from shooting too far. Rifle hunters are actually worse when it 

 comes to shooting too far, but they think they missed. 



Opening day of rifle season I was pheasant hunting near Hysham, 

 by 11:00 AM I put my shot gun away and started following blood 

 trails. I successfuly found deer for people most of whom did not 

 even bother to attempt to track the wounded animals. One man 

 said he hit 4 deer, knocking one head over heels, but he couldn't 

 find any of them. A couple of old guys actually looked hard all 

 day for a wounded deer but they didn ' t recover it . Many other 

 people wounded deer in that 10 mi''2 area most did not have a clue 

 how to recover them. 



I feel that you should leave the archery laws alone, except maybe 

 to implement an archery education class. I strongly feel that 

 all hunters of any age in any type of season be required to pass 

 a test on game tracking and care of game in the field. Too many 

 hunters, mostly gun hunters, have absolutely no respect for the 

 game they hunt. Outfitter-guides are greedy and want to restrict 

 archery so they can take more ignoramouses into the field to rape 

 our great state . 



I beleive a proficiency test should be required using the 

 equipment an archery hunts with should be used (broad heads) do 

 not make the equipment more "primitive" as it would cause more 

 cripples. Plenty of opportunity, animals and time to do it, are 

 now provided as it now stands. FWP doing a good job. 



Soemwhere soon the possibility of a muzzleloading season should 



be surveyed. I for one think there are a lot of muzzle-loaders 



out there who would be interested not to mention the out of 

 staters etc . , . 



Do you have to take a test for archery before you can hunt 



I think the biggest problem is so many people bow hunting who 

 don't practice enough to shoot straight. Many carry a bow in 

 their vehicle while bird hunting and shoot at any deer or elk 

 they see. A basic accuracy test, given by F.W. and P. personel, 

 would be a good idea as a requirement before getting an archery 

 stamp. 



I hunted elk with a bow in 1986 but did not hunt elk with a bow 

 in 1987. 



I think all new 12-14 yrs . old bow hunters shoudl take a bow 

 hunting class. 



I would liek to see more late season hunts with a bow. I would 

 also like to see all bowhunters required to take the bowhunter 

 education course before they could hunt. 



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