Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources News Release

Waterfowl Blind Drawings for Sloughs WMA Set for September 26

Sept. 14, 2006
Contact: Norm Minch
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
1-800-852-0942, ext. 434

Frankfort, Ky. – Staff from the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources will conduct the annual drawing for waterfowl hunting blind sites on portions of the Sloughs Wildlife Management Area (WMA) at a public meeting scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 26, at the Union County Middle School in Morganfield, KY. 

Hunters will be required to have in their possession a valid 2006-07 Kentucky hunting license, a state waterfowl permit and a federal duck stamp to be eligible to register. Registration will open at 6 p.m. Central time with the drawing beginning at 7 p.m. 

The drawing will be for use of waterfowl hunting blind sites on the Grassy Pond-Powell’s Lake and Highland Creek Units of Sloughs WMA in Henderson and Union counties. Persons selected will have priority of use over the assigned blind sites; however, these blinds will be open to the public each day if the selected hunters are not on site by 30 minutes before shooting time.

Selected hunters will be responsible for locating, cleaning, preparing, camouflaging and maintaining the blind site for the 2006-07 season. The selected hunters may name a partner for the waterfowl hunting blind site.

Selection for use of the blind sites on the Crenshaw and Duncan II tracts will be performed by computer selection system for two or three-day hunts as they have in the past. Waterfowl hunting on the balance of the Jenny Hole Unit and Highland Creek Units will remain open to “walk-in, wade-in, boat-in hunting” as they have in the past.

For additional information, call the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Information Center at 1-800-858-1549, or Sloughs WMA, (270) 827-2673.

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