I have seen people not even know how to shoot a bow buy a license 

 borrow a bow go out shoot and wound Fawn deer. And leave them to 

 wander & Die. We dont need to raise the cost of a license to 

 reduce the amount of hunters. Just make a hunters course 

 mandatory to get a Archery permit and that alone will cut it in 

 about half, plus weed out the Bad Apple's. 



Again I wonder if with many people archery is something they try 

 for 2 or 3 years and quit - I personally know several people in 

 this category - Archery hunters I feel is at at peak level with 

 decreases on the way - with a leveling off in 2 to 5 yrs . - as 

 some quit some start - 



-The biggest problem I feel is with a certain percentage of 

 archers is knowing the limitations of the equipment they are 

 using - (40 yds is a long shot) - (these are the slobs of 

 archery) and the people that complain of archery hunting do so 

 because of these hunters - 



I feel that archery hunting in Montana is a near-perfect season. 

 However, I think that if changes need to be made for better 

 wildlife management. The first step would be to put a $1,000 

 fine for hunter's who cripple animals and make no attempt to 

 track and find. I see far too many dead elk rotting each rifle 

 season. 



Too many hunters use archery to improve their chances of getting 

 an animal rather than for the sport of the hunt. Many people buy 

 archery equipment in Aug. & hunt in Sept. as a result we have 

 wounded elk that are not found. 



I would like to see a post season for triditional bow hunters 

 Recurve & Longbow only. Also a good educations program for 

 starting bow hunders . I believe it would reduce the neumber of 

 wounded and lost big game animinals. I have bow hunted for 30 

 years . Cross bows should be out because there nearly a wonding 

 wepon on big game animinals. 



I think this survey is a good idea - To keep archery hunting 

 level of greatness as it use to be - quit letting out of staters 

 & young kids hunt that have not proven their good enough 

 mandatory Archery course passing under the age of 21 will get rid 

 of fly by night hunters who don't care to work and be good enough 

 to be a Bow hunter. 



I am not an "old salt" at archery hunting, but I do feel there 

 needs to be some system wherein a potential archer needs to 

 demonstrate competency with a bow. Without some kind of 

 regulation, complaints of "slob archers" will become more 

 commonplace. 



All Bow Hunters should have enough knowledge of their weapons to 



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