22. GENERAL COMMENTS ON SEASON, TIME, LENGTH, ETC. COMMENTS ON 

 SPECIFIC HUNTING DISTRICTS. 



I would like to see archery special season in Decker Flats in 

 313. It is not fair to just give the rifle season them. And 

 also give the handicaped person a better brake on licenses and 

 areas to hunt. 



I actually think bow season should start about two weeks earlier. 

 And something should be done about the planes at Slippery Arm 

 reservor. 



I am very opposed to archery permits by drawing as only option to 

 hunt in specific districts. Also very opposed to restricing 

 archers to just one species, or one area. 



I am very interested in having an early mule deer hunt in high 

 mountain areas in particular (like Colorado and Utah do); and 

 some more late season areas for elk (perhaps cows only is 

 gunhunters feel favoritism is being shown in giving extra 

 opportunity to archers for harvesting bulls) in addition to our 

 bugling season. 



The archery season was fine this year but maybe you should work 

 on a different schedule for opening weekend! ! I hunted the first 

 weekend and didn't see but 2 cows and a calf that were on a dead 

 run. This was due to about 500 hunters that were in the area. 

 That was in two different areas on two different days 1 I The 

 reason everybody was out was because it was a three day weekend 1 I 

 Please don't let this happen again 1! I went outevery possible 

 time I could and had opportunities at 3 elk but the closest I got 

 was 100 yards and, mind you, 3 times this happened, another 

 hunter that had no clue that elk were even around, walked in and 



scared them off!! I was extremely off!! My hunts were 



messed up by idiotic bozos that don't know how to hunt!! Please 

 do something to cut down the numbers of hunters!! 



I think that the number of mature bull elk in the 2 districts 

 that we have been hunting are down. The reason I believe is the 

 general rifle season is too long in the Bob Marshall and that the 

 forest has grown up over the last 80 years and covered up some 

 great habitat resulting in not much winter area and smaller 

 numbers of game. 



I would favor shortening the archery season by two weeks if that 

 time were alloted to a muzzle loading rifle season. Some states 

 have a primitive weapons season that includes archery and muzzle 

 loaders. This would be an ideal combination in my opinion. 



Because of the distance to the Missoula side of Blue Mt . (203). 

 The Missoula side of Blue Mt. should be closed to hunting of any 



