I'm still confused. The booklet shows that a rifle is legal to hunt with for small game.
ALLOWABLE small game HUNTING EQUIPMENT
Squirrel, Ruffed Grouse,
Cottontail Rabbit,
Ring-necked Pheasant,
Chukar, Bobwhite Quail,
Fox, Raccoon, Skunk,
Opossum, Weasel, Crow,
Coyote, Feral Swine
(wild boar), Groundhog
Longbow or Bow: This would include compound bows and recurve bows.
Crossbow
Poisoned or explosive arrows are unlawful. While hunting, it is unlawful to have
attached to a longbow or crossbow any mechanical, electrical, or electronic device
capable of projecting a beam of light.
Handgun: any caliber
Rifle: any caliber
It is unlawful for any person to use or hunt with any rifle during the deer gun, the
youth deer gun, the antlerless deer muzzleloader, and the statewide muzzleloader
seasons other than a muzzleloading rifle .38 caliber or larger.
Shotgun: 10 gauge or smaller shotgun
Airgun
Also from the Regulations booklet.
ON Public Hunting Lands
It is unlawful for any person to use a rifle,
pistol, revolver, shotgun, or other firearm
at any time on any land or water area
controlled or administered by the Ohio
Division of Wildlife except while lawfully
trapping or hunting wild animals, or target practicing on a designated Ohio Division
of Wildlife target range.
From the Ohio Administrative Code.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt any wild animal on any public hunting area listed in paragraphs (B) and (C) of this rule with any device or by any means other than shotguns; falconry; longbow and arrow; muzzleloading rifles and shotguns; and crossbows and arrows. However, rifles and handguns may be used to take furbearing animals from six p.m. to six a.m., handguns may also be used to take squirrels during open seasons and handguns may be used to take deer during the deer gun season in accordance with rule 1501:31-15-11 of the Administrative Code.
Seems every where I read things contradict one another.
I spoke to a person at District Three and was told I could legally hunt racccoons during daylight hours on Public Hunting areas except during any deer gun seasons.