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Mont. Code Ann. § 87-2-506 (2026)

Restrictions On Hunting Licenses

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  1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 87
  3. CHAPTER 2
  4. Part 5
  5. 87-2-506 Restrictions on hunting licenses

TITLE 87. FISH AND WILDLIFE

CHAPTER 2. FISHING, HUNTING, AND TRAPPING LICENSES

Part 5. Game Animal Licenses

Restrictions On Hunting Licenses

87-2-506. Restrictions on hunting licenses. (1) The department may prescribe by rule the number of hunting licenses to be issued. Any license sold may be restricted to a specific administrative region, hunting district, or other designated area and may specify the species, age, and sex to be taken and the time period for which the license is valid.

(2) When the number of valid resident applications for big game licenses or permits of a single class or type exceeds the number of licenses or permits the department desires to issue in an administrative region, hunting district, or other designated area, then the number of big game licenses or permits issued to nonresident license or permitholders in the region, district, or area may not exceed 10% of the total issued.

(3) Disabled veterans who meet the qualifying criteria provided in 87-2-817(1) must be provided a total of 50 Class A-3 deer A tags, 50 Class A-4 deer B tags, 50 Class B-7 deer A tags, 50 Class B-8 deer B tags, and 50 special antelope licenses annually, which may be used within the administrative region, hunting district, or other designated area of the disabled veteran's choice, except in a region, district, or area where the number of licenses are less than the number of applicants, in which case qualifying disabled veterans are eligible for no more than 10% of the total licenses for that region, district, or area.

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(16)(f); amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 478, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 304, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 556, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 17, Ch. 449, L. 2015.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2002–2006 · leading case: State v. Boyer, 2002 MT 33 (Mont. 2002).
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State v. Boyer, 2002 MT 33 (Mont. 2002). · cites it 18× “These two issues are integrally bound up in the majority's analysis, in its reframing of the "precise issue" to focus on Boyer's catch, and in its failure to address and apply § 87-1-506(1)(b), MCA.”
Minnesota Ex Rel. Hatch v. Hoeven, 370 F. Supp. 2d 960 (D.N.D. 2005). · cites it 2× “MontCode Ann. § 87-2-506(2) (2004); Mont.”
State of Minnesota v. John Hoeven, 456 F.3d 826 (8th Cir. 2006). “475(l)-(3) (2006) (limiting moose, elk, and prairie chicken licenses to residents only); Mont.Code Ann. § 87-2-506(2) (2005) (limiting nonresidents to ten percent of big game licenses when applications exceed the number to be issued); Neb.”
— Mont. Code Ann. § 87-2-506(1)(b) — 1 case
State v. Boyer, 2002 MT 33 (Mont. 2002). “These two issues are integrally bound up in the majority's analysis, in its reframing of the "precise issue" to focus on Boyer's catch, and in its failure to address and apply § 87-1-506(1)(b), MCA.”
— Mont. Code Ann. § 87-2-506(2) — 2 cases
Minnesota Ex Rel. Hatch v. Hoeven, 370 F. Supp. 2d 960 (D.N.D. 2005). “MontCode Ann. § 87-2-506(2) (2004); Mont.”
State of Minnesota v. John Hoeven, 456 F.3d 826 (8th Cir. 2006). “475(l)-(3) (2006) (limiting moose, elk, and prairie chicken licenses to residents only); Mont.Code Ann. § 87-2-506(2) (2005) (limiting nonresidents to ten percent of big game licenses when applications exceed the number to be issued); Neb.”
— Mont. Code Ann. § 87-2-506(l)(b) — 1 case
State v. Boyer, 2002 MT 33 (Mont. 2002). “These two issues are integrally bound up in the majority's analysis, in its reframing of the "precise issue" to focus on Boyer's catch, and in its failure to address and apply § 87-1-506(1)(b), MCA.”
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