The most important thing that I would like to see done is to stop 

 the use of aircraft to hunt with! And to ensure the use of main 

 traveled roads on public and private lands 1 



In hunting districts 411 and 412, there should be more or better 

 access to BLM and Forest Service lands. Landowners have most of 

 the roads which have been there for the last 30-40 years are now 

 blocked or locked shut. Then the private land owners lease out 

 there land to guides for hunting which they have the only access 

 to BLM or Forest Service land. 



The archery season around my area is the best time it could be. 

 So I would like to see archery season stay the way it was in 

 1987. 



I think areas like 623 with limited vehicle travel permitted will 

 keep in check the number of archers. (Only the serious ones will 

 survive.) I also think rather than increasing the archery fee! 

 (equalize) . Change the rifle hunters $6 for a rifle permit 

 (stamp)!!! Lets get down to just serious rifle hunters too!! 



I feel the use of ATV's for hunting is causing alot of problems. 

 Not only does it disturb the elk herds, but it is causing the 

 closure of alot of private ground. I also feel there are some 

 very serious problems with landowner-sportsmen and fish and game 

 realtions in terms of them not cooperating with the landowner. 



I don't think archery season should be changed. In the past 15 

 years I have seen game management screw up prime hunting 

 locations because of the precious grizzly bear! Gating old roads 

 that have been open for 20 years is unfair to the handicapped and 

 senior hunters ! 



Many of the questions asked have no bearing on hunting or the 

 quality of hunting. Most of the information that hunters give to 

 the state leads to those prime spots being gated! Now you can't 

 even get close. 



I think the Forest Service has locked up to many "old" access 

 roads. Roads are locked up in a warm time of year which if you 

 do shoot an animal, it could spoil before it is retrieved. 



I think some roads should be closed during archery as well as 

 rifle season. 



Concerning question #11 I feel the fish & game should not let 

 people hunt coyotes out of an aircraft, reason being it's 

 inhumane, they don't have a chance to get away or anything. I 

 hunt coyotes, & trap, and the 1986-87 season has been bad. The 

 simple trapper has nothing any more, the airplane hunters get a 

 lot of furs from the air - It's not fair . It's illegal by 



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