straightened out for the benefit of every one. 



Elk Hunting: I feel that the quality of a hunt is degraded 

 proportionately by the increase of hunters in the area. Even 

 though it would be an additional cost or inconvenience. I 

 strongly favor decreasing public access (not eliminating it) . I 

 would prefer paying an access fee to a private landowner or 

 required to use an extra day to pack in/out instead of competing 

 with too many hunters . 



I don't think paying to get on private land is a thing to be 

 pushed as it has in the past few years . We need to keep the state 

 or public land we have open! 



I think that if the landowner wants to charge and nobody hunts on 

 his land. Then during winter he wants to get rid of problem game 

 he should pay the fish wildlife and parks to have a late hunt. 



This is the first full year I hunted by bow - I saw elk a no. of 

 times but never had a shot except at a spike in a nospike area - 

 I found landowners very cooperative more so than in rifle season 

 - when nice weather elk are very high so as in rifle don't see as 

 often but have enjoyed just being out I never saw an over 

 abundance of game hunters - I could have shot at a number of deer 

 but didn't care too as they are either doe or small buck: - maybe 

 next year 



TO DECREASE PRESSURE & CONFLICTS WITH PRIVATE LANDOWNERS THE 

 STATE SHOULD MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO OPEN REASONABLE ACCESS TO ALL 

 PUBLIC LANDS. IICENSE MONEY SHOULD BE USED TO PURCHASE ACCESS 

 ACROSS KEY PRIVATE LANDS THAT BLOCK ACCESS TO LARGE PUBLIC 

 TRACTS. ALSO STRICT ENFORCEMENT OF HUNTING ON LEASED PUBLIC 

 GRAZING LANDS, POSSIBLY REDUCED GRAZING FEES ON LEASED LANDS THAT 

 ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TO HUNTING. MAJOR ACCESS ROADS SHOULD BE 

 LEFT OPEN TO MOTORIZED VEHICLES FOR RETRIEVAL OF DOWNED GAME. 

 POSSIBLY A DESIGNATED OFFICE WHERE A KEY COULD BE CHECKED OUT. 

 (ONLY FOR RETRIEVAL) 



As stated in part III, I can't afford horses, guides, and etc. A 

 lot of the US forest land is also locked up. I'd like to see a 

 lot more of the forest land opened up for access to vehicles, for 

 access. Access to public lands should be increased. 



I think the dept . should work on hunter/landowner relations. More 

 & more landowners are leasing land out, thus pushing the public 

 closer & closer together. The number of hunters are never going 

 to decrease, but if we can increase the acreage for which they 

 can hunt, they won't be so cramped. (I realize this would only be 

 a short time solution for the ever increasing number of hunters. 

 THAT IS THE #1 PROBLEM, TOO MANY HUNTERS! 



I wish there was a way to access private lands, for that 



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