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Just a few words on the Ohio gun season.
Doe tags are NOT valid anywhere in Ohio during gun season-if you have a doe tag,go hunt tomorrow and Sunday with your bow or crossbow,take a nice fat doe,so you have the meat for your freezer,and so the tag isn’t wasted-unless you just want to give ODNR an extra 15 bucks-in that case,don’t use your bow to take a doe,just waste the tag you paid for.
Hunting hours are 1/2 hour before sunrise,to 1/2 hour after sunset.
Ohio sunrise/sunset tables…
Sunrise/Sunset Tables
Eastern Ohio
Western Ohio
You can take only 1 buck anywhere in the state,you can take up to 9 deer total,by taking no more than the limit for each county,or you can take 1 deer each from 9 counties,etc. The limit is still only 1 buck,no matter what county you take it in.
Hunting any wild animal (except waterfowl)from 1/2 hour before sunrise to 1/2 hour after sunset during the youth deer gun season, deer gun season, the antlerless deer muzzleloader season, and the muzzleloader deer season is unlawful unless the hunter is visibly wearing a vest, coat, jacket, or coveralls that are either solid hunter orange or camouflage hunter orange. This requirement applies statewide on both public and private land.
Pay attention to property lines-do not trespass on private property.
Written permission is REQUIRED to hunt on private property that you do not own.
You must have the written permission with you when hunting private property that you do not own.
Make sure you have your license and tags with you.
Make sure you have the correct type of blaze orange vest,which must be worn during deer gun season-unless you are hunting waterfowl.
Be sure that you know the hunting rules/regs.
If you are charged with a hunting violation that results in loss of hunting privileges,your hunting privileges are also lost in every state except Mass. and Nebraska-so, unless you want to only hunt in Nebraska and Mass.-don’t violate the hunting regs !!!
Rifles that use straight walled cartridges are legal this year-about time.
You can also hunt with a handgun next week…
- Handgun: with 5-inch minimum length barrel, using straight-walled cartridges .357 caliber or larger.
- Straight-walled cartridge rifles in the following calibers: .357 Magnum, .357 Maximum, .38 Special, .375 Super Magnum, .375 Winchester, .38-55, .41 Long Colt, .41 Magnum, .44 Special, .44 Magnum, .444 Marlin, .45 ACP, .45 Colt, .45 Long Colt, .45 Winchester Magnum, .45 Smith & Wesson, .454 Cassull, .460 Smith & Wesson, .45-70, .45-90, .45-110, .475 Linebaugh, .50-70, .50-90, .50-100, .50-110, and .500 Smith & Wesson.
It is legal to take more than one deer a day,as long the first deer has been tagged.
Good luck to everyone hunting-be safe-practice safe gun handling like you learned in hunter’s safety class-be sure of your target and what’s behind it-there’s a half million hunters in the woods for Ohio’s gun season.
Read.
Learn.
Train.
Do More PT !
Starvin Larry 