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...ates specified in paragraph (H) of rule 1501:31-7-06 of the Administrative Code, persons eighteen years of age or older and eligible to hunt under that paragraph may hunt and accompany a person hunting under this chapter. (C) It shall be unlawful for a non-hunting adult eighteen years of age or older to accompany more than two persons seventeen years of age or younger during a youth hunting s...

..., and fox squirrels is from September 1, 2025, through January 31, 2026. (A) It shall be unlawful to: (1) Hunt or take a squirrel at any time, except between one-half hour before sunrise to sunset daily during the open season for squirrels; (2) Take more than six red, gray, black, or fox squirrels, singly or in the aggregate, in any one day or possess more than six squirrels taken in one day; (3...

..., and fox squirrels is from September 1, 2024, through January 31, 2025. (A) It shall be unlawful to: (1) Hunt or take a squirrel at any time, except between one-half hour before sunrise to sunset daily during the open season for squirrels; (2) Take more than six red, gray, black, or fox squirrels, singly or in the aggregate, in any one day or possess more than six squirrels taken in one day; (3...

...ugh October 26, 2025, and from November 1, 2025 through November 2, 2025. (A) It shall be unlawful to: (1) Hunt or take a rabbit at any time, except between sunrise to sunset daily during the open seasons for rabbits; (2) Take more than four rabbits, singly or in the aggregate, in any one day or possess more than four rabbits taken in one day; (3) Possess more than four rabbits, singly or in...

...pen season for rabbits is from November 1, 2024 through February 28, 2025. The youth hunting season for rabbits is open from October 19, 2024 through October 20, 2024, and from October 26, 2024 through October 27, 2024. (A) It shall be unlawful to: (1) Hunt or take a rabbit at any time, except between sunrise to sunset daily during the open seasons for rabbits; (2) Take more than four rabbits, si...

...ason set forth in this paragraph. (1) Grouse may be hunted, taken, or possessed from the second Saturday in October through the Sunday immediately following Thanksgiving on any state-owned or administered lands designated as public hunting areas in rule 1501:31-15-04 of the Administrative Code. (2) Grouse may be hunted, taken, or possessed from the second Saturday in October through the firs...

...g season set forth in this paragraph. (1) Grouse may be hunted, taken, or possessed from the second Saturday in October through the Sunday immediately following Thanksgiving on any state-owned or administered lands designated as public hunting areas in rule 1501:31-15-04 of the Administrative Code. (2) Grouse may be hunted, taken, or possessed from the second Saturday in October through the first day of January on ...

...s from November 7, 2025 through January 11, 2026. The youth hunting season for ringneck pheasants and chukar partridge is open from October 25, 2025 through October 26, 2025, and from November 1, 2025 through November 2, 2025. (A) It shall be unlawful to: (1) Hunt or take a ringneck pheasant or chukar partridge at any time, except between sunrise to sunset daily during the open seasons for ringneck ph...

...and chukar partridge is from November 1, 2024 through January 12, 2025. The youth hunting season for ringneck pheasants and chukar partridge is open from October 19, 2024 through October 20, 2024, and from October 26, 2024 through October 27, 2024. (A) It shall be unlawful to: (1) Hunt or take a ringneck pheasant or chukar partridge at any time, except between sunrise to sunset daily during the open...

...ective open season. Provided further: (1) The open season for hunting raccoon, opossum, skunk, fox, and weasel is from November tenth through midnight, January thirty-first; (2) The open season for trapping raccoon, opossum, skunk, fox, and weasel is from November tenth through midnight, January thirty-first; (3) The open season for trapping mink or muskrat is from November tenth through the la...

...hereof and licensed pursuant to section 1533.23 of the Revised Code shall keep accurate daily records of all species of furbearing animals which are bought or sold. Such records shall be open to inspection by any employee of the division of wildlife. (B) All daily records are to be maintained at the place of business for a period of two years. Failure to properly and accurately complete daily record forms and the ...

...nday from June 6, 2025, through March 1, 2026, and Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from June 5, 2026, through March 7, 2027. (A) It shall be unlawful to hunt or take a crow at any time, except between one-half hour before sunrise to sunset daily during the open season for crows. (B) There is no daily bag limit for crows. (C) All definitions set forth in rule 1501:31-1-02 of the Administrative Code...

...nday from June 6, 2025, through March 1, 2026. (A) It shall be unlawful to hunt or take a crow at any time, except between one-half hour before sunrise to sunset daily during the open season for crows. (B) There is no daily bag limit for crows. (C) All definitions set forth in rule 1501:31-1-02 of the Administrative Code apply to this rule.

...ugh October 26, 2025, and from November 1, 2025, through November 2, 2025. (A) It shall be unlawful to: (1) Hunt or take a bobwhite quail at any time, except between sunrise to sunset daily during the open seasons for bobwhite quail; (2) Hunt or take bobwhite quail, except in: (a) Adams, Athens, Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Highland, Jackson, Meigs, Montgomery, Pike, Preble, Ross, Scioto, V...

...hite quail season is open from November 1, 2024, through December 1, 2024. The youth hunting season for bobwhite quail is open from October 19, 2024, through October 20, 2024, and from October 26, 2024, through October 27, 2024. (A) It shall be unlawful to: (1) Hunt or take a bobwhite quail at any time, except between sunrise to sunset daily during the open seasons for bobwhite quail; (2) Hunt or tak...

..., 2025. (A) It shall be unlawful to: (1) Hunt or take a grouse at any time, except between one-half hour before sunrise to sunset daily during the open season for grouse; (2) Hunt or take a grouse in any county, except: Adams, Athens, Belmont, Gallia, Guernsey, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble, Pike, Ross, Scioto, Vinton, and Washington. (3) Hunt or take more tha...

...The grouse season is open from November 1, 2024 through December 1, 2024. (A) It shall be unlawful to: (1) Hunt or take a grouse at any time, except between one-half hour before sunrise to sunset daily during the open season for grouse; (2) Hunt or take a grouse in any county, except: Adams, Athens, Belmont, Gallia, Guernsey, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble, Pike, Ross...

...wildlife under the authority of section 1531.02 of the Revised Code may be assigned a monetary value. This value will be derived by a score from each of seven scoring criteria listed in paragraph (A)(1) of this rule. The sum of the scores for the seven criteria in paragraph (A)(1) of this rule shall be multiplied by one of the weighting factors listed in paragraph (A)(2) of this rule. This final resulting adjusted cr...

...wildlife under the authority of section 1531.02 of the Revised Code may be assigned a monetary value. This value will be derived by a score from each of seven scoring criteria listed in paragraph (A)(1) of this rule. The sum of the scores for the seven criteria in paragraph (A)(1) of this rule will be multiplied by one of the weighting factors listed in paragraph (A)(2) of this rule. This final resulting adjusted cri...

...e website at http://www.wildohio.gov. (1) It shall be unlawful to possess any of the species listed on the Ohio division of wildlife website at http://www.wildohio.gov and designated as injurious aquatic invasive species, except for white perch (Morone americana), unless it is in one of the following forms: (a) Headless (b) Preserved in ethanol or formaldehyde. (c) Eviscerated (internal organs rem...

...aquatic invasive species, except: (1) Red swamp crayfish may be imported or harvested from the wild and possessed alive for consumption as long as they are killed within forty-eight hours of receipt or possession in Ohio; (2) Alabama bass and their hybrids. Provided further, it shall be unlawful to knowingly possess, import, release into the wild, or sell live Alabama bass or their hybri...

...llance area as provided for in rule 1501:31-19-03 of the Administrative Code and that is posted on the division website at wildohio.gov. Any person may possess all or part of a cervidae carcass from Ohio that is legally taken, killed or processed within an area published by the division and posted on the division website at wildohio.gov provided that all or any part of the cervidae carcass pos...

...rveillance area as provided for in rule 1501:31-19-03 of the Administrative Code and that is posted on the division website at wildohio.gov. Any person may possess all or part of a cervidae carcass from Ohio that is legally taken, killed or processed within an area published by the division and posted on the division website at wildohio.gov provided that all or any part of the cervidae carcass possessed remains withi...

...onsists only of any of the following: (1) De-boned meat; (2) Meat that is cut and securely and completely wrapped either commercially or privately with no part of the spinal column or head attached; (3) Quarters or other portions of meat with no part of the spinal column or head attached; (4) Antlers; (5) Antlers attached to a skull cap from which all soft tissue has been removed; (6) Up...

...a disease surveillance area in rule 1501:31-19-03 of the Administrative Code. Any person may possess all or part of a cervidae carcass from Ohio that is legally taken, killed or processed within a disease surveillance area provided that all or any part of the cervidae carcass possessed remains within the disease surveillance area. Provided further, any person may transport any cervidae carcass or ...