ODNR Division of Wildlife - Hunting & Trapping - Season Dates

2011-2012 Proposed Hunting and Trapping Season Dates

Species
Opening date
Closing date
Bag Limit
Squirrel
September 1
January 31, 2012
6 daily
Mourning dove *
September 1
To Be Announced
15 daily*
Ruffed grouse
October 8
January 31, 2012
2 daily
American Woodcock *
October 8*
November 21*
3 daily*
Wild turkey
fall season
October 8
November 27
1
Youth upland season for cottontail rabbit, ring-necked pheasant, bobwhite quail
October 22 and 23 and
October 29 and 30
Cottontail rabbit
November 4
February 29, 2012
4 daily
Ring-necked pheasant, Chukar
November 4
January 8, 2012
2 daily
Bobwhite quail
November 4
November 27
4 daily
Fox, raccoon, skunk
opossum, weasel hunting & trapping
November 10
January 31, 2012
Mink & muskrat trapping
November 10
February 29, 2012
Lake Erie Marsh area – mink, muskrat, skunk, raccoon, opossum, & weasel trapping
November 10
March 15, 2012
Beaver trapping
December 26
February 29, 2012
River otter trapping
December 26
February 29, 2012
1 in Zone B
3 in Zone C
Wild turkey
youth season
April 21, 2012
April 22, 2012
Wild turkey
spring season
April 23, 2012
May 20, 2012
2
Crow – Fri, Sat, Sun only
June 3, 2011
June 2, 2012
March 12, 2012
March 11, 2013
Coyote
No Closed Season
Woodchuck Closed for Deer-gun Season only

Those species in the table identified with an * are subject to federal guidelines that will not be available until the summer of 2011. The dates and bag limits listed should be considered the most likely option, but not a final proposal.