Montana Man Loses Hunting Ban Fight

From the Mountain States Legal Foundation:

A Montana man who challenged a state regulation barring him from hunting on his family’s private property that lies inside an Indian reservation learned today that the Supreme Court of the United States would not review a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which upheld a Montana federal district court’s ruling against him. Randy Roberts has the right to use 1,500 acres of deeded property within the exterior boundaries of the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana. Mr. Roberts, who is a non-Indian, operates a commercial bird shooting preserve, licensed by the State of Montana, on that property; however, for more than 35 years he has not hunted big game on the property because he is prohibited from doing so by Montana State law, which provides that only tribal members may hunt big game within the boundaries of a reservation.