Trapping Licenses for Resident and Nonresidents Available for Purchase

Nonresident and resident trapping licenses can now be purchased at a Fish, Wildlife & Parks office or online at https://ols.fwp.mt.gov.

To purchase a Montana resident trapping license, residents must complete a Montana trapper education course or have purchased a trapping license in at least three prior years (in Montana or another state). Residents must be at least 12 years old to buy a trapping license. Youths 6 to 11 years old must purchase a trapping license. They are exempt from the requirement to take trapper education and are limited to what animals they can trap.

The course consists of an online component, an in-person field day, and a written test. This general trapper education course also satisfies the Montana wolf trapper education requirement. Nonresidents need to do one of the following:

• Provide a notarized affidavit on a form approved by the department listing the person's legal residence, including the state;

• Provide documentation that the person's resident state issues nonresident trapping licenses that allow Montana residents to trap the same species for which the person seeks to trap in Montana or

• Attest on the affidavit that the person's resident state does not offer reciprocity for trapping the fur-bearing species the person seeks to trap in Montana because the species does not exist in the resident state.

To learn more about trapping or to register for a trapper education course, go to fwp.mt.gov/hunt/trapping.