WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS CAMDEN UNIT I: All activities are prohibited in the sub-impoundments for the five days before each opening day of the statewide duck season. No fishing, trapping or hunting of any species, except waterfowl, during the late duck season.
GOOCH UNIT A AND UNIT E: All activities are prohibited in the sub-impoundments for the five days before the opening day of the statewide duck season. No fishing, trapping or hunting of any species, except waterfowl, during the late duck season.
Miscellaneous WMA Regulations Temporary blinds and decoys must be removed at the end of shooting hours each day. All decoys from permanent registered and annual draw blinds must be removed by the owner of the blind within 10 days after the close of waterfowl season.
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. Applications for Cheatham and Old Hickory are available from the Region II office, (615) 781-6622. Applications for Camden, West Sandy, and Reelfoot are available at www.tnwildlife.org and at the Region I office (731-423-5725) or Reelfoot office (731-2537343). 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, West Sandy), Reelfoot Office (Reelfoot), or Region II Office (Cheatham and Old Hickory).
Special Closing Times on WMAs • Waterfowl hunting on all WMAs is open until sunset on the last day of each segment of the duck season (except for North Chickamauga Creek and Fort Loudoun WMAs). • WMAs with special closing times are open all day, each day of the Youth Waterfowl Season. • During the waterfowl season, hunting on Bogota (all pools) Camden (Unit I), Gooch (Units A and E), John Tully, Obion River (Maness Swamp Hunt Unit), Old Hickory (Unit 1), Reelfoot, South Fork Refuge, Thorny Cypress (all pools), Tigrett, West Sandy, White Oak and Wolf River closes at 3 p.m. (CST) except on the last day of each segment of
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HORNS BLUFF REFUGE: The portion of Horns Bluff Refuge, that is north of the main river channel, is open for waterfowl hunting on Saturdays and Sundays during the late duck season(s). Hunting closes at 3 p.m. and no one is allowed on the area after 5 p.m. or before 4 a.m.
Special Regulations on WMAs
JOHN TULLY: (Fig Field Unit/Fullen North and South Tract)
REGION 1
Waterfowl hunts (opening weekend and Fri-Sun hunts) will be allocated by weekly hand-held drawings on the Monday prior to the hunt at 6:00 p.m. at the John Tully Field Office. Waterfowl hunting closes at 3 p.m. and is allowed only from designated locations.
BARKLEY WMA UNIT I: Closed on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday except the first and last day of each segment of the late duck and goose seasons. All activities are prohibited in the sub-impoundments for the five days before each opening day of the statewide duck season and on days when waterfowl hunting is closed. No fishing, trapping or hunting of any species, except waterfowl, during days open to duck hunting. BIG SANDY WMA (including Gin Creek): Closed on Tuesdays and Fridays except the first and last day of each segment of the late duck and goose seasons. All activities are prohibited in the sub-impoundments for the five days before each opening day of the statewide duck season and on days when waterfowl hunting is closed. No fishing, trapping or hunting of any species, except waterfowl, in the sub-impoundments during the late duck season.
BOGOTA WMA: All hunt units except Pool 1 will be allocated by a special computerized draw (see page 14). Youth waterfowl hunts (Feb. 3 and Feb. 10, 2018; ages 6 -15) will be allocated by a hand-held drawing at the Dyersburg work base on January 22, 2018 at 6 p.m (CST). BOGOTA WMA (Pool 1): Waterfowl hunting during the late duck season permitted only on Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and the first and last day of each segment of the duck season. All hunting closes at 3 p.m. (CST) each day, except the last day of each segment of the season when hunting closes at sunset. No waterfowl hunters are allowed on the unit or access area from two hours after legal shooting hours have ended until 4 a.m. the following day. Temporary blinds only. All decoys, temporary blinds, blind materials and boats must be removed daily.
MEEMAN-SHELBY FOREST STATE PARK AND NATURAL AREA: Waterfowl hunting allowed on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday during the late waterfowl season. The area north of Pleasant View Road is open first-come, first-served. The area south of Pleasant View Road is restricted to designated blind sites allocated by a special computerized drawing (see page 14). OBION RIVER WMA MANESS SWAMP HUNTING UNIT Waterfowl hunting will be allocated by a hand held weekly draw. Drawings will be for 3 day hunts, Friday-Sunday and opening weekend(s). The hand held drawing will be held on the Monday prior to the hunt at 6 p.m. at the Kenton Gym, 206 West College St., Kenton, TN 38233. Hunting will only be allowed from designated locations. SOUTH FORK REFUGE: Waterfowl hunting during the late duck season is permitted on Saturdays and Sundays and the first and last day of each segment. WEST SANDY: All activities are prohibited in the sub-impoundments for the five days before each opening day of the statewide duck season. No fishing, trapping or hunting or any species, other than waterfowl, in the sub-impoundments during the late duck season. WHITE OAK: Same as statewide season, except during the late waterfowl season hunting closes at 3 p.m. (CST) and all types of watercraft and waterfowl hunters are prohibited on the area from 5 p.m. to 4 a.m.
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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.
the season, when hunting closes at sunset. • No waterfowl hunters are allowed on the unit or access area of Barkley (Unit I), Big Sandy, Camden (Unit I and II), Cheatham Lake, Chickamauga, Gooch (Unit A and E), Haynes Bottom, Obion River (Maness Swamp Hunt Unit), Old Hickory (Units I and II), South Fork Refuge, Three Rivers, Tigrett, West Sandy and White Oak from 2 hours after legal shooting hours have ended until 4 a.m. the following day.
Gooch Unit E - waterfowl hunting will be restricted to designated blind sites allocated by a special computerized drawing (see page 14). No fishing, trapping or hunting of any species, except waterfowl, during the late duck season. No permanent blinds. All temporary blinds, blind materials, and boats must be removed from the unit daily.