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...(A) The chief of the division of wildlife hereby establishes free deer damage control permits. Persons having sustained actual and substantial nursery, orchard, farm crop or other property damage by deer shall apply for a permit, which may be issued according to individual circumstances and need and for such length of time as determined by personnel of the division of wildlife or the chief's desig...

...(A) Throughout the state, it shall be unlawful for a person to hunt, trap, take, or possess furbearing animals except according to this rule and other rules in the Administrative Code or the Revised Code. (B) There is no bag limit or possession limit on fox, skunk, weasel, raccoon, opossum, mink, coyotes, beaver or muskrat. (C) It shall be unlawful for any person to pursue, hunt, or trap furbearing animals from sun...

...(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 shall be defined as Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake and Trumbull counties. Spring wild turkey season is open in the northeast zone from April 30, 2022 through May 29, 2022. (b) The south zone for tur...

...(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 shall be defined as Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake and Trumbull counties. Spring wild turkey season is open in the northeast zone from April 30, 2022 through May 29, 2022. (b) The south zone for tur...

...(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 shall be defined as Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake and Trumbull counties. Spring wild turkey season is open in the northeast zone from April 29, 2023 through May 28, 2023. (b) The south zone for turkey shall be the...

...(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 3, 2025 through June 1, 2025. (b) The south zone for turkey consist...

...It shall be unlawful to hunt, take, or possess deer except in accordance with Chapter 1531. or 1533. of the Revised Code, division 1501:31 of the Administrative Code, or as otherwise authorized by the chief of the division of wildlife or the chief's designee. (A) Season dates (1) Deer archery season is open statewide from the last Saturday of September through the first Sunday of February. (2) Youth ...

...It shall be unlawful to hunt, take, or possess deer except in accordance with Chapter 1531. or 1533. of the Revised Code, division 1501:31 of the Administrative Code, or as otherwise authorized by the chief of the division of wildlife or the chief's designee. (A) Season dates (1) Deer archery season is open in disease surveillance areas established under rule 1501:31-19-03 of the Administrative Code f...

...It shall be unlawful to hunt, take, or possess deer except in accordance with Chapter 1531. or 1533. of the Revised Code, division 1501:31 of the Administrative Code, or as otherwise authorized by the chief of the division of wildlife or the chief's designee. (A) Season dates (1) Deer archery season is open in disease surveillance areas established under rule 1501:31-19-03 of the Administrative Code from the second...

...It shall be unlawful to hunt, take, or possess deer except in accordance with Chapter 1531. or 1533. of the Revised Code, division 1501:31 of the Administrative Code, or as otherwise authorized by the chief of the division of wildlife or the chief's designee. (A) Season dates (1) Deer archery season is open in disease surveillance areas established under rule 1501:31-19-03 of the Administrative Code f...

...It shall be unlawful to hunt, take, or possess deer except in accordance with Chapter 1531 or 1533 of the Revised Code, division 1501:31 of the Administrative Code, or as otherwise authorized by the chief of the division of wildlife or the chief's designee. (A) Season dates (1) Deer archery season is open in disease surveillance areas established under rule 1501:31-19-03 of the Administrative Code fro...

...(A) It shall be unlawful to hunt or take any wild animal using a raptor, except properly licensed falconers may hunt, take, and possess the following game during the respective open season or the extended falconry hunting season: (1) Migratory game birds; (2) Cottontail rabbits; (3) Red, gray, black, and fox squirrels; (4) Ringneck pheasants and chukar partridge; (5) Furbearing animal...

...(A) Youth hunting seasons are open only to persons that are seventeen years of age or younger on the date of participation in the hunting season. (B) It shall be unlawful for a person seventeen years of age or younger to hunt in a youth hunting season if they are not accompanied by a non-hunting adult eighteen years of age or older. Provided further, on dates specified in paragraph (L) of rule 15...

...(A) Youth hunting seasons are open only to persons that are seventeen years of age or younger on the date of participation in the hunting season. (B) It shall be unlawful for a person seventeen years of age or younger to hunt in a youth hunting season if they are not accompanied by a non-hunting adult eighteen years of age or older. Provided further, on dates specified in paragraph (H) of rule 15...

...The open season for red, gray, black, 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...

...The open season for red, gray, black, 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...

...The open season for rabbits is from November 7, 2025 through February 28, 2026. The youth hunting season for rabbits 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 rabbit at any time, except between sunrise to sunset daily during the open seasons for rabbits; (2) Take more than four rabbit...

...The open 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 rabbit...

...(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...

...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...