HB 353 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Revise shed hunting requirements

House Bill 353 grants the Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks the authority to manage the collection of naturally shed antlers and horns from elk, deer, and antelope, as well as those with a skull or portion of a skull attached. The bill establishes new licensing requirements, instituting a $10 Class F-1 license for residents and a $50 Class F-2 license for nonresidents who collect these items. Landowners, their immediate family, and employees are exempt from needing a license when collecting on their own land. This legislation also provides the department with rulemaking authority, implements a waiting period for nonresidents, and revises criminal acts related to possessing sheds.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 30, 2025 Last action May 20, 2025
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LC3977.pdf HB0353_1.pdf · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was renumbered from LC 3977 to HB 353 and updated with new sponsor names. The substantive text of the bill, which establishes resident and nonresident licenses for collecting naturally shed antlers and horns, remains unchanged. The document format was updated to reflect the new bill number and sponsor information.
TECHNICAL

Bill number changed from LC 3977 to HB 353.1

Sponsor names updated to J. Cohenour, W. Galt, E. Albus, R. Gregg, C. Sprunger, G. Lammers, B. Barker, P. Flowers, and M. Marler

Page headers and footers updated to reflect the new bill number and authorized print version status

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Actions timeline

Total actions
20
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Committee
1
Amendments
2
Feb 14, 2025
Amended
(H) Tabled in Committee - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Amended
(H) Tabled in Committee - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
lower
Jan 31, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
lower
Jan 30, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Jill Cohenour
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