Migratory Birds

Waterfowl Quota Hunts  WMA (Computerized/Hand Held Draw)

• Bogota & Thorny Cypress - Waterfowl Blind Drawings
  
• Chickamauga - Waterfowl Blind Drawings
• Meeman Shelby Forest - Waterfowl Blind Drawings
• White Oak- Lebanon Pond Area
• Gooch Unit E - Hand Held Draw Site
  
• Obion River Maness Swamp Hunting Unit 
• WMA Waterfowl Blind Reservation Application

Waterfowl Hunting on WMA

West Tennessee

Barkley,  Bogota (Draw Site),  Big Sandy,  Bogota(Non Draw Site), Camden,   Gin Creek,  Gooch,   Gooch Unit E,   Harmon Creek,   John Tully-Fig Field/Fullen North Units,  Meeman-Shelby State Forest Park,  Obion River--Maness Swamp Unit,     Thorny Cypress (Draw Site),  Tigrett,  Reelfoot,   West Sandy,   White Oak

Middle Tennessee

Haynes Bottom,  Old Hickory Unit I,  Woods Reservoir,  Cheatham Lake

Cumberland Plateau

Chickamauga WMA Candies Creek, Johnson Bottoms, Rogers Creek, and Yellow Creek Units

Annual Draw for Blinds (August)

*Due to COVID-19, Executive Order No. 38, and CDC guidance, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) is using a different procedure to issue duck blinds this year to help protect public health.  You can find more information here.

Non-Draw Sites  (no special quota-hunt or draw permit needed)

Hunting is permitted on several WMAs (or special portions of WMAs) with only the required license(s) and a WMA Permit (no special quota or draw permits required).  Areas with Walk-In hunting include:   Big Sandy, Camden (Unit II), Harmon Creek, Reelfoot, and West Sandy, hunting is permitted from registered blind sites and from temporary blinds or hides.  Temporary blinds and decoys must be at least 200 yards from any permanent blind.  Blinds, blind materials, boats, hides and decoys must be removed at the end of shooting hours each day.

• Bogota Pool 1 - Non Draw Site
• Thorny Cypress Pool 10 - Non Draw Site
• Thorny Cypress Pool 11 - Non Draw Site
• Thorny Cypress Pool 12 - Non Draw Site

Wheelchair-bound Blinds

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 wheelchair-bound hunters which include: Camden, Cheatham Lake, North Chickamauga Creek, Old Hickory, Reelfoot, and West Sandy. See specific WMAs for regulations. 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 the hunt.

West Sandy wheelchair-bound hunts are first-come, first-served. Applications for Cheatham and Old Hickory are available from the Region II office, (615) 781-6622. Applications for Camden and Reelfoot are available  below and at the Region I office (731-423-5725) or Reelfoot office (731-253-7343). Information for North Chickamauga Creek (Varner Unit) is available from the Region III Office, (931-484-9571). Applications for wheelchair-bound hunts must be received by noon on the fourth Friday of October at the Region I Office (Camden), Reelfoot Office (Reelfoot), or Region II Office (Cheatham and Old Hickory)

• Reelfoot Wheelchair Blind Application 
• Camden Wheelchair Blind Application 

Temporary Blinds & Decoys

Temporary blinds and decoys must be removed at the end of shooting hours each day, unless otherwise indicated under the individual WMA listing.

All decoys must be removed by the owner of the blind within ten days after the close of waterfowl season, unless otherwise indicated under the individual WMA listing. Refer to the 2011 Waterfowl Guide for additional restrictions.

Youths Hunting Waterfowl on a WMA

Youths, ages 6–15, 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.

Waterfowl Counts