Ohio Administrative Code|Rule 1501:46-15-13 | Duck blind, permit required.

                                                
No person shall place, construct, maintain, or use
		a permanent duck blind in any area administered by the division without first
		obtaining a permanent duck blind permit therefore from the chief of the
		division or the chief's authorized agent.
(A) Application for permanent duck blinds
		  may be made beginning on the morning of the third Saturday in August, annually,
		  at the area office where such duck blind construction is
		  permitted.
(B) No person shall draw for a blind
		  until that person exhibits that person's Ohio hunting license, proof of
		  purchase of an Ohio wetlands habitat stamp for the current year and a federal
		  migratory bird stamp from the previous year or current year. Persons under
		  sixteen years of age are not required to possess an Ohio wetlands habitat stamp
		  or federal migratory bird stamp to participate, however they must possess a
		  valid youth hunting license.
(C) Prior to the issuance of a permanent
		  duck blind permit every applicant for such permit shall pay the fee specified
		  in rule 1501:46-2-27 of the Administrative Code.
(D) Persons shall remove their permanent
		  duck blind by the fifteenth day of March of each year.
(E) Persons who fail to comply with
		  paragraph (D) of this rule by not removing their permanent duck blind by the
		  fifteenth day of March shall not be eligible for a permanent duck blind permit
		  at any area administered by the division for the following year's
		  season.
(F) Persons receiving a division
		  permanent duck blind permit shall construct a blind on the designated location
		  within forty-five days after the issuance of said permit. Failure to comply
		  shall be cause for the forfeiture of both the permit and the fee.
(G) No person shall apply for more than
		  one permanent duck blind permit.
(H) No person shall apply or draw for a
		  permanent duck blind permit for another person.
(I) No person shall construct a permanent
		  duck blind except within a reasonable distance of the site location designated
		  by the permanent duck blind permit.
(J) No person shall install or place a
		  stake in any water area for the purpose of anchoring or securing a permanent
		  duck blind.
(K) This rule shall not apply to those
		  areas where the duck blind permits are issued by authority of rule
		  1501:31-21-02 of the Administrative Code.
For the purpose of this rule "permanent duck
		blind" is a structure that is taken to, placed, or built for the purpose
		of concealment by waterfowl hunters and is left at the same place of
		concealment for more than one calendar day.
No person shall use a permanent duck blind unless
		they are the permit holder of the blind or have the written permission of the
		permit holder.


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