37-47-303. Guide’s qualifications. An applicant for a guide‘s license must:

Terms Used In Montana Code 37-47-303

  • Board: means the board of outfitters provided for in 2-15-1773. See Montana Code 37-47-101
  • Guide: means a person who is employed by or who has contracted independently with a licensed outfitter and who accompanies a participant during outdoor recreational activities that are directly related to activities for which the outfitter is licensed. See Montana Code 37-47-101
  • Outfitter: means any person, except a person providing services on real property that the person owns for the primary pursuit of bona fide agricultural interests, who for consideration provides any saddle or pack animal, facilities, camping equipment, vehicle, watercraft, or other conveyance, or personal service for any person to hunt, trap, capture, take, kill, or pursue any game, including fish, and who accompanies that person, either part or all of the way, on an expedition for any of these purposes or supervises a licensed guide or outfitter's assistant in accompanying that person. See Montana Code 37-47-101

(1)be 18 years of age or older and be physically capable and mentally competent to perform the duties of a guide;

(2)be endorsed and recommended by an outfitter with a valid license, unless otherwise qualified under guide standards established by the board pursuant to 37-47-201(4); and

(3)have been issued a valid conservation license.