In true Montana fashion, there is a huge opportunity to hunt black bears. A hunter may purchase only one black bear license per year. A free Black Bear Identification Test Certificate is required to obtain a license. The spring season starts in the middle of April and goes until the middle of June. There will be an archery-only season the first part of September as well as a fall bear season that goes from the middle of September until the first of December. Beyond the season structure, there are options that vary not only from region to region but bear management unit to bear management unit. The biggest variation is during hound hunting season, as a rule of thumb, as it’s only during spring season, but beyond that, you will have to check each unit in the regulations to see if hound hunting is available.
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