The elk herds in areas 321 and 332 have a high ratio of dry lows 

 vs. cows w/calf. 



During archery season, in area 321, I saw several groups of elk. 

 The bulls are solktary or with a small hierem of cows-the spikes 

 are doing the herd siring- the big bulls go high, alone. 



I feel the archer should be able to harvest an aditional deer, 

 even if it is a doe, for the money spent for archery stamps. In 

 area 380 the ratio for does to bucks is about 100 to 1. Lots of 

 does and few bucks . 



Access concerns me along with increased intrusion into remote 

 areas . 



We could do with a better bull to cow ratio. 



The only way populations will increase will be to decrease the 

 hunting pressure and number of kills-especially Irg. herd bulls 

 and mature bull elk and deer-or-increase habitat, or both-which 

 must be obvious-to the game dept. also- cut back on the $ spent 

 in the buracracy of the game dept. So they don't have to issue x 

 number of permits-to make enough money to justify there jobs and 

 time spent on managing game. The game will manage themselves if 

 they have enough habitat and decreased-if not eliminate the 

 hunting pressure. "Easy job-right". 



ON PART 3 QUESTION 6 I ANSWERED NO BEFORE THERE COULD ALWAYS BE 

 MORE. IN UNITS 100 & 101 WE SEE MORE BRANCH ANTLERED BULLS THAN 

 ANYTHING ELSE. IN 3 YRS WE HAVE SEEN ONLY 1 SPIKE IN THOSE UNITS. 

 1987 ARCHERY HUNT I BUGLED INTO RANGE 6 BULLS. ALL 5 POINT OR 

 BETTER SAW NO SPIKES AND SAW ABOUT 20 COWS. MY PARTNER KILLED A 5 

 BY 5 IN 101. ROADS AND LOGGING ARE SLOWLY EATING UP THE AREA WE 

 HUNT. 



I hunt alot in area 140. I spend a lot of time there in the fall 

 and summer months and I can't understand why the fish & Game 

 continues to give out 100 cow permits at the end of the season. 

 There isn't enough elk in the south fork to warrant issuing any 

 permits there. 



I've hunted 285-281 for 33 years. I use to pick the elk I wanted 

 - big bull or cow - now - 1987 - I heard 1 elk bugle in 21 days 

 of hunting - 1984 I bugled in 8 bulls in the same day - 20degrees 

 in AM - 70 degrees later - the largest herd bull in 1987 - A 

 raghorn 4/5 point, (on private ground) I saw a total of APX 150 

 elk -2 - rags - 2 spikes & 70% remaining were cows - I only saw 

 10 elk on public- land- 6 of these in Lincoln archery area 



I would like to see more elk transplanted over in 100 & 101 form 

 over populaited area's. I understand it cost money to do this but 

 people or hunter's would be willing to donate money to help do 



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