Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A)
Controlled access opportunity permits.
The following areas require a controlled access opportunity
permit to hunt upon: Castalia state fish hatchery, Eagle creek, Hebron state
fish hatchery, Kincaid springs state fish hatchery, Magee marsh, Marion and
Fred Conkel, Mercer, Pipe creek, St. Mary's state fish hatchery, and Urbana.
Provided further, it shall be unlawful to:
(1) Hunt upon any area where a controlled
access opportunity permit is required without first obtaining said
permit;
(2) Violate any of the
rules or provisions of a controlled access opportunity permit;
(3) Buy, sell, trade, or barter any
controlled access opportunity permit issued by the division of wildlife;
(4)
Apply more than one time for a specific controlled access opportunity
administered by the division of wildlife unless otherwise authorized by the
chief of the division of wildlife.
(B) Special opportunity areas.
(1) Beaver creek wildlife area.
It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt or trap on Beaver
creek wildlife area other than for waterfowl, deer, and
furbearing animals during the open season prescribed
for such species.
(2) Camp
Belden and Steinen wildlife areas.
It shall be unlawful for any person eighteen years of age or
older to hunt, trap, or fish on the camp Belden and Steinen wildlife areas.
Provided further, persons younger than eighteen years of age may hunt, trap or
fish when accompanied by a non-hunting, non-trapping, and non-fishing
adult.
(3) City of Akron,
Mogadore property located in Brimfield and Suffield townships in Portage
county.
It shall be unlawful to:
(a) Hunt waterfowl on this area without a
valid permit authorizing such activity, except for the last forty-five days of
the north zone goose season as established in rule
1501:31-7-06 of the
Administrative Code when no permit is required;
(b) Hunt wild quadrupeds and wild turkey
except with a longbow or crossbow during the open seasons in such manner and in
such numbers as are prescribed by the Revised Code or the Administrative
Code;
(c) Hunt with a shotgun,
rifle, pistol, or revolver except persons legally hunting waterfowl may use
shotguns and persons legally trapping furbearing animals may use a rimfire
firearm to kill a furbearing animal caught in a trap.
(4) City of Akron, Wendell R. LaDue reservoir
located in Auburn and Troy townships in Geauga county.
It shall be unlawful to hunt waterfowl east of state route 44
without a valid permit authorizing such activity, except for the last
forty-five days of the north zone goose season as established in rule
1501:31-7-06 of the
Administrative Code when no permit is required. No permit is required to hunt
waterfowl on the remainder of the LaDue property, including the portion of the
Wendell R. LaDue reservoir west of state route 44.
(5) Clark lake wildlife area, Grand lake St.
Mary's state park, and Spring valley wildlife area.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to
place, construct, maintain, or use a permanent waterfowl blind on state
property at Grand lake St. Marys state park, Clark lake wildlife area or Spring
valley wildlife area without first obtaining a written permit from the chief of
the division of wildlife or their designee, or without written permission from
the permit holder. For the purpose of this rule a "permanent waterfowl blind"
is a structure that is taken to, placed, or built for the purpose of
concealment of waterfowl hunters and is left at the same place of concealment
for more than one calendar day.
(b)
It shall be unlawful to violate any of the rules or provisions of the written
permit required by this rule.
(6) Lake La Su An wildlife area in Williams
county.
It shall be unlawful to hunt turkey on the lake La Su An
wildlife area without written authorization from the chief of the division of
wildlife.
(7) Ottawa
national wildlife refuge.
Portions of the Ottawa national wildlife refuge are posted by
signs or buoys designating such areas require a permit to hunt thereon.
Provided further, it shall be unlawful:
(a) To hunt within these restricted areas
without first obtaining a permit issued by the division of wildlife;
(b) To violate the rules or provisions of the
permit issued by the division of wildlife.
(C) Areas having limited or no firearm use.
It shall be unlawful to:
(1) Use a shotgun, rifle, pistol, or revolver
at any time on the Greenfield dam, Auburn marsh, Grant lake, and Aquilla public
hunting areas, except:
(a) Shotguns using
shot may be used to take migratory birds, rabbits, pheasants, squirrel, and
turkey during the open season prescribed for such species;
(b) Persons legally trapping furbearing
animals may use a rimfire firearm to kill a furbearing animal caught in a
trap.
(2) Hunt on the
Elm road, Marsh wetlands nature preserve, and Warren public hunting areas, or
the portion of Wingfoot public hunting area designated with signs as archery
only, except:
(a) With a longbow or crossbow
during the open seasons in such manner and in such numbers as are prescribed by
the Revised Code or the Administrative Code;
(b) Persons legally trapping furbearing
animals may use a rimfire firearm to kill a furbearing animal caught in a
trap.
(3) Hunt with or
possess any shot except non-toxic shot on Metzger marsh wildlife area, Mallard
Club wildlife area, Pipe creek wildlife area, Magee marsh wildlife area,
Toussaint wildlife area, and Little Portage wildlife area.
(D) All definitions set forth in rule
1501:31-1-02 of the
Administrative Code apply to this rule.
