87-2-702. Restrictions on special licenses. (1) A person who has killed or taken any game animal, except a deer or an antelope, during the current license year is not permitted to receive a special license under this chapter to hunt or kill a second game animal of the same species.
     (2) The commission may require applicants for special permits authorized by this chapter to obtain a valid big game license for that species for the current year prior to applying for a special permit.
     (3) After March 27, 1987, a person may lawfully take only one grizzly bear in Montana with a license authorized by 87-2-701.
     (4) (a) A person who receives a moose, mountain goat, or limited mountain sheep license, with the exception of an adult ewe license, as authorized by 87-2-701, is not eligible to receive another special license for that species for the next 7 years. For the purposes of this subsection (a), "limited mountain sheep license" means a license that is valid for an area in which the number of licenses issued is restricted.
     (b) A person who takes a mountain sheep using an unlimited mountain sheep license, with the exception of a mountain sheep taken pursuant to an adult ewe license, as authorized by 87-2-701, is not eligible to receive another special license for that species for the next 7 years. For the purposes of this subsection (b), "unlimited mountain sheep license" means a license that is valid for an area in which the number of licenses issued is not restricted.

     History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 267, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 65, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 72, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 48, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 167, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 195, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 28, Ch. 9, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 26-202.2(1), (2); amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 478, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 554, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 241, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 431, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 57, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 115, L. 1995.