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Special Controlled Hunting & Trapping Drawings Announced
Drawing for youth deer season will kick off hunting at the newly purchased wildlife area
FAYETTEVILLE, OH – Special controlled hunting and trapping
opportunities are available to Ohio residents at the recently purchased
Eagle Creek Wildlife Area, according to the Ohio Department of Natural
Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.
The first drawings will be held on Saturday, Nov. 16 at noon. Hunts are
available for the youth deer gun season on Nov. 23-24 and two-week
hunting and trapping sessions, from Nov. 25, 2019 to Jan.19, 2020. The
drawing will take place at the Indian Creek Wildlife Area headquarters,
4258 Snow hill Rd., Fayetteville, OH 45118. Please arrive by 11:45;
drawing will start promptly at noon.
Permits for youth deer gun season will be drawn first. Five permits are
available and will allow one non-hunting adult to accompany up to two
youth hunters (17 or younger).
After the youth drawing, permits will be issued for two-week sessions
and allow the permittee and a designated partner access for hunting and
trapping any legal game (except beaver and otter) in season during that
session. Five permits will be issued for each two-week session. The
first permit drawn will be for a mentor and mentee. All other permits
will be issued in the order drawn. All applicants are required to have
an Ohio resident hunting license to enter the drawing.
Applicants wishing to enter the drawing as a mentor and mentee are required to meet the following:
“Learn to” (recruitment) hunts:
Mentor: A person who is at least 21 years of age and applies for a
“learn to” hunt for an opportunity to teach a learner to hunt. Mentors
are required to be fully licensed for the species they are applying to
hunt, and must have purchased an Ohio hunting license, Ohio deer
permit, Ohio turkey permit, or Ohio Wetlands Habitat Stamp,
respectively, for more than three consecutive years.
Learner (Mentee): A person learning to hunt alongside a mentor.
To qualify for a deer, turkey, or waterfowl hunt, learners must not
have held an Ohio deer permit, Ohio turkey permit, or Ohio Wetlands
Habitat Stamp, respectively, for more than three consecutive years, or
registered a deer or turkey harvest as a landowner within the last
three years.
To qualify for all other species, learners must not have held an Ohio
hunting license or an Ohio apprentice hunting license for more than
three consecutive years.
A drawing for the second hunting session from Jan. 20 to Feb. 29, 2020
will take place promptly at noon on Saturday, Jan. 18. This drawing
will also be held at Indian Creek Wildlife Area headquarters.
The mission of the ODNR Division of Wildlife is to conserve and improve
fish and wildlife resources and their habitats for sustainable use and
appreciation by all. Visit wildohio.gov to find out more.
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