for rifle season. None are real serious archery hunters. If 

 fees are increased or too many restrictions imposed you will lose 

 many of us who most likely will never shoot the bow, but do 

 contribute the required fee in the interest of wildlife 

 management . 



I do not approve of increasing archery stamps by any amount. I 

 think it is by far preferable to rifle hunting. I would like to 

 see things remain status quo if the alternative is increased 

 restrictions on archers. I would also like to see archery 

 legalized throughout both seasons in respect to hunting elk with 

 bow in permit only districts during the rifle season. 



the biggest thing is why does it cost extra to bow hunt (stamp) 

 when it is tougher with a bow. Why not charge for a rifle stamp. 

 It would be alright if there was a deer tag or other included in 

 the bow stamp, but I can't see charging for bow hunting and not 

 rifle. 



$20.00 is not enough to money to stop most people from buying an 

 archery tag. 



I realize that it is hard to please everyone. I think that 

 because of the large # of hunters new a days we must limit 

 something in order to have quality hunting. I think choosing to 

 hunt with bow or rifle, maybe some permit only areas managed for 

 trophy quality animals; a few more post season archery hunts or 

 post season drawing permit hunts; a few more archery only areas. 

 If some archery only areas were made maybe some rifle only areas 

 where rifle hunters wouldn't have bowhunters hunting ahead of 

 their hunts, I do think that raising license prices for bow & 

 rifle & having a set amount for habitat improvement or Biological 

 studies eartagged is an excellent idea I could really help if key 

 winter ranges could be improved or bought. 



On economics: I would be willing to spend $1000 or more each 

 year in order to hunt places in Montana which are not game 

 farms . . Which have less hunter congestion, and trophy quality 

 animals are more abundant. This may be a possible type of hunt 

 on permit only trophy areas, even if these high demand areas are 

 hard to draw . Thanks . 



I hope you don't use the excuss will lessen the hunting pressure 

 by increasing the Bow hunting stamps. Lousy Excuss. Also don't 

 make everybody take a Bow hunting course to hunt, I don't need 

 somebody to tell me how to shoot a bow. let me be the judge of 

 that, otherwise you will loose a lot of hunters, including me. 



This was truely a good quest ionair, however question 14 on page 4 

 upsets me to no end. 



The value I feel for archery hunting is not measured in $ . Yet 

 the $ value controls wheather or not many of us can enjoy this 

 greatest of sports. Especially if you have children whom you 



