AFIELD" WE ARE TAGGING ALONG WITH A LOCAL HUNTER WHO IS DOIN SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFEREN.

PUBLIC LAND CROW HUNTERS.

NEXT.

EVERYONE ENJOYS DOVE HUNTING BUT FEW KNOW THE WORK THAT TAKES PLACE BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE.

>> WE DIDN'T HAVE INFORMATION LIKE THIS, WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE AS BIG A BAG ELMIRA AS LONG A SEASON.

>> THEN, WE'RE SQUIRREL HUNTING ALONGSIDE ONE OF OUR FAVORITE DOGS.

IT'S ALL NEXT ON "KENTUCKY AFIELD."

>> Chad: HELLO AND WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY AFIELD."

I'M JURY HOST CHAD MILES.

JOINS US' SEARCHCH OUTDOOR ADVENTURE.

CROW HUNTING IS AN OVERLOOKED OPPORTUNITY HERE IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY.

IT'S A MORNING HERE IN KENTUCKY.

WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TODAY.

WE'RE GOING TO SET UP DECOYS AND TRY TO CALL IN SOME CROWS.

I KIND IF LIKE TO SET UP WITH A ROLLING HILLTOP WITH A LOW CEDAR TREE BEHIND US.

WE HAVE A GOOD COVER BEHIND.

WE'RE STILL GOING TO WEAR FULL CAMOUFLAGE, FACE MASK.

IF BIRDS DO COME IN, SAY HARD WOODS LIKE OAKS, YOU CAN SEE THE RANGE.

IF ANYTHING COMES OVER, WE SHOULD GET A GOOD SHOT AT IT.

WE'RE OUT HERE IN A FEEDING PATTERN AND SET THIS COLOR UP IN THIS CEDAR TREE AND WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS HERE.

[CROWS CAWING] >> WELL, NOTHING CAME IN THIS SPOT.

FIRST TIME OF THE DAY BUT WE'VE GOT PLENTY MORE TO GO.

FEEL CONFIDENT WE CAN GET MORE BIRDS.

THAT DIDN'T PRODUCE EITHER.

WE HAVE ONE MORE SPOT ON THIS FARM THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY OUT.

THE IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY LUCK THERE WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE LAKE AND TRY TO DO SOME DUCK HUNTING.

JUST FINISHED THE LAST SETUP OUT HERE.

WE HAD ONE COME IN THAT LOOKED KIND OF INTERESTED.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS BUT I WANT TO PLAY BY THE RULES SO WE'RE GOING TO PACK THE TROUBLES AND GO TO THE LAKE AND SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE THERE.

MAYBE WE'LL HAVE SOME BETTER LUCK.

WE'RE OUT HERE AT THE W MAYE.

I HEAR SOME DOGS SO I'M ASSUMING HE'S TRYING TO GET SOME RABBITS BUT IT SHOULDN'T AFFECT US.

THIS AREA IS BIG ENOUGH WHERE IT SHOULDN'T RUN INTO EACH OTHER.

LET'S HEAD OUT TO THIS FIELD AND SEE IF WE CAN GET A FEW BIRDS COMING.

[CROWS CAWING] WE'VE GOT ONE COMING IN OVER HERE.

HE TURNED.

HE'S NOT GOING TO COME IN.

THERE'S ANOTHER ONE BEHIND HIM, THOUGH.

HE'S COMING IN.

YEAH, HE'S COMING IN.

ALL RIGHT.

WE GOT ONE DOWN.

STILL HEARING A FEW IN THE AREA.

WE'RE PROBABLY GOING THROAT THIS PLAY OUT, S. SEE IF WE CAN'T GET A FEW MORE TO COME IN.

ONE BACK HERE.

WE JUST GOT OUR SECOND ONE DOWN OFF THE SET.

I'M GOING TO GO LOOK FOR HIM FIRST AND COME BACK AND LOOK FOR THAT OTHER BIRD.

SHOULD BE RIGHT AROUND HERE.

THERE HE IS.

ALL RIGHT.

FOUND HIM.

I KNEW RIGHT WHERE HE DROPPED BUT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE TOUGHER THAN THAT.

WE KNOW WHERE THE SECOND ONE IS SO WE'RE GOING TO GO TRY TO FIND HIM.

ALL RIGHT.

WEREN'T SURE IF WE WERE GLOWING TO FIND HIM.

IT'S HIGH CONTRAST.

IT'S A LOT EASIER TO SPOT THAN SAY IF THERE WERE A DOVE OUT HERE.

THAT'S NUMBER TWO.

WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET A FEW MORE.

THEY STARTED TO COME IN.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY SAW SOMETHING THEY DIDN'T LIKE OR WHAT, BUT CROW HUNTING, IT'S A CHALLENGE.

THEY ARE REALLY SMART BIRDS.

ACTUALLY, ONE OF THE FEW BIRDS IN NORTH AMERICA THAT CAN RECOGNIZE THEIR OWN REFLECTION.

THEY'RE VERY SMART.

WE'RE IN THIS NEW FIELD.

I THINK WE'LL PUT SOME DECOYS ON THE TOP OF THE RIDGE SO THE BIRDS CAN SEE IT FROM A LITTLE BIT FARTHER AWAY AND TUCKED DOWN IN A LITTLE BIT LOAFER A SPOT.

LET'S CALL THEM AND SEE IF WE CAN GET A FEW MORE TO COME IN.

RIGHT HERE.

RIGHT HERE.

THERE'S TWO COMING ON THE RIGHT.

BEHIND THOSE TREES.

I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO COME OUT.

YEAH, HERE WE GO.

ALL RIGHT.

A FRESH SET DID IT.

WE CAME TO THIS SECOND FIELD, AND ONE RIGHT OFF THE BAT.

THE BEST PART ABOUT CROW HUNTING IS THAT THE ONLY THING YOU NEED IS A HUNDRED DOLLARS HUNTING LICENSE, A REGULAR STATEWIDE LICENSE.

THERE IS A SEASON BUT THERE'S NO PLEMENT YOU CAN GO ALL DAY, AND SURE IS A BLAST.

A LOT OF PEOPLE PROBABLY DON'T KNOW THIS BUT CROWS ACTUALLY NEST AND THEY'RE PARTICULARLY HARD ON DUCK EGGS, SO WITH THIS IT'S HELPING OUT THE POPULATION OF OTHER GAME SPECIES.

THEY'RE SYRINGE BEHIND US.

WE'LL JUST WAIT THEM OUT.

I THINK IF WE'RE PATIENT, THEY'LL COME IN.

ALL RIGHT.

HERE WE GO.

I JUST NEED THEM TO CLEAR THOSE TREES.

YEAH.

GOT A DOUBLE ON THAT ONE.

THIS IS FUN.

THERE'S ANOTHER ONE COMING IN.

HE'S PRETTY HIGH.

A LOT OF PEOPLE KIND OF WONDER WHAT'S THE POINT OF GOING CROW HUNTING?

ME PERSONALLY I USE THE PARTS OFF THEM FOR COYOTE TRAPPING, ESPECIALLY LATER IN YEAR I SAVE THE BREAST WEEK AND THE FEATHERS, STING OUT OF A BLACK HOLE CATCHES THEIR ATTENTION.

THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT EAT CROW PERSONALLY.

I'VE NEVER TRIED IT.

I'LL IT'S FOR THE COYOTES AND KEEP USING THEM AS AN ATTRACTANT.

>> HERE TODAY WITH McMCCREARY.

HOW YOU DOING?

THERE ARE SO MANY GREAT ACTIVITY IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY THAT YOU CAN DO ON THE WATER YEAR ROUND BUT, MAN, WHEN THAT WATER GETS COLD THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT?

THAT'S EXACTLY BRIGHT.

YOU WANT TO DO THAT PRE-LAUNCH CHECK, MAKE SURE YOUR BOAT IS PROPERLY MAINTAINED, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE PROPER AMOUNT OF FUEL AND ALWAYS LET SOMEBODY KNOWS WHERE YOU'RE LAUNCHING AND WHERE YOU'RE PLANNING ON GOING.

>> IF YOU FALL IN THE WATER AND IT'S COLD WATER CONDITIONS, MAN, YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS REALLY QUICK TO TRY TO GET YOURSELF OUT OF THAT WATER AND BACK TO NORMAL TEMPERATURE.

>> YOU SURE DO.

THE FIRST THING YOU'RE DOING COUNTER IS COLD WATER SHOCK.

YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED BECAUSE MOST LIKELY YOUR GHOST TO GASP AND IF YOU'RE UNDERWATER YOU COULD TAKE IN WATER.

THE NEXT THING IS THE TIME LIMIT YOU HAVE TO GET OUT OF OF THE WATER.

TYPICALLY 30 MINUTES AT A MAXIMUM.

THE SECOND THING IS HYPO THERM YEAH, AGAIN YOU'RE IN THAT 30 MINUTE MARK DEPENDING HOW YOUR DRESSED.

LASTLY YOU NODE TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS.

THOSE POST RESCUE EFFORTS GETTING FROM COLD WATER AND GETTING YOUR BODY BACK TO THE NORMAL BODY TEMPERATURE.

>> SUMMERTIME, WINTERTIME, MOST IMPORTANT THING IS HAVE A PFD.

>> MAKE SURE YOU WEAR YOUR STITCH LINER AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR PFD.

HAVE IT ON.

YOU CAN'T BE TOO PREPARED YOU MAY ENTER THE WATER.

>> AND IF YOU'RE IN A BASS BOAT OR A FISHING BOAT THAT'S MORE THAN A COUPLE YEARS OLD, THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE IT MAY NOT HAVE A LADDER ON IT.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL THAT YOU DON'T LOOK AT THE BANK AND IMMEDIATELY SWIM TO THE BANK IF YOU HAVE A BOAT CLOSER THAT YOU CAN GET INTO BUT YOU MUST HAVE A LADDER BECAUSE IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO GET INTO.

>> I LOVE COLD WATER FISHING AND THERE'S A LOT OF FUN ACTIVITIES YOU CAN DO ON THE LAKE AND IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO BE BUT YOU HAVE TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS.

>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.

SAFETY IS NUMBER ONE.

>> THANK YOU, AND WE HOPE EVERYONE HAS A VERY SAFE WINTER BOATING SEASON.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THERE'S WHAT WE COME LOOKING FOR RIGHT THERE.

6.

>> HAVE YOU EVER WONDER DOLLARS HOW AN DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE SETTLES SEASON DATES AND BAG LIMITS?

LET'S CHECK IN WITH A BIOLOGIST, CHECK OUT SOME DOVE WINGS AND FIND OUT.

TODAY WE'RE LOOKING AT HARVESTS DOVE WINGS.

OUR HUNTERS ARE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE ARE ASKED TO SAVE A WING OFF EACH BIRD THEY KILL, THEY GO IN AN ENVELOPE, SEND THEM TO THE U.S.

FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE AND BIOLOGISTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY LOOK AT THE WINGS TO DETERMINE THE AGE OF WING HARVESTED AND THAT'S HOW WE GET OUR AGE STRUCTURE TO GO WITH HARVEST INFORMATION.

SO THE REASON WE'RE DOING THIS IS DOVES ARE A MANAGED SPECIES, WHICH MEANS WE DON'T JUST HAVE A SEASON AND HOPE FOR THE BEST.

WE TRY TO TRACK AS MANY VARIABLES AS WE CAN.

WE BAND DOVES EACH YEAR.

WE'RE REQUIRED TO BAND BIRDS, AND THAT HELPS US GET AN IDEA OF HARVEST.

WE KNOW HOW MANY BIRDS WE THINK ARE IN THE POPULATION AS AN ESTIMATE.

WE KNOW HOW MANY BIRDS WE BAND EVERY YEAR, AND THE BAND RETURNS GIVES US AN ESTIMATE ON HARVEST MAVERICKS WE USE THESE WINGS TO ADD AN AGE STRUCTURE INTO THAT HARVEST DATA.

SO WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR TODAY ARE THE BEFORE YOUY TIPS ON WHAT'S CALLED THE SECONDARY FEATHER.

THE FLIGHT FEATHERS, THESE ARE CALLED THE PRIMARY FEATHER AND IS ABOVE EACH PRIMARY FEATHER IS A SECONDARY FEATHER AND IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY ON THE END OF THESE YOU'LL SHE A LINE ACROSS.

THAT BUFFY TIP INDICATES THAT THIS BIRD WAS HATCHED THE SAME YEAR IT WAS HARVESTED.

SO IT'S A HATCH YEAR OR A JUVENILE BIRD.

ALL BIRDS, SONGBIRDS MOTEL THEIR FEATHERS.

DOVES DO IT IN A PROCESS.

IT WILL START ON THE INSIDE AND WORK OUTWARD SO THEY'LL PROCESS.

WE COUNT BACKWARDS FROM TEN TO THE INSIDE UNTIL WE FIND A NEW FEATHER.

SO IF YOU WILL LOOK, YOU WILL FEATHERS AND THEN WE GET TO THIS FEATHER HERE WHICH IS A NEW PRETTY GRAY FEATHER.

SO WE WILL COUNT BACK TEN, NINE, EIGHT, SEVEN, SIX, FIVE, FOUR, AND THEN THAT IS THE NEW FEATHER IN THE NUMBER THREE POSITION SO WE WILL RECORD OUR FIRST WING.

WE WILL CODE IT AS A MORNING DOVE.

THE AGE, WE SAID THIS WAS A HATCH YEAR BIRD, A JUVENILE BIRD, SO WE RECORD IT AS A HATCH YEAR.

AND WE SAID THAT THE MOLT WAS THE THIRD FEATHER.

SO WE PUT 3.

>> IN THIS INFORMATION IS VALUABLE SO WE CAN BE LESS CONSERVATIVE WHEN WE KNOW WHAT WE'VE GOT.

SO IF WE JUST SAY, WE THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF DOVES OUT THERE, THEN WE NEED TO BE CONSERVATIVE BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW, BUT THROUGH INFORMATION LIKE THIS WE HAVE THESE MODELS.

THEY GIVE US A REALLY GOOD ESTIMATE OF HOW MANY BIRDS THERE ARE.

SO WE HAVE A VERY LIBERAL SEASON ON DOVES.

WE HAVE A 90-DAY SEASON WITH 15 BIRDS A DAY THAT YOU CAN HARVEST IN KENTUCKY, AND SO LOTS OF OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT AND HUNT DOVES AND HAVE FUN.

IF WE DIDN'T HAVE INFORMATION LIKE THIS, WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE AS BIG A BAG LIMIT OR AS LONG A SEASON.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE CRITTERS THAT WE HUNT IN THIS COUNTRY, MIGRATORY BIRDS, WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

AND IT ALLOWS US TO HAVE A VERY SCIENTIFIC PROCESS TO MONITOR HOW WE HUNT THESE BIRDS, AND IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU GUYS, BECAUSE YOU ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS, BECAUSE YOU PARTICIPATE IN THE PARTS COLLECTION SURVEY.

WITHOUT THAT WE DON'T HAVE LOTS OF THAT INFORMATION.

>> LOOKING FOR A REASON TO GET OUTDOORS AND HAVE A LITTLE FUN?

SQUIRREL SEASON STAYS IN HERE IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY UNTIL FEBRUARY THE 28th.

WHAT'S YOUR NAME AGAIN?

>> HER NAME IS ELLIE MAE.

>> WHAT TYPE OF DOG?

>> HE'S A MOUNTAIN FEIST.

>> A MOUNTAIN FEIST.

>> THEY USE THEY ARE EYES, EARS AND NOSE REAL BIM MIGHT SEE THEM GET UP ON HER HIND LEGS, JUST GO GETS HIM, GIRL.

SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE'S HERE FOR.

FIND A SQUIRREL.

SHE'S PRETTY ACCURATE.

I CAN'T SPEAK FOR ALL OF THEM, BUT I LIKE THE BREED JUST FOR THE FACT THAT USUALLY WHEN THEY TREE, THERE'S MEAT THERE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT JUST SMELLING A TRACT.

THEY'RE SMELLING THAT WHOLE TREE.

WHEN SHE STARTS BOUNCING LIKE THAT, SHE'S SMELLING ONE.

I THINK SHE SMELLS ONE RIGHT NOW, GUYS.

[BARKING] SHE'S TREED.

LOOK AT HER BITING ON THAT STUFF.

THAT SQUIRREL JUST WENT STRAIGHT UP INTO THERE.

>> LOOK HOW EXCITED SHE IS.

>> SHE KNOWS IT'S THERE.

GOOD GIRL!

GOOD GIRL!

GOOD GIRL, ELLIE.

WE AIN'T GONNA GET THAT ONE.

IT'S IN A HOLE.

THAT'S A GOOD GIRL.

I US U.

USUALLY TACK HER A LITTLE WAYS.

WE'LL GO UP HERE AND GO THROUGH THIS GATE AND HEAD UP THIS WAY HERE TO THE RIGHT, AND SHE SHOULD HAVE ANOTHER ONE TREED IN NO TIME.

IN THAT'S THE WAY WE'RE GOING.

>> THE WAY YOU GO.

>> SHE'S ON THAT TREE, BUDDY.

BOTH FRONT FEET.

I SEE THE SQUIRREL.

>> I JUST SAW THE SQUIRREL TOO.

>> SQUIRREL SITTING UP IN THE TOP.

>> THERE'S TWO.

>> IS THERE TWO?

YOU GET IN RANGE WHERE YOU THINK YOU CAN GET A SHOT AT ONE, AND IF THE OTHER ONE TAKES OFF AND SHOOT AT IT RUNNING WOULD BE ABLE READY.

I WAS TAUGHT AS A KID, I HAD TO PAY FOR MY OWN SHELLS, BUDDY.

MY UNCLE DIDN'T BRING ME FROM HAZARD SO I'M REAL CAREFUL ABOUT THE WAY I SHOOT.

READY?

>> THERE YOU GO.

>> THERE'S ONE.

THERE'S ONE MORE UP THERE.

>> YEP.

>> YOU WANT TO SHOOT IT?

IT'S RIGHT UP IN THAT FORK, CHAD.

TOLD YOU THAT GUN'S DEAD ON.

YEAH, MAN.

GOOD GIRL!

GOOD GIRL!

>> GOOD JOB, ELLIE MAE.

>> GOOD JOB, ELLIE.

>> YOU THINK SHE DOESN'T WANT THOSE SQUIRRELS?

>> SHE LOVES IT.

>>Y WOO ENJOY GETTING OUT HERE AND IT'S ALWAYS GOOD FOR THE TABLE, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?

THAT DOG LIKES IT MORE THAN WE DO.

LOOK HOW EXCITED SHE IS.

>> SHE'S EXCITED.

>> I BELIEVE SHE'S ON THE RIGHT.

STAY ON THIS SIDE.

>> ELLIE MAE TELLS US WHERE WE NEED TO GO.

>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.

YOU SEE RIGHT THERE WHERE THE FORK?

IT'S SITTING RIGHT THERE.

IT'S A GRAY SQUIRREL.

SHE'S LOOKING RIGHT AT IT.

HERE, CHAD.

YOU COME GET THE RIFLE AND I'LL HANDLE THE DOG.

>> I GOT A PRETTY GOOD SHOT RIGHT HERE.

>> GO AHEAD.

CRACK SHOT!

GOOD JOB, ELLY.

GOOD DOG.

GOOD DOG!

NICE SHOOTING, CHAD.

>> THANK YOU.

I'LL TELL ONE THING, YOU'VE GOT A SQUIRREL KILLING COMBINATION WITH THAT LITTLE 1022 AND ELLIE MAE.

DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER.

YOU TURN THE DOGS LOOSE.

IT'S VERY SOCIAL.

WE CAN SIT HERE AND TALK ABOUT OUR DEER SEASON AND WAIT FOR HER TO BARK, WALKING THERE.

>> TALK ABOUT BEAR HUNTING AND ELK HUNTING AND YOU HEAR A BARK, LET'S GO.

>> WE HUNTED EVERYTHING IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY GOT THREE THREE SQUIRRELS.

THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.

WHERE DID THIS ORIGINAL NIGHT USING FEIST DOGS?

>> EVEN GEORGE WASHINGTON IN SOME OF HIS MEMOIRS WOULD TALK ABOUT A FAST DOG, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY USED TO CALL THEM.

IT'S BEEN THAT FAR BACK.

BUT A LOT OF POORER PEOPLE, EARLY SELL THERS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND STUFF, THEY COULD HAVE ONE DOG FOR EVERYTHING, SO IT WAS PRETTY MUCH AN ALL-AROUND DOG SO THAT LITTLE FAST DOG WAS EASIER TO FEED AND CARE FOR, SO SOME FAMILIES THAT COULDN'T ABOARD THE BIG DOGS JUST TOOK THE SMALLER DOGS AND THEY ADAPTED INTO ALL-AROUND HUNTING DOG, VARMINT DOGS, AND NOW THEY'RE JUST SPECIFICALLY SQUIRREL DOGS.

>> THAT'S INTERESTING.

THERE'S ALWAYS A GOOD STORY LINE BEHIND SOMETHING LIKE THIS, AND THIS ENTIRE BRIEFED DOGS BECAUSE THEY'RE CHEAPER TO FEED AND CAN BE TRAINED UP TO TREE MULTIPLE SPECIES CAME OUT OF THE MOUNTAINS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THERE JUST DIDN'T HAVE MUCH.

SOME OF YOUR FIRST SETTLERS, SOME OF MY PEOPLE WERE SOME OF THE FIRST SETTLERS IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY CAME IN THROUGH CUMBERLAND GAP AND THAT WAY INTO KENTUCKY.

MY DADDY ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT THE OLD FAST DOGS WHEN HE WAS A LITTLE BOY, THEM GETTING SNAKE BIT AND TREE AND POSSUMS OF THE NIGHT AND I ALSO REQUEST OF THE DAY AND STUFF, AND HE LOVED A TREE DOG AND I GUESS I GROWED UP HUNTING WITH HIM AND THAT'S WHAT MADE ME LOVE THE TREE DOGS.

I RABBIT HUNT AND GOT THEM RABBIT DOGS AND ALL THAT, MAN, THERE'S JUST SOMETHING ABOUT A TREE DOG BEING ABLE TO GO THROUGH IT.

IT'S SO MUCH DIFFERENT.

>> IT IS.

AND YOUR DODD LOVED IT.

I'M SURE IT BRINGS YOU BACK TO YOUR CHILDHOOD.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK SHE'S FIXING TO TREE.

SHE'S TREED.

>> THERE WE GO.

>> WE HAD A LITTLE TALK AND TREE A SQUIRREL.

>> THAT SOUNDS LIKE THE BEGINNING OF A SONG.

>> YEAH.

GOOD GIRL!

>> OH, I SEE IT GOING UP THE TREE.

IT IS UP NEAR THE TOP NOW.

>> I CAN JUST BARELY SEE A LITTLE PIECE OF HAIR THERE.

HOW'S THAT?

GOOD GIRL!

GOOD GIRL, ELLIE!

GOOD GIRL.

I JUST SHOT AT WHAT I COULD SEE.

LOOK AT HOW RED THAT SQUIRREL IS ON ITS BACK FOR A GRAY.

>> I'LL TELL YOU ONE THING, SHE WAS SURE IT WAS ON THAT TRUE AND I'M NOT GOING TO DOUBT THAT DOG.

THERE'S PROBABLY ONE OVER THERE TOO.

>> THERE IT IS.

SEE IT ROOT THERE ON THE TOP?

>> OH, YEAH, SURE DO.

THAT DOG WAS ON THAT TREE, AND WE SPOOKED THIS ONE ON IT WALKING TO IT, AND SURE ENOUGH AGAIN THAT'S A FOX SQUIRREL SO WE'VE GOT A GRAY AND FOX SITTING SIDE BY SIDE.

>> IT IS A FOX SQUIRREL.

I KNOW SHE HAD A SQUIRREL WHEN WE SEEN THE OTHER BUT A LOT OF TIMES IT WILL HAPPEN LIKE THAT.

>> GETTING READY TO COME DOWN THE TREE.

>> HERE, ELLIE.

HERE, HERE, HERE!

>> COMING DOWN.

THERE YOU GO.

>> GET HIM, GIRL.

GOOD JOB, ELLIE.

GOOD JOB, ELLIE.

>> FANTASTIC.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, THAT IS AWESOME.

WHEN YOU SIT THERE, WHEN WE WALK IN AND SEE A SQUIRREL, THAT'S WHAT SHE WAS BARKING.

SHE BITES ON MY COAT AND EVERYTHING.

OH, GOD, I LOVE THAT ENTHUSIASM.

>> WE'VE GOT OLD DAILY BARK HICKORIES, BIG NUT TREES, THE SHADE BARKS, STALEY BARK, SAME THING.

ET RED WOKE WHITE POSING PLENTY OF BIG TIMBER.

THEN YOU'VE GOT THESE LITTLE LOCUSTS.

THAT'S THEIR HOME BESIDES THE NESTS.

>> THE WOODPECKER OPENED IT UPPER FOR THEM AND SAID, HERE, LIVE HERE.

>> GO FIND A SQUIRREL.

GO GET HIM.

>> SHE ALWAYS TAKES OFF.

WHEN YOU LET HER GO, SHE ALWAYS GOES RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER.

IT'S LIKE YOU'RE STEERING HERE, LIKE A GOOD LAB DOG.

>> YEP.

SHE'S ALREADY TREED UP AGAIN STRAIGHT OUT.

STRAIGHT OUT.

>> I SEE IT.

IT'S A FOX SQUIRREL.

HERE, CHAD.

GET THAT FOX SQUIRREL RIGHT IN THE HEAD.

THROUGH THE CEDAR.

GOOD SHOT.

>> THERE HE GOES.

>> GOOD JOB!

>> I THINK THAT'S NUMBER TEN.

>> GOOD GIRL ELLIE.

>> YOU YOU KNOW, STEVE, YOU LIKE TO SHOOT THESE FOX SQUIRRELS AT THE END SO YOU DO NOT HAVE TO CARRY THEM ALL DAY.

>> EXACTLY.

THAT'S GOOD THINKING.

LOOK AT WHAT CHAD SHOUT-OUT TO YOU, BUDDY.

LOOK AT THAT SQUIRREL.

>> NICE.

I'LL TELL YOU I COULD WATCH THAT DOG WORK SQUIRRELS EVERY SINGLE DAY.

>> NOW LET'S CHECK IN AND SEE WHO ELSE HAS BEEN HAVING FUN IN THIS WEEK'S ONES THAT DIDN'T GET THAT'S.

>> SEVEN-YEAR-OLD COULD THE GRADUATE KHAT THIS HEN.

A BEARDED HEN TAKEN THE WAY CROSSBOW NICE JOB.

CHECK OUT THIS BEAUTIFUL BUCK TAKEN BY TIM NELSON.

THIS DEER WAS SHOT WITH A .33 WINCHESTER IN WADE COUNTY.

NICE JOB.

HERE WE HAVE NOAH BANCROFT WHO CAUGHT A NICE IMPRESSIVE BASS AT A FARM UPON IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.

THIS BASS WAS CAUGHT A WATERMELON SEED FLUKE.

NICE JOB.

HERE WE HAVE LOGAN FROM BULLITT COUNTY WITH HIS DOG ON HIS VERY FIRST CHUCKER HUNT.

HERE WE HAVE JONATHAN GARRETT, JR. WITH HIS FIRST DEER EVER TAKEN WITH A .243 WINCHESTER RIFLE.

IT WAS DURING THE YOUTH DEER SEASON.

NICE JOB.

WE ARE HE HAVE WILLIAM WITH A NICE 10 POINT BUCK TAKEN WITH A CROSSBOW IN BATH COUNTY.

NICE BUCK.

HERE'S SOMETHING YOU DO NOT SEE EVERY DAY.

A SMALLMOUTH BASS CAUGHT YOU THE ON OF THE SALT RIVER.

THIS WAS CAUGHT BY DANNY AUTO ENTRY.

HERE WE HAVE MASON FLINT DAWSON SPRINGS HIS FIRST-YEAR EVER TAKEN WITH A BOW, A NICE BUCK THAT HE TOOK AT 15 YARDS.

CONGRATULATIONS.

CHECK OUT THE BEAUTIFUL WHITE RACK ON THIS BUCK TAKEN BY JERRY APPLEGATE IN PERRY COUNTY, INDIANA.

THIS BUCK WAS BETWEEN WITH A CROSSBOW.

HERE WE HAVE NICKS LAST LESTER 11 YEARS OLD WITH HIS FIRST BUCK TAKEN IN OWEN COUNTY.

THIS DEER WAS SHOT WI .30-06 AT 180 YARDS.

CHECK OUT THE BEAUTIFUL RACK ON THIS 12 POINT BUCK THAT ALSO HAS A DROP TIME.

THIS DEER WAS TAKEN BY TAYLOR FITZPATRICK IN CLARK COUNTY, KENTUCKY.

>> 2021 IS FINALLY HERE.

I HOPE YOU FIND PLENTY OF TIME THIS YEAR TO GET OUTDOORS.

AND REMEMBER, HUNTING AND FISHING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY IS A PRIVILEGE.

ALWAYS ASK PERMISSION, AND THANK THE LANDOWNER.

UNTIL NEXT WEEK I'M YOUR HOST CHAD MILES, AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU IN THE WOODS OR ON THE WATER.

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