87-5-406. Gates of the Mountains game preserve. (1) Beginning in section 2, township 12 north, range 3 west, at the southeast corner of upper Holter Lake and proceeding westerly along the northern shoreline of upper Holter Lake in the Gates of the Mountains area located in Lewis and Clark County, Montana, and then northerly along Stoney Point Beacon road, then northerly along the powerline to the beacon, then along the bulldozer road to the point of the ridge in section 23, township 13 north, range 3 west, then northerly to the Missouri River, then easterly across the river and lake to the forest service boundary to the wilderness boundary, then south following the wilderness boundary to the southeast corner of section 1, township 12 north, range 3 west, then west back to the upper Holter Lake to the point of beginning, intending to include in the game preserve all that territory adjacent to the Gates of the Mountains area, is called the Gates of the Mountains game preserve.
     (2) It is unlawful for any person to hunt, as defined in 87-2-101, or destroy or in any way injure any bird or fur-bearing animal in the area or to interfere with their eggs or nests or to hunt any bird or fur-bearing animal within the preserve. The area is closed to all hunting at all times.

     History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 115, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 26-1128; amd. Sec. 36, Ch. 417, L. 1995.