area with bows . 



I sincerely believe there should be one choise either bow hunt or 

 either gun hunt on one lisence. The area I hunt the bull 

 population as dropped considerably the last few years. The 30 

 days of hunting I done this year on horseback approx 20 miles or 

 more a day I never see on bull. I believe the elk shouldn't be 

 disturbed while in the breeding season. I have hunted 2 years 

 about with a bow and it is enjoyable, but don't shoot the bulls 

 off in a time requires to breed the cows. I think the season 

 should be approximately 10 days after the 5th of October. 



Making archers declare to archery only will weed out the casual 

 hunters who only wound game and interfere with the serious 

 archer. The impact on bulls must be reduced 



I don't know what would help get rid of non serious bowhunters . 

 Money is no object for these people so raising fees would not 

 help. Except to hunt with or without bow. But I don't really want 

 to give up Rifle hunting. So I don't know the answer. 



I don't think any sport should be and either -or thing, therefore 

 stopping a person from rifle hunting because they archery hunt 

 would be unfair. Having special drawing for game tags in areas 

 where game population is low is fine- but don't stop people from 

 using the mountains by not giving them liscinses. I think this 

 would lead to more poaching which is a big enough problem 

 already. 



I am a very casual bow hunter. I hunt 1-3 days per year. What I 

 treasure is the opportunity to plan, dream & go hunting. Don't 

 take away the planning & dreaming aspects by limiting bow 

 hunting. Don't ask me to choose between bow & rifle. 



I feel archery hunting in MT. shouldn't change except to possibly 

 extend the season, selecting weapon hunting shouldn't be put into 

 effect for at least 20 years. 



if they decide a hunter must choose either rifle or bow to hunt 

 with I believe this should only limit the hunting of deer and 

 elk. A hunter should be free to use which ever means he wants to 

 take an animal he's drawn a special tag for. I'd like to see the 

 archery season go to a 4 point bull or better season. 



I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF AN EITHER/OR ARCHERY-RIFLE HUNTING SEASON. 

 IF IT WAS FORCED ON US, I WOULD CHOOSE ARCHERY. 



If it ends up that the MFWP thinks that bowhunters should have to 

 decide between hunting with bow or rifle, I think they should be 

 able to hunt one species in bow season and another in rifle, etc 

 like elk in bow & deer & bear in rifle. But I don't think archers 

 have a big impact on deer or elk in bow season. On the most part 



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