Years ago you could build a blind on reelfoot as long as you were not too close to someone else but now you can't I believe on the 1st Saturday in august they have drawings for public blinds and if you are drawn you pick the blind you want from their list and it is yours for the year and all blinds on reelfoot that are not occupied by shooting time you can hunt if the owner shows after beginning of shooting hours they cannot run you out BUT some people are OK about it the others OWN THE LAKE and it's a bad day the advantage of living on lake is that you can probably find a blind to hunt and if you don't that morning you maybe able to find something later in day if not its not far from the house