Effective: September 30, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 110 – 134th General Assembly As used in this chapter, “person,” “resident,” “nonresident,” “division rule,” “rule,” “closed season,” “open season,” “take or taking,” “possession,” “bag limit,” “transport and transportation,” “sell and sale,” “whole to include part,” “angling,” “trotline,” “fish,” “measurement of fish,” “wild birds,” “game,” “game birds,” […]
Effective: October 20, 1994 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 182 – 120th General Assembly Fish in the inland and Lake Erie fishing districts, game birds and game quadrupeds throughout the state, and fur-bearing animals in the inland and Lake Erie trapping districts may be taken and possessed only in open season, in compliance with this section […]
Effective: October 20, 1994 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 182 – 120th General Assembly (A) No person shall purposely prevent or attempt to prevent any person from hunting, trapping, or fishing for a wild animal as authorized by this chapter by any of the following means: (1) Placing oneself in a location in which he knows […]
Effective: November 21, 1997 Latest Legislation: House Bill 209 – 122nd General Assembly (A) No person shall purposely prevent or attempt to prevent any person from hunting a wild animal as authorized by this chapter by creating noise or loud sounds through the use of implements when the use of the implements is intended primarily […]
Effective: March 23, 2015 Latest Legislation: House Bill 234 – 130th General Assembly (A) A person who holds a valid hunting license issued under this chapter and who hunts game birds or wild quadrupeds may use a suppressor attached to a gun that is authorized to be used for hunting by section 1533.16 of the […]
Effective: August 10, 2021 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 28 – 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section and section 1533.051 of the Revised Code, “raptor” means a live migratory bird of the family Falconidae, of the family Strigidae, or of the family Accipitridae other than a bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus). (B) The chief […]
Effective: October 20, 1994 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 182 – 120th General Assembly (A) The chief of the division of wildlife may authorize commercial and noncommercial propagation of raptors by rules adopted pursuant to section 1531.08 of the Revised Code. The rules shall be consistent with federal regulations governing raptor propagation. (B) No person shall […]
Effective: April 6, 2007 Latest Legislation: House Bill 443 – 126th General Assembly No person shall catch, kill, injure, pursue, or have in the person’s possession, either dead or alive, or purchase, expose for sale, transport, or ship to a point within or without the state, or receive or deliver for transportation any bird other […]
Effective: April 6, 2007 Latest Legislation: House Bill 443 – 126th General Assembly Except as otherwise provided by division rule, any person desiring to collect or possess wild animals that are protected by law or their nests or eggs for scientific study, school instruction, other educational uses, or rehabilitation shall make an annual application to […]
Effective: September 10, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 487 – 129th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) “Energy” has the same meaning as in section 1551.01 of the Revised Code. (2) “Energy facility” means a facility at which energy is produced. (B) A person operating an energy facility whose operation may result […]
Effective: April 6, 2007 Latest Legislation: House Bill 443 – 126th General Assembly Before the fifteenth day of March of each year, each wild animal permit holder shall file with the division of wildlife a written report of the permit holder’s operations under the permit and the disposition of the specimens collected or possessed during […]
Effective: October 17, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 166 – 133rd General Assembly (A) Except as provided in this section or division (A)(2) of section 1533.12 or section 1533.73 or 1533.731 of the Revised Code, no person shall hunt any wild bird or wild quadruped without a hunting license. Each day that any person hunts […]
Effective: September 30, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 110 – 134th General Assembly Any person who has a current hunting or fishing license, a wetlands habitat stamp, a deer or wild turkey permit, or a fur taker permit pursuant to this chapter and has lost or destroyed the license, stamp, or permit, or had the […]
Effective: September 28, 2018 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 257 – 132nd General Assembly The chief of the division of wildlife may adopt rules under section 1531.10 of the Revised Code that the chief considers to be necessary to administer the issuance of apprentice hunting licenses and apprentice fur taker permits under sections 1533.10 and 1533.111 […]
Effective: September 28, 2018 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 257 – 132nd General Assembly The chief of the division of wildlife shall adopt rules under section 1531.10 of the Revised Code that are necessary to administer the issuance of permits for the use of all-purpose vehicles or motor vehicles by persons with mobility impairments to hunt […]
Effective: September 30, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 110 – 134th General Assembly (A)(1) Except as provided in this section or section 1533.731 of the Revised Code, no person shall hunt deer on lands of another without first obtaining an annual deer permit. Except as provided in this section, no person shall hunt wild turkeys […]
Effective: October 17, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 166 – 133rd General Assembly (A) Except as provided in this section or division (A)(2) of section 1533.12 of the Revised Code, no person shall hunt or trap fur-bearing animals on land of another without first obtaining some type of an annual fur taker permit. (B)(1) Except […]
Effective: October 17, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 166 – 133rd General Assembly Except as provided in this section or unless otherwise provided by division rule, no person shall hunt ducks, geese, or brant on the lands of another without first obtaining an annual wetlands habitat stamp. The annual fee for the wetlands habitat stamp […]
Effective: September 29, 1995 Latest Legislation: House Bill 117 – 121st General Assembly If the chief of the division of wildlife determines that the licenses, permits, and stamps issued under this chapter and Chapter 1531. of the Revised Code are insufficient for proper wildlife management in specific geographic areas or for specific species of wild […]
Effective: September 29, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 – 132nd General Assembly (A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) of this section, every person on active duty in the armed forces of the United States who is stationed in this state and who wishes to engage in an activity for which a license, […]
