Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:31 - Division of Wildlife › Chapter 1501:31-1 - General Provisions › Section 1501:31-1-02 - Definition of terms

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
As used in rules
				1501:31-1-01 to
				1501:31-40-29 of the
				Administrative Code, the following respective terms mean:
(A) "Accompany" as it relates to youth
			 hunting seasons and hunters with apprentice licenses means going along with
			 another person while staying within a distance from the person that enables
			 uninterrupted, unaided visual and auditory communications.
(B) " All-purpose vehicle" means any vehicle
			 that is designed primarily for cross-country travel on land, water, or land and
			 water and that is steered by wheels, caterpillar treads, or a combination of
			 wheels and caterpillar treads and includes vehicles that operate on a cushion
			 of air, vehicles commonly known as all-terrain vehicles, all-season vehicles,
			 mini-bikes, and trail bikes.
(C)
			 Amphibians" include Acris crepitans crepitans (Eastern cricket frog), Ambystoma
			 barbouri (streamside salamander), Ambystoma jeffersonianum (Jefferson
			 salamander), Ambystoma laterale (blue-spotted salamander), Ambystoma maculatum
			 (spotted salamander), Ambystoma opacum (marbled salamander), Ambystoma texanum
			 (small-mouthed salamander), Ambystoma tigrinum (Eastern tiger salamander),
			 Anaxyrus americanus americanus (American toad), Anarxyrus fowleri (Fowler's
			 toad), Aneides aenus (green salamander), Crytpobranchus alleganiensis
			 alleganiensis (Eastern hellbender), Desmognathus fuscus (Northern dusky
			 salamander), Desmognathus ochrophaeus (Allegheny mountain dusky salamander),
			 Eurycea bislineata (Northern two-lined salamander), Eurycea cirrigera (Southern
			 two-lined salamander), Eurycea longicauda longicauda (long-tailed salamander),
			 Eurycea lucifiga (cave salamander), Gyrinophilus porphyriticus duryi (Kentucky
			 spring salamander), Gyrinophilus porphyriticus porphyriticus (Northern spring
			 salamander), Hemidactylium scutatum (four-toed salamander), Hyla chrysoscelis
			 (Cope's gray treefrog), Hyla versicolor (gray treefrog), Lithobates
			 catesbeianus (American bullfrog), Lithobates clamitans (green frog), Lithobaes
			 palustris (pickerel frog), Lithobates pipiens (Northern leopard frog),
			 Lithobates sphenocephalus (Southern leopard frog), Lithobates sylvaticus (wood
			 frog), Necturus maculosus maculosus (common mudpuppy), Notophthalmus
			 viridescens viridescens (red-spotted newt), Plethodon cinereus (Eastern
			 red-backed salamander), Plethodon glutinosus (Northern slimy salamander),
			 Plethodon richmondi (Southern ravine salamander), Pseudotriton montanus
			 diastictus (midland mud salamander), Pseudotriton ruber ruber (Northern red
			 salamander), Pseudacris brachyphona (mountain chorus frog), Pseudacris crucifer
			 (spring peeper), Pseudacris triseriata (Western chorus frog), Scaphiopus
			 holbrookii (Eastern spadefoot).
"Collectable amphibians" include Ambystoma barbouri (streamside
				salamander), Ambystoma jeffersonianum (Jefferson salamander), Ambystoma
				maculatum (spotted salamander), Ambystoma opacum (marbled salamander),
				Ambystoma texanum (small-mouthed salamander), Ambystoma tigrinum (Eastern tiger
				salamander), Anaxyrus americanus americanus (American toad), Anarxyrus fowleri
				(Fowler's toad), Desmognathus fuscus (Northern dusky salamander), Desmognathus
				ochrophaeus (Allegheny mountain dusky salamander), Eurycea bislineata (Northern
				two-lined salamander), Eurycea cirrigera (Southern two-lined salamander),
				Eurycea longicauda longicauda (long-tailed salamander), Gyrinophilus
				porphyriticus duryi (Kentucky spring salamander), Gyrinophilus porphyriticus
				porphyriticus (Northern spring salamander), Hyla chrysoscelis (Cope's gray
				treefrog), Hyla versicolor (gray treefrog), Lithobates catesbeianus (American
				bullfrog), Lithobates clamitans (green frog), Lithobaes palustris (pickerel
				frog), Lithobates pipiens (Northern leopard frog), Lithobates sphenocephalus
				(Southern leopard frog), Lithobates sylvaticus (wood frog), Necturus maculosus
				maculosus (common mudpuppy), Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens (red-spotted
				newt), Plethodon cinereus (Eastern red-backed salamander), Plethodon glutinosus
				(Northern slimy salamander), Plethodon richmondi (Southern ravine salamander),
				Pseudacris brachyphona (mountain chorus frog), Pseudacris crucifer (spring
				peeper), Pseudacris triseriata (Western chorus frog), Pseudotriton ruber ruber
				(Northern red salamander).
(D) "Angling" means fishing with not more
			 than two hand lines, not more than two units of rod and line, or a combination
			 of not more than one hand line and one rod and line, either in hand or under
			 control at any time while fishing. The hand line or rod and line may have
			 attached to it not more than three baited hooks, or not more than three
			 artificial fly rod lures, or one artificial bait casting lure equipped with not
			 more than three sets of three hooks each.
(E) "Artificial lure" means a manufactured
			 lure other than a fly, constructed with a single, double, or treble hooks, not
			 containing any natural or prepared food substances but may include synthetic
			 imitations of such. Including soft plastic lures, synthetic grubs or synthetic
			 eggs not containing natural food substances.
(F) "Baited area" means any area where
			 shelled, shucked, or unshucked corn, wheat or other grain, salt, or other feed
			 whatsoever capable of luring, attracting, or enticing such birds is directly or
			 indirectly placed, exposed, deposited, distributed, or scattered and such area
			 will remain a baited area for ten days following complete removal of all such
			 corn, wheat or other grain, salt, or other feed. However, a person may:
(1) Take mourning doves and migratory game
			 birds, including waterfowl, on or over standing crops, flooded standing crops,
			 including aquatics, flooded harvested crop-lands, grain crops properly shucked
			 on the field where grown, or grains found scattered solely as the result of
			 normal agricultural planting or harvesting, or if you restore and manage
			 wetlands as habitat for waterfowl and other migratory birds, you can manipulate
			 the naturally occurring vegetation in these areas and make them available for
			 hunting; and
(2) Take mourning
			 doves and migratory game birds, except waterfowl, on or over any lands where
			 shelled, shucked or unshucked corn, wheat or other grain, salt, or other feed
			 has been distributed or scattered as the result of bona fide agricultural
			 operations or procedures, or as a result of manipulation of a crop or other
			 feed on the land where grown for wildlife management purposes; provided, that
			 manipulation for wildlife management purposes does not include the distributing
			 or scattering of grain or other feed once it has been removed from or stored on
			 the field where grown.