>> COMING UP, HIS RECORD STILL STANDS 35 YEARS LATER.

WE'RE GOING TO VISIT THE MAN WHO CAUGHT KENTUCKY'S STATE RECORD BLUEGILL.

BOW SEASON IS ALMOST HERE AND WE'LL GET YOU READY.

>> I JUST SHOT A DOE, I FELT PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THE SHOT.

>> AND REMEMBERING COOPER, NEXT ON "KENTUCKY AFIELD."

>> HELLO AND WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY AFIELD."

I'M TIM FARMER, AND JOIN US AS WE JOURNEY ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH IN SEARCH OF OUTDOOR ADVENTURE WHICH WE KNOW WE'LL FIND.

YOU KNOW, 35 YEARS AGO, A GUY WAS FISHING, MINDING HIS OWN BUSINESS AND HE HAD NO IDEA.

HE WAS GOING TO CATCH A HUGE FISH.

WE ALL DREAM ABOUT THAT.

I WAS ACTUALLY IN THE BOAT ONE TIME FOR KENTUCKY AFIELD, WHEN A STATE RECORD WHITE CATFISH WAS CAPTURED.

I WASN'T THERE THIS DAY THOUGH.

BUT WE FINALLY FOUND THE MAN, PHILIP CONYERS.

>> ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY LIKE AS FISH STORY AND WE HAVE ONE TODAY.

THIS IS SOMETHING IF YOU WATCH THE SHOW, YOU KNOW THE BLUEGILL ARE NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART AND I LIKE CATCHING BIG BLUEGILL BUT TODAY, IT IS STUPENDOUS.

WE HAVE PHIL CONYERS HERE, THE OWNER OF THE BIGGEST BLUEGILL IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY UP TO THIS POINT.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE EVER GOING TO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT ONE GETTING BEAT.

HOW MUCH DOES THAT THING WEIGH?

>> FOUR POUNDS AND THREE OUNCES.

NOW, FOR A SIZE COMPARISON, WHAT YOU HAVE GOT IN FRONT OF IT IS A FISH THAT YOU CAUGHT, WHAT DID YOU SAY, 1970?

>> 1970.

>> AND YOU WERE PRETTY PROUD OF THAT ONE.

>> YES, SIR.

>> UP TO THAT POINT.

>> YES, SIR.

>> SO FIRST OF ALL, LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR FISHING PAST.

WHAT DID YOU LIKE TO FISH OR FISH FOR?

>> JUST RELAX, ANYTHING THAT WOULD BITE.

WE DIDN'T GO SPECIFICALLY FOR ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR.

>> ARE YOU A LIVE BAIT FISHERMAN.

>> SOMETIMES.

CRAPPIE FISHING AND -- >> WHERE IS YOUR FAVORITE PLACE TO FISH?

>> BARCLAY.

>> BARCLAY.

>> YES, SIR.

>> NO KIDDING.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S START WITH THAT 1970 FISH THAT YOU GOT MOUNTED.

WHERE DID YOU CATCH HIM AT?

>> IT HAS BEEN RESTRIPPED.

SO IT IS NOT THERE ANYMORE TODAY.

>> YOU CAUGHT THAT FISH AND THOUGHT ENOUGH OF IT TO GET IT MOUNTED BACK IN THE DAY.

AND NOW OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO GET TO THE STORY OF THIS GUY.

HOW LONG WAS THAT BLUEGILL?

>> ABOUT 16 INCHES LONG.

>> I THINK.

>> THE CERTIFICATE THAT THEY SENT ME, THEY HAD ALL OF THE DIMENSIONS, AND THE LENGTH OF IT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

LET'S GO BACK TO THAT DAY.

CAN YOU REMEMBER THE DAY THAT YOU WENT FISHING?

>> YES.

>> WHAT WAS YOUR THOUGHTS THAT DAY, JUST -- >> JUST LIKE ANY OTHER DAY, GO FISHING AND GO OUT AND RELAX, GET AWAY FROM EVERYTHING.

>> YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL SPECIFICALLY, BUT WHAT COUNTY WERE YOU IN, PRIVATE POND OR STRIP.

>> IT WAS A STRIP MINE LAKE.

>> HAVE YOU FISHED THAT LAKE BEFORE UP TO THIS POINT?

>> YES, SIR.

>> NEVER CAUGHT ANYTHING LIKE THAT?

>> NO.

CAUGHT SOMETHING BUT NOTHING LIKE THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT, TALK ABOUT THE DAY THAT YOU CAUGHT THIS FISH.

TELL US THE WHOLE STORY.

>> WELL, GOT OFF WORK, DECIDED TO GO FISHING, AND I WENT OUT THERE, AND KEPT GOING AROUND AND AROUND.

THERE WERE TWO OR THREE LITTLE HOLES BEFORE YOU GET TO THAT ONE AND GOT TO BE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.

>> USING A WORM?

>> A WORM.

>> A BOBBER?

>> NO, JUST A WORM.

>> HOW DEEP?

>> JUST A WORM.

ARTIFICIAL WORM.

>> ARTIFICIAL.

LIKE A SIX INCH?

>> YES, ABOUT A FOUR INCH, YES, SIR.

SMALL HOOK.

>> WHAT TIME OF YEAR WAS IT?

>> WHAT TIME OF YEAR, IT WAS IN AUGUST.

>> IN AUGUST.

HOW DEEP WERE YOU?

>> IT WAS PRETTY DEEP THERE.

IT IS ON THE DAM.

FAIRLY DEEP.

JUST KEEP JIGGLING IT AROUND.

>> DID HE TAP AT IT?

>> HE TAPPED AT IT TWO OR THREE TIMES AND I JUST KEPT MESSING WITH HIM.

>> SO HE TOOK IT.

AND WHEN YOU CAUGHT HIM, OBVIOUSLY YOU COULDN'T SEE HIM.

DID YOU THINK THAT YOU HAD A BLUEGILL?

>> NO, SIR.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.

>> HOW DID IT FIGHT?

>> PRETTY GOOD.

IT JUST KEPT GOING DOWN.

THE OTHER ONE I CAUGHT, WHEN I CAUGHT IT, IT WANTED TO RUN.

BUT THIS ONE DIDN'T.

THIS JUST WENT DOWN.

>> SO HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO GET HIM IN?

>> SEEMED LIKE FOREVER.

COUPLE OF MINUTES MAYBE.

>> WHEN DID YOU REALIZE WHAT YOU HAD DONE?

>> WELL, AFTER I CAUGHT HIM, I QUIT FISHING.

[ LAUGHTER ] I QUIT FISHING FOR THAT DAY.

THOUGHT I HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THIS IS.

>> SO YOU THOUGHT MAYBE IT WASN'T EVEN A NORMAL BLUEGILL?

>> I THOUGHT IT WAS A HYBRID OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT.

IT DIDN'T LOOK THAT WAY.

IT WAS ALL A BLACK IN COLOR AND EVERYTHING.

SO I STOPPED BY A FRIEND OF MINE'S.

THEY HAD AN ARCHERY SHOP AT THAT TIME, AND I STOPPED BY THERE.

SAID I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, AND HE SAID WHAT HAVE YOU GOT?

I SAID I DON'T REALLY KNOW.

AND SO HE COME OUT THERE AND HE LOOKED AT IT AND SAID WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH IT?

I SAID I'LL HAVE IT MOUNTED FOR SURE.

AND HE SAID I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO.

HE CALLED THE LOCAL COMMISSIONER AND HE COME DOWN AND LOOKED AT IT AND HE SAID DON'T DO ANYTHING WITH THAT UNTIL WE GET OUR PEOPLE HERE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND SEE WHAT YOU GOT.

>> SO THE BIOLOGISTS CAME IN AND LOOKED AT IT AND SAID YOU GOT YOURSELF A HUGE BLUEGILL.

WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION AT THAT TIME?

>> STILL COULDN'T BELIEVE PIT.

STILL THOUGHT IT WAS A CROSS BETWEEN SOMETHING ELSE.

>> I HAVE CAUGHT A BIG BLUEGILL THAT I COULDN'T GET MY HAND AROUND.

BUT, LITERALLY, I HAVE NEVER SEEN A BEAST LIKE THAT.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT CATCHING A STATE RECORD FISH, EVERYBODY HAS THAT IN THE BACK OF THEIR MIND.

DID YOU HAVE THAT IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND EVER CATCHING A START STATE RECORD FISH?

YOU JUST LIKE TO FISH.

>> JUST LIKE TO FISH.

35, 40 YEARS AGO IF I DIDN'T GO FISHING THREE OR FOUR TIMES A WEEK, I THOUGHT THE WORLD WAS COMING TO AN END.

>> SO, ONCE YOU FIGURED OUT WHAT IT WAS, ONCE THE BIOLOGISTS CAME OUT AND LOOKED AT IT, ONCE THEY WEIGHED IT AND MEASURED AND DID ALL OF THIS STUFF, WAS THERE ANY LOCAL FAN FANFARE.

WERE YOU ON THE NEWSPAPERS?

>> THERE WAS AN ARTICLE IN THE PAPER ABOUT IT, YES, SIR.

>> TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS NOT GOING TO BRING YOU FAME OR FORTUNE BUT IT IS COOL TO BE IN THE RECORD BOOKS, AND SERIOUSLY, JUST LOOK AT THIS FISH.

AND I HAVE CAUGHT WHOPPERS THAT I COULDN'T GET MY HANDS AROUND.

I WOULD BE MIGHTY SURPRISED IF THIS RECORD FALLS FOR A LONG TIME.

A LONG, LONG TIME.

>> ALL RIGHT, IS ANYBODY OUT THERE BESIDES ME READY FOR BOW SEASON?

I BET THAT YOU ARE.

WE'LL GET YOU READY, BUT FIRST UP, HERE IS THIS WEEK'S FISHING REPORT.

>> THIS IS TOM WITH YOUR FISHING REPORT FROM THE NORTHEAST.

CAVE RUN LAKE IS RIGHT AT SUMMER POOL LEVELS.

TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO LOW 80S.

BASS ANGLERS STARTING TO FISH UP FISH AND OVERFISH WITH REGULARITY ALONG THE SHORELINES.

CRAPPIE ON CAVE RUN LAKE STILL GOING STRONG.

DESPITE THE FLOW BACK FROM THERE SUMMER'S FRIEND CITY BUT IF YOU HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT BRUSH PILES YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO PICK PIT UP.

GRAYSON LAKE IS ALSO PICKING UP WITH THE LARGE MOUTH BASS.

KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THE BAIT FISH AND FOLLOW THOSE AROUND FOR YOUR BEST LUCK.

HYBRIDS ARE ALSO KEEN AND STRONG ON THE BAIT FISH.

THEY ARE BEING CAUGHT UP SHALLOW IN THE MORNING AND DEEPER AS THE DAY WEARS ON.

BASS GROWING STRONG IN MADISON COUNTY ON CREATURE BAY.

CHANNEL CATS HOT ON CUT BAITS AND PRODUCING NICE MESSES OF SUNFISH.

THAT SHOULD DO IT FOR US UP IN NORTHEAST.

GOOD LUCK AND HOPE TO SEE YOU ON THE WATER.

>> THIS IS JOHN WILLIAMS WITH THE FISHING REPORT.

LAKE CUMBERLAND THE STRIPED BASS FISHING REMAINED GOOD.

MOST FISH ARE TOWARD THE LOWER LAKE NEAR THE DAM, AND 50 TO 70 FEET OF WATER BEING CAUGHT BY DRIFTING LIVE SHAD OR BY TROLLING DOWNRIGGERS.

ALSO THE TAIL WATER HAS CALMED DOWN A LITTLE BIT WITH THE LACK OF RAIN, SO MORE REGULAR RELEASES.

GOOD LATE FISHING DOWN THERE FOR TROUT, SMALL SPINNERS OR CRANKS OR THE FLY FISHERMEN CAN WAIT.

TWO MAIN RIVER POOLS HOLDING STEADY.

CATFISH BITING GOOD ON BOTH RESERVOIRS ESPECIALLY FISHING FLAT NEXT TO THE CHANNEL DROPOFFS.

GOOD LATE FISHING DOWN THERE FOR TROUT, SMALL SPINNERS OR CRANKS OR THE FLY FISHERMEN CAN WAIT.

TWO MAIN RIVER POOLS HOLDING STEADY.

CATFISH BITING GOOD ON BOTH RESERVOIRS ESPECIALLY FISHING OPOFFS.XT TO THE CHANNEL USE CUT BAIT, COMMERCIALLY PREPARED BAIT.

LIVER BAIT.

IF YOU PREFER CATCHING THE LARGER FLAT HEAD, LIVE BLUEGILL IS A GOOD BET.

CRAPPIE HAS BEEN HIT AND MISS AT BOTH RESERVOIRS.

BASS GENERALLY CAUGHT AT NIGHT ON JIGS OR SOME LARGER PLASTIC BAITS.

WHEN THEY ARE FISHED IN THE TEN TO 12 FOOT DEPTH RANGE SOME OF THE MOST PRODUCTIVE COLORS CAN ON THE PLASTIC BAITS SEEM TO BE BLACK, PURPLE AND BLUE.

ANOTHER TECHNIQUE THAT HAS BEEN SLOW ROLLING SPINNER BAITS.

THAT'S AN UPDATE FROM THE NORTHWESTERN FISHERY DISTRICT.

PLEASE REMEMBER, BE SAFE ON THE WATER AND ALWAYS WEAR YOUR PFDS.

>> ALL RIGHT, I STILL HAVE A FEW PACKAGES OF VENISON LEFT BUT IT IS MOSTLY DOWN TO THE BURGER BECAUSE I HAVE EATEN ALL OF THE CHOICE PARTS.

IT IS TIME TO REFILL THE FREEZER HERE IS LAST YEAR'S BOW HUNT TO GET YOU READY FOR THIS SEASON.

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, IT IS THAT TIME OF YEAR, START OFF A LITTLE BIT WARM, BUT ALWAYS WANT TO GO AHEAD AND GET OUR VENISON IN THE FREEZER BECAUSE WE GET VERY LOW.

BUT, FINALLY, IT KIND OF TURNED AROUND AND STARTED GETTING A LITTLE BIT COOLER, WENT OUT EARLY IN THE SEASON.

(WHISPERING) THIS IS MY FAVORITE TIME OF THE YEAR.

OPENING DAY OF WOODCHUCK SEASON.

I'M JUST KIDDING.

(WHISPERING) WE'RE IN SEARCH OF OF VENISON.

I'M NOT A TECHNOLOGY TYPE OF GUY, BUT NATHAN BROOKS SAID ... AND IT IS VERY INTERESTING TO WATCH CRITTERS COME AND GO.

I'M NOT NECESSARILY LOOKING FOR A BIG BUCK, ALTHOUGH IF THAT HAPPENS TO WALK BY ME, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO PUT HIM IN MY FREEZER, BUT RIGHT NOW, I'M LOOKING FOR VENISON IN GENERAL.

>> A LOT OF TIMES YOU STAND UP AND SPECK A DEER COME FROM A CERTAIN DIRECTION.

WE HAD THIS ONE STAND SET UP AND WE KNEW THEY WOULD COME RIGHT IN FRONT OF US.

OVER OUR SHOULDER TO THE LEFT WERE PRETTY THICK WOODS AND WOULDN'T YOU KNOW, WE WERE WRONG, AND THE DEER CAME OUT, EYE LEVEL AND JUST STARED AT US.

HERE COME FIVE DEER.

TEN EYES, FIVE NOSES, AND THEY JUST KNEW SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT.

WE WATCHED THOSE DEER SLOWLY TURN AROUND AND LOOK AT US.

HIT THE GROUND.

SECOND DAY WE ENDED UP GOING UP WITHOUT VENISON.

BUT HEY, IT MAKES YOUR ODDS GO UP NEXT TIME.

SOUNDS GOOD.

>> AFTER TWO DAYS IN ONE SPOT WE DECIDED TO GO AND GET THE CLIMBERS AND GO TO A DIFFERENT SPOT.

PRETTY MUCH FELL IN LOVE WITH IT IMMEDIATELY.

WE HAD COUPLE OF YOUNG FELLOWS COME IN, AND HANG OUT FOR A LITTLE BIT.

NOT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR OBVIOUSLY.

AND A LITTLE LATER, HEARD A NOISE BEHIND ME AND TURNED AROUND AND LOOKED AND HERE COME AS DOE AND JUST LIKE THAT, SHE WAS ON US.

(WHISPERING) (WHISPERING) I JUST SHOT A DOE AND I FELT PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THE SHOT.

IT'S REALLY COOL THIS MORNING.

GOODNESS, I'LL LET HER GO OFF AND SEE IF ANYBODY ELSE COMES BY.

IT WAS A GOOD LOOKING DOE.

I'LL SIT HERE AND WAIT AND SEE IF ANYTHING ELSE GOES BY.

MAYBE GET ANOTHER SHOT.

>> I KNEW THIS MORNING IT WAS A GOOD SHOT.

SAW A REALLY GOOD TRAIL AND IT IS ALL RED BLOOD.

LET'S GO FIND HIM.

IT IS A NICE DOE.

WE'VE SEEN THIS DEER BECAUSE IN THE LOW LIGHT, SHE LOOKS ODD WITH HER SHEDDING HER HAIR.

BUT THAT'S THE BIG LONG DOE WE'VE BEEN SEEING.

REALLY WANTED THIS ANIMAL.

WE SWITCHED POSITIONS, I SAW A DECENT BUCK.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GET HER PROCESSED, AND WE'LL COME BACK THIS EVENING AND DO HUNTING AND THAT'S GOING TO MAKE SOME MIGHTY FINE VENISON RIGHT THERE.

THIS IS THE OPPOSITE SIDE.

ANGLES ARE SO IMPORTANT.

IF YOU'RE UP HIGH, AND YOU SHOOT DOWN, AND IF YOU SHOOT AT THAT LOWER AREA WHERE THE HEART IS, GUESS WHAT?

YOU MIGHT GET THE BOTTOM LUNG.

YOU WANT TO TRY TO HIT THE TOP OF THE LUNG ON THE SIDE THAT YOU'RE SHOOTING AT AND PASS THROUGH THAT OTHER LUNG.

THIS DEER MAYBE LASTED 40 SECONDS AND WAS ON THE GROUND.

DIDN'T STAND A CHANCE.

DIDN'T HAVE TO TRACK HER.

HARDLY ANY.

AND THERE SHE WAS.

YOU CAN SEE WHERE THAT ARROW CAME IN.

GOT BOTH LUNGS AND PROBABLY SOME OF THE HEART.

AND NOW WE HAVE GOOD VENISON FOR THE TABLE.

MOST OF THE TIME, NICKY AND I PROCESS THE DEER OURSELVES BUT FIND YOURSELF A PROCESSOR IF YOU'RE TOO BUSY OR YOU HAVE THINGS GOING ON, WHO CAN DO A GOOD JOB.

I FOUND THIS ONE, GREAT FOLKS.

THEY CUT IT EXACTLY LIKE I ASKED THEM TO.

YOU KNOW ME.

I WANT STEAKS AND ROASTS, EVERYTHING ELSE IS BURGERS.

>> AND THEN, GUESS WHAT?

YOU'LL BE ENJOYING FRESH WONDERFUL VENISON AT YOUR LEISURE.

>> THAT'S GOOD EATING RIGHT THERE.

NOW AFTER WE TOOK THE DOE TO THE PROCESSOR HE, WE WENT BACK TO WOODS AND ALMOST INSTANTLY SAW A SMALL FAWN.

HAD KIND OF A STANDOFF.

BUT WHAT WE REALLY HOPED WAS TO SEE SOMETHING WITH HORNS BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAD SOME MEAT FOR THE FREEZER, AND PROBABLY GET MORE MEAT FOR THE FREEZER LATER.

THAT'S THE REASON WE HUNG IN THERE.

ABOUT:20 THE OTHER DAY, I SAW A PRETTY DECENT BUCK.

I DIDN'T GET A REAL GOOD LOOK BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE REASON REASONS THAT WE HUNG IN THERE LATER.

IT WAS A SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY IT IS A LONG BOW SEASON.

A LONG WAY TO GO.

SAW A COYOTE AND I'M INFESTED WITH THEM WE MAY BE HUNTING THEM EVENTUALLY.

YOU KNOW WE'VE MANY A LOT OF SPECIAL PEOPLE ON THIS SHOW WHO HAVE OVERCOME A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

BUT THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE WE'LL VISIT WITH COOPER, THE BLIND HUNTING DOG.

>> ALL RIGHT, THIS WAY.

PUT HIM UP.

>> THAT LOOKS LIKE A GOOD BOY.

LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR MAN COOPER OVER HERE.

>> HE WAS BORN ON THE LAST DAY.

OF GROUSE SEASON.

WE KNEW HE WAS GOING TO BE SPECIAL.

I WATCHED HIM COME OUT AND HE WASN'T THAT BIG.

AND THEY LIVED THEIR WHOLE PUPPYHOOD RIGHT BESIDE MY WOOD BURNING STOVE IN THE LIVING ROOM.

COOPER COME OUT NATURAL.

FOUR MONTHS OLD HE WAS POINTING.

FIVE MONTHS OLD, STEVE ONE TIME WHEN ANOTHER DOG WAS POINTING AND HE BACKED AND DIDN'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING.

HE'S THE EASIEST DOG EVER.

>> HE GOT SPRAYED BY A SKUNK THE LAST DAY OF GROUSE SEASON.

EVERYBODY THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY AND NEXT DAY, I NOTICED HIS EYE LOOKED A LITTLE ODD.

AND I TOOK HIM TO THE VET.

HE CAUGHT A DISEASE CALLED BLASTOMYTOSIS.

I NEVER HEARD OF IT AND MY VET, HE DIAGNOSED THE IT AND SAID WE COULD GET THIS DOG TO CINCINNATI.

SO WE TOOK HIM TO CINCINNATI TO Dr.

KETTERRING.

I WOULD KIND OF TELL THAT MAYBE BIRD HUNTERS WEREN'T HIS FIRST CHOICE BUT PEOPLE TO BRING DOGS UP THERE, I WOULD SAY HE MAYBE HAD SOME BAD TIMES WITH THEM GUYS FIGURED THEIR DOGS WEREN'T ANY GOOD IF THEY COULDN'T SEE.

AND HE ASKED ME IF I WANTED TO SAVE THE DOG AND I SAID YES.

I THOUGHT WE WERE JUST GOING UP THERE TO GET SOME EYE OINTMENT OR SOMETHING.

I HAD NO IDEA THIS COULD KILL MY DOG.

HE SAID, WELL THIS EYE HAS TO BE REMOVED.

AND THAT WAS LIKE A BLOW TO THE GUT.

WE MAY BE ABLE TO SAVE THE OTHER ONE AND MY BEST FRIEND ONE OF THE BEST DOGS THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN IN THE FIELD ALL OF A SUDDEN IS GOING TO BE BLIND.

HE WENT COMPLETELY BLIND FOR A WHILE.

COULDN'T EVEN FIND HIS FOOD BOWL.

AND I WAS TALKING ABOUT MAYBE PUTTING HIM DOWN.

THIS IS NO LIFE FOR A BIRD DOG.

AND MY WIFE AND MY DAUGHTER TOLD ME REAL QUICK, THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.

IF YOU EVER GO BLIND, WE'LL PUT YOU DOWN.

SO IT WAS OVER WITH.

COOPER IS GOING TO STAY.

COOPER THE BIRD DOG MAY BE OVER WITH BUT COOPER MY BEST FRIEND WILL HAVE A LONG AND HAPPY LIFE.

HE'S HERE WITH US.

RUNS INTO A FEW THINGS.

HE'S WITH THE REST OF THE DOGS.

SHOOT THIS WAY.

>> FIND A BIRD NOW.

COME ON.

THE GREEN BRIARS AND THE GROUSE ARE JUST HARD ON HIM AND FENCE, DITCHS, CAN'T SEE, HE HAS NO DEPTH PERCEPTION.

BASICALLY HE'S A SEEING EYE HUMAN.

AND HE AND I ARE PARTNERS WITH IT.

WE COME TO A TOUGH IS NOT, I HEEL HIM UP AND HE GOES THROUGH.

HE KNOWS THAT HE CAN'T SEE.

BUT THERE'S NO QUIT IN HIM.

COOPER CHECKS IN A LOT.

HE DEPENDS ON ME SO MUCH.

HE REALLY DOES.

HE'S GOT A DIFFERENT GATE, DOESN'T HE?

HE'S FEELING, LIKE YOU SAID.

>> IF YOU'LL NOTICE, HE'S TRYING TO FEEL WHERE HE'S -- WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS AS FAR AS HOW THE TERRAIN ROLLS.

>> SO WHAT CAUSES THAT DISEASE OF THE EYE?

>> IT'S A FUNGUS.

IT COMES OUT OF THE GROUND.

IT IS AN AIRBORNE SPORE AND IT CAN COME FROM A DEAD ANIMAL THAT'S BEEN BURIED IN THE GROUND FOR 20 YEARS.

>> NO KIDDING.

>> IT CAN COME OUT OF JUST MULCH OR DIRT.

RECARRY TWO BOTTLES OF WATER BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME HE LIKES EVIAN.

EFFECT WENT BLIND, HE DIDN'T WANT ME LOADING HIM UP IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK.

HE FOUGHT ME TO PICK HIM UP AND AFTER TRIAL AND ERROR, JUMPING UP AND HITTING HESS HEAD A FEW TIMES AND HITTING HIS NOSE.

I TAP ON THE TAILGATE AND TOUCHES IT WITH HIS CHIN AND LOADS HIMSELF UP.

>> MIKE NEVER QUIT BELIEVING IN HIM.

HIS HEART IS INTO THIS TYPE OF HUNTING AND HE SEES THEM DOG WORK, HE WOULD RATHER DO THAT THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

IF THE DOG HAS A HEART AS BIG AS MIKE'S IS AND NEITHER ONE OF THEM IS GOING TO QUIT.

(GUNSHOT).

>> HE'S BEEN TO NEBRASKA, WISCONSIN, HUNTING GROUSE AND PHEASANTS.

THE OR DOGS GET TO FIND THE BIRDS BUT HE'S OUT THERE TRYING EVERY DAY.

(GUNSHOTS).

>> YOU KNOW, ANIMALS GET DEPRESSED.

THERE IS NO DEPRESSING.

>> NO, HE NEVER D FROM DAY ONE, HE NEVER GOT DEPRESSED.

HE JUST KEPT GOING.

THAT DAY I TURNED THE CORNER AND I DIDN'T TELL HIM -- MAN THAT WAS A GOOD DAY.

>> COOPER, BLIND DOG COMING THROUGH, YOU BETTER WATCH OUT BECAUSE HE'LL RUN OVER TOP OF YOU ALL OF THE OTHER DOGS HAVE ADJUSTED TO THEM.

THEY KNOW WHEN HE COMES BOUNDING THE THROUGH THAT WATCH OUT, HE'S APT TO JUST RUN OVER TOP OF YOU.

OKAY, HUNT THEM UP.

YIELD, YIELD, YIELD.

THAT'S A HAPPY DOG, YOU KNOW?

HE'S A HAPPY DOG.

HE'S JUST HAPPY TO BE HERE.

>> >> WE HAVE BAD NEWS.

COOP HEAR PASSED AWAY AND GONE TO THAT HAPPY HUNTING GROUND IN THE SKY.

HE WAS A WONDERFUL DOG WITH A WONDERFUL OWNER WHO REALLY CARED ABOUT HIM.

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

FRANK WITH AN 8 POINT BUCK THEY TOOK ON THE FARM WITH A 17 AND A HALF INCH SPREAD.

CONGRATULATIONS.

HERE IS DYLAN DANIEL, 11 YEARS OLD WITH HIS FIRST DEER ON YOUTH HUNT WEEKEND ON HIS PAPA'S FARM.

CONGRATULATIONS.

HERE IS DYLAN,YEARS OLD FROM OWEN COUNTY WITH HIS FIRST BUCK AND CONGRATULATIONS.

HERE IS EMMA MORRISON, SHE WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD WHEN SHE TOOK THE NICE DOE.

HERE IS A PICTURE OF THE FIRST HUNT AND WHEN HE TALKED IN RUSSELL COUNTY THERE WASN'T ANYTHING LIKE KILLING A DEER A BOW AND HE AGREES.

CONGRATULATION.

AND SETH McMULLIN, SIX YEARS OLD, FIRST GRADE STUDENT WHEN HE SHOT THIS FIVE POINT BUCK AND WANTED TO SEND THAT TO THE ONE THAT DIDN'T GET AWAY.

HE SHOT WITH IT A RUGER MINI 30.

CONGRATULATIONS.

SEND YOUR NON-RETURNABLE PICTURE OF THE ONE THAT DIDN'T GET AWAY TO: >> HUNTING AND FISHING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY IS A PRIVILEGE.

ALWAYS ASK PERMISSION AND THANK THE LAND OWNER.

I'M TIM FARMER.

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