bowhunting. They will allow me to hunt rifle same season. 



I think land owners should let archers on there land to hunt. 

 There should be more elk too. 



I think most of the money should go to farmers and ranchers for 

 crop damage because they feed the elk and keep them alive. 



I think we need more trophy sized elk. We need more branch 

 antlered areas. We need to buy more private land and make it 

 into forest land. We need more through roads and people to check 

 forest land from being shut buy ranchers locking gates and 

 painting gates orange if there only leasing it from the state of 

 Montana. We need more control on cattle being in elk wintering 

 ranges . What are the elk supposed to eat when the cattle have 

 allready ate there winter feed. Then we have to listin to the 

 ranchers bitch, because elk are in there haystacks. Leave the 

 cattle out of the mountains, they don't belong there. Just 

 because we don't have the money they do. We have to try and help 

 the wildlife of Montana. 



The quantity and condition of the elk population which I have 

 encountered seem excellent. The only problem is gaining access 

 via privatly owned property to hunt the animals . 



I would like to have a deer tag come with the archery stamp, or 

 use all the money to buy access to private land and trailheads . 



Private landowners should not be allowed to use wildlife for 

 personal gain. They should also not be allowed to utilize their 

 property for game preserves . The properties should either be 

 open to public hunting or closed to all hunting and the game 

 herds scattered from properties during season for hunter 

 accessability . 



I think archery season should be set back because the past years 

 the people that have shot a animal during archery season have 

 spoiled because the weather is to hot. Also I think its a joke 

 to pay the landowner to hunt, there not their animals. I'll quit 

 hunting if I have to pay them. 



Next year I'll have to drive a lot farther to hunt in area 700, 

 otherwise I'm forced to hunt elk in one area north of Missouri. 

 I want freedom to go where the elk are in areas 623, 622, 631. 

 Pretty soon private landowners will shut down hunting on their 

 land, but if you want to pay . . . 



"If it ain't broke - don't fix it." The type and direction of 

 the questions in this survey disturbs me. They appear to be 

 prejudiced in nature, rather than a quest to improve hunting in 

 Montana. As sportsman, landowners, and administrators, we should 

 be striving for acceptable answers to the real tough questions 



