should be in it. 



All in all I feel Montanas Archery season is fair to all 

 concerned, including rifle hunters. I do feel lease hunting is 

 getting out of hand and is unfair to the average sportsman, it is 

 my feeling this has been encouraged by the Guides & Outfitters 

 for monitary gain on their part. The loosers are the average 

 sportsman they buy hunting licenses. 



Limit out of state licenses and stop the incresing numbers of 

 outfitters. You can't sell the game, but they do . 



The biggest problem in Montana is the problem of outfitters 

 leasing private land & the grarenteeing of permits to outfitters 

 by the state. I don't blame the landowners as it's a easy way to 

 pick up cash for not doing anything. What it is doing is locking 

 up land that I used to hunt. I think that these guarenteed 

 permits to out fitters should be stopped. 



I beleave that the Fish & Game within a few year, has to tie up 

 some of the private propertys that comes up For Sale, or is being 

 leased by Guides - for more hunting land for everyone not just 

 the Ones with Big Money to pay guides on Land Owners for Hunting 



I'm primarily an elk hunter when near their habitat. Bow as well 

 as gun. 



I don't agree giving a percentage of non-Resident big game 

 licensed to outfitters & guides. Money seems to be the bottom 

 line. I realize there is a lot of revenue to the State generated 

 because of this. 



I think the reigon I hunt for deer isnt very good because of Low 

 population of Deer. It got low population because a few years 

 back the out-of-state hunters killed most of the deer because the 

 fish & wildlife department let so many tags be issued and the 

 out-of-state hunter took advantage of this and bought as many 

 tags they could. I think this is okay but out-of-state hunters 

 don't have any respect for the use to be great hunting they shoot 

 a deer and if it is not a buch or big enouph they leave it lay. 

 I know that all out of state hunters are not like this but I 

 think most of them are. I know out of state hunters bring 

 Montana a lot of money. But right know that isn't important. 

 Because every year there are more & more out-of-state hunters 

 coming into Montana abusing the land & abusing the wildlife. I 

 think the 1988 hunting season we should limit the # of out of 

 state hunters that should be let in Montana And give the Montana 

 hunter a chance to hunt, I know that there are some Montana 

 hunters that abuse the land & wildlife but not as many as out-of- 

 state hunters, I hunt in District 703 You may not agree with me 

 but thats okay. I think this mostly concern rifle season. Thank 

 you 



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