leasers seem to think the game on said property is theirs to make 

 money with. Basically they are selling the game in my opinion. 

 If you really want to improve hunting I think you should 

 concentrate on landowner policy. 



I feel any elk should be a legal elk for a bow hunter. I also 

 believe one of the biggesst problems is private blockage of 

 public property and oppose "trespass fees". 



I would like to see more areas open on private land and less land 

 use fee ' s . I feel the sportsman is paying the rancher for game 

 he does not own. 



We need some program to encourage land owners to open the lands 

 to archers during archery season. Most landowners in my favorite 

 area allow only very few people on their land despite the fact 

 they own large tracts of land. 



Was wondering if there might be a way to get ranchers names who 

 might welcome good honest willing to walk bow-hunters. Maybe a 

 listing of elk over populated problem areas. There must be a 

 few out there who don't want to charge to get access. I'd sure 

 like a chance to show some rancher that there still are some of 

 us who respect them and their land and property and really 

 appreciate the access and permission when given. Just had to 

 write these frustrations down on paper. 



My greatest concern is for access to hunt public lands. 

 Especially were public lands are leased, and the leaseholder 

 either locks out the public and in some cases charges the public 

 to hunt on land we the people own. Republican rep. Bob Marks is 

 doing just that! I for one feel this is wrong, and needs to be 

 addressed by the legislature but if representative marks is doing 

 this what chance do we have of seeing any laws changed. Perhaps 

 we will need some new faces in the legislature. 



I personally think Mont, fish and game needs to work with the 

 public /citizens and the farmer/rancher to get people oppertunity 

 to hunt these properties so that big game are pushed on to public 

 properties a select few just put pressure on, another problem in 

 the areas I hunted was public lands were over grazed by 

 livestock, it was so dry and the growing season is short in the 

 mtns . were most public access is that this also forces big game 

 to the low lands which are msotly private. Alot of people live 

 off game as winter road and if a person does that instead of 

 trophy hunt, you can't afford to fee hunt! I feel hunting big 

 game in Montana, I was born and raised here, is a birthright. 

 Thank you. 



I feel that the fish and game dept should try to solve the 

 problem on lease hunting because at some time the there will only 



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