---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 32.54"
title: "50"
number: "32.54"
heading: "Ohio."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/32.54"
---

# §32.54. Ohio.


The following refuge units are open for hunting and/or fishing as governed by applicable Federal and State regulations, and are listed in alphabetical order with additional refuge-specific regulations.

- (a) **Cedar Point National Wildlife Refuge.**
  - (1) -(2) [Reserved]
  - (3) **Big game hunting.** We allow white-tailed deer hunting on designated areas of the refuge subject to the following conditions:
    - (i) You must possess and carry a State-issued permit. All hunters must check in and out at the refuge check station. We require hunters to check out with the State-issued Harvest Card no later than 2 hours after the conclusion of their controlled hunt.
    - (ii) We prohibit hunting or shooting within 150 feet (45.7 meters) of any structure, building, or parking lot.
  - (4) **Sport fishing.** We allow sport fishing on designated areas of the refuge subject to the following conditions:
    - (i) **We allow fishing from legal sunrise to legal sunset.**
    - (ii) We prohibit the taking of turtle, frog, leech, minnow, crayfish, and mussel (clam) species by any method on the refuge (see [§ 27.21](/cfr/50/27.21.md) of this chapter).
    - (iii) You must remove all boats, ice fishing structures, devices, and personal property from the refuge each day (see [§ 27.93](/cfr/50/27.93.md) of this chapter).
- (b) **Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge—**
  - (1) **Migratory game bird hunting.** We allow hunting of duck, goose, rail, gallinule, coot, dove, woodcock, crow, and snipe on designated areas of the refuge subject to the following conditions:
    - (i) On controlled waterfowl hunt units, we allow hunting of goose, duck, and coot as governed by with State regulations and subject to the following conditions:
      - (A) You must stop hunting at 12 p.m. (noon) each day.
      - (B) You may possess no more than 25 shot shells.
    - (ii) On public hunting units, we allow hunting of duck, goose, rail, gallinule, coot, dove, woodcock, and snipe subject to the following conditions:
      - (A) We allow refuge access from 1 1/2 hours prior to the State-listed morning shooting time and 1 hour after the State-listed evening shooting time.
      - (B) We allow the use of dogs when hunting, provided the dog is under the immediate control of the hunter at all times.
      - (C) We allow nonmotorized boats in areas open to waterfowl hunting during the waterfowl hunting seasons with the following exception: We allow motorized boats in the Metzger Marsh and Two Rivers units.
  - (2) **Upland game hunting.** We allow hunting of pheasant, squirrel, rabbit, fox, raccoon, skunk, opossum, groundhog, and coyote on designated areas of the refuge subject to the following conditions:
    - (i) **The conditions set forth at paragraphs (b)(1)(ii)(A) and (B) of this section apply.**
    - (ii) **We prohibit the use of buckshot for any hunting on the refuge.**
    - (iii) We prohibit hunting or shooting within 150 feet (45.7 meters) of any structure, building, or parking lot.
    - (iv) For hunting, you may use or possess only approved nontoxic shot shells (see [§ 32.2(k)](/cfr/50/32.2.md?p=k)) while in the field.
  - (3) **Big game hunting.** We allow hunting of white-tailed deer and wild turkey on designated areas of the refuge subject to the following conditions:
    - (i) On controlled deer hunt units, we allow hunting of white-tailed deer only as governed by State regulations and subject to the following conditions:
      - (A) **We require hunters to possess and carry a State-issued permit.** You must check in and out at the refuge check station using the State-issued Harvest Card no later than 2 hours after the conclusion of your hunt.
      - (B) We prohibit hunting or shooting within 150 feet (45.7 meters) of any structure, building, or parking lot.
    - (ii) We allow hunting of white-tailed deer and turkey on designated public hunting units of the refuge as governed by State regulations and subject to the following conditions:
      - (A) **The conditions set forth at paragraphs (b)(1)(ii)(A) and (b)(2)(ii) of this section apply.**
      - (B) **We allow only portable deer stands for hunting.** We allow only one tree stand per hunter per refuge unit. We allow placement of tree stands after September 1, and require hunters to remove tree stands by March 1 of each year (see [§ 27.93](/cfr/50/27.93.md) of this chapter). We require deer stands to be labeled with the hunter's Ohio customer identification number, which is on the hunting license.
      - (C) The condition set forth at [paragraph (b)(2)(iv)](#b-2-iv) applies while turkey hunting.
  - (4) **Sport fishing.** We allow sport fishing on designated areas of the refuge subject to the following conditions:
    - (i) **We allow fishing from legal sunrise to legal sunset.**
    - (ii) We prohibit the taking of any turtle, frog, leech, minnow, crayfish, and mussel (clam) species by any method on the refuge (see [§ 27.21](/cfr/50/27.21.md) of this chapter).
    - (iii) You must remove all boats, ice fishing structures, devices, and personal property from the refuge each day (see [§ 27.93](/cfr/50/27.93.md) of this chapter).

## Notes

### Amendments

[84 FR 47675, Sept. 10, 2019, as amended at 85 FR 54137, Aug. 31, 2020]

### Source

Source: 84 FR 47675, Sept. 10, 2019, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 16 U.S.C. 460k, 664, 668dd-668ee, and 715i; Pub. L. 115-20, 131 Stat. 86.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 5064, Jan. 19, 1993, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[84 FR 47675, Sept. 10, 2019, as amended at 85 FR 54137, Aug. 31, 2020]