shooters, a sad fact is 9 out of 10 longbow hunters draw little 

 more than half the bow's weight and are extremely poor shots. If 

 one type of bow is ever eliminated, it should be the longbow. 



Compound bow hunters have undue advantage and by letting them 

 hunt defeats the purpose of bow hunting. 



I think bowhunting is a better sport tham rifle hunting. The 

 seasons are just right to hunt the elk because they are in rutt. 

 Bowhunting is a challenge to get near the game, but with rifle 

 hunting it isn't a challenge, you can shoot them at 300 yards 

 away. 



I hunt the same areas both archery and rifle seasons and I see no 

 significant problems caused by bow hunters as far as spooking 

 game, etc. The very nature of bow hunting precludes disturbing 

 game to any significant degree. What spooks game are road 

 hunters who roar all over creation blasting away at some critter 

 at a dead run to get out of the territory. I almost always take 

 my game under 100 yards (including antelope) and mostly under 50 

 yards and hardly ever running - during rifle season. I have an 

 idea that rifle hunters who complain about bow hunter's spooking 

 game are either awful poor hunters under any conditions or too 

 lazy to get out of their 4x4 and still hunt a little bit. 



I went to a Townsend Rod and Gun club meeting about 6 months ago. 

 To here a bunch of old coots say bowhunters just get drunk. They 

 get all the game frightened and tear stuff up and worst fling 

 arrows all over. I say bull I don't drink and shoot. I pass up 

 alot of shots waiting for what I think is a perfect shot. I and 

 most bow hunters take the time to learn to track and learn animal 

 habits. I feel the average Joe with a rifle deserves this 

 pressure. 



1) Crossbows have nothing to do with bow hunting! There would be 

 no chance for elk is crossbows were ever allowed in archery 

 areas. 2) Archery seasons are underutilized while rifle season 

 are being overrun. Day for day archery hunting provides 10 times 

 the nonconsumptive recreation as rifle hunting. For your money, 

 everything should be done to encourage more hunters to switch 

 from rifle to archery. 



I hunt with a bow more than a rifle and I honestly feel rifle 

 season should be shortened and archery season should stay the 

 same with a few changes (minor changes at that). 



I think that cross-bows should never be legalized. Also a 

 minimum of a 60 lb. bow should be used for elk hunting. 



I do so believe that to allow crossbow hunting in archery season 



would be extremely wrong a real step backward for archery - 



and for "fair chase". I do so believe an "either or" season 



