>> THIS WEEK ON KENTUCKY AFIELD... WE ARE TAGGING ALONG WITH TRAVIS STEVENS AS HE GOES ON THE HUNT OF A LIFETIME.

CHASING ELK IN THE HILLS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

NEXT... WE JUMP IN THE DUCK BLIND WITH A GROUP OF FIRST TIME WATERFOWL UNITERS HUNTERS.

>> THEN WE'LL MAKE A TRIP LEFT AND JOIN TRAPPERS AS THEY LEND A HAND TO A LOCAL COMMUNITY.

IT'S ALL NEXT ON KENTUCKY AFIELD... >> THAT'S A PRETTY FISH.

>> BEAUTIFUL.

>> THIS POND IS PLUM FLOATED WITH FROGS.

>> THEY'RE EVERYWHERE IN HERE.

(GUNSHOT) >> THIS IS A GOOD FISH RIGHT HERE.

A REALLY GOOD FISH.

>> COME HERE, GIRL.

>> THAT'S A BIG RABBIT.

>> NICE JOB.

>> YES!

MY FIRST MUSKY.

>> LEO!

♪ WE GOT A KEEPER!

>> THERE GOES.

BOOM!

>> WOW, THAT HAPPENED FAST.

>> HELLO, WELCOME TO KENTUCKY AFIELD.

I'M YOUR HOST CHAD MILES.

JOIN US AS WE JOURNEY THE COMMONWEALTH IN SEARCH OF OUTDOOR ADVENTURE.

MANY HINTERS HAVE SUCCESSLY HARVESTED ELK IN KENTUCKY BUT FOR THOSE WHO TAKE ON THE CHALLENGE OF DO IT YOURSELF HUNT AND HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL, THAT CAN BE EXTREMELY REWARDING.

MY NAME IS TRACHES STEVENS.

I DREW A COW FIREARM TAG FOR TWO WEEK.

IN WE ARE BELL COUNTY.

I'M EXCITED I GOT DRAWN TO HUNT THIS PIECE OF LAND.

IT'S OVER 30,000 ACRES.

AND FROM WHAT I WAS RESEARCHING, IS ONE OF THE LARGER TRACTS THAT YOU CAN HUNT ON IF IT'S A WMA.

OLD RECLAIMED COAL MINE.

WE ARE DOING A SPOT AND STALK STYLE HUNT, WHICH IS A STYLE I'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE.

WE DECIDED TO DO A DYI HUNT WITH NO GUIDES.

WE CAMP OUT HERE IN THIS PIECE TOWNS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

I COME OUT HERE A COUPLE TIMES TO SCOUT, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE NEVER DONE.

I'VE DEER HUNTED FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

THIS IS NEW TO ME.

I'M REALLY EXCITED.

BEEN WATCHING A LOT OF YOUTUBE AND GETTING EXCITED FOR THE HUNT.

ELK.

CLEAR AT THE VERY TOP.

AT THE CLEARING AT THE EDGE OF THE TREE.

>> I THINK WE SPOTTED SOME ELK.

WE ARE GOING TO GO TAKE A LOOK.

WE SAW FIVE ELK ON THE TOP OF THE RIDGE LINE.

CAME DOWN, TRYING TO GET A GOOD SHOT.

I THINK I SPOOKED THEM.

THEY TOOK OFF INTO THE TIMBER ON THE OTHER SIDE.

WE ARE GOING TO HIKE AROUND THIS BEND HERE AND TRY TO CATCH THEM ON THE OTHER SIDE.

WHEN WE CAME TO SCOUT, WE WERE ON ATV AND WE SAW ONE ON THE ROAD.

AND WE THOUGHT IT WENT UP THE HILL.

WE JUST EASED ON TOWARD IT AND IT KEPT TROTTING AND TROTTING.

IT WAS CRAZY.

SO BIG, SO MUCH BIGGER THAN A DEER.

IT WAS NEAT.

I HOPE WE SEE ONE AGAIN.

BEDDED DOWN SOMEWHERE.

THIS MORNING WE SAW SEVERAL ELK RIGHT HERE ON THE HILLSIDE AND THEN THE FOG ROLL INNED.

I THINK THEY SPOOKED.

WE ARE GOING TO GO OUT TO THE SAME SPOT.

HIKING AROUND THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIDGE BUT WE ARE HOPEFUL THEY WILL BE HERE WHEN WE GET BACK TONIGHT LET'S JUST SIT RIGHT HERES I HAVE MY BUDDY UP THIS WAY OF WE ARE HOPING THEY'LL COME BACK OUT.

I THINK I SEE SOMETHING UP HERE.

>> WE GOT TRAVIS CHECKING OUT A HILLSIDE WHERE WE THOUGHT HE SAW SOME MOVEMENT.

THEN WE'VE GOT A NICE LITTLE RIDGE AND A BOWL THAT WE ARE GLASSING OVER WHERE WE SAW SOME ELK EARLIER.

HOPEFULLY BETWEEN THE TWO, WE CAN FIND SOMETHING.

FUN FIRST DAY.

HIKED AROUND A LOT.

TRIED OUR BEST.

COULDN'T FIND THEM TONIGHT GOING TO GO BACK TO CAMP, GET A GOOD NIGHT'S REST, HIT IT TOMORROW AND SEE IF THEY'RE BACK.

TO FEED MANY PEOPLE WITH THE ELK, WE THANK YOU FOR OUR FELLOWSHIP AND NO MATTER WHAT, THANK YOU THAT WE GOT TO HAVE THIS TIME TOGETHER.

SO FUN AND SEEING YOUR WORD, WHEN TWO OR MORE ARE GATHERED, HELP US GLORIFY YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THIS HUNT IN CHRIST NAME, AMEN.

WALK THIS WHOLE THING AROUND TO WHERE WE WERE YESTERDAY MORNING.

THERE'S THE WHOLE HERD RIGHT THERE RIGHT BESIDE WHERE WE STARTED YESTERDAY.

THEY'RE WALKING ALONG THAT TOP ROAD.

THEY'RE ON THAT FAR, FAR RIDGE.

ALL RIGHT.

LET'S GO.

SO THIS MORNING, WE LEFT OUR CAMP SITE, WE KIND OF MADE ONE BIG LOOP AROUND THAT RIDGE THAT WE STARTED ON.

WELL, THIS MORNING, WE CAME AND THEY'RE RIGHT WHERE WE BEGAN YESTERDAY, WHERE WE ORIGINALLY SPOTTED THEM.

AND NOW WE ARE TRYING TO HIKE IN AND GET A CLOSE SHOT.

I THINK IT'S TOO FAR TO SHOOT.

>> YOU CAN'T MAKE THE SHOT FROM HERE.

>> IT'S WAY TOO FAR.

WE GOT TO KEEP GOING.

IS ALL RIGHT.

THEY'VE CRESTED OVER THE HILL.

WE GOT TO GO NOW.

LET'S GO.

THERE ARE SOME CLOSER.

ONE ON THE LEFT.

(GUNSHOT) (GUNSHOT) >> YOU HIT ONE.

IT'S ABOUT TO BED DOWN.

IT BEDDED DOWN.

IT'S FALLING.

>> DID IT TAKE OFF?

>> NO, IT BED DOWN.

>> IT'S DOWN BY THE TREE.

>> OH MY GOD!

THAT WAS AWESOME!

FIRST ELK.

YES, SIR!

OH MY GOSH.

OH MY GOD, THAT WAS AWESOME.

THAT'S THE HERD.

LOOK AT THEM!

ARE YOU SURE IT'S DOWN?

ARE YOU SURE IT'S DOWN!

WE GOT TO GET CLOSER.

I HAVE TO MAKE SURE IT'S DOWN.

OH MY GOODNESS.

LOOK HOW BIG THAT ANIMAL IS!

THAT'S AWESOME.

LOOK HOW HUGE!

OH MY GOODNESS.

WHOO!

COW, LATE SEASON, BABY!

THAT IS AWESOME.

LOOK AT THOSE MOUNTAINS!

AWESOME!

WOW.

THIS THING IS SO MUCH BIGGER THAN A DEER.

THAT THING IS SO BIG.

THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL.

LOOK AT THE FUR.

THIS IS AMAZING.

THIS IS JUST AMAZING.

>> ARE YOU KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW!

LOOK HOW BIG IT IS!

LOOK AT THAT SHOT!

>> GET YOU SOME!

>> THAT'S AWESOME.

>> THAT'S BIGGER THAN I IMAGINED.

>> DAN YELLING, CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT?

I'M BORN HERE IN KENTUCKY.

CAME DOWN FROM RICHMOND TO DO THIS HUNT.

WE CAMPED OUT HERE.

GOT UP IN THE MORNING AND WE'RE JUST WALKING AROUND THE EDGE AND WE SAW THESE ELK ON THIS HILLSIDE SO WE TOOK OFF AFTER THEM.

WE WERE LIKE SO-- WE WERE SO WINDED.

WE MADE IT UP HERE.

I GOT A LONGS SHOT.

AND I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

GOT A GOOD SHOT HERE.

GOT MY DAD'S OLD GUN.

CAME THROUGH FOR ME.

AND GOT A COW ELK.

>> CONGRATS.

>> IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

>> GOOD WORK.

>> YOU GUYS HELPED SO MUCH.

SUCH A PRIVILEGE TO GET OUT HERE AND DO THIS THIS MORNING WITH THESE GUYS.

SO THANKFUL FOR MY FRIENDS, COMING OUT HERE WAS A TEAM EFFORT.

GOSH, THANKFUL WE GET TO DO THIS IN THESE PRETTY MOUNTAINS IN EASTERN KENTUCKY.

WHAT A GREAT EXPERIENCE.

LOCATED IN GRANT AND LARUE COUNTIES 20 MILES NORTH OF CAMPBELLSVILLE IS A WMA OVER 228 HAD YOU BEEN ACRES AND OFFERS EXCELLENT HUNTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEER, TURKEY AND SMALL GAME THIS PROPERTY MOSTLY CONSISTS OF HIGH ROLLING HILLS, FIELDS THAT SUPPORT A VARIETY OF WILDLIFE SPECIES.

IN ADDITION, RUNNING THROUGH THE PROPERTY IS ROLLING FORK RIVER WHICH PROVIDES GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR FISHING AND EVEN KAYAKING.

IMMERSE YOURSELF IN THE WILDERNESS IN THE WMA PRIMITIVE CAMPING SITE.

TAKE NOTE THAT PRIMITIVE CAMPING IS ONLY ALLOWED IN A DESIGNATED AREA AND ONLY OPEN DURING TURKEY AND DEER SEASON AND HAS A 14-DAY LIMIT.

REMEMBER THAT WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT USERS MUST ABIDE BY THE KENTUCKY HUNTING TRAPPING AND FISHING REGULATIONS AND KEEP IN MIND THAT REGULATIONS ON WMAS OFTEN DIFFER FROM STATEWIDE REGULATIONS SO BE SURE TO REVIEW THE HUNTING GUIDE OR WEBSITE FOR THE SPECIFIC WMA THAT YOU ARE HUNTING.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS WMA OR THE LATEST REGULATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS THAT PERTAIN TO IT, VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT FW.KQ.GOV OR CALL 1-800-858-5149.

DO YOU HAVE A MIDDLE SCHOOLER THAT WANTS TO GET OUTDOORS MORE IN GOOD NEWS.

REGISTRATION IS OPEN FOR ONE OF OUR CONSERVATION CAMPS LOCATED HERE IN KENTUCKY.

>> KILL 'EM, KILL 'EM, KILL 'EM,.

(GUNSHOTS).

>> I'M HITTING SO MANY BUT THEY'RE SO FAR AWAY.

>> WELL, YOU GOT... >> I'M HITTING THE FARTHEST ONE.

>> YOU HAVE TO AIM AT THE CLOSER ONES.

>> IT STARTED IN 1987 AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR KIDS TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE THIS AWESOME EXPERIENCE WHERE THEY PUT ALL OF THEIR SKILLS THAT THEY LEARNED AT CONSERVATION CAMP INTO PRACTICE IN THE FIELD AND GET SOME REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE.

>> 18 KIDS THAT GOT DRAW FROM NINE DIFFERENT, TWO PER DISTRICTS THAT WENT THROUGH THE SUMMER CAMPS.

GOT THE PATCHES, BECAME OUTDOORS MEN AND WOMEN AT CAMP.

>> FEWER THAN 20% OF THE CAMMERS GET THIS SPECIAL HONOR.

IT PROVES THEY HAVE WORKED HARD DURING CONSERVATION CAMP.

>> THE MAIN REASON ANIMALS BECAME ENDANGERED OR EXTINCT IS LOSS OF... >> HABITAT.

>> VERY GOOD.

>> THEY'RE HERE TO SPEND A WEEKEND GOING HUNTING SATURDAY.

SOME OF THE BEST PLACES IN THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES FOR DUCKS AND GEESE.

KIDS ARE GOING TO GET UP IN THE MORNING AFTER BREAKFAST WE'LL DO A LITTLE SHOOTING AT THE SKEET RANGE, THEY CAN SHOOT THE SHOTGUNS AND GET USED TO THAT.

>> PULL.

(GUNSHOT) >> THAT WAS A GOOD SHOT.

THAT WAS A GOOD SHOT.

>> WE ARE GOING TO BE HEADING TO THE BLINDS TO HUNT UNTIL SHOOTING HOURS ARE OVER THERE.

DUCKS, GEESE AND HOPEFULLY HAVE A GREAT TIME IN THE BLIND.

I THINK A BIG PART OF IT IS THE EXPERIENCE, BEING OUT THERE SEEING BALD EAGLES, HAWKS.

I TELL KIDS ALL THE TIME IT'S NOT HOW MANY DUCKS YOU KILL.

IT'S ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE OF THE HUNT.

>> LET'S SET EVERYTHING OUT ON THE GROUND >> THE WAY I RN EARNED TO COME TO THIS DUCK HUNT, YOU HAVE A SERIES OF BADGES YOU CAN GET.

AND I RECEIVED ALL MY BADGES AND GOT MY OUTDOORSMAN BADGE.

SINCE I GOT THAT BADGE, I WAS PUT INTO A DRAWING TO GO ON THIS DUCK HUNT AND I WON THE DRAWING.

>> EVERYBODY GRAB YOUR STRINGER THERE.

>> I HAVE NOT DUCK HUNTED BECAUSE WE WOULD NEVER REALLY GET THE CHANCE TO BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE ARE ALWAYS BUSY DURING THE COLD SEASON.

I'M HOPING TO GET A FEW DUCKS TODAY.

>> THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT WE NEED TO WATCH OUT FOR IN THE BLIND IS SAFETY SAFETY COMES FIRST BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE.

NO DUCK IS WORTH ANYBODY GETTING HURT, SHOT.

WE ALWAYS NEED TO POINT THE GUN WHERE THE BIRDS ARE AND WHERE OUR SHOTS ARE.

YOU SHOOT OUT IN FRONT OF YOU AND THAT KEEPS EVERYTHING SAFE.

AND ALWAYS KEEP YOUR GUN ON SAFETY.

WE ALWAYS WANT TO TAKE IT OFF WHEN YOU COME UP TO SHOOT.

SO THAT WAY NOBODY GETS HURT AND WE'LL HAVE A GOOD HUNT.

>> HE'S GOING TO CALL, OKAY, AND Y'ALL ARE GOING TO SHOOT AND WHEN YOU GET THE FIRST ONE, I'M GOING TO RETRIEVE.

EVERYBODY'S GOT A JOB HERE, RIGHT?

SO WHEN HE CALLS THE SHOT, WHAT DO Y'ALL DO?

>> WE SHOOT.

>> I'LL TRY TO POINT.

>> AND THEN WHEN RICKY SAYS-- WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO SAY RICKEY?

>> KILL 'EM.

>> WHEN YOU HEAR THE WORDS, YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO.

(DUCK CALLS).

>> KILL IT, KILL IT, KILL IT!

>> ARE YOU EXCITED?

>> I WANT ONE?

>> DID YOUR HEART START BEATING?

>> NO, NOT REALLY.

>> NOT REALLY?

>> MINE DID.

>> WHEN YOU SHOT DID YOUR HEART BEAT REAL FAST?

>> KIND OF.

>> KIND OF?

(DUCK SOUNDS).

>> (GUNSHOTS).

>> OH MAN, LOOKY THERE.

>> SHOOT 'EM, HE'S GETTING AWAY!

KEEP GOING.

HE'S OUT FARTHER.

HE WENT TO THE RIGHT.

(DUCKS QUACKING) (GUNSHOT).

>> SHOOT, SHOOT, SHOOT.

(GUNSHOT) SL COMING BACK.

>> KILL IT, KILL IT, KILL IT!

(GUN GUNSHOT) >> THERE YOU GO.

YES!

>> CLEAN!

>> I KILLED ONE!

I KILLED THAT!

>> BOTH OF Y'ALL SHOT?

>> WE BOTH SHOT IT.

>> KILL IT, KILL IT, KILL IT!

(GUNSHOT) >> EMPTY!

>> HERE THEY COME.

GET READY.

KILL 'EM, KILL 'EM, KILL 'EM!

THEY LEARNED A LESSON.

YOU GOT TO PRACTICE.

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT, GUYS.

WE HAD A LOT OF SHOTS TODAY.

HOWEVER, CAME UP SHORT AND THAT'S A LEARNING EXPERIENCE IN ITSELF.

THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED HUNTING AND NOT CALLED KILLING.

(GUNSHOT) (GUNSHOT) (GUNSHOT) BEAVERS ARE A REALLY COOL ANIMAL BUT THEY CAN CAUSE A LOT OF DAMAGE.

IF YOU ARE HAVING PROBLEMS ON YOUR PROPERTY OR IN YOUR COMMUNITY, YOU MIGHT WANT TO START BY GIVING UNITED TRAPPERS OF KENTUCKY A CALL.

THERE'S A FARM ERSOY BEAN FIELD HERE, THE ENTIRE BOTTOM HALF OF THAT SOY BEAN FIELD IS FLOODED.

BEAVER COMPLAINTS ARE TRULY MY NUMBER ONE PHONE CALL.

FLOODING TIMBER, FLOODING CROP FIELDS.

DAMMING UP CREEKS, FLOODING ROADS, AND IT'S JUST BEEN A HUGE MONUMENTAL PROBLEM.

AND GOTTEN MORE SEVERE OVER THE YEARS.

>> AND YOU WERE HAVING SOME CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES CALLING SAYING THEY WERE SPENDING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY TO CLEAN THIS UP SO THE ROADS WERE USEABLE.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

IN HOPKINS COUNTY ADJACENT TO MUHLENBURG COUNTY, THEIR DEPARTMENT SPENLT OVER 100,000 DOLLARS REGRADING ROADS.

I WAS AT A FISH AND WILDLIFE COMMISSION MEETING AND STARTED VOICING, TALKING TO PEOPLE, AND CHAD HAYES, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED TRAPPERS OVERHEARD ME AND APPROACHED ME AND SAID, WE WANT TO HELP YOU.

>> YOU GUYS QUICKLY ADVERTISED THERE WERE GOING TO BE TRAPPERS HERE TO HELP OUT WITH ANY NUISANCE BEAVER PROBLEMS YOU HAD ON PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PROPERTY.

>> THAT'S CORRECT.

>> AND THE CALLS STARTED FLOODING IN.

>> THEY STARTED COMING IN QUICK.

WE PUT OUT A LITTLE FLYER THAT UNITED TRAPPERS OF KENTUCKY WERE COMING.

GOING TO BE FREE OF CHARGE.

AND I'VE GOTTEN OVER 55 PROPERTY OWNERS CALLING WANTING US TO COME HELP.

AND I STILL GOT ONE THIS MORNING GH YOU CAN SEE THE LEAF DAM, LEAF AND MUD THAT HAS THE SOY BEAN FIELD BACKED UP AND USELESS.

THAT'S WASTED CROP.

BUT THE BEAVER, WHEN THEY'RE IN HERE, THEY CROSS OVER AT THIS SPOT HERE.

YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT'S PACKED AND THIN.

YOU CAN SEE WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN SLIDING OVER AND THEY COME RIGHT DOWN HERE AND UNDERNEATH THIS LOG, THERE IS A PERFECT PITCH POINT AND THEY'VE GOT TO SWIM RIGHT THROUGH THERE TO GET UNDER THAT LOG AND INTO OUR TRAP AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE'VE GOT OUR BODY TRAP POSITIONED DOWN THERE.

>> HERE IS STEVEN AND JEREMY.

YOU BROUGHT US OUT HERE WHERE YOU'VE GOT A COUPLE SETS OUT, CORRECT?

>> YES.

>> HOW MANY SETS HAVE YOU GOT?

>> WE HAVE 11 OR 12 UP AND DOWN THE STRETCH OF CREEK ABOUT A HALF MILE.

>> BOTH OF YOU ARE INVOLVED WITH UNITED TRAPPERS OF KENTUCKY.

>> YES, I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR UNITED TRAPPERS OF KENTUCKY.

THE LARGEST TRAPPING ORGANIZATION IN THE STATE.

WE HAVE 250 TO 300 MEMBERS.

>> I'D LOVE TO GET IN HERE AND TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHAT WE MAY HAVE.

>> I SEE OUR FIRST BEAVER RIGHT THERE.

THAT'S IN A SNARE.

>> SNARED ON THE CROSSOVER.

>> JUST LIKE THE PREVIOUS CROSSING THAT WE JUST LOOKED AT SO, OKAY.

LET'S GO TAKE A LOOK.

THAT LOOKS LIKE A GOOD SIZED BEEFER.

>> YEAH, HE'S PROBABLY 40 POUNDS I'M GUESSING.

45 OR MORE.

>> GOOD SIZED BEAVER.

>> THERE WAS ONE CAUGHT IN MULE ESPECIALLY BERLG COUNTY AND CERTIFIED OVER 120 POUNDS.

IT WAS WITHIN A POUND OR TWO GIVE OR TAKE OF THE WORLD'S BIGGEST.

>> IT'S NOT STANDING UP.

I SEE ONE OF THE SUPPORT STICKS THEY HAVE A HEAVILY USED SLIDE.

I THINK THEY WERE GOING OVER TO THE POND BUT THEY ALSO HAD A NARROW CHANNEL SWIM WAY THAT WAS JUST PERFECT.

>> SO, YEAH, THE SLIDE IS RIGHT HERE, INTERESTING TRACKS IN THERE.

I SEEN WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.

THERE YOU GO.

THAT'S THE CRITTER CAUSING ALL THIS DAMAGE, OR ONE OF THEM, HUH.

>> ONE OF THEM.

LOOK AT THE TEETH.

AMAZING WHAT ONE OF THESE HERE CAN DO, HOW MUCH DAMAGE THEY CAN DO WITH THEIR TEETH.

IT'S NO WONDER THEY'RE SUCH GOOD SWIMMERS.

YOU TALK ABOUT MOVING SOME WATER.

THIS IS A DAM WE ARE COMING UP TO HERE.

WE MAY HAVE A BEAVER IF THAT ONE PRETTY GOOD SIZED DAM.

>> RIGHT HERE WE HAVE A TRAP WE HAVE SOMETHING IN IT, TOO.

>> IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS, TOO, WHEN YOU HAVE A BIG DAM AND A BUNCH OF DEBRIS, IT TAKES MORE STUDY TO FIND THE LOCATION TO TRAP.

>> I IMAGINE AS THE BEAVERS COME DOWN OR UP, ONE PLACE THEY GOT TO GO IS RIGHT THERE.

>> RIGHT THERE.

AND THAT'S WHERE THE TRAP IS.

THAT'S THE FLOW OF THE WATER.

KILLED THAT BEAVER QUICK.

>> WE DID.

>> HE NEVER MOVED DID HE.

>> YOU CAN TELL BECAUSE IT'S UP THERE ON THE FRONT OF THE BODY?

>> NO, HE JUST HASN'T MOVED.

>> PRETTY GOOD SIZED BEAVER.

>> I HATE TO TELL YOU JEREMY BUT THAT WON'T BE THE BIGGEST BEAVER.

>> I KNOW IT.

>> THAT'S BIGGER THAN ANY ONE WE'VE CAUGHT TODAY THOUGH.

>> EXACTLY LIKE IT'S SUPPOSED TO WORK THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE WHY THE LAND OWNERS WANT THE BEAVER REMOVED.

THERE IS SUPPOSED TO BE A ROAD THAT COMES DOWN FROM THIS GATE AND CROSSES THIS CREEK RIGHT HERE, BECAUSE THE BEAVERS HAVE DAMMED IT UP, THE WATER IS DEEP ENOUGH THAT THERE IS NO WAY TO GET A TRACTOR THROUGH THERE.

THIS IS HAMPERING HIS ABILITY TO FARM HIS LAND.

>> YOU AIN'T GOT THE BIG BEAVER ANYMORE.

>> THAT LOOKS LIKE THE TAIL OF A REALLY BIG ONE.

>> THAT'S A GOOD BEAVER.

>> THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD SIZED BEAVER.

>> THIS IS A GOOD ONE HERE THAT'S THE WAY IT IS SUPPOSED TO CATCH THAT ANIMAL PROBABLY NEVER FLINCHED.

>> THIS HAS GOT TO HELP THE SITUATION.

I MEAN YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE HERE A FEW MORE DAYS.

GET A FEW MORE.

THIS IS GOING TO HELP THE FARMER SITUATION.

>> YES, THAT'S WAS WE ARE HERE FOR.

>> I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.

I'VE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT TRAPPING TODAY.

I'VE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT HOW MUCH DAMAGE THESE THINGS CAN CAUSE WHEN THEY'RE NOT KEPT IN CHECK.

TELL US WHO HAS BEEN OUT, WE HAVE BROOKS HOLDING HIS FIRST RABBIT.

HE GOT THIS RABBIT HUNTING WITH HIS POPS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

CONGRATULATIONS.

MASON TOOK THIS HUGE BUCK ON HIS GRANDPA'S FARM IN BARREN COUNTY DURING THE YOUTH WEEKEND.

WHAT A DEER.

RABBIT HUNTER STEVE AND JAMES FROM FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY AFTER A SUCCESSFUL DAY IN THE FIELD.

NICE JOB.

12-YEAR-OLD TUCKER BEATTY WITH A NICE 10 POINT BUCK TAKEN ON THE FAMILY FARM DURING YOUTH WEEKEND.

CONGRATULATIONS.

HERE WE HAVE JOHN HENRY WITH HIS FIRST COYOTE.

HE TOOK IT USING HIS 3030.

NICE JOB.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE INFORMATION ABOUT CONTROLLING YOUR POPULATION, FW.KY.GOV AND SEARCH FOR FUR TRAPPER LOOKUP AND REMEMBER...

HUNTING AND FISHING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY IS A PRIVILEGE.

ALWAYS ASK PERMISSION AND THANK THE LAND OWNER.

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