season if he or she choose, they would be much more inclined to 

 take it seriously enough to put forth the effort to practice, so 

 as not to wound animals. I used to live in Colorado when they 

 went to an either, or , gun or bow, it helped a bunch there, it 

 also eliminated some pressure in both seasons . 



I feel a seperate season, non-dependent on rifle season is proper 

 for archers-anyone who can get game with a bow at an extra charge 

 should not be penalized by not being able to hunt the rifle 

 season-as in Minn. -Wis. etc. 



Reference question 8: Instead of penalizing the serious archer 

 by raising the archery fee, reuqire total separate license for 

 the general or preferable don't allow people to hunt both seasons 

 ie one or the other. 



Basicly I'm very happy with archery hunting. My concern is there 

 has been a noticable increase every year in hunting presure. I 

 have talked to many of them and I'm not very impressed with the 

 "shot at" stories. I very much believe that an either or season 

 for archery would solve that problem. 



There are to many guys out during bow and rifle season that hutn 

 both. I know guys that use a 35 lb. bow for shooting elk and 

 shoot 100 yd shots and shoot at running elk in timber. If you 

 would have only bow or gun and not both youw ould not have these 

 kind of guys out there. And les pressure. 



If the department enacts regualtions to restrict hunters to 

 either rifle or bow, I would not mind having a two week special 

 archery season (within the normal archery period) for beginners 

 (novice) archers who would also be allowed to obtain a rifle 

 permit. Also I feel there should be more road closures onpublci 

 land to provide for elk security and quality hunting. 



I have never wounded or lost a bull, but fear many hunters do 

 because of inexperience in shooting ability and trakcing ability- 

 maybe hunter education courses should include something on bow 

 hunting to get a stamp, & also on tracking... I fear more elk are 

 lost by rifle and bow hutners who "give up" too early or else 

 feel they missed when in fact they did hit the elk. Big prime 

 elk often do not bleed much because of heavy hair coats . 



Also. Branche dantler bull hunting only would allow apikes to 

 survive until they are more independant and thus survive longer, 

 thus more big bulls. 



I would really hate to seea decision made to make a person choose 

 between rifle and archery hunting-it would really limit my 

 outdoor experience and the vairety of fall hunting vs. winter- 

 type hunting. 



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