get some responsible and tough laws and enforce them. 



Walk in only areas do improve odds for animal hunter contact and 

 improve hunt quality. Some areas need to be set aside for 

 impaired hunters-where vehicle travel would be permitted. 



Access on timber sale lands or on logging roads should be closed 

 to all vehicles including all terrain vehichles as well as 

 loggers etc. Keeping costs as low as possible for everyone to 

 have an opportunity to hunt with a bow. With growing numbers of 

 "bow hunters" commercialization of profits and sales are causing 

 us not to police our own self respect amoung us in regard to 

 ethics of 1) practice 2) judgement (yardage) 3) trespass priveledge 



More restrictions should be made for ATV ' s on forest service 

 ground . 



I think elk hunting is getting "tougher" due to the shear numbers 

 of people attempting to archery hunt. Part of the problem is 

 over-abundant easy access to "high" country resulting in activity 

 and camps nearly everywhere which cause the elk to be unusualey 

 wary. I also suspect bull numbers are relatively low — resulting 

 in less challenging and perhaps less incentive to challenge due 

 to fairly easy access to cows as a result of the ratio of bulls 

 to cows . 



I think that in areas like 32 3 a hunter should be able to take a 

 machine in for game retrieval. As of now you can't run any 

 motorized vehicle during the hunting seasons. Even if it was 

 opened at 2:00 in the afternoon that would leave ample time to 

 get animals out. 



As this was my first year hunting with a bow I had much to learn. 

 I saw quite a few animals and as such was pleased with overall 

 experience with one exception. Archery is meant to be a quiet 

 sport, but this silence was interrupted by many hunters on ATV ' s . 

 I would not want these vehicles banned but I think the FWP could 

 keep a closer watch on those riders who insist on riding down 

 game trails ect. 



In general I am satisfied with the archery season. My biggist 

 complain, is the use of ATV ' s during bow season, which I feel 

 should be heavily restricted. 



Any management action should first consider reducing vehicle 

 access, not necessarily to a entire area. A single traffic view 

 would cure many off the problems encountered with managing game 

 and people who hunt even. Education is ehtics and people 

 equiptment use is also a point i stress. 



In the past I have herd that aircraft has been used to move big 

 game. 



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