Mont. Code Ann. § 70-2-111

Wild animals

Animals wild by nature are the subjects of ownership, while living, only when on the land of the person claiming them or when tamed or taken or held in the possession or disabled and immediately pursued.

History:
En. Sec. 1072, Civ. C. 1895
Re-en. Sec. 4423, Rev. C. 1907
Re-en. Sec. 6665, R.C.M. 1921
Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 656
Field Civ. C. Sec. 161
Re-en. Sec. 6665, R.C.M. 1935
R.C.M. 1947, 67-203.