Montana Prohibits Feeding Game Animals and Predators

87-6-216 . Unlawful supplemental feeding -- exemption. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a person may not provide supplemental feed attractants to game animals or wild turkeys by: (a) purposely or knowingly attracting any cloven-hoofed ungulates, bears, mountain lions, or wild turkeys with supplemental feed attractants; (b) after having received a previous warning, negligently failing to properly store supplemental feed attractants and allowing any cloven-hoofed ungulates, bears, mountain lions, or wild turkeys access to the supplemental feed attractants; or (c) purposely or knowingly providing supplemental feed attractants in a manner that results in an artificial concentration of game animals or wild turkeys that may potentially contribute to the transmission of disease or that constitutes a threat to public safety. (2) A person may provide supplemental feed to wild turkeys unless the department finds that supplemental feed harms the local population of wild turkeys or creates a public nuisance as defined in 45-8-111 . (3) A person is not subject to civil or criminal liability under this section if the person is engaged in: (a) the normal feeding of livestock; (b) a normal agricultural practice; (c) cultivation of a lawn or garden; (d) the commercial processing of garbage;