Medina, OH Animal Ordinances: Coyote Management (2026)

11, adopted by Ordinance 162-22 on September 12, 2022, opens with a blanket prohibition: the hunting of animals or fowl within the Municipality is prohibited, and no person may hunt, kill, or attempt to kill any animal or fowl by any means. That flat ban reaches coyotes along with every other wild animal in the city limits; Medina's code creates no cull, trapping, or hazing program specific to coyotes. The only carve-out the section allows is for white-tailed deer: the Mayor or a designated representative may, in their sole discretion, issue a Municipal Deer Control Permit letting an archer bow-hunt deer with a longbow or crossbow, conditioned on the area being deemed safe, the hunter completing a hunter-education course or equivalent safety training, written permission from the property owner, compliance with all City and State law, and a written agreement to defend, release, and indemnify the City for the applicant's negligent acts.

The Mayor may also promulgate further rules to carry out the permit program. Because coyotes fall outside that deer-only exception, a resident or contractor cannot lawfully hunt or trap a coyote inside Medina even on private property; residents dealing with coyote activity are left to non-lethal deterrence or must go through the City for any authorized response, since the ordinance gives no permit pathway for coyotes as it does for deer.