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Home » US Law » 2022 Montana Code Annotated » Title 87. Fish and Wildlife » Chapter 6. Fish and Wildlife Criminal Provisions » Part 9. Additional Sentencing Provisions » 87-6-907. 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.