Hill county man pleads guilty in unlicensed outfitting in Hill County

Montana Fish, Wildlife

and Parks

Jody K. Hansen of Rudyard, 52, pleaded guilty to two counts of outfitting without a license in Hill County.

In 2019, wardens began investigating Dogwood Hunting, the private lands outfitting business run by Hansen south of Rudyard, under the suspicion that Hansen was illegally taking some of his hunting and fishing clients on related activities outside his private land.

During the investigation, wardens found that Hansen and his associate, Robert Spicher of Hingham, 56, outfitted fishing trips along the Marias and Missouri Rivers and hunts on adjoining private...