Sec. 1533.10. Except as provided in this section or division | 8 |
(A)(2) of section 1533.12 of the Revised Code, no person shall | 9 |
hunt any wild bird or wild quadruped without a hunting license. | 10 |
Each day that any person hunts within the state without procuring | 11 |
such a license constitutes a separate offense. Except as otherwise | 12 |
provided in this section, every applicant for a hunting license | 13 |
who is a resident of the state and eighteen years of age or more | 14 |
shall procure a resident hunting license or an apprentice resident | 15 |
hunting license, the fee for which shall be eighteen dollars | 16 |
unless the rules adopted under division (B) of section 1533.12 of | 17 |
the Revised Code provide for issuance of a resident hunting | 18 |
license to the applicant free of charge. Except as provided in | 19 |
rules adopted under division (B)(2) of that section, each | 20 |
applicant who is a resident of this state and who at the time of | 21 |
application is sixty-six years of age or older shall procure a | 22 |
special senior hunting license, the fee for which shall be | 23 |
one-half of the regular hunting license fee. Every applicant who | 24 |
is under the age of eighteen years shall procure a special youth | 25 |
hunting license or an apprentice youth hunting license, the fee | 26 |
for which shall be one-half of the regular hunting license fee. | 27 |
The owner of lands in the state and the owner's children of any | 28 |
age and grandchildren under eighteen years of age may hunt on the | 29 |
lands without a hunting license. In addition, if the owner of land | 30 |
in the state is a limited liability company that consists of five | 31 |
or fewer members, a member of the limited liability company who is | 32 |
a resident of this state may hunt on the land owned by the limited | 33 |
liability company without a hunting license. The tenant and | 34 |
children of the tenant, residing on lands in the state, may hunt | 35 |
on them without a hunting license. Except as otherwise provided in | 36 |
division (A)(1) of section 1533.12 of the Revised Code, every | 37 |
applicant for a hunting license who is a nonresident of the state | 38 |
and who is eighteen years of age or older shall procure a | 39 |
nonresident hunting license or an apprentice nonresident hunting | 40 |
license, the fee for which shall be one hundred twenty-four | 41 |
dollars unless the applicant is a resident of a state that is a | 42 |
party to an agreement under section 1533.91 of the Revised Code, | 43 |
in which case the fee shall be eighteen dollars. Apprentice | 44 |
resident hunting licenses, apprentice youth hunting licenses, and | 45 |
apprentice nonresident hunting licenses are subject to the | 46 |
requirements established under section 1533.102 of the Revised | 47 |
Code and rules adopted pursuant to it. | 48 |
The chief of the division of wildlife may issue a small game | 49 |
hunting license expiring three days from the effective date of the | 50 |
license to a nonresident of the state, the fee for which shall be | 51 |
thirty-nine dollars. No person shall take or possess deer, wild | 52 |
turkeys, fur-bearing animals, ducks, geese, brant, or any nongame | 53 |
animal while possessing only a small game hunting license. A small | 54 |
game hunting license or an apprentice nonresident hunting license | 55 |
does not authorize the taking or possessing of ducks, geese, or | 56 |
brant without having obtained, in addition to the small game | 57 |
hunting license or the apprentice nonresident hunting license, a | 58 |
wetlands habitat stamp as provided in section 1533.112 of the | 59 |
Revised Code. A small game hunting license or an apprentice | 60 |
nonresident hunting license does not authorize the taking or | 61 |
possessing of deer, wild turkeys, or fur-bearing animals. A | 62 |
nonresident of the state who wishes to take or possess deer, wild | 63 |
turkeys, or fur-bearing animals in this state shall procure, | 64 |
respectively, a deer or wild turkey permit as provided in section | 65 |
1533.11 of the Revised Code or a fur taker permit as provided in | 66 |
section 1533.111 of the Revised Code in addition to a nonresident | 67 |
hunting license, an apprentice nonresident hunting license, a | 68 |
special youth hunting license, or an apprentice youth hunting | 69 |
license, as applicable, as provided in this section. | 70 |
This section does not authorize the taking and possessing of | 74 |
deer or wild turkeys without first having obtained, in addition to | 75 |
the hunting license required by this section, a deer or wild | 76 |
turkey permit as provided in section 1533.11 of the Revised Code | 77 |
or the taking and possessing of ducks, geese, or brant without | 78 |
first having obtained, in addition to the hunting license required | 79 |
by this section, a wetlands habitat stamp as provided in section | 80 |
1533.112 of the Revised Code. | 81 |
No hunting license, other than an apprentice hunting license, | 91 |
shall be issued unless the applicant presents to the agent | 92 |
authorized to issue the license a previously held hunting license | 93 |
or evidence of having held such a license in content and manner | 94 |
approved by the chief, a certificate of completion issued upon | 95 |
completion of a hunter education and conservation course approved | 96 |
by the chief, or evidence of equivalent training in content and | 97 |
manner approved by the chief. A previously held apprentice hunting | 98 |
license does not satisfy the requirement concerning the | 99 |
presentation of a previously held hunting license or evidence of | 100 |
it. | 101 |
No person shall issue a hunting license, except an apprentice | 102 |
hunting license, to any person who fails to present the evidence | 103 |
required by this section. No person shall purchase or obtain a | 104 |
hunting license, other than an apprentice hunting license, without | 105 |
presenting to the issuing agent the evidence required by this | 106 |
section. Issuance of a hunting license in violation of the | 107 |
requirements of this section is an offense by both the purchaser | 108 |
of the illegally obtained hunting license and the clerk or agent | 109 |
who issued the hunting license. Any hunting license issued in | 110 |
violation of this section is void. | 111 |
The chief, with approval of the wildlife council, shall adopt | 112 |
rules prescribing a hunter education and conservation course for | 113 |
first-time hunting license buyers, other than buyers of apprentice | 114 |
hunting licenses, and for volunteer instructors. The course shall | 115 |
consist of subjects including, but not limited to, hunter safety | 116 |
and health, use of hunting implements, hunting tradition and | 117 |
ethics, the hunter and conservation, the law in section 1533.17 of | 118 |
the Revised Code along with the penalty for its violation, | 119 |
including a description of terms of imprisonment and fines that | 120 |
may be imposed, and other law relating to hunting. Authorized | 121 |
personnel of the division or volunteer instructors approved by the | 122 |
chief shall conduct such courses with such frequency and at such | 123 |
locations throughout the state as to reasonably meet the needs of | 124 |
license applicants. The chief shall issue a certificate of | 125 |
completion to each person who successfully completes the course | 126 |
and passes an examination prescribed by the chief. | 127 |