12. COMMENTS ON EQUIPMENT. BOW VERSUS RIFLE. CROSSBOWS, 

 PRIMITIVE WEAPONS, ETC. 



I dislike rifle hunting more every year do to type of hunters 

 that it draws . 



I would like to see cross bows legalized for the archery season. 

 I am opposed to a archery only or rifle only hunting season, both 

 should be available one season. 



Why tho threats in #8? Archery has for less impact then the 

 rifle season. 



Have heard many rifle hunter say that archers disturb the elk 

 before they have a chance to hunt. I do not believe this to be 

 true from watching elk move only a very short distance once an 

 archer has been seen or heard. Hunting bothseasons gives a 

 person, that can only hunt on weekends or occassionaly a greater 

 chance of success. 



I think it would be terrible to legalize the use of crossbows in 

 the Montana archery season. I would even mind seeing the 

 abolition of all mechanical bows in our archery season. I plan 

 on switching to the recurve in the 1988 hunting season. 



Keep the crossbows out of archery season. 



I takes twice as much skill to use non-mechanical bows so would 

 reduce the number of game killed yearly. 



This was my first year archery hunting. I did shoot a target bow 

 for six years 20 years ago and am impressed with the advancement 

 of compound bows in this time. I have hunted big game with a 

 rifle most of my life and killed eight bull elk. I am not 

 convinced in my own mind, archery hunting of elk is a sporting 

 way to kill a bull elk, although I am a better than average shot 

 with a bow. I will hunt another year and then decide if I will 

 continue with a bow as means of killing my bull. 



I feel the entrance of crossbows to the sport of archery wouldbe 

 much like using machine guns for general rifle season. Any chum 

 could buy one and begin killing animals, without being dedicated 

 enough to the sport to practice, scout, and rely on stealth as 

 you must presently do in archery. I also believe in (either or) 

 hunting. You should be able to hunt with a gun or bow, but not 

 both. 



We must insure that crossbows are never allowed in the general 

 archery season 1 



While some of the most dedicated bow hunters are longbow 



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