animal with bow and arrow, I cannot get more with a rifle, 

 therefore I am opposed to a klocked in situation of archery or 

 rifle. 



I feel that archery season enables me to spend time a field 

 Before season to scent the area. Hunting becomes secondary I ' am 

 primarly a trophy hunter. I would like to see area's closed to 

 all! All terrain vehicles & maybe a shorter season in the early 

 fall with added days after general season when we usually have 

 tracking snow. Maybe even an alternating season closure for 

 Bugle season on an area Basis. 



To Whom it may concern 



To answer the question on page 2 #1. I am satisfied to a certian 



point. Lately in my region (#1) there has been quite a crunch in 



the elk population. I feel that some of this is posibaly due to 



archery season. 



First of all if you compared the number of archery hunters at the 



present time, to the numbers in the early 70 's and late 60 's, Im 



sure that there would be quite a stagering amount more now. This 



leads to my theory that with more hunters in the woods today 



during archery season there are more animals being killed. I 



also believe, that today with giant influx of people bugling elk 



that there are more of our dominant herd bulls being killed off, 



and many of our smaller bulls being killed before they can 



mature. 



My whole point is that in the 60 's and 70 's the majority of elk 



being taken by hunters was during general season, and a very few 



during archery season. But today there is alot of elk killed 



during general season and also alot of elk are killed during 



archery season. I feel this is one of our major causes of the 



dwindling elk counts in my region. 



I would like to see the fish and game go to a drawing program for 



certian areas during archery season in Region 1 such has been 



done in 6 in the mid 70 's. 



My sole reason for buying a license is to possibly kill deer with 

 a bow and not my vehicles in area 260. I hunt for meat not horns 

 so most questions don't interest me as a hunter even though I 

 never had a chance to bow hunt in 1987. 



I elk hunt mostly to get out and watch the animals. If I do 

 shoot it is for a meat animal (cow) or a trophy. Sometimes I 

 just watch the animal with no desire to kill it at all. 



I love archery hunting and hunt to feed my family and would hate 

 to see things changed especially to accomidate trophy hunters. 

 Fewer out of staters would be nice. I also dont feel we as 

 archers should have to buy a special stamp any more than a rifle 

 hunter does . 



I am strictly a trophy hunter with a bow. I have high personal 

 standards and will not take risky shots or lesser animals. I 



