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) A minimum of 100 birds cumulative of all species authorized to be hunted in an individual shooting preserve must be released each year on the licensed area during the shooting preserve season.
(3) 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.
(4) 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 and must be the basis on which the game-recovery limits in 87-4-523 are determined.
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.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 4. Commercial Activities
87-4-501. Authorization for licenses, permits, rules, and regulations
87-4-502. Size, location, and posting of preserves
87-4-504. Bird license or stamp required
87-4-505. Commercial and membership licenses and permits
87-4-506. Revocation of license or permit and reissuance
87-4-507. through 87-4-520 reserved
87-4-522. Game hunted in preserve
87-4-523. Amount of game recoverable
87-4-524. Preserve operators to establish shooting restrictions
87-4-527. Wild game on preserve