Lake Barkley Duck Blind Drawing Information
In order to place a duck blind on Lake Barkley for the duration of the waterfowl season a permit may be obtained through a drawing process. Lake Barkley holds its Annual Duck Blind Drawing on the third Monday of September each year. The drawing is held at the shelter below Barkley Dam beginning promptly at 8 a.m. central time. All State and Federal licenses and Waterfowl stamps are required and should be purchased prior to the drawing in order to participate.
Duck Blind Maps
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Definitions of Map Markings
Thin red line: indicates that you must be 200 yards from the shoreline to hunt
Red shaded areas: you can not hunt waterfowl in this area
Required documents to draw for a blind
KY hunting license
KY waterfowl hunting permit
Federal Duck Stamp
Blind numbers must be displayed in the blind or it could be removed.
Blinds must be 200 yards apart.
Any blind remaining on the lake after March 1 is subject to removal or destruction without notice.
Regulations and Updates
SUMMARY OF BLIND REGULATIONS FOR LAKE BARKLEY
1. Permanent blinds, defined as those which are in place more than twenty-four (24) hours, must be registered on a permit issued by the US Army Corps of Engineers or the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. Permittees will be selected by a drawing at Lake Barkley. Applicants for blind permits must be 18 years of age and present the following in order to participate in the drawing: 1) current Kentucky hunting license 2) state waterfowl permit 3) signed federal duck stamp 4) confirmation of a completed HIP survey. Each applicant may only register one (1) blind. Applicants may designate one (1) other person as a partner for the blind.
2. All registered blind locations must be marked with the appropriate permit number. Permittees who have not constructed a blind or marked the designated location by the first Sunday in November will forfeit their permit.
3. Permanent blinds must be removed by the second Monday in March following the season. After that time, the blind will be considered abandoned property and may be removed or destroyed at the expense of the permittee. The permittee may also be issued a Title 36 citation and lose the privilege of participating in the next blind drawing.
4. The Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources has identified two (2) areas on Lake Barkley for predetermined blind location. Permanent blinds may be used in these areas but must remain within ten (10) yards of the assigned numbered blind marker within the area. The areas are described as follows:
- DUCK POND AREA: Beginning at the mouth of Donaldson Creek and proceeding south along the east side of the Old Cumberland River channel as marked by buoys, to a point due west of the boat ramp at Linton, then east to the Linton boat ramp, then north along the east shore of Lake Barkley to the mouth of Donaldson Creek.
- SOUTH PRYOR CREEK AREA: All blind sites west of mile marker 72 south to the Kentucky/Tennessee State Line. All other blinds within this described area must be temporary.
5. Blinds not occupied by Permittees one half (1/2) hour prior to shooting hours of any day are available for use by hunters on a first-come-first-serve basis for the remainder of that day. Permittees shall not lock blinds to prevent use by other hunters in the absence of the permittee.
6. Blinds can be registered at the Resource Managers Office for 30 days after the drawing. No permanent blinds will be registered after the cut-off date.
7. No blinds may be established less than 200 yards from any other blind, “red line” area or waterfowl refuge. For the purpose of this section a stationary, anchored or drifting boat from which waterfowl are hunted is considered a blind.
8. No more than four (4) persons shall occupy a blind at any one time.
9. Designated recreation areas and access points are closed to waterfowl and coot hunting.
10. A Land Between the Lakes (LBL) Hunter Use Permit is required for anyone hunting on LBL property or accessing blinds via LBL property.
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
IN COOPERATION WITH THE
KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES