Blind 5D, Sacramento NWR with a graveled levee
leading to a blind made of fastgrass,
photo: Gary Krammer

Hunters with Disabilities
Special accommodations exist on all four refuges that permit hunting (Sacramento NWR, Delevan NWR, Colusa NWR, and Sutter NWR). Sacramento and Delevan NWRs each have three spaced blind sites designated for hunters with mobility impairments. These six sites may be accessed by motor vehicle or ATV. See below for descriptions of these sites. Colusa and Sutter NWRs have free roam hunting areas only which are accessible from levees and by boats at designated sites. See paragraph below for details.

Free roam areas on all four refuges are accessible via walking, wheelchair, or by any other non-motorized conveyance. Small, non-motorized boats may be used for access and to transport hunters with mobility impairments to retrieve downed birds. Boats may only be launched at DESIGNATED locations along roads which are open to the public. (See maps) Vehicles and trailers must then be parked in a Refuge parking lot before hunting.

Standard entry procedures will be followed for access.
Hunters need to apply through the CDFG reservation system to reserve a blind or hunt site for the disabled. If a hunter is not drawn for a reservation, he or she may still enter the lottery or the first-come, first-served line and will be processed in a separate line for the accessible blinds only.

For more information about the hunting program on the Complex, including entry procedures, please see our hunting information page.

Photo Gallery of Accessible Blinds

Sacramento NWR

Blind 5D and Blind 23D with concrete pad and
27D with bike track floor - Access: packed gravel

Delevan NWR

Blind 13D with bike track floor, Access: packed gravel

Blind 13D - Material: wire mesh woven with cattails

Blind 29D with soil packed floor and 30D with bike track floor, Access: packed gravel