20. POINT REGULATIONS. COW/BULL OPTIONS. 



I believe that people who draw cow elk permits should be 

 restricted to hunting only the area where the permit is valid. 

 Also I believe that branch antlered bulls should be on a "draw 

 only" basis. They should be used for breeding as much as 

 possible. Sort of a "highgrading" in its most natural form. 



There is too much overgrazed elk winter range. There is to much 

 pressure in rifle season by to many roads being left open. Spike 

 bulls should not be killed under any circumstances. People that 

 get cow tags should not be allowed to shoot a bull. Thank you 

 for your efforts I 



In regards to questions 6 and 7 my favorite elk area is 524. 

 It's been closed for the past 5 seasons. The branched bulls have 

 increased but I don't think closing it to archery had a 

 significance. It was the branched antlered season that made it a 

 success . 



1) Some means are necessary to reduce and numbers of non-serious 

 archery hunters. 2) More moeny is needed to purchase winter 

 range for elk, sheep, moose, and mule deer. 3) Elk and to some 

 extent mule deer need to be managed to produce a better mature 

 bull/cow ratio. I believe a branch antlered restriction is 

 needed. 4) Outfitters should be given the preference on out of 

 state permits . 



I think archery hunters should be allow to take either sex, 

 inclusive. The district I hunt; you cannot take spike elk or 

 muley bucks smaller than 4 pts . This greatly limits archery 

 hunting chances, especially on mule deer. Also, if there were a 

 late season (archery) added I would not mind paying $8 - $10 for 

 an archery stamp. 



It gets complicated having some districts closed to spike bulls. 

 I favor allowing both spikes and branch antlered. 



From talking to Game Wardens, I don't think the amount of animals 

 taken by bow affects the animals population and I see Ml reason 

 to limit hunters to a bow only or rifle only hunting season. I 

 am in favor of management to increase branch antlered bulls . And 

 I think eliminating the harvesting of spike bulls would help. It 

 seems 75% of my friends that killed elk this year killed spikes - 

 make them illegal the first 3 yrs . and we'll have a biincll of 

 smart matures bulls. 



I think if somebody gets drawn for a cow elk they should not be 

 able to shoot at a bull. 



Your 2 weeks off rifle season is stupid. Leave it alone but go 



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