The rule is dangerously overbroad, and your input to BLM is needed before February 5, 1997. Any of these are facts which would subject the hunter to criminal liability.
Hunters frequently hunt in groups.
The second problem with the rule is that there is no exception for self-defense. Tell them to eliminate the portions of the proposed rule which seek to restrict the discharge or possession of a firearm, and to add to any rule a self-defense exemption. While comments were originally due on January 6, the comment period was extended 30 days. A second extension puts the new deadline at March 7.