be done by people who 

 can shoot we'll and not just hurt the animal. I was hunting with 

 a party when I stuck a cow, another party member found her before 

 I did and tagged her. so I havent killed an elk 260 should be 

 opened to shot gun because theres so many deer. 



Something should be done to stop hunters who take bad shots and 

 then don't track wounded animals. To many people don't take 

 archery hunting seriously and they give the serious hunters a bad 

 name. A test for license is a good idea, (shooting and other.) 

 Every year I have Land owners say I can't hunt because he has 

 seen deer or elk running with an arrow stuck in them. 



I think this is a good survey to find out what the hunter feel 

 and what should and should not be done: me myself and other wait 

 & wait until archery season comes but me myself If I had the 

 Power to end Archery season I would but until then I will still 

 hunt. I feel this way because to may elk deer get shot and arent 

 found its deferet rifle hunting for me and for alot of my 

 friends . 



am interested to know if possibly how many deer, elk and wild 



animal are hit with an arrow an never recovered. From talking 



with bow hunters I often hear about 100 yds. shots, this seems to 

 be a little risky as far as wounding game goes. 



I think that more time should be spent on common sense things 

 such as: Road closure: closure due to weather factors: screening 

 of bow hunters, lots of people don't know what they are doing, 

 results in a big number of wounded animals. 



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