It ticks me off to find dead deer that have been wounded by the 

 ignorant novice bow hunter. Sometimes I can just bet who wounded 

 the deer that I have found one dead. Something has definately 

 got to be done about it . 



I won't shoot at an animal unless I am sure I can bring it down 

 with one shot and drop it where it stands . Too many guys are 

 taking wild shots and wounding the animal and leave it to die or 

 are unable to track for lack of snow. You have to try to 

 eliminate the hunters that odn't care. It's not a matter of 

 giving the choice of rifle season or low season, you still have 

 the same careless hunters regardless. All bow hunters should not 

 be able to drive into the areas but make them walk in areas fromt 

 he highway- this would eliminate a lot of hunters that have no 

 business being out there and they wouldn't be distrubing breeding 

 season. 



Taking a test for bow hunting would leave out people who are 

 iliterate but good hunters and caring hunters that care about the 

 land and the animals and really enjoy the privilage of hunting 

 with a bow. There is no way to elimiante the ameteur bow hunter. 

 This is why bow season should be moved to a later time of the 

 where there is snow — so they have a chance to track. 



I am concern about the quality of marksmanship in archeiry 

 hunters. Would like to see the department test each hunter to 

 prove that they can shoot sufficiently to kill an animal in a 

 humane fashion. 



My main concern is getting people educated to the sport of bow 

 hunting — alot of people think it is liek rifle hunting and don't 

 practice-They don't know the difference between a bullet and a 

 broadhead — we need education — to many "slob" hunters. 



Maybe an education course helping archers understand how easy it 

 is to make a bad shot and ultimately wound gcime should be 

 required, it is my opinion too many archers take too long a shot 

 resulting in many wounded lost animals 



I feel there should absulutly be an hunters education. And also 

 the archery season should be limited to compound bow at the very 

 least. Definitly not the crossbow. 



I am a very avid archer and good huntter, and archery is a 

 rowing and great sport and I feel we do need to start making a few 

 changes in the archery laws as we go along so as we don't ruin 

 the sport. For instance get rid of the half ass Kmart bow hunting 

 so to speak who don't practice and do no more than wound alot of 

 deer, and also get rid of the poacher who buys a archery stamp 

 and has no intention of using a bow, believe me this happens 

 alot! this could be helped by either raising the archery tag in 

 price, or a systom where you would have to make a choice of 



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