Chris and I have been hunting for record elk and whitetail- 

 certain area's of 240 have some excellent animals and very little 

 pressure even during rifle season. Very tough to get one! Maybe 

 in "88" 



there needs to be more elk in 270-250-321- for hunting. Without 

 having to travel clear over to the big hole 



I don't believe that you can hunt the whitetail population in 

 Montana with our present hunting pressures (archery) Also its the 

 best way to take advantage of Deer hunting in congested areas. 



Best advice I have is to keep hunters in the woods and keep 

 the up the good works on animal # . 



I think Elk herds in Mont, as increased, but we need to hunt more 

 cows and give the herd bulls a break! or we won't have any. 



This was my 1st season of archery hunting in your state - I am a 

 veteran bow hunter from Wyoming - My trophy room proves my 

 consistancy - Contrary to loc^belief there is plenty of game in 

 area 110 - Bulls Bears Bucks are abundant- I wouldn't change 

 anything- KEEP THE CROSSBOWS OUT -THEY ARE POACHERS WEAPONS 

 except when used by the handicapped 



I would like to see a more aggressive Grizzly bear archery season 

 initiated the only hunting pressure I experianced was being 

 growled at by a bear during pre-dawn darkness. The thrill of 

 which I will never forget! Road closures on Forest Service land 

 is a good policy - This insures the animals of having a fairly 

 secure place to roam and keeps a vast majority of hunters out 

 (mainly road hunters) cannot wait until next season 



This year I hunted twice as long with bow & rifle and seen less 

 game than ever before. Mostly I am sure from dry weather so 

 naturally there is bound to be more game next year 



I think the Elk population in 330 is good. I seen a lot of Bulls 

 last year including a 6 point which I shot at and missed. 



They need to plant more elk in Areas around Olney, Mt. I haven't 

 seen a elk in all the time I've hunted by bow or rifle. 



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