I think that road close are more important to pressure on game. 

 The part I wouldn't like to see is the fack that I would have to 

 choose (bow or gun) because 1. I like bow hunting better 2. I 

 don't have to shoot take bad shots. 3. I have time to watch the 

 game and learn more about them without the pressure of shooting! 

 thanks 1 



I am violently opposed to having to choose between Bowhunting and 

 Rifle hunting. I feel that Lack of Public Access is a mounting 

 threat to big game hunting in Montana. Buck to Doe Ratios seem 

 to be very low, A lot of Deer but Relatively few bucks. 



I hope we will not be faced with the choice of just archery or 

 rifle hunting. The State & F.W.P. makes good revenue on archery 

 hunters with little impact on game populations. P.S. You should 

 have an envelope that Fits your questionare. 



I strongly feel a choice of rifle or archery should be made. If 

 you want go out in both take photographs in one, and hunt the 

 other 1 



I feel that an iether or Season, Archery or gun, is certanty in 

 the near future. 



However I would like to postpone it as long as possible. Thank- 

 you for Your time. 



I would like to see the hunters have to choose between bow or 

 Rifle. But they could hunt deer with a Rifle and elk with a bow 

 or visa versa 



Have bow hunted deer in other states — 1st time for elk=this yr. 

 Been hunting here 3 yrs and see no problem w/crowding during 

 archery season, hence am confused with question II. 8. Most bow 

 hunters I've ever met do not bow-hunt during rifle season, even 

 though they are required to buy the same tags as gun hunters, 

 plus archery stamps. I favor having separate tags for rifle and 

 archery, by species. 



I wish only to bowhunt elk, and rifle hunt deer. The way it is 

 set up now, I would be eligible to hunt all season for elk and 

 deer. If I'm rifle hunting deer and a bull elk comes by, I ' d be 

 more likely to shoot it since I have the elk tag anyway. If the 

 elk tag was only good for archery, I'd have to let him pass. 



To reduce archery hunting pressure, I believe the best way is an 

 either/or policy - seell-8a. Raising the cost to $20 is 

 insignificant in trying to eliminate the non-serious hunter; 

 hunters who start practicing with their equipment 2 weeks before 

 the season are a real problem - I know many of them! To many! I 



I am definitely against having sportsmen decide whether to hunt 

 only during archery season or rifle season (as in Colorado) 



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