The permit for deer of both sexes is good for deer with or without antlers and applies nationally. This permit can be used during any deer hunting season and controlled hunting. This permit can be purchased individually throughout the deer season. In the 2022-2023 season, no more than one deer can be equipped with antlers. In December 2020, Ohio confirmed its first CWD-positive wild deer in Wyandot County, a mature male who was taken to a local taxidermist as part of routine CWD surveillance. In January 2021, a positive yearling was collected during a controlled hunt in the Killdeer Plains Refuge. Eight hunter-harvested deer tested positive during the 2021-2022 season in Wyandot and North Marion counties, and another positive deer was removed by targeted shooting in March 2022. To monitor prevalence and implement regulations to slow the spread of the disease, a Disease Surveillance Zone (DSA) was established in June 2021 and expanded to all Wyandot, Hardin, and Marion counties in 2022. (9) It is unlawful to leave a killed deer unattended or with another person without first affixing a completed deer licence, deer management licence or landowner deer tag with the name, date, time and district of killing of the deer hunter or a game control confirmation number. (b) It is illegal to hunt or take deer under a game management licence other than an approved controlled hunt by wildlife from the following counties: none are listed. Starting in 2020: “Herd in Danger”: Ohio white-tailed deer tested positive for wildlife disease (k) A valid mark, seal, certificate of legal ownership, declaration, receipt or confirmation number for game referred to in this rule is deemed to be affixed if it is physically affixed to the deer or parts of deer in the following manner: (23) The possession of a deer is illegal: or parts thereof made in violation of a division rule or the Revised Ohio Code. (B) Where antlers are removed from the deer but not processed into taxidermy, the permanent tag or game inspection confirmation number may be removed from the antlers, provided that the permanent deer tag number or game inspection confirmation number is legibly written in permanent ink or engraved on the antlers in a place that allows visual inspection. However, the valid label, seal, certificate of legal ownership, declaration or receipt must be retained by the owner and available for inspection.
(13) It is unlawful to skin or remove the head of a deer until the deer has undergone a game check and has received a valid game control confirmation number. While the deer hunting season is very popular, Ohio has many other hunting seasons. Here is a list: No more than one antlerless deer can be taken from all public hunting areas per licence year. For a list of public hunting grounds, see wildohio.gov. Hunts controlled by the Authorized Wildlife Division, Killdeer Plains Wildlife Sanctuary in Wyandot County and La Su An Lake Wildlife Area in Williams County are excluded. It is prohibited to place or use bait (salt, minerals or other food) to attract or feed deer within the ODA limits, as is hunting deer with bait. (page 14) It is illegal for anyone hunting deer to use a confined or all-metal shell for any of the listed shotguns. The other counties in Ohio are three counties in Deer. 1.
It shall be illegal to catch more than six deer per licence year, irrespective of the method of collection or location, except in the cases referred to in points B(8), (B), (9) and B(10) of this Regulation. For more information about device requirements, see ohiodnr.gov. g) It is illegal to possess shotguns containing a shotgun during hunting during youth season for deer rifles, deer rifle season and deer muzzle-loading gun season, except: Two-Deer counties: Preble, Darke, Mercer, Van Wert, Putnum, Allen, Auglaize, Shelby, Miami, Champaign, Clark, Greene, Warren, Madison, Morrow, Muskingum, Perry, Hocking, Vinton, Jackson, Gallia, Lawrence, Washington, Monroe, Belmont, Harrison, Jefferson and Geauga (12) It is illegal to: revoke a deer licence, deer management licence or deer tag from the landowner until the deer has undergone a game inspection and a valid game control confirmation number has been affixed. (21) With the exception of naturally lost antlers and a hunter who hunts deer before reaching a personal or temporary staging point, it is illegal to possess a dead deer or any part of a deer unless the deer or parts of a deer are accompanied by an authorization, tag, seal or certificate of legal ownership, a valid declaration or receipt. For the purposes of this section, a valid permit, tag, seal, certificate of lawful ownership, declaration or receipt for the deer or part of it is one or more of the following: The ODNR strikes a balance between the wise use and protection of our natural resources for the benefit of all.