sometimes is the only way to access much game! Warm weather was 

 definately a factor this season why harvest was down. Should you 

 have extended the season to bring harvest to normal ! 



I feel the Fish & Game must further their efforts to help in the 

 landowner sportsman dispute over big game animals. 



I also feel the only way to limit the amateur hunter is to 

 make the seasons either Bow or Rifle. This would also help in the 

 areas where the Bulls won't answer. Limiting hunters to one or 

 the other would decrease the number of Bowhunters by 50% thus the 

 quality of the Bowhunter would be higher and more sportsman like. 



I always camp out and I feel its important that we have places to 

 camp and park vehicles and keep livestock. All it costs me is my 

 gas & licenses this way because I have to eat wheather I am home 

 or hunting. Once again I must stress the importance of landowner 

 subsidies by the Fish & Game to allow parking & foot hunting on 

 private land. This can be done easier by the Fish & Game through 

 licensing than by we hunters ourselves. I am a landowner and I 

 allow access. Providing the hunters are responsible people. 



I feel very strongly about access being restricted to public 

 lands by private owners and leasers . I also feel land owners who 

 charge for hunting should forfeit all state funds for game 

 management. I also feel 2,3,4 wheeled cycles should be totally 

 banned from federal lands during hunting seasons (off road use of 

 these vehicles does more damage to game that the total of all 

 archery hunters?) 



I think certain rights are being violated by landowners when they 

 can totally close off public ground form the public and use it 

 for their own use. 



I don ' t feel that landowners have the right to charge hunters and 

 then cry to the fiah & game dept. to allow them to destroy game 

 because the game is eating their crops 



I would like to see a mandatory check in of all animals within 

 24hrs. after reaching public roads it would give you a better 

 count and reduce the amount of poaching. Also I would like to 

 see more access to public land that is cut off by private land 

 bordering it. These people hunt public land and don't provide 

 access to anyone else, therefore having a whole mountain to 

 themselves (Ex.) West side of Bitterroot from LoLo cr. to Tin cup 

 cr. at Darby. 



It seems that the greatest drawback to good hunting (in the last 

 20yrs.) is the private individual buying up small parcels of 

 land. They then close off all land behind their property whether 

 they own the backcountry or not. 



We need more archery only areas and easier access. 



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