either gun or bow. or a third way wich I think is a good way to 

 do it. would be you could hunt gun or bow but, the first choice 

 whether it be gun or bow you pay general license fees and if you 

 make a second choice whether it be gun or bow you woud pay a much 

 higher be set by fish and game 



All archers sould be required to take a archery safety course. It 

 would help limit the number of dear lost and "overnight hunters". 



Elk hunting with Bow, is good in Montana but I think too many elk 

 are shoot and lost, people have to be taught that bows don't kill 

 like guns 



People need to practice shooting bow and arrow I here of to many 

 elk shot and not found people need to take archery more 

 seriously. 



I think you can decrease the # ' s of archers by requiring bow 

 education courses, and get a better archer at the same time, 



I also think that the f & g service is concerned with 1st. - 

 money (how to get more) 2nd. - making Montana as out-of-state 

 hunting dist. 3rd. - concerned with habitat, wildlife 



Good questionnaire. Do something with it 



An archery hunter education course should be mandantory. Too many 

 hunters lack range estimation skills and attempt too long shots. 

 Tracking skills should be emphasized. Total hunting experienced 

 should be emphasized, not success at all costs, 



I feel to many animals are lost because they can't be tracked 

 without snow. Archery should be after general rifle season. 



I would like to see all bowhunters pass a education course & pass 

 a test of shooting ability. Something like a 3-D shoot. Their is 

 to many hit & lost animals , Thankyou for the chance to complete 

 this survey 



Shooting accuracy test before awarding archery tag. Archers have 

 their own season in special Elk tag drawing areas such as a 

 Gardiner late hunt for bow. Ruby river area preseason elk hunt. 



I feel that bow hunter education should be mandantory for all 

 bowhunters. Also by a certain date say Aug 15 a shooting test 

 will have to be passed in order to aquire an archery tag. Up 

 dated every 5 year. Rifle hunter should have the same tests. 



I feel something must be done to restrict the number of people 

 who aren't serious archery hunters. I mean the kind of people who 

 buy a bow the day before the season opens, don't practice and 

 take shots they shouldn't resulting in wounded game. This gives 

 the serious archery hunter a bad name, 



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