Either or tags should be by species. 



Example: you could draw an archery Deer or Elk, but you could 



elect to apply for a rifle antilope or Moose. 



Bear tags should be valid for both Bow & Fire arms because of the 



dangerous nature of these animals. 



I FEEL A LAW SHOULD BE PASSED ALLOWING A HUNTER TO KILL ONLY ONE 

 TROPHY, GOAT, SHEEP, GRIZ, (PERMIT) (HUNTING ANIMALS) PER 

 LIFETIME. 



The best item here is the requirement that big game tags be 

 bought before the season opens. It would elliminate the guy who 

 hunts first and buys the tag later and should increase fines paid 

 by these guys getting caught more. A good idea that should 

 increase revenues . 



In Pennsylvania it is required by law to send in the state 

 portion of your big game license within a couple of days when 

 your animal is killed. Appropriate information is documented 

 (location, date, sex of animal, size of animal etc). This 

 procedure might work in Montana to inventory harvests. (The 

 harvester pays postage) . 



I came to MT to hunt & fish. The wildlife situation is 

 really good compared to back east. But MT needs, in my opinion, 

 to start innovating licensing procedures. Such things as more 

 trophy districts only, does only, spike bulls only etc. I think 

 MT is trying to do this but I think there needs to be more of it. 

 The idea of increasing license fees to purchase/ improve wildlife 

 habitat is great. Another issue of great concern to me & 

 landowners is vehicle traffic in Eastern MT hunting districts. Is 

 there any way that FW & P can designate some hunting districts as 

 walk-in hunting only? Travel would be limited to county roads 

 only. I don't know if that would work but if it was the l^jamabe 

 more people would follow it. 



Dear Sirs, 



Also about this elk thing. You want to make it bull's only in 



certain areas. Tese area's do not have a good bull ratio to 



begin with. And once you do that and people shoot the few bull's 



that are left in a herd, what is left for breeding the numerous 



cos . 



People let's wake up and do things right the first time. We have 



to shut down or shorten certain hunting distsricts . And maybe 



open certain areas for Cow's only. 



But my point is you come on to a herd of elk and there is one or 



two big bulls with 50 to 60 cows, which is not unusual in some 



districts. 



The hunter is going to shot one or both the bull's before they 



even look at a cow. 



So why the bull ' s only deal in districts that have a high ratio 



of cow's. Those bulls will be killed first anyway before some 



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