lately. 



I did not hunt elk in 1987. I did hunt deer and felt that 

 hunting of does with fawn that early in the season is not good 

 for those orphened fawn. I feel that bow hunting should not be 

 for wet does , 



I would like to see more trophy animals, more archery only 

 districts, longer seasons. Also permit archery only for sheep, 

 goat, moose, similar to the antelope 800 permit. 



We have a lot of hunter pressure with bow and arrow, as well as 

 rifle in the Bitterroot Valley. The game numbers are down. The 

 number of day guides is very high. 



Personally I believe that the out of state hunters have the money 



to buy a elk tag for at least $1000.00. Also I believe that you 



should only be allowed one season. 



I am positive that there is no where near the amount of elk 



population. 



I think we should do something about the over population of 

 WHITETAIL deer in Montana. 



I have never seen a Branch Antlered Bull within 200 yds. During 

 Archery season and I can honestly say I've hiked and hunted my 

 off trying to see one. 



Various time this year I saw heards of Elk 25-30 with one spike 

 or Immature Bull. We need to build these herds to have Several 

 Mature Bulls, to insure dominance of Mature Bulls we may have to 

 close all areas to branchantler only with a limited number of 

 Antlerless (No either sex). It is vital that we start getting 

 mature bulls to breed all cows or we'll end up with Elk that are 

 as small as deer. 



In comparison to the Elk of the early 1900 's or even Alaska the 

 Elk of the 80 's are in some cases 300 lbs smaller. Thanx. 



Am concerned with lack of mature bulls, aircraft spotting before 

 & during hunting season, rifle hunters hunting in archery season 

 with small caliber rifles & solid bullets. 



I'm not sure about the hours spent in area 260 but I put alot of 

 hours in probably more than 801 The ammount of deer is 

 overwhelming. I've seen a few trophie deer in 260 but I think 

 the numbers need to be drastically reduced. 



As for the questions about taking a cow or spike first instead of 

 waiting for a bull is that there is no insentive to wait. The 

 chances of coming up with a six point is not good. Also it seem 

 that you are only interested in how many were shot at or killed. 

 There are many times that the elk are close enough but a good 



