COLUMBUS — Ohio’s hunters are invited to kick off the year with squirrel, mourning dove and more, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife.
Hunters are reminded to check regulations for changes to season dates and bag limits as the 2020 fall seasons begin. A summary of Ohio’s hunting and trapping regulations is available where licenses are sold and at wildohio.gov.
The Division of Wildlife now has a free mobile app, HuntFish OH, available to download. The app allows customers to purchase fishing and hunting licenses, check game and view maps.
The app is available for Android and iOS users and can be found in the app store. Users can access the online system to check harvested white-tailed deer and wild turkey while out in the field.
Squirrel. Squirrel (fox, gray, and red squirrels), dove, rail, snipe and gallinule seasons opened the 2020 fall hunting season Sept. 1.
Doves. Doves may be hunted sunrise to sunset, except for areas posted otherwise, until Nov. 8. The season is open again from Dec. 12 to Jan. 1. The daily bag limit is 15 doves, with a possession limit of 45 after the second day.
Canada goose. The early Canada goose and teal seasons begin Sept. 5. Canada geese may be hunted from Sept. 5 to Sept. 13 with a daily bag limit of five birds.
Teal may be hunted from Sept. 5 to Sept. 20 with a daily bag limit of six birds. Hours for early Canada goose and teal seasons are sunrise to sunset, unless posted.
Possession limits after the second day for both teal and Canada geese are three times the daily bag limit.
Youth
New this year, active duty military and veterans may hunt waterfowl during the two-day youth waterfowl weekend, Oct. 3-4.
Archery. Ohio’s archery season for deer begins Sept. 26, and runs through Feb. 7, 2021. Deer hunting hours are 30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset.
The statewide bag limit is six deer, and one deer may be antlered regardless of location or method of take. Deer bag limits are determined by county.
