Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:31 - Division of Wildlife › Chapter 1501:31-37 - Falconry Permits › Section 1501:31-37-02 - Raptor capture and propagation

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Raptor capture.
It shall be unlawful for an Ohio
				falconry permit holder to capture or attempt to capture a raptor without first
				obtaining a raptor capture permit. A raptor capture permit authorizes a
				falconry permit holder to capture one raptor of the species listed on the
				permit. The fee for a raptor capture permit is fifteen dollars. Raptor capture
				permits expire at midnight on the date listed on the permit. Hunting license
				requirements under section
				1533.10 of the Revised Code are
				not altered by a raptor capture permit.
It shall be unlawful for a raptor
				capture permit holder to:
(1)
									Violate any provision or term of the raptor capture
			 permit;
(2)
									Fail to attach a marker to a raptor within twenty-four
			 hours of capture, except that raptors captured with a life-threatening health
			 condition or injuries may be immediately transported unbanded to a
			 rehabilitation permit holder for treatment. Provided further, a raptor capture
			 permit holder may trap, evaluate, and immediately release any raptor while at
			 the capture site if the permit holder believes the bird is not suitable for
			 falconry;
(3)
									Band a raptor removed from the wild with a seamless
			 numbered band;
(4)
									Capture or attempt to capture a raptor by any means
			 other than a Bal-chatri type trap, a bow net type trap, a Swedish goshawk type
			 trap, dho gazza type trap, pigeon harness or any other device approved by the
			 division of wildlife. Provided further, all capture devices will be operated in
			 such a manner as to minimize any danger of injury to a raptor;
(5)
									Set, use, or
			 maintain any device for the purpose of capturing a raptor, unless such device
			 has attached thereto a durable, waterproof tag bearing the name, address, and
			 permit number or the unique division of wildlife customer identification number
			 of the user in the English language legible at all times;
(6)
									Trap, take, or
			 capture a raptor except from August first through March first of the following
			 year, except a falconry permit holder may recapture escaped raptors held under
			 their permit at any time;
(7)
									Fail to record the date and time of capture in the
			 space provided on the capture permit prior to removing a raptor from the
			 capture site;
(8)
									Fail to submit the completed capture permit along with
			 a completed form 3-186A, a similar form provided by the division of wildlife,
			 or by reporting the information through another method authorized by the
			 division of wildlife within five days of capture;
(9)
									Remove a raptor
			 from the wild for another person. Provided further, when the permit holder is
			 present at capture site, even if the other person captures the bird, the permit
			 holder is considered the person who removes the bird from the
			 wild;
(10)
									Hold an apprentice class falconry permit and capture a
			 raptor except under the direct supervision of their qualifying
			 sponsor;
(11)
									Take a haggard bird (a raptor over one year old in the
			 wild), except for the American kestrel (Falco sparverius) or great horned owl
			 (Bubo virginianus);
(12)
									Take or disturb for the purpose of falconry the nest of
			 a wild raptor or any young raptor in the wild that is not yet capable of flight
			 except in such situations, and under the direct supervision of a wildlife
			 officer, where the nest otherwise would be destroyed or the raptor would not
			 survive;
(13)
									Fail to return the raptor capture permit and
			 corresponding marker within the specified time period either in person or by
			 certified mail if no raptor is captured before the permit's
			 expiration.