Jim Rosemann relishes Reelfoot Lake hunting experience

Chattanooga resident Jim Rosemann scans Reelfoot Lake from a duck blind during a successful recent two-day hunting trip in northwestern Tennessee. Chattanooga resident Jim Rosemann scans Reelfoot Lake from a duck blind during a successful recent two-day hunting trip in northwestern Tennessee.

By Ron Bush February 9, 2017 4 min read

Chattanoogan Jim Rosemann, left, and guide Lynn Smith flank some of the waterfowl they brought in during a recent hunt on Reelfoot Lake.

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To contact the guide service Jim Rosemann used, see www.reelfootduckslayers.com or call 731-592-9874.

Jim Rosemann got the full attention of the Reelfoot Duck Slayers guide service on a recent two-day trip to Reelfoot Lake in northwestern Tennessee, and that attention paid off in one of the best hunting experiences of his life.

And Rosemann, now 49, has been hunting since he was 12.

Comprising the Reelfoot Duck Slayers are longtime friends Lynn Smith and Brent Cary, both of whom grew up on and around the earthquake-formed lake, Rosemann said. They are in their third year as an official guide service and made full use of the spot they got in the Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency’s annual lottery for duck-hunting privileges on Reelfoot.

“The TWRA draws out 70 spots. It’s like a draft: Whoever gets drawn first picks the area they get to hunt for the whole season, and then the second person gets to pick and so on,” Rosemann related. “They said over 2,000 people showed up for those 70 spots.”