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Hunting / Youth Hunting
Note For All Youth Hunts
Youth Hunters' Small Game Season
Youth Deer Gun Season
Youth Deer Hunts
Special Hunt Opportunities at State Nature Preserves
Spring Youth Wild Turkey Hunts
Youth Wild Turkey Hunts
Youth Waterfowl Hunting Days
Youth Waterfowl Opening Day Hunts
Youth Controlled Waterfowl Hunts
Note For All Youth Hunts
All youth hunting opportunities (except the youth
waterfowl hunting season) are available to any
hunter that possess a valid Youth Hunting License.
All young hunters participating in youth hunts,
regardless of age, must be accompanied by a
non-hunting adult. A non-hunting adult is any
person (a hunting license is not required) age 18
or older who accompanies the young hunter to
and from the fi eld and is present with the young
hunter while the young hunter is engaged in
hunting. The non-hunting adult may not possess
any hunting implements.
*Accompany: to go along with another person while staying within a distance from the person that enables uninterrupted, unaided visual and auditory communications. Read more about the law regarding accompanying a youth or apprentice hunter.
Youth hunters can hunt in any legal hunting seasoon. Find out what licenses youth hunters need.
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Youth Hunters' Small Game Season
Any hunter that possesses a valid Youth Hunting
License may hunt Oct. 22 & 23 and Oct. 29 &
30 statewide (public and private lands) for rabbit,
pheasant, and all other legal game which is in
season. Rabbits may not be hunted in the Restricted
Rabbit Hunting Area designated on Page
19. Quail may be taken only in those counties
which are open to quail hunting. Pheasant releases
will occur for these hunts on the following
wildlife areas: Delaware, Resthaven, Oxbow
Lake, Berlin, Killdeer Plains, Camp Belden, Grand
River, Spencer, Wellington, Dillon, Caesar Creek,
Rush Run, Fallsville, Darke, and Charlemont
Metropark (Lorain County). Daily bag limits are
the same as during the regular hunting season.
Young hunters, regardless of age, must be accompanied
at all times by a non-hunting adult,
18 years or older, when hunting during this season.
No more than two youths per adult.
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Youth Deer Gun Season
A youth deer gun season will be open statewide,
November 19 & 20, 2011. Young hunters
that possess a valid Youth Hunting License,
Youth Deer Permit ($12), and who are
accompanied by a non-hunting adult may take
deer of either sex during this season;
Deer taken by young hunters during the
Youth Deer Gun Season count towards the
zone and unit bag limits. Regular Zone bag
limits apply.
All deer hunting implements that are legal
during the regular deer season are
permitted.
All youths and non-hunting adults must
wear hunter orange.
Youths must possess a valid Ohio youth
hunting license and deer permit.
Youths 17 years old and younger hunting
on land their grandparents own are not required
to have a hunting license, but must
have a deer permit.
Youths 17 years old and younger hunting
on land their parents own are not required
to have a hunting license or deer permit.
Youth hunters, regardless of age, must be
accompanied at all times by a non-hunting
adult, 18 years or older, when hunting during
this season. No more than two youths
per adult.
No more than two youth hunters can be
accompanied by one non-hunting adult
and it is unlawful for the adult to hunt or
possess a device commonly used to take
wild animals.
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Youth Controlled Deer Hunts
The Division of Wildlife conducts several controlled
deer hunts for young hunters. The application
period is June 1 through July 31. Hunters
may apply online at wildohio.com using a credit
card. Application forms may be mailed and can
be obtained by calling 1-800-WILDLIFE (1-800-
945-3543).
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Special Hunt Opportunities at State Nature Preserves
The Division of Natural Areas and Preserves
conducts a lottery in August for special deer
archery hunts at state nature preserves in the
following counties: Adams, Ashtabula, Clinton,
Columbiana, Fairfi eld, Fulton, Hardin, Highland,
Hocking, Jackson, Licking, Portage, Richland,
Seneca, and Warren. A limited number of gun
hunts will also be offered. Call (614) 265-6453
or visit ohiodnr.com/dnap for information. All
applications must be postmarked by August 14,
2010.
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Spring Youth Wild Turkey Season
A statewide youth wild turkey season will be offered
on Saturday and Sunday, April 21 and 22,
2012. Open statewide EXCEPT for Lake La Su
An Wildlife Area which will conduct a controlled
youth hunt. Youth hunters may only take one
bearded turkey during the youth season. Youth
turkey hunters may only kill a total of two turkeys
during the youth-only and spring turkey
season combined. All youth hunters must be
accompanied by a non-hunting adult and must
have their valid Youth Hunting License and valid
Youth Spring Wild Turkey Permit to participate.
Hours are 1/2 hour before sunrise to sunset.
Only shotguns using shot, crossbows, and longbows
permitted.
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Special Youth Spring Wild Turkey Hunts
Special youth wild turkey hunts will be held at
Lake La Su An, Killbuck Marsh, and Mosquito
Creek wildlife areas and Hueston Woods and
Paint Creek State Park during the regular spring
wild turkey season. Lake La Su An Wildlife Area
will also hold controlled hunts during the statewide
youth only season. These hunts are open
to young hunters that possess a valid Youth
Hunting License, a Youth Turkey Permit, and who
are accompanied by a non-hunting adult. Any
person interested in participating in these hunts
should contact the Division of Wildlife district office in Findlay for the Lake La Su An hunts; in
Xenia for the Hueston Woods and Paint Creek
hunts; in Akron for the Killbuck and Mosquito
Creek hunts during March 2011.
Youth hunters who bag a turkey during this season
must follow the tagging requirements for
the spring turkey hunting season and check the
bird in by 8:00 p.m. of the following day.
A total of two turkeys may be taken during the
youth-only and spring turkey season combined.
Only one turkey per day may be taken.
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Youth Waterfowl Hunting Days
Hunters 15 years of age or younger may waterfowl
hunt statewide (public and private lands)
on a Saturday and Sunday in early October (See
Publication 295, Waterfowl Hunting Seasons
available mid-September). Young hunters must
be accompanied by a non-hunting adult, 18
years or older (no more than two youths per
adult). Ducks, geese, and coots can be taken
under the bag limits established for the regular
season. Special youth hunts will be held on Killdeer
Plains and Pickerel Creek wildlife areas at
5:15 a.m. on these days. Contact Wildlife District
Two (419) 424-5000 for details.
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Youth Waterfowl Opening Day Hunts
Young hunters that possess a valid Youth Hunting
License and who are accompanied by a
non-hunting adult are given priority on opening
day afternoon hunts at Pickerel Creek, Killdeer
Plains, and Mosquito Creek wildlife areas. Youth
hunts will also be held on the fi rst Saturday of
the regular waterfowl hunting season at the following
areas: Magee Marsh, Mercer, Mosquito
Creek, and Ottawa NWR. Applications for these
hunts are available from Division of Wildlife offices in June each year, or online at wildohio.com. All applications must be postmarked by
July 31 to be entered into the random drawing.
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Youth Controlled Waterfowl Hunts
The Ohio Division of Wildlife conducts several controlled waterfowl hunts for young hunters.
The dates and locations of the hunts vary from
year to year. The application period is June 1
through July 31. Hunters may apply online at
wildohio.com using a credit card. Hard-copies
of the application can be obtained by calling
1-800-WILDLIFE (1-800-945-3543).
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