Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:46 - Division of Parks and Watercraft › Chapter 1501:46-15 - Hunting and Fishing › Section 1501:46-15-13 - Permanent waterfowl blind, permit required

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person shall place, construct, maintain, or use a permanent
				waterfowl
				blind in any area administered by the division without first obtaining a
				permanent waterfowl blind permit from the chief of the division or the
				chief's authorized agent.
(A)
			 Application for permanent waterfowl blinds  will be submitted in the form and manner prescribed by the
			 chief of the division of wildlife.
(B) No person shall draw for a
			 permanent waterfowl blind until that person
			 exhibits that person's Ohio hunting license, proof of purchase of an Ohio
			 wetlands habitat stamp for the current year and a federal migratory bird
			 hunting stamp from the previous year or current
			 year. Persons under eighteen years of age are not required to possess an
			 Ohio wetlands habitat stamp or federal migratory bird hunting stamp to participate, however they must
			 possess a valid  hunting
			 license.
(C) Prior to the issuance
			 of a permanent 
								waterfowl blind permit every applicant for such permit
			 shall pay the fee specified in rule
			 1501:46-2-27
			 of the Administrative Code.
(D)
			 Persons shall remove their permanent 
								waterfowl blind by the fifteenth day of March of
			 each year.
(E) Persons who fail to
			 comply with paragraph (D) of this rule by not removing their permanent
			 
								waterfowl blind by the fifteenth day of March shall
			 not be eligible for a permanent 
								waterfowl blind permit at any area administered
			 by the division for the following year's season.
(F) Persons receiving a division permanent
			 
								waterfowl blind permit shall construct a blind on the
			 designated location within forty-five days after the issuance of said permit.
			 Failure to comply shall be cause for the forfeiture of both the permit and the
			 fee.
(G) No person shall apply for
			 more than one permanent 
								waterfowl blind permit.
(H) No person shall apply or draw for a
			 permanent 
								waterfowlblind permit for another person.
(I) No person shall construct a permanent
			 
								waterfowl blind except within a reasonable distance of
			 the site location designated by the permanent 
								waterfowl blind
			 permit.
(J) No person shall install
			 or place a stake in any water area for the purpose of anchoring or securing a
			 permanent 
								waterfowlblind.
(K) This rule shall not apply to those areas
			 where the 
								permanent waterfowl blind permits are issued by
			 authority of rule
			 1501:31-21-02
			 of the Administrative Code.
For the purpose of this rule "permanent
				
									waterfowl blind" is a structure that is taken to,
				placed, or built for the purpose of concealment 
									of waterfowl
				hunters and is left at the same place of concealment for more than one calendar
				day.
No person shall use a permanent 
									waterfowl blind
				unless they are the permit holder of the blind or have the written permission
				of the permit holder.