>> WE ARE GOING TO USE SEVERAL ROCKETS AND A NOT TO CATCH TURKEYS.

WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD WE WANT DO THAT FOR?

>> THIS WEEK ON KENTUCKY AFIELD...

THIS IS GOING TO BE REALLY COOL.

WATCH.

WE ARE TURKEY HUNTING BUT NOT WITH A SHOTGUN.

WE ARE IN THE FIELD WITH BIOLOGY GISTS AND HOPING TO ROCKET NET BIRDS FOR RESEARCH.

>> MAN, WE STILL GOT SIX OR SEVEN TURKEYS ON THE BACKSIDE.

>> NEXT... GREAT FISHING IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER SO WE ARE TAKING OUT THE KAYAK.

>> HERE WE GO.

>> WHAT HAVE WE GOT HERE?

OH MY GODNESS.

>> THEN... >> LOOK RIGHT THERE.

>> SURE ENOUGH.

>> WE'LL HUNT PUBLIC LAND FOR SHEDS AND SQUIRREL.

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.

BEING A WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST REQUIRES YOU TO BE ABLE TO CATCH AND SUCCESSFULLY RELEASE WILDLIFE AND THAT WILL CAN TAKE SOME CREATIVITY.

>> I GOT YOU.

>> ZACH, WE ARE ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING PRETTY UNIQUE.

WE ARE GOING TO USE SEVERAL ROCKETS AND A NET TO CATCH TURKEYS.

>> YEP?

>> WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD WE WANT DO THAT FOR?

>> FOR RESEARCH.

THIS IS SEARCH DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO MAKE SURE HUNTING REGULATIONS ARE WHERE THEY SHOULD BE FOR SUSTAIN BUILT OF THE TURKEY POPULATION FOR HUNTERS.

>> HOPEFULLY 10, 15 GOBBLERS WILL COME IN.

THIS COULD TAKE HOURS.

A WAITING GAME.

BUT ONCE YOU SHOOT THE NET AND YOU CATCH THESE TURKEYS ARE GOING TO RUN OUT, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO ALLOW TO US GATHER DATA.

>> PUT LEG BANDS AROUND THE BIRDS, THE BIRDS ARE SUBJECT TO HARVEST IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS.

HUNTER SHOOTS A BIRD, REPORTS IT TO US.

THIS IS JUST ONE SAMPLE OF BIRDS HERE BUT WE ARE DOING THIS ACROSS THE STATE.

>> HOPING TO BAND 300?

>> THAT'S OUR GOAL.

>> YOU ARE SPECIFICALLY TRYING TO GET MALE BIRDS, RIGHT?

>> IN THIS CASE, MALE, YES ESTIMATE SPRING HARVEST RATE.

BEARDED HENS WE WOULD BAND THOSE, TOO.

WE'VE CAUGHT A FEW AT THIS SITE F. WE COULD GET A FEW MORE THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

THE STUDY IS TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE WHOLE STATE.

WESTERN TO EASTERN KENTUCKY AND US IN BETWEEN HERE, WE HAVE MULTIPLE SITES TO SPREAD THINGS OUT.

>> I GUESS IT'S TIME FOR US TO GET BACK INTO OUR LOCATIONS AND GET READY TO GO.

>> >> WE'VE GOT OUR ROCKETS SET UP, BAIT SITE SET, TESTED EVERYTHING.

WE SHOULD BE GOOD TO GO.

NOW IT'S JUST A WAITING GAME.

WE'VE GOT BIG EXPECTATIONS OF GETTING A GOOD GROUP OF GOBBLERS CAUGHT IN THE NET, HOPEFULLY IT DOESN'T TAKE TOO LONG BUT WHEN IT HAPPENS, AND THAT BOMB TAKES PLACE AND THAT NET GOES OUT, IT'S GOING TO BE A MAD DASH FROM EVERYBODY AROUND TO GET OUT THERE AND TO TRY TO HOLD THESE TURKEYS DOWN, GET THEM SECURED, GIVE GET THEM BANDED AND RELEASED BACK INTO THE WILD.

>> HERE WE GO.

OUR FIRST TURKEY.

I CAN'T TELL IF IT'S A GOBBLER OR NOT.

IT'S GOT A BEARD.

>> WELL, THE TURKEY THAT CAME IN HAS MADE ITS WAY OFF IT DIDN'T COME TO THE BAIT BUT THAT'S OKAY.

WE NEED MORE BIRDS TO TRIGGER THE ROCKETS ANYWAY SO HOPEFULLY WE GET ON THE FLOOK THAT COME IN AND MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE BAIT BOMB.

IT'S STILL EARLY.

BARELY AFTER 9:00.

>> WELL, THE TURKEYS DIDN'T GET THE MESSAGE.

THEY HAVEN'T SHOWN UP YET.

WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR SEVERAL HOURS.

IT WARMED UP FROM 10° TO THE 30S.

FEELS PRETTY GOOD SOME CATS WILL ARE MOVING AROUND, BIRDS ARE FLYING, JUST NOT TURKEYS >> WE GOT TURKEYS ON BOTH SIDES.

OH MY GOODNESS.

WE STILL GOT SIX OR SEVEN TURKEYS ON THE BACK SIDE.

HERE THEY COME.

ARE THEY GOING TO COME IN OR NO?

THESE ARE ALL MALE TURKEYS.

SOME OF THEM HAVE GOT REALLY SHORT BEARDS.

WE ARE GOING HAVE A CHANCE OF CATCHING 12 OR 14 ALL IN ONE SHOT.

IT'S GOING TO BE INSANE.

COME ON TURKEYS.

( SHOT) LET'S GO, LET'S GO.

OH MY GOODNESS, ALL IN THE LAST MINUTE.

WE SAT THERE FOR EIGHT, 10 HOURS.

I THINK WE GOT 11 MALE TURKEYS ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW.

GETTING THESE SOCKS ON THE HEAD TRYING TO SETTLE THEM THE BEST WE CAN AND THEN IT'S TIME TO START THE WORKUP PROCESS.

>> JUST CALMS THEM DOWN, KEEPS THEM FROM SPREEKING OUT SO BAD WE KNOW THEY'RE MALE BIRDS I THOUGHT I SAW A COUPLE.

>> HE'S GOT 2160.

YOU GOT THE NUMBER.

>> 2161 JAKE.

EVERYTHING IS GOOD ON THAT ONE.

>> WE ARE ACTUALLY DOING THE STUD NECESSITY CONJUNCTION WITH TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCE AGENCY AND TENNESSEE TECH UNIVERSITY WHAT WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS ESTIMATE HARVEST RATES OF MALE TURKEYS.

>> 1055.

WE KNOW FROM TELECHECK HOW MANY LEGALLY HUNTERS HARVEST.

THIS IS A PERCENTAGE THING AND WE CAN LOOK AT SURVIVAL OF THE BIRDS.

>> THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN DO THAT EFFECTIVELY IS TO DISBURSE THE NUMBER OF BIRDS ACROSS THE STATE BECAUSE SOME AREAS HAVE HIGHER HUNTING PRESSURE AND POPULATION.

>> KENTUCKY IS VERY DIVERSE EAST TO WEST DOING IT ACROSS THE STATE.

>> PRIVATE AND PUBLIC LANDS.

>> BOTH.

>> WE ARE ON PRIVATE LAND BUT YOU HAD PEOPLE AT CLAY WMA TODAY RIGHT?

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

THEY CAUGHT FIVE BIRDS RIGHT BEFORE WE DID THESE.

>> HOW MANY YEARS WILL THE PROJECT GO ON?

>> FOUR YEARS.

>> YOU TOLD ME TO HOLD ON TO HIM LONGER A WHILE AGO.

SOME OF THEM ARE SILVER AND SOME ARE GREEN.

TELL ME ABOUT THE GREEN ONES.

>> FOURTH ONE IS GREEN, REWARD BANDS, PURPOSE OF THE REWARD BANDS IS TO HELP US ESTIMATE HARVEST OF THE NON-REWARD BANDS.

WHOEVER TURNS IN.

>> $75.

WE'VE GOT REALLY GOOD COOPERATION THERE.

KENTUCKY FLIEFD FOUNDATION FISH AND WILDLIFE WOULD BE POP DOING THAT.

MULTIPLE PARTNERS HELPING OUT MAKE YOU ARE YOU REPORT IT I'VE NEVER KILLED AND ABANDONED TURKEY.

HAVE YOU?

>> THERE HASN'T BEEN ABANDONED BIRDS SINCE GEORGE WRIGHT YEARS AGO.

>> AND IF YOU ARE LUCKY IN YOU HAVE TO GET A GREEN ONE, THERE IS A FINANCIAL INCENTIVE AS WELL.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

>> YES, SIR.

>> ARE YOU IN SEARCH OF A TROPHY LARGE MOUTH BASS.

MY RECOMMENDATIONS ARE TO GET OUT EARLY STARTING FEBRUARY, MARCH AND TRY FISHING FROM A KAYAK.

OH MY GOSH, I FEEL LIKE A KID IN THE CANDY STORE.

I AM SO SICK OF COLD WEATHER AND ICE STORMS.

SO MARCH AND APRIL JUST HAPPEN TO BE THE PERFECT MONTH TO COME OUT AND CATCH PRESPAWNED LARGE MOUTH BASS.

A GREAT TIME OF YEAR TO CATCH A GIANT.

A NICE BREEZE.

I'M GOING TO START OUT THROWING REACTION STYLE BAITS, JIGS, SPIN BATES, SWIMMER BATES.

OUT IN THE KAYAK, NO SNOW, NO ICE.

THIS IS GOING TO BE FUN.

HERE WE GO.

WHAT HAVE WE GOT HERE?

OH MY GOODNESS.

OH MY GOODNESS.

OH MY GOODNESS!

OH MY GOODNESS.

OH MY GOSH, MY FIRST BASS OUT OF THIS POND.

MI FIRES BASS OUT OF THIS POND HAS GOT TO BE 7.5 POUNDS OR BETTER.

OH MY GOSH!

LOOK AT THAT.

VERY, VERY FIRST BITE!

WE ARE GOING TO THE SHALLOW WATER I THINK THERE IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF BASS DOWN HERE.

I DON'T THINK THERE ARE A LOT THIS SIZE, BUT I HOPE THERE IS.

CHECK THIS FISH OUT.

I MEAN WAY MORE THAN MY WHOLE HAND IN HIS MOUTH.

I HAVE A SCALE.

I HAVE TO KNOW WHAT THIS THING WEIGHS.

7 POUNDS, 6 OUNCES.

THAT'S NOT BAD WHEN THE FIRST BITE IS POUNDS 6 OUNCES.

THIS IS A PLACE NOT EASY TO GET TO.

A LOT OF WIND BLOWING WHICH IS GREAT FOR FISHING.

IF YOU CAN FIND A WATERSHED THAT DOESN'T GET A LOT OF PRESSURE, MARCH AND APRIL ARE THE MONTHS TO COME OUT HERE AND POTENTIALLY CATCH A FISH OF A LIFETIME.

SINCE THIS IS MY FIRST TIME CATCHING A FISH HERE, I DON'T THOUGH THAT I'LL NOT CATCH ANOTHER ONE.

THIS IS ALREADY WORTH THE TRIP.

7 POUNDS 6 OUNCES.

LET'S GET IT BACK IN THE WATER.

MAN, WE'VE ONLY GOT THREE FEET OF WATER.

THAT'S WHY IT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA IF YOU CAN BRING A DEPTH FINDER.

YOU CAN CHECK IT THIS WAY.

BUT I KNOW I'VE GOT THREE FEET OF WATER AND THE TEMPERATURE KEEPS RISING.

NOW WE ARE ALMOST AT 54.

THERE WE GO.

LOOKY THERE.

BEAUTIFUL TWO POUNDER HERE THIS ONE HIT A SPINNER BAIT UP HERE IN THE SHALLOW, SHALLOW WATER.

THERE IS A MUD LINE IN FRONT OF ME, RIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE IT LOOKS LIKE IT GETS ANOTHER SIX, EIGHT INCHES DEEPER AND THAT'S WHERE THIS FISH WAS SETTING I BOANT HAVE A BIG AREA BUT I HAVE A FEELING THERE MAY BE MORE OH MAN THAT FISH COME OFF CAME BACK AND SIT IT AGAIN LOOKS LIKE THE ONE I JUST CAUGHT.

THEY'RE IN HERE AND THEY'RE CHOKING THIS SPINNER BAIT DOWN.

HERE WE GO.

THIS IS A LITTLE BETTER FISH HERE THERE IS NOTHING MORE FUN THAN RUNNING A SPINNER BAIT IN SHALLOW WATER.

I'M PULLING THE BAIT JUST FAST ENOUGH TO KEEP IT OFF THE BOTTOM.

IF I KEEP MY ROD TIP WAY UP IN THE AIR AND KEEP THE BAIT AN INCH OR TWO OFF THE BOTTOM, THEY'RE SITTING HERE FEEDING UP, GETTING READY FOR THE SPAWN.

YOU CAN SEE YOUR LINE TAKE OFF RUNNING AND THAT'S WHAT THAT JOKER JUST DID DID YOU SEE THAT THING SWELL RIGHT THERE AT THE BOAT.

THAT SPINNING TRIED TO GET IN THE KAYAK WITH ME.

IT LITERALLY WAS FOUR FEET FROM THE BOAT WHEN IT HIT.

SHALLOW WATER, EARLY MARCH APRIL SPINNER BAIT FISHING, IT DOESN'T GET MUCH MORE FUN THAN THIS RIGHT THERE HERE WE GO.

ANOTHER TWO POUNDER HERE ON THIS SPINNER BAIT.

HERE WE GO.

I LOST HIM RIGHT THERE.

THERE HE IS.

OH IT'S A LITTLE BITTY ONE.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, IF YOU KNOW OF A WATERSHED THAT IS SHALLOW AND IS REALLY, REALLY HARD TO FISH IN THE SUMMER, CONSIDER GETTING ON IT EARLY IN THE YEAR BEFORE THAT VEGETATION COMES UP AND THE KAYAK IS A GREAT, GREAT WAY TO ACCESS A BODY OF WATER LIKE THIS.

AND MAN, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT IF YOU WANT TO CATCH REALLY REALLY BIG FISH, COME OUT EARLY STARTING IN MARCH EARLY MARCH AND IF YOU ARE IN FOR NUMBERS, YOU MIGHT WANT TO MAKE IT LATER ON IN APRIL, BUT THROWING A WILLOW BLADE SPINNER BAIT, A SWIM JIG, BLADED JIG, SWIM BAIT, SOMETHING YOU CAN MOVE SLOW AND REALLY SHALLOW WATER IS SUCH A GREAT WAY TO TARGET THE FISH AND IT'S A LOT OF FUN.

>> HERE WE GO.

I'VE HAD A BLAST TODAY.

THIS IS A WATERSHED LAKE IMPOUNDED IN THE 40S OR 50S AND THE REASON FOR THE IMPOUNDMENT WAS TO MAKE THE LAND MORE FERTILE.

THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD SIT HERE ESPECIALLY 10, 15 YEARS, DRAIN OUT AND BE FERTILE FOR BREAUXING TOBACCO.

WREL WELL, IT NEVER DRAINED AND HERE WE ARE LITERALLY 70, 80 YEARS LATER AND THIS IMPOUNDMENT IS FANTASTIC FOR CATCHING FISH FEBRUARY IS A GREAT MONTH TO GET OUT AND EXPLORE ONE OF OUR WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS.

DO SOME SMALL GAME HUNTING AND SHAD HUNTING.

IT IS MID FEBRUARY AND FINALLY QUIT RAINING.

I'M HERE AT BIG RIVERS WMA.

A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY OTHER THAN DEER AND TURKEY SEASON TO BE OUTDOORS.

>> THIS IS TRADITIONALLY A DEER AND TURKEY AREA OUR FOCUS BUT IT'S GREAT FOR GUYS TO GET OUT AND SHED HUNT AND PLAN TRIPS AND OTHER OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS CAN GET OUT AND ENJOY THE AREA WE HAVE CLEARLY TWO MILLION ACRES FOR OUTDOOR RECREATION.

PUBLIC ACCESS, PUBLIC WMA AND HUNTING AREAS.

MY FAVORITE TIME TO GET OUT IN THE WOODS, LOOK FOR DEER SHEDS.

SQUIRREL SEASON IS IN.

WE CAN SHOOT A SQUIRREL OR TWO BUT THIS IS THE TIME TO PLAN A FALL DEER HUNT OR SPRING TURKEY HUNT.

YOU CAN SEE GAME TRAILS, WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SNAKES, TICKS, NONE OF THAT.

THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR TO POTENTIALLY MAKE YOURSELF SUCCESSFUL IN THE FALL FOR A DEER HUNT.

>> ANY TIME WITHOUT TICKS IS GOOD.

>> I'VE DONE SHED SHOWS NUMEROUS TIMES.

TODAY I BROUGHT SOMETHING BETTER THAN A DOG.

YOU KNOW EVERY SPOT.

HAVE YOU SEEN THEM ON THE TRACTOR WALKING AROUND.

HOPEFULLY WE CAN PICK UP A COUPLE SHEDS AND I WOULD LOVE TO SHOOT A SQUIRREL OR TWO IF WE GET THE OPPORTUNITY BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, I JUST WANT TO BE OUTSIDE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> LET'S GIVE IT A SHOT WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> LET'S DO IT.

>> THIS AREA RIGHT HERE PRETTY GOOD TRAILS YOU CAN PICK THEM OUT.

MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO MARK IT ON THE MAP CHECK IT WITH YOUR GPS AND BE BACK HERE IN THE FALL.

YOU KNOW DEER ANTLERS ARE SO COOL, WHENEVER THEY RELEASE THE CHEMICALS THAT TELL THEIR BODY TO DROP THEM, IT HAPPENS FAST.

>> THEY CAN GET IN SERIOUS FIGHTS WITH OTHER BUCKS WITH ANT LESSER LIKE THAT AND THEY CAN FALL OFF THIS TIME OF YEAR.

>> IT IS AMAZING.

YOU KNOW, JOHN, THIS IS THE VERY FIRST TIME I HAVE BEEN ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY.

TO BE IN FAR WESTERN KENTUCKY, THE TERRAIN IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I EXPECTED.

>> DIFFERENT THAN WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF WESTERN KENTUCKY BEING FLAT AND CROP GROUND.

THIS PROPERTY IS OVER 60% FORESTED AND AS YOU CAN TELL, WE GOT PLENTY OF TERRAIN OUT HERE AND LOTS OF HILLS THAT PEOPLE DON'T EXPECT.

>> VERY, VERY ROLLING, YOU KNOW, RIGHT CLOSE TO THE OHIO RIVER.

REMINDS ME OF THE TERRAIN UP THROUGH THE STATE ON THE OHIO RIVER WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN IT IS JUST THREE OR FOUR MILES IN.

>> RIGHT.

>> IT'S VERY HILLY.

NOT STEEP HILLS, NAVIGABLE HILLS BUT AREAS THAT WOULD BE HARD TO GET A TRACTOR IN THERE AND PLANT.

SCH THAT'S RIGHT.

YOU HAVE THE BOTTOM AND THE AG CROPS.

THIS IS A PINCH POINT.

THAT TREE WOULD BE A GOOD SPOT FOR A WALK ON AND YOU HAVE A WATER HOLE.

>> GIVES YOU IDEAS FOR THE FALL.

>> IF THIS IS GOING TO BE A PIECE OF PROPERTY I WAS GOING TO HUNT, YOU LOOK AROUND HERE AND SEE THE PERSIMMON TREES AND SOMEBODY HAS A TREE STAND.

>> SURE ENOUGH.

THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE THEM OUT BY NOW AND THAT REQUIRES AN EXTENSION LADDER TO TAKE DOWN.

>> HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING.

>> LOOKY THERE.

HE IS IN A GOOD SPOT.

RIGHT THERE ON THE FIELD EDGE.

FIRST SHED OF THE DAY.

NOT A MONITOR BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THIS DEER MADE IT THIS YEAR.

WHO KNOWS, THIS MIGHT BE A QUALITY EIGHT OR 10 POINTER THIS SEASON.

>> FOR THE AREA IN KIND LOOKING AT THE ANTLER AND KNOWING WHERE WHAT WE ARE OR DEALING WITH A TWO AND A HALF-YEAR-OLD BUCK.

IT'S HARD TO TELL AGE BY THE ANTLER BUT THIS GUY HAS POTENTIAL AHEAD OF HIM FOR SURE WE STARTED GOING, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS LOOKS LIKE A GOOD SPOT FOR A DEER STAND, WALK UP AND FIND AN ANTLER.

EVERYBODY NEEDS A GOT SET OF RATTLE ANTLERS.

YOU CAN PUT THEM ON YOUR COFFEE TABLE, DISPLAY SOMETHING BUT ALL IN ALL, JUST COOL TO FIND, LIKE AN ADULT EASTER EGG HUNT.

BRING YOUR KIDS DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ADULTS.

SOMETHING THEY WOULD ENJOY AS WELL.

>> MAYBE WE'LL FIEND A MATCH UP HERE.

>> COULD BE.

LET'S CUT THROUGH AND WALK THE THICKET HERE.

>> THESE ARE HOT SPOTS WITH THE TRANSITIONING OF THE DEER COMING INTO THE FIELDS LOOK RIGHT THERE.

>> SURE ENOUGH.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE MATCHING SIDE, EITHER LOOKY THERE.

LET'S SEE THERE YOU KNOW, YOU GO IN AN AREA THAT HAVE SIMILAR GENETICS, THESE ARE VERY SIMILAR.

I DON'T THINK IT'S THE SAME BUT PRETTY CLOSE.

>> IT IS.

>> COULD BE BROTHERS.

>> HEY, THERE YOU GO.

>> GOT US A RATTLE SACK.

GOT TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO GET YOUR FINGERS.

VERY NICE.

LIKE I SAID, WE DIDN'T FIND A MATCHED PAIR I DON'T THINK BUT WE JUST GOT STARTED.

>> LOOK HERE CHAD, A PRETTY NICE SCRAPE PROBABLY A COMMUNAL SCRAPE.

>> FRESH ONES, TOO.

TYPICALLY WHAT YOU SEE IN THE SCRAPES.

EVEN GOT SOME DEER TRACKS IN THERE.

LOOKY HERE, ANOTHER SCRAPE.

YOU GOT A SITUATION WHERE THE BUCK HAS BEEN USING THIS AND MARKING THEIR AREA AND THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THERE COULD BE ANOTHER DESCRAIP RIGHT HERE IN THIS AREA COME NEXT YEAR.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> HOLD ON.

>> I THINK I JUST SAW A SQUIRREL.

>> RIGHT HERE, RIGHT HERE.

(GUNSHOT) (GUNSHOT) WALKING THROUGH THE WOODS, PICKING UP ANTLER SHEDS, TAKING HOME SOMETHING FOR THE TABLE.

YOU CAN'T BEAT THAT, TO BE OUT HERE IN FEBRUARY AND GET TO DO THIS, A LOT OF FUN.

>> ONE MORE.

>> A SQUIRREL GROWING-- A SQUIRREL GOING UP THE TREE.

TRY TO GET A SHOT.

(GUNSHOT) TWO SHEDS, TWO SQUIRREL.

I'LL TELL YOU, I HAVE SPENT THE LAST THREE WEEKS IN THE HOUSE WATCHING IT RAIN CAN'T HARDLY FISH, CONDITIONS SO BAD, GLAD I'M TAKING ADVANTAGE OF TODAY.

>> I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, FOR SOMEONE TRYING TO MANAGE OVER 7500 ACRES, I KNOW FOR TIME IS VALUABLE.

I APPRECIATE YOUR TAKING US FOR A WALK AND SHOWCASING THE OPPORTUNITIES HERE ON THE WMA.

>> I'M ALWAYS GLAD TO SHOW PEOPLE WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE AND SHOWING OFF THIS GREAT AREA LET'S CHECK IN AND SEE WHO ELSE HAS BEEN HAVING FUN IN THIS WEEK EESES ONES THAT DIDN'T GET AWAY.

>> HERE WE HAVE A STRINGER FULL OF FISH CAUGHT BY ETHAN MITCHELL AND HIS DAD AND UNCLE CAUGHT IN A FAMILY POND IN OHIO.

AND DEREK AND BO WITH A BEAUTIFUL BOBCAT FROM OLDHAM, KENTUCKY.

NICE JOB.

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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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