Cater to the outfitter. Just looking for the big bucks. 



A crossbow if not Archery I would like to see something done to 

 get the slob bowhunter out of the Feild. By requiring all 

 archery to pass a test which would get them out of the field for 

 they wouldn't take a test. 



Every year I see more people buy a bow & go out & chase around 

 elk. This results in more harassment, more crippling & all the 

 problems land-owners have during rifle-season. A young rutting 

 bull elk is the most vulnerable game animal in the woods & must 

 be protected from this type of "seasonal hunter". We must 

 declare bow or rifle for each big game species & buy the tag 

 before the season starts. Archery hunters are now predominately 

 people out scouting for elk which they will eventually kill with 

 their rifle, in the rifle season. 



Mandatory proficiency testing should be done. Archery should be 

 actively promoted by Mt . Fish & Game, as it is a far more ambient 

 wildlife experience & management tool than rifle hunting. 

 Licence fees should be increased, & user fees set up for access 

 to forest service - generating more revenue for state, reducing 

 motivation for inapropriate timber harvests. Game populations 

 should be managed to allow animals to achieve maturity. 



I had a oppurtunity to shoot at a cow & a bull but couldn't get a 

 clean shot, I allowed a calf to go which I could have shot 

 easily. Other hunters in the area did shoot 2 calves I do not 

 approve of this. And people that don't know what they are doing 

 are wounding animals. 



I feel the archery season in Mt. is fine. I would like to see a 

 longer deer season (after gen. season) and also education for 

 bowhunters. I find too many bowhunters that don't practice 

 shooting and end up wounding animals. Also-people should be 

 taught to trail wounded animals . 



I guess the weather is nice during Archery season allowing me to 



take the family camping also, allowing for a family experiance. 



All Hunters should have to pass an hunters education course. 



No Crossbows we must maintain the integrity of Archery season. 



the additional challange is the reason to bowhunt, so lets not 



remove the challange by making it any easier by allowing 



crossbows during archery season. 



Archery Hunting allows the maximum amount of recreation with the 



least amount of impact on the environment 



There are too many so called archers. When I hunt with a Bow if I 

 don't get good clean shots I pass them up. Also if archers wound 

 too many animals and don't find them hunt the area where I rifle 

 hunt. I do both and I have never found an animal wounded by an 

 archer. I wish I could say the same about rifle hunting! 



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