Limit bow hunters to those who are serious and proficient. Cut 

 the season in half and give the second half to muzzle loaders. 

 Raise the archery fee and require testing for game 

 identification, skill, accuracy, and ethics. I'm disgusted at 

 the number of wounded deer I see during rifle season. By the 

 way, I don't bowhunt and never have. How did you get my address 

 as an "archery license holder"? 



I feel the season is the wrong time of year. Unless a person can 

 prove that they can shoot a bow and kill. To many animals are 

 wounded and die later, never to be found in time. 



The number of animals taken only represents a smaller % of 

 animals wounded and left to die. Better archer skill's and 

 education along with workable tracking devices would make for a 

 better name for the sport, and better use of the wildlife. 



As a doctor I work with a great deal of the public. Each and 

 every year, I alone, listen to archery hunters back luck stories 

 (8 to 10 ea. year) of the elk they stuck in the shoulder, liver 

 or guts that got away. Then they say "I didn't hunt him bad 

 though." I love to archery and rifle hunt but hearing this every 

 year makes me very bitter towards the archers who do not learn 

 the skills and try to exceed their shooting limitations. 



I think all bowhunters should realize hwo making unsure, poor and 

 completely out of range shoots can decrease population of the 

 heards incredably. I personaly talked to some out of state 

 hunters who shot a dozen or more arrows and claim to have hit 

 over half the animals and never took anything home. This kind of 

 management can and will destory the hunting in Montana, the 

 place you and I call home. 



I fell that to many animals are getting wounded, and not found. 

 And because of it there should be some hunter awerness program's 

 also the use of tracking devices should be the law. Let's try to 

 curb this proublem. 



I believe there are too many people who are making Hail Mary 

 shots with a bow leaving arrow ' s in non lethal places in our game 

 animals 



I don ' t know the solution but maybey a competency test would 

 help. 



I began bow hunting for elk because I wanted to see bulls, hear 

 the rut, and get close to elk in a more natural setting. It has 

 been one of the most remarkable things I've done. I think 

 archery hunters ought to be able to pass a competency exam. I 

 think bull populations branch-antlered should be encouraged. 



I have bowhunted for 16 years and feel that the compound and 



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