1900 Ohio Gen. and Local Acts 235, An Act to Amend Section 6961 of the Revised Statutes (Bates' Annotated) of Ohio, § 1 (vol. 94)

Sec. 6961. No person shall, on any place, catch, kill or injure, or pursue with such intent, any quail, except between the tenth day of November and the first day of December, inclusive; or any woodcock, squirrel or rabbit, except between the tenth day of November and the first day of December, inclusive; or any ruffed grouse, or pheasant or prairie chicken, except between the tenth day of November and the first day of December, inclusive; or any rail, snipe, killdeer or plover, except between the tenth day of November and the first day of December, inclusive; or any coot or mud hen, or wild duck, except between the tenth day of November and the first day of December, inclusive, and the tenth day of March and tenth day of April, inclusive. No person shall, at any time, catch, kill or injure, or pursue, with such intent, any wild duck or wild goose, by the aid or use of any swivel or punt gun, or any other gun but a common shoulder gun; or with the aid of or from any sink boat or battery, or by the use or aid of any steamboat, naptha launch, electric launch, sailboat, steam launch or any kind of boat whatsoever, except a common rowboat propelled by oars. No person shall, at any time, catch, kill or injure, or pursue with such intent, any of the birds, game or animals mentioned in this act, with or by the use of any trap, net or snare, or destroy any of the eggs or nests of any of the birds named in this section. No person shall kill any wild duck on Sunday or Monday of any week, or on any of the reservoirs belonging to the state of Ohio, or upon the waters of Lake Erie and the estuaries and bays thereof, or on the rivers, creeks, ponds, or other waters or bodies of water in this state. No person shall hunt, shoot or trap or have in possession in the open air for such purpose, any of the implements for the hunting, shooting or trapping of the same, on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday. No person shall shoot at or kill any wild duck before five o'clock in the forenoon, or after six o'clock in the afternoon of any day upon which it shall be lawful to kill the same. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, be fined as provided in section 6968. Provided, that nothing herein shall be construed so as to prohibit the killing of squirrels or rabbits by the owner or tenant of any premises where such animals may be found injuring grain, fruit trees, shrubbery or vegetables.