87-4-501. Authorization for licenses, permits, rules, and regulations. The department is hereby authorized and empowered to issue operating licenses or permits for shooting preserves, which may be privately owned and operated, and to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper in carrying out the purposes of this part. History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. […]
87-4-502. Size, location, and posting of preserves. Operating licenses or permits may be issued to any person, partnership, association, or corporation for the operation of shooting preserves that meet the following requirements: (1) Each shooting preserve must be restricted to not more than 2,560 contiguous acres and must be located in areas that will not substantially reduce […]
87-4-503. Fees. Fees for shooting preserve licenses or permits must be $100 for each year for the first 320 acres of shooting preserve area, plus $40 for each year for each additional 160 acres and any fraction of 160 acres. History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 265, L. 1965; R.C.M. 1947, 26-1604; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 499, L. […]
87-4-504. Bird license or stamp required. All persons hunting on shooting preserves must have a valid resident or nonresident upland game bird license or a 3-day nonresident shooting preserve bird hunting stamp issued under 87-2-404. History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 265, L. 1965; R.C.M. 1947, 26-1611; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 105, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. […]
87-4-505. Commercial and membership licenses and permits. Each shooting preserve license or permit issued by the department shall designate whether or not the preserve is open to the public on a commercial basis or is restricted to a membership or other limited group. In the latter case, the license or permit shall specify that the area […]
87-4-506. Revocation of license or permit and reissuance. The department may revoke any shooting preserve license or permit issued under the authority of this part when the licensee has violated any of the provisions of this part or any rule or regulation of the department. After such revocation, a new license or permit may be issued […]
87-4-507 through 87-4-520 reserved.
87-4-521. Duration of season. The season established for shooting preserves is the 7-month period beginning September 1 and ending March 31. History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 265, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 417, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 26-1607; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 371, L. 1991.
87-4-522. Game hunted in preserve. (1) Game that may be hunted under this part must be confined to artificially propagated ring-necked pheasants with no color mutations, chukar partridges, Merriam’s turkeys, Hungarian partridges, and other species authorized by the department. (2) A minimum of 100 birds cumulative of all species authorized to be hunted in an individual shooting […]
87-4-523. Amount of game recoverable. The operating licenses or permits issued by the department shall entitle holders thereof and their members, guests, or patrons to recover not more than 80% of the total number of each species of game released on the premises each year. History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 265, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. […]
87-4-524. Preserve operators to establish shooting restrictions. (1) Except for required compliance with the game recovery restriction provided in 87-4-523, shooting preserve operators licensed prior to July 1, 2003, may establish their own shooting limitations and restrictions on the age, sex, and number of each species that may be taken by each person. (2) The department may […]
87-4-525. Tagging of game. All harvested game shall be tagged with a self-sealing tag prior to being either consumed on the premises or removed therefrom, such tags to remain affixed until the game actually is prepared for consumption. The department shall furnish tags at nominal cost to shooting preserve operators, the tags to be numbered consecutively […]
87-4-526. Repealed. Sec. 25, Ch. 552, L. 2021. History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 265, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 417, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 26-1609; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 499, L. 2003.
87-4-527. Wild game on preserve. Any wild game found on shooting preserves may be harvested in accordance with applicable license, game, and hunting laws pertaining to open seasons, bag and possession limits, and rules, as are established regularly by the department and the U.S. fish and wildlife service. History: En. Sec. 10, Ch. 265, L. 1965; amd. […]
87-4-528. Unscheduled inspections by department. The department shall conduct unscheduled inspections of all shooting preserves licensed under this part to ensure that pertinent statutes as well as the rules and regulations of the department are being followed and obeyed. History: En. Sec. 14, Ch. 265, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 417, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 26-1614.
87-4-529. Penalties. A person who violates this part is subject to the penalties provided in 87-6-706. History: En. Sec. 81, Ch. 258, L. 2011.
87-4-530. Use of temporary holding pens. (1) During the shooting preserve season established in 87-4-521, artificially propagated upland game birds may be held in temporary holding pens for up to 120 days after being delivered to a shooting preserve to acclimate them to the shooting preserve environment. (2) Any bird held in a temporary holding pen that […]
