Montana Code Annotated 2021

TITLE 87. FISH AND WILDLIFE

CHAPTER 3. RESTRICTIONS AND REGULATIONS

Part 3. Game Animals

Transfer Of Possession Of Harvested Game

87-3-310. Transfer of possession of harvested game. (1) A person licensed to hunt and authorized to possess a carcass of a game animal that requires mandatory department biological inspection or a wolf that requires mandatory department biological inspection may, after validating and attaching the license or tag in accordance with 87-6-411, transfer possession of all or part of that game animal or wolf to any person at any time after leaving the site of the kill, provided a statement of possession has been completed.

(2) A statement of possession must be on a form prescribed by the department and signed by the licensed person and the person or persons receiving possession and must accompany the carcass or portion of carcass presented for inspection.

(3) Upon receipt of game or a part of game, the recipient is authorized and responsible to present the harvested game to the department as required for biological inspection, if applicable, and salvage the edible meat for human consumption, if required by law.

(4) A person may not transfer possession of all or part of a grizzly bear carcass.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 238, L. 2019.