Montana's Most Common Game Violations

Friday, September 29, 2000
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This article was Archived on Monday, July 01, 2002

Among Montana’s most common game violations are:

• Failure to properly validate a license/tag and securely fasten the tag in a visible manner to a game animal immediately after the kill and before it is moved or transported from the kill site.
• Failure to obtain permission from landowners before hunting on private property.
• Using someone else’s tag on a game animal you killed or tagging a game animal that someone else killed.
• Shooting or attempting to shoot game animals or game birds from a vehicle.
• Shooting game animals on or from any public highway or public right-of-way.
• Using a vehicle (including all-terrain vehicles and aircraft) to concentrate, drive, rally, stir-up or harass game animals.
• Failure to stop at a checking station even going to or from hunting or fishing areas, if you have no game or fish.
• Failure to leave evidence of the sex of a game animal attached to the animal.
• Failure to wear at least 400 square inches of hunter (fluorescent) orange clothing above the waist at all times while hunting during big game firearms seasons.
• Wasting any part of a game animal suitable for food.

Shelly Hiron, FWP’s TIP-MONT coordinator in Helena, encourages hunters to protect the future of their sport by policing their own ranks and calling the toll-free 1-800-TIP-MONT (1-800-847-6668) number to report witnessed or suspected property vandalism, trespass or wildlife violations.. Reports may also be made on the FWP site at http://fwp.state.mt.us/tipmont "It’s a good way responsible hunters can voice their concern about the irresponsible actions of others," she said, "and make a personal statement about their concern about the future of hunting. Responsible hunters can have a collective voice in that future."