get deer damage commisions from the fish and game dept. which 

 really is us, the sprotsmans money in the first place. So, in 

 any case, I have to pay to hunt. Hunting is turning into a rich 

 man's sport. Thus, federal land is getting over hunted. Making 

 the outdoors like a shopping mall. Bow hunting gets me back 

 towhere I can enjoy the wild as it is in nature 1 



I am a new resident of Montana and haven't been able to find 

 anyone willing to let me hunt on private property. 



Montana is becoming a "pay hunting state" ie. you pay private 

 land owners to hunt ont he land!! This is dead wrong! We apy 

 for wildlife management for our future enjoyment ony to see large 

 private land owners making in $ off of the labor of "Fish, 

 Wildlife and Parks" and the hunters $. That is spent to improve 

 the environment . 



Hunting should be like fishing. i.e. As the fish are in the 

 streams for everyone - access is provide. So shall it be for 

 hunting- if there are elk on some land owners ranch- hunters 

 should be allowed to access the animals! 



I believe that the larger ranches that charge for access to or 

 through their land should not be ehlped out be FW&P or the state 

 when their ahy gets destroyed by wildlife. 



Interesting questionairre. I wish it had come a year or two 

 earlier. This last year I backed off from archery hunting in 

 favor of black powder somewhat. I still think bow huntingin MT 

 is pretty much OK except for the lackof public access! Too many 

 places being closed or charged too much for because of "slob" 

 hunters! I also think the state should allow access to state 

 lands and not let lessees ahve exclusive rights to bar public 

 access for recreation purposes when it does not interfere w/ what 

 their lease is for. Thank goodness we have so many National 

 forests in Montana! 



I don't think ranchers are being charge enough to run their cows 

 on my land. If ranchers feed on their land its $25.00/head per 

 month. If on my land the pay $.3 5 /head per month. 



The major change needed in archery hunting is to lessen the guide 

 preference. The little guy who pays a lot of the bills is being 

 priced out of hunting areas. I am concerned about access to 

 private and public lands. 



I feel that right now archery hunting is as good as it has ever 

 been. I also feel that everybody has the right to hunt and that 

 by raising fee's or making people choose whicvh way to hunt or 

 hunting by drawing or selective area's only is not fair to us 

 Montana taxpayers. I also feel that the only major problem with 

 hunting in Montana right now is the fact that land owners and 



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