THE BAIT.

>> I'M NOT EATING THE BAIT.

>> THIS WEEK ON KENTUCKY AFIELD...

LIE MIGHT BE YOUNG BUT HE SURE CAN FISH.

WE THINK HE GETS IT FROM HIS GRANDPA JIM.

>> OH, WHITE BASS.

THERE YOU GO.

>> THERE YOU GO.

>> NEXT... >> RACCOON HUNTING IS MADE BETTER BY A GOOD DOG.

>> SHE'S EXCITED.

>> AND WE ARE HUNT AGO LONG SIDE A GREAT ONE WE ARE HUNTING ALONGSIDE A GREAT ONE.

>> AND THEN WE'LL FIND OUT JUST HOW IMPORTANT HABITAT IS ON A LOGAN COUNTY QUAIL HUNT.

>> THERE THEY GO!

(MULTIPLE GUNSHOTS).

>> SIGHTS 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.

WHEN A GOOD FRIEND CALLS YOU UP AND ASK ISES YOU TO GO FISHING AND THEY WANT TO TAKE THEIR GRANDSON ALONG?

HOW DO YOU SAY NO WHEN THEY CAN FISH LIKE THIS?

SO YOU'RE READY TO GO FISHING.

>> YEP.

>> YOU GOT AN ANCHOR.

WHAT DOES AN ANCHOR DO?

HOLDS THE BOAT.

>> HOLDS THE BOAT, THAT'S RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, JIM, YOU AND I HAVE FISHED MANY ATIMES TOGETHER BUT TODAY IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FOR A COUPLE REASONS.

>> WE NEVER FISHED THE MIDDLE OF DECEMBER BEFORE AND WE HAVE A LITTLE BUDDY THAT BEGGED ME TO GO FISHING.

>> THIS IS YOUR GRANDSON ELI.

HE LOVES TO FISH, DOESN'T HE?

>> HE DOES.

>> HE HAS FISHED ENOUGH HE IS PRETTY SELF SUFFICIENT.

>> I TURN HIM LOOSE IN THE BOAT AND HAVE TO TELL HIM TO GET OFF THE EDGE OF THE BOAT.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, HE'S GOOD.

>> WHAT FISH DO YOU LIKE TO CATCH THE MOST?

>> SMALL MOUTH BASS.

>> THAT'S MY FAVORITE, TOO.

I SAW YOU GOT A LITTLE WHITE MINNOW LOOKING SWIM BAIT ON THERE.

DO YOU THINK THAT'S WHAT WE ARE GOING TO CATCH THEM ON TODAY.

YEP.

WE ARE IN BETWEEN KENTUCKY LAKE AND THE OHIO RIVER.

HOPEFULLY WE GET DOWN HERE AND FIND US A SPOT AND CATCH US SOME BIG FISH.

>> I'M GOING TO CATCH A HUNDRED.

>> I'M GOING TO TRY TO CATCH THE FIRST FISH.

>> LOOK AT THIS.

YOU EVER CAUGHT ONE OF THESE?

THESE ARE PRETTY RARE AROUND HERE.

THIS STICK FISH.

YOU WANT TO TAKE A BITE?

>> NO.

>> WEATHER IS TOO NICE.

THEY DON'T WANT TO WHITE ON A GOOD DAY.

THEY NEED A LITTLE SLEEP.

>> THEY DON'T PLAY FAIR.

>> I DON'T THINK ANY OF THEM ARE PLAYING FAIR RIGHT NOW.

I DON'T HAVE MUCH PATIENCE WITH THEM, THEY'RE NOT BITING HERE SO LET'S MOVE OUT A LITTLE DEEPER.

>> SOUNDS GOOD.

WE GOT LIVE BAIT IN CASE WE REALLY HAVE TO TRY TO CATCH SOMETHING.

ELI, DON'T YOU BE EATING THE BAIT.

>> I'M NOT EATING THE BAIT.

>> YOU KNOW YOU EAT THE BAIT.

ALRIGHTY.

GIVE HER A SHOT.

SEE, IT'S ON.

LOOKY HERE.

>> LOOKY THERE.

WE SHOULD HAVE DOUBLED BECAUSE I JUST GOT BIT, TOO.

GOING TO SQUEEZE THROUGH AND GET THE NET.

>> WHAT YOU GOT THERE, BUDDY?

OH WHITE BASS.

THERE YOU GO.

HEY, FIRST FISH.

NICE JOB!

>> NEED SOME HELP.

>> HEY, YOU CAUGHT DINNER.

>> GOING TO PUT HIM IN THE COOLER?

>> YEP.

>> I KNOW YOU LIKE TO EAT FISH.

I SAW YOU EATING THE BAIT A WHILE AGO.

>> LOOKY HERE, I FOUND ELI'S SPOT.

I'M GOING TO CATCH ALL OF ELI'S FISH OUT OF THERE.

I'M ON TO HIM.

>> WHAT HAVE YOU GOT THERE?

>> GOOD OLD DRUM.

>> WE MAY HAVE FOUND 'EM.

WE CAUGHT THREE FISH AND THREE DIFFERENT SPECIES.

>> CHECK THAT OUT.

OF COURSE I GET THE ONE THAT YOU REALLY DON'T WANT TO EAT.

>> WELSHING THIS IS A SPOTTED BASS I GOT HERE.

BLACK BASS SPECIES NUMBER ONE.

>> ALRIGHTY LIE, TIME TO GET SERIOUS.

>> WHY?

>> SO WE CAN CATCH SOME FISH, DUDE.

NOW THAT DIDN'T LOOK REAL SERIOUS.

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS IS, ELI.

YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU ARE IN THE RIVER WHAT YOU GOT.

>> WHITE BASS.

>> WHITE BASS.

>> LOOKY HERE.

>> A DANDY.

WHAT YOU GOT THERE?

>> PRETTY NICE ONE.

>> I GOT THE BIGGEST.

>> THAT'S A GOOD ONE THERE, BUDDY.

>> YOU MAY BE ABLE TO CATCH SEVERAL OF THESE THIS TIME OF YEAR, THEY'LL SCHOOL UP TIGHT.

>> THEY FIGHT SO WELL.

>> WORK 'EM OVER.

>> ANOTHER WHITE BASS.

HEY, WE ARE ON TO SOMETHING NOW.

THIS FEELS LIKE A DRUM.

>> IS THAT RIGHT?

>> YES.

THAT'S OKAY.

AS LONG AS I CATCH MORE FISH THAN ELI.

>> DRUM COUNT.

>> YOU KNOW, IF I CATCH ENOUGH FISH TO EAT FOR SUPPER IF I'M WANTING SOMETHING TO EAT, AND THEN CATCH THE REST DRUM, I DON'T CARE.

>> LOOKY THERE, I GOT A DRUM.

>> I DON'T FEEL SO BAD NOW CATCHING ALL THE DRUM.

I'M GLAD YOU COULD GET IN ON SOME OF THAT.

I GOT A FEELING, A MAN COMMERCIAL FISHING, YOU HAVE DRIED DRUM.

>> I HAVE.

SOME OF THEM ARE OKAY.

THIS DOES NOT FEEL LIKE A DRUM.

I THINK WE MAY HAVE A WHITE BASS AGAIN.

>> YES, SIR.

>> ANOTHER ONE FOR THE SKILLET.

>> THERE YOU GO: LOOK AT MY... >> I'M TRYING TO HELP.

GOT 'EM.

>> LOOK AT THAT.

MAN!

HE CAN HAVE A SPOT IN MY BOAT ANY DAY.

I DIDN'T SAY A WORD, I SET THE HOOK AND OLD ELI WAS GRABBING THE NET.

THERE ARE ONLY CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR THAT I CATCH MYSELF TARGETING THESE IN THE SPRING RUNS, MUCH DIFFERENT IN THE PART OF THE STATE WHERE I LIVE IN WHERE YOU HAVE NOLIN AND SALT RIVER AND THE DIX RIVER THAT HAVE SO MANY WHITE BASS THAT RUN UP IN THE SPAWN BUT THEY CAN BE CAUGHT YEAR ROUND.

>> SURE.

>> AND THEY'RE SO FUN TO CATCH.

>> FUN TO CATCH AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE TO EAT.

>> THEY'RE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY GOOD TO EAT.

>> CHECK ANOTHER SPOT.

WHAT KIND OF BIRD IS THAT RIGHT THERE.

>> ?

AN EAGLE.

>> WHAT KIND OF EAGLE.

>> AMERICAN.

>> YOU HAVE BEEN A FISHING GUIDE FOR OVER 14 YEARS.

YOU ARE AN AVID FISHINGMAN.

YOU ARE A TRUE CONSERVATIONIVITY.

>> I LEARN A LOT FROM WATCHING OTHER PEOPLE FISH.

MIGHT EVEN LEARN SOMETHING FROM ELI HERE.

>> GOT ONE ELI.

CATCH HIM.

HERE WE GO.

HERE WE GO!

>> I THINK I MIGHT TICKLE HIM WHILE HE'S FIGHTING THE FISH.

>> NO.

>> BOY, YOU'RE BEING MEAN ON YOU, ISN'T HE.

>> HE GOT HIM A BIGGUN.

>> I HOPE THE NET GUY DON'T MISS.

>> WHAT WE GOT?

HE'S GOT A BIG DRUM.

>> LOOKY THERE, BUDDY.

WHAT IS THAT?

>> A DRUM.

>> GRAB AHOLD OF HIM, HOLD HIM UP THERE.

>> THAT IS AWESOME.

THAT IS SUCH A GOOD FISH.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH HIM?

ALL RIGHT.

YOU ARE GON' PUT HIM BACK?

THERE YOU GO.

HEY, ELI, ALL THE LEAVES ARE FALLING OFF THE TREE EXCEPT THOSE RIGHT THERE.

WHAT IS THAT?

>> MISTLETOE.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> YOU GOT A GIRLFRIEND.

YOU GOT TO TAKE HER UNDER THE TREE.

>> I GOT A FISH.

>> WHAT HAVE YOU GOT THERE?

A SAUGERRER?

>> YEP THEM TEETH ON THERE.

>> THAT ONE THERE MIGHT BE 16.

>> I BELIEVE IT WILL WORK.

>> HEY NOW IT'S A PARTY.

>> GOT A FISH ON.

>> A BIG ONE ON.

>> A FISH ON!

>> IT'S ANOTHER SAUGER.

LET'S GET THAT JOKER IN THE BOAT.

JIM IS ON HIM.

THAT'S A BETTER ONE EVEN.

WELL, JIM, I HAD A GREAT TIME IN THE BOAT WITH YOU TODAY.

ALL THE TIMES WE'VE BEEN OUT, THIS MAY HAVE BEEN THE MOST ENJOYABLE JUST WATCHING HIS PASSION.

>> HE LOVES TO FISH.

>> AND YOU GOT A BOX FULL FOR THE SKILLET.

WHEN YOU START YOUR GUIDE SERVICE ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE ME SOMETIME.

>> I WANT TO FISH TOMORROW.

>> IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE HE IS FIVE YEARS OLD.

HE IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD.

>> HE IS A PRETTY GOOD KID I RECKON.

>> HERE ON KENTUCKY AFIELD WE HAVE SHOWCASED A LOT OF REALLY GOOD DOGS OVER THE YEARS.

SOME OF THEM ARE JUST SPECIAL.

>> A LONG WAY FROM KNOX COUNTY.

>> OH YEAH.

>> YOU TOLD ME YOU TRAVEL ALL OVER THE STATE TO CHASE RACCOONS.

>> WE TRAVEL ABOUT EVERYWHERE.

>> I'VE SEEN SOME PICTURES OF THIS DOG AND THIS IS A PRETTY SPECIAL DOG FOR YOU.

SHE IS GETTING TO KNOW ME.

>> SHE IS FRIENDS WITH ANYBODY SHE MEETS.

>> WHAT KIND OF DOG THIS IS?

>> ALLIE.

AMERICAN BLUETOOTH.

THIS DOG HAS WON SOME AWARDS.

>> SHE WON THE GRAND AMERICAN IN 2017.

A COUPLE OTHER HUNTS.

>> YOU BROUGHT SOME FRIENDS WITH YOU.

YOU ARE PARTNERS WITH THIS DOG, RIGHT?

>> YEP.

>> THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO DO IT BECAUSE TO GET A DOG TO THIS LEVEL, TO WIN THIS TYPE OF AWARD, SHE'S GOT TO BE OUT WORKING QUITE A BIT.

YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE TWIETION A MONTH AND HIGHS-- TWICE A MONTH TO GET THEM TO THAT LEVEL.

>> IT TAKES A LOT OF PEOPLE TO GET THEM IN THE HUNTS AND KEEP THEM WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.

>> I'LL CUT HER RIGHT THROUGH HERE.

>> TELL ME THE PERFECT COON HUNTING SITUATION.

WHAT ARE YOU REALLY LOOKING FOR.

>> ABOVE FREEZING THIS TIME OF YEAR.

DARK NIGHT, LOW WIND PROBABLY.

A LOT OF TIMES YOU TREE, SOME OF THE BEST NIGHTS ARE IN THE SUMMER.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE SUMMER HUNTING.

WE GOT SOME LAKES WHERE WE ACTUALLY LIVE BUT A LOT OF TIMES AROUND THE CORN FEELZ FIELDS AND STUFF, JUST RUNNING DOGS, THE CORN FIELD HUNTS ARE FUN.

>> I BET.

>> THE RED LINE HERE IS ALLIE'S TRACK.

SHOWS HER IN THE HOLLER OFF AROUND THE POINT.

LITTLE BLUE ARROW IS US.

THAT WILL TRACK US.

THAT WAY IF WE NEED TO WALK BACK OUT THE WAY WE CAME IN OR ANYTHING, YOU CAN ALWAYS LOOK AT IT.

(DOG BARKING) >> YOU HEAR THE DIFFERENCE IN HER TRACK BARK THERE.

SHE'LL THROW TWO OR THREE OF THOSE AND THEN SHE'LL ROLL IT OVER TO A MORE STEADY.

AND WHAT IS THAT TELLING YOU?

>> SHE IS TREED.

>> ALL RIGHT.

I GUESS WE'LL START MOVING THAT DIRECTION, HUH?

>> THERE IT'S SET.

YOU SEE THE RACCOON?

>> YEAH.

>> COON UP THERE.

THAT'S A GOOD SIZED COON.

>> I CAN SEE IT SITTING RIGHT THERE.

I CAN'T SEE THE FACE BUT I SEE THE COON.

>> TWO OF THEM.

>> ONE RIGHT THERE IN THE MAIN PART OF THE TREE IS THE BIGGIE.

SHE'S EXCITED.

THERE WE GO.

THAT'S JUST THE REWARD.

>> THAT'S JUST MADE HER NIGHT.

SHE'S HAPPY.

>> WE GOT A SECOND COON IN THIS TREE HERE AND WE REALLY DON'T WANT THIS DOG TO COME BACK TO THIS TREE RIGHT NOW AND KEEP CONTINUING TO COME BACK TO THE TREE AND RETREING SO WE ARE GOING TO CUT ALLIE LOOSE AND GET HER OUT.

THIS LAND OWNER IS SEEING A TON OF RACCOONS.

HE IS OVERRUN WITH RACCOONS AND HIS TURKEY POPULATION IS SUFFERING BECAUSE OF IT.

WE ARE GOING TO CUT HER LOOSE AND GET HER GOING AND THEN COME BACK AND GO AHEAD AND GET THIS ONE OUT, TOO.

THERE WE GO.

IT'S ALL PART OF THE MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR YOUR PROPERTY.

AND THAT IS, YOU GOT TO HAVE A GOOD BALANCE OF PREDATORS, YOU GOT TO HAVE A GOOD BALANCE OF WILDLIFE AND THIS IS A SITUATION WHERE THE BALANCE IS A LITTLE OUT OF WHACK.

NOT ENOUGH TURKEYS AND WAY TOO MANY RACCOONS.

>> SHE IS UP TO THE RIDE, FISH HOLLER, ABOUT 180 YARDS FROM WHERE WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW.

>> YES, SIR, THAT MADE IT HOME, DIDN'T IT?

>> RIGHT HERE, SEE IT!

>> SURE IS!

>> WELL, WE ARE GOING GET THE DOG MOVED AWAY.

THIS WAS A SUCCESS.

SHE TREED A RACCOON RIGHT HERE IN THE TREE, BUT IN THIS SITUATION, YOU GOT TO JUST TIP YOUR HAT TO THE RACCOON AND SAY WELL, YOU MADE IT HOME.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN TAKE A SHOT AND KILL THAT RACCOON BUT THAT'S NOT AN ETHICAL SHOT AND WE ARE NOT ABOUT TO DO THAT.

WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON UP AND SET HER LOOSE AGAIN.

YOUR GIRL FRIEND REACHED OUT TO US.

SHE WHAT HAS A LITTLE GIRL YOU TAKE HUNTING AS WELL, RIGHT.

>> SHE GETS TO GO WITH ME AROUND THE HOUSE A LOT AND SHE IS ALL ABOUT IT.

SHE REALLY ENJOYS IT.

WE CAN GO RIGHT OUT THE BACK DOOR AND BE IN, YOU KNOW, SOME PRETTY BIG MOUNTAINS.

WE'LL GO BACK THERE AND DO SOME TURKEY SCOUTING.

SHE LOVES THE GOBBLE.

>> USUALLY IF YOU REALLY DON'T LIKE TO HUNT AND FISH, IT'S EITHER YOU NEVER HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO IT OR YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE RIGHT MENTOR THAT HAD THE PATIENCE WITH YOU WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE BECAUSE IF YOU GET WITH THE RIGHT PERSON AND YOU GET OUT AND YOU DO THIS, YOU ARE GOING TO LIKE IT.

>> IT GETS IN YOUR BLOOD DEFINITELY.

BREN DOG PARK,.

(DOG BARKING).

>> SHE IS TREED.

LET'S HOPE IT'S NOT A DEN.

>> IS SHE ON THAT... >> SHE IS ON THAT VINE.

>> SHE IS PRETTY SURE OF HERSELF.

THERE HE IS.

THERE HE IS.

LOOK AT THAT.

NICE JOB.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, GUYS.

THAT DOG DID A GREAT JOB, A REALLY SHORT WORK NIGHT, COME OUT HERE AND SHE TREED FOUR COONS AND ENDED UP GETTING THREE.

WE SAW COONS EVERY TIME SHE READY TO.

THERE WAS NEVER A SITUATION THAT SHE READY TO.

>> SHE DID A GOOD JOB.

BAD WEATHER TONIGHT, KIND OF COLD.

>> MAKES IT ROUGH FOR A DOG.

>> SHE SHOWED ME A LOT OF GAME ON A LITTLE BIT OF ACREAGE TONIGHT SHE DID A GREAT JOB.

I KNOW YOU GUYS GOT A HAUL TONIGHT TO GET BACK HOME.

THANKS FOR COMING OUT AND MAKING A QUICK NIGHT'S WORK AND GETTING QUITE A FEW COONS READY TO.

IT WAS FANTASTIC.

>> APPRECIATE Y'ALL HAVING US UP HERE.

WE HAD A GREAT HUNT AND GREAT TIME WITH Y'ALL.

>> I AM OFTEN ASKED WHERE TO GO TO HUNT QUAIL HERE IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY.

WELL, LET'S HEAD TO LOGAN COUNTY AND SEE WHAT IT TAKES TO HAVE QUAIL ON YOUR PROPERTY.

SO WE ARE IN LOGAN COUNTY HERE TODAY DOING SMALL GAME HUNTING AND I'M WITH THE RIGHT CREW FOR THAT, RIGHT?

>> I HOPE SO.

>> SMALL IMMIGRATION PROGRAM COORDINATOR HERE AND JOHN, EVERYBODY'S FARM LOOKS LIKE THIS DOESN'T IT.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

THIS IS PERFECT FOR SMALL GAME.

>> THIS IS A PRIMO FARM AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH MIKE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AND IT'S VERY RARE THAT A LAND OWNER ACTUALLY LISTENS TO SOME OF THE THINGS WE MENTION AND YOU ARE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF GREAT HABITAT TODAY, THANKS TO THE WORK OF MIKE AND HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS THAT COME OUT HERE AND WORK WITH HIM TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE THIS.

>> TELL ME ABOUT THIS FUTURE PROPERTY.

OBVIOUSLY IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS BUILT FOR SMALL GAME BUT YOU TOLD ME YOU ARE MAINLY A DEER AND TURKEY GUY.

>> I AM.

I DO ENJOY SEEING QUAIL, SMALL GAME.

WHEN WE STARTED OUT WITH IT, IT WAS MOSTLY DEER AND TURKEYS BUT FOUND OUT THAT WHAT YOU DO BLEEDS OVER INTO THE SMALL GAME, TOO.

HOPEFULLY IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING.

WE'LL SEE.

>> ALSO ZACH, YOU ARE THE TURKEY PROGRAM COORDINATOR AS WELL AS GROUSE AND YOU PUT OUT PLOTS LIKE THIS AND YOU LIKE TO SEE THE SMALL GAME.

WHAT IS YOUR TURKEY POPULATION GOING TO BE AS WITH EL?

>> YOU ARE DOING THE BEST YOU CAN DO TO HELP THE LOCAL POPULATION.

QUAIL MANAGEMENT IS TURKEY BROOD MANAGEMENT AND IF YOU WANT MORE TURKEYS, HAVE YOU TO HAVE MORE BABY TURKEYS AND THIS COVER FOR NESTING AND BROOD REARING IS VITAL.

>> LET'S GO MEET DOGS AND LOAD UP, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> LET'S DO IT.

>> LET'S GO.

ARE YOU RUNNING BEEPERS ON THESE DOGS?

>> NOT BEEPERS.

I HAVE A GPS IEBT.

IT UNIT.

IT TELLS ME WHEN THEY STOP AND GO ON POINT.

I CAN'T TELL IF THEY STOPPED TO GO TO THE BATH BATHROOM OR POINTING.

HAVE I TO WATCH IT AND TELL YOU.

>> IT IS SHOW THICK I WONDERED HOW YOU WOULD DO WHEN ONE IS ON POINT.

I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU HAD GPS ON THEM.

>> I RUN BELLS USUALLY BUT I ONLY HAVE ONE BELL NOW.

BETWEEN THE BELLS AND THE GPS.

THE BEEPER IS HANDY.

I HAD ONE ON HER SO WE COULD USE IT IF WE NEED TO.

>> OKAY.

LOOK AT THIS NICE RAGWEED STRIP.

THIS IS YOUR FOOD SOURCE MIXED IN WITH THE COVER.

HEY, JOHN, LOOK FOR MAY UP THERE.

52 YARDS FOR ME.

IT'S JUST SAYING SHE STOPPED.

RIGHT TO YOUR LEFT.

>> WE GOT HER.

WHAT YOU GOT, GIRL?

>> RINA, TOO.

MAY HAVE BROKE.

33 TO BLUE.

HE BROKE.

THIS IS WILD BIRD HUNTING HERE.

THEY'LL RUN ON THE GROUND AND TAKE OFF ON YOU.

THIS IS REALLY, REALLY, REALLY THICK BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS AN AREA IN THE BOTTOM WHERE YOU CAN TELL THAT THE VERY BOTTOM UNDER GROWTH IS KIND OF MISSING AND THIS IS PERFECT HABITAT FOR QUAIL.

GET IN HERE, AREAS TO FEED.

THEY GET AND YET THERE IS A COVER, A CANOPY THAT KEEPS AERIAL PREDATORS FROM COMING DOWN AND PICKING THEM ALL OFF.

EVERYTHING WANTS TO EAT A QUAIL.

>> BIRDIE RIGHT HERE.

LOOKS LIKE.

>> 41 YARDS.

RIGHT UP IN THE SUMAC.

>> SHE IS ON DEAD POINT.

OVER THERE, MIKE.

>> BREAK?

>> SHE BROKE.

>> MAN, THIS IS PRETTY PRIME RIGHT THROUGH HERE.

>> LOOKS PERFECT.

>> GOT A POINT?

>> YEP.

>> WHERE THEY AT?

THEY'RE IN HERE.

>> NOTHING?

>> YOU THINK THESE BIRDS FLEW?

>> MAYBE WE DIDN'T SEE THEM OR HEAR THEM.

MIGHT HAVE BEEN WHERE THEY WERE.

WHO KNOWS.

SO FAR WE ARE 0-3 ON COVEY ENCOUNTERS.

LAW OF AVERAGES.

>> YOU WOULD THINK.

>> HABITAT IS EVER CHANGING.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T RECOGNIZE HOW NATURE IS CONSTANTLY EVOLVING AND CHANGING AND WE ARE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO MAINTAIN COVER.

>> TELL KNEE ABOUT WHAT YOU NEED FOR GOOD QUAIL HABITAT.

>> WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT IT, YOU TALK ABOUT THE BUNCH GRASSES.

NATIVE WARM SEASON GLASSES.

BARE GROUND.

THAT'S WHAT MIKE IS MAKING WHEN HE IS BURNING.

PART OF WHAT THAT BURNING DOES IS DIVERSIFY THE PLANT COMMUNITY IN DIFFERENT STAGES OF PLANTS SO HE IS RESETTING THE PLANT COMMUNITY WHEN HE BURNS A PATCH AND THAT CREATES AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE BUG COMMUNITY IN PLACE F. YOU GET THE Bs RIGHT, WE'LL HAVE BIRDS AND THAT'S WHAT WE HOPE TO FIND TODAY.

>> THAT LOOKS GOOD.

>> WE'LL GO TO THE UP UPPER SIDE.

YOU STAY HERE.

LET'S MAKE A MIRACLE HAPPEN.

HERE WE GO.

(MULTIPLE GUNSHOTS).

>> THAT'S WAS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT THERE, MIKE.

>> HEY, SEE IT?

>> THIS BIRD IS A JUVENILE.

SEE THE WHITE THICK FEATHERS, THE SECONDARY.

AND WHEN THEY'RE WHITE TIPPED, THEY'RE JUVENILE.

WHEN THEY'RE FULLER AND COMPLETELY GRAY WHEN IT'S AN ADULT.

SO MEANS IT WAS HATCHED THIS SUMMER.

>> WE HAD TWO OR THREE TIMES WHEN WE THOUGHT WE HAD BIRDS.

THE LAST ONE HELD REALLY TIGHT.

IT WAS RIGHT IN THE CORNER.

SO WE MAKE OUR WAY DOWN HERE TO THIS CORNER OR THAT CORNER, I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE THAT WE ARE GOING TO FLUSH ANOTHER COVEY OF QUAIL THERE.

LOOK AT ALL THE DEER.

TAILS GOING EVERYWHERE.

>> THAT'S THE THING ABOUT THIS COVER, THE DEER ARE SECURE HERE.

365.

THEY JUST COME OUT TO EAT A LITTLE BIT.

COME BACK TO BED IN THIS, GO IN THE WOODS.

>> DOG ON POINT?

>> YEAH 49 YARDS UP AHEAD, DAVE.

(GUNSHOT) >> DID YOU GET ONE DOWN.

>> YES.

>> NICE.

I WAS LATE GETTING UP HERE.

WE HAD ALL THREE DOGS ON POINT AND THE COVEY FLUSHED.

I THINK WE GOT ONE DOWN.

>> DEAD.

GOT IT.

GOOD GIRL.

THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL BIRD.

YOU NEVER GET SICK OF SEEING THOSE DOGS ON POINT WALK OVER AND HEAR THE FLUSH.

>> A SPECIAL MOMENT MAINTAIN HUNTING WORLD.

>> IT REALLY, REALLY TRULY IS.

TURKEYS, TURKEYS, TURKEYS.

>> IF IT WAS FALL TURKEY SEASON, WE MIGHT HAVE TO SWITCH GEARS.

WE GOT A POINT HERE.

DOUBLE POINT.

THEY'RE IN THERE.

THERE THEY GO!

(MULTIPLE GUNSHOTS) >>LY NEVER DO THAT AGAIN.

>> MIKE, I COULDN'T EVEN PICK MY BIRD.

EVERY ONE I PICKED WAS GOING DOWN.

>> YOU GOT A THREE.

I KNOCKED DOWN THREE BIRDS.

I'LL NEVER DO IT IN MY LIFE AGAIN.

>> LOOK, RIGHT HERE.

>> RIGHT THERE.

SHE GOT ONE RIGHT THERE.

THAT ONE GOT HIT REALLY HARD.

>> THERE'S ONE RIGHT THERE.

THAT WAS A REAT GOOD DAY.

A LONG TIME SINCE I'VE FLUSHED COVEY OF QUAIL.

IT'S OBVIOUS YOUR HABITAT WORK IS PAYING OFF.

>> I HOPE SO.

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

HERE WE HAVE A NICE DOE TAKEN BY CAMDEN BERGER, HUNTING WITH LIST DAD IN 345D MADISON COUNTY.

GREAT JOB.

GRACE GOT THIS IMPRESSIVE BUCK ON HER VERY FIRST HUNTING EXPERIENCE EVER WHILE HUNTING WITH HER DAD IN SHELBY COUNTY.

NICE DEER.

CALLIE KNOWS HOW TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE LATE YOUTH DEER SEASON AS SHE TOOK HER FIRST BUCK IN KNOCK COUNTY.

CONGRATULATIONS.

A BASS CAUGHT BY BLAKE.

THIS WAS HIS VERY FIRST BASS EVER.

NICE JOB!

HERE WE HAVE THE FIRST BUCK EVER TAKEN ABOUT I SUSAN.

THIS WAS TAKEN IN THE LAST WEEKEND OF MODERN FIREARM SEASON IN THE PICTURE SHE HAS HER TWO TWIN DAUGHTERS AND HER SON BRADY.

HE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE YOUTH FIREARM SEASON AND TOOK THIS NICE DEER IN LIVINGSTON COUNTY.

EIGHT YEARS OLD.

TOM HAS A NICE MESS OF CATFISH CAUGHT IN CAMPBELL COUNTY.

HERE WE HAVE CARTER WITH HIS FIRST BUCK TAKEN WITH A MUZZLE LOADER IN BRECKENRIDGE RIDGE COUNTY.

FOR MANY PEOPLE THE WINTER IS THE FAVORITE TIME TO BE ON THE WATER.

MAKE SURE YOU WEAR YOUR LIFE JACKET AND STAY SAFE.

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.

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