>> WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.

THERE YOU GO.

>> THIS WEEK ON KENTUCKY AFIELD... WE'RE' HEADED TO FAR WESTERN KENTUCKY TO SQUIRREL HUNT ALONGSIDE SOME FELLAS WHO HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR QUITE A WHILE.

NEARLY 80 YEARS.

NEXT... WINTER IS A GREAT TIME TO GET OUT AND CATCH BIG BASS.

>> NICE ONE.

>> AND THE FLOATING FLY MIGHT BE ONE OF THE BEST METHODS YOU CAN USE.

THEN... WE ARE HUNTING PUBLIC LAND FOR PHEASANT AND QUAIL.

IT'S ALL NEXT ON KENTUCKY AFIELD... 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.

IF YOU LOVE SQUIRREL HUNTING YOU KNOW IT PROVIDES AN EXCITEMENT THAT YOU CANNOT OUTGROW.

WE ARE DOWN HERE IN TRIG COUNTY GETTING READY TO DO SOMETHING I DON'T GET TO DO AS MUCH AS I LIKE BUT IT'S ALWAYS A BLAST AND THAT IS SQUIRREL HUNTING WITH DOGS.

SO YOU GUYS BROUGHT US DOWN HERE AND YOU GOT A BIG PIECE OF PROPERTY HERE THAT'S GOT A BUNCH OF WILDLIFE ON IT, AND YOU BROUGHT SOME DOGS WITH YOU.

WHAT TYPE OF DOGS DID YOU BRING?

>> FIS FEIS.

THEY WERE BREAD TO DO, SQUIRREL HUNTING.

>> THEY'LL TREE OTHER GAME BUT MAINLY SQUIRREL.

>> THIS IS A PIECE OF PROPERTY YOU OWN AND YOU HAVE BEEN SQUIRREL HUNTING FOR A LONG TIME.

WHAT MAKES HUNTING WITH A DOG SO MUCH MORE EXCITING?

>> YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN SOMETIMES IT'S CHICKENS SOMETIMES IT'S FEATHERS.

>> HOW MANY DOG DOZEN WE HAVE TODAY?

>> THREE.

>> THEY'RE ALL MOUNTAIN FEISTS.

>> LET'S GO MEET YOUR DOGS AND PUT THEM ON THE GROUND.

>> ALL RIGHT.

(DOGS BARKING).

>> YOU NOTICE THIS IS A DIFFERENT STYLE OF HUNTING.

THIS HILLSIDE IS KIND OF ROLLING AND THE TRAIN IS ROLLING SO WHAT THEY LIKE TO DO IS TO LET THE DOGS OUT ONE AT A TIME, LET THE DOGS HUNT OUT IN FRONT OF THEM AND THEY FOLLOW BEHIND IN THE A.T.F., IT MAKES FOR A PRETTY CASUAL DAY FOR SQUIRREL HUNTING.

THEY FOLLOW IN THE ATV.

ROSIE HAS ONE TREED.

TWO SQUIRREL RIGHT HERE.

YOU ARE GOING TO TAKE THE BOTTOM ONE?

>> WHENEVER YOU'RE READY?

(GUNSHOT).

>> THERE YOU GO.

GREAT SHOT.

THERE THEY GO.

LET'S WALK UP AND SEE WAS WE GOT.

>> THANK YOU, DARLING.

THAT WAS A GOOD SHOT.

BOTH OF YOU RAN OVER HERE AND GRABBED ONE OF THESE SQUIRREL.

I DON'T KNOW IF SHE GOT THE FIRST ONE OR SECOND ONE BUT I FOUND SOME BLOOD.

YEP.

THERE YOU GO.

THAT'S HOW IT'S DONE RIGHT THERE.

>> I WAS BORN IN THE TENT IN A SAW MILL IN 1938 AND I STARTED SQUIRREL HUNTING WHEN I WAS FIVE AND WE WEREN'T SPORT HUNTING.

WE WERE HUNTING TO EAT.

>> OH YEAH SO WE KILLED WHENEVER OUR PARENTS WANTED TO COOK OUR MEAL.

SO THAT'S THE WAY I STARTED SQUIRREL HUNTING BEEN DOING IT EVER SINCE YOU CAN YOU IMAGINE TURNING A FIVE-YEAR-OLD LOOSE WITH A .22 TO KILL.

>> IT WAS A DIFFERENT TIME AND PLACE.

YOU DID IT OUT OF NECESSITY, TOO.

>> TREE WON'T HOLD STILL FOR ME TO SHOOT.

GOOD JOB.

BRING IT HERE.

THERE YOU GO.

NICE SHOT.

THAT DOG DID A GREAT JOB.

>> I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS GIVING ME A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ABOUT SQUIRREL HUNTING TODAY.

WE TALKED ABOUT SQUIRREL HUNTING FROM THE TIME YOU WAS FIVE YEARS OLD.

UNFORTUNATELY THE WEATHER DIDN'T COOPERATE FOR US DID IT.

>> IT'S GOT A MIND OF ITS OWN.

>> YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THERE IS A TON OF SQUIRREL WHERE WE HUNTED AND THE DOGS DID REALLY GOOD CONSIDERING THE SITUATION, BUT WE START OR DEALING WITH THESE WIND GUSTS OF 20, 25, 30 MILES PER HOUR.

THEY DECIDED TO HOLD UP ON US, I THINK.

I REALLY LIKE WATCHING HOW YOU GUYS HAVE USED SOME OF THE MODERN DAY TECHNOLOGIES OF THE GPS AND THE ATV AND KEPT YOU OUT HERE CHASING THE SQUIRREL UP AND DOWN THE HILLSIDES.

YOU DON'T SEE ANY END TO THIS GAME, DO YOU?

YOU ARE GOING TO KEEP GOING AREN'T YOU?

>> AS LONG AS I CAN.

>> I APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT HERE AND BRINGING YOUR DOGS AND TAKING US ON THIS HUNT.

>> YOU ARE VERY WELCOME.

WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING, TOO.

IT'S BEEN A LOT OF FUN.

HOPEFULLY MOTHER NATURE WILL COOPERATE AND WE'LL HAVE A BETTER HUNT.

>> OKAY.

THANK YOU GUYS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> COLD WEATHER SMALL MOUTH FISHING CAN BE EXTREMELY PRODUCTIVE AND ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING WAYS TO LAND ONE OF THESE FISH IS ON A FLY ROD.

>> WE HAVE BEEN COMING DOWN HERE FOR HOW MANY YEARS.

>> I HAVE BEEN COMING HERE SINCE 1979.

I WAS A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL WHEN I STARTED COMING OVER HERE.

>> AND GUIDING OVER HERE FOR HOW LONG?

>> 13 TO 14 YEARS, I CAN'T REMEMBER.

>> MOST PEOPLE KNOW YOU, YOU ARE A NIGHT TIME GUY.

YOU LOVE TO NIGHT TIME FISH.

THIS TIME OF YEAR IT'S COLD ENOUGH DURING THE DAY YOU DON'T NEED TO GO OUT AT NIGHT, DO YOU?

>> IT'S DANGEROUS TO BE OUT AT NIGHT.

I HAVE FISHED THIS TIME OF YEAR AT NIGHT.

BUT I WAS YOUNGER.

A LOT YOUNGER.

NO, IT'S DANGEROUS TO BE OUT THERE.

I DON'T WANT-- I WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO TOMORROW IF I CAN.

>> THIS IS THE TECHNIQUE THAT YOU HAVE PICKED UP FOR YOUR WINTER TIME FISHING THAT YOU REALLY ENJOY AND YOU HAVE PERFECTED IT.

>> THERE ARE OTHER THINGS I DO ALSO THAT I REALLY ENJOY, BUT THIS RIGHT HERE, IT'S FUN.

YOU GET EVERY OUNCE OF FIGHT OUT OF A FISH.

FOR SOMEONE WHO ENJOYS FLOATING FLY METHOD LIKE YOU DO, THIS IS AN IDEAL WINTER.

YOU WANT IT COLD DON'T YOU?

>> YOU CAN'T ASK FOR ANY BETTER THAN WHAT WE'VE HAD THIS YEAR.

AS FAR AS THE FISH DOING WHAT YOU NEED THEM TO DO TO CATCH THEM ON A FLOAT, BUT IT HAS BEEN TOUGH AS FAR AS GETTING OUT HERE.

I'M OLD AND CRANKY AND I DON'T CARE NOTHING ABOUT FISHING IN THAT REAL COLD WEATHER.

I CAN'T DO IT.

>> I'LL TELL WHAT YOU.

>> THERE HAVE BEEN SOME PEOPLE OUT HERE THOUGH WHEN IT WAS IN THE LOW TEENS AND STUFF, AND MY HAT IS OFF TO THEM, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO DO IT.

>> I'VE SEEN ENOUGH PICTURES OF YOU SO FAR THIS YEAR TO KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN ON SOME FISH.

AND BIG ONES.

>> THIS IS THE METHOD THAT CATCHES GOOD FISH.

I'VE HAD TWO OVER SIX POUNDS ON FLOATING FLY.

>> WHEN SOMEONE HEARS THAT YOU ARE THROWING A BAIT THAT SMALL AND YOU HEAR YOU ARE CATCHING SIX POUND FISH, THEY HAVE TO SEE IT TO BELIEVE IT BUT I'VE SEEN IT AND I SEE PEOPLE CATCHING THEM.

BAIT SMALLER THAN THAT WILL CATCH 'EM.

>> FOR SURE.

>> A LITTLE MORE.

>> THAT'S PLENTY.

>> THERE WE GO.

ON THIS SIDE.

THERE WE GO.

THEY'RE STILL WANTING TO COME TO THE TOP OF THE WATER.

>> FREEZING COLD OUTSIDE AND THEY'RE COMING UP HERE TO JUMP.

>> WATCH 'EM, HE'S GON' COME UP HERE AND JUMP.

BEAUTIFUL FISH.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, ONCE THAT GETS IN YOUR BLOOD THERE, DOESN'T IT?

ARE.

>> YEAH.

>> THERE WE G. BIG OL' FISH LIKE THAT, BIG OL' THICK FAT HEALTHY FISH LIKE THAT.

>> ON A NINE FOOT BUGGY WHIP.

>> LOOK AT THAT.

THAT'S A GOOD ONE.

YOU THINK HE WANTED IT RIGHT IN THE ROOF OF THE MOUTH?

>> HE'LL EAT THAT ONE.

>> A LITTLE OVER 20.

>> THAT'S ABOUT 20 INCHES I'M GOING TO GUESS.

THAT'S A GOOD FISH.

GOOD THICK HEALTHY FISH.

THAT FISH WEIGHS FOUR AND A HALF.

FOUR AND A HALF POUNDS.

GOOD SOLID 20-INCHER.

>> THAT'S A GOOD ONE.

GOOD WAY TO GET STARTED.

GOT 'EM?

>> THERE YOU GO.

Mr. CHAD.

THIS IS WHERE IT GETS PRETTY EXCITING.

YOU GET A FISH THIS SIZE ON A BIG OL' LONG ROD LIKE THIS, DOUBLED OVER.

>> NOT TOO HARD.

REMEMBER IT'S A LITTLE HOOK.

>> WE DON'T NEED TO PULL IT OUT DO WE.

>> GAME OVER.

COME UP.

THAT'S A LARGE MOUTH.

CATCHING ALL KINDS OF FISH.

I WOULD HAVE NEVER DREAMED OF A LARGE MOUTH BEING ON THE RIVER LIKE THAT BUT THEY DO CRAZY THINGS DON'T THEY HE LOOKS LIKE HE HAS BEEN EATING, TOO.

WE CAME OUT TO CATCH BROWN, BUT IT'S A POOL DAY.

IT WAS FUN.

GET THAT ROD, BENT THAT READY GOOD HERE WE GO.

OH MAN, I THOUGHT HE COME OFF THERE.

HE GRIPPED THE HANDLE OUT OF MY HAND.

GOOD FISH RIGHT THERE.

THERE'S WHAT WE COME LOOKING FOR RIGHT THERE.

YOU TAKE A FISH LIKE THAT ON A FINE FOOT ROD OR NINE AND A HALF FOOD ROD AND HAVE IT BENT OVER LIKE THAT FIGHTING, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, YOU GOT YOUR HANDS FULL.

>> THAT'S A PRETTY FISH RIGHT THERE.

>> THAT'S A GOOD FISH.

>> LOOK AT THE TAIL ON THAT FISH.

>> THAT'S WHERE THEY GET THEIR POWER.

WHETHER OR NOT WE GOT HERE IS BRAID.

HE HAS LONGEVITY AND CASTABILITY AND IS USER FRIENDLY.

WE HAVE TO GO WITH A THREE WAY SWIVEL.

HAVE YOU TO WRAP YOUR LINE ON THE BOBBER AND THEN IT HAS A TENDENCY TO NOT WANT TO STAY IN THE SAME PLACE.

SEE HOW EASY IT SLIDES UP AND DOWN.

I CAN'T USE THE BOBBER FOR THAT REASON.

THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE THREE WAY SWIVEL.

THE THREE WAY SWIVEL IS SIMPLY JUST THAT.

YOU TIED ON TO ONE.

YOU TAKE AND PUT YOUR AND THE THIRD ONE IS SIMPLY YOUR LEADER.

>> RIGHT, AND I'M GOING TO USE FLUOROCARBON FOR MY LEADER THERE AND I USE EIGHT POUND TEST.

SO THERE YOU GOT ONE LEFT.

>> RIGHT.

>> AND YOU TAKE YOUR LEADER OFF HERE AND YOU ARE GOING SOMEWHERE BETWEEN NINE AND 12-FOOT.

>> I LIKE 10 AND A HALF, 11.

THAT'S ME.

>> NOW WE'VE GOT THE BAITS.

>> HERE COMES THE WHOLE HOST OF OPTIONS THAT YOU'VE GOT HERE.

>> ENDLESS REALLY.

I MEAN YOU CAN USE ANYTHING THAT IMITATES A MINNOW.

THIS IS THE CLASSIC FLOAT AND FLY.

IT IS A CRAFT HAIR FLY.

YOU'VE GOT THE HAIR, YOU'VE GOT THE DUCK, AND THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT I USE.

AND IT'S JUST THE PLASTIC MINNOW.

AND THEY'RE ALL 16-OUNCE AND THAT'S ALL YOU NEED FOR THAT LITTLE BAIT TO DANGLE UNDER NEED THAT FLOAT.

>> THIS IS WHAT WE CAUGHT THEM ON TODAY.

WE PROBABLY COULD HAVE CAUGHT THEM ON WHATEVER.

>> RIGHT.

>> THIS JUST SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE BIT EASIER.

IT'S THE NEW WAVE OF FISHING FLOAT AND FLY NOW.

IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.

A BIG SECRET FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

IT'S NO SECRET ANYMORE.

WE ARE TRYING TO IMITATE A MINNOW.

WHAT LOOKS TO YOU MORE LIKE A MINNOW?

>> I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, IT'S A TECHNIQUE THAT IS FANTASTIC FOR COLD WATER.

IT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

IF YOU THOUGHT YOU KNOW WHAT, I NEED SOMETHING I WANT SOME CONFIDENCE AND I WANT TO GET INTO WINTER TIME FISHING THIS IS A REALLY GOOD WAY TO GET CONFIDENCE TO CATCH SOME FISH IN THE MINUTER BUT THERE ARE A MULTITUDE WAYS OF CATCHING.

FLOAT AND FLY IS ONE WAY TO DO IT.

>> EXACTLY.

AND THE FLOAT AND FLY WILL BRING THE KID OUT IN YOU.

>> IT'S A LOT OF FUN.

>> I REALLY ENJOYED BEING OUT IN THE BOAT WITH YOU TODAY.

I APPRECIATE YOU SHOWING US HOW TO TIE THE FLY UP, HOW TO PRESENT IT AND HEY, IT WORKS.

>> YEAH, I WAS LUCKY.

>> THANK YOU.

>> I APPRECIATE IT.

>> MY PLEASURE.

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN AN UPLAND BIRD HUNT?

MAYBE ONE OF OUR QUOTA WMA HUNTS IS FOR YOU.

>> WMA HERE ON THE P QUAIL QUOTA HUNT.

IN THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY TOWARDS THE RIVER ON THE UPPER UNIT.

WE ARE HUNTING IN A NATIVE GRASS FIELD, TRYING TO FIND QUAIL OR POSSIBILITY OF GROUSE.

>> WEATHER WOULD STAY LIKE THIS ALL DAY, WE WOULD BE IN GOOD SHAPE.

PRIME TIME.

>> OF COURSE I WOULD BE FEEDING RIGHT ABOUT NOW.

>> HOW BIG THIS IS WMA AGAIN?

>> IT'S SOMEWHERE AROUND 9,000 ACRES.

>> OKAY.

AND WHAT PERCENTAGE OF OPEN LAND?

>> 20% OPEN, 80% FORESTED.

>> COME ON DOGS.

COME ON, HEY, DOWN HERE.

DOWN THIS WAY.

I'M JACOB STEWART, THE MANAGER AT CLAY WMA.

HUNTING WITH ME IS BEN ROBINSON, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE WILDLIFE DIVISION AND ZACH JENNINGS OUR GROUSE AND TURKEY COORDINATOR.

THERE IS A HUNTER WHO CAME AROUND AND HIS DOG WAS POINTED RIGHT THERE BY THAT TREE.

HE WAS HOLDING TIGHT.

IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.

HUNTER COMES AROUND BEHIND HIM, PUSHES THE BIRD, ABOUT 10 YARDS AWAY.

BOOM, BOOM.

BIRD FLIES OFF.

IT WAS TERRIBLE.

YOU REMEMBER THAT ZACH?

YOU REMEMBER THAT ZACH?

>> DO WE KNOW THAT HUNTER?

>> YOU REMEMBER THAT HUNTER?

>> DO YOU REMEMBER THAT ZACH?

>> PHEASANT HUNT.

FESS ACT FLIES, PHEASANT FLIES LANDS IN THE TREE ACROSS THE ROAD, BOOM, SOMEBODY ELSE SHOOTS THE BIRD.

>> THANKS FOR POINTING THAT OUT.

>> NO WORRIES.

I SHOT SO FEW WILD QUAIL THIS YEAR, WHEN WE DO GET SOMETHING UP, I'LL PROBABLY BE 10 FEET BEHIND HIM.

>> THE QUOTA HUNT HAS 12 UNITS, THREE HUNTERS PER PARTY.

I SEE HUNTERS WAY OVER ON THE OTHER TOP OF THE HILL WAY OVER THERE.

I GOT YOU NOW.

I SEE 'EM.

OKAY.

WE GOT 'EM BOTH POINTED.

(GUNSHOT) >> NO WILLIE, NO WILLIE.

GOOD BOY!

GOOD BOY.

>> WE ARE WHAT A WEEK PAST THE PHEASANT HUNT ON THIS WMA.

THE PHEASANT HUNT IS A PUT AND TAKE HUNT THAT WE HAVE HERE IN CLAY WMA.

WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR OH SOMEWHERE AROUND 17 YEARS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO HUNT AND PUT OUT, YOU KNOW, 420 BIRDS AND HAVE 70 HUNTERS FOR THREE DAYS COME OUT AND SHOOT.

>> ROOSTER!

>> WE ARE IN THE CLEANUP PERIOD FROM NOW UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR, AND WE'VE GOTTEN TWO OR THREE ON THIS QUAIL QUOTA HUNT.

>> THAT WAS A BEAUTIFUL ROOSTER.

>> PUT FORTH WITH THE MISSION TO MANAGE THE HABITAT ON HERE TO MAKE IT SUITABLE FOR GOOD HUNTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME AND ENJOY THEMSELVES AND HOPEFULLY ENCOUNTER GAME AND HAVE A GOOD ENJOYABLE HUNT.

THIS IS A PRETTY GROUSEY LITTLE EDGE IT LOOKS LIKE.

I CAN SEE GROUSE BEING IN THERE.

THIS IS ONE OF THE ANNUAL FOOD PLOTS THAT THEY PLANT AND THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS THE BEST PLACES TO HUNT HONESTLY.

THE BIGGER VALUE FOR QUAIL MANAGEMENT IS THE GROUND DISTURBANCE.

SO JACOB WILL COME IN HERE AND HE'LL PLANT THIS THIS YEAR BUT LEAVE IT ALONE FOR A YEAR OR TWO AND A LOT OF JUST NATURAL PLANTS WILL COME BACK, RAGWEEDS, THINGS THAT STICK TO YOUR HUNTING PANTS.

THAT'S THE STUFF THAT QUAIL REALLY LOVE THE BIGGER BENEFIT IS GOING TO COME NEXT YEAR WHEN THIS STARTS TO COME BACK.

>> I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY KEEP GOING STRAIGHT AHEAD AND HIT THAT CREEK.

LOOK FOR BLUE UP THERE.

HE SAYS HE'S ON POINT IN FRONT OF YOU.

>> HE IS IN FRONT OF ME.

>> IS HE POINTING?

>> YEP.

NOT SURE THERE ARE ANY BIRDS IN HERE THOUGH SHE HAD HER HEAD UP.

SHE IS SO TIRED I DIDN'T GIVE HER ENOUGH CREDIT.

>> WANT ME TO COME OVER THERE AND CHASE 'EM.

>> WE PROBABLY SHOULD.

HOW MANY WERE THERE?

>> I'D SAY THERE WERE AT LEAST 10 BIRDS.

>> NEXT YEAR WE WON'T HAVE A QUOTA HUNT.

NEXT YEAR THE CLAY WMA IS GOING TO BE OPEN TO GROUSE AND QUAIL TWO DAYS A WEEK, MONDAYS AND SATURDAYS.

>> EASY DOG.

>> THAT'S WHERE THEY WENT, ZACH.

AS OF RIGHT NOW THE COMMISSION ALLOWED THAT FOR MORE HUNTING.

THEY PASSED THAT.

(GUNSHOT).

>> SUCKER HELD TIGHT.

>> THIS IS PROBABLY WHERE THE BIRDS HAVE BEEN ALL DAY WAS IN THIS WOODY COVER.

WE HAVEN'T BEEN FINDING THEM IN THE GRASS.

A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE OVERLOOK THIS STUFF.

THEY DON'T HUNT IN HERE.

>> YOU ARE LOOKING AT 16 DAYS WORTH OF BEING ABLE TO COME HERE AND CHASE QUAIL AND GROUSE.

>> STOPPING DECEMBER 31, WE ARE CUTTING IT OFF WHEN WINTER WILL GET SEVERE AND HAWK MIGRATION, THAT KIND OF THING.

YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF BIRDS TAKEN NATURALLY.

SO IT'S WHY WE ARE TRYING TO BE CONSERVATIVE ON AN AREA THAT FOCUSES ON MANAGEMENT, IS THAT RIGHT.

>> YEAH, BECAUSE THIS IS BOTH A QUAIL AND GROUSE AREA SO IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE, YOU KNOW, TRY NOT TO MAKE HUNTING PRESSURE ADDED.

>> GROUSE HUNTING IN HERE.

YOU SHOOT A TREE EVERY TIME YOU SHOOT AT A BIRD.

>> GOOD BOY.

>> I'D SAY PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO EMULATE OUR KIND OF HUNTING PRESSURE.

>> NO, OUR HUNTING PRESSURE IS NO-- IS NOT REALLY PRESSURE AT ALL.

>> WE JUST KEEP THE BIRDS EXERCISED.

>> OKAY.

WE GOT 'EM BOTH POINTED 50 YARDS.

>> THIS WAY?

>> YEP.

>> TOWARD THAT TALL TREE.

>> BOTH OF THEM.

>> EASY WILLIE.

>> THEY'RE BOTH POINTING YOUR WAY.

>> EASY WILLIE.

WHOA.

THERE THEY GO.

GOOD LORD, LOOK AT THEM CLIMB.

THEY'RE STILL CLIMBING.

WOW!

GOOD DOGS!

>> THAT WAS A NICE COVEY RIGHT THERE.

>> IT SURE WAS.

>> MAN, THERE WERE A BURCH OF BIRDS IN THERE.

-- A BUNCH OF BIRDS IN THERE.

>> THAT WAS PRETTY.

IT WAS SO FAR OUT AND IT WAS IN THERE.

THERE WAS NO WAY I WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO PICK OUT A BIRD.

THAT'S JUST-- I MEAN LOOK WHERE THEY ARE RIGHT HERE ON THE EDGE.

NATIVE GRASSES, BRIARS AND INTO THE WOODS ACROSS THE DRAW.

BELIEVE AIN'T THIS FUN?

>> IT'S A BLAST.

NOTHING BETTER THAN A DAY BEHIND BIRD DOG AND JUST WATCHING THEM WORK.

>> WE SURE HAD FUN WITH IT.

>> SURE DID.

>> THIS IS JUST ONE OF THOSE DAYS YOU LOOK FORWARD TO ALL YEAR.

>> ALL YEAR.

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

>> CHECK OUT 7-YEAR-OLD BRADEN JACKSON WITH HIS FIRST DEER EVER, SUPER WIDE BUCK THAT HE TOOK ON HIS PAPAW'S PROPERTY IN GRAYSON COUNTY.

HERE WE HAVE 10-YEAR-OLD TAELIN WHO KILLED AN 8 POINT BUCK WHO ONLY HAD THREE LEGS.

TAKE ENIN WEBSTER COUNTY.

HERE WE HAVE LAURA ROSE WITH A NICE LARGE MOUTH BASS CAUGHT IN A FARM POND SHELBY COUNTY.

SHE LOVES KENTUCKY AFIELD.

NICE FISH.

BRYSON WITH A NICE SEVEN-POINT BUCK.

THIS WAS HIS VERY FIRST BUCK EVER AND HE TOOK IT ON HIS PAPAW'S FARM.

NICE JOB.

CHECK OUT THE BEAUTIFUL COLOR OF THIS NICE SMALL MOUTH BASS CAUGHT BY JADEN, JADEN CAUGHT THIS IN BULL IT COUNTY.

BIGGEST SMALL MOUTH BASS EVER CHECK OUT THIS FROM CHRIS PAYTON CAUGHT BY USING A BLUEGILL AS BAIT IN THE KENTUCKY RIVER.

HERE WE HAVE MAKENNA WITH HER FIRST DEER EVER, A NICE BUCK TAKEN ON THE LAST DAY OF MUZZLE LOADING SEASON FAKE ENIN CALIFORNIA, KENTUCKY.

CONGRATULATIONS MAKENNA.

HERE WE HAVE JIM WILL WILLIAMSON.

HE CAUGHT THESE TWO NICE STRIPER AT LAKE CUMBERLAND FISHING WITH LANCE SASSER.

HERE WE HAVE NINE-YEAR-OLD BRIAR PHILLIPS HOLDING HIS FIRST SQUIRREL EVER.

HE SHOT THIS WITH HIS PAPAW'S GUN HUNTING WITH HIS SQUIRREL DOG ROSIE.

NICE JOB.

IF YOU PLAN ON HITTING THE WATER THIS WINTER FOR OUTDOOR RECREATION, MAKE SURE YOU TAKE THE APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS, MAKE SURE YOU WEAR YOUR LIFE JACKET AND TAKE A CHANGE OF CLOTHES JUST IN CASE YOU GET WET.

AND REMEMBER HUNTING AND FISHING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY IS A PRIVILEGE.

ALWAYS ASK PERMISSION AND THANK THE LAND OWNER.

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