Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 87. FISH AND WILDLIFE

CHAPTER 2. FISHING, HUNTING, AND TRAPPING LICENSES

Part 5. Game Animal Licenses

Class A-3, A-4, A-5, A-6, And A-9 Resident Deer, Elk, And Bear Licenses -- Fees

87-2-501. Class A-3, A-4, A-5, A-6, and A-9 resident deer, elk, and bear licenses -- fees. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a resident, as defined by 87-2-102, who is 12 years of age or older or who will turn 12 years old before or during the season for which the license is issued, upon payment of the proper fee or fees, is entitled to purchase one of each of the following licenses at the prescribed cost that will entitle a holder who is 12 years of age or older to hunt the game animal or animals authorized by the license held and to possess the carcasses of those game animals as authorized by department rules:

(a) Class A-3, deer A tag, $16;

(b) Class A-4, deer B tag, $10;

(c) Class A-5, elk tag, $20;

(d) Class A-6, black bear tag, $19;

(e) Class A-9, resident antlerless elk B tag, $20.

(2) Subject to the management provisions provided in 87-1-321 through 87-1-325, a person may not take more than three elk during any license year, only one of which may be antlered.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 267, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 16, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 100, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 36, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 36, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 55, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 148, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 9, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 241, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 319, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 84, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 129, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 110, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 139, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 167, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 261, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 408, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 49, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 91, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 289, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 417, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 546, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 169, L. 1977; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 235, L. 1977; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 417, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 26-202.1(4); amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 478, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 554, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 680, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 331, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 623, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 296, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 418, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 592, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 263, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 18, Ch. 417, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 533, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 201, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 553, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 585, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 381, L. 2019; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 486, L. 2021.