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Duck & Goose Hunting
on the
Tennessee River
& Kentucky Lake
"A great
guide and hunting setup" -Tony Accerano, SPORTS AFIELD MAGAZINE
a Ducks
Unlimited
Sponsor
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Location
I offer both a private flooded farm
hunt and open water hunt.
One
of the hunting areas is located on secondary waters off the
Tennessee River
(Kentucky Lake)
where shallow sandbars and islands surround a marsh. Centered in the hub
of
three Federal
Refuges and a series of state wildlife management areas, movement
between
these zones makes
for good hunting and waterfowl viewing, especially when winter weather
stimulates migrational
movement.
The Big Sandy unit of the Tennessee National
Wildlife Refuge, located
less than a mile north,
winters 40,00 to 60,000 ducks and 15,000 to 20,000 geese. Good winter
weather will see these
numbers double or triple! To the south is the Duck River unit of the
TNWR
where 200,000-plus
ducks and 60,000-plus geese winter.
To the east on Lake Barkley
(Cumberland
River) is Cross
Creek National Wildlife Refuge, which is a short flight for waterfowl
trading back and forth between refuges. It holds 30,000 plus ducks and 15,000-plus geese. Then,
to
the west are state
wildlife management areas such as Big Sandy and Gin Creek where flooded
timber and
rowcrops are planted for wintering waterfowl.
Together these areas record 500,000 ducks and 100,000
geese during peak
winter counts. As
you can see, this hunting area being centrally located has the potential
to
offer great waterfowl
shooting and observation. The Tennessee River has long been a route for
major migrations of
ducks and geese.
My
private farm hunts are located in West Tennessee's Obion River bottom,
which is a main artery of travel for waterfowl between the Mississippi
River and the Tennessee River.
Steve
McCadams
Professional Guide Service
Crappie and Bass Fishing ~
Duck and Goose Hunting
on Tennessee's Kentucky Lake
655 Anderson Drive
Paris, Tennessee 38242
Phone: (731) 642-0360
E-Mail Steve
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Fishing on
Tennessee's
Kentucky Lake
"America's
Best Known Crappie Fisherman" - Nick Sissley, FISHING WORLD
MAGAZINE
Steve's
Casting for a Cure
Kids Fishing Rodeo
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