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Ohio's Youth
Deer-Gun Season is Nov. 22-23
COLUMBUS, OH - Ohio’s 12th annual youth white-tailed deer hunting
season gives young hunters the opportunity to pursue the state’s most
popular big-game animal on Nov. 22-23, according to the Ohio Department
of Natural Resources (ODNR).
The youth deer-gun season is open to hunters with a valid youth hunting
license and a deer permit. Youth hunters must be 17-years-old or
younger at the time they purchase their youth hunting license.
Deer can be hunted with a shotgun using slugs, a muzzleloader .38
caliber or larger, a handgun .357 caliber or larger, specific
straight-walled cartridge rifles and bows during these two days. Go to
wildohio.gov for a complete list of legal straight-walled cartridge
rifles.
All participants must wear hunter orange, possess a valid Ohio youth
hunting license as well as a deer permit, and they must be accompanied
in the field by a non-hunting adult. One adult may accompany no more
than two youth hunters. Deer can be hunted from 30 minutes before
sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset for all seasons. Youth hunters
checked 6,645 deer during the 2013 season.
Youth hunters can commemorate their achievement with a First Harvest
certificate, available at wildohio.gov. Parents can upload a photo and
type in the hunter’s information to personalize the certificate.
Hunters can also share photos by clicking on the Photo Gallery tab
online.
Deer bag limits are determined by county (see attached bag limit map).
The statewide bag limit is nine deer, but a hunter cannot exceed a
county bag limit. Hunters may harvest only one buck in Ohio, regardless
of method of take or location.
Antlerless permit use was changed for the deer hunting seasons, and
these permits are no longer valid in some counties (see attached bag
limit map). Antlerless permits are valid in the remaining counties
until Nov. 30, the Sunday before the deer-gun season. Only one
antlerless permit may be used per county, regardless of the bag limit.
Hunters are required to make their own game tag to attach to a deer.
Game tags can be made of any material (cardboard, plastic, paper, etc.)
as long as it contains the hunter’s name, date, time and county of the
kill. Go to the Deer Hunting Resources page at wildohio.gov for more
information about the game check process.
All other regularly scheduled hunting seasons will continue during the
two-day youth deer season. All hunters (except waterfowl hunters) are
required to wear hunter orange during this time. More information can
be found in the 2014-2015 Ohio Hunting and Trapping Regulations and at
wildohio.gov.
ODNR ensures a balance between wise use and protection of our natural
resources for the benefit of all. Visit the ODNR website at ohiodnr.gov.
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