Montana § 87-4-522 Game Hunted In Preserve

Montana Statutes

§ 87-4-522 — Game Hunted In Preserve

Montana § 87-4-522

Title 87FISH AND WILDLIFE

Ch. 4COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES

Part 5Shooting Preserves

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Bluebook

Mont. Code Ann. § 87-4-522 (2026).

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87-4-522 . Game hunted in preserve.

(1)Game that may be hunted under this part must be confined to artificially propagated ring-necked pheasants with no color mutations, chukar partridges, Merriam's turkeys, Hungarian partridges, and other species authorized by the department.

(2)Artificially propagated upland game birds released on a shooting preserve during the shooting preserve season must be at least 14 weeks of age and must be marked prior to release in a manner that distinguishes them from wild upland game birds.

(3)For each shooting preserve season, a shooting preserve operator shall maintain a record of the total number, by species and source, of artificially propagated upland game birds released and harvested and the number of wild upland game birds harvested in the preserve. T

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87-4-522 . Game hunted in preserve. (1) Game that may be hunted under this part must be confined to artificially propagated ring-necked pheasants with no color mutations, chukar partridges, Merriam's turkeys, Hungarian partridges, and other species authorized by the department.
(2) Artificially propagated upland game birds released on a shooting preserve during the shooting preserve season must be at least 14 weeks of age and must be marked prior to release in a manner that distinguishes them from wild upland game birds.
(3) For each shooting preserve season, a shooting preserve operator shall maintain a record of the total number, by species and source, of artificially propagated upland game birds released and harvested and the number of wild upland game birds harvested in the preserve. The record must be open to inspection by a delegated representative of the department at any reasonable time.

Legislative History

En. Sec. 3, Ch. 265, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 417, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 26-1603; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 499, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 552, L. 2021; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 82, L. 2025.