Montana § 87-4-522 - Game Hunted In Preserve
Full text of Montana Montana Code Annotated § 87-4-522 — Game Hunted In Preserve, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 87-4-522. Game Hunted In Preserve
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.
Source: official Montana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 87-4-522 ("Game Hunted In Preserve") is part of the Montana Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Montana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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