Hunting & Trapping Regulations 2018-2019

Hunting & Trapping Regulations 2018-2019 Effective SEPTEMBER 1, 2018 to AUGUST 31, 2019

OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF WILDLIFE wildohio.gov OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF WILDLIFE 2018-2019 district offices CHANGES  White-tailed deer hunting on public PLEASE CONTACT A land has new regulations. See page 7. DISTRICT OFFICE TO REACH  Duck bag limits have changed for A WILDLIFE OFFICER some species. See page 22.

 Fall wild turkey hunting has expanded in three new counties. See page 14.

 A permit is required to shoot at Class B and Class C firearm target ranges.See page 40.

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WILDLIFE DISTRICT FOUR The ODNR Division of Wildlife is funded by annual hunting, 360 E. State Street trapping, and fishing license sales. It is the authority on Ohio’s fish and wildlife resources, and uses no state or federal tax- Athens, OH 45701 payer dollars to fulfill its mission. Additional funds come in (740) 589-9930 the form of federal aid reimbursement from an excise tax on hunting and fishing equipment. WILDLIFE DISTRICT FIVE Money generated allows the ODNR Division of Wildlife to 1076 Old Springfield Pike promote the conservation efforts of game and non-game animals. Examples of these efforts include endangered and Xenia, OH 45385 threatened species restoration, fish hatcheries, hunter and an- (937) 372‑9261 gler education, and law enforcement. 2018-2019 OHIO HUNTING & TRAPPING REGULATIONS THIS SUMMARY is intended for the convenience of hunters and trappers and IS NOT INTENDED to cover all laws and regulations. THIS SUMMARY is not intended for use as evidence or as a defense in a criminal or civil case. Because of possible changes, this summary may not be an accurate reflection of the Ohio Revised Code and Ohio Administrative Code, which contains the details of these regulations. Cop‑ ies of the actual laws are available for review at each ODNR Division of Wildlife district office and online at wildohio.gov.

TABLE OF CONTENTS SEASONS AND DATES 4 WHITE-TAILED DEER HUNTING 6 WILD TURKEY HUNTING 14 YOUTH HUNTING 16 GAME TAG AND CHECK 18 SMALL GAME & FURBEARER HUNTING 20 WATERFOWL & MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING 22 FURBEARER TRAPPING 29 SUNRISE AND SUNSET TABLES 32 LICENSES AND PERMITS 34 GENERAL INFORMATION 38 LEGAL DEFINITIONS 42

ON THE COVER: JAMES • KILLDEER PLAINS WILDLIFE AREA YOUTH HUNT PHOTO BY DENNIS KLINGMAN OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF WILDLIFE The ODNR Division of Wildlife’s mission is to conserve and improve fish and wildlife resources and their habitats for sustainable use and appreciation by all.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY The ODNR Division of Wildlife offers equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, age, disability or sex (in education programs). If you believe you have been discriminated against in any program, activity or facility, you should contact: The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Diversity & Civil Rights Programs-External Programs, 4040 N. Fairfax Dr., Suite 130, Arlington, VA 22203 Ohio Department of Natural Resources, EEO Office PUBLICATION 5085 (R0618) 2045 Morse Road, Bldg. D, Columbus, OH 43229-6695. Total Printed: 625,000 Unit Cost: $0.143 Pub Date: 08/18 2018-2019seasons OHIO HUNTING && TRAPPING dates REGULATIONS SEASON OPENING DATE CLOSING DATE PAGE

Deer Archery Sept. 29, 2018 Feb. 3 2019 6 Deer Youth Gun Nov. 17, 2018 Nov. 18, 2018 6 White-tailed Deer Nov. 26, 2018 Dec. 2, 2018 HUNTING Deer Gun 6 Dec. 15, 2018 Dec. 16, 2018 Deer Muzzleloader Jan. 5, 2019 Jan. 8, 2019 6 SEASONS & DATES Fall Turkey: Select counties Oct. 13, 2018 Nov. 25, 2018 14 Youth Spring Turkey April 13, 2019 April 14, 2019 14 Wild Turkey Spring Turkey: South Zone HUNTING April 22, 2019 May 19, 2019 14 (except for Lake La Su An) Spring Turkey: Northeast Zone April 29, 2019 May 26, 2019 14

American Crow June 1, 2018 March 2, 2019 20 (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday only) Squirrel (red, gray, black, and fox) Sept. 1, 2018 Jan. 31, 2019 20 Ruffed Grouse Oct. 13, 2018 Jan. 31, 2019 20 Cottontail Rabbit Nov. 2, 2018 Feb. 28, 2019 20 Ring-necked Pheasant Nov. 2, 2018 Jan. 13, 2019 20 Chukar Nov. 2, 2018 Jan. 13, 2019 20 Small Game & Furbearer Bobwhite Quail: Select counties Nov. 2, 2018 Nov. 25, 2018 20 HUNTING Fox (red and gray), Raccoon, Nov. 10, 2018 Jan. 31, 2019 20 Skunk, Opossum, and Weasel Coyote No closed season 20 Feral Swine (wild boar) No closed season 20 Groundhog Closed during deer gun season only 20 Oct. 20, 2018 Oct. 21, 2018 Youth Small Game 20 Oct. 27, 2018 Oct. 28, 2018

Fox (red and gray), Raccoon, Nov. 10, 2018 Jan. 31, 2019 29 Skunk, Opossum, and Weasel Mink, Muskrat Nov. 10, 2018 Feb. 28, 2019 29 Furbearer Mink, Muskrat, Raccoon, Opossum, Nov. 10, 2018 March 15, 2019 29 TRAPPING Skunk, Weasel: Select counties Beaver Dec. 26, 2018 Feb. 28, 2019 29 River Otter Dec. 26, 2018 Feb. 28, 2019 29

Hunting any wild animal (except waterfowl) from 30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset during the youth deer gun season, deer gun season, and the deer muzzleloader season is unlawful unless the hunter is visibly wearing a vest, coat, jacket, or coveralls that are either solid hunter orange or camouflage hunter orange. This requirement applies statewide on both public and private land. 4 SEASONS & DATES 5 22 22 22 23 23 23 23 22 22 23 22 22 23 23 PAGE 4, 2018 4, 2018 4, 4, 2018 4, 4, 2018 4, 28, 2018 28, 28, 2018 28, Oct. 7, 2018 7, Oct. Feb. 9, 2019 9, Feb. 2019 9, Feb. Feb. 9, 2019 9, Feb. Nov. Nov. 2018 9, Nov. 2018 9, Nov. 2019 4, Jan. Nov. 2018 4, Nov. Nov. 2019 8, Jan. 2018 9, Sept. Oct. Oct. Nov. 25, 2018 25, Nov. 2018 25, Nov. Jan. 27, 2019 27, Jan. Dec. 23, 2018 23, Dec. Dec. 30, 2018 30, Dec. Dec. 23, 2018 23, Dec. Dec. 30, 2018 30, Dec. Sept. 16, 2018 16, Sept. CLOSING DATE CLOSING 1, 2018 1, 2018 1, 2018 1, 1, 2018 1, 6, 2018 6, 15, 2018 15, 15, 2018 15, 10, 2018 10, 17, 2018 17, 10, 2018 10, 2018 22, 17, 2018 17, 13, 2018 13, 2018 20, 20, 2018 20, 20, 2018 20, 13, 2018 13, 2018 20, Oct. Jan. 5, 2019 5, Jan. Jan. 5, 2019 5, Jan. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. 2018 1, Sept. Sept. 1, 2018 1, Sept. Oct. 12, 2018 12, Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Dec. 15, 2018 15, Dec. Dec. Dec. OPENING DATE OPENING Miami County seasons & dates & seasons SEASON American Woodcock Ducks, Coots, and Mergansers Coots, Ducks, and Mergansers Coots, Ducks, Common Moorhen (Gallinule) Common Snipe Ducks, Coots, and Mergansers Coots, Ducks, Sora) Rail (Virginia, Dove (Mourning and Eurasian-collared) Canada, White-fronted, White-fronted, Geese (Canada, Brant Ross's), Blue, Snow, Canada, White-fronted, White-fronted, Geese (Canada, Brant Ross's), Blue, Snow, Youth season Youth White-fronted, Geese (Canada, Brant Ross's), Blue, Snow, Canada Geese Teal (Blue-winged, Green-winged, Green-winged, (Blue-winged, Teal and Cinnamon) 2018-2019 OHIO HUNTING & TRAPPING REGULATIONS HUNTING OHIO & TRAPPING REGULATIONS 2018-2019 Early Lake Erie Waterfowl Waterfowl Waterfowl Waterfowl HUNTING HUNTING HUNTING North Zone HUNTING HUNTING HUNTING South Zone Marsh Zone Migratory Bird Youth Waterfowl Youth white-tailed2018-2019 OHIO HUNTING deer & TRAPPING hunting REGULATIONS

SEASON OPENING DATE CLOSING DATE BAG LIMIT

Archery Sept. 29, 2018 Feb. 3, 2019 The statewide bag Youth Gun Nov. 17, 2018 Nov. 18, 2018 limit is six deer. Nov. 26, 2018 Dec. 2, 2018 Only one may be antlered. Gun Dec. 15, 2018 Dec. 16, 2018 You cannot exceed an Muzzleloader Jan. 5, 2019 Jan. 8, 2019 individual county bag limit.

2018-2019 COUNTY BAG LIMIT MAP WHITE-TAILED DEER HUNTING WHITE-TAILED

 Only one may be antlered.

Additional restrictions apply when hunting deer on public land. See page 7 for more information. TWO DEER THREE DEER THREE DEER FOUR DEER COUNTY COUNTY COUNTY COUNTY

A hunter may kill A hunter may kill A hunter may kill A hunter may kill no more than two no more than three no more than three no more than four deer in a two deer deer in a three deer deer in a three deer deer in a four deer county during the county during the county during the county during the 2018-2019 season. 2018-2019 season. 2018-2019 season. 2018-2019 season.

Up to two either-sex Up to three either- Up to two Up to three permits and one sex permits and one either-sex permits. either-sex permits. antlerless permit. antlerless permit. - OR - - OR - Antlerless permits Antlerless permits Up to three Up to four are NOT valid. are NOT valid. either-sex permits. either-sex permits. 6 WHITE-TAILED DEER HUNTING 7 - - - DEER HUNTING ON PUBLIC LAND ON PUBLIC DEER HUNTING HOURS HUNTING DEER No more than one antlerless deer may antlerless deer may than one No more areas all public hunting be taken from Di- ODNR Authorized year. per license and hunts controlled Wildlife vision of wildo at listed Parks some Ohio State 3, 2019, Feb. 3, 2018, through Dec. From from be taken deer may only antlered in Ohio. areas specific public hunting hio.gov are exempt. are hio.gov From Sept. 29, 2018 through Dec. 2, Dec. Sept.through 2018 29, From be deer may or antlerless 2018, antlered in Ohio. areas public hunting taken from

CONTROLLED HUNTS DEER The ODNR Division of Wildlife conducts an- Wildlife ODNR Division of The on a number of man- hunts nual controlled not normally open to are that aged areas of these and locations dates The hunting. spe more For year. vary to hunts year from hunts, about controlled cific information or call 1-800-WILDLIFE visit wildohio.gov (1-800-945-3543). computer- by is determined Participation appli- The drawings. random generated July 31, period is June 1 through cation wildohio.gov, at apply may Hunters 2018. - with a con calling 1-866-703-1928 or by fee. venience at held are deer hunts Other controlled including Ohio, around various locations The parks. parks and metro specific state is not involved Wildlife ODNR Division of of administration or management the in deer permits Antlerless MAY these hunts. - through hunts these controlled used in be out the season if they meet requirements and Wildlife of the ODNR Division set by the entity has received hunt holding the the chief of the ODNR authorization from re It is the hunter’s Wildlife. Division of sponsibility the agency check with to hold- see if it qualifies. to ing the hunt conducts Wildlife ODNR Division of The young for hunts deer controlled several details more See pages 16-17 for hunters. opportunities. hunting and other youth    Hours are 30 minutes before sunrise to 30 sunriseto before minutes 30 are Hours after sunset. minutes - Mahoning County TWO DEER COUNTIES TWO DEER DEER BAG LIMITS BAG DEER FOUR DEER COUNTIES DEER FOUR THREE DEER COUNTIES DEER THREE permits permit if the antlerless is not used. Four deer may be tagged with either-sex be tagged with either-sex deer may Four 25, 2018. is not valid in specific counties after Nov. after Nov. counties specific in valid not is or not used. antlerless permit The permit. an either-sex permits permit if the antlerless is not valid with tagged be may deer permitthree and Three deer may be tagged with either-sex be tagged with either-sex deer may Three be tagged with an antlerless One deer may in specific counties after Nov. 25, 2018. after Nov. in specific counties season. deer hunting permits. The antlerless permit is not valid The permits. during deer county the 2018-2019 a four two deer may be tagged with either-sex either-sex with be tagged may deer two from be taken deer may than four No more permit in specific three deer counties, and deer counties, permit in specific three One deer may be tagged with an antlerless One deer may where you hunt. you where antlerless permit is valid in the county in the county antlerless permitis valid permit map on page 8 to determine if the determine permitto 8 page on map three deer counties. Check the antlerless deer counties. three The antlerless permit in most is not valid The 2019 deer hunting season. 2019 deer hunting valid in a two deer county. in a two valid during deer county the 2018- a three from ther-sex permit. The antlerless permit is not The permit. ther-sex taken be deer may than three No more Both deer need to be tagged with an ei- be tagged with Both need to deer deer hunting season. deer hunting a two deer county during county deer a two the 2018-2019 No more than two deer may be taken from from taken be may deer two than more No A hunter may kill ant than one may more no A hunter regardless of where or how it is taken. how or of where regardless lered deer duringdeer season 2018-2019 the lered DEER TAG AND CHECK OPEN COUNTIES FOR Hunters who kill a deer ANTLERLESS DEER PERMIT must immediately: An antlerless deer permit is valid from Sept. 29- Nov. 25, 2018 in these counties: Cuyahoga,  Complete a game tag with the hunter’s name, date, time, and county of kill. Delaware, Franklin, Hamilton, Lake, Lorain, Lucas, Portage, Stark, and Summit.  Attach the completed game tag to the deer at the place where it fell.  Fill in the deer permit with date, time, 2018 ANTLERLESS DEER PERMIT and county of kill. OPEN COUNTIES MAP  A person cannot leave Ohio with a deer taken by hunting that has not been game checked with the confirmation number permanently attached.

 The hunter must complete the game check and tagging process by 12 p.m. (noon) the day after the kill. If the deer is killed on the last day of a season, then it must be checked in by 11:30 p.m. on

WHITE-TAILED DEER HUNTING WHITE-TAILED the day of the kill. See Game Tag and Check, page 18.

DEER HUNTING PERMITS In addition to your Ohio annual hunting license, you must purchase an either-sex deer permit or an antlerless deer permit to hunt deer in Ohio, unless exempted. Deer Counties open for antlerless permit permits go on sale June 1, 2018.

 The antlerless deer permit is valid EITHER-SEX DEER PERMIT Sept. 29 through Nov. 25, 2018. The either-sex deer permit is good for an  The either-sex deer permit is valid antlered or antlerless deer and is valid Sept. 29, 2018 through Feb. 3, 2019. statewide. This permit may be used during any of the deer hunting seasons and ANTLERLESS DEER PERMIT controlled hunts. This permit may be pur- The antlerless deer permit is valid in select chased individually throughout the entire counties (see map, page 8) from Sept. 29 - deer season. No more than one deer may Nov. 25, 2018. The antlerless deer permit be antlered during the 2018-2019 season. may be used to take antlerless deer only. This permit is valid during the youth deer CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE season and at ODNR Division of Wildlife au- Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has been de- thorized controlled hunts (see page 7). The tected at captive deer facilities in Ohio. The antlerless deer permit will not be sold after ODNR Division of Wildlife has established a Nov. 25, 2018. Disease Surveillance Area (DSA). DSAs are Hunters are not required to buy an either-sex mapped and regulations are posted at wil- deer permit before purchasing an antlerless dohio.gov and available at district offices. deer permit. A DSA designation will remain in effect for a minimum of three years and the fol- WHAT IS AN ANTLERLESS DEER? lowing regulations apply: requires hunt- Antlerless deer include deer without ant- ers to bring deer harvested within the DSA lers, and deer with antlers less than 3 inch- boundaries to an ODNR Division of Wildlife es in length. inspection station for sampling during the Antlered deer are deer with at least one deer-gun and deer muzzleloader seasons 8 antler 3 inches or longer in length. (check wildohio.gov or any district office WHITE-TAILED DEER HUNTING 9 - - ant DEER CARCASS REGULATIONS CARCASS DEER - pos CWD, risk of spreading minimize To parts high-risk carcass or removing sessing elk, moose, and cari- Cervidsfrom (deer, wildohio. at listed bou) harvested in areas is prohibited. gov parts pos- be Only following the may from Cervid removed any sessed from de-bonedthese locations: that meat meat; - either com wrapped securely is cut and partno with privately or the mercially of quartersattached; or head spinal column or other portions with no part of meat of attached; or head the spinal column lers; antlers attached to a skull cap from a skull cap from to attached lers; antlers up which all soft tissue has been removed; all soft which from tissue per canine teeth hides and capes with- has been removed; partout any nodes of the head or lymph and mounts; finished taxidermy attached; soft and packaged body tissue wrapped for laboratory. research a diagnostic use by through traveling hunters Out of state Cervidae (or possess any carcass Ohio may or carcass the part provided a carcass), of parts the vehicle. not off-loaded from are - - Harrison County Harrison

ture crops are not prohibited. not are crops ture - and agricul plants, curring or cultivated hunting deer over food plots, naturally oc naturally plots, food over deer hunting feeding of domestic animals; as well as of domestic animals; as well feeding Normal agricultural activities, including Normal agricultural plies with deer carcass regulations. plies with deer carcass - com DSA boundaries the carcass unless deer killed by a motor vehicle within the within killeddeer vehicle motor a by boundaries; and prohibits the removal of a the removal boundaries; and prohibits ing of deer by the aid of bait within the DSA ing of deer by within the DSA boundaries; prohibits hunt within the DSA boundaries; prohibits erals, or any food) to attract or feed deer attract or feed to food) or any erals, the placement of or use of bait (salt, min- bait (salt, of or use of the placement for locations and specific details); prohibits prohibits details); specific and locations for 2018 Ohio Hunting Regulation 10 WHITE-TAILED DEER HUNTING 1. 8. 7. t coyote andferal swine(wildboar) 6. t deerover bait, exc 5. 4. ossess acommunication device as 3. 2. 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C or receiving a person’s voice to aid in to voice a person’s or receiving or takingthe hunting of deer. P U bet gun and the deer muzzleloader season. Carry the deer permit of another person. or fer coyote Hunt sunrise dur before minutes ing the deer gun season, Nov. 26 - Dec. ing the deer gun season, Nov. when hunting waterfowl unless 2018, 2, the season is open. may be used to track wounded deer. wounded track be used to may P U 10. 14. 13. 12. transmitting of capable device any se 11. 9. 8. dogs Leashed deer. hunt se dogsto 12 WHITE-TAILED DEER HUNTING t waterfowl withany size shot. 1. A HUNTERCAN: t coyote orferal swine(wildboar) 2. 1. equipment. t witharchery A HUNTERCANNOT 5. 4. 3. t otherlegalgame(excluding deer, 2. 1. A HUNTERCAN: hunters. chery to wear hunter orange. This includesar and gun season on Dec. 15-16 are required hunting theyouth during deergunseason All persons(except waterfowl hunters) cludes archery hunters.cludes archery required to wear hunter orange. This in- hunting thedeergun season are during All persons(except waterfowl hunters) NOVEMBER 26-DECEMBER 2, 2018 Hun minutes before sunrise. between 30minutes sunsetto after 30 Hun tion, unlessthehunter ispursuingdeer. Possess ammuni oruseslugsandrifle Hun sunset to 30minutes before sunrise. swine (wildboar),from 30minutes after Hunt furbearers, except coyote andferal Hun using shotNo. 4orsmaller. feral swine, andcoyote) withshotguns Hun ing coyote andferal swine(wildboar). Hunt legalgameandfurbearers, includ YOUTH DEER GUN SEASON HUNTING OTHER GAMEDURINGDEERSEASONS AND DEER GUN SEASON t waterfowl withany size shot. NOVEMBER 17-18, 2018 17-18, NOVEMBER DECEMBER 15-16, 2018 15-16, DECEMBER DEER GUN SEASON : Delaware County - - - 1. A HUNTERCAN: ossess shellswithshot(except wa- 2. 1. equipment. t witharchery A HUNTERCANNOT 4. 3. 2. 3. 2. t deer, feral swine(wild boar), or 1. 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LEGAL DEER HUNTING EQUIPMENT SEASON EQUIPMENT

Longbow or Bow: The minimum draw weight is 40 pounds. This includes compound bows and recurve bows. The arrow tip needs a minimum of two cutting edges, which may be exposed or unexposed and a minimum 3/4-inch ARCHERY width. Expandable and mechanical broadheads are legal. SEASON Crossbow: The minimum draw weight is 75 pounds. The arrow tip needs a minimum of two cutting edges, which may be exposed or unexposed and a minimum 3/4-inch width. Expandable and mechanical broadheads are legal.

Shotgun: 10 gauge or smaller shotgun using one ball or one rifled slug per barrel (rifled shotgun barrels are permitted when using shotgun slug ammunition).

Straight-walled cartridge rifles:All straight-walled cartridge calibers from a minimum of .357 to a maximum of .50. GUN SEASON Shotguns and straight-walled cartridge rifles can be loaded with no more than three shells in the chamber and magazine combined. AND YOUTH GUN Archery equipment: See Archery Season, above. SEASON Muzzleloading rifle: .38 caliber or larger. Muzzleloading shotgun: 10 gauge or smaller using one ball per barrel. Handgun: With a 5-inch minimum length barrel, using straight-walled cartridges .357 caliber or larger. The barrel is measured from the front of the cylinder or chamber to the end of the barrel.

Muzzleloading rifle: .38 caliber or larger. MUZZLELOADER SEASON Muzzleloading shotgun: 10 gauge or smaller using one ball per barrel. Archery equipment: See Archery Season, above. You can carry only one HUNTING implement while hunting deer. (See Concealed Handgun License on page 39) WILD OHIO MAGAZINE GET SIX ISSUES FOR ONLY $5 Go to wildohio.gov to sign up online, or visit any store that sells hunting licenses and sign up to have the magazine mailed to you. 13 2018-2019wild OHIO turkey HUNTING & TRAPPING hunting REGULATIONS

SEASON OPENING DATE CLOSING DATE BAG LIMIT

Fall Wild Turkey: Select counties Oct. 13, 2018 Nov. 25, 2018 1 (either sex) Youth Spring Wild Turkey April 13, 2019 April 14, 2019 2 birds total Spring Wild Turkey: South Zone April 22, 2019 May 19, 2019 Bearded only (except for Lake La Su An Wildlife Area) 1 per day Spring Wild Turkey: Northeast Zone April 29, 2019 May 26, 2019

FALL AND SPRING FALL WILD TURKEY SEASON WILD TURKEY HUNTING  A valid Ohio hunting license and fall

WILD TURKEY HUNTING It is unlawful to hunt or take wild turkeys turkey permit are required, unless ex- with the aid or use of bait. An area is con- empted. sidered baited for 10 days after the com- A wild turkey of either sex may be hunt- plete removal of any bait.  ed during the fall season. The bag limit It is unlawful to use a live decoy while hunt- is one turkey of either sex. ing wild turkeys.  Fall wild turkey hunting hours are 30 It is unlawful to possess or use an electronic minutes before sunrise to sunset. calling device while hunting wild turkeys.  A harvested wild turkey must be It is unlawful to take or attempt to take a checked by 11:30 p.m. on the day of kill. wild turkey while it is in a tree.  New this year, three additional coun- It is unlawful to possess more than one hunt- ties are open to fall hunting. Check the ing implement while turkey hunting. See fall map for open counties. Concealed Handgun License on page 39. It is legal to use dogs to assist in taking A successful wild turkey hunter can aid or  wild turkeys during the fall season only. assist another hunter who is hunting wild turkeys if the turkey permit has been filled in, he or she does not carry any hunting implement commonly used to kill wild ani- 2018 FALL WILD TURKEY mals, and has a valid hunting license. Those OPEN COUNTIES MAP persons exempted from having a hunting license and wild turkey permits for turkey hunting on their property are required to have a hunting license and turkey permit to aid another hunter off of their property or hunt turkey off of their property.

TURKEY TAGGING AND CHECKING Hunters who kill a turkey must immediately:

 Make a game tag with the hunter’s name, date, time, and county of kill.

 Attach the completed game tag to the wild turkey at the place where it fell.

 Fill in the wild turkey permit with the date, time, and county of kill. New counties open for fall hunting  The hunter must complete the game check and tagging process by 11:30 Counties open for fall hunting p.m. on the day of the kill. See Game Tag 14 and Check on page 18. WILD TURKEY HUNTING WILD TURKEY

SPRING WILD TURKEY SEASON 2019 SPRING WILD TURKEY  A valid Ohio hunting license and spring ZONE MAP turkey permit are required, unless exempted.

 The bag limit is two bearded turkeys.  Only one bearded wild turkey may be taken per day. Persons wishing to take a second wild turkey during the spring season must purchase a second spring turkey permit.

 The Northeast Zone is Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, and Trum- bull counties. The South Zone is the remainder of the state.

 Northeast Zone wild turkey hunting hours from April 29-May 5, 2019 are 30 minutes before sunrise to noon.

 Northeast Zone wild turkey hunting South Zone hours from May 6-26, 2019 are 30 minutes before sunrise to sunset. Northeast Zone

 South Zone wild turkey hunting hours from April 22-28, 2019 are 30 minutes YOUTH WILD TURKEY SEASON before sunrise to noon.  A valid hunting license and wild turkey permit are required, unless exempted.  South Zone wild turkey hunting hours from April 29-May 19, 2019 are 30 min-  Youth hunters can harvest up to two wild utes before sunrise to sunset. turkeys during the youth season (one per day). Checking two wild turkeys fills the  Lake La Su An Wildlife Area is open only to youth wild turkey controlled per- youth hunter's bag limit for the remain- mit holders during the spring season. ing 2019 spring wild turkey season. Special youth wild turkey hunts are  A harvested wild turkey must be  checked by 11:30 p.m. on the day of kill. held on selected areas. See Youth Hunt- ing on pages 16-17 for details.  It is legal to use a leashed dog to recover wounded wild turkeys in the spring  Hunting hours for youth turkey season turkey season. are 30 minutes before sunrise to sunset.

LEGAL WILD TURKEY HUNTING EQUIPMENT SEASON EQUIPMENT

Shotgun: 10 gauge or smaller shotgun using shot, includes muzzleloading shotguns.

FALL AND Longbow or Bow: The minimum draw weight is 40 pounds. This includes com- SPRING pound bows and recurve bows. The arrow tip needs to have a minimum of two WILD TURKEY cutting edges which may be exposed or unexposed, and a minimum 3/4-inch HUNTING width. Expandable and mechanical broadheads are legal. SEASONS Crossbow: The minimum draw weight is 75 pounds. The arrow tip needs to have a minimum of two cutting edges which may be exposed or unexposed, and a minimum 3/4-inch width. Expandable and mechanical broadheads are legal. 15 16 YOUTH HUNTING more thantwo youths peradult. nied at alltimesby anonhunting adult. No cations. Young hunters mustbeaccompa- communied,- unaided visual and auditory from thepersonthat enablesuninterrupt er personwhilestaying withinadistance Accompany means to go along with anoth- hunting implements. nonhunting adultmay notpossessany young hunter isengagedinhunting. The is present withtheyoung hunter whilethe the young hunter to and from the field and quired) age18 or olderwhoaccompanies is any person(ahunting license isnotre a nonhunting adult. Anonhunting adult gardless ofage, mustbeaccompanied by inyouthhunters hunts, participating re a valid youth hunting license. All young available to any hunter whopossesses the youth waterfowl hunting season)are (exceptAll youth hunting opportunities Huron County Youth Controlled Waterfowl Hunts: Only Application Youth Waterfowl OpeningDayHunts Youth Waterfowl HuntingSeason Youth ControlledDeerHunts: YouthSpring WildTurkey Hunts: YouthSpring WildTurkey Season Youth DeerGunSeason Youth SmallGameSeason 2018-2019 REGULATIONS & TRAPPING OHIOHUNTING SEASON youth hunting

Application Only Application

Specific AreasOnly - - - ing opportunities. office forest district youth waterfowl hunt hunts. to Go wildohio.gov orcallyour near may applyfor controlled youth waterfowl Young hunters (17years oldoryounger) regular season. taken underbaglimitsestablishedfor the geese, and coots can be per adult). Ducks, years orolder(nomore thantwo youths accompanied by anonhunting adult18 hunters 17years oldandyounger mustbe Saturday andSunday, 6-7,2018.All Oct. wide (onpublicandprivate lands)on old oryounger to hunt waterfowl state Federal regulations allow hunters 17years 703-1928 withaconvenience fee. online at wildohio.gov orby calling1-866- through July31, 2018.Hunters may apply cation for period thesehunts isJune1 from yearhunts to vary year. The appli- hunters. The dates andlocations ofthe several controlled deerhunts for young The ODNRDivisionof Wildlife conducts    YOUTH CONTROLLED DEER HUNTS eport to thewildlife areaeport and register ttend an in-person waterfowl drawing his application isJune1through period YOUTH WATERFOWLHUNTING in-person theday ofthehunt. R the youth season. in August, for whichincludes permits A with aconvenience fee. dohio.gov, or by calling 1-800-703-1928 July 31, 2018. Hunters may apply at wil- T Selected areas only on waterfowl openingday Selected areasonlyonwaterfowl oebr1,21 November18, 2018 November 17, 2018 PNN AECLOSING DATE OPENING DATE coe 7 08October28, 2018 October21, 2018 October 27, 2018 October 20, 2018 coe ,21 October7, 2018 October 6, 2018 The applicationperiodforthesehuntsis April 29,April 2019 22,April 2019 April 13, 2019 April 14, April 2019 13,April 2019 June 1throughJuly31, 2018 May 26, 2019 May 19, 2019 - - - YOUTH HUNTING 17 ------outh for information information for (1-800-945-3543) esidents. e the same as during the WILDLIFE esidents 12 and older. esidents I Home Ohio r Online t r on courses in your area. in your on courses nstructor-led training. for -study courses Ohio esting for education    ts on the following wildlife areas: Ber areas: wildlife ts on the following YOUTH DEER GUN SEASON GUN DEER YOUTH ohio hunter elaware, Fallsville, Grand River, Killdeer River, Grand Fallsville, elaware, alley, Tiffin River, Tri-Valley, and Char Tri-Valley, River, Tiffin alley, types of hunter certificationtypes of hunter courses: YOUTH SMALL GAME SEASON GAME SMALL YOUTH Q hunting quail open to ties which are page 21). (see map, D toward count deer gun season youth bag limits. statewide and the county A orange. hunter wear lin, Caesar Creek, Camp Belden, Darke, Belden, Darke, Creek, Camp lin, Caesar D Spring Spencer, Rush Run, typarks.com), V Daily County). (Lorain Park Metro lemont bag limits ar Pheasant releases will occur for y for will occur releases Pheasant hun Ringneck Resthaven, Lake, Oxbow Plains, find permit only, (by Area Wildlife Ridge sanduskycoun at additional information season. hunting regular Call 1-800- Call While hunter education is a vital part education hunter While new an Ohio hunter, of becoming hunt of option the have also hunters before license ing with an apprentice taking course. education a hunter or visit wildohio.gov - coun in those taken only be may uail during the hunters young eer takenby adultsmust andnonhunting ll youths

The ODNR Division of Wildlife offers three three offers Wildlife ODNR Division of The    ing license may hunt the following week the following hunt may ing license ends: Oct. and Oct. rabbit, 20-21 for 27-28 and all other legal game which pheasant, is in season.  companied by a nonhunting adult may hunt. adult may a nonhunting by companied hunt youth possessing a valid hunters Any Young hunters 17 years old and younger at at old and younger years 17 hunters Young hunting their youth they purchase the time ac permit, a deer and who are and license - - - YOUTH SPRING SPRING YOUTH WILD TURKEY TURKEY WILD HUNTING Hun sunset. sunrise to before 30 minutes are A turkey season apply during the youth season. Y (one season duringturkeys the youth Checkingper day). fills wild turkeys two the re bag limit for hunter’s the youth maining 2019 spring wild turkey season. turkey season youth ting hoursfor spring wild for ll rulesandregulations bearded taketwo may outh hunters Guernsey County    lowing requirements must be met: requirements lowing - spring wild turkey season the fol regular When participatingWhen or in the special youth special youth wild turkey hunts. special youth the March drawing to hunt at any of these any at hunt to drawing the March controlled hunting permit acquired during permit acquired hunting controlled 2019. Please note that you must possess a possess must you that note Please 2019. and Mosquito Creek hunts during March during March hunts Creek Mosquito and (Akron) at (330) 644-2293 for the Killbuck for (330) 644-2293 at (Akron) the La Su An hunts; and the District Three Three District and the hunts; the La Su An and Mosquito Creek wildlife areas dur areas wildlife and Mosquito Creek (419) 424-5000 for at office (Findlay) Two held at Lake La Su An, Killbuck An, Su La Lake Marsh,at held should contact the Districtthese hunts Special youth wild turkey will be hunts Special youth in participating in person interested Any 424-5000 for details. 424-5000 for spring wild turkey season. ing the regular the District Two (Findlay) office at (419) at office (Findlay) Two the District conducts a controlled youth hunt; contact hunt; youth conducts a controlled statewide EXCEPT for Lake La Su An which Lake La Su An for EXCEPT statewide wild turkey season. The season is open The wild turkey season. Two opportunities exist for young hunt opportunities young for exist Two the regular April 13 and 14, 2019 prior to son will be offered Saturday and Sunday, and Sunday, Saturday son will be offered hunting season. A youth wild turkey wild sea- season. A youth hunting ers to participate to ers springthe in turkeywild 18 GAME TAG AND CHECK tom ofamount. number may bewritten onthebackorbot remain withtheanimalanditsparts. The STEP 3:The confirmation number must was killed. by 11:30p.m. onthesameday theturkey plete thegamecheckandtagging process Forkill. wildturkey, thehunter mustcom- be checkedinby 11:30p.m. ontheday of onthelastday ofaseason,itmust killed thedeeris by If noontheday thekill. after plete the gamecheckandtagging process STEP 2:For deer, thehunter mustcom - it.is free to transport and gally possessesthedeerorwildturkey Once finished withStep 1,thehunter le     lands: Exempt landowners hunting ontheirown wild turkey mustimmediately: wild turkey adeeror personwhokills STEP 1:Every page 44for asamplegametag. required to create theirown gametag. See are adeerorturkey All hunters whoharvest re required to con place- the18-digit an usetheoperator-assisted game re required to create agametagand re notrequired to obtainahunting after they areafter attached to theanimal. bag orprotective pouchbefore and ements by placingtheminaplastic permits andgametagsfrom theel- ers protecttheirdeerand/orturkey We strongly recommend that hunt    A C A A firmation numberonthe game. check (fees apply). attach game. itto theharvested license orpermit. ake agametagwiththehunter’s ttach thecompleted gametagto complete thisstep.) (Exempt landowners donotneed to with theda Fill per inthedeerorwildturkey A name, date, time, andcounty ofkill. M where itfell. atthe deerorwildturkey theplace TAGGING PROCESS LANDOWNERS 2018-2019 REGULATIONS & TRAPPING OHIOHUNTING te, time, andcounty ofkill. game tag andcheck game mit - - - mation numberat theendofprocess. The confir hunter willbeissued an 18-digit The hunter mustanswer ofquestions. aseries     cess inone ofthree ways: Hunters cancomplete thegamecheckpro complete thegamecheckprocess. Hunters must have in hand to their permit game checkinasheltered area. Hunters are encouraged to complete the cass. This doesnot includefielddressing. toprior butchering orprocessing thecar mustbegame-checked A deerorturkey check process is complete. the game after at ohiogamecheck.com accessing Ohio's Wildlife Licensing System A gamecheckreceipt may beprinted by then beattached to thedeerorwildturkey. on the game tag. The completed tag must The confirmation numbermay bewritten tion numberover thephone. will receive the18digits oftheconfirma- using thetelephone gamecheckmethod firmation numberprinted onit. Hunters game checkreceipt con- withtheir18-digit byturkey web oragent, theywillreceive a a hunter hascheckedtheirdeerorwild must alsobeattached to theanimal. When permit. turkey The confirmation number written onthecorresponding deerorwild confirmationThe numbermustbe 18-digit not needto complete thisstep. Exempt permit. landownerson every do number, which is printed in large numbers hunter mustprovide permit the10-digit Regardless ofgamecheckmethod, the isit any authorized license salesagent. usinga isit ohiogamecheck.com empt landowners call1-866-703-1928 all 1-877-TAG-IT-OH (1-877-824-4864). check. Feescheck. apply. for operator-assisted landowner game Ex during normal businesshours. normal during agents willbeavailable for gamecheck Authorizedgame check. license sales totheir deerorturkey theagent for the dohio.gov. Hunters do not need to take A list of sales agents can be found at wil- V orcomputer,smartphone thenselect V C COMPLETE GAME CHECK GAME CHECK PROCESS . - - -

small2018-2019 game OHIO & HUNTING furbearer & TRAPPING REGULATIONS hunting

SPECIES OPENING DATE CLOSING DATE DAILY LIMIT

Squirrel (red, gray, fox, black) Sept. 1, 2018 Jan. 31, 2019 6 Ruffed Grouse Oct. 13, 2018 Jan. 31, 2019 2 Cottontail Rabbit Nov. 2, 2018 Feb. 28, 2019 4 Ring-necked Pheasant Nov. 2, 2018 Jan. 13, 2019 2 (males only) Chukar Nov. 2, 2018 Jan. 13, 2019 2 Bobwhite Quail: Select counties Nov. 2, 2018 Nov. 25, 2018 4 Fox, Raccoon, Skunk, Opossum, Weasel Nov. 10, 2018 Jan. 31, 2019 No Limit SMALL GAME HUNTING Crow: Friday, Saturday, & Sunday Only June 1, 2018 March 2, 2019 No Limit Coyote No closed season No Limit Feral Swine (wild boar) No closed season No Limit Groundhog Closed for deer gun season only No Limit

Oct. 20, 2018 Oct. 21, 2018 Same as the Youth Small Game Oct. 27, 2018 Oct. 28, 2018 regular season

HUNTING OTHER GAME SQUIRREL HUNTING DURING THE DEER SEASONS Red, gray, fox, and black squirrels are legal It is unlawful to hunt any wild animal ex- game. Hours are 30 minutes before sunrise cept deer, coyote, waterfowl, or feral swine to sunset. Closed during the seven-day deer (wild boar) during the seven-day deer gun gun season, Nov. 26 - Dec. 2, 2018. season, Nov. 26 - Dec. 2, 2018, between 30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after PHEASANT HUNTING sunset. However, you cannot hunt coyote Hours are sunrise to sunset. Only male or feral swine (wild boar) between 30 min- pheasants may be killed. Closed during the utes after sunset and 30 minutes before seven-day deer gun season, Nov. 26 - Dec. sunrise during any of the deer gun and 2, 2018. deer muzzleloader seasons. The ODNR Division of Wildlife will release Refer to page 12 under Hunting Other pheasants for the youth small game week- Game during Deer Seasons. ends, Oct. 20 and Oct. 27. Additional releases will occur for Nov. 2, Nov. 9, and Nov. 22. COYOTE HUNTING AND TRAPPING The number of pheasants released will de- If hunted during the deer gun season, pend upon numbers available. hours and legal hunting devices are the Releases will take place at the Ringneck same as for deer gun season. Ridge Wildlife Area (by permit only, find Rifles and night vision scopes are legal for additional information at sanduskycoun- coyote hunting; however, rifles and night typarks.com), Charlemont Metro Park (Lo- hunting between 30 minutes after sunset rain County), and the following wildlife and 30 minutes before sunrise are prohib- areas during pheasant hunting season: ited during any deer gun and deer muzzle- Berlin, Caesar Creek, Camp Belden, Darke, loader seasons. Delaware, Fallsville, Grand River, Highland- town, Indian Creek, Killdeer Plains, Oxbow GROUNDHOG HUNTING Lake, Pleasant Valley, Resthaven, Rush Run, No restriction on hours. Closed only during Salt Fork, Spencer, Spring Valley, Tiffin Riv- the seven-day deer gun season, Nov. 26 - er, Tri-Valley, West Branch, Wyandot, and 20 Dec. 2, 2018. Zepernick. FOX, RACCOON, SKUNK, SMALL GAME HUNTING OPOSSUM, AND WEASEL No restrictions on hours except during the seven-day deer gun season, Nov. 26 - Dec. 2, 2018. These species may not be hunted between 30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset during the seven-day deer gun season. Hunters must purchase a hunting license and a fur taker permit to hunt these species. Greene County RABBIT HUNTING Hours are sunrise to sunset. Closed during GROUSE HUNTING the seven-day deer gun season, Nov. 26 Hours are 30 minutes before sunrise to - Dec. 2, 2018. Snowshoe hares are a pro- sunset. Closed during the seven-day deer tected species and not legal game. gun season, Nov. 26 - Dec. 2, 2018.

FERAL SWINE (WILD BOAR) QUAIL HUNTING Feral swine are a non-native, invasive spe- Hours are sunrise to sunset in open coun- cies. Feral swine are also known as wild ties (see map). boar, feral hogs, and feral pigs. Hunters are encouraged to report all sightings to the 2018 BOBWHITE QUAIL ODNR Division of Wildlife at wildohio.gov/ OPEN COUNTIES MAP reportwildlife. You must possess a valid hunting license to hunt feral swine. If hunted during the deer gun season, hours and legal hunting devices are the same as for deer gun season. Rifles and night vision scopes are legal for feral swine hunting; however, rifles and night hunting between 30 minutes after sunset to 30 minutes before sunrise are prohibited during any deer gun and deer muzzleloader seasons. It is illegal to transport a trapped feral swine in Ohio. It is legal to live trap feral swine at any time, provided the feral swine are immediately euthanized at the trap lo- cation. It is illegal to use a foothold trap or snare for feral swine. Counties open for quail hunting

LEGAL SMALL GAME & FURBEARER HUNTING EQUIPMENT SEASON EQUIPMENT

SQUIRREL, GROUSE, Longbow or Bow: This includes compound bows and recurve bows. RABBIT, PHEASANT, Crossbow CHUKAR, QUAIL, FOX, RACCOON, SKUNK, Handgun: Any caliber. OPOSSUM, WEASEL, Rifle: Any caliber. CROW, COYOTE, FERAL SWINE, Shotgun: 10 gauge or smaller. GROUNDHOG Airgun 21 waterfowl2018-2019 OHIO HUNTING & & TRAPPINGmigratory REGULATIONS bird hunting WATERFOWL SEASONS OPENING DATE CLOSING DATE DAILY LIMIT Hunting hours are 30 minutes before sunrise to sunset during the regular waterfowl season, unless posted. Youth Waterfowl Season Oct. 6, 2018 Oct. 7, 2018 Same as the regular season

Oct. 13, 2018 Oct. 28, 2018 GEESE Lake Erie Marsh Zone: Nov. 10, 2018 Dec. 23, 2018 3 combined: Canada goose, Geese white-fronted goose, brant. Jan. 5, 2019 Feb. 9, 2019 10 combined: snow goose, Lake Erie Marsh Zone: Oct. 13, 2018 Oct. 28, 2018 blue goose, Ross's goose. Ducks, Coots, & Mergansers Nov. 10, 2018 Dec. 23, 2018 DUCKS Oct. 20, 2018 Nov. 4, 2018 The daily bag limit is six North Zone: ducks, which may include Nov. 17, 2018 Dec. 30, 2018 Geese no more than four mallards Jan. 5, 2019 Feb. 9, 2019 (only two hens), three wood ducks, three scaup, two North Zone: Oct. 20, 2018 Nov. 4, 2018 Ducks, Coots, & Mergansers redheads, two canvasbacks, Nov. 17, 2018 Dec. 30, 2018 two pintails, two black South Zone: Oct. 20, 2018 Nov. 4, 2018 ducks, or one mottled duck. Geese Nov. 22, 2018 Feb. 9, 2019 MERGANSERS & COOTS South Zone: Oct. 20, 2018 Nov. 4, 2018 Five mergansers (only two Ducks, Coots, & Mergansers Dec. 15, 2018 Jan. 27, 2019 hooded), and 15 coots. WATERFOWL & MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING & MIGRATORY WATERFOWL

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service sets the  Federal Duck Stamps are valid from July frameworks for hunting ducks, geese, and 1 through the following June 30. other migratory game birds. Waterfowl  You must sign the front of your Duck hunting is governed by both state and Stamp in order for it to be valid. Re- federal regulations. member: only you can use your Federal Waterfowl hunting is permitted when sea- Duck Stamp. sons are open during the youth deer gun  If you bought an E-Stamp, you must season, the deer gun season, and the deer carry your 45-day receipt with you at all muzzleloader season. times while hunting. Once the receipt The possession limit for waterfowl and has expired, you must carry your current, migratory birds after the second day is signed Federal Duck Stamp. If you pur- three times the daily bag limit. chased your E-Stamp at a retail store, you must carry the E-Stamp/45-day receipt. Your purchase/credit card receipt from FEDERAL REGULATIONS the store is not valid as a Duck Stamp. Federal regulations relating to migratory game birds are located in Title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 20. FEDERAL MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING STAMP (DUCK STAMP) For additional information on federal regu- Hunters 16 years of age and older are re- lations, go to fws.gov. quired to purchase this stamp to hunt Hunters should know: waterfowl. These stamps are available at many U.S. post office branches, usps.com,  If you hunt migratory waterfowl and you or duckstamp.com. are 16 years of age or older, you need to purchase and carry a current Federal The E-Stamp available through duckstamp. Duck Stamp or E-Stamp. com is valid immediately for up to 45 days 22 with the receipt of the e-stamp purchase. WATERFOWL & MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING 23 - 8 15 Knox County HIP SURVEY HIP YOUTH WATERFOWL HUNTING WATERFOWL YOUTH outh Hunting on page 16-17 for details. on page 16-17 for outh Hunting Young hunters (17 or younger) are given pri given are (17 or younger) hunters Young See hunts. ority controlled on opening day Y Hunters who plan to hunt migratory hunt game who plan to Hunters ducks, including mourning doves, birds, and snipe coots, rails, woodcock, geese, a harvest program information must have (HIP) certification number on their hunting the HIP certification complete To license. (1-877- call 1-877-HIP-OHIO requirement, an- and wildohio.gov to or go 447-6446) surveysurveythe the After swer questions. a certification number. be given will you certification the number on your Write provided. in the space license hunting 17 years hunters allow regulations Federal during waterfowl hunt to old or younger rfowl weekend. wate the youth Sept. 1, 2018 1, Sept. 2018 4, Nov. 2018 1, Sept. 2018 9, Sept. 2018 1, Sept. 2018 16, Sept. 2018 1, Sept. 5 2018 1, Sept. 2018 9, Nov. 2018 1, Sept. 6 2018 9, Nov. 2018 25, Nov. 25 15 Oct. 12, 2018 12, Oct. 2018 25, Nov. 3 Dec. 15, 2018 15, Dec. 2019 4, Jan. Dec. 15, 2018 15, Dec. 2019 8, Jan. OPENING DATEOPENING DATE CLOSING LIMIT DAILY ting Hunting hours are sunrise to sunset, unless posted. sunrise to sunset, hours are Hunting SEASONS

MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING BIRD MIGRATORY tamp (Duck Stamp) is required of all required is tamp (Duck Stamp)

A pr of all persons is required endorsement 18 or older. Har certification. A v persons age 16 and older. Federal Duck Federal persons age 16 and older. most post offices, at available are Stamps or duckstamp.com. usps.com, online at A signed federal Migratory Hun Bird federal A signed S

Stamp Habitat Wetlands Ohio inted (HIP) Program Information vest license. alid Ohiohunting American Woodcock Early: Canada Goose Early: Teal Early: Cinnamon) & Green-winged, (Blue-winged, Sora) Rail (Virginia, Common Moorhen (Gallinule) Common Snipe

Dove (Mourning and Eurasian-collared) Dove (Mourning OHIO WETLANDS HABITAT STAMP WETLANDS HABITAT OHIO have the following: following: the have To hunt waterfowl in Ohio, you must also must you in Ohio, waterfowl hunt To Ohio Wetlands Habitat Stamp. Habitat Wetlands Ohio age of 18 are not required to obtain the to not required age of 18 are carried while hunting. Hunters under the Hunters carried while hunting. the year. The stamp does not need to be stamp does not need to The the year. Stamp. The stamp will be mailed later in stamp will be mailed later The Stamp. cense will be issued stating Ohio Wetlands Wetlands Ohio will be issued stating cense be issued at the time of purchase. A li- the time of purchase. be issued at The Ohio Wetlands Habitat Stamp will not Stamp Habitat Wetlands Ohio The    have the following: have  To hunt migratory birds in Ohio, you must you in Ohio, migratory hunt birds To 24 WATERFOWL & MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING bar at the mouth of Sandusky Bay andout bar at themouthofSandusky toward tip of the sand the southernmost from thewesternmost point ofCedar Point dar Point Amusement Park, thencontinues toward tipofCe andaround thenorthern followszone boundary theshoreline west at adistance of200yards offshore. The follows shorelineboundary theLakeErie to Lake Erie.line, then north The zone Ohio Turnpike county to the Erie-Lorain Ohio Turnpike (I-80/I-90),theneastonthe Interstate 280, then southonI-280to the state lineandcontinuesMichigan southto ofInterstateintersection 75at theOhio- ZoneThe Marsh LakeErie begins at the 2018-2019 WATERFOWLHUNTING ZONES MAP WATERFOWL AND MIGRATORY BIRD SEASON LAKE ERIEMARSH ZONELAKE HUNTING North Zone Lake ErieMarshZone LEGAL WATERFOWL &MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING EQUIPMENT hen (gallinule).Dove andwoodcockmaybetakenwithlead shot. Only nontoxicshot maybeusedtotakewaterfowl,rail,snipe, andmoor sembling thegun. is pluggedwithaone-piecefillerincapable ofremoval withoutdisas - shotgun cannotbecapableofholding more thanthree shells,unlessit muzzleloading shotguns.Inorder tohuntmigratorygamebirds, your Longbow: Shotgun: South Zone 10 gaugeorsmallershotgunusing nontoxic shot,includes This includes compoundbows andrecurve bows. - along SR39to thePennsylvania state line. to U.S. 30,eastalongU.S. 30 to SR39, east SR 39/60U.S. alongSR241 to SR241,north south alongSR754to SR39/60,eastalong SR 514,southwest alongSR514to SR754, along SR3to SR226,southalong226to to U.S. 30, east along U.S. 30 to SR 3, south alongSR60 east alongSR3to SR60,north - 13, southeastalongSR13to SR3,north along SR 4 to SR 95, east along SR 95 to SR to SR739, eastalongSR739to SR4,north along SR273to SR31,southalong31 117, southalongSR117to SR273,east U.S. 33to SR385,eastalong385to SR alongSR66to U.S.66, north 33,eastalong Hatchery, to SR703,eastalong703to SR Fishcluding all lands within the St. Marys alongSR364,in- SR 219to SR364,north Mercer Wildlife Area, to SR219,eastalong along SR703,includingalllandswithinthe 127, southalongSR127to SR703,south line alongU.S. Highway 33to State Route eastfromstateline extending theIndiana From Zone Marsh theLakeErie down to the the beginning. follows thestate linebackto thepoint of state line, then the Ohio-Michigan sects Peninsula to a point in Michigan that inter toward tipof thesouthernmost Wood Tick Wildlife Refuge, then follows line a direct tipofCedar Pointnorthernmost National and west toward shorelineErie north the offshore, continuing parallel to theLake into at LakeErie adistance of200yards Remainder ofthestate.Remainder EQUIPMENT NORTH ZONE SOUTH ZONE - - WATERFOWL & MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING 25 - - - CONTROLLED DOVE DOVE CONTROLLED TAGGING REQUIREMENT TAGGING HUNTING OPPORTUNITIES HUNTING HUNTING OPPORTUNITIES HUNTING CONTROLLED WATERFOWL WATERFOWL CONTROLLED tate Fish Hatchery on Saturday, Sept. 1, Hatchery Saturday, on Fish tate ndian Creek, Bott, Spring Valley, Caesar Caesar Valley, ndian Creek, Bott, Spring generated random drawings. The application The drawings. random generated July 31, 2018. Hunt period is June 1 through fee. 1-866-703-1928 with a convenience migratory any No person shall put or leave his (other than at place any at game birds of anotherpersonal abode), or in the custody processing, picking, cleaning, person for transportation,(includ- storage or shipping, the purpose ing temporary or for storage), services taxidermy performed, having of attached, tag a have such birds unless his address, stating the hunter, by signed and birds, of species and number total the killed. Migratory were such birds the date being transported vehicle game birds in any as the personal baggage of the possessor as being in storage shall not be considered or temporary storage. The ODNR Division of Wildlife conducts Wildlife ODNR Division of The areas on many hunts waterfowl controlled - con These hunting. not normally open to to designed are hunts waterfowl trolled and opportunity access provide - on a lim list of controlled a complete Find basis. ited wildohio.gov. at hunts computer- by is determined Participation calling or by wildohio.gov, apply at ers may Sunday, Sept. 2, Saturday, Sept. 8, and Sat Sept. 2, Saturday, Sunday, for sunset to noon be will hours Hunting for Drawings hunts. dove all controlled these eight at hunts dove opening day noon at will be held areas public hunting - wild the respective at 25 Aug. on Saturday, headquarters. other drawings All area life of the hunt. day noon the will be held at (Xenia) District Five Wildlife the Contact hunting dove (937) 372-9261 for at office available field maps are Dove information. wildohio.gov. at - will hold con Wildlife of Division ODNR The Rush Run, Fallsville, at hunts dove trolled I areas. wildlife Trails Woodland Creek, and Saturday, occur will hunts controlled These Sept.2, 2018. Con Sept.and Sunday, 1, Marys St. also be held at will hunts trolled S Sept. 15, 2018. urday, Stark County Stark DOVE HUNTING DOVE NON TOXIC SHOT TOXIC NON OPENING DAY OF A SEASON A OF DAY OPENING space provided. space tion number on your hunting license in the in license hunting your on number tion certification number. Write the certificaWrite - certification number. tions. After the survey you will be given a the survey After will be given tions. you wildohio.gov and answer the survey and answer ques- wildohio.gov 1-877-HIP-OHIO (1-877-447-6446) or go to (1-877-447-6446) 1-877-HIP-OHIO plete the HIP certification requirement, call the HIP certificationplete requirement, - com To hunt. dove to is required fication Harvest Information Program (HIP) certi- Harvest Program Information regulations before you hunt. you before regulations wildlife officer for clarification on baiting clarification for officer wildlife vision of Wildlife district or a state office Wildlife vision of field where grown. Contact an ODNR Di- an ODNR Contact grown. field where has been removed from or stored on the or stored from has been removed or other feed has been distributed once it once has been distributed or other feed doves may be hunted on areas where grain grain where on areas be hunted may doves ricultural manner. Neither waterfowl nor waterfowl Neither manner. ricultural been planted or harvestedor normala in ag- planted been purposes, in addition to areas that have have that areas in addition to purposes, or bush-hogged) for wildlife management management wildlife or bush-hogged) for been manipulated (for example, mowed mowed example, (for been manipulated Doves may be hunted on areas that have have that on areas be hunted may Doves are available at wildohio.gov. at available are be hunted with lead shot. Dove field maps Dove with lead shot. be hunted posted with special regulations. Doves may may Doves regulations. special with posted shot, see fws.gov. shot, been which have areas those wildlife for toxic shot. For a list of approved nontoxic nontoxic a list of approved For shot. toxic except sunset, sunrise to are dove Hours for muzzleloading) other than approved non- approved than other muzzleloading) (either in shotshells or as loose shot for or as loose shot for (either in shotshells ing brant), or coots while possessing shot possessing while coots or brant), ing No person may take ducks, geese (includ- take ducks, No person may aggregate daily bag limit, whichever applies. whichever daily bag limit, aggregate game birds in excess of the daily bag limit, or of the daily bag limit, in excess game birds shall possess any freshly killed freshly migratory shall possess any No person on the opening day of the season day No person on the opening FIELD POSSESSION LIMIT IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENT No person shall possess, have in custody, or No person shall transport within the United transport more than the daily bag limit or ag- States any migratory game birds, except gregate daily bag limit, whichever applies, of doves and band-tailed pigeons, unless the migratory game birds, tagged or not tagged, head or one fully feathered wing remains at or between the place where taken and attached to each such bird at all times while either (a) his automobile or principal means being transported from the place where of land transportation; or (b) his personal taken until they have arrived at the personal abode or temporary or transient place of abode of the possessor or a migratory bird lodging; or (c) a migratory bird preservation preservation facility. facility; or (d) a post office; or (e) a common carrier facility. MARKING PACKAGE OR CONTAINER No person shall transport by the Postal Ser- TERMINATION OF POSSESSION vice or a common carrier migratory game Subject to all other requirements of this part, birds unless the package or container in the possession of birds taken by any hunter which such birds are transported has the shall be deemed to have ceased when such name and address of the shipper and the birds have been delivered by him to another consignee and an accurate statement of person as a gift; or have been delivered by the numbers of each species of birds therein him to a post office, a common carrier, or contained clearly and conspicuously marked a migratory bird preservation facility and on the outside thereof. consigned for transport by the Postal Service or a common carrier to some person other than the hunter. ILLEGAL HUNTING METHODS NO PERSONS SHALL TAKE CUSTODY OF BIRDS OF ANOTHER MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS: No person shall receive or have in custody any 1. With a trap, snare, net, rifle, pistol, swivel migratory game birds belonging to another gun, shotgun larger than 10 gauge, punt WATERFOWL & MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING & MIGRATORY WATERFOWL person unless such birds are properly tagged. gun, battery gun, machinegun, fish hook, poison, drug, explosive, or stupefying TRANSPORTING BIRDS OF ANOTHER substance; No person shall transport migratory game 2. From or by means, aid, or use of a sinkbox birds belonging to another person unless or any other type of low-floating device, such birds are properly tagged. having a depression affording the hunter a means of concealment beneath the WANTON WASTE OF surface of the water; MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS No person shall kill or cripple any migra- 3. From or by means aid, or use of any motor tory game bird without making a reason- vehicle, motor-driven land conveyance, able effort to retrieve the bird, and retain or aircraft of any kind; it in his actual custody, at the place where 4. From or by means of any motorboat or taken or between that place and either (a) other craft having a motor attached, or his automobile or principal means of land any sailboat, unless the motor has been transportation; or (b) his personal abode or completely shut off and/or the sails furled, temporary or transient place of lodging; or (c) and its progress there from has ceased; a migratory bird preservation facility; or (d) a post office; or (e) a common carrier facility. 5. By the use or aid of live birds as decoys; although not limited to, it shall be a viola- GIFT OF MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS tion of this paragraph for any person to take No person may receive, possess, or give to migratory waterfowl on an area where tame another any freshly killed migratory game or captive live ducks or geese are present birds as a gift, except at the personal abodes unless such birds are and have been for a of the donor or donee, unless such birds have period of 10 consecutive days prior to such a tag attached, signed by the hunter who taking, confined within an enclosure which took the birds, stating such hunter’s address, substantially reduces the audibility of their the total number and species of birds, and calls and totally conceals such birds from 26 the date such birds were taken. the sight of wild migratory waterfowl; 6. With any device that emits recorded or BAITING - means the direct or indirect WATERFOWL & MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING electrically amplified bird calls or sounds, placing, exposing, depositing, distributing, or recorded or electrically amplified imi- or scattering of salt, grain, or other feed that tations of bird calls or sounds. It is illegal could serve as a lure or attraction for migra- to possess such devices while hunting tory game birds to, on, or over any areas waterfowl in Ohio; where hunters are attempting to take them. 7. By means or aid of any motor driven land, BAITED AREA - means any area on which water, or air conveyance, or any sailboat salt, grain, or other feed has been placed, used for the purpose of or resulting in the exposed, deposited, distributed, or scattered, concentrating, driving, rallying, or stirring if that salt, grain, or other feed could serve up of any migratory bird; as a lure or attraction for migratory game 8. By the aid of baiting, or on or over any birds to, on, or over areas where hunters are baited area, where a person knows or attempting to take them. Any such area will reasonably should know that the area is remain a baited area for 10 days following or has been baited. the complete removal of all such salt, grain, or other feed. MIGRATORY BIRDS - are birds protected ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS by federal law as a result of treaties signed It is legal to take migratory game birds with other countries. Protected migratory including waterfowl and coots on or over birds are listed in Title 50 Code of Federal the following lands or areas that are not Regulations, Section 10.13. otherwise baited areas: All subset of migratory birds are classi-  Standing crops or flooded standing crops fied as migratory game birds and may be (including aquatics); hunted in accordance with state and federal regulations. The list of migratory game birds  Standing, flooded, or manipulated natural vegetation; flooded harvested croplands; includes species of ducks, geese (including or lands or areas where seeds or grains brant), swans, doves and pigeons, cranes, have been scattered solely as the result of rails, coots, gallinules and moorhens, wood- a normal agricultural planting, harvesting, cock and snipe, if there is an open season. post-harvest manipulation, or normal soil stabilization practice; MIGRATORY BIRD PRESERVATION FACILITY - means:  From a blind or other place of concealment (1) Any person who, at their residence or camouflaged with natural vegetation; place of business and for hire or other consideration; or  From a blind or other place of concealment camouflaged with vegetation from (2) Any taxidermist, cold-storage facility agricultural crops, as long as such camou- or locker plant which, for hire or other flaging does not result in the exposing, consideration; or depositing, distributing, or scattering of grain or other feed; or (3) Any hunting club which, in the normal course of operations receives, possesses,  Standing or flooded standing agricultural or has in custody any migratory game crops where grain is inadvertently scat- birds belonging to another person for tered solely as a result of a hunter entering purposes of picking, cleaning, freezing, or exiting a hunting area, placing decoys, processing, storage, or shipment. or retrieving downed birds. It is legal to take migratory game birds, ex- DAILY BAG LIMIT - means the maximum cept waterfowl and coots, on or over lands number of migratory game birds of a single or areas that are not otherwise baited areas, species or combination (aggregate) of spe- and where grain or other feed has been dis- cies permitted to be taken by one person in tributed or scattered solely as the result of any one day during the open season in any manipulation of an agricultural crop or other one specified geographic area for which a feed on the land where grown, or solely as daily bag limit is prescribed. the result of a normal agricultural operation. 27 AGGREGATE DAILY BAG LIMIT - means conducted in accordance with official recom- the maximum number of migratory game mendations of state extension specialists of birds permitted to be taken by one person the Cooperative Extension Service of the U.S. in any one day during the open season when Department of Agriculture. such person hunts in more than one specified geographic area and/or for more than one NORMAL SOIL STABILIZATION PRAC- species for which a combined daily bag limit TICE - means a planting for agricultural is prescribed. The aggregate daily bag limit soil erosion control or post-mining land is equal to, but shall not exceed, the largest reclamation conducted in accordance with daily bag limit prescribed for any one species official recommendations of state extension or for any one specified geographic area in specialists of the Cooperative Extension which taking occurs. Service of the U.S. Department of Agricul- ture for agricultural soil erosion control. POSSESSION LIMIT - means the maximum number of migratory game birds of a single MANIPULATION - means the alteration of species or a combination of species permit- natural vegetation or agricultural crops by ted to be possessed by any one person when activities that include but are not limited to lawfully taken in the United States in any mowing, shredding, discing, rolling, chop- one specified geographic area for which a ping, trampling, flattening, burning, or possession limit is prescribed. herbicide treatments. The term manipulation does not include the distributing or scatter- AGGREGATE POSSESSION LIMIT - means ing of grain, seed, or other feed after removal the maximum number of migratory game from or storage on the field where grown. birds of a single species or combination of species taken in the United States permit- PERSONAL ABODE - means one’s principal ted to be possessed by any one person or ordinary home or dwelling place, as dis- when taking and possession occurs in tinguished from one’s temporary or transient more than one specified geographic area place of abode or dwelling such as a hunt- for which a possession limit is prescribed. ing club, or any club house, cabin, tent, or

WATERFOWL & MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING & MIGRATORY WATERFOWL The aggregate possession limit is equal to, trailer house used as a hunting club, or any but shall not exceed, the largest possession hotel, motel, or rooming house used during limit prescribed for any one of the species or a hunting, pleasure or business trip. specified geographic areas in which taking and possession occurs. NATURAL VEGETATION - means any non- agricultural, native, or naturalized plant spe- open houses cies that grows at a site in response to planting You are invited to any of these or from existing seeds or other propagules. locations on Saturday, March 2, 2019 The term natural vegetation does not include anytime between noon and 3 p.m. to planted millet. However, planted millet that discuss fishing and hunting proposals. grows on its own in subsequent years after Staff members will be available to the year of planting is considered natural listen to your concerns and answer vegetation. your questions. NORMAL AGRICULTURAL OPERATION - DISTRICT ONE HEADQUARTERS means a normal agricultural planting, harvest- 1500 Dublin Road • Columbus ing, post-harvest manipulation, or agricultural practice that is conducted in accordance with DISTRICT TWO HEADQUARTERS official recommendations of state extension 952 Lima Avenue • Findlay specialists of the Cooperative Extension Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. DISTRICT THREE HEADQUARTERS 912 Portage Lakes Drive • Akron NORMAL AGRICULTURAL PLANTING, HARVESTING, OR POST-HARVEST MA- DISTRICT FOUR HEADQUARTERS NIPULATION - means a planting or harvest- 360 E. State Street • Athens ing undertaken for the purpose of producing GREENE COUNTY FISH AND and gathering a crop, or manipulation after GAME ASSOCIATION CLUBHOUSE 28 such harvest and removal of grain, that is 1538 Union Road • Xenia 2018-2019furbearer OHIO HUNTING & TRAPPINGtrapping REGULATIONS TRAPPING REGULATIONS SEASON OPENING DATE CLOSING DATE BAG LIMIT

Fox, Raccoon, Opossum, Skunk, Weasel Nov. 10, 2018 Jan. 31, 2019 No limit Mink, Muskrat Nov. 10, 2018 Feb. 28, 2019 No limit Mink, Muskrat, Raccoon, Opossum, Skunk, Weasel: Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky, & Lucas Nov. 10, 2018 March 15, 2019 No limit counties east of Maumee River Beaver Dec. 26, 2018 Feb. 28, 2019 No limit River Otter Dec. 26, 2018 Feb. 28, 2019 See page 30 A fur taker permit is required to hunt or trap furbearing animals (except coyote) in Ohio.

FIRST-TIME TRAPPERS Deadfalls are illegal. All first-time trappers, except apprentice  license buyers, must successfully complete  Foothold traps set on land shall not have a hunter and a trapper education course an inside jaw spread greater than 5-3/8 offered through the ODNR Division of Wild- inches, except foothold traps greater life before purchasing a hunting license than 5-3/8 inches but 6 inches or less and fur taker permit to trap furbearers. may be utilized provided they have a minimum of three swiveling points HOW TO MEASURE JAW SPREAD and the gripping surface is 5/16 inch or greater.  Except for cage traps, no traps or snares Foothold may be set within 150 feet of another trap person’s occupied residence without advising the resident.

 Body-gripping traps set on land, or in a tile, den, or burrow on land shall not have an inside diameter jaw spread greater than 5 inches in diameter. Body-gripping traps with an inside di- Body-gripping  trap ameter jaw spread greater than 5 inches, but less than or equal to 7 inches must be set in a natural body of water.

 Body-gripping traps with an inside jaw spread greater than 7 inches must be TRAPPING REGULATIONS completely submerged and may only be utilized during the beaver or river ot-  Except for river otters, there are no restrictions on bag limits. ter season. All furbearers shall be killed immedi-  All traps and snares must be checked  and all animals removed once every cal- ately and reduced to the person’s pos- endar day. session, or released immediately at the capture site.  All foothold or foot-encapsulating traps set on land must have at least two swiv-  No person shall disturb a legally set trap eling points. or snare or remove a furbearing animal from a trap or snare of another person  Foothold traps set on land must be without permission. covered.  All flesh baits must be totally covered.  Foothold traps that are submerged may not have an inside jaw spread greater  Traps with teeth in the gripping surface than 8-1/4 inches. are prohibited. 29 30 TRAPPING REGULATIONS Management Office inMcConnelsville. Office Management trapping isissuedfrom permit theAEPLand the regular user’s permit. This special beaver with aspecialbeaver trapping and permit ReCreation Land, andConesville Coal Lands Power’scan Electric recreation area, as known Beaver trapping is permitted within Ameri ered by at least1inchofwater at alltimes. and thebottom ofthesnare mustbecov have aminimumloopdiameter of10inches or river otter onmanagedareas, butmust ping only. Snares may be utilized for beaver maysome permits belimited to beaver trap beaver trapping inmostareas; however, Permits willallow for bothriver otter and areas willbeavailable for trapping. to seewhich office October inearly district wildohio.gov orcallyour nearest wildlife at office. eachwildlifeOctober) district Visit 13,2018(thesecond Saturdayon Oct. in at noon be issued via an in-person lottery ter trapping onmanagedareas permits will some managedareas. Beaver andriver ot trolled trapping ofbeaver andriver otter on The ODNRDivisionof Wildlife allows con Wildlife. trapping from permit the ODNR Division of without aspecialbeaver and/orriver otter wildlife areas, state parks, andstate forests ed onstate managedareas, includingstate Beaver and river otter trapping is prohibit which the river otter was trapped. information aboutthedate andlocation in at andprovidepermit thetime ofchecking, must alsoprovide acopy oftheir furtaker otter takenby anotherperson. Trappers own river otter, andmay not present ariver Each trapper mustpersonallypresent their holidays. a CITEStag. All state offices are closedon business days ofcapture inorder to receive business hours(8a.m.to 5p.m.) withinfive officeby during appointment) ordistrict 9 a.m.Monday, Wednesday, orFriday, or to a wildlife (8 a.m. to area headquarters checked inwithawildlife officer ortaken The pelt of eachriver otter must be BEAVER AND OTTER TRAPPING BEAVER AND OTTER TRAPPING AND TAGGINGREQUIREMENTS ON PUBLIC HUNTING AREAS RIVER OTTER CHECKING ON AEP LANDS ------county. thewildlifetact officer assigned to that otter isdead, leave itinthetrap andcon- to yourself ortheanimal. the ing injury If still alive, carefully release itwithoutcaus- son baglimitorinaclosedzone anditis youIf catch anotter inexcess ofyour sea- trapping. otter avoidance techniques whilebeaver bag limitare encouraged to implement river Trappers who have reached theriver otter limit isthree. trapper from Zone B. The total season bag than oneriver otter may betakenby any en by any trapper inZone C,andnomore No more thanthree river otters may betak ZONE A –ClosedZONEB1C3 2018-2019 RIVER OTTER TRAPPING OPEN COUNTIES MAP A AVOIDANCE TECHNIQUES RIVER OTTER BAG LIMITS TOTAL SEASONBAGLIMIT–3 OTTER TRAPPING B Hancock County C - TRAPPING REGULATIONS TRAPPERS CAN 5. Set, use, or maintain a trap or snare in DO THE FOLLOWING: or upon any path or road ordinarily used 1. Set, use, and maintain snares for the by domestic animals or humans. purpose of taking furbearing animals. All snares must have a relaxing lock and 6. Attach a snare to a drag. Snares must be a stop to prevent the opening of the staked or otherwise attached to an im- snare from closing to less than 2-1/2 movable object. inches in diameter, or a relaxing lock 7. Set traps on state public hunting areas, system with a breaking point of not including state parks and state forests, greater than 350 pounds. for beaver or river otter without a per- 2. Attach a drag to a foothold trap. mit (See Beaver and Otter Trapping on Public Hunting Areas). 3. Trap coyotes without a fur taker permit. However, anyone hunting, trapping, or 8. Set, use, or maintain a snare on public snaring coyotes must have a valid hunt- hunting areas, except for beaver and riv- ing license. er otter (see Beaver Trapping and River Otter Trapping). TRAPPERS CANNOT 9. Use any snare constructed of any mate- DO THE FOLLOWING: rial other than multi-strand steel cable. 1. Pursue, hunt, trap, or snare furbearing 10. Set a snare with a loop diameter of animals between sunset and sunrise more than 15 inches. without use of a continuous white light visible for at least 1/4-mile. However, 11. Have attached to a snare any spring- persons hunting fox, coyote, or raccoon loaded or mechanical device to assist with a call from a stationary position the snare in closing. may use a continuous single beam of 12. Set, use, or maintain any snare that light of any color. When two or more does not comply with the require- people are hunting or trapping togeth- ments listed above. er for these animals only one light is re- 13. Set, use, or maintain a foot-encapsu- quired and can be carried by any mem- lating trap that has an opening greater ber of the party. than 2 inches in diameter or 2 inches 2. Use or possess climbers or any other de- along one side. vice, except climbing tree stands, that can be used for climbing trees while hunting, trapping, or pursuing furbearing animals. turn in a 3. Erect, post, or place any stake, flagging, poacher or any other type of marker for the pur- IF YOU OBSERVE A WILDLIFE VIOLATION pose of identifying a potential trap set lo- cation on any area designated as a public 1-800-POACHER hunting area, unless authorized by the (1-800-762-2437) chief of the ODNR Division of Wildlife. OR WILDOHIO.GOV 4. Set, use, or maintain a trap or snare to take a wild animal, unless that trap or snare has attached to it a durable, water- proof tag bearing the name and mailing address or the unique ODNR Division of Wildlife Customer ID Number of the user in English that is legible at all times, or which has the name and mailing address or the unique ODNR Division of Wildlife Customer ID Number of the user stamped into the trap in English that is You do not have to give your name. legible at all times. JUST GIVE THE FACTS • ACTIVE 24/7 31 2018-2019 OHIO HUNTING & TRAPPING REGULATIONS sunrise sunset table: western ohio

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September October November December January February April May Day Rise Set Rise Set Rise Set Rise Set Rise Set Rise Set Rise Set Rise Set A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. 1 6:54 7:58 7:22 7:09 7:55 6:24 7:29 5:02 7:48 5:12 7:35 5:45 7:11 7:53 6:28 8:23 2 6:55 7:57 7:23 7:08 7:56 6:23 7:30 5:01 7:48 5:12 7:34 5:46 7:10 7:54 6:27 8:24 3 6:56 7:55 7:24 7:06 7:57 6:22 7:31 5:01 7:48 5:13 7:33 5:48 7:08 7:55 6:25 8:25 4 6:57 7:54 7:25 7:04 7:59 6:21 7:32 5:01 7:49 5:14 7:32 5:49 7:07 7:56 6:24 8:26 5 6:58 7:52 7:26 7:03 7:00 5:20 7:33 5:01 7:49 5:15 7:31 5:50 7:05 7:57 6:23 8:27 6 6:58 7:50 7:27 7:01 7:01 5:19 7:34 5:01 7:48 5:16 7:30 5:51 7:04 7:58 6:22 8:28 7 6:59 7:49 7:28 7:00 7:02 5:18 7:34 5:01 7:48 5:17 7:29 5:52 7:02 7:59 6:21 8:29 8 7:00 7:47 7:29 6:58 7:03 5:17 7:35 5:01 7:48 5:18 7:28 5:54 7:00 8:00 6:20 8:30 9 7:01 7:45 7:30 6:56 7:04 5:16 7:36 5:01 7:48 5:19 7:27 5:55 6:59 8:01 6:19 8:31 10 7:02 7:44 7:31 6:55 7:05 5:15 7:37 5:01 7:48 5:20 7:26 5:56 6:57 8:02 6:18 8:32 11 7:03 7:42 7:32 6:53 7:07 5:14 7:38 5:01 7:48 5:21 7:25 5:57 6:56 8:03 6:17 8:33 12 7:04 7:41 7:33 6:52 7:08 5:13 7:39 5:01 7:48 5:22 7:23 5:58 6:54 8:04 6:16 8:34 13 7:05 7:39 7:34 6:50 7:09 5:12 7:39 5:01 7:47 5:23 7:22 5:59 6:53 8:05 6:15 8:35 14 7:06 7:37 7:35 6:49 7:10 5:11 7:40 5:02 7:47 5:24 7:21 6:01 6:51 8:06 6:14 8:36 15 7:07 7:36 7:36 6:47 7:11 5:10 7:41 5:02 7:47 5:25 7:20 6:02 6:50 8:07 6:13 8:37 16 7:08 7:34 7:38 6:46 7:12 5:09 7:42 5:02 7:46 5:26 7:18 6:03 6:48 8:08 6:12 8:38 17 7:09 7:32 7:39 6:44 7:13 5:09 7:42 5:02 7:46 5:27 7:17 6:04 6:47 8:09 6:11 8:39 18 7:10 7:31 7:40 6:43 7:15 5:08 7:43 5:03 7:45 5:29 7:16 6:05 6:45 8:10 6:10 8:39 19 7:11 7:29 7:41 6:41 7:16 5:07 7:43 5:03 7:45 5:30 7:14 6:06 6:44 8:11 6:09 8:40 20 7:12 7:27 7:42 6:40 7:17 5:07 7:44 5:04 7:44 5:31 7:13 6:08 6:43 8:12 6:08 8:41 21 7:13 7:26 7:43 6:39 7:18 5:06 7:45 5:04 7:44 5:32 7:12 6:09 6:41 8:13 6:08 8:42 22 7:14 7:24 7:44 6:37 7:19 5:05 7:45 5:05 7:43 5:33 7:10 6:10 6:40 8:14 6:07 8:43 23 7:15 7:22 7:45 6:36 7:20 5:05 7:46 5:05 7:42 5:34 7:09 6:11 6:38 8:15 6:06 8:44 24 7:15 7:21 7:46 6:34 7:21 5:04 7:46 5:06 7:42 5:36 7:07 6:12 6:37 8:16 6:06 8:45 25 7:16 7:19 7:47 6:33 7:22 5:04 7:46 5:06 7:41 5:37 7:06 6:13 6:36 8:17 6:05 8:46 26 7:17 7:17 7:48 6:32 7:23 5:03 7:47 5:07 7:40 5:38 7:05 6:14 6:34 8:18 6:04 8:46 27 7:18 7:16 7:49 6:30 7:25 5:03 7:47 5:08 7:39 5:39 7:03 6:16 6:33 8:19 6:04 8:47 28 7:19 7:14 7:51 6:29 7:26 5:03 7:47 5:08 7:39 5:40 7:02 6:17 6:32 8:20 6:03 8:48 29 7:20 7:12 7:52 6:28 7:27 5:02 7:48 5:09 7:38 5:41 6:30 8:21 6:03 8:49 30 7:21 7:11 7:53 6:27 7:28 5:02 7:48 5:10 7:37 5:43 6:29 8:22 6:02 8:49 31 7:54 6:25 7:48 5:11 7:36 5:44 6:02 8:50

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CATEGORIES Resident Adult For Ohio residents age 18-65 at the time of purchase. Resident Youth For Ohio residents 17 years old and younger at the time of purchase. Nonresident For youth and adult nonresidents. Apprentice For residents and nonresidents who are accompanied by a licensed hunter. Reduced-Cost Senior For Ohio residents age 66 and older born on or after January 1, 1938. Free Senior For Ohio residents born on or before December 31, 1937.

LICENSES COST LICENSES AND PERMITS Resident Annual License $19 Resident Youth Annual License $10 Nonresident Annual License $141.50 Hunting LICENSES Nonresident Youth Annual License $141.50 Resident Reduced-Cost Senior License $10 Resident Free Senior License: Ohio residents born on or before Dec. 31, 1937 Free Nonresident (Tourist) 3-day License: Not valid for deer, turkey, or furbearers $40

Resident Annual License $19 Apprentice Resident Youth Annual License $10 LICENSES Nonresident Annual License $141.50 Nonresident Youth Annual License $141.50

Ohio Wetlands Habitat Stamp: Resident and Nonresident $15 Waterfowl Ohio Wetlands Habitat Stamp: Resident Reduced-Cost Senior License $15 STAMPS Ohio Wetlands Habitat Stamp: Resident Free Senior Free Federal Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp (Duck Stamp): Age 16 and older $25

OHIO RESIDENCY STATUS fishing license. Applicants who do not An Ohio resident is a person who has re- have an active SSN must affirm their status sided in the state of Ohio for the past six at the time of application. Applicants must consecutive months. All others are consid- also declare their residency and provide ered nonresidents and must purchase a their full name, date of birth, gender, mail- nonresident license. ing address, height, weight, hair color, and eye color. Once provided and recorded in LICENSE REQUIREMENTS the licensing system, applicants will only A permanent customer identification num- be required to update their information on ber will be assigned to all applicants of file if it changes. hunting or fishing licenses. Every customer who applies for a license DUPLICATE LICENSES & PERMITS or permit is required to provide their Social Lost, stolen, or destroyed licenses and per- Security Number (SSN). Federal Statute 42 mits may be re-issued at any license sales lo- requires the SSN of any individual to whom cation or at wildohio.gov. Reprints are free at the state issues a recreational hunting or wildohio.gov and cost $4 at a license agent. 34 LICENSES AND PERMITS 35 - $8 $8 $12 $12 $24 $12 $29 $24 $12 $29 $15 FREE FREE FREE COST COST COST ELECTRONIC LICENSES ELECTRONIC FUR TAKER PERMITS TAKER FUR FALL TURKEY TURKEY PERMITS FALL SPRING TURKEY TURKEY SPRING PERMIT Free Senior Permit: Resident Only Senior Permit: Free Free Senior Permit: Resident Only Resident Permit: Senior Free Resident Only Senior Permit: Free Adult Permit: Resident & Nonresident Adult Permit: Resident Only Reduced-Cost Senior Permit: Adult Permit: Resident Adult Permit: Resident : Permit Youth Nonresident : Permit Only Resident Senior Permit: Reduced-Cost Resident Adult Permit: Resident : Permit Youth Nonresident : Permit Youth Adult & Resident Only Reduced-Cost Senior Permit: Resident & Nonresident : Permit Youth Clinton County Licenses and permits and pur be also can Licenses must Hunters chased on a mobile device. carry all times and permits at licenses their their li- and must present while hunting, can be dis- Licenses upon request. cense deer However, a mobile device. on played when only valid and turkey permits are and carried the hunter. printed by PERMITS $8 $5 $15 $24 $12 $41 $15 $15 $12 $15 $24 FREE FREE COST COST COST COST HUNTING LICENSES HUNTING SHOOTING RANGE PERMIT RANGE SHOOTING EITHER-SEX DEER PERMITS DEER EITHER-SEX ANTLERLESS DEER PERMITS DEER ANTLERLESS PURCHASE A HUNTING LICENSE HUNTING A PURCHASE APPRENTICE FUR TAKER PERMITS TAKER FUR APPRENTICE One-Day Permit: Resident & Nonresident Resident One-Day Permit: Annual Permit: Resident & Nonresident Resident Annual Permit: Adult Permit: Resident & Nonresident Adult Permit: : Resident & Nonresident : Permit Youth Reduced-Cost Senior Permit: Resident Only Reduced-Cost Senior Permit: Adult Permit: Resident & Nonresident Resident Adult Permit: : Resident : Permit Youth Nonresident : Permit Youth Adult & : Resident & Nonresident Permit Youth Reduced-Cost Senior Permit: Resident Only Resident Senior Permit: Reduced-Cost Adult Permit: Resident Adult Permit: Free Senior Permit: Resident Only Resident Permit: Senior Free Resident Only Senior Permit: Free purchase a license or permit. a license purchase elements. Customers must be present to to must be present Customers elements. protect your licenses and permits from the and permits from licenses your protect folded down. It is highly recommended to to It down. is highly recommended folded white paper. The paper can be trimmed paper can and The paper. white outlets or at home will be printed on plain printed will be home at or outlets Licenses and permits purchased at retail retail at and permits purchased Licenses specific permit. the hunter to possess an additional game-an possess to hunter the hunting or trapping of furbearers requires requires of furbearers or trapping hunting in Ohio. Hunting deer, turkey, waterfowl, or waterfowl, turkey, deer, Hunting in Ohio. valid hunting license to hunt or trap game or trap hunt to license hunting valid All hunters, regardless of age, must carry of age, a regardless hunters, All No refunds. clude a $1.00 writing fee. All sales are final. final. sales are All clude a $1.00 writing fee. ends the last day of February. All costs in- costs All of February. ends the last day Ohio’s license year begins March 1 and March begins year license Ohio’s (1-800-945-3543) to find an agent. (1-800-945-3543) to Visit wildohio.gov or call 1-800-WILDLIFE or call 1-800-WILDLIFE wildohio.gov Visit agents are located in every county in Ohio. in every located in Ohio. county are agents to purchase a license or permit. Authorized or permit. Authorized a license purchase to Visit an authorized agent or wildohio.gov or wildohio.gov agent an authorized Visit HUNTER AND TRAPPER EDUCATION APPRENTICE LICENSE PROGRAM All first-time hunting license buyers, except Ohio residents and nonresidents may pur- apprentice license buyers, must success- chase an apprentice hunting license or fully complete a hunter education course apprentice fur taker permit without hav- before purchasing a hunting license. The ing taken a hunter or fur taker education hunting course is designed to instill a code course. of ethics and responsibility, as well as pro- Apprentice hunting licenses and appren- vide instruction on guns and how they tice fur taker permits allow new hunters work, types of ammunition, gun handling, and trappers, both adults and youth, to field care of game, wildlife identification, sample the experience of hunting and wildlife management, hunting regulations, trapping under the mentorship of a li- and other topics. Statistics show that hunter censed adult prior to completing a hunter education has helped reduce the number or trapper education course. of hunting related injuries and incidents. To hunt or trap, apprentice license and Anyone applying for a hunting license is permit holders must be accompanied by a LICENSES AND PERMITS required to successfully complete a hunter licensed hunter or trapper 21 years old or education course. Applicants must do one older. The licensed hunter may not accom- of the following: pany more than two apprentice license  Present a previously held hunting holders at the same time. license. Accompany means to go along with anoth-  Present evidence of having successfully er person while staying within a distance completed a hunter education course from the person that enables uninterrupt- (from any state). ed, unaided visual and auditory communications.  Attest he or she is 21 years of age or older and previously held a legal hunt- Having previously held an apprentice li- ing license (from any state). cense does not qualify the holder to purchase a regular hunting license or fur taker Obtain an apprentice license.  permit. To obtain a regular hunting license, The trapper education course, taken af- a hunter education course must be suc- ter successful completion of a hunter cessfully completed. To obtain a regular education course, covers trap set mak- fur taker permit, a hunter education course ing, trapping equipment, pelt prepara- and trapper education course must be suc- tion, furbearer life history, identification, cessfully completed. Apprentice licenses and management. These courses provide and fur taker permits are available to both an opportunity for adults to introduce a Ohio residents and nonresidents, youth young person to hunting and trapping and and adults. to share the excitement that goes with it. To obtain a fur taker permit for trapping, INTERSTATE WILDLIFE applicants must do one of the following: VIOLATOR COMPACT  Present a previously held trapping li- Ohio is a member of the agreement be- cense (from any state). tween states that if a person loses their hunting, trapping, or fishing privileges in  Attest he or she is 21 years of age or older and has held a previous trapping one of those states, they may lose those license (from any state). privileges in all of the member states. If you lose your right to hunt, trap, or fish in  Present evidence of having successfully Ohio, it is your responsibility to check with completed a trapper education course. any other state before you hunt, trap, or Obtain an apprentice permit. fish there to ensure you have not lost your  privileges in that state as well.

36 LICENSES AND PERMITS 37 ------y ll T e er ting t has vided es on apping , or the t and the tamp while tners esiden mits before hun mits before ed liability compan y or trustee of a trust tha y or trustee esident landowner, and the and landowner, esident enses and permits are required. enses and permits are tnership is a landowner pro tnership is a landowner ve or furlough are required to pur to required or furlough are ve equired to have a hunting license or license hunting a have to equired ed liability company or limited liabil or limited ed liability company , turkey, or hunting and tr or hunting , turkey, ting on their grandparents’ land. A land. grandparents’ their on ting ee or fewer trustees or beneficiaries. trustees ee or fewer bearers, and an Ohio Wetlands Habitat Habitat Wetlands and an Ohio bearers, tive duty stationed in Ohio, but NO duty in Ohio, stationed tive A member of a limit or par r the member is an Ohio limit ity partnership few or of three consists an Ohio Wetlands Habitat S Habitat Wetlands an Ohio deer fur waterfowl. hunting for Stamp cent) of their income from agricultural from of their income cent) required not are land productionthat on fur taker per license, a hunting have to deer permit, antlerless either-sex mit, deer permit, spring fall turkey or permit, when Stamp Habitat Wetlands or Ohio on land or trapping hunting they are they reside. where - grandchil landowners’ resident Ohio of age ar under 18 years who are dren not r hun other lic M or furlough active duty while on leave a hunting purchase to required not are Stamp, Habitat Wetlands Ohio license, other licenses or fur taker permit. All required. and permits are Armed Forc Members of the U.S. ac on lea and license Ohio hunting chase a resident other applicable per individual members or par individual members beneficiar thr T which they and from which they reside the majority than 50 per derive (more A nonr A the living with and children spouse property on that hunt may landowner, deer per either-sex a license, without mit, antlerless deer permit,deer spring antlerless fall or mit, Habitat Wetlands turkeypermit,Ohio or fur taker permit if the non- Stamp, residents allows home state resident’s propertyof Ohio owning - in the nonresi spouse and and the home state, dent’s property living with the Ohio children deer license, a without hunt to owner, permit, spring or fall turkey permit, wet or fur taker permit. stamp, lands habitat

5. 6. on Armed Forces U.S. the of embers 4. onland andtheirchildren enants 2. 3. ------t ies , fur apply LICENSE EXEMPTIONS LICENSE esident landowners, spouses, and spouses, landowners, esident permit, either-sex deer permit,tur deer permit,either-sex iting for a free hunting license hunting a free iting for who are Ohio residents must Ohio residents who are tamp. Applications must be certified Applications by tamp. - compensa or pension receive who ans their service-relatedtion due to injur their children are not required to have a have to not required are their children fur taker permit,either- license, hunting deer permit, antlerless deer permit, sex Wet springturkeyfall or Ohio permit,or or when hunting Stamp lands Habitat on land they own. trapping Ohio r ers of war must apply in writing for a must apply in writingers of war for fur taker permit, license, hunting free All Stamp. Habitat Wetlands and Ohio required and permits are other licenses must be Applications purchased. be to Vet Departmentcertified of the U.S. by key permit, and Ohio Wetlands Habita Wetlands key permit, and Ohio S Affairs. Veterans Department of the U.S. Affairs. erans and in wr taker eran’s license plate displaying the inter displaying plate license eran’s must apply wheelchair symbol national fur license, hunting a free in writing for deer permit, taker permit, either-sex spring or fall turkey permit, and an Ohio endorsement. Stamp Habitat Wetlands must be certifiedApplications the by Affairs. Veterans Department of U.S. 1937 will receive a free fishing license, fishing a free 1937 will receive deer permit, either-sex license, hunting deer permit,antlerless spring and fall Habitat Wetlands Ohio turkeypermits, - taker permit. and fur resi Ohio Stamp, born who were age 66 and older dents for eligible on or after Jan. 1, 1938 are and permits. licenses reduced-cost Permanently and totally disabled veter and totally Permanently Ohio residents who are former prison- former who are Ohio residents Ohio residents who are holders of a vet holders of a who are Ohio residents FREE HUNTING LICENSE ELIGIBILITY LICENSE HUNTING FREE 1. from buying licenses, permits, and stamps. permits, buying licenses, from 4. exempted Certain of persons are categories 3. 2. Ohio residents born on or before Dec. 31, Dec. born on or before 1. Ohio residents LIFE (1-800-945-3543). at wildohio.gov or by calling 1-800-WILD or by wildohio.gov at hunting. License applications are available available are applications License hunting. cense agent and must be carried and must agent while cense - li a from obtained be can licenses Free 2018-2019general OHIO HUNTING information & TRAPPING REGULATIONS  Unless otherwise indicated, game may  Hunting any wild animal (except water- be taken with longbow, crossbow, or any fowl) from 30 minutes before sunrise caliber handgun, rifle, shotgun (10 gauge to 30 minutes after sunset during the or smaller), or airgun. Be safe and choose youth deer gun season, deer gun sea- the appropriate method for the species. son, and the deer muzzleloader season See Public Hunting Lands, page 39. is unlawful unless the hunter is visibly wearing a vest, coat, jacket, or coveralls  Game birds and game quadrupeds (except feral swine) may not be taken by that are either solid hunter orange or trapping. camouflage hunter orange. This requirement applies statewide on both public  Electronic callers may be used while and private land. hunting, except while hunting migratory game birds (waterfowl, rails, and shore-  Longbows and crossbows may be used GENERAL INFORMATION birds) and wild turkeys. It is lawful to use to take legal game. However, crossbows electronic callers for crow hunting. may not be used to hunt migratory game birds. Longbow hunters may use  Spotlighting of wild animals from vehi- a hand-held mechanical release or a me- cles, including illuminating with head- chanical device with a working safety. lights, is prohibited. Spotlighting is il- Crossbows may be cocked with a de- legal whether hunting implements are vice, but it must have a working safety carried in the vehicle or not. and a stock more than 25 inches long. Persons hunting, trapping, or pursuing   All hunters younger than 16 years old furbearing animals at night must carry need to be accompanied by an adult. It a continuous white light visible for at is unlawful for the responsible adult to least 1/4 mile. When two or more per- allow a person under 16 years of age to sons are hunting or trapping together hunt alone. for furbearing animals, only one light is required and may be carried by any GINSENG member of the party. Persons hunting No person can dig, harvest, or otherwise foxes, coyotes, or raccoons with a call collect wild ginseng from its natural habitat from a stationary position may use a except during the season of Sept. 1 through single beam of light of any color. Dec. 31 of each year. Ginseng plants with unripened berries or which have less than  It is unlawful to possess a hunting device while training or working a dog pursu- three-leaf stems (prongs) cannot be har- ing coyotes from sunset to sunrise. vested. Seeds from wild ginseng plants need to be immediately replanted at the All hunting from motor vehicles, except  place where the plants were collected. Any boats and machinery being used in person collecting ginseng is required to farm operations, is prohibited. Hunting keep accurate records showing the num- small game and furbearers except mink, ber of pounds and ounces of ginseng, both muskrat, otter, and beaver is lawful from green and/or dry weight, collected in each a boat or powercraft. Aircraft or drones Ohio county by date of collection. Dealers are prohibited in hunting or the aid of and buyers need to acquire a state dealer’s hunting for all game. registration permit each year prior to pur-  Poisoned or explosive arrows are un- chasing or otherwise acquiring Ohio gin- lawful. While hunting, it is unlawful to seng. No person can harvest wild or cultivat- have attached to a longbow or cross- ed ginseng from private or public property bow any mechanical, electrical, or elec- without first obtaining written permission tronic device capable of projecting a from the landowner or their agent. Collec- beam of light. tion is prohibited on ODNR property. For more information on ginseng harvest, con-  It is unlawful to shoot from, on, across, or along a public road or highway. tact the ODNR Division of Wildlife. 38 ON ALL WILDLIFE AREAS ON PUBLIC HUNTING LANDS GENERAL INFORMATION It is illegal to sit, stand, or otherwise be in It is unlawful for any person to use a rifle, contact with oil or gas production or trans- pistol, revolver, shotgun, or other firearm mission wells, pumps, tanks, pipes, and at any time on any land or water area other equipment. controlled or administered by the ODNR Camping is prohibited on state wildlife ar- Division of Wildlife except while lawfully eas, except primitive campgrounds located trapping or hunting wild animals, or target on Crown City and Woodbury wildlife areas. practicing on a designated ODNR Division All campers must possess a valid hunting of Wildlife target range. license, fishing license, or fur taker permit. It is unlawful for any person to distribute, Call (740) 589-9930 for more information. place, or scatter salt, grain, or other feed ca- It is unlawful to use a rifle, pistol, revolver, pable of luring, enticing, or attracting wild or a shotgun using slugs at any time on Au- birds or deer on lands owned, controlled, burn Marsh and Grant Lake wildlife areas. or maintained by the ODNR Division of Deer hunting at Auburn Marsh and Grant Wildlife, including the Wayne National For- Lake wildlife areas is lawful using archery est and other lands managed by the divi- equipment only. sion by virtue of a lease or an agreement. All wildlife areas are closed to all activity Portions of Deer Creek, Killdeer Plains, other than hunting, trapping, and fishing from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Sept. 1 through May Resthaven, Lake La Su An, Berlin Lake, Big 1, and from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. May 2 through Island, Delaware, Grand River, Brush Creek, Aug. 31 of each year. Waterloo, Cooper Hollow, East Fork, Wood- bury, Spring Valley, and Fallsville wildlife Beaver and river otter trapping is prohib- areas will be open for persons with severe ited on all state public hunting areas, in- mobility impairments to drive their cars, cluding state parks and forests, without a trucks, or an Electric Powered All-Purpose special permit from the ODNR Division of Vehicle to designated interior areas for Wildlife. Contact the nearest district office hunting. Disabled persons are required to or go to wildohio.gov for information on how these permits can be obtained. have an Electric Powered All-Purpose Vehi- cle Permit. Find more information or down- State parks have special hunting and trap- load a permit application at wildohio.gov. ping regulations. Some are not open to hunting or trapping. A permit is required to It is unlawful to hunt with or possess any build a duck blind on state park lakes. Con- shot except nontoxic shot at Metzger sult Ohio State Parks, 2045 Morse Road, Marsh, Mallard Club, Pipe Creek, Magee Columbus, Ohio 43229-6693, phone (614) Marsh, Toussaint, and Little Portage wild- 265-6561, or the park manager. life areas. It is unlawful to operate or park any vehicle All hunting and trapping on Magee Marsh on properties administered by the ODNR Wildlife Area is by permit only. Division of Wildlife, except on designated A tree stand on ODNR Division of Wildlife roads and parking areas. public hunting areas is legal as long as it CONCEALED HANDGUN LICENSE is portable and uses no nails, steps, or A person possessing a valid concealed any other device placed or inserted into handgun license may carry their concealed a tree. The tree stand can be installed no handgun while hunting and trapping, but more than one month prior to the begin- it may not be used to shoot, shoot at, or kill ning of deer archery season and needs to any wild animal. For more information go be removed within one month of the end to ohioattorneygeneral.gov. of deer archery season. All tree stands on ODNR Division of Wildlife public hunting FIREARM SUPPRESSOR areas are required to have a durable water- A person authorized through state and proof tag or stamp bearing the name and federal law to own a firearm noise sup- mailing address, or unique ODNR Division pressor is permitted to use it to hunt legal of Wildlife customer identification number game animals. A valid hunting license is of the user or owner. required to hunt with a suppressor. A suppressor is also called a silencer. 39 HUNTING WITH PERMISSION Firearms may not be carried by persons The landowner’s written permission is re- training or working dogs during the closed quired for hunting and trapping on private season for furbearing animals. land, regardless of whether the land is post- Designated dog training areas are lo- ed. Permission slips are available at all ODNR cated on portions of Berlin, Caesar Creek, Division of Wildlife district offices, at wildo- Delaware, Fallsville, Indian Creek, Killdeer hio.gov, and on page 44 of this publication. Plains, Lake La Su An, Oxbow Lake, Rest- haven, Rush Run, Spencer, and Tri-Valley THE PENALTY FOR HUNTING wildlife areas. WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION The maximum penalty for hunting without written permission of the landowner for SHOOTING RANGES Learn more about shooting ranges main- a first offense is 60 days in jail and a $500 tained by the ODNR Division of Wildlife at fine. The maximum penalty for a second of- wildohio.gov. fense is 90 days in jail and a $750 fine.

GENERAL INFORMATION A person must carry written permission CLASS A, B, AND C SHOOTING RANGES (see page 44) at all times while engaging All persons age 18 and older shooting on in hunting or trapping on private land and supervised Class A ranges, as well as un- exhibit it upon request to a state wildlife supervised Class B and Class C ranges, officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, police officer, must purchase a shooting range permit, other law enforcement officer, owner of the available at all hunting and fishing license land, or the landowner’s authorized agent. agents and at wildohio.gov. Shooters age 17 and younger are not re- POSSESSION quired to purchase a permit, but must be Live furbearing animals, amphibians, rep- accompanied by and directly monitored by tiles, game quadrupeds, or game birds may an adult (age 18 years or older) holding a not be held in captivity or sold except by valid shooting range permit. See page 34 propagation permit. for permit information. Hides of furbearing animals taken legally Annual permits are valid on a mobile de- during the open season may be sold during vice. One-day permits must be printed to that open season or may be held for sale un- be valid. til June 15 following the close of the season. All Class A ranges have handicap accessible Furbearers may not be taken alive during parking, shooting benches, and restroom open hunting and trapping seasons. facilities. No range attendant or restroom Those who buy green or dried fur must facilities are provided at Class B and Class have a fur dealer’s permit. C shooting ranges. It is unlawful to buy, sell, or possess non- CLASS D SHOOTING RANGES game birds or their parts, dead or alive. Class D shooting ranges are offered free of charge. No range attendant or restroom fa- DOG TRAINING cilities are provided at these ranges. The ODNR Division of Wildlife has established designated dog training areas on SUPERVISED HOURS OF OPERATION some of its wildlife areas. Dogs may not be Hours of operation vary. All Class A ranges, trained or exercised on state public hunt- except Spring Valley, are closed on Monday ing areas from May 1 through Aug. 31 of and Tuesday. All Class A ranges are closed each year, except on these designated dog on the following dates: New Year’s Day, training areas. A nonresident may not train, Easter, Memorial Day, Independence Day, work, or exercise a dog in Ohio at any time Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christ- if Ohio residents are not permitted to train, mas Day. Contact the wildlife areas for de- work, or exercise dogs in the nonresident’s tailed information. state. Training dogs while pursuing furbearing animals is permitted only from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. 40 GENERAL INFORMATION 41 CONTACT (740) 824-3211 (419) 394-5170 (740) 327-2109 (740) (614) 262-5671 (740) 596-5781 (740) 489-5021 (740) 439-3521 (740) 489-5021 (614) 644-3925 (614) 644-3925 (614) 372-9261 (937) (937) 372-9261 (937) 372-9261 (513) 897-3055 (513) 523-6347 (740) 534-6500 (740) 484-4064 (740) 962-2048 (740) 385-6842 (419) 547-6007 (740) 682-7524 (740) 452-3529 (740) 928-8092 (740) 858-6652 (740) 596-4938 (740) 589-9930 (419) 424-5000 (419) 424-5000 (419) 424-5000 (937) 987-2508 (330) 385-3091 (937) 393-4284 (937) 452-3529 (440) 564-2279 (330) 962-2048 (440) 466-8400 (330) 644-2293 (330) 644-2293 (330) 644-2293 (330) 339-2205 B D (419) 734-4424 C C C C C D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D O O C, D A, C C, O CLASS A, C, D A, C, D A, C, D* B, C, D A, C, D* = Unsupervised Archery Target Range Target D = Unsupervised Archery O = Other Ranges; by not classified Public Wildlife Division of the ODNR COUNTY Fayette Licking, MuskingumMorgan O Harrison Defiance Erie Guernsey Preble Wyandot Vinton Jefferson Trumbull Coshocton Highland Highland, RossHocking D Licking Muskingum Portage Portage Scioto Vinton Warren Washington Brown Ashtabula Auglaize Belmont Preble Butler, Columbiana Geauga Greene Guernsey Hancock Lawrence Ottawa ARCHERY RANGES ARCHERY SHOTGUN RANGES CLASS DEFINITIONS CLASS RIFLE/PISTOL RANGES PISTOL/SHOTGUN RANGES SHOTGUN & ARCHERY RANGES SHOTGUN & ARCHERY RIFLE/PISTOL & SHOTGUN RANGES ------CLOSED for 2018 ------for 2018 ------CLOSED RIFLE/PISTOL, SHOTGUN, RANGES & ARCHERY PUBLIC SHOOTING RANGES SHOOTING PUBLIC ) Supervised Trap & Skeet Range; Unsupervised Hand Trap Range (call range for details) Range for (call range Trap & Skeet Range; Unsupervised Hand Trap ) Supervised PUBLIC AREA * ( = Supervised Rifle & Pistol Target Range Target A = Supervised Rifle & Pistol Range Target B = Unsupervised Rifle & Pistol Range Shotgun Target C = Unsupervised Clay Monroe Lake Wildlife Lake AreaMonroe Monroe Harrison State Forest Wolf Creek Wildlife Creek Area Wolf Spring Valley Wildlife AreaSpring Valley Dillon Lake Greene Delaware WildlifeDelaware Area WildlifeDeer Creek Area Woodbury WildlifeWoodbury Area Fernwood StateFernwood Forest Wildlife River Area Grand Zaleski State Forest Rush Run Wildlife Run Area Rush WildlifeArea Wyandot Resthaven WildlifeResthaven Area Salt Fork Wildlife Area Oxbow Lake Wildlife Lake Area Oxbow Indian Creek WildlifeIndian Creek Area Veto Lake Lake Veto Lake Hope StateLake Park StateCaesar Creek Park Wingfoot Lake Shawnee State Park Berlin Lake WildlifeBerlin Lake Area Spencer Lake WildlifeSpencer Lake Area Wildlife Area Tri-Valley Medina Lake Vesuvius/Wayne National Forest Vesuvius/Wayne Lake Fish HatcheryHebron Hocking Hills State Park WildlifeCooper Hollow Area Jackson Fallsville WildlifeFallsville Area State Creek Paint Park Salt Fork State Park Office District Two Punderson State Park District Office Five Hueston Woods State Park Hueston Woods State Creek Beaver Park St. Marys Fish Hatchery Barkcamp State Park Geneva StateGeneva Park East Harbor State Park 2018-2019legal OHIO HUNTING definitions & TRAPPING REGULATIONS

As used in Chapters 1531 and 1533 of the Ohio Revised Code and the Ohio Administrative Code.

ACCOMPANY means to go along with CROSSBOW means a device for propelling another person while staying within a dis- an arrow by means of transverse limbs and a tance from the person that enables unin- string, mounted on a stock at least 25 inches terrupted, unaided visual and auditory in length, and having a working safety. communications. FURBEARING ANIMALS include minks,

LEGAL DEFINITIONS APV USE - In accordance with 4519.40 of weasels, raccoons, skunks, opossums, musk- the Ohio Revised Code, all-purpose ve- rats, foxes, beavers, badgers, otters, coyotes, hicles and snowmobiles may NOT be used: bobcats, and fishers.

 On any land or waters controlled by the GAME BIRDS include ring-necked pheas- state, except at those locations where a ants, bobwhite quail, ruffed grouse, sharp- sign has been posted permitting such tailed grouse, pinnated grouse, wild turkeys, operation. Hungarian partridges, chukar partridges, woodcocks, crows, black-breasted plovers, While transporting any firearm, bow, or  golden plovers, Wilson’s snipe or jacksnipe, other implement for hunting, that is not greater and lesser yellowlegs, rails, coots, gal unloaded and securely encased. - linules, ducks, geese, mourning doves, Eur-  For the purpose of chasing, pursuing, asian collared-doves, mergansers, and brant. capturing, or killing any wild animal or wild fowl. GAME QUADRUPEDS include cottontail rabbits, chipmunks, elk, flying squirrels, BAG LIMIT means the number, measure- gray squirrels, black squirrels, fox squirrels, ment, or weight of any kind of crayfish, red squirrels, groundhogs, white-tailed aquatic insects, fish, frogs, turtles, wild deer, feral swine (wild boar), black bears, birds, and wild quadrupeds permitted to and porcupines. be taken. HUNTING means pursuing, shooting, kill- BAITED AREA means any area where ing, following after or on the trail of, lying shelled or unshelled, shucked, or unin wait for, shooting at, or wounding wild shucked corn, wheat or other grain, salt, or birds or wild quadrupeds while employ- other feed whatsoever capable of luring, at- ing any device commonly used to kill or tracting, or enticing game animals or birds wound wild birds or wild quadrupeds, is directly or indirectly placed, exposed, de- whether such acts result in such killing or posited, distributed, or scattered. Such area wounding or not. It includes every attempt is considered a baited area for 10 days fol- to kill or wound and every act of assistance lowing complete removal of all such corn, to any other person in killing or wounding wheat or other grain, salt, or other feed. or attempting to kill or wound wild birds or BAITING means the placing, exposing, wild quadrupeds. depositing, distributing, or scattering of LONGBOW or BOW means a device for shelled or unshelled corn, wheat or other propelling an arrow by means of limbs, and grain, salt or other feed so as to constitute a string which is hand held, hand drawn, for wild turkeys, mourning doves, migratory and held in a drawn position by hand or birds, or other game animals a lure, attrac- a hand-held mechanical release or by a tion or enticement to, on or over any area mechanical device with a working safety. where hunters are attempting to take them. This would include compound bows and CLOSED SEASON means that period of recurve bows. time during which the taking of wild ani- MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS are waterfowl, mals protected by Chapters 1531 and 1533 rails, mourning doves, and shorebirds. of the Ohio Revised Code is prohibited. 42 MUSKINGUM COUNTY MUZZLELOADING RIFLE AND TRAPPING means securing or attempting LEGAL DEFINITIONS MUZZLELOADING SHOTGUN means a to secure possession of a wild bird or wild primitive weapon that is loaded exclusive- quadruped by means of setting, placing, ly from the muzzle and has a permanent drawing, or using any device that is de- breech plug. When the plug is removed the signed to close upon, hold fast, confine, or gun is rendered inoperable, or incapable of otherwise capture a wild bird or wild quad- firing modern-day ammunition. ruped whether such means result in such capturing or not. It includes every act of NONGAME BIRDS include all other wild assistance to any other person in capturing birds not included and defined as game wild birds or wild quadrupeds by means of birds. HURON COUNTY such device whether such means result in PLUGGED SHOTGUN means a shot- such capturing or not. gun capable of holding more than three WILD ANIMALS include mollusks, crus- shells that is plugged with a one-piece taceans, aquatic insects, fish, reptiles, am- filler which limits the capacity of the gun to phibians, wild birds, wild quadrupeds, and three shells. The filler must be such that it all other wild mammals. cannot be removed without disassembling the gun. 2923.15 ORC No person, while under the influence of alcohol or any drug of abuse, PROTECTED SPECIES include yellowlegs, shall carry or use any firearm or dangerous plovers, snowshoe hares, bears, badgers, ordnance. bobcats, fishers, porcupines, flying squirrels, and nongame birds. Protected species 2923.16 and 1547.69 ORC No person shall may not be hunted or taken at any time. knowingly transport or have a firearm in a Hungarian partridge may not be taken ex- motor vehicle unless it is unloaded, and is cept from a shooting preserve, dog train- carried in one of the following ways: ing area, or field trial. 1. In a closed package, box, or case. TENANT means an individual who resides 2. In a compartment which can be reached on land for which he or she pays rent and only by leaving the vehicle. whose annual income is primarily derived from agricultural production conducted 3. In plain sight and secured in a rack or on that land, as agricultural production is holder made for the purpose. defined in Section 929.01 of the Ohio Re- 4. If the firearm is at least 24 inches in over- vised Code. all length as measured from the muzzle to the part of the stock farthest from the Williams County muzzle, and if the barrel is at least 18 inches in length in plain sight with the action open or the firearm stripped, or, if the firearm is of a type which the action will not stay open or which cannot eas- ily be stripped, in plain sight. A person possessing a valid Ohio-issued concealed handgun license may carry a concealed handgun in compliance with motor vehicle transportation guidelines of the Ohio Revised Code. As used in this section, unloaded means with respect to a firearm employing a per- cussion cap, flintlock, or other obsolete ig- nition system, that the firearm is uncapped, or that the priming charge is removed from the pan. The above sections also apply to watercraft, except while lawfully engaged in hunting. 43 permission for hunting or trapping on private land Permission is hereby granted to the undersigned sportsperson for hunting/trapping on land owned by the undersigned landowner or their agent for the date(s) listed. In accepting this permit, I agree to assume and release the landowner from any or all liability for personal injuries, property damage, or for the loss of life or property resulting from, or in any way connected with the issuance of this permit.

HUNTING/TRAPPING PERMISSION CHECK ONE: DAILY SEASONAL DATE(S): _____ / _____ / _____ TO  _____ / _____ / ______

______Sportsperson’s Signature Today’s Date

SPORTSPERSON’S ADDRESS: ______SPORTSPERSON’S TELEPHONE: (______) ______

VEHICLE LICENSE NUMBER: ______MAKE & MODEL: ______

RESTRICTIONS: ______

______Landowner or Agent’s Signature

GAME TAG OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF WILDLIFE Hunter’s Name: ______Date of Kill: ______Time of Kill: ______County of Kill: ______

Every hunter who kills a deer or turkey must immediately:  Make a game tag with the hunter’s name, date, time, and county of kill.  Attach the completed game tag to the deer or turkey at the place where it fell.

You may make photocopies of these forms and carry them with you. OHIO GAME CHECK • 1-877-TAG-IT-OH • ohiogamecheck.com