THERE THEE GOES.

STAYING WITH THOSE DOGS.

>> YEP.

>> THIS WEEK ON KENTUCKY AFIELD WE ARE EXPLORING A FORM OF HUNTING THAT DATES BACK NEARLY 10,000 YEARS.

FALCONRY.

NEXT, WE'LL JOIN FISHERIES BIOLOGIST ON LAKE BARALLY TO FIND OUT ABOUT A NEW PROJECT THAT SHOULD BE GREAT FOR BASS FISHERMEN THEN WE ARE IN KAYAKS BUT NOT FISHING.

WE ARE ON THE HUNT FOR FOX SQUIRREL IT'S ALL NEXT ON KENTUCKY AFIELDIN'IN'... >> 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.

WHEN I GOT A PHONE CALL FROM MY BUDDY WHO WANTED TO BORROW MY BOOLG TO FLY HIS FALCON IN SEARCH OF RABBITS, THAT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY I DID NOT WANT TO PASS UP.

YOU BROUGHT TWO BEAGLES, RIGHT?

>> TWO.

SO WE HAVE THREE FEMALES.

I BROUGHT CHECKERS TODAY.

WE ARE NOT HUNTING WITH THE SHOTGUN TODAY, ARE WE?

>> NO.

>> IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT TODAY.

>> YOU BROUGHT A BIRD OF PREY THAT YOU HAVE TRAINED TO RABBIT HUNT OUT IN FRONT OF YOUR BEAGLES, RIGHT?

>> YES.

>> LET'S GET THE BIRD OUT.

IF YOU WATCH KENTUCKY AFIELD, YOU'VE SEEN THIS BIRD BEFORE.

IT'S ON THE OPENING SCENE WHERE THAT BIRD COMES DOWN AND HITS THE RABBIT.

THE SAME EXACT BIRD.

>> SAME EXACT BIRD AND THAT WAS THIS BIRD HERE, BULLET.

I BELIEVE WE GOT ONE GOING.

>> BETTER GET THE BIRD.

THIS BIRD HERE WAS A JUVENILE THAT FIRST YEAR, SO THIS MAKES HER FIFTH SEASON.

THIS BIRD KNOWS WHAT THOSE DOGS ARE DOING.

>> AND IT'S GOING TO GET UP ON A LIMB AND FOLLOW THOSE DOGS AROUND WAITING TO SEE THE RABBITS SO THEY CAN ATTACK, RIGHT?

>> YEP.

>> SHE IS WANTING TO GO RIGHT NOW.

DO YOU WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.

>> ALL RIGHT.

I'M GOING TO SEE IF SHE HEARS THE BARK.

IF SHE DOES, SHE'LL GO TO WHERE THEY'RE AT.

SHE'LL GET SOMEWHERE WHERE SHE ASK SEE GOOD.

THIS IS SOME GOOD HABITAT FOR RABBIT.

IT LOOKS GREAT.

IF THEY'RE NOT ALL FROZE STIFF.

>> GET, HUNT 'EM CHECKERS.

GET 'EM CHECKERS.

HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE.

THERE SHE GOES AGAIN.

GETTING HIGHER AND HIGHER UP IN THE TREES TO WHERE SHE CAN GET A BETTER VANTAGING POINT TO SEE THIS RABBIT AND SHE PRETTY MUCH HANGS BACK.

SHE IS GOING TO HUNT IT ENOUGH TO KNOW WHEN THE RABBIT IS JUMPED IN A CERTAIN AREA, IT WILL GENERALLY COME BACK TO THE SAME AREA AND THAT'S WHAT SHE IS DOING RIGHT NOW AND NOW SHE IS GOING TO THE BIG TREES AND WATCH FOR THE RABBIT.

I NEED TO GET ON UP THAT WAY.

>> THIS RABBIT HAS RAN AROUND THIS WAY, DO UNINTO THE BRUSH PILE, AND THEN THE DOGS RAN THE RABBIT OUT AND NOW THE BIRD IS JUST FOLLOWING IT RIGHT ON DOWN THROUGH HERE.

KNOWING IT IS PROBABLY GOING TO COME RIGHT BACK HERE.

>> I SEE THE RABBIT RIGHT THERE.

LOOK!

IT'S OUT THERE IN THE OPEN, TOO!

OH RABBIT COMING DOWN THE HILL RIGHT HERE!

>> SHE SHOULD TAKE ANOTHER PERCH AND LOOK FOR IT!

>> SHE WENT DOWN ONE TIME AFTER IT.

>> SHE'S COLD, MAN.

>> SAW IT, WANTED IT BUT SHE WASN'T 100% COMMITTED.

>> SHE'LL GET LOOSE.

IT HAPPENED ON THE VERY FIRST DIVE, THAT WOULDN'T BE NORMAL ANYWAY.

>> I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT TO WATCH THE DOG OR THE BIRD.

I NEED TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ONE EYE IN ONE DIRECTION AND THE OTHER EYE IN THE OTHER DIRECTION AND WATCH AT THE SAME TIME.

I FEEL LIKE I'M GOING TO MISS SOMETHING IF I LOOK AWAY EITHER DIRECTION.

>> HARD TO GET ON IT AND REJUMP IT SOMEWHERE AND GET SOME OR ACTION.

THERE SHE GOES.

STAYING WITH THOSE DOGS.

SHE'S POWERFUL ENOUGH TO TAKE ONE OF THOSE DOGS DOWN BUT SHE SEES IT AS A RELATIONSHIP.

USES THE DOG TO CAPTURE GAME.

IT'S PRETTY WILD.

>> GET IN HERE.

LOOK, LOOK FOR HIM.

COME ON, HERE, HERE, HERE.

HUNTING HERE.

HUNTING HERE.

MAN, IT ALL LOOKS GOOD, DOESN'T IT?

I THINK THEY MAY HAVE JUMPED THIS RABBIT.

>> THAT'S WHY MY BIRD FLEW DOWN HERE.

I THINK IT SEEN ONE.

>> THAT BIRD IS WAITING TO GET HERE BECAUSE IT SAW THE RABBIT.

THAT RABBIT ALREADY TOOK OFF.

IT'S DOWN THERE.

CHECKERS IS ON IT.

I NEED TO GO GET AROUND THAT BARN.

JUST BEING BULL HEADED.

THEY'LL DO THAT SOMETIMES, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY GET IN A BARN WHERE THERE AIN'T NO WIND.

SHE THINKS THERE'S A RABBIT IN HERE.

>> THERE IT GOES!

THERE IT GOES!

THERE IT GHSSMENTS-- THERE IT GOES!

THERE IT GOES!

HERE SCUMS THE RABBIT-- HERE COMES PT RABBIT DOWN THE HILL AND THE BIRD IS IN THE BARN!

WELL, OUR BIRD DECIDED TO TAKE A BREAK AND TAKE A PERCH IN THIS BARN.

IT LITERALLY RAN RIGHT AT MY FEET, BUT THE BIRD IS IN THERE TAKING A BREAK WE NEED TO GET THE BIRD BACK OUT HERE, TELL IT IT'S 15 MINUTE LUNCH BREAK IS OVER.

TIME TO GET BUSY.

>> IT JUST GETS IN YOUR BLOOD IS IT SOMETHING THAT JUST GETS IN YOUR BLOOD.

YOU'RE GETTING THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS HERE.

GETTING TO LISTEN TO THE RABBITS RUN LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE, GO OUT AND LIKE RUN THEIR DOGS.

BUT THIS WAY HERE, GETTING TO WATCH THE BIRD AT WORK AND TRY TO CATCH THAT RABBIT.

YOU GET TO WATCH THE RABBIT AND HOW IT OPERATES.

I MEAN EVERY DAY IN THE FIELD, WHEN YOU ARE OUT THERE, YOU LEARN SOMETHING AND YOU LISTEN, YOU LEARN YOUR DOGS WHEN THEY'RE HOT, WHEN THEY'RE NOT, WHEN THEY'RE OFF TRACK, WATCHING THE DOGS, WHICH ONE IS LEADING, HOW THEY HONOR ONE ANOTHER.

YOU ARE LEARNING SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR DOGS, LEARNING SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR BIRD AND RABBIT HUNTING.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> YOU JUST CAN'T BEAT THAT.

>> YOU CAN'T.

I DO A LOT OF GENEALOGY AND THAT STUFF, NATIVE AMERICAN BLOOD THAT I FOUND AND KNEW THAT FROM MY MAMAW AND HAZARD KENTUCKY.

I GOT BACK TO MY 11TH GENERATION AND MY 11TH GREAT GRANDFATHER, HIM AND HIS BROTHER SIMON, THEIR LAST NAME WAS LATHAM.

THEY WROTE A BOOK ON FALCONRY, FALCONERS LURE AND CURE.

IT TALKS ABOUT HUSBANDRY AND TAKING CARE OF THE BIRDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

ANYWAY, I GOT TO DOING THIS RESEARCH AND FIND OUT THAT MY 11TH GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS SERGEANT OF FALCONERS FOR KING JAMES I THE SCOTLAND.

IN THE 1600s.

IT'S CRAZE AGREE THAT IS CRAZY.

>> TALK ABOUT GETTING IN YOUR BLOOD.

>> I HAD NO IDEA.

BUT YOU KNOW, AND ONE OF MY DAUGHTERS GOT ME THE BOOK FOR CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR.

>> THAT'S AWESOME.

>> YEP, WE CAN HUNT CLEAR TO THE TREES.

>> WE HAVE BEEN RUNNING ONE RABBIT THE ENTIRE TIME AND I CAN STILL SEE THE TRUCK IF THE BARN WASN'T THERE SO WE ARE CLOSE.

(WHISTLING).

>> COME ON, LUCY.

IF I TURNED HER LOOSE HERE WHERE SHE WOULD BE DOWN LOW AND BULLDOZE IN IT AND STUFF, SHE WILL FOLLOW THE DOGS IN THERE AND HAVE THIS SHORT PURCHASE BUT WHAT WOULD I RATHER THEM DO IS IF THEY CAN TAKE THE RABBIT OUT OF HERE AND BRING IT DOWN THROUGH HERE, I'VE GOT A LOT BETTER SHOT WITH HER IN THE TREES UP HERE OF GETTING ONE.

>> I CAN SEE WHY STEVE BROUGHT TO US THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION 9 IT'S A BIG POND DRIED UP FILLED IN WITH A BUNCH OF DEBRIS AND THE RABBITS ARE PILED UP IN THERE AND I'M ON THE EDGE OF IT AND EVERY ONE OF THESE THORN TREES HERE ARE CHEWED OFF.

WHAT THIS IS IS THE END OF JANUARY, NOT A WHOLE LOT OF FOOD ON THE LANDSCAPE AND RABBITS HAVE COME UP HERE AND CHEW THIS OFF AND EAT THIS AND THEY'RE PROBABLY 30 OR 40 THESE TREES DOWN HERE AND EVERY ONE OF THEM CHEWED IT OFF FOUR OR FIVE INCHES HIGH.

DEFINITELY A LOT OF RABBITS HERE.

THIS IS A TRUE SIGN WHEN YOU SEE THIS, YOU GOT RABBITS AND PROBABLY A PRETTY GOOD POPULATION.

>> I'M GOING TO CHECK THIS RIGHT HERE.

HE IS IN THERE THINKING... >> THERE HE GOES!

PULL!

>> HOW COULD YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THAT, BIRD?

>> I SAW ONE GO OVER THE HILL RIGHT THERE.

MY DOG TOOK THAT ONE IN THE BARN.

>> RIGHT HERE, RIGHT HERE, RIGHT HERE!

CHECKERS, HERE, HERE, HERE, HEREBY!

COME ON LUCY!

THERE HE IS!

>> HECK, I HEARD THE BIRD, SHE'S GOING AFTER IT.

SHE MIGHT HAVE GOT IT.

SHE MIGHT HAVE GOT IT.

SHE MAY HAVE THAT RABBIT.

GOLLY MAN, SHE MISSED IT.

RIGHT AT THE EDGE.

DANG.

>> THAT WAS PRETTY COOL.

WE JUMPED THE RABBIT OUT OF HERE AND WENT TO CHASE THE DOG AND THE BIRD STAYED HERE, RIGHT WHERE WE JUMPED.

>> I DIDN'T THINK THE BIRD WAS EVEN MAKING AN ATTEMPT BECAUSE THE BIRD WAS ON THE SIDE OF THE POND BED HERE.

LO AND BEHOLD, SHE CAME DOWN AND TRIED TO SMASH IT.

>> SHE MADE A GOOD EFFORT WITH IT THERE.

>> WELL, STEVE, I ALWAYS ENJOY WATCHING A BIRD WORK LIKE IT DID TODAY.

THAT WAS A GREAT DAY IN THE FIELD AND WE GOT IN RABBITS.

>> WE DON'T ALWAYS GET 'EM BUT LIKE I TOLD YOU BEFORE, IT'S A LOT SLIMMER CHANCE GETTING THEM GOING OUT WITH THE SHOTGUN AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I LIKE IT SO MUCH.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU DO GET ONE, IT'S A THRILL.

IT'S LIKE GETTING THAT BIG BUCK, YOU KNOW, EACH AND EVERY ONE AND I MEAN THIS BIRD HERE ACTUALLY HAS TAKEN A FOUR RABBIT LIMIT BEFORE WHICH IS WHAT YOU ARE ALLOWED WITH A GUN IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY.

>> IT'S ALMOST LIKE WHEN SHE DIVES DOWN, IT'S ALMOST LIKE TAKING A SHOT WITH A GUN.

IT DON'T ALWAYS HAPPEN.

HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU MISS?

SOMETIMES SHE IS DIVING DOWN TRYING TO GRAB SOMETHING WITH HER FEET MOVING.

SOMETIMES YOU MISS.

AND BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, WATCHING THE WHOLE PROCESS OF HER WATCH THE DOGS, YOU CAN'T BEAT THAT.

>> OH YEAH I LOVE RUNNING MY DOGS.

WE GOT A LOT OF WORK WITH THE DOGS TODAY.

>> OUR THREE DOGS WORKED TOGETHER REAL, REAL WELL.

YOU TAUGHT ME A LOT ABOUT FALCONRY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING IT AGAIN SOME DAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> YES, SIR, ANY TIME.

>> I APPRECIATE IT.

I DO, TOO.

FISHERIES BIOLOGISTS ARE STRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD FISH HABITAT AND SOMETIMES THAT HABITAT COMES FROM A CHAINSAW.

SO WE ARE HERE ON THE SHORES OF LAKE BARCLAY TODAY AND WE ARE ENGAGED IN A FISH HABITAT PROJECT.

SPECIFICALLY WE ARE TRYING TO IMPROVE THE SHORELINE FISH SPAWNING HABITAT.

THIS PROJECT IS ACTUALLY A BIG PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN MULTIPLE AGENCIES SO OUR AGENCIES, TWRA IN TENNESSEE, U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND U.S. FOREST SERVICE AND ANGLER GROUPS, IT'S ALL PART OF A BIG GRANT THAT WAS AWARDED FROM A FEDERAL FUND CALLED THE NATIONAL RESERVOIR FISHERIES HABITAT PARTNERSHIP.

THEY PROVIDE FUNDING FOR FISHERIES HABITAT ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND LAKE BARCLAY WAS CHOSEN AS A TOP PROJECT SO THEY WERE ABLE TO FUND THE MATERIAL PURCHASES FOR THIS PROJECT.

SO WHAT WE ARE DOING TODAY IS WE ARE ADDING WHAT WE CALL LAY DOWNS.

WE ARE TAKING TREES, CUTTING THEM FROM THE LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES NATIONAL FOREST SERVICE AREA.

AND THEN WE ARE PLACING THOSE ALL ALONG THE SHORELINE AT LOWER WATER ELEVATION SO THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE TO FISH EARLIER IN THE SPRING TIME AS TBA AND CORPS OF ENGINEERS BRING THE LAKE UP TO SUMMER POOL.

THE MAIN GOAL FOR THIS PROJECT IS TO IMPROVE THE BASS SPAWNS AT LAKE BARCLAY.

THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING THE MOST IN RECENT YEARS.

THAT'S WHERE THE HABITAT IS REALLY KIND OF DESIGNED FOR.

BUT IT WILL ALSO BE USED BY ANY SPECIES WITHIN THAT SAME FAMILY, THAT INCLUDES A LOT OF OUR SPORT FISH, BLUEGILL, RED EAR, CRAPPIE, ALL OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE USING THIS HABITAT FOR SPAWNING.

SCOA FAR THIS MORNING WE DID 15 LAY DOWNS ON THE OPPOSITE BANK OVER HERE.

WE SWITCHED BANKS, MADE OUR WAY DOWN EVERY 30 TO 40 FEET PLACING ONE OF THESE LAY DOWNS.

THIS TREE IS A HICKORY.

I CHOSE IT BECAUSE IT'S A HARD WOOD, WILL LAST A LOT LONGER.

DOESN'T HAVE VERY MANY BRANCHES ON IT.

BASS LIKE SIMPLE COVER.

THEY DON'T LIKE TOO MANY BRANCHES.

WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER AN INDIVIDUAL ANGLER IS ALLOWED TO PLACE HABITAT OR FISH STRUCTURE INTO KENTUCKY LAKE OR LAKE BARCLAY.

IN OUR CASE WE ARE ALLOWED TO DO THIS WORK BECAUSE WE HAVE SPECIAL PERMITS FROM U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE WHICH ALLOW US TO CUT THESE TREES AND PLACE THEM IN THE WATER AT SPECIFIC LOCATIONS.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE DOING TO EVALUATE THE SUCCESS OF THIS KIND OF HABITAT IS WE ARE DOING WEEKLY SNORKEL SURVEYS ON A SUBSECTION OF THE SITES DURING THE SPRING TIME WE'VE DONE THAT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS TO SEE WHETHER FISH ARE ACTUALLY USING THIS HABITAT TO SPAWN AND ENCOURAGINGLY, ABOUT 50% OF THESE SITES AT OUR TESTING ZONE HAVE BEEN USED BY BASS TO SPAWN IN A PARTICULAR YEAR.

NEARLY 100% OF THESE SITES WILL BE USED BY SUN FISH TO SPAWN.

IT'S TOUGH TO SAY WHETHER WE WILL HAVE ACTUAL IMPROVEMENT IN THE CATCH RATES OF ANGLERS OVER TIME BUT IT IS A NEW PROJECT THAT WE ARE TRYING TO INCLUDE THOSE CATCH RATES WITH.

>> IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SMALL GAME HUNTING, YOU STILL HAVE TIME AND THIS IS A GREAT TIME OF YEAR TO PURSUE SQUIRREL FROM A BOAT OR A KAYAK.

YOU GUYS READY?

>> LET'S HIT IT.

WE ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE THAT FROM A KAYAK, YOU'VE GOT MORE ACCESS TO MORE WATER THROUGHOUT THE STATE BUT TODAY, WITH THE WAY THE LAKE IS UP, THIS IS ABOUT YOUR ONLY ACCESS.

>> THIS IS ABOUT IT.

>> WE ARE NOT EVEN TO THE PARKING LOT YET AND I'M ALREADY TIRED.

WE ARE OVER THE PARKING LOT.

>> SO NATHAN, OBVIOUSLY WE ARE HUNTING TODAY.

HOW MUCH EXPERIENCE DO YOU HAVE HUNTING FROM A KAYAK?

>> QUITE A BIT.

HUNTING FROM A CANOE, A LITTLE FROM A KAYAK AS WELL BUT QUITE A BIT.

>> YOU CAN BE REALLY STEALTHY, QUIET AND GET RIGHT TOP OF GAME.

WHEN THE WATER IS UP LIKE THIS, IT IS INTEREST CAN BECAUSE WE CAN GET OURSELVES UP INTO THE WOODS.

>> BUT TODAY I PRESUME THAT SINCE WE ARE SQUIRREL HUNTING THIS TIME OF YEAR THERE IS NEARLY NOTHING IN THE TREES FOR THEM TO EAT O.

YOU ARE STARTING TO GET SOME OF THE FIRST BUDS TO COME OUT AND YOU WILL HAVE SQUIRRELS EATING ON THOSE BUT SQUIRREL ARE GOING TO BE ON THE GROUND DIGGING UP NUTS THEY BURIED ALL YEAR AND A LOT OF TIMES IT'S RIGHT ON THE WATER.

WE VERY WELL MAY HAVE SQUIRRELS THAT HAVE PERFECT SHOTS WITH A SHOTGUN TO TAKE A SQUIRREL.

I'M HOPING THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.

>> I'M GOING TO GUESS THAT'S WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

>> I GUESS THE WAY THE LINE RUN, REALLY, THE BOUNDARY IS RIGHT IN HERE SO THIS, FROM THIS POINT ON, WE CAN KIND OF START GETTING A LITTLE MORE QUIET AND START LOOKING FOR SQUIRREL.

SO KEEP YOUR EYES OUT.

ANY TIME NOW YOU COULD PULL THE SHOTGUN OUT AND LET US KNOW WHAT YOU SEE.

I THINK THAT'S AN IMMATURE BALD EAGLE.

>> SO FAR ONE HAWK, ONE EAGLE.

THAT HAS GOT TO MEAN SOMETHING GOOD.

LOOK AT THAT LIMB.

SEE THIS TREE IN FRONT.

SEE IT JUST LAYING THERE, HUH.

(GUNSHOT) NICE SHOT HEY, WE TALKED ABOUT IT.

THIS IS YOUR FIRST SQUIRREL OUT OF A KAYAK NICE JOB.

AND TODAY IS NOT GREAT CONDITIONS LET'S SEE WHAT YOU GOT.

THAT'S A MONSTER.

TOO MANY OF THESE MIGHT SINK YOUR KAYAK.

THAT SQUIRREL NEVER MOVED ONE TIME.

HE THOUGHT HE WAS HID AND YOU KNOW WHAT?

HE ALMOST WAS.

HE LOOKED HUGE.

BIG OL' BULL SQUIRREL.

THAT'S A MONSTER.

SEE WHAT YOU GOT.

GOOD GRAVY.

LIKE A YOUNG CAT RIGHT THERE, ISN'T IT?

SHOOTING.

WE HAVE PLENTY OF BANK LEFT.

MAYBE WE CAN GET US ANOTHER ONE.

THIS REALLY DOES OPEN UP SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR WMAs HERE IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY BECAUSE YOU THINK A LOT OF THE WMAS ARE AROUND LAKES.

>> LOTS OF PLACES YOU CAN GO AND HUNT THAT'S FOR SURE.

AND YOU TALK ABOUT A GOOD WAY TO GO GET TURKEYS, OH YEAH HEAR ONE GOBBLE AND GO TO 'EM THROUGH THE WATER AND TAKE OFF.

THIS WOULD BE A GREAT WAY TO GO.

>> A GREAT WAY TO GET FOO THAT.

>> YEAH >> YOU GOT IT, DIDN'T YOU?

>> YEAH.

>> GOOD.

>> IS THAT THE SAME ONE?

>> YEAH.

>> I LOOKED UP THE HILL 50 YARDS AND I SEE THE FOX SQUIRREL COME DOWN THE TREE AND HIT THE GROUND.

I COULDN'T SEE IT BUT IT WAS RIGHT ON TOP OF US.

>> COMING RIGHT ACROSS THE CEDAR.

LET HIM GET MUCH FURTHER AND HE WOULD HAVE GONE RIGHT OVER THE LAKE.

>> NICE SHOT.

HERE YOU GO.

BOY, THEY GROW 'EM BIG DOWN HERE.

FIRST I'M I'VE BEEN ON A SQUIRREL HUNTING TRIP WHERE TWO SQUIRREL MADE A DINNER.

>> THAT'S A FAMILY FEEDER RIGHT THERE.

>> HOW DO YOU LIKE THOSE SQUIRREL?

>> PRESSURE COOK THEM BUT USUALLY WE QUARTER THEM OUT AND TAKE OUT THE BACK STRAP, PUT THEM IN THE PAN AND FRY 'EM UP AND THAT'S A MEAL RIGHT THERE, TWO OF THEM.

>> NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

THERE'S A SQUIRREL.

GET READY ON THE R&DES.

RIGHT ON THE WATER.

-- RIGHT ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.

SEE IF YOU SEE 'EM BEFORE YOU PICK YOUR GUN UP.

YEP, I I SEE HIM.

HE'S MOVING.

HE'S ON THE SIDE OF THAT TREE LOOKING OUT.

(GUNSHOT).

>> NICE!

NICE JOB!

GOOD SHOT BOON.

>> WE WERE KIND OF EASING ON THROUGH HERE AND SURE ENOUGH HERE ON THE POINT, RIGHT AT THE WATER, WAS A PRETTY GOOD FOX SQUIRREL AND AS IT WENT TO TAKE OFF UP THE HILL, IT STOPPED AND GOT IN THE TREE AND TURNED AROUND AND WAS LOOKING DOWN AT US.

WELL, THIS HAS BEEN THE MOST FUN SQUIRRELING I'VE EVER HAD AND NEVER EVEN LOADED MY GUN.

>> THIS HAS BEEN.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.

>> IT WAS A FANTASTIC AFTERNOON.

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

>> KALEB JOHNSON WITH HIS FIRST DEER DURING MODERN GUN SEASON OF 2021.

NICE JOB.

HERE WE HAVE A FAMILY THAT ENJOYS GUN SEASON.

WE HAVE THREE SIBLINGS AND THREE BUCKS FROM GRAYSON COUNTY.

TWIN BROTHERS NATHAN AND KALEB AND THEIR BIG SISTER JILLIAN EACH GOT A BUCK IN GRAYSON COUNTY.

NICE JOB.

>> CHECK OUT THIS HUGE FLAT HEAD CATFISH CAUGHT BY CHRIS PAYTON CAUGHT BY USING A BLUEGILL FOR BAIT AND PULLED FROM THE KENTUCKY RIVER.

MAKENNA WITH HER FIRST DEER EVER, A NICE BUCK TAKEN ON THE LAST DAY OF MUZZLE LOADING SEASON.

THIS BUCK WAS TAKEN IN CALIFORNIA, KENTUCKY.

CONGRATULATIONS, MAKENNA.

HERE WE HAVE JIM WILLIAMSON OF HARDIN COUNTY KENTUCKY.

HE CAUGHT THE TWO NICE STRIPER FISHING WITH THEIR OLD BUD ELANS SASSER.

NICE JOB.

HERE WE HAVE BLAKE WILLIAMS, EIGHT POINT BUCK, FIRST DEER TAKEN WITH HIS PAPAW'S CROSS BOW.

NICE JOB.

YOU GOT TO LOVE THIS PHOTO.

THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE ENTIRE PIPER FAMILY AFTER A DAY OF RABBIT HUNTING IN HENRY COUNTY.

CONGRATULATIONS.

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