I was surprised when I got this in the mail - there are too many 

 people that don't take Bow hunting seriously - don't practice - 

 and don't care if they recover an animal that is wounded 

 We have to do something about this, and the only way I can see to 

 do this is with an either or season. 



I also feel that their is to much poaching going on and with the 

 wide area we have around here "2 game wardens" are not enough. 

 I'm also outragged at the number of Road Closures in 318 - This 

 whole area is becoming "Packers Paradise" and it's our land - 

 This is my opinion - get the cattle off the USFS & BLM land or 

 let us hunt any private land we want without having to get 

 permission - No one asked me if they could run cattle on Forest 

 Service or BLM land! ! This may seem like a hard nose approach 

 but I want my 2 month old son to enjoy the good life off hunting 

 in this state that I had growing up. If you have any questons 

 about certain areas I'm talking about - Please feel free to call 

 me. Thank you Sincerely William J. Gibson Star Route, Elk Park 

 , Butte, MT 59701 494-4516. 



I feel that Montana has far to many out of State permits for 

 archery and general seasons. People who live in Montana should 

 have priority over out of states. People from out of state 

 should be drasticly reduced. This is our state and our game. 

 It's a privilage to come to our state to hunt. I feel people not 

 from this state should have to pay fees that are greatly 

 increased to hunt in Montana. 



To many all terrain vehicles. Please stay with branched antlered 

 bulls only in 311-360-310-301. 



As I stated earlier that A.T.V. have become a problem. They 

 should be only allowed to retrieve game - no weapon allowed. 



ATV's should be kept out of archery districts. There has been a 

 few times when these vehicles have spooked bull elk I was 

 stalking. 



I strongly oppose requiring hunters to elect between bow hunting 

 & rifle hunting. There seem to be more bow hunters all the time, 

 but it has not reach a point where it has become a real problem. 

 I would like to see a half to the use of motorized vehicles, 

 especially motorcycles & four wheelers (ATV's), both in rifle & 

 bow season. If anything affects the distribution of elk in an 

 area it appears to be the noise of these vehicles. They also 

 significantly diminish the enjoyment of the hunt. 



The issue of access is very important to me. I don't like to see 

 closed roads just to make it hard for people to get to the elk 

 that are typically further back into the wilderness at the time 

 archery season is open. I usually only hunt weekends during 

 archery and can't take the time to get to the backcountry by 

 walking. I usually take a week to hunt with a gun however, to 



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