Should have an archery season for elk hunting in the Bear Paw 

 Mountains . 



Permit areas such as 621 force excessive hunting on open areas. 



Forest Service has locked gates when they're supposed to be open. 



Puts too much pressure on the mature bull during the rutl 



Access to public hunting is getting too difficult. 



I don't like the closure of the area north of the Missouri. It's 

 closed except to permits . 



There's too little access to public lands. 



We need to restrict hunters to branch antlered bulls only. 



I'd have to have a permit to hunt where I'd like to. 



Not enough elk. 



I hunt the Breaks and don't like the restricted area choices on 

 the north side. 



I think the CMR Game Reserve should be for bow hunting only. 



The Sweetgrass Hills are so posted up you can't find a place to 

 hunt. 



There are too many hunters for the number of elk in the areas I 

 hunt. 



Late hunts; more elk in districts. 



The Breaks should be managed as on unit, i.e. all permits or 

 none. 



There are too many people for amount of bull elk. 



There is too much shooting with rifles going on - bird hunters or 



poachers? 



There should be more time between general and archery seasons. 



Season could be longer. 



In the district 415 "Skyline Roads", the roads are closed off 

 where you can't go back further to hunt. 



There is too much public land blocked off by private landownders. 



More trophy bulls are needed. 



The season opens at just the wrong time for me. I live in the 



