1501:31-15-11 Deer regulations.

 

 

 

1501:31-15-11             Deer regulations.

 

 

 

(A)  Season dates

 

(1)   It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt or take deer at any time except in accordance with this rule or any other provisions of this rule:

 

(a)      Deer archery season is open statewide from the last Saturday of September through the first Sunday of February.

 

(b)   Early muzzleloading deer season is open from October 17, 2011 18, 2010 through October 22, 2011 23, 2010 on the following areas: Salt Fork, Wildcat Hollow and Shawnee as described in rule 1501: 31-15-13 of the Administrative Code.

 

It  shall  be  unlawful  to  take  more  than  one  deer  during  the  early muzzleloader season in designated areas.

 

(c)   Youth deer gun season is open November 19 20 and 20, 2011 21, 2010 for persons holding a valid youth hunting license and deer permit. . All deer gun season rules apply to these dates with the following exceptions:

 

(i)    It shall be unlawful for any person holding a valid youth hunting license and deer permit, regardless of age, who participates in the youth deer gun season to hunt if they are not accompanied by a non-hunting adult eighteen years of age or older.

 

(ii)   It shall be unlawful for more than two persons holding a valid youth hunting license and deer permit to be accompanied by one non-hunting adult eighteen years of age or older.

 

(iii)    It shall be unlawful for any non-hunting adult eighteen years of age or older who is accompanying any person holding a valid youth hunting license and deer permit to hunt or possess any hunting implements.

 

(iv)   It shall be unlawful for the responsible, non-hunting adult, eighteen years of age or older, to allow a person holding a valid youth hunting license and deer permit to hunt unaccompanied during the youth gun season.

 

(d)    Deer  gun  season  is  open  from  the  first  Monday  after  Thanksgiving

 

 

 

through the following Sunday and the third Saturday and Sunday in December

(e)    Statewide muzzleloading deer season is open from the second Saturday after New Years Day through the following Tuesday..

(f)   The chief of the division of wildlife may provide a permit which allows the taking of deer from division owned or administered lands to young or handicapped hunters prior to or after the opening of deer gun season. Provided further, all provisions of this rule or any other division of wildlife rule shall apply to all persons issued said permit.

(B)  Zones and bag limits

(1)    It shall be unlawful to take more than one antlered deer per license year. For purposes of this rule an antlered deer shall be any deer with antlers three inches in height or greater. An antlerless deer shall be any deer with no antlers or antlers less than three inches in height.

(2)    The following counties make up deer zone A: Auglaize, Darke, Erie, Fayette, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Ottawa, Preble, Sandusky, Shelby, and Wood.

(a)   It shall be unlawful to hunt or take more than two deer from deer zone A.

(b)   It shall be unlawful to hunt or take more than one deer per license year in deer zone A under the authority of a deer permit outside of an urban unit or division of wildlife controlled hunt..

(c)   It shall be unlawful to hunt or take more than one antlerless deer per year in deer zone A under the authority of an antlerless deer permit outside of an urban unit or division of wildlife controlled hunt.

(3)     The following counties make up deer zone B: Allen, Ashland. Ashtabula, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clinton, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Defiance, Fayette, Fulton, Geauga, Greene, Hancock, Hardin, Henry, Huron, Lake, Logan, Lorain, Lucas, Madison, Mahoning, Marion, Medina, Paulding, Portage, Putnam, Seneca, Stark, Summit, Trumbull, Union, VanWert, Wayne, Warren, Williams and Wyandot.

(a)   It shall be unlawful to hunt or take more than four deer from deer zone B.

(b)   It shall be unlawful to hunt or take more than two deer per license year in deer zone B under the authority of deer permits outside of an urban unit or division of wildlife controlled hunt..

(c)   It shall be unlawful to hunt or take more than two antlerless deer per year in deer zone B under the authority of an antlerless deer permit outside of an urban unit or division of wildlife controlled hunt.

(4)   The following counties make up deer zone C: Adams, Athens, Belmont, Brown, Carroll, Clermont, Columbiana, Coshocton, Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Gallia, Guernsey, Hamilton, Harrison, Highland, Hocking, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Knox, Lawrence, Licking, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Morrow Muskingum, Noble, Perry, Pickaway, Pike, Richland, Ross, Scioto, Tuscarawas, Vinton and Washington.

(a)   It shall be unlawful to hunt or take more than six deer from deer zone C.

(b)   It shall be unlawful to hunt or take more than three deer per license year from deer zone C under the authority of deer permits outside of an urban unit or division of wildlife controlled hunt.

(c)   It shall be unlawful to hunt or take more than three antlerless deer per year in deer zone C under the authority of an antlerless deer permit outside of an urban unit or division of wildlife controlled hunt.

(5)   It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt or take a deer with an antlerless deer permit at any time in deer zones A and B, outside of an urban unit or division of wildlife controlled hunt, except from the last Saturday in September through the last Sunday in November.

(6)   It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt or take a deer with an antlerless deer permit at any time in deer zone C, outside of an urban unit or division of wildlife controlled hunt, except from the last Saturday of September through December 4, 20115, 2010.

(7)   It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt or take more than six deer per license year from any urban unit or division of wildlife controlled hunt combined.

(C)  Hunting implements

(1)   Archery

(a)     It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt deer with any archery equipment except;

(i)   A longbow and arrow

(ii)       Crossbow and arrow having a working safety and a stock twenty-five inches or longer. Cocking levers and other cocking devices may be used on crossbows.

(b)    It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt or take deer while being in possession of, or take a deer with, explosive or poisoned arrows.

(c)    It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt or take deer with a longbow having a draw weight less than forty pounds, or with a crossbow having a draw weight less than seventy-five pounds.

(d)  It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt or take a deer with a broadhead having less than two cutting edges measuring less than three quarters inch wide.

(e)     It shall be unlawful for any person hunting deer with a longbow or crossbow to possess any firearm.

(f)   It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt or take a deer during the deer archery season with any hunting implement other than the archery equipment described in paragraph (C)(1) of this rule.

(2)   Firearms;

(a)   It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt or take deer with any firearm except:

(i)   A shotgun no larger than 10-gauge or smaller than .410 caliber firing a single projectile per barrel.

It shall be unlawful for any person hunting deer to use any shell casing which is necked down or made totally of metal for any of the shotguns listed

(ii)     A muzzleloading rifle or muzzleloading shotgun, .38 caliber or larger using a single projectile per barrel.

(iii)   A handgun with the following criteria:

(a)   Chambered for .357 caliber magnum or larger.

(b)   Using a straight walled cartridge.

(c)   Single barrel not less than five inches in length, as measured from the front of the cylinder or chamber to the end of the barrel.

(b)    It shall be unlawful for any person hunting deer during any deer gun season, to possess any shotgun originally capable of holding more than three shells, unless the magazine has been cut off, altered, or plugged with a one piece filler incapable of removal without disassembling the gun, so as to reduce the capacity of said gun to not more than three shells in the magazine and chamber combined.

(c)   It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt or take deer during the deer gun season with any hunting implement other than described in paragraph

(C)  of this rule.

(d)    It shall be unlawful for any person to possess or carry a rifle, pistol, revolver or any other type of firearm while hunting deer or when assisting or accompanying a person that is hunting deer, during the archery season, outside of the early muzzleloading season in designated areas, youth deer gun season, deer gun season and statewide muzzleloading season

(e)     It shall be unlawful for any person to possess rifle cartridges while hunting during the early muzzleloading season in designated areas, deer gun season or the statewide muzzleloading season.

(f)    It shall be unlawful to possess shotgun shells, containing shot, while hunting during the early muzzleloading season in designated areas, youth deer gun season, deer gun season from the first Monday after Thanksgiving through the following Sunday and statewide muzzleloading season except:

(i)    Persons hunting waterfowl may possess shotgun shells containing non-toxic shot.

(ii)      Persons hunting other legal game may possess shotgun shells containing shot not larger than number four.

(iii)    It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt or take a coyotes and wild boar during the youth deer gun season or the deer gun season without using a hunting implement described in paragraph (C) of this rule.

(g)   It shall be unlawful for any person hunting during the early muzzleoading season in designated areas and during the statewide muzzleloading season to possess shotgun slugs..

(h)    It shall be unlawful for any person to be in possession of shotgun slugs while hunting during the youth deer gun season, except youth hunters hunting deer.

(i)   It shall be unlawful for any person hunting game other than deer, coyotes or wild boar on the third Saturday and Sunday of December to possess shotgun slugs.

(j)    It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt or take deer during the early muzzleloading season in designated areas or the statewide muzzleloading season with any hunting implement other than the archery equipment described in paragraph (C)(1) of this rule or a muzzleloader as described in paragraph (C)(2)(a)(ii) of this rule.

(3)   It shall be unlawful for any person to possess more than one firearm, longbow or crossbow while hunting deer.

(D)  Hunting methods and hours

(1)    It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt or take deer during the archery season at any time except from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset, outside of the early muzzleloading season in designated areas, youth deer gun season, deer gun season and statewide muzzleloading season.

(2)   It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt or take wild animals from one-half hour before sunrise to sunset, except deer, waterfowl, wild boar, and coyotes from the first Monday after Thanksgiving through the following Sunday. .

(3)   It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt or take deer, wild boar or coyotes at

any time other than from one-half hour before sunrise to sunset during early muzzleloading season in designated areas, youth deer gun season, deer gun season and statewide muzzleloading season.

(4)   It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt or take coyotes and wild boar from one-half hour before sunrise to sunset during the early muzzleloading season in designated areas, youth deer gun season, deer gun season and the statewide muzzleloading season without possessing both a valid hunting license and valid deer permit or antlerless deer permit.

(5)   It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt or take coyotes and wild boar during the early muzzleloader season in designated areas, or the statewide muzzleloading season without using a muzzleloader as described  in paragraph (C)(2)(a)(ii) of this rule or any archery equipment described in paragraph (C)(1) of this rule.

(6)   It shall be unlawful for any person to possess a loaded hunting implement while going to or coming from hunting deer, wild boar or coyote at any time except between one-half hour before sunrise to sunset during the early muzzleloading season in designated areas, youth deer gun season, deer gun season or the statewide muzzleloading season.

(7)   It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt or take deer, coyotes, or other wild animal except waterfowl, from one half hour before sunrise to sunset, during the early muzzleloading season in designated areas, youth deer gun season, deer gun season or the statewide muzzleloading season, unless such person is visibly wearing a vest, jacket or coveralls colored solid hunter orange, or camouflage hunter orange.

(8)   It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt or take deer by the aid of dog, except wounded deer may be tracked using a dog that is leashed.

(9)   It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt or take coyotes by the aid of a dog during the deer gun season from one half hour before sunrise to sunset.

(10)    It shall be unlawful to use any device capable of transmitting or receiving a person's voice to aid in the hunting or taking of deer.

(11)   It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt or take a deer that is in the water.

(12)   It shall be unlawful for any person to construct, place, or use permanent-type tree stands, or place spikes, nails, wires, or other metal objects to hold tree

stands or as steps to tree stands on any property except with the landowners' permission.

(E)  Permits

(1)   It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt or take a deer without possessing a valid deer permit or antlerless deer permit during any of the open deer seasons.

(2)     It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt with or carry a deer permit or antlerless deer permit of another.

(3)   It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt or take deer or aid another person in the hunting of deer, while having in their possession a hunting implement, while being solely in possession of a deer permit or antlerless deer permit from which the temporary deer tag has been detached.

(4)    The fee for antlerless deer permits shall be fourteen dollars plus a one dollar writing fee.

(F)     Tagging and electronic game checking - This section applies only to persons participating in and deer checked in through the electronic game checking systempilot program for the 2010 - 2011 deer season as permitted by the chief of the Ohio division of wildlife:

(1)   It shall be unlawful to hunt or take a subsequent deer before a temporary deer tag has been attached to the previous deer taken that day.

(2)    It shall be unlawful to attach a temporary deer tag to a deer taken by another person.

(3)    It shall be unlawful to attach an antlerless temporary deer tag to an antlered deer.

(4)    It shall be unlawful to attach or otherwise use a deer permit or antlerless deer permit on or for any deer that was taken before the permit was purchased or otherwise obtained.

(5)    It shall be unlawful to manufacture, counterfeit, sell, trade, distribute, forge and/or falsify a deer permit, antlerless deer permit, or any temporary deer tag.

(6)    It shall be unlawful to possess, attach, affix or otherwise use a counterfeit or falsified deer permit, antlerless deer permit or any temporary deer tag on or for any deer.

(7)   It shall be unlawful to possess any deer, or part thereof, which has attached or affixed a counterfeit or otherwise falsified temporary deer tag.

(8)   It shall be unlawful for any person required to have a deer permit under section

1533.11 of the Revised Code, after having killed a deer, to fail to immediately attach a validated temporary deer tag to the dead deer at the place where the deer fell. A temporary deer tag is considered validated when the hunter has written on the tag, legibly in the English language, the date, time and county of kill and then the temporary tag has been separated from its corresponding deer permit or antlerless deer permit.

(9)    It shall be unlawful for any person exempt from having a deer permit under section 1533.11 of the Revised Code, to fail to immediately attach a valid temporary deer tag to the dead deer at the place where the deer fell. Persons covered by this section shall provide their own temporary deer tag. Such temporary deer tag is considered valid when the hunter has written on the tag, legibly in the English language their full name, the date, time and county of kill.

(10)    It shall be unlawful to attach an invalid or voided temporary deer tag to any deer. A temporary deer tag is void after it has been used to electronically game check a deer.

(11)    It shall be unlawful to use or attempt to use an invalid or voided temporary deer tag to obtain a permanent deer tag number through the electronic game check process.

(12)    It shall be unlawful to remove a temporary deer tag from any deer until the deer has been electronically game checked and the temporary tag replaced with a valid permanent deer tag.

(13)   It shall be unlawful to skin or remove the head of a deer until the deer has been electronically game checked and tagged with a valid permanent deer tag. It shall be lawful to eviscerate or field dress the deer prior to electronically game checking and permanent tagging.

(14)    It shall be unlawful to fail to electronic game check and permanently tag a deer, taken during any open deer season, by eleven-thirty p.m. on the date the

deer was killed.

(15)   It shall be unlawful to provide false information or data when electronic game checking any deer.

(16)   It shall be unlawful to electronic game check a deer that has been killed within a wild animal hunting preserve as described in section 1533.731 of the Revised Code.

(17)    It shall be unlawful for any person to fail to immediately and permanently attach their validated permanent deer tag to the deer after it has been electronically game checked . A permanent deer tag is validated when the owner has written in permanent ink, legibly in the English language, their assigned permanent deer tag number, the date of kill, time of kill and signed the permanent deer tag.

(a)   It shall be unlawful, after electronically game checking an antlered deer, to attach the antler/hide permanent deer tag to any location other than permanently to the deer's antlers were it shall remain unless exempted pursuant to paragraph (F)(22)(j) of this rule.

(b)   It shall be unlawful to attach an antler/hide permanent tag to any carcass.

(c)   It shall be unlawful to attach a carcass or hide permanent deer tag, from any antlerless deer permit, to any antlers or any parts of an antlered deer.

(18)   It shall be unlawful to attach an invalid permanent deer tag to any deer.

(19)    It shall be unlawful to attach a permanent deer tag to a deer or parts thereof taken by another person.

(20)    It shall be unlawful to manufacture, counterfeit, sell, trade, distribute, forge and/or falsify a permanent deer tag or permanent deer tag number.

(21)    It shall be unlawful to possess, attach, affix or otherwise use a counterfeit or falsified permanent deer tag or permanent deer tag number on or for any deer.

(22)   It shall be unlawful to possess any deer, or part thereof, which has attached or affixed a counterfeit or otherwise falsified permanent deer tag or permanent deer tag number.

(23)    It shall be unlawful to attach, affix or otherwise use a permanent deer tag or permanent deer tag number for a deer, or parts thereof, other than for the deer the tag or number was issued to at the time of electronic game checking.

(24)   It shall be unlawful for any person to leave the state of Ohio with a deer that was taken by hunting that has not been electronically game checked and the permanent deer tag permanently attached.

(25)   It shall be unlawful to attach an Ohio game check receipt to any deer or use the Ohio game check receipt in place of the permanent deer tag

(26)    It shall be unlawful to possess a dead deer, or any part thereof, unless such deer, or parts thereof, are accompanied by an attached valid tag, seal, certificate of legal ownership, statement or receipt. For the purposes of this section a valid tag, seal, certificate for legal ownership, statement or receipt for any deer, or part thereof is any one or more of the following:

(a)   A valid Ohio division of wildlife temporary deer tag, permanent deer tag or permanent deer tag number.

(b)   An Ohio division of wildlife deer damage control permit temporary tag or a receipt for deer carcass-deer damage control tag or the tag number.

(c)    An Ohio division of wildlife tag or seal issued under the authority of section 1533.74 of the Revised Code if the deer or parts thereof were sold for food.

(d)    A signed statement or receipt, legible in the English language, which states the previous owners name, address and phone number and the valid commercial propagation permit number if the deer or parts thereof were sold or given away under the authority of section 1533.71 of the Revised Code.

(e)    A certificate for legal ownership issued under the authority of section

1533.121 of the Revised Code.

(f)    A tag as described in division (C) of section 1533.731 of the Revised Code.

(g)   A signed statement or receipt, legible in the English language, which lists the owner or previous owners name, address and phone number, the

state and county of kill, the date of kill and the assigned permanent deer tag number, if applicable.

(h)   An official tag or seal, and an accompanying valid hunting license issued by another state or province if the deer was killed outside of Ohio.

(i)     A valid Ohio division of wildlife food pantry stamp or seal on each package of meat distributed receipt issued by a bona fide food pantry or charitable organization.

(j)    A certificate for legal ownership issued by a law enforcement an Ohio division of wildlife officer within their jurisdiction.

(k)   A valid tag, seal, certificate for legal ownership, statement or receipt for the purposes of this rule is considered attached if it is physically affixed to the deer, or parts thereof, in the following manner:

(i)   In the case of antlers:

(a)   The valid tag, seal, certificate for legal ownership, statement or receipt must remain attached to the antlers until the deer has been processed into a taxidermy product. At this time the valid tag, seal, certificate for legal ownership, statement or receipt may be removed from the antlers and  placed in another location on the taxidermy product which allows for visual inspection. However the valid tag, seal, certificate for legal ownership, statement or receipt must  remain affixed permanently to the taxidermy product.

(b)   If antlers are removed from the deer, but not processed into a taxidermy product, the permanent tag may be removed from the antlers provided the permanent deer tag number is legibly written in permanent ink or inscribed on the antlers in a location which allows for visual inspection. However, the valid tag, seal, certificate of legal ownership, statement or receipt shall be maintained by the owner and available for inspection.

(ii)    When through the butchering process, multiple packages of meat are produced, the assigned tag, seal, certificate for legal ownership or permit number, if applicable, shall be written legibly,  in  permanent  ink  by  the  owner  of  the  deer,  on  all

packages from the deer. However, the valid tag, seal, certificate for legal ownership, statement or receipt shall be maintained and available for inspection until the entire deer has been consumed.

(iii)    If through the taxidermy process multiple taxidermy products are produced the permanent deer tag must remain attached to the taxidermy product to which the antlers are connected. Any other products from the same deer must have the permanent deer tag number written legibly in permanent ink or inscribed on the item in a location which allows for visual inspection.

(27)   It shall be unlawful for any person to place or leave a deer, or any part thereof, in the custody of another person for the purpose of skinning, processing, taxidermy, transportation, shipping, storage, including temporary storage, or any other reason, unless such deer or parts thereof are accompanied by an attached valid tag, seal, certificate for legal ownership, statement or receipt.

(28)    It shall be unlawful to possess a deer, or parts thereof, that were taken in violation of any division rule or the Ohio Revised Code.

(G)  Sales

(1)   It shall be unlawful to buy, sell or offer for sale any deer, or part thereof, taken from the wild, except:

Legally acquired and possessed deer hides, feet, and antlers may be bought or sold at any time. At the time of the purchase or sale these deer parts must be accompanied by a signed statement or receipt, legible in the English language, which lists the previous owner's name, address and phone number, the state of kill(s) and the assigned tag, seal, certificate for legal ownership or permit number(s), if applicable, and the number of deer, from which the said deer parts originated, that were sold during the transaction. This information must remain with these parts until said deer parts are manufactured into a wildlife ornamental product.

(H)  Special areas

(1)    It shall be unlawful for any person to possess or transport a deer off the Plum Brook station, Ottawa national wildlife refuge, or Ravenna training and logistics site unless the deer has been permanently tagged. This provision does not apply to deer legally possessed because of being killed by a vehicle on any of these areas.

(2)    It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt on Plum Brook station at any time other than from eight a.m. to five p.m.

(3)    It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt on Plum Brook station, Ravenna training and logistics site or Ottawa national wildlife refuge without an area permit. Such area permit shall specify the specific area assigned to the hunter on the day they are authorized to hunt and the type of deer permitted to be taken. It shall be unlawful to take or attempt to take a deer other than the type specified on the area permit. If the area permit does not specify otherwise, either antlered or antlerless deer may be taken.

(I)  Traditional deer tagging and check

(1)   It shall be unlawful to hunt or take a subsequent deer before a temporary deer tag has been attached to the previous deer taken that day.

(2)    It shall be unlawful to attach a temporary deer tag to a deer taken by another person.

(3)    It shall be unlawful to attach an antlerless temporary deer tag to an antlered deer.

(4)    It shall be unlawful to attach or otherwise use a deer permit or antlerless deer permit on or for any deer that was taken before the permit was purchased or otherwise obtained.

(5)    It shall be unlawful to manufacture, counterfeit, sell, trade, distribute, forge and/or falsify a deer permit, antlerless deer permit, or any temporary deer tag.

(6)    It shall be unlawful to possess, attach, affix or otherwise use a counterfeit or falsified deer permit, antlerless deer permit or any temporary deer tag on or for any deer.

(7)   It shall be unlawful to possess any deer, or part thereof, which has attached or affixed a counterfeit or otherwise falsified temporary deer tag.

(8)   Each person who kills a deer shall immediately attach a tag bearing his name, address, and the date and time killed to the dead deer at the place where the deer fell and such tag shall remain attached until final inspection and permanent tagging at an official deer check station. A hunter possessing a deer permit or antlerless deer permit, other than the free deer permits issued

to exempt persons, shall detach the temporary tag from his current deer permit, or antlerless deer permit and immediately attach the temporary tag to the dead deer at the place where it fell. Provided further, it shall be unlawful to remove a temporary tag from any deer until the deer has been permanently tagged.

(9)   It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt or take deer or aid another person in the hunting or taking of deer, while having in their possession a hunting implement, while being solely in possession of a deer permit or antlerless deer permit purchased from the Internet and the date, time and county of kill have been filled in.

(10)   Each person who obtained their deer permit, free senior deer permit, reduced price senior deer permit, antlerless deer permit or youth deer permit on the Internet and kills a deer shall immediately fill in the date, time and county of harvest on their deer permit and immediately attach a temporary tag bearing their name, address, date and time of harvest to the deer at the place where it fell.

(11)   Every deer taken or possessed during any open deer season shall be delivered for inspection and permanent tagging to either an official division of wildlife deer check station or a state wildlife officer in the county where killed or an adjacent county where killed not later than eight p.m. of the following day after harvest or by eight p.m. if harvested on the last day of any deer season. A deer may be skinned and eviscerated, but the head shall not be detached from the carcass prior to presentation for final inspection and permanent tagging at an official deer check station.

(12)    It shall be unlawful to permanently tag any deer in any county other than where the deer was killed, or an adjacent county where the deer was killed.

(13)   It shall be unlawful to provide any false information to any person completing a deer harvest record form for the issuance of a permanent deer tag.

(14)   It shall be unlawful for any person other than the person who shoots or takes a deer to present the deer to any wildlife officer or check station for permanent tagging.

(15)   It shall be unlawful to deliver a deer for inspection and permanent tagging to either an official division of wildlife deer check station or a state wildlife officer, that has been killed within a wild animal hunting preserve as prescribed in section 1533.731 of the Revised Code.

(16)    It shall be unlawful to possess a dead deer, or any part thereof, unless such deer, or parts thereof, are accompanied by an attached valid tag, seal, certificate of legal ownership, statement or receipt. For the purposes of this section a valid tag, seal, certificate for legal ownership, statement or receipt for any deer, or part thereof, is any one or more of the following:

(a)   A valid Ohio division of wildlife temporary deer tag, permanent deer tag or permanent deer tag number.

(b)   An Ohio division of wildlife deer damage control permit temporary tag or a receipt for deer carcass-deer damage control tag or the tag number.

(c)    An Ohio division of wildlife tag or seal issued under the authority of section 1533.74 of the Revised Code if the deer or parts thereof were sold for food.

(d)    A signed statement or receipt, legible in the English language, which states the previous owners name, address and phone number and the valid commercial propagation permit number if the deer or parts thereof were sold or given away under the authority of section 1533.71 of the Revised Code.

(e)    A certificate for legal ownership issued under the authority of section

1533.121 of the Revised Code.

(f)    A tag as described in division (C) of section 1533.731 of the Revised Code.

(g)   A signed statement or receipt, legible in the English language, which lists the owner or previous owners name, address and phone number, the state and county of kill, the date of kill and the assigned permanent deer tag number, if applicable.

(h)   An official tag or seal, and an accompanying valid hunting license issued by another state or province if the deer was killed outside of Ohio.

(i)     A valid Ohio division of wildlife food pantry stamp or seal on each package of meat distributed receipt issued by a bona fide food pantry or charitable organization.

(j)    A certificate for legal ownership issued by a law enforcement an Ohio

division of wildlife officer within their jurisdiction.

(k)   A valid tag, seal, certificate for legal ownership, statement or receipt for the purposes of this rule is considered attached if it is physically affixed to the deer, or parts thereof, in the following manner:

(i)   In the case of antlers:

(a)   The valid tag, seal, certificate for legal ownership, statement or receipt must remain attached to the antlers until the deer has been processed into a taxidermy product. At this time the valid tag, seal, certificate for legal ownership, statement or receipt may be removed from the antlers and  placed in another location on the taxidermy product which allows for visual inspection. However the valid tag, seal, certificate for legal ownership, statement or receipt must  remain affixed permanently to the taxidermy product.

(b)   If antlers are removed from the deer, but not processed into a taxidermy product, the permanent tag may be removed from the antlers provided the permanent deer tag number is legibly written in permanent ink or inscribed on the antlers in a location which allows for visual inspection. However, the valid tag, seal, certificate of legal ownership, statement or receipt shall be maintained by the owner and available for inspection.

(ii)    When through the butchering process, multiple packages of meat are produced, the assigned tag, seal, certificate for legal ownership or permit number, if applicable, shall be written legibly in permanent ink by the owner of the deer on all packages from the deer. However, the valid tag, seal, certificate for legal ownership, statement or receipt shall be maintained and available for inspection until the entire deer has been consumed.

(iii)    If through the taxidermy process multiple taxidermy products are produced the permanent deer tag must remain attached to the taxidermy product to which the antlers are connected. Any other products from the same deer must have the permanent deer tag number written legibly in permanent ink or inscribed on the item in a location which allows for visual inspection.

(17)    No person shall receive, place or leave a deer, or any part thereof, in the

custody of another person for the purpose of skinning, processing, taxidermy, transportation, shipping, storage, including temporary storage, or any other reason, unless such deer or parts thereof are accompanied by an attached valid tag, seal, certificate for legal ownership, statement or receipt.

(18)    It shall be unlawful to possess a deer, or parts thereof, that were taken in violation of any division rule or the Ohio Revised Code.

(J) All definitions set forth in rule 1501:31-1-02 of the Administrative Code shall apply to this rule.

Effective:                                                     07/01/2011

R.C. 119.032 review dates:                         02/04/2011 and 04/22/2016

CERTIFIED ELECTRONICALLY

Certification

04/22/2011

Date

Promulgated Under:                           119.03

Statutory Authority:                           1531.06, 1531.08, 1531.10, 1533.113

Rule Amplifies:                                  1531.06, 1531.08, 1531.10, 1533.113

Prior Effective Dates:                         6 /1/76, 6/1/77, 6/1/78, 6/1/79, 6/1/80, 6/1/81, 10/16,

81, 6/1/82, 5/31/83, 5/31/84, 6/1/85, 6/1/86, 11/21/86 (Emer.), 4/20/87, 9/12/87, 6/1/88, 7/1/89, 7/31/90, 8/11/91, 7/31/92, 10/31/92, 6/7/93, 6/30/94, 8/15/95,

10/10/96, 8/10/97, 8/13/99, 11/12/99, 8/1/00, 7/22/01,

7/19/02, 6/4/03, 6/30/04, 5/27/05, 7/1/06, 7/1/07,

7/1/08, 7/1/09, 7/1/2010