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...The open season for ringneck pheasants and chukar partridge is 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 sunr...

...The open season for ringneck pheasants 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 sunr...

...(A) Unless otherwise provided by division rule, it shall be unlawful to hunt, take, or possess a furbearing animal at any time except during the respective 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 i...

...(A) All persons dealing in green or dried furs, skins, or parts thereof 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. Failur...

...Crow season is open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday 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...

...Crow season is open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from June 7, 2024, through March 2, 2025, and Friday, Saturday, and Sunday 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...

...Bobwhite quail season is open from November 7, 2025, through November 30, 2025. The youth hunting season for bobwhite quail 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 bobwhite quail at any time, except between sunrise to sunset daily during the open seasons for bobwhite quail; (2) Hunt o...

...Bobwhite 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...

...The grouse season is open from November 7, 2025 through November 30, 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, Ros...

...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...

...(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) It shall be unlawful for any person at any time to possess, import or sell live individuals of the species or their hybrids designated as injurious aquatic invasive species and posted on the Ohio division of wildlife 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 designat...

...(A) It shall be unlawful for any person at any time to possess, import, release into the wild, or sell live individuals of the species or their hybrids designated as injurious 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 Ohi...

...(A) Any person may possess all or any part of a cervidae carcass legally taken, killed or processed in Ohio, unless the carcass is taken from an area of Ohio designated as a disease surveillance 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 ...

...(A) Any person may possess all or any part of a cervidae carcass legally taken, killed or processed in Ohio, unless the carcass is taken from an area of Ohio designated as a disease surveillance 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, kille...

...(A) Any person may possess all or any part of a cervidae carcass legally taken, killed or processed in Ohio, unless the carcass is taken from an area of Ohio 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 ...

...(A) Any person may possess all or any part of a cervidae carcass legally taken, killed or processed in Ohio, unless the carcass is taken from an area of Ohio established as 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 prov...

...(A) The chief of the division of wildlife or the chief's designee may establish disease surveillance areas within the state if chronic wasting disease or bovine tuberculosis is detected in a member of the cervidae family. (1) The disease surveillance area shall include all areas within a minimum of six miles centering on the location of the detection of chronic wasting disease. (2) The bound...

...(A) The chief of the division of wildlife or the chief's designee may establish disease surveillance areas within the state if chronic wasting disease or bovine tuberculosis is detected in a member of the cervidae family. (1) The disease surveillance area shall include all areas within a minimum of six miles centering on the location of the detection of chronic wasting disease. (2) The bound...

...(A) The chief of the division of wildlife may establish disease surveillance areas within the state if chronic wasting disease or bovine tuberculosis is detected in a member of the cervidae family. (1) A newly established disease surveillance area will include all areas within a minimum of six miles centering on the location of the detection of chronic wasting disease. Provided further, an establ...

...(A) The chief of the division of wildlife may establish disease surveillance areas within the state if chronic wasting disease or bovine tuberculosis is detected in a member of the cervidae family. (1) A newly established disease surveillance area will include all areas within a minimum of six miles centering on the location of the detection of chronic wasting disease. Provided further, an establ...

...(A) The following regulations are hereby established by authority of sections 1531.08, 1533.08 and 1533.09 of the Revised Code. (B) The chief of the division of wildlife is hereby authorized to establish a scientific collecting permit and an education permit. The chief shall establish criteria and guidelines for qualification for such permits. Persons not providing adequate qualifications wil...

...(A) Bird banding permits. It shall be unlawful to engage in bird banding activities without first obtaining a bird banding permit from the division of wildlife. Bird banding permits allow the banding and release of wild birds for scientific study. Persons desiring to engage in bird banding activities must: (1) Provide all birds killed, injured, or that have died during banding activities to the ...

...(A) It shall be lawful for a person with a rehabilitators permit to rehabilitate orphaned or injured wild animals for the purpose of releasing the wild animals back to the wild. It shall be unlawful to rehabilitate any wild animal without first obtaining a category I or category II rehabilitators permit. (B) Rehabilitator permit applicants must be eighteen years of age or older. (C) Rehabilitator permit holders sh...