I know it has been a few years but I just moved to Nashville and have the same questions as you. I would appreciate any advice. I also don't know many hunters around TN yet so would be up for a group hunt sometime.
Cheatham has a wade in area by Dysons Ditch. Some days it is terrible, some days you can shoot a couple (but then again you can say the same for the blinds).
The TWRA does a good job of defining Tiered locations but there is a lot of work they need to do on the online mapping. It is not user friendly and doesn't clearly show the areas on a map. Unless I am missing a mapping tool that's not shown. I wish they would do a better job of directing hunters to the proper locations on these WMAs.
Looks like there only a handful of Tier 4 locations available on any given body of water and they're first come first serve. So you'd better be there early if you want to snag it. If someone's there before you, depends on what kind of person is there, they just may invite you to jump in.
yes it would help if they'd add a color legend for the blinds. Right now all they show is a circle and you have to click on it to see what tier level the blinds are.
It is a standing area. No blind.
Yep. It's 2024 and they have to catch up with the times.
Or go during the week when it's legal.
It was a couple years ago they had maps posted that were pretty clear. I recall seeing the wade in area for cheatham posted and clearly marked. I never went though. Other WMA maps had blinds numbered and designated with circle or triangle and blind number. This new GIS tool they're using is terrible for the hunter--almost useless.
Not a lot of options outside the Cheatham wade in area in middle TN. there are a couple you could wade into at OH if you know where the ditch is, but they're usually occupied. If you have a boat, I'd suggest some mid-week hopping at any of the WMAs.
