Ohio Admin. Code 1501:31-15-04

Current through all regulations passed and filed through December 9, 2024

Section 1501:31-15-04 - State-owned or administered lands designated as public hunting areas

(A) The areas administered by divisions of the Ohio department of natural resources that are listed within this rule are hereby designated as public hunting areas upon which hunting and trapping may occur as prescribed by the Revised Code or the Administrative Code.

(1) The following lands or wildlife areas owned, administered, or controlled by the division of wildlife are public hunting areas:

Acadia cliffs

Aldrich pond

Ale's run

Andreoff

Appalachian hills

Aquilla

Auburn marsh

Beach city

Beaver creek

Berlin lake

Big island

Black fork bottom

Bott

Braceville

Broken aro

Brook

Brush creek

Buffalo fork

Caesar creek

Camp Belden

Canal road

Cascade way side

Castalia state fish hatchery

Charles O. Trump

Cherp's eagle valley

Circleville canal

Clark lake

Clouse lake

Coalton

Conant

Conneaut

Consol Holloway area

Cooper hollow

Creek road

Crown city

Dan and Margaret James

Darke

Deer creek

Deer creek reservoir (Stark county park district)

Delaware

Delaware Strine

Delaware Wetstone

Dempsey's Sandusky bay

Dillon

Dorset

Eagle creek

East fork

Egypt valley

Elm road

Elmon Richards Scioto river

Fallsville

Fayette county wildlife area 1

Fayette county wildlife area 3

Fayette county wildlife area 4

Fayette county wildlife area 5

Fayette county wildlife area 6

Fayette county wildlife area 7

Fayette county wildlife area 8

Fayette county wildlife area 9

Fayette county wildlife area 10

Firestone Yeagley

Fish creek

Flint run

Florida

Fox lake

Fox's marsh

Fulton pond

Funk bottoms

Grand river

Grant lake

Great Miami river

Greenfield dam

Hambden orchard

Hammertown reservoir

Hanby

Hancock county wildlife area 1

Hancock county wildlife area 2

Hancock county wildlife area 3

Hancock county wildlife area 4

Hancock county wildlife area 5

Hancock county wildlife area 6

Hancock county wildlife area 7

Hebron state fish hatchery

Hellbender bluff

Henry county wildlife area 1

Henry county wildlife area 2

Henry county wildlife area 3

Highlandtown

Honey point

Indian creek

Jackson county line

Jesse Owens

Jockey hollow

Keen

Killbuck marsh

Killbuck Wallhonding

Killdeer plains

Kincaid springs state fish hatchery

Kinnikinic

Knobbys prairie

Knox lake

Kokosing lake

Kuehnle

Lake La Su An

Lake park

Lake white tailwaters

Lawrence woods

Leesville

Liberty

Little Chickasaw

Little portage

Long lake

Lower killbuck creek

Mackey Ford

Mad river

Madison county wildlife area 1

Madison county wildlife area 2

Magee marsh

Mallard club

Marion and Fred Conkel

Maumee river weir rapids

Meilke road savanna

Meiners

Mercer

Mesopotamia

Metzger marsh

Milan

Millers blue hole

Missionary island

Mogadore reservoir

Mohican river

Mohler

Monroe lake

Mosquito creek

Munro basin

New lyme

North turkeyfoot

Ohio river access - Forked run

Ohio river access - Old Town creek

Ohio river access - Shade river

Ohio river lock and dam 15

Ohio river lock and dam 18

Ohio river lock and dam 21

Ohio river lock and dam 23

Oldaker

Orwell

Ottawa county wildlife area 1

Ottawa county wildlife area 2

Oxbow lake (including western agreement parcel)

Paint creek fishing access

Paint creek lake

Parkersburg

Pater

Pickaway county wildlife area 1

Pickaway county wildlife area 2

Pickaway county wildlife area 3

Pickaway county wildlife area 4

Pickaway county wildlife area 5

Pickaway county wildlife area 6

Pickaway county wildlife area 7

Pickaway county wildlife area 8

Pickaway county wildlife area 9

Pickaway county wildlife area 10

Pickerel creek

Pipe creek

Pleasant valley

Portage path

Powelson

Prairie creek nature park

Putnum county wildlife area 1

Putnum county wildlife area 2

Putnum county wildlife area 3

Racine

Resthaven

Richland county wildlife area 1

Rock mill lake

Ross county wildlife area 1

Ross county wildlife area 2

Ross county wildlife area 3

Ross county wildlife area 4

Ross county wildlife area 5

Ross lake

Rush creek conservancy district

Rush run

Salt fork

Samuels

Sandusky county wildlife area 1

Sandusky county wildlife area 2

Sandusky county wildlife area 3

Sandusky county wildlife area 4

Sandusky county wildlife area 5

Sandusky county wildlife area 6

Sandusky county wildlife area 7

Scenic vista

Seneca county park district conservation area

Seneca county wildlife area 1

Seneca county wildlife area 2

Seneca county wildlife area 3

Seneca county wildlife area 4

Shenango

Shreve lake

Silver creek

Simco

Six mile dam - Walhonding reservoir

Spencer lake

Spring valley

St. Joseph river

St. Mary's state fish hatchery

Stillwater

Sugar creek

Superior

Symmes township

Taylor ridge

Three locks road - Scioto river

Tiffin river

Toussaint creek

Tranquility

Tri-valley

Turkey ridge

Tycoon lake

Urbana

Valley run

Van Tassel

Vernon A. Luthman Tecumseh

Veto lake

Vinton furnace

Walborn reservoir

Wallace H. O'Dowd

Warren

Waterloo

Wellington

Wellston

Wendell R. LaDue

West branch

West farmington

West harbor

Whitey case

Willard marsh

Willow point

Wingfoot

Wolf creek

Wood county wildlife area 1

Wood county wildlife area 2

Wood county wildlife area 4

Wood county wildlife area 5

Wood county wildlife area 6

Wood county wildlife area 7

Wood county wildlife area 8

Wood county wildlife area 9

Wood county wildlife area 10

Woodbury

Woodland trails

Wyandot

Zepernick

(2) The following areas administered by the division of parks and watercraft are public hunting areas:

Adams lake

Alum creek

A.W. Marion

Barkcamp

Beaver creek

Blue rock

Buck creek

Buckeye lake

Burr oak

Caesar creek

Cowan lake

Deer creek

Delaware

Dillon

East fork

Findley

Forked run

Geneva

Grand lake St. Marys

Great seal

Guilford lake

Hocking hills

Hueston woods

Indian lake

Jefferson lake

Jesse Owens

Kelley's island

Kiser lake

Lake Alma

Lake Logan

Lake Loramie

Lake Milton

Madison lake

Mary Jane Thurston

Mosquito lake

North bass island

Paint creek

Portage lakes

Pymatuning

Rocky fork

Salt fork

Stonelick

Strouds run

Sycamore

Tar hollow

Van Buren

West branch

Wolf run

(3) The following areas administered by the division of forestry are public hunting areas:

Beaver creek

Blue rock

Brush creek

Dean

Fernwood

Gifford

Harrison

Hocking

Maumee

Mohican memorial

Perry

Pike

Richland furnace

Scioto trail

Shade river

Shawnee

Sunfish creek

Tar hollow

Vinton furnace

West blue rock

Willow grove

Yellow creek

Zaleski

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

Replaces: 1501:31-15-04

Ohio Admin. Code 1501:31-15-04

Effective: 2/1/2024
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 02/01/2029
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 1531.06, 1531.08, 1531.10
Rule Amplifies: 1531.06, 1531.08, 1531.10
Prior Effective Dates: 08/25/1976 (Temp.), 06/01/1977 (Temp.), 06/01/1978 (Temp.), 06/01/1979 (Temp.), 06/01/1980 (Temp.), 06/01/1981 (Temp.), 06/01/1982 (Temp.), 11/12/1982 (Temp.), 05/03/1983 (Temp.), 05/31/1984 (Temp.), 06/01/1986 (Temp.), 11/21/1986 (Emer.), 06/01/1987 (Temp.), 06/01/1988, 10/13/1988 (Emer.), 07/01/1989, 07/31/1990, 07/31/1992, 10/31/1992, 08/15/1995, 08/10/1996, 01/25/1997, 06/01/1997, 06/01/1999, 03/01/2000, 07/05/2000, 07/22/2001, 02/01/2002, 07/19/2002, 06/04/2003, 05/28/2004, 05/27/2005, 01/01/2006, 07/01/2006, 07/01/2007, 07/01/2008, 11/24/2008, 01/01/2010, 07/01/2010, 07/01/2011, 07/01/2012, 07/11/2013, 01/01/2014, 11/07/2014, 07/01/2020