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...(A) Season dates (1) It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt or take wild turkeys at any time except in accordance with this rule or any provisions of this rule: (a) The northeast zone for turkey consists of Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake and Trumbull counties. Spring wild turkey season is open in the northeast zone from May 2, 2026 through May 31, 2026. (b) The south zone for turkey consists of the remaini...

...(A) There shall be no open hunting season on wild animals unless expressly set forth in this rule or other rules of the Administrative Code or the Revised Code. (B) It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt or take a bobcat, bear, badger, fisher, porcupine or a snowshoe hare at any time. (C) Hungarian partridge may not be taken or possessed at any time except when taken from a commercial bird ...

...(A) There shall be no open hunting season on wild animals unless expressly set forth in this rule or other rules of the Administrative Code or the Revised Code. (B) It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt or take a bobcat, bear, badger, fisher, porcupine or a snowshoe hare at any time. (C) Hungarian partridge may not be taken or possessed at any time except when taken from a commercial bird shooting preserve, a...

...(A) Each species of wild native or naturalized mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, mussel, fish or other aquatic or terrestrial 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...

...(A) Each species of wild native or naturalized mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, mussel, fish or other aquatic or terrestrial 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...

...(A) Any resident of this state or a nonresident may purchase a one day fishing license. The fee for which is established in section 1533.32 of the Revised Code. The one day fishing license shall expire at midnight on the day for which the license is valid. (B) Notwithstanding division (C)(3) of section 1533.32 of the Revised Code, an annual fishing license issued in accordance with division (...

...(A) It shall be unlawful for a person to engage in falconry without an Ohio falconry permit except as provided in paragraph (C) of this rule. The falconry permit fee shall be seventy-five dollars for a new applicant and twenty-five dollars for each year the permit is issued. Permits may be issued for up to three years. The falconry permit shall expire on the date specified on the permit. Current holders of a valid fa...

...(A) Falconry permits. Ohio falconry permits may be issued for up to three years and expire at midnight on the date specified on the permit. (1) The fee for a new falconry permit is seventy-five dollars plus twenty-five dollars for each year the permit is issued. (2) The renewal fee is twenty-five dollars for each year the permit is issued. (3) Hunting license requirements under section 1533.10...

...(A) No person shall capture or attempt to capture a raptor without having first obtained a raptor capture permit. The capture permit fee is fifteen dollars, and expires on the date listed on the permit. The permit authroizes the applicant to take the species of raptor mentioned on the permit and within the time allotted on the permit. If a raptor is captured by the permittee, the permittee shall f...

...(A) No person shall capture or attempt to capture a raptor without having first obtained a raptor capture permit. The capture permit fee shall be fifteen dollars, and shall expire on the date listed on the permit. The permit shall authorize the applicant to take the species of raptor mentioned on the permit and within the time allotted on the permit. If a raptor is captured by the permittee, the p...

...(A) Raptor capture. It shall be unlawful for an Ohio falconry permit holder to capture or attempt to capture a raptor without first obtaining a raptor capture permit. A raptor capture permit authorizes a falconry permit holder to capture one raptor of the species listed on the permit. The fee for a raptor capture permit is fifteen dollars. Raptor capture permits expire at midnight on the date lis...

...(A) The rules of the division of parks and watercraft, Ohio department of natural resources, shall be effective under, upon, and in the airspace above all lands and waters that are presently under the jurisdiction, supervision, custody or control and which are administered as state parks by the division of parks and watercraft. (B) The following areas are presently maintained, supervised, operate...

...(A) The rules of the division of parks and watercraft, Ohio department of natural resources, shall be effective under, upon, and in the airspace above all lands and waters that are presently under the jurisdiction, supervision, custody or control and which are administered as state parks by the division of parks and watercraft. (B) The following areas are presently maintained, supervised, operate...

...(A) Upon a finding that it will be for the best interests of the division, the chief may make available for dredging programs on state waters, or along the Muskingum river certain heavy equipment owned by the state of Ohio and utilized by the division in maintenance of the rivers, lakes, and lake channels, and qualified operators of such equipment who are employed by or are agents of the division....

...(A) Upon a finding that it will be for the best interests of the division, the chief may make available for dredging programs on state waters, or along the Muskingum river certain heavy equipment owned by the state of Ohio and utilized by the division in maintenance of the rivers, lakes, and lake channels, and qualified operators of such equipment who are employed by or are agents of the division. The fees charged fo...

...The fee for the utilization of the waters of the state administered by the division and for authorization to cut through containments on state lands for the purposes of filling channels provided for in rule 1501:46-3-29 of the Administrative Code is thirty cents per square foot of surface water.

...(A) For any special activities permit issued under the authority of rule 1501:46-3-28 of the Administrative Code the person requesting the permit shall pay a non-refundable application fee of up to fifty dollars to the division to pay administrative costs for the processing of the permit. Exempt from this fee are special activities where the division is the sponsor or a cosponsor. (B) A special a...

...Except with the approval of the chief or his designee, no person is permitted to leave any personal property in any area administered by the division in such a manner that the conditions surrounding its placement, when found, give indication that the owner has left the area administered by the division. Such property may be removed from the location at which it is found and stored by the division. The owner...

...(A) No person is permitted to collect plants, animals, fungi, or geologic materials from any area administered by the division without first having obtained a collector's permit from the chief of the division in addition to any other required permits. Nothing contained in this paragraph restricts any of the following: (1) Any licensed hunter or fisherman who is legally hunting or fishing in the t...

...(A) No person is permitted to be present, unless exempted in writing by the area manager, on any area administered by the division between the hours of eleven p.m. and six a.m., except as hereinafter provided in this rule or other administrative rules of the division. (B) No person is permitted to be present, unless exempted in writing by the area manager one-half hour after sunset to one-hal...

...Without an exemption from this rule provided through a special activities permit under the provisions of rule 1501:46-3-28 of the Administrative Code or authorized in writing by the area manager, no person is permitted to import, assemble, or install any inflatable structure commonly referred to as a "bounce house" or any other inflatable apparatus fabricated as a playhouse or amusement on any lands of the ...

...(A) Any person camping in any designated camp area is responsible for obtaining a valid campsite registration and camping permit from the division. Any person entering and camping on a campsite prior to six a.m. is responsible for remitting the fee listed in rule 1501:46-2-11 of the Administrative Code for the preceding day in addition to remitting fees for the date of entering and subsequent days...

...(A) A person renting a campsite, getaway rental, cottage, or overnight group facility shall remove all personal property from the campsite, getaway rental, cottage, or overnight group facility prior to a time as determined by the park manager and so posted at the park office on the expiration date of the rental period. Persons failing to comply with this rule may be charged the prevailing fee for ...

...In accordance with rule 1501:46-3-07 of the Administrative Code, domestic dogs and cats are only permitted in camping areas designated by the chief of the division as a camping area zone permitting pets and then only in accordance with this rule. Service Animals as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (28 C.F.R. part 35, subpart A, section 35.104) are not considered domestic pets for the p...

...No person who is a holder of a current and valid dock permit for a state constructed dock or a private dock constructed from state owned land shall fail to remove any vessel occupying the licensed facility on or before the expiration date of the dock permit. Any vessel found still occupying said licensed facility after fifteen (15) days from the expiration date of the dock permit shall be disposed of in acc...