voilently opposed to cross-bows, but I don't personally are for 

 them. I don't feel they are "archery" - its a gun with a string 

 rather than powder. Let them be used in regular season. Try to 

 instill in all Montanan ' s a sense of responsibility and integrity 



- hunting ethics, if you will. That will do more good in the 

 long run. Educate hunters of all kinds. Standarize minimum 

 canons for hunting, caring for the animals, the land, the 

 landowners, etc. Crack down on poaching and alcohol usage by 

 hunters or anyone. Hunting is a part of my religion - its not a 

 kegger. And when someone, in his excitement, doesn't cut out the 

 bloody license in perfect fashion, don't make him out a criminal. 

 You folks breed more public discontent than you know by not 

 treating hunters with dignity - assuming i§. that they are "legal" 



- not illegal. The rule is - you reap what you sow. Thanks for 

 the opportunity, sorry for the delay. 



I would like to see archery hunting open in areas 326 and 324. 



Being a bow hunter I realize there will have to be a shorter 

 season due to the number of people and also the powder hunters a 

 season so I recomend a week from bow hunters and a week from gun 

 hunters would treat all hunters the same regardless what you hunt 

 with. 



I feel the FW & P is doing a good job with the game management 

 and handling the archery season. Not shooting spikes is a good 

 idea. Also don't every have the season open until after Labor 

 Day. More bow hunting only archery seasons for whitetails would 

 be nice. Changing the Three Forks archery only area to 

 shotgun/rifle devastated that area for archers to the point we 

 don't ever go there after hunting there consistently for ten 

 years . 



I think basically they should leave our season like they were 2 

 years ago as far as the length and leave everything else alone. 



Where I have hunted for years there were 2 sometimes 3 bow camps. 

 This year there were 9. The bulls didn't talk much and some 

 moved their herds to private ground. There is to many hunters in 

 one place at the same time. The compound bow has taken its toll 

 on bulls. Less skill is needed to get within range. I think 

 numbers of bow kills should be limited to an area. If rifle 

 hunting is going to be held also. There is only so many bull 

 elk and the number of bulls is definitely less. It is hard to be 

 excited about bugling when all there is squeaks and squalksin 

 every bush. I apologize for being negative but this year I feel 

 a real need for change in bow hunting is necessary if bows and 

 rifles are going to be able to be used satisfactorily in the same 

 area. Number of elk taken by bow needs to be regulated: 1) 

 shorten bow season, 2) More accurate bow kill counts. 



I live in Eastern Montana. The quality of hunting has greatly 



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