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WAteRFoWL HuntIng on WMAs
blind site draWings
A hand drawing will be held on the first Saturday
in August for permanent waterfowl draw blind
sites on Barkley Unit I, Big Sandy (including Gin
Creek Unit), Camden Units I and II, Cheatham
Lake, Cordell Hull, Gooch Unit A, Harmon
Creek, Haynes Bottom, Old Hickory Units I
and II, Tigrett, AEDC (Woods Reservoir), West
Sandy, and Reelfoot. Individuals wishing to
compete in the drawing must appear in person
at the designated location, with the appropriate
licenses and permits and submit an application
between 7:00 am and 10:00 am. The drawing will
be held immediately after the last person signs
up. One application is permitted per person and
no one may apply for more than one area. Each
applicant must be at least sixteen (16) years of
age to compete in the drawing or sign-on.
PerManent registered and
PerManent draW blinds:
Waterfowl hunting on all the above WMAs
(except Big Sandy, Camden Unit II, Harmon
Creek, Barkley Unit II, Reelfoot, and West
Sandy) permitted only from permanent blinds
allocated by the hand-held drawing, unless
otherwise specified. On Big Sandy, Camden Unit
II, Cordell Hull, Harmon Creek, Barkley Unit II,
Reelfoot, and West Sandy hunting is permitted
from registered blinds and from temporary
blinds or hides. Blinds, blind materials, boats,
hides, and decoys must be removed at the end
of the shooting hours each day.
the PerMittee, who is the person to whom
the TWRA issued the permit, must occupy his/
her blind by the legal daily opening shooting
time on days he/she wishes to hunt, and if the
blind is unoccupied at that time by the permittee,
the first person or party occupying the blind
shall be entitled to the privilege of its exclusive
and uninterrupted use until the end of shooting
hours that day. Exclusive and uninterrupted
use entitles the person or party to the right to
exclude all others from the blind, at the person’s
or party’s option, except for law enforcement
personnel engaged in the performance of their
duties. The permittee has priority use (exclusive
and uninterrupted) only if he/she is at the blind
on or before the legal daily opening shooting
time, regardless of whether or not the blind is
occupied by another person or party, provided
the permittee produces identification and his/
her blind permit. No more than 8 individuals
age 16 or older may occupy a permanent draw
blind at any time. No restrictions on the number
of youths under age 16.
WeSt Sandy (SPringville BottoMS)
and reelFoot regiStered BlindS -
West Sandy blind sites must be registered at
the designated location on the first Saturday
in August by 10:00 a.m. Central Time. Reelfoot
blinds must be registered with the TWRA
manager prior to August 1. A Lifetime Sportsman
License, Sportsman License, or an Annual
Small Game and Waterfowl Permit (Type 091)
or Type 167 is required at registration except
Reelfoot where a Reelfoot Duck Blind Permit
is required. Individuals claiming blind sites
on these areas may not compete for blind site
drawings on other areas.
All blind sites will be given a registration number,
which must be displayed, using lettering 2
inches or larger inside the blind, or on a stake
at floating blind sites. When floating blinds are
moved to designated blind stakes, the number
must be immediately transferred from the stake
to the blind. No blind may be constructed or
repaired or any floating blinds moved onto the
area that have not met the deadlines for registering
the blind and displaying the registration
number. Unregistered and/or unnumbered
blinds are subject to removal.
no Blind May Be locked or
Barricaded to deny entrance to
other hUnterS When the Blind iS
not in USe.
Wheelchair-BoUnd hUntS, ZoneS, or
BlindS are open to hunters who are totally
and permanently confined to a wheelchair as
certified by a physician. Certain WMAs have
special blind sites established for wheelchairbound
hunters to include: Cheatham Lake,
Old Hickory, Reelfoot, and West Sandy. See
specific WMAs for regulations if applicable.
On wheelchair-bound waterfowl hunts, each
wheelchair-bound hunter must be accompanied
by at least one, but not more than three assistants
(at least one of whom must be age 16 years or
older), who may also participate in hunting
teMPorary BlindS and decoyS must
be removed at the end of shooting hours each
day.
all decoyS must be removed by the owner
of the blind within ten days after the close of
waterfowl season. Consult the 2007 Waterfowl
Guide for additional restrictions.
yoUthS hUnting WaterFoWl on a
WMa: Youths, ages 6-16, must be accompanied
by an adult, 21 years of age or older, who must
remain in position to take immediate control of
the hunting device except as otherwise noted.
attention
wateRfowl HunteRS
according to tennessee law (tca
Section 70-4-108) when hunting on
public land or waters, you can not hunt
within 100 yards of a visible dwelling
without the owner’s permission.
8 2008 Waterfowl Guide