How many acres does one need to own for land owner tags? I have read 5 but that was from a while ago. I just picked up an 8 acre bottom ground to hunt and the land owner was asking about land owner tags as he is thinking about hunting.
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@bowhunter1023 - it's not!
Doesn't matter how many acres you have, as long you are the owner of the land, or you are part of the immediate family that owns the land, such as child.
You still have to report your harvest though to the DOW system.
Good luck to you!
Doesn't matter how many acres you have, as long you are the owner of the land, or you are part of the immediate family that owns the land, such as child.
You still have to report your harvest though to the DOW system.
Good luck to you!
Good. I killed a lot of deer off our 2.34 acres before we sold it. 
ON PAGE 37 WITHIN THE 2021/22 'HUNTING & TRAPPING REGULATIONS'
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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, eithersex 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 the landowner, may hunt on that property without a license, either-sex deer permit, deer management permit, spring or fall turkey permit, Ohio Wetlands Habitat Stamp, or fur taker permit if the nonresident’s home state allows residents of Ohio owning property in the nonresident’s home state, and the spouse and children living with the Ohio property owner, to hunt without a license, deer permit, spring or fall turkey permit, wetlands habitat stamp, or fur taker permit.
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 or beneficiaries.
4. Tenants and their children on land on which they reside 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 trapping on land where they reside.
5. Ohio resident landowners’ grandchildren 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.
________________________________________
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, eithersex 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 the landowner, may hunt on that property without a license, either-sex deer permit, deer management permit, spring or fall turkey permit, Ohio Wetlands Habitat Stamp, or fur taker permit if the nonresident’s home state allows residents of Ohio owning property in the nonresident’s home state, and the spouse and children living with the Ohio property owner, to hunt without a license, deer permit, spring or fall turkey permit, wetlands habitat stamp, or fur taker permit.
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 or beneficiaries.
4. Tenants and their children on land on which they reside 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 trapping on land where they reside.
5. Ohio resident landowners’ grandchildren 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.
But, I believe the animal needs to die on your property too. Meaning, you shoot it from the stand/blind but the animal expires on the neighbors land, you must have a license/tag to retrieve and keep....can someone confirm?
I would strictly adhere to what it states within the 'Hunting & Trapping Regulations'. and interpret it as being literal in the definitions, and never go outside those definitions to be on the safe side.
However, I'm sure that most all Game Wardens and/or Wildlife Officers have the authority to make judgment calls within the field and might allow some leeway for someone to slide if it was not a past habit, and if the deer was truly shot first on the owners property, and then died on the neighboring property and the neighbor is okay with you to retrieve the deer.
If the neighbor is in fact okay with you to retrieve the deer without issue, I still would most likely make the call to my local Wildlife Officer, explain my current situation to him and accept whatever advice and/or recommendation on how to proceed.
If I have to purchase a license & permit based on that phone call conversation afterwards with the Wildlife Officer, then I would easily do so through the new ONDR cellphone on-line internet application before I went to retrieve that deer on the neighbors property. It's a real snap to do and it does not take long at all to complete that process through that application if you have adequate internet access. Probably takes all of about 5 minutes to complete that purchasing transaction. I know because I have done it just last season from the field.
Hope that I am pretty clear about what I just stated above for everybody?
However, I'm sure that most all Game Wardens and/or Wildlife Officers have the authority to make judgment calls within the field and might allow some leeway for someone to slide if it was not a past habit, and if the deer was truly shot first on the owners property, and then died on the neighboring property and the neighbor is okay with you to retrieve the deer.
If the neighbor is in fact okay with you to retrieve the deer without issue, I still would most likely make the call to my local Wildlife Officer, explain my current situation to him and accept whatever advice and/or recommendation on how to proceed.
If I have to purchase a license & permit based on that phone call conversation afterwards with the Wildlife Officer, then I would easily do so through the new ONDR cellphone on-line internet application before I went to retrieve that deer on the neighbors property. It's a real snap to do and it does not take long at all to complete that process through that application if you have adequate internet access. Probably takes all of about 5 minutes to complete that purchasing transaction. I know because I have done it just last season from the field.
Hope that I am pretty clear about what I just stated above for everybody?
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Smawgunner2
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I have no ruling to provide on this but I’d think not. Your hunting license, permit, tag whatever should apply to where the animal is shot, not what county, state or land it dies in.
I'd say that's a question for your GW to address, but I don't see why that would change things. The law address the act of hunting, not the act of dying. If it is indeed the case, I claim the 5th on a handful of recoveries. Hell, even on 2,000 acres, you could run into this issue and I have a few times on 80 acres. I've honestly never thought anything about it. I was legally hunting as a landowner and had permission to recover the deer.
Flip the script and say you shoot the deer on your neighbor with tag in pocket, but it dies on your ground. Are you going to tag it as a landowner?
Flip the script and say you shoot the deer on your neighbor with tag in pocket, but it dies on your ground. Are you going to tag it as a landowner?
Spencie
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Big_Holla
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I could see not being able to carry a weapon onto a neighbors property while tracking/recovering the deer to abide by the law.
So if I shoot a deer in one county and it runs to another, I need to have an open tag for that? Imma call BS. I was hunting legally.
Same thing for does shot on private, but run onto public that doesn't allow doe hunting after gun law? Big Grey area...
100% possible that happens to me, county line is middle of the road out front....son of a bitch, never crossed my mind!
Knew I read it somewhere, only other outdoor forum I read. Conflicting GW messages, I'm going to email local office and have it on record for both land owner and county 2 county given the line proximity and they're headed that way to the river after shot lol.
www.ohiogamefishing.com
Landowner's Lic/tag exemptions
And another here...you can see why it's confusing lol.
Good call. I wouldn't trust 11 year old second hand information in your case.Knew I read it somewhere, only other outdoor forum I read. Conflicting GW messages, I'm going to email local office and have it on record for both land owner and county 2 county given the line proximity and they're headed that way to the river after shot lol.
Landowner's Lic/tag exemptions