LICENSE EXEMPTIONS
Certain categories of persons are exempted
from buying licenses, permits, and stamps.
1. Ohio resident landowners, spouses, and
their children are not required to have
a hunting license, fur taker permit, ei-
ther-sex deer permit, deer management
permit, spring or fall turkey permit, or
Ohio Wetlands Habitat Stamp when
hunting or trapping on land they own.
2.
A nonresident landowner and the spouse
and children living with them may hunt
on the property they own in Ohio with
-
out a hunting license, fur taker permit, ei-
ther-sex deer permit, deer management
permit, spring or fall turkey permit, or
Ohio Wetlands Habitat Stamp, provided
their home state allows Ohio residents
the same exemptions on property Ohio
residents own in that state.
3. A member of a limited liability company
or partnership is a landowner provided
the member is an Ohio resident and
the limited liability company or limited
liability partnership consists of three or
fewer individual members or partners,
or the beneficiary or trustee of a trust
that has three or fewer trustees and
beneficiaries.
4. Tenants and their children on land on
which they reside, pay rent, and from
which they derive the majority (more
than 50 percent) of their income from
agricultural production on that land are
not required to have a hunting license,
fur taker permit, either-sex deer permit,
deer management permit, spring or fall
turkey permit, or Ohio Wetlands Habitat
Stamp when they are hunting or trap-
ping on land where they reside.
5.
Ohio resident landowners’ grandchil-
dren who are under 18 years of age are
not required to have a hunting license or
an Ohio Wetlands Habitat Stamp while
hunting on their grandparents’ land. All
other licenses and permits are required.
6. Members of the U.S. Armed Forces on
active duty while on leave or furlough
are not required to purchase a hunting
license, Ohio Wetlands Habitat Stamp,
or fur taker permit. All other licenses
and permits are required.
Members of the U.S. Armed Forces
on active duty stationed in Ohio, but
NOT on leave or furlough are required
to purchase a resident Ohio hunting
license and other applicable permits
before hunting deer, turkey, or hunting
and trapping furbearers, and an Ohio
Wetlands Habitat Stamp for hunting
waterfowl.
FREE HUNTING LICENSE ELIGIBILITY
Free licenses may be obtained from a li-
cense agent and must be carried while
hunting. License applications are available
at wildohio.gov or by calling 1-800-WILD-
LIFE (1-800-945-3543).
1. Ohio residents born on or before Dec. 31,
1937 will receive a free fishing license,
hunting license, either-sex deer permit,
deer management permit, spring and
fall turkey permits, Ohio Wetlands Hab-
itat Stamp, and fur taker permit. Ohio
residents age 66 and older who were
born on or after Jan. 1, 1938 are eligible
for reduced-cost licenses and permits.
2. Ohio residents who are holders of a vet-
eran’s license plate displaying the inter-
national wheelchair symbol must apply
in writing for a free hunting license, fur
taker permit, either-sex deer permit,
spring or fall turkey permit, and an Ohio
Wetlands Habitat Stamp endorsement.
Applications must be certified by the
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
3.
Permanently and totally disabled veter-
ans who receive pension or compensa-
tion due to their service-related injuries
and who are Ohio residents must apply
in writing for a free hunting license, fur
taker permit, either-sex deer permit, tur
-
key permit, and Ohio Wetlands Habitat
Stamp. Applications must be certified by
the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
4.
Ohio residents who are former prison-
ers of war must apply in writing for a
free hunting license, fur taker permit,
and Ohio Wetlands Habitat Stamp. All
other licenses and permits are required
to be purchased. Applications must be
certified by the U.S. Department of Vet
-
erans Affairs.
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