Montana Hunting Rules and Regulations

(All information provided by Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks)

General License Information

	Hunters must possess licenses and permits while in the field and produce them if requested by Enforcement personnel.
	Wildlife taken must be shown to Enforcement personnel for inspection when requested.
	Licenses and permits are nontransferable and generally nonrefundable.

Party or Group Hunting

	Party hunting is not legal in Montana; each hunter must shoot his/her own animal.
	Hunters are prohibited from loaning or transferring their license to another person or using a license issued to another person. You cannot use your license to tag a big game animal that was killed by someone else.

Hunting Hours

Authorized hunting hours for the taking of big game animals begin one-half hour before sunrise and end one-half hour after sunset each day of the hunting season.

Clothing Color

For all big game hunting, including mountain lion and black bear, any person hunting or accompanying hunters as an outfitter or guide must wear a minimum of 400 square inches of hunter orange (fluorescent) material above the waist visible at all times.

Littering

A person convicted of littering while hunting, fishing, or camping shall forfeit his/her license or privileges to hunt, fish, trap, or camp within Montana for a period of one year.