Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 87. FISH AND WILDLIFE

CHAPTER 6. FISH AND WILDLIFE CRIMINAL PROVISIONS

Part 9. Additional Sentencing Provisions

Restitution For Illegal Killing, Possession, Or Waste Of Trophy Wildlife

87-6-907. Restitution for illegal killing, possession, or waste of trophy wildlife. In addition to other penalties provided by law, a person convicted or forfeiting bond or bail on a charge of purposely or knowingly illegally killing, taking, possessing, or wasting a trophy animal listed in this section shall reimburse the state for each trophy animal according to the following schedule:

(1) mountain sheep with at least one horn equal to or greater than a three-fourths curl as defined by commission regulation, $30,000;

(2) elk with at least six points on one antler, as defined by commission regulation, or any grizzly bear, $8,000;

(3) moose having antlers with a total spread of at least 30 inches, as defined by commission regulation, or any mountain goat, $6,000;

(4) antlered deer with at least four points on one antler as defined by commission regulation, $8,000;

(5) antelope with at least one horn greater than 14 inches in length as defined by commission regulation, $2,000.

History: En. Sec. 69, Ch. 258, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 130, Ch. 258, L. 2011.