Bow hunting should be for deer and elk only during regualr season 

 with rifle hunters. Let the bulls along during breeding season. 



Bull elk are too vulnerable during the rut. Elk archery seaosn 

 should be moved to after general seaosn. From the hunting 

 stories I hear. 2 elk are stuck with arrows and never found for 

 every one that is taken. Almost always big bulls. I say leave 

 the bulls alone during the rut. Too many people will take that 

 small chance of hitting a trophy bull that is 60 or 70 yards away 



and end up hitting it all right, inthe guts or and it runs 



off. 



Season should abe open one week later, so that elk would not be 

 pushed so hard during main rut. 



I feel bowhunting has ogne up but the elk rut is a lot of the 

 reason. I feel the hunter should have to pass a accruacy test 

 befor reciving stamp (no licesense sold after openeing day) . 



I would like to see our archery season become a primitive weapons 

 season, allowing the use of long bows, cross bows, and muzzle 

 loading rifles. I would also like to see the season date changed 

 to follow the general big game season. This would allow the elk 

 breeding season to go on uniterupted, ensuring larger calf crops. 

 The snow at this time of year would help the hunter track wounded 

 game resulting in less lost game. 



By allowing the use of primitive weapons during the gneral big 



game season and then having a primitive weapons season after the 



general season I feel that this would insure a fairness to all 

 sportsmen. 



I feel that the major reasons for the bull/cow ratio decline in 

 region 1 is due to wounding bulls during the archery season and 

 losing them and due to bulls shot during the rut, and due to the 

 large take of bulls taken by rifle hunters in the last week of 

 the season. 



I feel the number of hunters bugling in an area is affecting the 

 breeding cycle of these elk in the areas of high hunter 

 concentration, making the mature bulls less likely to be bugled 

 in. So... I feel the bugling by these "yahoos" helps to wise-up 

 and extend the lives of some elk. Good for the elk but making 

 the wilderness hutn lacking in some of its qualities. 



