big gaune. Older aged bull elk is a serious concern of mine we 

 need many more for healthy elk herds . 



I feel that bow hunting is a rewarding sport but the season 

 should not be during the mating season, should have same road 

 restriction as general season, be shorter than it is and bow 

 hunter should have to pass some type of test. Also hunters 

 should have (1) one choice to hunt rifle or bow not both. The 

 penalties should also be higher. 



An increase in the license fee (funds to support wildlife 

 management and enforcement) and pre-season purchase will help 

 clean up garbage hunting to some degree. My answer to II 8 A was 

 oppose but this may be needed to slow down the growth of archery 

 hunting by the "garbage" type hunters. This may be real good if 

 combined with a late season archery season. 



You should be able to hunt with bow, but not both bow and rifle. 

 All archery hunters should be checked to see if they could hit a 

 pie plate at 30 yds. If not thay don't get to hunt archery. 

 Also a cross bow and like shooting a rifle 



Strongly oppose crossbow hunting, either or seasons, and muzzel 

 load hunting in river bottom areas . 



I personally feel that there is getting to be too many people bow 

 hunting that shouldn't even own a bow more or less hunt with one. 

 However I hate to see the regulations tightened down so much to 

 the affect that you may only hunt 1 area for the entire season, 

 and archers have to choose between a bow or a gun. That seems to 

 me to in the long run make the people that would still bow hunt 

 pay a certain price to do so, and the others can still use a gun. 



I think you will find that archery kills of deer, elk, bears, 

 etc. and archery hunting and the archery season have no 

 noticeable impact on game population or game movement. The 

 mechanical bow, (compound bow) has in the last 10 years made 

 "instant" bow hunters and outdoorsmen who would normally have 

 stayed home if they had to use real archery equipment. 



The shear numbers of these people could possible have an effect 

 on forest fires and property destroyed, and in some cases game 

 movement. An either or season would certainly change things. 

 However this would be unfair, as such. 



Perhaps either or tags would be a better deal. If you bought an 

 elk archery tag, you could only kill an elk with a bow, same for 

 deer or bear. If you get a cow permit for general season you 

 could not shot a bull during archery or gun season. Leave the 

 spike bulls alone, during all seasons, branched bulls only-all 

 the seasons. 



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