The main thing I think is needed in archery hunting as well as 



rifle hunting is access availability to all federal, state, BLM 



land, etc. After all, this is "our" land, we should be allowed 

 to use it. 



The big problem with rifle hunting is adaquit access to hunting 

 areas. More and more private land is being shut off so access to 

 federal land is almost impossible. 



Didn't hunt very hard during 1987, planned to do more but didn't 

 work out. Love bow hunting - It's tough. Need more access to 

 private ranchs - to many ranchers want to charge to harvest qilc 

 elk! 



Make it easier to find out who own's or leases property; so you 

 can at least try to obtain permission to hunt on those lands. 



It's not right to pay the ranchers money because the wildlife 

 tear up their stuff. Most ranchers WON'T let you hunt, plus it's 

 not right for their cattle to graze on national forest land which 

 leaves nothing for the deer and elk to fed off of so then the 

 wildlife have no chice but to fed off their haystacks. Letting 

 just a couple people hunt their land because maybe they are close 

 friends, does NOT constitute telling Fish and Game that they 

 allowed hunting in order to collect money for damage. What good 

 are permits if no one will let you hunt. Ranchers seem to be 

 friendly until sudden they don't know you. It seems like 

 everywhere you go to ask permission to hunt, the ranchers have 

 already posted their "no hunting" signs. Alot of ranchers won' t 

 let you cross their land in order to hunt National Forest so you 

 tell me where a person is supposed to go. 



From 1980 to 1984 I bow hunted in areas 418 and 420. Now the 

 land owner is charging to hunt. I think this is a problem the 

 Fish and Game should address before the local hunter is puched 

 out due to the growing number of land owners chargeingboth bow 

 and gun hunters . 



I ' m sorry for the delay in returning this survey but in Dec . I 

 was sent to Italy and the survey was sent to my new address . I 

 hope the delay didn't hurt your survey. 



Accessto private land has become very difficult in the past few 

 years. I feel the landowner should be reimburst for game taken 

 from their property by the State Fish and Game . 



More effort is required to reach better arrangements between land 

 owners and hunters and state to provide more hunting access, also 

 better mapping and access information to public lands in state, 

 especially Eastern portion. 



I have had problems in getting landowner permission for 



