Ammo for Ohio seasons and range time

Ohio shelves empty in a predictable order every autumn: .350 Legend first, then .450 Bushmaster, then 12 and 20 gauge sabot slugs. Those are the deer loads the state allows, along with other straight-walled cartridges from .357 to .50 caliber, so buy in September, not the week before the opener. Buckshot is not deer-legal. Waterfowlers headed for the Lake Erie marshes need non-toxic shot, and spring turkey hunters want number 5 or 6 loads they have patterned. The rest of the year it is 9mm, .223 and .22 LR for practice, plus match loads for anyone pointed at Camp Perry. Ammunition ships to your Ohio address with no state license or dealer visit; federal law sets the age at 18 for long-gun loads and 21 for handgun loads. See Ohio deer rifles & slug guns.