hunter. I have walked in to areas three or more miles to get to 

 game I know were in the area and when I get there I find there 

 have been cars, trucks, etc already in on closed roads, and this 

 happens on most all roads that are supposedly closed, we also 

 have pushed our elk higher up into the Mts on acct of our 

 extensive logging big clear cuts by private corperations & F.S. 



I feel too many people are using accesses along Bitteroot River. 

 Makes it too easy for people to poach. For the most part I'm 

 pleased. 



Aircraft hinderance during both archery and rifle season is 

 getting to wide spread in my favorite hunting districts . Although 

 there is undoubtedly harrassment of Big Game animals is 

 apparaent, the local Fish & Game and Aviation Laws have to be 

 changed, just because a pilot has a license to fly under 10,000 

 ft. fish & game officals seem to look the other way; even with 

 posite I.D. with plane NO.S 



Would like to see more road closures! 



Close off more roads to vehicles and stricter laws. 



I think one of the! problems with any wild animal population is 

 accessability by roads. Speaking in general. Elk habitat Roads 

 closed during regular season should close during bow season 



I would like to see more roads closed so that people must walk to 

 take pressure off the game also I would like to see branch 

 antlered bull only in all areas around Kalispell, Elk hunting is 

 very tough and inspite of this alot of spikes are taken annualy 

 but not a whole lot of branch antlers are taken 



I believe there is always room for improvement but generally 

 archery hunting in Montana is good. I do think the increasing 

 level of road and ATV encrouchment into heavy canopy areas is a 

 serious threat. 



There must be some way to prevent low flying private planes over 

 Forest Service lands during archery season. Last fall my hunting 

 partner and I were buzzed by a plane flying so low you could see 

 the pilot! He circled us for an hour and we assume he was an 

 outfitter scaring the game away from us archery hunters. I could 

 probably have hit him with an arrow but I didn't want to waste 

 one on the S.O.B. 



I think the advent of walk-in areas could greatly increase the 

 amount of elk that people will see. It's not written anywhere 

 that says you should be able to drive up to an elk and shoot it. 

 For some reason people think they should have good easy access to 

 all public land. Access, yes! Be able to drive in, HQ Let's use 

 our heads and start managing for everyone not just special 



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