coining to Montana every yaer. In the general areas I hunt, there 

 are about A 3:1 ratio of out of staters to residents. NOT GOOD. 

 I feel that if outfitters are allowed to lease exclusive hunting 

 rights on private land, thier access to public land should be 

 severly limited. 



My storngest concern for not only archery hunting, but hunting in 

 general is that the "guides" are leasing or buying to large a 

 share of the hunting access rights. Our (Montana's) big game 

 shoudl not be "sold". These guides, by closing so many ranch 

 lands to hunting are forcing massive over-hunting of the ranches 

 that are still open to hunting. Please- help stop the "selling" 

 of Montana's big game animals. 



There were no questions about non resident hunting presure this 

 always seems to be a closed subject with the MDWP I favor cuting 

 down non resident hunting presures state wide and raise the 

 licence fee to $600.00. 



The thing that bothers me is the number of non-residents that hit 

 elk and fail to find their wounded animals. Most of them don't 

 care about the meat they want horns. Most residents depend on 

 filling their freezers during hunting seasons. 



I am getting real concerned about the number of guides in Montana 

 and the control of them. There has been a significant amount of 

 illegal guiding of residents and non-resident archers in my 

 hunting area. 



I would to see less out of state hunters durning all hunting 

 seasons . 



I would hunt bring meat home to my family but I get charged for 

 that. No place to hunt because outfitter charge $1000.00 to hunt 

 or the hunters are from out of state. So I htink this will be 

 the last year i hunt. If I wanted to pay that kind of money I 

 would buy beef, pork, lamb. Its cheeper. 



Kick out, out of staters. Keep Montana game for Montanas annd 

 Montana familys that need the meat. 



To maney out of state hunters. To maney outfitters with special 

 hunting privlage. To maney closed gates. Mist my elk in 1987 

 because of dam airplains out playing games in S. Fork. 



The fish and game needs to quit cattering to the guides should 

 not be able to have a percentage of the out of state licenses, 

 thats a heck of a monopoly quit raising our license and start 

 raising the out of state, they can afford it or else they 

 wouldn't be here. The fish and game are pressing towards having 

 a state where its all guided with the pressure the guides are 

 putting on at Helena, the guides wifes are sure doing a good job 



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