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Season Dates & Bag Limits
2007-2008 Hunting Season Dates and Bag Limits
2007-2008 Youth Hunting Season Dates
2007-2008 Deer Season Dates
2007-2008 Wild Turkey Hunting Season Dates
2007-2008 Trapping Season Dates
2007-2008 Geese and Brant Season Dates, Bag and Possession Limits
2007 Migratory Game Bird Hunting Seasons
2007-2008 Duck, Coot, Merganser and Canvasback Season Dates, Bag and Possession Limits
2007-2008 Hunting Season Dates and Bag Limits
SPECIES |
OPENING DATE |
CLOSING DATE |
DAILY BAG |
Squirrel
(gray, red, fox, black) |
September 1 |
January 31 |
6 |
Mourning Dove |
September 1 - Refer to Publication 298 or Small Game Section |
Whitetail Deer |
Refer to Deer Season Dates |
Ruffed Grouse |
October 13 |
February 29 |
3 |
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 |
Wild Turkey:
Fall |
October 13 |
October 28 |
Refer to Turkey Hunting Section for details on seasonal bag limits |
Wild Turkey: Fall
(Archery Only) |
October 29 |
November 25 |
April 21 |
May 18 |
Wild Turkey: Spring |
Cottontail Rabbit |
November 2 |
February 29 |
4 |
Ringneck Pheasant |
November 2 |
January 6 |
2 (cock pheasants only) |
Bobwhite Quail |
November 2 |
November 25 |
4 |
Fox, Raccoon, Skunk, Opossum, Weasel |
November 10 |
January 31 |
No Limit |
Crow
Fri. Sat. Sun. Only |
June 8, 2007 |
March 16, 2008 |
No Limit |
June 6, 2008 |
March 15, 2009 |
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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2007-2008 Youth Hunting Season Dates
YOUTH HUNT |
DATE |
Youth Hunters Small Game Season |
October 20-21 and October 27-28, 2007 |
Youth Deer Gun Season |
November 17-18, 2007 |
Youth Spring Wild Turkey Season |
April 19-20, 2008 |
Youth Spring Wild Turkey Hunts |
Controlled hunts on selected areas during spring season April 21 - May 18, 2007 |
Youth Waterfowl Hunting Days |
Saturday and Sunday in early October
See Publication 295 |
Youth Waterfowl Opening Day Hunts |
Selected areas only on October 20, 2007 |
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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2007-2008 Deer Seasons
Season |
Opening Date |
Closing Date |
Archery Season: Open Statewide
Antlered or antlerless deer |
September 29 |
February 3 |
Early Muzzleloader Season: Special Permit Required
Wildcat Hollow, Salt Fork Wildlife Area, Shawnee State Forest (For details, see Controlled Hunt Section) |
October 22 |
October 27 |
Youth Gun Season: Open Statewide
Antlered or antlerless deer |
November 17 |
November 18 |
Gun Season: Open Statewide
Antlered or antlerless deer |
November 26 |
December 2 |
December 15 |
December 16 |
Muzzleloader Season: Open Statewide
Antlered or antlerless deer
|
December 27 |
December 30 |
No more than seven (7) deer may be taken during the 2007-2008 season
No more than one (1) antlered deer may be taken per license year
No more than two (2) deer may be taken per day
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2007-2008 Wild Turkey Hunting Season Dates
Season |
Opening Date |
Closing Date |
Fall Wild Turkey:
Open in specific counties (See map)
|
October 13, 2007 |
October 28, 2007 |
Fall Wild Turkey: Archery Only
Open in specific counties (See map) |
October 29, 2007 |
November 25, 2007 |
| Spring Wild Turkey: Youth Only |
April 19, 2008 |
April 20, 2008 |
Spring Wild Turkey:
Open statewide except Lake La Su An Wildlife Area |
April 21, 2008 |
May 18, 2008 |
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2007-2008 Trapping Season Dates
Season |
Opening Date |
Closing Date |
| Fox, Raccoon, Opossum, Skunk, Weasel |
November 10, 2007 |
January 31, 2008 |
| Mink, Muskrat |
November 10, 2007 |
February 29, 2008 |
Mink, Muskrat, Raccoon, Opossum, Skunk, Weasel
(Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky, and Lucas County east of the Maumee River) |
November 10, 2007 |
March 15, 2008 |
| Beaver: Statewide |
December 26, 2007 |
February 29, 2008 |
| River Otter (See map) |
December 26, 2007 |
February 29, 2008 |
A Fur Taker Permit is required (except for coyote) to hunt or trap furbearing animals in Ohio
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2007-2008 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
Oct. 20 - Nov. 4
Dec. 8 - Dec. 31
NORTH ZONE
Oct. 20 - Dec. 2
Dec. 22 - Jan. 6
SOUTH ZONE
Oct. 20 - Nov. 4
Dec. 15 - Jan. 27
|
2 |
4 |
Light Geese
(Snows, Blues, Ross') |
10 |
20 |
White-fronted Geese |
2 |
4 |
Brant |
2 |
4 |
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2007 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 through November 9 |
25
15 |
25
30 |
COMMON (Wilson's) SNIPE |
September 1 through November 25
&
December 8 through December 28 |
8 |
16 |
MOURNING DOVE |
September 1 through October 14
&
November 10 through November 25 |
15 |
30 |
WOODCOCK |
October 12 through November 25 |
3 |
6 |
TEAL (blue-winged, green-winged, cinnamon teal only) |
September 1 through September 16 |
4 |
8 |
Early statewide* CANADA GOOSE |
September 1 through September 15 |
3 |
6 |
2* |
4* |
*In the Crane Creek/Ottawa and Mosquito Creek Mandatory Reporting Zones and in the Killdeer Plains Canada Goose Zones.
The Mercer Canada Goose Reporting Zone will not be open during the special Early Goose Season |
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2007-2008 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
Oct. 20 - Dec. 9
Dec. 22 - Dec. 30
SOUTH ZONE
Oct. 20 - Nov. 4
Dec. 15 - Jan. 27
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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), 2 wood ducks, 1 black duck, 2 redheads, 3 mottled ducks, 1 pintail, 2 scaup, or 2 canvasbacks.
Mergansers: Daily bag limit of 5, not to include more than 1 hooded merganser.
Coots: Daily bag limit of 15
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