Archery season allows you to put your skill against animals at 

 close range as opposed to shots at 2 or 300 yards. 



It seems to me, my first year that wildlife has a good chance of 

 living during archery season. Every thing has to be just right, 

 exspecillay elk hunting, it takes many hours of hiking and 

 scouting I've learned a lot in one year, its certunally different 

 than rifle hunting and more challangingl 



Enjoyable Sport 



As I indicated in question#2 part III, this is my first year as a 

 archery hutner- But have rode along and walked with my boyfriend 

 and his son for the last 3 years while they bow hunted. This is 

 want got me intereseted in bow hunting and I love the excitement 

 and challange. 



Generally satisified with the archery season. Its the hunt the 

 chase and the challenge not the kill. Would hate to see the 

 archery season change in any way lessen those oppertunity ' s . 



Archery is a great sport. It has taught me patience very well. 

 I have passed many shots because I didn't have the best shot. It 

 is also exciting when you have a 800 lb. bull elk grunting at you 

 aobut 20 yrds away, but are too scared or too exicitied to shoot. 



I feel that bowhunting is a very challenging and rewarding sport. 

 It offers opportunities to the hunter that he might never get 

 during rifle season. The type of hunting practiced using a bow 

 is more of a true hunting experience to me than that of rifle 

 hunting. Camoflage definetely helps and adds to the experience. 

 The "rut" is an exiciting time to hunt alsol 



Overall, this was a very good season; I was within 30-35 yds of 

 two 5-point bulls although only one presented a shot (Hit a rib- 

 arrow did not penetrate) . 



Although nnot as good as 4 years ago, I did get into bugling 

 bulls more often than the last two years. I have not seen a 

 really big bull for four years. 



Archery hunting in Montana is a very fun experience, with bugling 

 being the best part. 



I plan to pahse out rifle hunting as I become more proficient 

 with a bow and learn more and better areas, especially for elk. 

 I love walking and bugling elk, also whitetail hunting. I would 

 vote for legalizing poison on arrows. I try to just take sure 

 shots, but lost a deer this year when I just nicked a lung. 



The most important reason why I started hunting with a bow is 



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