>> THIS WEEK ON "KENTUCKY AFIELD."

>> IF YOU HAVE BEEN FROG DIGGING, THEN YOU PROBABLY LOVE IT.

AND IF YOU HAVEN'T, THEN YOU'RE MISSING OUT!

NEXT ... ONE KEY TO CATCHING FISH IS FINDING STRUCTURE.

WE'LL SEE HOW THE DEPARTMENT IS HELPING OUT.

THEN ... DEER SEASON IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER.

FIND OUT WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW, BEFORE TAKING THAT CLIMBING STAND UP A TREE.

>> I HIGHLY DISCOURAGE TRYING TO CLIMB A HICKORY.

>> IT IS ALL NEXT ON "KENTUCKY AFIELD"!

♪ ♪ >> HELLO, AND WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY AFIELD."

I'M YOUR HOST CHAD MILES.

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

WHEN THE SUMMER NIGHTS GET HOT, BUGS COME OUT THERE IS ONLY ONE THING ON MY MINE AND THAT'S FROG LEGS.

NOTE SNOW ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ WE'RE HERE IN WOODFORD COUNTY, AND IT IS JULY AND IT IS HOT.

AND TONIGHT WE'RE AFTER WHAT?

>> BULL FROGS.

>> BULL FROGS.

TRAVIS, YOU CALLED UP A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AND YOU WERE A COLLEGE ROOMMATE WITH ONE OF OUR VIDEOGRAPHERS AND YOU SAID, DO YOU LIKE TO FROG?

AND YOU SAID -- >> >> THIS IS ONE OF OUR BEST SPOTS.

WE SCOUTED IT.

IT WILL BE A PRODUCTIVE EVENING.

>> HOW LONG YOU HAVE BEEN CHASING FROGS?

>> SINCE I WAS 16, 17 YEARS OLD.

>> OH, YEAH.

>> IT IS SOMETHING THAT I REALLY ENJOY.

YOU CAN DO IT.

AND THERE'S A LULL BETWEEN TURKEY SEASON AND DOVE SEASON AND THIS IS A PERFECT WAY TO FILL THAT LULL.

>> SO, THE GOAL IS GOING TO BE LET IT GET DARK AND TRY TO FILL A SKILL LET FULL OF FROG LEGS.

>> >> IT IS ONE ONE OF MY FAVORITE TO DO.

AND THERE ARE TONS OF FISHING OPPORTUNITIES BUT IF YOU WANT TO GET OUT AND DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

LISTEN TO THAT DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IT GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY OF IT IS LIKE HUNTING AT A TIME OF THE YEAR WHEN THERE IS NOT A WHOLE LOT GOING ON.

GET A FROG GIG, PELLET RIFLE.

>> GRAB THEM BY YOUR HAND.

>> SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.

AND FROG GIGING SEASON IS A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

YOU'VE GOT FROM THIRD FRIDAY IN MAY ALL THE WAY TO OCTOBER.

WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE CONDITIONS FOR FROGGING.

>> YOU LIKE IT TO BE HOT.

UNFORTUNATELY A LOT OF US DON'T LIKE TO GET OUT WHEN THIS IS HOT BUT A NICE HOT NIGHT, GOOD HUMIDITY AND GET THE BUGS FLYING AND THAT'S WHEN YOU GET INTO THE FROGS.

>> OH, YEAH.

LET'S GET OUR GEAR TOGETHER AND PUT A GAME PLAN, AND, THEY ARE RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW.

WE'LL GET IN THERE AND GET AFTER THEM.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> YES,.

>> LET'S DO IT.

LET'S GO!

♪ ♪ >> LOOK AT THAT BUN RIGHT THERE.

LET'S TRY TO MAKE A MOVE ON THAT ONE.

>> BIG DUDE.

>> AND A COUPLE AROUND IT BUT LET'S MOVE DOWN HERE A LITTLE BIT AND WE'LL GET HIM LIT UP AND TRY TO GET ON TOP OF HIM.

>> THAT SHOULD BE THE FIRST OF MANY CHANCES.

>> THERE ARE A COUPLE RIGHT THERE JUST CHECKING THEM FOR SIZE.

THAT ONE RIGHT THERE FOR SURE IS BIG ENOUGH.

>> >> YOU HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE, RIGHT?

>> THERE YOU GO.

HE'S BIG ENOUGH.

>> >> CAN YOU GET THAT FAR OUT?

>> ALL RIGHT!

I BELIEVE THAT WE GOT A FROG ON THE END OF THE STICK THERE.

I DON'T KNOWFY GOT HIM OR NOT.

I DON'T KNOW IF I GOT HIM OR NOT YET.

I BELIEVE.

>> I BELIEVE THAT YOU DO.

>> NICE!

>> TELL YOU WHAT: THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING BETTER.

>> ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO UP IN THESE TREES AND WE'LL FIND A BUNCH.

GOT TO COME UP ON THE TOPSIDE.

>> THAT'S A BIG FROG THERE, GUYS.

>> DON'T MOVE.

DROP IT TO THE GROUND.

>> WOW!

>> THAT WAS AWESOME!

>> GOT IT!

>> THAT'S A BIG FROG.

THAT'S A BIG FROG.

NOW, THAT IS A 12-INCH FROG THERE.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> HE TRIED TO JUMP IN MY POCKET.

THAT'S A GOOD FROG RIGHT THERE NOW.

>> I SAW IT GO IN AND I WOULD TELL THAT IT WAS BEHIND HIM AND I SAW THAT SPLASH, AND I THOUGHT, WHAT IN THE WORLD JUST HAPPENED?

>> I GUESS WITH WITH THE TRAJECTORY I WAS UP ON THE BANK AND WHEN I LUNGED, I WAS RIGHT BEHIND HIM.

>> NICE RECOVERY.

>> THIS FROG ALMOST GOT AWAY TWICE.

♪ >> THAT'S A GOOD ONE THERE!

>> THERE WE GO.

GOOD DEAL, MAN.

>> NICE!

>> I FEEL LIKE A 16-YEAR-OLD KID RIGHT NOW.

I'LL TELL YOU THAT.

>> IT IS JUST SO MUCH FUN THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT IT BEING OUT HERE.

BEING A KID, YOU'RE LIKE, I'M OUT LATER THAN I'M SUPPOSED TO BE AND YOU'RE TIRED AND YOU WAKE UP NEXT MORNING AND THE SECOND THAT YOU WAKE UP, THE HEAD IS OFF THE PILLOW.

THAT WAS COOL THAT WAS FUN.

GOT ONE?

>> JUST SMALL ONE.

WE'LL LET HIM GO.

>> JUST SHOWCASING ANOTHER WAY TO GO OUT THERE AND CATCH THEM.

>> THERE YOU GO!

>> ALL RIGHT!

>> NICE JOB.

>> THAT'S A GOOD ONE.

>> 8 FOOT IS ALMOST NOT ENOUGH.

THEY START GETTING THAT ROPE, WATCH OUT.

THAT'S ABOUT THE SIZE OF A DIME, YOU KNOW YOU GOT A GOOD ONE.

>> THEY ARE MAKING FUN OF US.

>> YES, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THERE TWICE.

>> THIS TIME WE GRAB MY PELLET RIFLE AND COME UP ON THE BANK AND SEE IF WE CAN'T GET DOWN TO SOME OF THESE THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO GET A GIG IN THERE.

>> NICE SHOT.

>> ALL RIGHT!

>> I GOT HIM RIGHT THERE.

>> I SEE HIM!

>> GOT IT!

>> ALL RIGHT, CHAD, HE'S RIGHT THERE.

>> GOOD SHOT.

>> NICE ONE.

>> THE OLD PELLET GUN IS THREE FOR THREE.

>> >> GUY, I STEPPED OVER AND THERE IS A BIG BULL FROG RIGHT UNDERFETE IN AND I'LL SEE IF I CAN'T COME UP OVER TOP.

>> AND SEE IF YOU CAN GET A SHOT DOWN.

>> NICE!

>> YES, SIR, LOOK THAT SHOT!

>> LOOK AT THE BIG OLD WHITE BELLY ON THAT FROG.

WOW!

NICE SHOT.

GOT HIM.

>> >> GOT HIM!

>> GOT HIM!

>> >> GOT HIM?

>> NO.

>> >> I THOUGHT IT LOOKED LIKE IT HIT HIM PRETTY SQUARE.

>> I DON'T KNOW, I MISSED A FEW MYSELF.

>> WE GAVE IT A GOOD HOUR.

SETTLE BACK DOWN AND MAKE ONE MORE TRIP AROUND IT.

THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THERE WILL BE ONE OVER THERE.

HOLD ON, GUY, HE'S RIGHT HERE.

>> YOU MAY SHOOT HIM AGAIN.

>> GOT A GOOD SHOT.

GO AHEAD.

>> GOT HIM!

>> TELL YOU WHAT, THIS IS JUST A LOT OF FUN.

I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU HAVING US OUT.

THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE BLAST.

>> THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT AND HANGING OUT WITH US.

WE HAD A GREAT TIME.

>> WE'RE HERE AGAIN WITH LIEUTENANT McCLEARY AND WHAT IS VERY POPULAR IS BOWFISHING.

FOR A PERSON THAT WANTED TO GET INTO BOWFISHING, WHAT DO THEY NEED TO KNOW.

>> YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE PROPER LICENSE WHICH IS A KENTUCKY RESIDENT FISHING LICENSE IF YOU'RE A RESIDENT OF STATE OR NON-RESIDENT IF YOU'RE NOT.

>> EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE USING WHAT IS TYPICALLY REFERRED TO AS HUNTING EQUIPMENT, BECAUSE YOU'RE FISHING FOR FISH, YOU NEED A FISHING LICENSE.

>> YES, SIR, THAT'S CORRECT.

>> WHAT FISH SPECIES ARE LEGAL TO BE TAKEN WITH A BOAT?

>> LOOKING TO TARGET ROUGH FISH SO YOUR CARP, GAR, CATFISH.

AVOID, PROPERLY IDENTIFY YOUR TARGET NOT TO SHOOT SPORT FISHEN TYPICALLY AVOID BASS SPECIES.

BASS, CRAPPIE, BLUEGILL, NONE OF THOSE CAN BE TAKEN WITH ARCHERY EQUIPMENT.

>> WHAT DO YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WHERE TO TAKE A BOAT AND BOW FISH FROM.

>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU'RE DOING, IF YOU'RE HUNTING FROM LAND, MORE LIKELY THAN NOT YOU HAVE TO OBTAIN PERMISSION FROM THE LAND OWNER.

PUBLIC WATERS, THERE NOT MUCH THAT YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT OTHER THAN IF YOU'RE BELOW A DAM, ACCESS POINTS AND RESTRICTIONS ON HOW FAR TO HAVE A BOAT WITHIN THE RELATION TO THE DAM ITFUL.

>> THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE A BOAT ON PUBLIC WATERS BELOW CERTAIN DAMS AND OBVIOUSLY BOWFISHING, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO IT.

>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.

CERTAIN AREAS DID NOT ALLOW YOU TO HAVE A BOAT, PERIOD.

NO MATTER WHAT YOU'RE DOING CERTAIN DISTANCE.

>> IF YOU HAVE NEVER TRIED BOW FISH, IT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED TO GIVE A TRY.

IT IS A LOT OF FUN AND IF YOU'RE A ARCHER, YOU'LL SHOOT MANY TIMES ON TRIP.

NOT GOING TO GET IN A DEER STAND GET ONE CHANCE.

GIVE IT A TRY.

IT IS A LOT OF FUN.

>> THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR GOOD HABITAT TO HOLD FISH AND THE FOCUS HAS BEEN ON BARREN RIVER LAKE.

>> FOR THE BOATS DRIVING BY, THEY HAVE TO BE WONDERING WHAT IN THE WORLD.

WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS ON THE BANK.

>> THIS IS THE FIRST PHASE OF THE LARGE SCALE BARREN RIVER HABITAT PROJECT.

WE HAVE SEVEN PHASES PLANNED FOR THIS.

AND THIS IS KIND OF OUR KICKOFF PROJECT.

WE'RE HERE IN THE LOWER CREEK, AND, WE HAVE GOT 15 OR SO SITES PICKED OUT HERE AND ONE OF THE THINGS WILL BE CENTERED AROUND BASS AND CRAPPIE STRUCTURE.

>> TELL ME A BIT ABOUT WHY THIS PROJECT WORK IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU?

>> BEING A FISCHERMAN AND ANGLER, THIS WAS CONSIDERED TO BE ONE ONE ONE OF TOP FISHERIES IN STATE.

AND I STARTED GETTING REPORTS FROM OTHER ANGLERS AND FISHING THE LAKE MYSELF, FOUND THE CATCH RATES WERE NOT WHAT WE HAD BEEN ACCUSTOMED TO HERE.

AND WANTING TO KEEP THAT SAME HIGH STANDARD, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO IMPROVE THAT CATCH RATE FOR OUR ANGLERS AS WELL AS IMPROVE THE LAKE OVERALL.

AND THE FIRST THINGS THAT CAME UP WAS HABITAT.

AND.

>> TELL ME ABOUT WHY BAR SEASON PERFECT FOR THIS FISH HABITAT PROJECT.

>> BARREN HAS GOOD FISHERY, BASS, CRAPPIE, AND THAT IS FOR INSTANCE MY WHAT THE PROJECT IS GEARED TOWARDS.

THOSE FISHERIES, NOT THAT THEY ARE IN DECLINE OR NEEDED BUZZ THIS PROJECT WILL HELP TO PUT ANGLERS IN CONTACT WITH THOSE FISH.

>> >> YOU'RE USING SOME DIFFERENT STRUCTURE THIS YEAR.

WE WERE AT CAVE RUN.

WE DID A MAJOR PROJECT THERE AND YOU WERE PART OF THAT BUT THIS PROJECT IS DIFFERENT.

THIS LAKE, BECAUSE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS LAKE RAISES SIGNIFICANTLY FROM SUMMER TO WINTER POOL.

HOW DO YOU ADJUST BECAUSE THAT HAS TO BE A MAJOR ISSUE.

>> >> THE BULK OF OUR MATERIAL AT CAVE RUN WAS BRUSH MATERIAL, CEDAR TREES AND WITHOUT A DRAW, WE DON'T HAVE TO BE MUCH THAT CONCERNED WITH THE BREAKDOWN OF THE MATERIAL.

IT IS GOING TO BREAK DOWN A LITTLE BIT BUT HERE WITH THE DRAWDOWN, WE'VE ADJUSTED AND MOVED TOWARD LARGER TREES AND ALSO, SOME OF THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS HERE.

>> >> YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT HABITAT PRESENT.

FOR THAGER TO COME IN CONTACT WITH THE FISH ARE LOCATING.

THE GOOD HABITAT ON THE GROUND AND FISH YUGOSLAVIAS THE LOCATIONS AND ANGLERS KNOWING WHERE THEY ARE, THE ASK YOU USAC SIS RATE GOES UP AND THE FISH ARE MORE HEALTHY AND THEY HAVE BAIT FISH AND OTHER THINGS HAVE PLACES TO HIDE SO THAT WAY, IT TURNS OUT WELL.

>> YOU HAVE BEEN PUTTING OUT STRUCTURE FOR YEARS.

AND HOW LONG IT DOES TAKE A FISCHERMAN TO LOCATE THOSE AND START CATCHING FISH?

>> NOT LONG.

THOSE GUYS WILL COME RIGHT AFTER US AND FISH IT.

AND WE MAY COME BACK EVEN MAYBE AT THE TAIL END WHERE WE HAVE DUMPED STUFF AND THERE IS FISH ALREADY ASSOCIATED TO IT, AND FOUNDED.

SO, IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG AT ALL.

>> A LOT OF THE MATERIALS HERE ARE THINGS THAT I HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST.

THE ROCK, THE BIG YELLOWING LOOKING PVC PIPE PIPES.

AND TELL ME ABOUT WHAT I'M LOOKING AT HERE?

>> THIS IS A COMMERCIALLY-MADE PRODUCT.

THIS IS MADE BY MOSS BACK FISH HABITAT.

IT IS ESSENTIALLY A PVC STRUCTURE.

THE REASON THAT WE'RE GOING THIS ROUTE, IS TWO REAL REASONS, ONE IS THAT IT IS REALLY EASY TO ASSEMBLE.

WE LIKE THE WAY IT COMES OUT.

AND JUST BEING PVC WILL LAST FOREVER.

>> THE WATER GOES DOWN AND THIS SETHS OUT IN THE AND UNTHE RAIN AND ALL OF THE ELEMENT, THIS MATERIAL DOESN'T BREAK DOWN LIKE A NATURAL CEDAR TREE WILL.

>> THAT'S CORRECT.

>> IT WILL LAST A LONG TIME.

THE TEXTURE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

>> FEELS ROUGH AND THAT'S BUILT TO KIND OF JUMP START THAT ALGAE GROWTH AND WE NEED THAT TO BRING IN BAIT FISH TO UTILIZE THESE.

AND BRING IN SOME OF THE SPORT FISH AND THAT'S WHERE THE ANGLER COMPONENT COMES IN THEY CAN COME IN AND FIND STRUCTURERS AND FISH THEM AND HOPEFULLY AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY HAVE A LITTLE HEAVIER BAG.

>> TELL ME ABOUT THE SHAPE OF THIS.

>> THEY HAVE THESE V SHAPED AND REDUCES THE SNAGGING OF LURES.

WHICH I THINK THAT ALL OF US COULD USE.

THAT'S FOR SURE.

>> >> PEOPLE GO, MAN, THIS SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT DEAL.

HOW COME YOU DON'T DO IT AT ALL OF OUR LAKES.

>> IT IS A LOT OF WORK AND OVER MANY YEAR.

THE DEPARTMENT PEOPLE HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF DEPLOY STRUCTURE.

WE DID NOT JUST GET THERE BY THAT.

WE HAD LOCAL GROUPS AND ANGLERS AND PEOPLE THAT HAVE CAME AND HELPED OUT ASSEMBLING ALL OF THE PRODUCTS AND PUTTING THEM TOGETHER AND GETTING THEM READY TO GO OUT AND BE PUT OUT INTO THE LAKE FOR ALL OF THE ANGLERS IN STATE THAT WANT TO COME HERE TO BARREN RIVER LAKE.

>> >> AS FAR AS THE LOCATIONS PUTTING STRUCTURES OUT, WHAT STRUCTURE IS ACTUALLY THERE, WILL ALL BE AVAILABLE ON THE DEPARTMENT WEB PAGE IN A MATTER OF A WEEK OR TWO.

>> EXACTLY.

>> IF YOU'RE COMING TO BARREN FOR THE FIRST TIME AND YOU'RE THINKING, HEY, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ATAL ABOUT THIS LAKE, THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO START.

>> FOR SURE.

AND THE SITES WILL BE ON AND THERE ARE PREVIOUS SITES SO IT IS A GREAT RESOURCE.

>> IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THE DEER ARCHERY SEASON IS ONLY FIVE WEEKS AWAY, AND NOW IT IS TIME TO GET OUT THE CLIMBING STABLE AND TEST IT OUT.

BUT REMEMBER, BE SAFE.

>> THE FALL IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AND IF YOU'RE LIKE US HERE AT "KENTUCKY AFIELD," WE'RE GETTING REALLY EXCITED TO START HANGING A DEER STAND IN THE TREE.

A FEW THINGS TO CONSIDER ON THE SAFETY ASPECTS OF CLIMBING AND USING A CLIMBING STAND, OR USING A LOCK STAND.

WE'LL GO THROUGH SOME OF THE SAFETY ISSUES THAT WE'VE COME UP HERE.

WE HAVE OVER 45 YEARS OF BOW HUNTING EXPERIENCE HERE IN THE "KENTUCKY AFIELD" OFFICE.

AND WE PUT SOME THOUGHTS AND IDEAS TOGETHER, TRY TO KEEP YOU SAFE THIS FALL AND THIS WINTER IN THE DEER STAND.

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WHEN CLIMBING A TREE STAND IS CHOOSING THE RIGHT TREE.

YOU CAN SEE, I HAVE A TREE HERE THAT'S PRETTY GOOD SIZED DIAMETER.

CAN'T BE TOO BIG BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET YOUR STRAPS AROUND AND IT YOU DON'T WANT TO CLIMB SOMETHING TOO SMALL.

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THE BARK.

IF THIS BARK HERE IS A VERY FIRMLY ATTACHED BARK.

I HIGHLY DISCOURAGE TRYING TO CLIMB A SCALY BARK HICKORY OR SYCAMORE OR SOMETHING WHERE THE BARK IS IN SHEETS BECAUSE YOU MAY ONLY BE HOOKED INTO THAT TREE AN EIGHTH OF AN INCH.

AND IF THAT BARK DECIDES TO SLIDE OFF, YOU'RE GOING WITH IT.

AND ALSO, MAKE SURE THAT YOUR TREE IS IN GOOD HEALTH.

THIS TREE HAS NO DEAD BRANCHES, AND IT IS COMPLETELY ALIVE, FULL LEAVES AND READY TO CLIMB.

THE STAND HERE IS CLOSE TO THE GROUND WHERE I CAN GET RIGHT IN AND OUT.

AND THEN, THE TOP PART IS TETHERED.

THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

IF YOU'RE EVER STARTING THE PROCESS OF GOING UP AND DOWN THE TREE AND YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR TOP AND BOTTOM OF YOUR STAND CONNECTED, IF THE BOTTOM FALLS OFF YOUR FEET, FOR WHATEVER REASON, IT IS GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE GROUND.

PUT A SAFETY HARNESS ON, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU PUT A JACKET OR WHATEVER ON THE OUTSIDE, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS EASY TO GET TO.

I QUITE OFTEN WEAR A SHIRT OR JACKET OVER MY VEST.

AND I DO THAT FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.

FIRST OFF, SOMETIMES I HAVE GOT MORE CLOTHES ON THAN WHAT I CAN GET ON UNDER THIS VEST AND SECONDLY, I DON'T WANT THIS HERE INTERFERING WITH MY BOW STRING DURING THE DRAW.

THIRD THING YOU SEE I HAVE MY PULL ROPE.

THIS IS WHAT I'LL HAVE MY BOW AND ARROW TIED ON THE END OF.

I HAVE MADE THE MISTAKE IN THE PAST OF HOOKING THIS UP, DOWN HERE AT THE BOTTOM.

THIS ISSUE BECOMES THAT YOU HAVE TO REACH OVER, TO TRY TO GET THIS WHICH LIENS YOU OVER THE STAND.

YOU WILL HAVE A TEATHER ON AT THAT TIME, BUT IT STILL MAKES IT EASIER IF YOU ATTACH THIS UP HERE, NICE AND EASY TO GRAB BY YOUR HANDS.

AND YOU CAN PULL YOUR BOW UP.

ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I DO RECOMMEND, IS A LOT OF THESE BOW ROPES COME WITH THE CLIPS.

THEY ARE PRETTY HANDY BUT I'LL TELL YOU, SOMETIMES THEY CAN FAME I HAVE HAD A BOW COME OFF, AND LITERALLY FALL TO GROUND.

SO I LIKE TO PUT AN OLD FASHIONED QUICK LITTLE KNOT HERE TO KEEP ME FROM LOSING MY BOW.

I DO NOT TRUST THESE CLIPS.

I HAVE IT TIED TO THE CAN AND MAKE SURE THAT MY BOW STRING IS FREE AND CLEAR AND READY TO GO.

MAKE SURE THAT YOU CHECK AND TEST ALL OF THE STAP STRAPS AND CABLES THAT YOUR STAND MAY COME WITH.

YOU'LL BE SETTING IN THIS SEAT, MAKE SURE THAT YOU TEST THE SEAT.

MAKE SURE THAT YOU TEST THESE CABLES AND STRAP ASKS MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE IN GOOD WORKING CONDITION.

THIS PARTICULAR STAND HAS A CABLE THAT'S WRAPPED AND HAS THE KNUCKLES ON THERE.

YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE AND TEST THIS CABLE, FOR ANY RUSTING.

IF YOU SEE RUST ON THE CABLE, YOU CAN BUY REPLACEMENTS.

A LOT OF THEM EVEN HAVE AN EXPIRATION DATE.

CLIMB IN STAND AND START UP THE TREE.

ONCE YOU GET IN AND GET YOUR FEET SET, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU APPLY PRESSURE TO THE END OF THE STAND AND LOCK IT IN.

AND I'M DOING THE SAME WITH THE SEAT.

NOW, IT IS TIME TO GET THE TEATHER.

THERE ARE A WHOLE BUNCH OF THE DIFFERENT STYLES OF TEATHERS AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU READ THE OWNER MANUAL AND HOW TO APPROPRIATELY USE YOUR TEATHER.

SO ON THIS ONE HERE, WE'LL STRAP IT AROUND THE TREE.

WE'LL ATTACH IN HERE.

AND THEN, THIS IS A SAFETY RELEASE.

THIS IS USED TO POP IT LOOSE, IF YOU NEED TO TREE YOURSELF.

>> NOW, I DON'T WANT TO GET THIS TOO INCREDIBLY TIGHT BECAUSE AS I MAKE MY WAY UP THE TREE, THIS HAS TO GO UP WITH ME.

THIS PARTICULAR STYLE OF CARIBBEANER HERE HAS A METHOD WHERE YOU CAN SCREW IT UP, AND COVER THE CONNECTION POINT.

WHAT THAT DOES IS THAT MEANS THAT YOU CAN'T BUMP IT AND ACCIDENTALLY RELEASE THIS CARIBENER.

AND LATCH THIS IN AND THEN THREAD THAT BACK UP OVER TOP OF YOUR CONNECTION POINT.

THAT KEEPS IT FROM SLIDING OPEN.

YOU DID NOT WANT YOUR CARIBER TO OPEN UP AND NOW I'M LOCKED IN, LATCHED IN GOOD AND I CAN SLIDE THIS UP THE TREE.

UNIFICATION THIS RELEASE TO FREE MYSELF.

GO UP.

AND THEN BUM IT TIGHT FROM THERE, IT IS ABOUT GETTING MY FEET INTO THE BOTTOM STRAPS AND THIS ONE HAS THE HOOKS, AND THIS BUN GI CORD.

THE HOOKS FOR THE FRONT OF MY FEET, THE BUNGIE FOR THE BACK.

THIS IS A SIT AND CLIMB.

I'LL GO UP, AND PUT MY FEET DOWN.

SLIDE UP AND PULL BACK AND MAKE SURE THAT I AM LOCKED IN.

SO NOW I'M AT THE HEIGHT THAT I WANT TO HUNT AT.

GET THE DANCE AT THE TOP FROM THE BOTTOM.

LOCK IN THOUGH AND REMOVE YOUR FEET AND LOCK THESE IN REAL GOOD.

BEFORE YOU STAND UP OR MOVE, YOU WANT TO MOVE THIS TEATHER UP, TO ABOUT THE HITE OF -- ABOUT THE HEIGHTH OF YOUR HEAD.

AND THE REASON THAT YOU WANT IT THIS HEIGHTH IS BECAUSE -- I'M ALL LOCKED IN, AND IF I HAPPEN TO FALL OUT OF THIS STAND, I WANT THIS TEATHER TO CATCH ME, SO THAT I CAN EASILY CLIMB BACK INTO THE STAND, AND TO REGAIN MY HUNT.

FY PUT THIS TEATHER WAY DOWN HERE AND I FALL OUT, I COULD BE IN A SITUATION WHERE, I AM HANGING TOO FAR BELOW STAND TO GET BACK IN.

NOW THAT I'M UP HERE AND LOCKED, IN I HAVE THE CARIBENER AWAY FROM THE BUCKLE AND I'M READY TO BRING MY BOW UP AND CONTINUE WITH MY HUNT.

MAKE SURE YOU GET THIS UP AND AWAY FROM YOUR FEET.

AND SO NOW, I WOULD BE READY TO PROCEED WITH THE REST OF MY EVENING'S HUNTFUL EVERYTHING IS READY TO GO.

I FEEL SAFE.

AND I'M TEATHERRED TO THE TREE.

AND EVERYTHING IS GOOD TO GO.

HERE WE HAVE SIX-YEAR-OLD HUNTER RILEY, VERY FIRST BUCK TAKEN WHILE HUNTING WITH HIS DAD.

CONGRATULATION.

CHECK OUT THE FIRST FISH EVER CAUGHT BY LILY, TWO YEARS OLD AND CAUGHT THIS IN A FARM POND IN MULLEN BURG COUNTY.

NICE JOB.

AND HERE WE HAVE A NICE PICTURE OF HENRY JOHNSTON WITH HIS FIRST DEER EVER.

A NICE DOE TAKEN IN BULLET COUNTY, KENTUCKY.

CHECK OUT THIS NICE BUCK TAKEN BYES.

>> SEE, 11 YEARS OLD, BY FROM KENTUCKY.

AND NICE JOB.

AND HERE WE HAVE DALTON HOWARD WHO TOOK HIS FIRST BUCK, A NICE SEVEN POINTER DURING THE YOUTH DEER SEASON.

CONGRATULATIONS.

KENTUCKY'S DEER ARCHERY SEASON IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AND NOW IT IS TIME TO GET THAT BOW OUT AND START TUNING IT UP.

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.

I HOPE TO SEE YOU IN THE WOODS OR ON THE WATER!