Rule 1501:31-15-04. \State-owned or administered lands designated as public hunting areas

119.03 (A) The areas administered by divisions of the Ohio department of natural resources that are listed within this rule are hereby designated as public hunting areas upon which hunting and trapping may occur as prescribed by the Revised Code or the Administrative Code. (1) The following lands or wildlife areas owned, administered, or controlled by the division of wildlife are public hunting areas: Acadia cliffs Aldrich pond Ale's run Andreoff Appalachian hills Aquilla Auburn marsh Beach city Beaver creek Berlin lake Big island Big island, Beaver Bott Braceville Broken aro Brook Brush creek Buffalo fork Caesar creek Camp Belden Cascade way side Castalia state fish hatchery Charles O. Trump (Trump wildlife preserve) Circleville canal Clark lake Clouse lake Coalton Conant Conneaut Cooper hollow Creek road Crown city Dan and Margaret James Darke Deer creek Delaware Dempsey's Sandusky bay Dillon Dorset Eagle creek East fork Egypt valley Elm road Elmon Richards Scioto river Fallsville Fayette county wildlife area 1 Fayette county wildlife area 3 Fayette county wildlife area 4 Fayette county wildlife area 5 Fayette county wildlife area 6 Fayette county wildlife area 7 Fayette county wildlife area 8 Fayette county wildlife area 9 Fayette county wildlife area 10 Firestone Yeagley Fish creek Five mile creek - Auglaize river access Flint run Florida Fox lake Fox's marsh Fulton pond Funk bottoms Grand river Grant lake Great Miami river Greenfield dam Hambden orchard Hanby Hancock county wildlife area 1 Hancock county wildlife area 2 Hancock county wildlife area 3 Hancock county wildlife area 4 Hancock county wildlife area 5 Hancock county wildlife area 6 Hancock county wildlife area 7 Hebron state fish hatchery Hellbender bluff Henry county wildlife area 1 Henry county wildlife area 2 Henry county wildlife area 3 Highlandtown Honey point Imhoff preserve Indian creek Jackson county line Jesse Owens Jockey hollow Keen KH Butler Killbuck marsh Killbuck Walhonding Killdeer plains Kincaid state fish hatchery Kinnikinic Knobbys prairie Knox lake Kokosing lake Kuehnle Lake La Su An Lake park Lake white tailwaters Lawrence woods Leesville Liberty Little Chickasaw Little portage Lower killbuck creek Mackey Ford Mad river Madison county wildlife area 1 Madison county wildlife area 2 Magee marsh Mallard club Marion and Fred Conkel Maumee river weir rapids Meilke road savanna Meiners Mercer Mesopotamia Metzger marsh Milan Millers blue hole Missionary island Mogadore reservoir Mohican river Mohler Monroe lake Mosquito creek Moxley Munro basin New lyme North turkeyfoot Ohio river access - Forked run Ohio river access - Old Town creek Ohio river access - Racine (Horace W. Karr Ohio river access) Ohio river access - Shade river Ohio river lock and dam 15 Ohio river lock and dam 18 Ohio river lock and dam 21 Ohio river lock and dam 23 Oldaker Orwell Ottawa county wildlife area 1 Ottawa county wildlife area 2 Oxbow lake (including western agreement parcel) Paint creek fishing access Paint creek lake Parkersburg Pater Pickaway county wildlife area 1 Pickaway county wildlife area 2 Pickaway county wildlife area 3 Pickaway county wildlife area 4 Pickaway county wildlife area 5 Pickaway county wildlife area 6 Pickaway county wildlife area 7 Pickaway county wildlife area 8 Pickaway county wildlife area 9 Pickaway county wildlife area 10 Pickerel creek Pipe creek Pleasant valley Portage path Powelson Putnam county wildlife area 1 Putnam county wildlife area 2 Putnam county wildlife area 3 Resthaven Richland county wildlife area 1 Rock mill lake Ross county wildlife area 1 Ross county wildlife area 2 Ross county wildlife area 3 Ross county wildlife area 4 Ross county wildlife area 5 Ross lake Rush run Salt fork Samuels Sandusky county wildlife area 1 Sandusky county wildlife area 2 Sandusky county wildlife area 3 Sandusky county wildlife area 4 Sandusky county wildlife area 5 Sandusky county wildlife area 6 Scenic vista Seneca county wildlife area 1 Seneca county wildlife area 2 Seneca county wildlife area 3 Seneca county wildlife area 4 Senecaville state fish hatchery Shenango Shreve lake Silver creek Simco Six mile dam - Walhonding river Spencer lake Spring valley St. Joseph river St. Mary's state fish hatchery Stillwater Sugar creek Symmes township Taylor ridge Three locks road - Scioto river Tiffin river Toussaint creek Tranquility Tri-valley Turkey ridge Tycoon lake Urbana Valley run Van Tassel Van Wert county wildlife area 1 (Whitey Case) Vernon A. Luthman Tecumseh Veto lake Vinton furnace Wallace H. O'Dowd Warren Waterloo Wellington Wellston Wendell R. LaDue West branch West farmington West harbor Willard marsh Willow point Wingfoot Wolf creek Wood county wildlife area 1 Wood county wildlife area 2 Wood county wildlife area 4 Wood county wildlife area 5 Wood county wildlife area 6 Wood county wildlife area 7 Wood county wildlife area 8 Wood county wildlife area 9 Wood county wildlife area 10 Woodbury Woodland trails Wyandot Zepernick (2) The following areas administered by the division of parks and watercraft are public hunting areas: Adams lake Alum creek A.W. Marion Barkcamp Beaver creek Blue rock Buck creek Buckeye lake Burr oak Caesar creek Cowan lake Deer creek Delaware Dillon East fork Findley Forked run Geneva Grand lake St. Marys Great seal Guilford lake Hocking hills Hueston woods Indian lake Jefferson lake Jesse Owens Kelley's island Kiser lake Lake Alma Lake Logan Lake Loramie Lake Milton Madison lake Mary Jane Thurston Mosquito lake North bass island Paint creek Portage lakes Pymatuning Rocky fork Salt fork Stonelick Strouds run Sycamore Tar hollow Van Buren West branch Wolf run (3) The following areas administered by the division of forestry are public hunting areas: Beaver creek Blue rock Brush creek Dean Fernwood Gifford Harrison Hocking Maumee Mohican memorial Perry Pike Richland furnace Scioto trail Shade river Shawnee Sunfish creek Tar hollow Vinton furnace West blue rock Willow grove Yellow creek Zaleski (B) All definitions set forth in rule 1501:31-1-02 of the Administrative Code apply to this rule. Last updated July 6, 2026 at 9:04 AM Supplemental Information Authorized By: 1531.06 , 1531.08 , 1531.10 Amplifies: 1531.06 , 1531.08 , 1531.10 7/6/2031 6/1/1981 (Temp.), 10/13/1988 (Emer.), 10/31/1992, 8/15/1995, 1/25/1997, 7/5/2000, 2/1/2002, 5/27/2005, 11/24/2008, 1/1/2010, 7/1/2011, 7/1/2020