easy. But what a challange! and then just to have the wrong one 

 or a small one. I'm at there for the thrill of it. 



This was my first bow sseason and I must say I am hooked. Though 

 I didn't kill a bull, I passed up four shots at four defrent 

 bulls because I didn't feel they would be clean kills but theres 

 aways next yearl 



I've with a gun most of my life until 2 yrs . ago. In the last 3 

 yrs gun hunting to me is not sporting anymore. I've shot deer, 

 elk, bear, antelope with a gun and hardly missed a animal. The 

 bow is more challenging and fullfilling way to hunt. I really 

 enjoy it. I feel bow hunter get a lot of flack on injured 

 animals. I've seen gun hunters injure animals also. And you 

 don't hear much on their injuries to game. 



Archery is probably the best, most exhillerating sport that I 

 have ever had the good fortune to participate. To match the cool 

 nerves, the cunning skill and ingenuity of the hunter, against 

 natures own creations, cannot be parralleled with that of any 

 other sport or recreation. 



I have only bowhunted for this year but I enjoyed it thoroughly. 

 Even though it is more challenging, I appreciate the extra 

 difficulty and quality of the hunt. Even though I had several 

 opportunites to shoot at deer and elk, I did not because I did 

 not feel comfortable with my abiltity and accuracy. I feel that 

 hasty and unskilled shooting with the possible senseless wounding 

 of game in both rifle and archery hunting is a major problem in 

 hunting. 



I enjoy archery season because quite a bit of the time I have 

 only bow sitting next to me while I fish. 



I just started bow hunting last year and never really hunted 

 hard. I plan to increase my bowhunting in the coming season and 

 am very excited about getting out this fall. 



While I feel that ! )many branch antlered bulls are taken and 

 2) too many elk are wounded by arrows, it is still an honorable 

 and challenging style of hunting. 



Being retired disabled, bow hunting has given me something to get 

 out in the forest to do, whether I get my game or not. It makes 

 my retirement much more pleasant, and I can control excertions by 

 also fishing and camping in nice weather. 



Montana archery hunting is of high quality and I get great 

 personal satisfaction out of hunting bull elk with a bow. 

 Archery season falls in a beautiful time of the year. Hunters 

 are sparse and thats the best reason to hunt during this time of 

 the year. 



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