Aug. 7 West Tennessee Waterfowl Blind Drawing Locations Announced

NASHVILLE --- The locations and times have been set for the 2010-11 waterfowl blind drawings on Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency Wildlife Management Areas in the West Tennessee area.

 

The drawings for all of the areas will be Saturday, Aug. 7. Registration will be held from 7-10 a.m. with the drawings to begin at 10 a.m.

 

To be eligible to participate in the annual blind drawing, individuals must be at least 16 years old, apply in person, not have applied for more than one area, and possess one of the following licenses (with the exception of Reelfoot where only an annual Reelfoot Preservation Permit is required).

 

Tennessee residents must possess one of the following licenses; Lifetime Sportsman License, Sportsman License (Type 04), Type 01 License and Type 91 Permit, Type 166 License and Type 91 Permit or Type 167 Permit, Proof of age for residents born before March 1, 1926 and Type 91 Permit. An exception is at Reelfoot, where only an annual Reelfoot Preservation Permit is required. Nonresidents are required to have a Type 71 License and Type 91 Permit or a Type 73 License and Type 91 Permit.

 

The drawings will be held at six locations. The Gooch Unit A (35 blinds) drawing will be held at Obion City Park. The Reelfoot drawing (53 blinds) is set for Ellington Hall at Reelfoot State Park Visitors Center.

 

The Kentucky Lake (Camden Units I&II, Harmon’s Creek, Big Sandy, and Gin Creek, a total of 75 blinds) will be held in Big Sandy at the Little League Ballfield.

 

Barkley Unit I (25 blinds) will have its drawing at Stewart County High School in Dover. Tigrett (17 blinds) will be at Dyersburg Fairgrounds in the First Citizens Pavilion. West Sandy (42 blinds) will be held at the Henry County Fairgrounds Livestock Barn.