ODNR Division of Wildlife - Hunting & Trapping - Season Dates
 
Species
Opening date
Closing date
Squirrel
September 1
January 31
Mourning dove *
September 1
To Be Announced
White-tailed deer
archery season
September 25
February 6
White-tailed deer
Special-area muzzleloader season
October 18
October 23
White-tailed deer
youth gun season
November 20
November 21
White-tailed deer
gun season
November 29 through December 5 and
December 18 and December 19
White-tailed deer
statewide muzzleloader season
January 8
January 11
Ruffed grouse
October 9
January 31
American Woodcock *
October 9
November 22
Wild turkey
fall season
October 9
November 28
Youth upland season for cottontail rabbit, ring-necked pheasant, bobwhite quail
October 16 and 17 and
October 23 and 24
Cottontail rabbit
November 5
February 28
Ring-necked pheasant, Chukar
November 5
January 9
Bobwhite quail
November 5
November 28
Fox, raccoon, skunk
opossum, weasel hunting & trapping
November 10
January 31
Mink & muskrat trapping
November 10
February 28
Lake Erie Marsh area – mink, muskrat, skunk, raccoon, opossum, & weasel trapping
November 10
March 15
Beaver trapping
December 26
February 28
River otter trapping
December 26
February 28
 Wild turkey
youth season
April 16, 2011
April 17, 2011
Wild turkey
spring season
April 18, 2011
May 15, 2011
Crow – Fri, Sat, Sun only
June 4, 2010
June 3, 2011
March 13, 2011
March 12, 2012
Coyote, woodchuck
No Closed Season
* Denotes species that are subject to federal guidelines that will not be available until the summer 2010. The dates listed should be considered the most likely option, but not a final proposal.