Ohio’s fall hunting season to begin in September: Details

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OHIO (WJW) – Ohio’s fall hunting seasons for squirrels, doves, and specific waterfowl will soon be opening in September.

According to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife , it is important that hunters check the current hunting regulations for changes to season dates and daily limits.

Hunting season start dates:

• Sept. 1 – Jan. 31: Hunting season for squirrels (fox, red, and gray)
• Sept. 1 – Nov. 3 and Dec. 7 – Jan. 1: Dove hunting
• Sept. 1: Rail (Virginia and Sora), snipe, and gallinule hunting begins
• Sept. 7-15: Early Canada goose hunting
• Sept. 7 – 22: Early teal (blue-winged and green-winged) hunting
• Sept. 28: Deer archery season begins statewide
• Sept. 14: Deer archery season begins for hunters in the disease surveillance area (all of Hardin, Marion, and Wyandot counties as well as Auglaize and Jackson townships in Allen County)

Click here for a summary of the 2024-25 hunting and trapping regulations.

Click here for more about the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.

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