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2009-2010 Hunting Season Dates and Bag Limits

SPECIES

OPENING DATE

CLOSING DATE

DAILY BAG

White-tailed Deer: Archery
1 BOOKING OPEN!! CALL NOW

September 26

February 7

Refer to Deer Hunting Section for details on zone and bag limits

White-tailed Deer: Early Muzzleloader
Wildcat Hollow,
Salt Fork Wildlife Area, Shawnee State Forest

1 BOOKING OPEN!! CALL NOW

October 19

October 24
White-tailed Deer:
Youth Gun 2 BOOKINGS OPEN!! CALL NOW
November 21
November 22
White-tailed Deer:
Gun
SOLD OUT!
November 30
December 6

White-tailed Deer:
Gun (extended)
SOLD OUT!

December 19
December 20

White-tailed Deer:
Muzzleloader
2 BOOKINGS OPEN!! CALL NOW

January 9
January 12

Wild Turkey:
Fall
2 BOOKINGS OPEN!! CALL NOW

October 10

November 29

Refer to Turkey Hunting Section for details on seasonal bag limits

Wild Turkey: Spring
2 BOOKINGS OPEN!! CALL NOW

April 19

May 16

Squirrel
(gray, red, fox, black)

September 1

January 31

6

Mourning Dove

September 1 - Refer to Publication 298 or Small Game Section

Ruffed Grouse

October 10

January 31

2

Goose and Brant
Refer to Waterfowl Season Dates or refer to Publication 295
Click here to review all Waterfowl Season Information
Ducks, Coots, Mergansers and Canvasbacks
Refer to Waterfowl Season Dates or refer to Publication 295
Click here to review all Waterfowl Season Information

Cottontail Rabbit

November 6

February 28

4

Ringneck Pheasant

November 6

January 10

2 (cock pheasants only)

Bobwhite Quail

November 6

November 29

4

Fox, Raccoon, Skunk, Opossum, Weasel

November 10

January 31

No Limit

Crow
Fri. Sat. Sun. Only

June 5, 2009

March 14, 2010

No Limit

Coyote

No closed season for hunting or trapping

No Limit

Wild boar

No closed season for hunting

No Limit

Groundhog

Closed during deer gun season only

No Limit

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2009-2010 Youth Hunting Season Dates

YOUTH HUNT

DATE

Youth Hunters Small Game Season

October 24-25 and October 31 - November 1, 2009

Youth Deer Gun Season

November 21-22, 2009

Youth Spring Wild Turkey Season

April 17-18, 2010

Youth Spring Wild Turkey Hunts

Controlled hunts on selected areas during spring season April 19 - May 16, 2010

Youth Waterfowl Hunting Days

Saturday and Sunday in early October
See Publication 295

Youth Waterfowl Opening Day Hunts

Selected areas only on Waterfowl opening day

Youth Controlled Deer Hunts

Selected areas by application only

Youth Controlled Waterfowl Hunts

Selected areas by application only

All youth hunters: Please refer to the Youth Hunting Section for complete details on dates, areas, regulations, and procedures.

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2009-2010 Trapping Season Dates

Season
Opening Date
Closing Date
Fox, Raccoon, Opossum, Skunk, Weasel
November 10, 2009
January 31, 2010
Mink, Muskrat
November 10, 2009
February 28, 2010
Mink, Muskrat, Raccoon, Opossum, Skunk, Weasel
(Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky, and Lucas County east of the Maumee River)
November 10, 2009
March 15, 2010
Beaver: Statewide
December 26, 2009
February 28, 2010
River Otter (See map)
December 26, 2009
February 28, 2010

A Fur Taker Permit is required (except for coyote) to hunt or trap furbearing animals in Ohio

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2009-2010 Geese and Brant Season Dates, Bag and Possession Limits

 
SPECIES
OPEN SEASON
DAILY BAG LIMIT
POSSESSION LIMIT AFTER FIRST DAY
Canada Geese

LAKE ERIE ZONE
October 17 - November 29, 2009
&
December 7 - January 3, 2010

NORTH ZONE
October 17 - November 29, 2009
&
December 19 - January 17, 2010

SOUTH ZONE
October 17 - November 8, 2009
&
December 12 - January 31, 2010

2

4

Light Geese
(Snows, Blues, Ross')
10
20
White-fronted Geese
1
2
Brant
1
2

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2009 Migratory Game Bird Hunting Seasons

DAILY HUNTING HOURS ARE SUNRISE TO SUNSET
Only non-toxic shot may be used to take waterfowl, rails, snipe and gallinules. Doves and woodcock may be taken with lead shot.

SPECIES
OPEN SEASON
DAILY BAG LIMIT
POSSESSION LIMIT AFTER FIRST DAY
RAILS
(Virginia and sora only)
COMMON MOORHEN
(Gallinule)
September 1 - November 9 , 2009

25

15

25

30

COMMON (Wilson's) SNIPE
September 1 - November 29, 2009
&
December 7 - December 23, 2009
8
16
MOURNING DOVE
September 1 - October 25, 2009
&
December 7 - December 21 , 2009
15
30
WOODCOCK
October 10 - November 23, 2009
3
6
TEAL (blue-winged, green-winged, cinnamon teal only)
September 5 - September 20, 2009
4
8
Early statewide* CANADA GOOSE
September 1 - September 15, 2009

4

8

*The Mercer Canada Goose Zone will not be open during
the special Early Goose Season
.

Mandatory Reporting Zones for geese have been eliminated. These zones were originally created to protect local giant Canada geese from over harvest and were crucial to the reestablishment of Canada geese in Ohio. As Ohio’s goose populations grew, the need to protect local birds diminished and was replaced by a desire to protect interior birds critical to the aboriginal people in Canada, particularly the Cree First Nation.

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2009-2010 Duck, Coot, Merganser and Canvasback Season Dates, Bag and Possession Limits

 
SPECIES
OPEN SEASON
DAILY BAG LIMIT
POSSESSION LIMIT AFTER FIRST DAY
Ducks

NORTH ZONE
October 17 - December 6
&
December 26 - January 3

SOUTH ZONE
October 17 - November 1
&
December 12 - January 24

6*

12

Coots
15
30
Mergansers
5*
10

*Daily Bag Limits
Ducks: Daily bag limit of 6 ducks not to include more than 4 mallards (only 1 of which may be a hen), 3 wood ducks, 1 black duck, 2 redheads, 2 scaup (bluebill), 1 canvasback, 1 mottled duck, or 1 pintail.
Mergansers: Daily bag limit of 5, not to include more than 2 hooded mergansers.
Coots: Daily bag limit of 15.

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