
Rabbit Hunt; WMA Crow Hunt; Sauger Fishing
Season 38 Episode 9 | 26m 31sVideo has Closed Captions
Hunting rabbits in Spencer Co., crow hunting, and winter fishing for sauger.
We're hunting rabbits in Spencer Co. with beagles; one of the most overlooked hunting opportunities in the state - crow hunting on public land; and winter fishing for sauger.
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Rabbit Hunt; WMA Crow Hunt; Sauger Fishing
Season 38 Episode 9 | 26m 31sVideo has Closed Captions
We're hunting rabbits in Spencer Co. with beagles; one of the most overlooked hunting opportunities in the state - crow hunting on public land; and winter fishing for sauger.
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>> THIS WEEK ON KENTUCKY AFIELD... (GUNSHOT).
>> WE ARE IN SPENCER COUNTY AND THE BEAGLES ARE MAKING MUSIC.
>> THERE HE GOES.
>> THEY'RE HOT ON THE TRAIL OF A COTTON TAIL.
NEXT... ONE OF THE MOST OVERLOOKED HUNTING DUNTS IN THE STATE-- OPPORTUNITIES IN THE STATE.
WE ARE AFTER CROWS ON PUBLIC LAND.
>> RIGHT HERE, COMING IN ON THE RIGHT.
>> THEN... >> THERE HE IS.
>> THESE WINTER MONTHS CAN BE A GREAT TIME TO GET OUT AND CATCH FISH.
>> NICE ONE, TOO.
>> ESPECIALLY SOME OF THE MORE DELICIOUS ONES LIKE SAUGER.
>> THAT'S A NICE ONE.
>> 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.
MODERN FIREARMS SEASON IS NOW OVER BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF GOOD REASONS TO GET OUTDOORS AND HUNT AND FISH.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE ACTIVITIES COMING UP RIGHT NOW IS RABBIT HUNTING.
>> RABBIT SEASON IS FINALLY HERE A LITTLE WARM TODAY BUT WE ARE HOPING TO GET THE DOGS OUT AND PUT THEM ON SOME BUN EZ.
ARE YOU READY TO GET AFTER IT?
>> WE ARE.
>> YES, SIR.
>> THIS IS A FARM WE HAVE BEEN ON BEFORE LATE IN THE YEAR AND YOU GUYS HAVE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS RABBIT HUNTING IN SPENCER COUNTY.
YOU GUYS BOW HUNTED THIS MORNING.
>> BEEN UP SINCE 3:45 THIS MORNING.
>> WHAT IS BETTER THAN COMBINING A DAY OF BOW HUNTING AND RABBIT HUNTING ALL IN THE SAME DAY?
THAT'S THE WAY TO DO IT.
>> AND USE IT FOR THE CRAPPIE FISHING LATER TONIGHT.
>> YOU HAVE A DOG WITH YOU TODAY.
TELL ME ABOUT YOUR DOG.
>> MY DAUGHTER FOUND THAT DOG, I GUESS SHE WAS THREE MONTHS OLD, WHEN WE GOT HIM HOME, I THOUGHT I WOULD TAKE HIM OUT AND START TRAINING HIM AND I DID.
>> I BROUGHT MY TWO.
I HAVE THIS LITTLE LEMON DOG AND CHECKERS, THE TRACK COLLAR.
WE HOPEFULLY CAN GET OUT AND JUMP SOME BUNNIES.
>> SEEN THREE DEER, THREE BUCKS ONE DOE.
NOT AS MANY AS WE WANTED TO BUT A GOOD TIME, GOOD TO GET OUT.
>> WE ARE RABBIT HUNTING WHERE YOU DEER HUNT AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE CONCERN IT ITSELF GOING TO MESS THEIR DEER UP.
WHAT IS YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT?
>> I DON'T THINK IT HAS ANY EFFECT.
ANOTHER FARM WE HUNT, THERE ARE DOGS THAT RUN LOOSE CONSTANTLY.
THEY DON'T HAVE ANY FENCE OR ANYTHING AND THEY GET OUT AND RUN RABBITS AND WE STILL SEE DEER DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
I THINK IT'S HARDLY ANY EFFECT HONESTLY.
>> DAN, YOU AND I HAVE DONE SOME FISHING IN THE PAST AND THIS IS A PIECE OF PROPERTY YOU HAVE HAD PERMISSION TO HUNT FOR A WHILE.
HAVE YOU KILLED THE LIMITS SEVERAL TIMES.
>> THIS FARM GENERALLY HAS A LOT OF RABBITS ON IT.
IT SHOULD BE A GOOD HUNT.
>> THE DOGS HAVE BEEN ON THE LEASH LONG ENOUGH, THEY SAY LET'S GO.
>> GO GET 'EM.
FIRST BUNNY UP.
WE GOT 'EM ALL BARKING NOW.
THIS IS HOT.
>> SCOOT EMUP.
(GUNSHOT).
>> I DIDN'T EVEN SEE THE RABBIT AND THEY GOT ONE DOWN.
THAT'S AWESOME.
>> THAT'S A BIG OL' BUN AGREE GOOD BOYS, GOOD BOYS.
LETH LET'S GO, LET'S GO!
>> AND THEY'RE COMING BACK DOWN TOWARDS YOU CHECKER JUMPED A RABBIT RIGHT HERE.
RYAN GOT A COUPLE OF SHOTS BUT IT'S REALLY THICK.
WE GOT A SHOT BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY GOT THE RABBIT OR NOT.
>> I THINK I KILLED THAT RABBIT YOUR DOG IS ON.
>> WE GOT THAT RABBIT DOWN.
>> I MISSED IT WEBBED UP THE HILL AND I THINK YOUR DAD GOT IT.
>> YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO SHOOT ALL THE SHELLS.
YOU JUST SHOT ONE.
>> I KNOW.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO OUTDO MY SON BECAUSE HE EMPTIED EVERYTHING HE HAD.
>> YOU DID A GOOD JOB.
THERE IT LAYS, NICE SHOT.
>> THANKS.
>> SEE HOW IT GOES RIGHT HERE THIS IS WHY I HAVE A SON RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS WHY I HAD A SON.
>> TOO BAD WE ARE NOT SWAMP RABBIT HUNTING.
THEY WOULD BE TWO OR THREE TIMES THAT SIZE AND YOU COULD REALLY WEIGH HIM DOWN.
>> THERE HE GOES, THEREY WHOSE!
(GUNSHOTS) HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE!
HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE!
SCOOT 'EM UP!
GET 'EM UP!
(GUNSHOTS).
>> STILL GOING.
>> I'M GON' TELL YOU CHAD, I'M GOING TO PRETEND I DIDN'T SEE THAT.
>> THAT WAS TOO CLOSE COME HERE JOSIE!
>> THIS IS JUST GROWN UP THICK BRIARS AND IT'S PERFECT FOR RABBITS TO ELUDE BIRDS OF PREY.
THINK OF A BIRD TRYING TO SCOOP DOWN AND GET SOMETHING OUT OF THIS, IT WOULD BE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AND A GREAT SPOT TO RAISE YOUNG AND KEEP AWAY FROM COYOTES.
>> GOOD SHOT!
>> GOODBYE BOY!
THEY RAN THAT RABBIT FOUR OR FIVE BRUSH PILES FINALLY GOT 'EM OUT.
>> ONE FOR THE SKILLET.
>> ALL RIGHT!
COMING RIGHT AT YOU, RIGHT AT YOU.
RABBITS WANT TO RUN OVER ME TODAY!
HE SAID RIGHT AT ME AND I'M LOOKING OUT THERE.
HE MEANT RIGHT AT ME, RIGHT HERE HERE HE IS, LOOK, LOOK DEAD, DEAD!
HERE YOU GO.
GOODBYE BOY!
(GUNSHOT).
>> THAT WAS AWESOME!
>> DOGS RAN THIS A COUPLE HUNDRED YARDS, CAME BACK BY ME.
WE GOT 'EM.
TWO SHOTS.
WAS THAT US?
OH MY GOSH, THAT THING RAN FOREVER.
THERE HE GOES THE RABBIT, YOU COULD TELL WAS GETTING TIRED.
WASN'T GOING VERY HARD, BUT OUT IN FRONT OF THE DOGS.
THE DOGS HAVE 20 MILES ON THEM TODAY.
THESE DOGS AFTER 20 MILES, THE TRUCK IS RIGHT HERE, GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT ONE.
I APPRECIATE THE INVITE.
I COULDN'T IMAGINE A BETTER DAY THIS EARLY IN THE RABBIT SEASON TO COME OUT HERE AND RUN DOGS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS.
WE GOT TO DO IT AGAIN.
>> GOOD DAY.
A LOT OF FUN.
>> CROWS ARE ONE OF THE MOST INTELLIGENT BIRDS HERE IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY.
AND HUNTING THEM IS A GREAT WAY TO TEST YOUR OUTDOOR SKILLS.
>> WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
TUCK IN AND SET UP SOME DECOYS AND CALL IN SOME CROWS.
>> I LIKE THIS SET UP.
ROLLING HILLTOP, LOW CEDAR TREES BEHIND US, GOOD COVER TO TUCK IN BEHIND.
WEARING FULL CAMOUFLAGE, FACE MASKS.
WHAT IS NICE ABOUT THE TREES BEING LOW, IF THE BIRDS COME OVER, IF IT WERE TALL HARDWOODS LIKE OAKS, THEY COULD FLY OVER THE TREES AND BE OUT OF RANGE.
IF ANYTHING COMES OVER TODAY, WE SHOULD GET A GOOD SHOT AT IT.
SETTING UP THE DECOYS IN A FEEDING PATTERN, SET THE COLLAR UP IN THE CEDAR TREE AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS HERE.
(BIRDS MAKING ALL KINDS OF NOISE) >> WELL, NOTHING CAME OF THIS SPOT.
FIRST OF THE DAY, BUT WE HAVE PLENTY MORE TO GO CONFIDENT WE CAN GET MORE BIRDS.
>> THIS DIDN'T WERE EITHER, WE HAVE ONE MORE ON THIS FARM WE ARE GOING TRY OUT F. WE DON'T HAVE ANY LUCK WE'LL HEAD OUT TO A WMA AND DO SOME PUBLIC HUNTING.
JUST FINISHED THE LAST SETUP OUT HERE.
WE HAD ONE THAT LOOKED INTERESTED.
THEY DON'T WANT TO PLAY BY THE RULES.
SO WE ARE GOING TO PACK THE TRUCKS UP, HEAD DOWN THE ROAD AND GO TO A WMA AND SEE WHAT THE FLOCKS THERE ARE LIKE.
MAYBE WE'LL HAVE SOME BETTER LUCK.
WE ARE OUT HERE AT THE WMA.
THERE WAS ANOTHER TRUCK AND I HEAR SOME DOGS SO I'M ASSUMING HE IS RUNNING THOSE TRYING TO GET RABBITS.
IT SHOULDN'T AFFECT US.
THIS AREA IS BIG ENOUGH WHERE WE SHOULDN'T AFFECT EACH OTHER.
WE ARE GOING UP THE FIELD TO GET A FEW BIRDS TO COME IN.
(BIRDS CAWING) WE GOT ONE COMING IN OVER HERE.
HE TURNED.
HE'S NOT WANTING TO COME IN.
THERE IS ANOTHER ONE BEHIND HIM.
HE'S COMING IN YEAH HE'S COMING IN.
(GUNSHOT) ALL RIGHT.
WE GOT ONE DOWN STILL A FEW IN THE AREA.
GOING TO LET THIS PLAY OUT, SEE IF WE CAN'T GET A FEW MORE TO COME IN THERE'S ONE BACK HERE.
WE JUST GOT OUR SECOND ONE DOWN I'M GOING TO LOOK FOR HIM FIRST AND LOOK FOR THE OTHER BIRD SHOULD BE RIGHT AROUND HERE THERE HE IS.
GOING TO BE TOUGHER.
WE KNOW RIGHT WHERE THE SECOND ONE IS SO WE'LL GO TRY TO FIND HIM ALL RIGHT.
WEREN'T SURE IF WE WERE GOING TO FIND HIM SINCE CROWS ARE SOLID BLACK, HIGH CONTRAST, EASIER TO SPOT THAN A DOVE WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO SET UP AGAIN AND GET A FEW MORE.
THEY STARTED TO COME IN.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY SAW SOMETHING THEY DIDN'T LIKE OR WHAT, BUT YOU KNOW, CROW HUNTING, IT'S A CHALLENGE.
THEY ARE REALLY SMART BIRDS.
ACTUALLY ONE OF THE FEW BIRDS IN NORTH AMERICA THAT CAN ACTUALLY RECOGNIZE THEIR OWN REFLECTION.
THEY'RE VERY SMART.
WE ARE IN THIS NEW FIELD.
I THINK WE'LL PUT SOME DECOYS ON THE TOP OF THE RIDGE SO BIRDS CAN SEE FROM FARTHER AWAY AND TUCK DOWN HERE AND IT'S LOWER GET THE COLLAR AND THE CALLER AND GET A FEW MORE TO COME IN.
RIGHT HERE, RIGHT HERE.
COMING IN ON THE RIGHT.
(BIRDS CAWING).
>> BEHIND THE TREES I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO COME OUT.
YEAH, HERE WE GO.
(GUN SHOTS) ALL RIGHT.
FRESH SET DID IT.
WE CAME TO THE SECOND FIELD AND ONE RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
BEST PART ABOUT CROW HUNTING, THE ONLY THING YOU NEED IS A HUNTING LICENSE, JUST A STATEWIDE LICENSE.
THERE IS A SEASON ON THEM BUT THERE IS NO LIMIT.
YOU CAN GO ALL DAY AND SURE IS A BLAST.
A LOT OF PEOPLE PROBABLY DON'T KNOW THIS BUT CROWS ARE NEST RAIDERS AND PARTICULARLY HARD ON DUCK EGGS SO AT LEAST WE ARE HELPING OUT THE POPULATION WITH OTHER GAME SPECIES CIRCLING BEHIND US.
IF WE ARE PATIENT, I THINK THEY'LL COME IN HERE WE GO.
I JUST NEED THEM TO CLEAR THE TREES.
GENTLEWOMAN N. GOT A DOUBLE ON THAT ONE THIS IS FUN!
THERE IS ANOTHER ONE COMING IN.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WONDER WHAT IS THE POINT OF GOING CROW HUNTING?
ME PERSONALLY I USE THE PARTS OF THEM FOR COYOTE TRAPPING.
LATER IN THE YEAR, SAVE THE BREAST MEAT AND FEATHERS.
BLACK WING STICKING OUT OF THE HOLE CATCHES THEIR ATTENTION.
GREAT LUCK WITH THAT.
SOME PEOPLE EAT CROW.
I HAVE NEVER TRIED IT.
I'LL LEAVE THAT FOR THE COYOTES AND USE IT AS A DETRACTOR.
>> WINTER CONDITIONS IN COLD WATER CAN BE TOUGH BUT IF YOU LIKE SAUGER FISH, THESE CONDITIONS ARE PERFECT.
SO I GUESS THAT'S AT FRANKFORT POUND, HUH?
>> THAT'S IT.
I'LL LET YOU LEAD THE WAY.
YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO I GUESS THE VERY FIRST THING YOU DO WHEN YOU GO SAUGER FISHING IS YOU LOOK AT HOW MUCH FLOW YOU GOT AND HOW MUCH WEIGHT YOU NEED TO KEEP IT ON THE BOTTOM, RIGHT?
>> RIGHT.
>> THE LAST YEAR IT HAS BEEN HARD TO GET A DATE TO GET ON THE RIVER.
>> WITH SO MUCH RAIN WE'VE HAD, IT'S REALLY CHANGING FROM ONE DAY TO THE NEXT MOST RIVER FISHERMEN KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD DAY WHEN THEY PUT THEIR EYES ON THE WATER WHAT DO YOU THINK TODAY?
>> I LIKE THE COLOR AND THE FLOW.
>> ALL RIGHT.
GOOD.
>> I'M GOING TO START THROWING CURLY TAIL SWIM DATE OR MAYBE A PADDLE TAIL SWIM BAIT ON A QUARTER OUNCE HEAD AND SEE IF I CAN KEEP IT PEGGED TO THE BOTTOM.
MOST IMPORTANT THING TO SAUGER FISHING, KEEP YOUR BAIT ON THE BOTTOM.
IF YOU AIN'T ON THE BOTTOM, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE CATCHING FISH.
I'M FROM BOURBON COUNTY.
I WAS RAISED IN A LITTLE TOWN WE ALL PROBABLY GREW UP ON STONE TREEK AND WHEN WE CAME TO FRANKFORT, THAT'S WE CAME TO A BIGGER BODY OF WATER.
WHOEVER CATCHES THE FIRST FISH DOESN'T HAVE TO BUY LUNCH.
>> OKAY.
>> WE ARE GON' STARVE.
THERE HE IS.
MAYBE THEY'RE MOVING IN.
NICE ONE, TOO.
VERY NICE.
>> THAT'S A NICE ONE.
>> THAT WAS A NICE, NICE-- THAT'S A SAUGER, TOO, ISN'T IT?
>> SURE IS.
>> BOY HE'S HEALTHY.
>> THAT'S A NICE LOOKING FISH.
>> THERE WAS A BARGE PARKED WHEN WE FIRST GOT HERE AND WHEN THE BARGE MOVED, THE WATER CONDITIONS CHANGED AND IT'S FINALLY SETTLING BACK OUT.
>> HE WAS CLOSE TO THE BANK, TOO.
PROBABLY WASN'T ABOUT 15-FOOT OUT.
>> LOOK HOW HEALTHY IT IS.
>> I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, WHEN IT COMES TO TABLE FARE, THERE IS A FISH YOU WOULD RATHER HAVE THAN THAT?
>> NO.
HARD TO BEAT.
>> SO RECENTLY WE HAVE CHANGED THE RULES AND REGULATIONS ON SAUGER, WALLEYE AND HYBRIDS OF THE SPECIES.
THE REASON IT CHANGED, WE WANT TO SEE MORE FISH THIS SIZE.
RIGHT NOW IT'S COMBINED, IF YOU CATCH WALLEYE SAUGER OR SAUG-EYE, 14-INCH LENGTH LIMIT, SIX PER PERSON.
IF YOU GET SIX THAT SIZE, YOU GOT SOMETHING.
THIS IS PRETTY SIMPLE BAIT AND FAIRLY INEXPENSIVE.
A QUARTER OUNCE BALL HEAD WITH A PADDLE TAIL SWIM BAIT ON THERE AND YOU WANT TO KEEP IT SIMPLE BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING LOSE SOME, AREN'T YOU?
>> YOU ARE GOING TO LOSE SOME.
[LAUGHTER] IS I'M GOING TO GUESS THAT FISH IS 18 INCHES.
>> AT LEAST.
>> MAYBE LONGER ALMOST 19 INCHES.
THAT'S A REALLY, REALLY NICE FISH.
>> IF SOMEONE WANTS TO GIVE THIS A TRY, YOU NEED A ROD WITH A LONG CAST, JUST ABOUT 10-POUND TEST LINE AND ANOTHER IMPORTANT THING LOOKING FOR AREAS IN THE BOTTOM WHERE YOU HAVE SOME CURRENT BUT A SPOT WHERE THEY CAN REST UP A BIT.
>> JUST LIKE, AT THE EDGE OF THAT BARRIER, IT CREATES A LITTLE BIT OF AN EDDIE AND THAT'S A GREAT AMBUSH POINT FOR THESE TYPE OF FISH ANYWAY.
>> IT GIVES THEM A BREAK AND PULLS THE BAIT RIGHT TO THEM.
>> BAIT COMES RIGHT TO THEM.
>> YOU ARE NO STRANGER TO FISHING FRANKFORT AND THE RIVER, ARE YOU?
>> NO, I HAVE BEEN FISHING THIS PART 69 RIVER AND ALL THE RIVER IN FRANKFORT HERE FOR ALL MY LIFE PRETTY MUCH.
THIS IS JUST SOMETHING WE ALWAYS DID AS A KID COME DOWN HERE TO FISH.
>> IT'S CLOSE, CONVENIENT.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO CATCH.
>> GOT 'EM?
NICE!
THERE YOU GO!
LOOKS LIKE A PRETTY GOOD ONE.
OH MY GOSH, LOOK AT THAT SAUGER!
LOOK AT THAT HERE' WHAT YOU CAUGHT IT ON BASS PRO WITH A LEAD HEAD ON IT.
NICE FISH.
LOOK HOW HEALTHY AND THICK THIS IS.
>> THIS IS AN EATING FISH.
>> THIS IS A TROPHY FISH.
>> DEFINITELY.
>> BEAUTIFUL FISH.
20 PLUS INCH FISH AND YOU HAVE A NEAR 19-INCH FISH IN THERE.
TWO FISH MAKE A MESS.
>> MAN THEY'RE STRONG, ANT THEY?
REAR RIGHT AT 20 INCHES ON THIS ONE ABOUT AN INCH LONGER THAN LAST ONE COME DOWN HERE AND CATCH ONE OR TWO YOU HAVE A MESS OF FISH.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FISH OUT HERE OFF THE BANK.
A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THERE IS NO CHANCE YOU ARE GOING TO CATCH A TROPHY FISH OFF THE BANK SITTING RIGHT HERE IN DOWNTOWN FRANKFORT, NOT LIKE WE TRAVELED TO DEEP EXTREME WHERE THERE IS NO PRESSURE.
>> ABOUT TWO MILES FROM THE HOUSE.
>> TWO MILES FROM THE HOUSE, COME DOWN HERE AND CATCH A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL FISH LIKE THIS YOU SAID IT PORTFOLIOLY IF YOU ARE A PERSON, YOU HAVE AN HOUR OR TWO AFTER WORK AND YOU DON'T WANT TO MESS WITH THE BOAT YOU CAN RUN DOWN HERE ON THE EDGE OF THE BANK AND MAKE A COUPLE OF CASTS.
>> THAT'S WHAT'S HERE.
YEP.
>> I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, I THINK OUR DAY IS GOING TO GET CUT SHORT.
IT'S GOING TO START RAINING BUT CONSIDERING JUST SPENDING SOME TIME, CATCHING TROPHY FISH, IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER, DOES IT?
>> NOT AT ALL.
>> OF ALL THE GAME FISH SPECIES WE HAVE IN THE STATE, THESE, IN MY OPINION, ARE SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL.
THEY GOT THAT REAL DISTINCTIVE REAL FLAT NOSE AND THEY GET IN THESE AREAS AND THEY CAN CUT THE WATER.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS HAVING US OUT.
WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT RIGHT HERE IN DOWNTOWN FRANKFORT YOU CAN WALK DOWN AND CATCH A COUPLE TROPHY FISH.
>> GOOD KEPT SECRET BUT I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO GET OUT NOW.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU GOT TWO REALLY NICE ONES TODAY AND YOU KNOW WHAT, I'LL BE BACK?
>> CERTAINLY.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL AUTOY GET OUT AND DO SOMETHING ELSE SOMETIME.
ANY TIME.
>> APPRECIATE IT,.
>> THANK YOU, BILL FOR ASKING US TO COME WITH YOU.
NOW LET'S CHECK IN AND SEE WHO ELSE HAS BEEN OUT HAVING FUN IN THIS WEEK'S ONES THAT DIDN'T GET AWAY.
>> BROTHERS LANDON AND EASTON BOTH TOOK NICE DEER FROM HARRISON COUNTY.
NICE JOB, BOYS.
10 POINT BUCK IN ALEXANDRIA IN CAMPBELL COUNTY, KENTUCKY.
NICE DEER.
CHECK OUT THIS SMILE ON SAVANNAH HILLMAN WHO CAUGHT THIS NICE CRAPPIE AT TAYLORSVILLE LAKE FISHING WITH HER GRANDPA.
REX WARD TOOK THIS NICE EIGHT-POINT BUCK.
I LOVE THESE YOUNG PEOPLE OF YOUNG PEOPLE RABBIT HUNTING, ISAAC WARD 10 YEARS OLD WITH HIS FIRST RABBIT IN MARTIN COUNTY.
HERE WE HAVE DINA WITH HER NICE 11 POINT BUCK DURING MODERN GUN SEASON.
CONGRATULATIONS.
LIBBY AND TODD THIS IS LIBBY'S FIRST BUCK EVER TAKEN DURING MODERN GUN SEASON.
CONGRATULATIONS.
HERE WE HAVE KALEB WITH A NICE TURKEY HE TOOK DURING THE FALL TURKEY SEASON.
KALEB IS ALSO A CANCER SURVIVOR.
NICE JOB.
CHECK OUT THE SMILE ON NINE-YEAR-OLD AMELIA WITH HER NICE 8-POINT BUCK THAT WAS TAKEN IN MARION COUNTY.
NICE JOB.
HERE WE HAVE 13-YEAR-OLD DYLAN TRENT WITH HIS FIRST DEER, NICE 9-POINT BUCK TAKE ENIN CLARK COUNTY KENTUCKY.
HERE WE HAVE 13-YEAR-OLD JACK THOMAS OF SHEPHERDVILLE KENTUCKY WHO TOOK HIS VERY FIRST DEER, NICE BUCK IN BRECKENRIDGE COUNTY.
SAM FISHER OF MIDWAY KENTUCKY TOOK THIS NICE BUCK WITH A BOW AND ARROW ON PRIVATE LAND IN TRIG COUNTY.
NICE JOB.
HERE A KENTUCKY AFIELD, WE WANT TO WISH YOU A VERY HAPPY 2022.
WE ARE MAKING EXCITING PLANS FOR GREAT OUTDOOR ADVENTURES AND WE HOPE YOU ARE DOING THE SAME.
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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