This is verified by TWRA officers and area supervisors, but due to the way the system is set up, this illegal activity is impossible to enforce.Īs a certified wildlife biologist, a long-time wildlife professional and a Tennessee hunter, I’m proud of TWRA. This is often accomplished by successful draw applicants illegally buying and selling these public blinds. Hunters have complained that the best blinds are often hunted by the same group of people –all season-in most years. Mainly, hunters wanted to see more fairness in the one-day, in-person, duck blind-draw process and more opportunity for more hunters on public land and water. TWRA has done the best job for Tennessee huntersįor years, TWRA has received complaints about our public land duck hunting system. Hear more Tennessee Voices: Get the weekly opinion newsletter for insightful and thought provoking columns. They are trying to provide the best outdoor opportunities on public land for most people in a fair, equitable manner, while also honoring traditions, hunting methods, and opportunities for local hunters. It's a shame, because TWRA is doing their job, which is listening and responding to its constituency. Now, I’m seeing disagreement among hunters over Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency's, TWRA, proposed changes to the public area-blind allocation system. We need look no further than the recent tragedy at Reelfoot Lake, where 3 hunters lost their lives over an ongoing squabble between occupants of two public blinds. But like most other things in life, it has a downside. The anticipation in the pre-dawn of the possibility of new ducks, a steaming cup of coffee in hand, the smell of dogs and gunpowder, good-natured banter among friends-and finally, five minutes before shooting time, the whirring of wings as a squadron of jacks strafe the decoys.
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