White-tailed deer
ArcheryStatewide standard season; disease surveillance area starts earlier
White-tailed deer — Archery
THE SEASON ATLAS / OHOhio
Ohio
hunting seasons.
Explore 2026 & 2027 season sources, publication status, and game species for your next hunt.
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Your 2026 field calendar.
Selected 2026 dates verified
Official 2026 schedules were located. This directory indexes selected seasons; the complete calendar-year schedule has not been reviewed.
Official 2026 information ↗3 verified date entries
Selected agency dates are indexed below. This is not a complete legal calendar. Unit rules, tags, sex and age restrictions, closures, and special hunts can change which dates apply. Use the source beside each entry.
Ring-necked pheasant
Regular, roosters onlyStatewide; property exceptions apply
Ring-necked pheasant — Regular, roosters only
White-tailed deer
GunStatewide; property exceptions apply
White-tailed deer — Gun
Ohio game species & hunting information.
These species and groups appear in agency hunting resources. Their presence in the state does not mean every public area offers a hunt. “Native” describes origin, “reintroduced” describes restoration, and “migratory” describes movement; these are not population counts. Origin is left unverified when the reviewed source does not establish it.
Agency-listed hunting targets and selected dated seasons are reviewed here. This is not an exhaustive species, zone, method, permit or property schedule. A listed species does not establish its presence at any directory property.
Big game
White-tailed deer
Origin not verifiedHunting target confirmed; population origin not reviewed.
Agency species information ↗Turkey
Wild turkey
Origin not verifiedHunting target confirmed; population origin not reviewed.
Agency species information ↗Upland birds
Ring-necked pheasant
IntroducedODNR identifies pheasants as Asian natives introduced into Ohio in the nineteenth century.
Agency species information ↗Population history source ↗Chukar
Origin not verifiedHunting target confirmed; population origin not reviewed.
Agency species information ↗Bobwhite quail
Origin not verifiedHunting target confirmed; population origin not reviewed.
Agency species information ↗Ruffed grouse
Origin not verifiedControlled permit hunts on designated areas only; not a general open grouse season.
Agency species information ↗Small game
Squirrel
Origin not verifiedHunting target confirmed; population origin not reviewed.
Agency species information ↗Cottontail rabbit
Origin not verifiedHunting target confirmed; population origin not reviewed.
Agency species information ↗Migratory birds
Crow
MigratoryAgency migratory-game-bird category; individual species rules apply.
Agency species information ↗Migratory game birds and waterfowl
MigratoryAgency-approved category; individual species and revised waterfowl zones are not fully expanded here.
Agency species information ↗Furbearers
Fox
Origin not verifiedHunting target confirmed; population origin not reviewed.
Agency species information ↗Raccoon
Origin not verifiedHunting target confirmed; population origin not reviewed.
Agency species information ↗Skunk
Origin not verifiedHunting target confirmed; population origin not reviewed.
Agency species information ↗Opossum
Origin not verifiedHunting target confirmed; population origin not reviewed.
Agency species information ↗Weasel
Origin not verifiedHunting target confirmed; population origin not reviewed.
Agency species information ↗Coyote
Origin not verifiedHunting target confirmed; population origin not reviewed.
Agency species information ↗Other huntable wildlife
Woodchuck
Origin not verifiedHunting target confirmed; population origin not reviewed.
Agency species information ↗Check the details.
Then head for the horizon.
Confirm the unit, season, license, method, bag limit, and current closures with Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife. Public-land rules may be more restrictive than statewide seasons.