
Turkey Hunt; Pond Fishing; Grilled Fish Recipe
Season 38 Episode 23 | 26m 31sVideo has Closed Captions
Opening day of turkey season, pond fishing for bluegill and crappie, and a fish recipe.
We're hunting on the opening day of turkey season; pond fishing for bluegill and crappie; a delicious grilled fish recipe.
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Turkey Hunt; Pond Fishing; Grilled Fish Recipe
Season 38 Episode 23 | 26m 31sVideo has Closed Captions
We're hunting on the opening day of turkey season; pond fishing for bluegill and crappie; a delicious grilled fish recipe.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipAFIELD... TURKEY SEASON IS IN FULL SWING AND WE DIDN'T WAIT LONG TO GET IN THE WOODS.
WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW OUR OPENING DAY HUNT UNFOLDS.
THEN... WE'RE CATCHING AND COOKING BLUEGILL AND CRAPPIE.
IT'S ALL NEXT ON KENTUCKY AFIELD... GOOD ONE THERE.
>> 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.
WE'VE NOW ENTERED THE THIRD WEEKEND IN THE SPRING TURKEY SEASON IN KENTUCKY.
HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE HAD A GREAT SEASON SO FAR.
NOW LET'S LOOK BACK AT OPENING DAY AND SEE HOW WE FAIRED.
WELL, TURKEY SEASON IS ABOUT FIVE DAYS OUT.
THIS IS THE FARM I HAVE HAD A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH, KILLED SEVERAL MATURE BIRDS OUT HERE.
ALTHOUGH THIS MORNING, FIRST DAY IN THE WOODS, THEY THREW ME FOR A LOOP.
NORMALLY WE WOULD SIT OVER HERE ALMOST EVERY SINGLE TIME AND TODAY IS, A COUPLE HUNDRED YARDS THAT WAY.
GOT IN HERE, GOT SET UP.
GOT SET UP AND READY TO GO AND SAT THERE AND LISTENED THIS MORNING AND I DIDN'T HEAR ENOUGH BIRDS TO KEEP ME INTERESTED AND I ACTUALLY HAD A HEN COME IN.
SHE MOVED EXACTLY THE WAY THE BIRDS NORMALLY MOVE.
IT TELLS ME THAT THOSE GOBBLERS ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE DOING THE SAME THING.
BIG WIDE OPEN FIELD AND IT'S GOT A CREEK AND THEY MOVE RIGHT ALONG THE CREEK, USING IT FOR COVER AND THOSE GOBBLERS WILL STRUT AND CARRY ON.
SO I WANTED TO GET A BLIND AS CLOSE TO THIS LITTLE CREEK AS I POSSIBLY COULD AND MY PLAN WOULD BE TO COME IN AND PUT A DECOY UP ON THE RIDGE THAT IS VERY VISIBLE AND HOPEFULLY WITH A LITTLE BIT OF CALLING, THEY DECOY OUT HERE, IF I WAIT THEM OUT, I'LL GET ONE OF THOSE BIRDS THAT'S ROOSTING EITHER BACK HERE WHERE THEY NORMALLY DO OR BACK THERE WHERE HE IS AT NOW TO COME OUT, COME OUT HERE AND STRUT AROUND IN THE FIELD AND GIVE ME A CHANCE.
SO THIS BLIND GIVES ME A LOW LOCATION TO GET IN UNDER THE COVER OF DARKNESS AND WADE OUT RIGHT WHERE THEY WANT TO BE.
>> I'LL TELL YOU WHAT THOUGH, THERE IS NOTHING MORE EXCITING THAN HEARING THOSE TURKEYS GOBBLE.
THIS IS THAT TIME OF YEAR THAT, MAN, YOU START WORKING A BIRD, AND YOU GET THEM COMING YOUR WAY, THERE IS VERY FEW THINGS THAT'S MORE EXCITING THAN THAT.
AND I'M READY TO GET AFTER THEM.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ WELL, IT'S OPENING MORNING OF TURKEY SEASON HERE IN KENTUCKY.
THE DECOYS ARE SET ABOUT 30 YARDS SO TODAY IS GOING TO BE A BIT OF A WAITING GAME.
I'VE DONE CALLING SO FAR.
BIRDS SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMING OFF THE ROOST LITERALLY FIVE, SIX MINUTES AGO.
I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES.
LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
HEY, HEY,.
(WHISPERING) THIS FIELD WE ARE ON, WE ARE AT THE SKINNY PART OF IT AND THAT'S WHERE THEY LIKE TO CROSS.
(STILL WHISPERING) BUT IT'S DOMED WHICH MEANS IF THE BIRDS COME OUT OF THE FIELD ACROSS FROM US, THEY'RE LITERALLY 25 YARDS BEFORE WE CAN SEE THEM SO WE HAVE TO BE READY.
THAT'S JUST WHAT HAPPENED THEY LITERALLY COME STRAIGHT ACROSS THE FIELD.
OF COURSE IT'S TWO HENS NO GOBBLER.
HOPEFULLY IF A BIG MALE TURKEY COMES IN, WE'LL HEAR HIM BEFORE HE IS RIGHT ON TOP OF US.
THAT'S A GOOD SIGN.
WE HAVE BEEN HERE ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF.
MY EXPERIENCE IS STILL THAT THE BIRDS DON'T SHOW UP REAL EARLY.
TYPICALLY IT'S AFTER THEY'VE FLOWN DOWN, HENNED UP, THEN ONCE THEY'RE FINISHED UP WITH THAT, TYPICALLY THE SUN HITS THE FIELD IS WHEN THE BIRDS USUALLY START SHOWING UP.
JUST STARTING TO HIT THIS EDGE OVER HERE.
STILL DARK RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF ME, SO HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT 20, 30 MINUTES WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE THE SUN ON HERE AND GET THE BUGS OUT AND GET A STRUTTER.
(BIRD SOUNDS) -- (TURKEY SOUNDS) AFTER ABOUT THREE HOURS I HEARD THIS HEN CLUCK SO I CALLED RIGHT TO IT AND IT ANSWERED ME.
NOW THAT HEN IS COMING IN AND IT'S ABOUT 40 YARDS BEHIND US GOING BALLISTIC.
I SEES THE DECOY.
THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT THAT IS NOW IF THERE IS A GOBBLER ABOUT 2 HUPP YARDS AWAY, THAT'S RESPONDING TO HER AND HE IS ON HIS WAY, IT SOUND LIKE 200 YARDS.
AND HOPING THAT SHE, NOT ME, BUT THE HEN CAN CALL THE GOBBLER IN TO CLOSE THE DISTANCE.
EVERY TWO OR THREE MINUTES THAT BIRD GOBBLES AND IT'S GETTING ABOUT 10 OR 15 YARDS CLOSER EVERY TIME.
I'M HOPING THAT WHEN IT GETS 25 YARDS AWAY, IT WILL BE IN THE FIELD AND WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THE DECOYS AND RUN IN.
I SEE HIS HEAD RIGHT NOW.
(TURKEY SOUNDS) THAT BIRD IS ABOUT ANOTHER 20 YARDS OUT.
IF HE SEES THE HEN AND GOES TO THE WOODS, WE WILL HAVE A 50-50 CHANCE.
HE'S COMING ACROSS.
READY?
>> GO FOR IT.
(GUNSHOT) WHAT AN EXCITING TURKEY HUNT.
I HAVE FOREVER BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO USE A HEN.
I LIKE TO GO OVER THERE AND SHAKE HER HAND.
THAT HEN, I CALLED THE HEN IN AND THEN SHE CALLED THIS GOBBLER IN AND ALL I DID WAS GIVE HIM ENOUGH EXCITEMENT TO KEEP HIM OUT IN THE FIELD WHERE I HAD A CHANCE, AND NOT UP IN THE WOODS WHERE THAT HEN IS.
THAT WAS-- I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, THAT WAS QUITE-- QUITE OFTEN WHEN YOU TRY TO COMPETE AGAINST A REAL HEN, YOU DON'T WIN AND I DIDN'T OUT CALL THAT HEN.
WHAT HAPPENED IS I JUST MADE MYSELF EASIER.
I WAS IN BETWEEN THE HEN AND THE BIRD AND WHEN HE SAW THE DECOYS, HE DECIDED HE HAD TO CHECK THEM OUT.
WOW.
THAT WAS AWESOME.
LET'S GO CHECK THIS BIRD OUT.
LOOK AT HER RIGHT THERE.
THIS HEN RIGHT THERE, SHE SAT RIGHT BEHIND ME FOR AN HOUR AND I WOULD CALL AND SHE WOULD CALL AND IT WAS A BATTLE OF BRINGING THAT TURKEY IN.
THIS THING WAS SO FAR AWAY THE FIRST TWO OR THREE TIMES THAT WE THOUGHT WE HEARD IT GOBBLE WASN'T SURE IF IT WAS THE GOBBLER THAT FAR AWAY, 400 YARDS.
I KNEW IF I COULD GET THAT BIRD INTO THIS FIELD AND KEEP IT IN THIS FIELD, IT WOULD MAKE ITS WAY TO MY DECOYS AND SURE ENOUGH, I THINK IF I HAD LET IT GO ANOTHER 8, 10 FEET, I BELIEVE IT WAS GOING TO BEAT THE FIRE OUT OF MY JAKE DECOY.
BUT IN THESE BLINDS, HAVE YOU CERTAIN WINDOWS WHERE YOU CAN SHOOT AND IT WAS GETTING RIGHT TO THE EDGE OF MY WINDOW SO I HAD TO PULL THE TRIGGER.
LET'S CHECK IT OUT.
PLAN, OPENING MAN, OPENING MORNING, SLOW AS IT COULD BE FOR ME, DID SEE THOSE HENS.
THEN WAS ABLE TO START WORKING THIS BIRD WITH THE HELP OF A LIVE HEN 40 OR 50 YARDS BEHIND ME.
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL BIRD.
LOOK HOW SHARP THESE HOOKS ARE ON THIS BIRD.
LOOK AT ALL THE COLOR.
NO SURPRISE THAT BEN FRANKLIN WANTED THIS TO BE THE AMERICAN BIRD.
I MEAN IT'S BLUE, RED AND WHITE ALL OVER THE HEAD.
TODAY THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE STYLES OF HUNTING.
EVEN THOUGH WE HAD TO WAIT HIM OUT AND IT WASN'T RUN AND GUN, GETTING A BIRD STRUTTING AND GOBBLING ALL THE WAY, THAT IS ABOUT AS EXCITING AS IT GETS.
I'M SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE THIS BIRD.
HERE IN KENTUCKY, THERE IS NOTHING BETTER THAN HITTING A POND FOR SOME PAN FISH, EXCEPT FOR MAYBE PUTTING THOSE FISH ON THE GRILL.
TODAY SHOULD BE A LOT OF FUN.
I'M OUT HERE WITH MY BROTHER-IN-LAW, LARRY ROGERS AND I HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT THIS POND THAT HE HAS BEEN FISHING FOR LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND HOW MANY CRAPPIE ARE IN THIS POND.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ACRES, SIX, SEVEN ACRES.
IT'S KIND OF SMALL TO HAVE CRAPPIE IN IT BUT YOU SAID IT HAS A HEAVY POPULATION OF CRAPPIE.
BOATED BLACK AND WHITE CRAPPIE.
BOTH BLACK AND WHITE CRAPPIE.
WE SAW THEM COME UP TO THE BANKS VERY ACTIVE THIS TIME OF YEAR, BIG BASS AND BLUEGILL IN THE MIX.
>> I GO TO THE BIOLOGISTS AND THEY SAY IF YOU ARE IN A POND THIS SIZE, TRY NOT TO HAVE WHITE CRAPPIE BECAUSE YOU ARE STARTING TO SEE SOME HINTS BEING STUNTED A LITTLE BIT.
PERFECT WAY TO HANDLE THAT?
GET A ROD AND REEL.
LET'S FILL A SKILLET.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> LET'S MAKE IT HAPPEN.
WHAT HAVE WE GOT HERE?
OH THAT'S A LARGE MOUTH.
A SMALL ONE BUT IT'S A LARGE MOUTH.
I DON'T BELIEVE THIS ONE FIRST OFF IT'S NOT 12 INCHES AND SECOND I DON'T HAVE THE HEART TO PUT A KNIFE TO A LARGE MOUTH.
>> IT NEEDS TO GROW UP A LITTLE BIT.
MAN, LOOK AT THAT BLUEGILL.
THAT'S A GOOD SIZED BLUEGILL.
BIGGER THAN MY HAND.
>> THERE'S ONE.
WHAT HAVE YOU GOT THERE?
>> ANOTHER BLUEGILL.
MAN, LOOK AT THAT.
WE ARE OUT HERE TRYING TO CATCH A MESS OF CRAPPIE BUT BLUEGILL, DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THAT.
MAY END UP KEEPING A COUPLE OF THESE.
>> THERE'S ONE.
GOT ONE.
A BLUEGILL.
>> LOOK AT THAT.
THERE IS NO REASON TO NOT BE TICKLED TO DEATH TO CATCH BLUEGILL THAT SIZE.
SOUNDS GREAT.
ANOTHER BIG BLUEGILL.
LOOK AT THAT.
I'LL TELL YOU ONE THING.
I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW MANY BLUEGILL WE ARE CATCHING JUST THROWING THESE LITTLE CRAPPIE MAGNET JIGS AND THE BLUEGILLS ARE OUT 10, 12 FEET OF WATER.
BLUEGILL.
BLUEGILL ARE A MONTH FROM BUILDING THEIR NEST.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN MERE NOT HUNGRY AND READY TO HEAT.
>> ANOTHER BLUEGILL.
IS THAT FURTHER OFF THE BANK.
>> PROBABLY 15 FEET OFF THE BANK.
>> ANOTHER ONE, THAT IS A LITTLE BIT NICER.
SOME SIZE TO HIM.
>> THERE YOU GO.
BLACK CRAPPIE.
LOOKY THERE.
PROBABLY ABOUT 10 INCHES OR SO.
WHEN THEY GET THICKNESS, THERE IS NOTHING TO EAT RIGHT THERE THAT IS A BIG ONE WE MAY HAVE A CRAPPIE.
IT MAY BE A BASS.
>> BLUE GILL.
A BIG TRICK BY A BLUEGILL THINKING IT WAS A CRAPPIE BECAUSE IT WAS BURNING MY DRAG.
HEALTHY POPULATION OF REALLY BIG BLUEGILL.
WHEN YOU COME OUT HERE WITH SWIM BAITS, A LOT OF TIMES YOU CATCH WHITE BASS ON OR CRAPPIE FISH WITH.
AND YOU CATCH A BIG BLUEGILL ON EVERY CAST.
IF IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE CATCHING FISH ON EVERY CAST, IT'S BECAUSE WE ARE CATCHING FISH ON ALMOST EVERY CAST.
THAT'S NOT NORMALLY THE CASE.
WE COME OUT HERE AND FILM ALL DAY.
IT'S EVERY CAST.
LOOKS LIKE I GOT HIS LITTLE BROTHER.
NOT EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR.
>> TRICK PHOTOGRAPHY.
>> LOOK AT THIS BEAST.
OH MY GOSH.
>> NO.
NO, NOT REALLY.
GOOD ONE THERE.
WHAT A HECK OF A DAY.
>> GREAT DAY.
>> I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY FISH WE CAUGHT BUT WE DECIDED AFTER CATCHING I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF THESE AND THROWING THEM BACK, WAIT A MINUTE MY KIDS HAVE BEEN ON MY CASE FOR THE LAST YEAR ABOUT BRINGING SOME FISH HOME TO EAT AND WE PUT THE HAMMER TO THEM.
>> GREAT DAY OUT HERE.
>> GREAT FISHING.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> WELL SPRING IS THE TIME OF YEAR I CATCH MYSELF BRINGING HOME A LOT OF FISH MY KIDS ARE ALWAYS ON ME TO BRING HOME FISH SO I TRY TO FIND CREATIVE WAYS TO FIND FISH MY KIDS WILL LIKE.
IT'S A LOT OF WORK AND CLEANUP AND WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE HEALTHY OPTIONS.
WHAT I'M GOING TO DO TODAY, A DISH THAT REALLY CAN BE MADE, PREPARED, THE WHOLE NINE YARDS AND CLEANUP IN ABOUT 20s MINUTES.
WHAT WE ARE GOING TO GO DO IS A FISH DISH OVER RICE OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE THIS DISH, YOU ARE GOING TO START OUT BY DOING YOUR RICE FIRST BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME TO BOIL THIS.
ANY TIME OF WHITE RICE WILL WORK FOR THIS.
I LIKE JASMINE OR BASMATI BECAUSE IT REALLY TENDS TO HOLD THE FLAVOR OF THE FISH.
IT'S REALLY MILD AND HOLDS THAT FLAVOR VERY WELL.
I WILL BE HONEST WITH YOU, MY KIDS CAN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE AND FOR SIMPLICITY AND TIME, I'M GOING 90 SECOND VERSION AND WE ARE GOING TO GET THIS READY IN JUST A MINUTE.
BUT FIRST, LET'S GET OUR HANDS WASHED AND GET THE FISH SEASONED AND WE ARE GOING TO GET THEM ON THE GRILL.
ALL RIGHT.
FIRST THING WE ARE GOING TO DO IS MELT SOME BUTTER.
SO IS YOU CAN USE ANY KIND OF BUTTER.
I ACTUALLY LIKE THE TASTE OF THIS BUTTER THAT'S GOT GARLIC, PARMESAN AND BASIL IN IT.
HOW CAN YOU GO WRONG WITH THAT ON FISH.
WE ARE GOING TO TAKE SOME OF THIS AND GET IT IN A CUP.
AND MELT IT IN THE MICROWAVE.
PUT IT IN THIS COFFEE MUG HERE.
PROBABLY BE GOOD.
GOING TO KEEP THAT SPOON BECAUSE I'M GOING TO USE IT AGAIN LATER ON.
PUT THIS IN THE MICROWAVE FOR 20 SECONDS AND GET READY.
I'M GOING TO TAKE MY FISH AND LAY THEM OUT ON A PAN HERE WITH SOME ALUMINUM FOIL AND LAY MY FISH OUT HERE IN SINGLE LAYER, DRIZZLE SOME OF THE BUTTER OVER IT AND PUT SOME SEASONING ON IT.
WE ARE GOING TO KEEP THE SEASONING SUPER SIMPLE.
PROBABLY MY FAVORITE SEASONING FOR ALL TYPES OF WILD GAME AND FISH THIS IS GREEK SEASONING CALLED CAVENDER'S.
AND OF COURSE CREOLE CAJUN SHAKE STYLE SEASONING, CAN'T GO WRONG WITH THIS.
THESE ARE GOING TO BE THE MAIN TWO INGREDIENTS ON TOP OF THE BUTTER THAT HAS GARLIC AND PARMESAN AND BASIL IN IT.
AND WE ARE GOING TO PUT THESE ON THE GRILL AT 425° AND PUT IT OVER A BED OF RICE.
KIDS LOVE THIS DISH AND IT KEEPS THE MESS OUTSIDE AND REALLY SUPER SIMPLE.
SO LAY OUR FISH OUT.
THESE ARE ALL CRAPPIE AND BLUEGILL THAT WERE RECENTLY CAUGHT.
I WORRY ABOUT THEM SLIPPING THROUGH THE GRILL OR DRYING OUT A LITTLE BIT.
SO I LIKE TO PUT THEM ON ALUMINUM FOIL.
WE'LL OWE TAKE THE BUTTER THAT WE MELTED IN THE MICROWAVE AND POUR IT ON THERE.
IT HELPS TO KEEP IT FROM STICKING, TOO AND WHEN THIS IS ALL DONE, I'M GOING TO USE THIS REDUCED BUTTER AND MIX IT IN WITH THE RICE AND IT REALLY MAKES IT DELIVER.
WASH MY HANDS ONE MORE TIME.
I'M GOING TO START OFF GOOD OLD FAITHFUL CAVENDER'S, AND GIVE IT A GENEROUS COAT.
GOING TO COME BACK SOME OF THIS CREOLE SEASONING AND DO THE SAME THING NOW THAT IS PRETTY MUCH READY TO GO.
I LIKE A LITTLE SMOKINESS ON MINE SO I USE A LITTLE BIT OF THIS WHICH FISH MONGER.
I'LL PUT A LITTLE OF THIS ON A COUPLE PIECES I PLAN ON EATING AND GIVES A LITTLE SMOKINESS THAT I THINK IS GREAT ON FISH.
THE GRILL IS HOT.
KEEP IT ON THE GRILL FOR 8 TO 10 MINUTES.
READY TO G. LET'S GET THE FILETS OUT OF THE PAN AND LEAVE THE ALUMINUM FOIL ON THE GRILL.
NOW IS THE TIME TO GO POP THAT IN THE MICROWAVE, GET IT READY.
THESE ARE THIN FILETS.
THEY SMELL LIKE THEY'RE GETTING CLOSE.
LET'S GET THE HEAT CUT OFF, FILETS BACK ON THE PAN AND READY TO SERVE.
WE HAVE KEPT ANY FRYING OUT OF THE HOUSE.
TOTAL OF 15 MINUTE PREP TIME WE ARE READY.
I'LL TAKE THE SPOON AND TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF THIS BUTTER AND SEASONING ON THE FISH AND PUT THAT HERE ON THE BOTTOM ON THIS RICE AND MIX IT IN REAL GOOD.
NOW PUT THE FISH ON.
LET'S GET THE KIDS YOU GUYS READY?
>> YES.
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY VEGGIES RIGHT NOW BUT GIVE IT A TRY AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK.
WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK?
>> IT'S GREAT.
>> YOU LIKE IT?
NOW LET'S CHECK IN AND SEE WHO HAS BEEN HAVING FUN IN THIS WEEK'S ONES THAT DIDN'T GET AWAY.
CHECK OUT THIS BEAUTIFUL LARGE MOUTH BASS CAUGHT BY EMILY IN HARDIN COUNTY OUT OF A FAMILY FARM POND.
NICE JOB.
HERE WE HAVE 10-YEAR-OLD CLAYTON WHO TOOK HIS VERY FIRST TURKEY.
NICE JOB.
HERE WE HAVE NINE-YEAR-OLD THOMAS YATES WHO TOOK HIS FIRST TURKEY IN CAL VARY.
JACOB SOMERVILLE WHO WENT HUNTING WITH HIS UNCLE IN GRAVES COUNTY, KENTUCKY.
LOUIS FIVE YEARS OLD IS HOOKED ON PISH FISHING.
HE CAUGHT THESE RAINBOW TRAWT TROUT ALL BY HIMSELF.
THESE WERE HIS FIRST FISH EVER.
NICE JOB.
CHECK OUT THIS NICE LARGE MOUTH BASS BY ASHLEY.
CAUGHT AT A FAMILY FARM POND.
NICE JOB.
CHECK OUT THIS BEAUTIFUL PICTURE OF A NICE BIRD TAKEN BY ABBY DUVAL.
THIS TURK OWE WAS TAKEN IN MUHLENBURG COUNTY.
NICE JOB.
ASHLYNN AND AARON KNOW HOW TO HAVE A GOOD TIME.
THEY TAKE THEIR LAB BOSS OUT TO CLAY WMA FOR A FESS APARTMENT HUNT.
NICE JOB.
SIX-YEAR-OLD JACK PHILLIPS OF BRECKENRIDGE COUNTY TOOK HIS FIRST DEER, A NICE BUCK, HUNTING WITH HIS DAD DUSTIN.
JASON OF WARREN COUNTY TOOK THIS NICE BIRD IN RICHARDSVILLE.
THIS BIRD WAS TAKEN ON THE FAMILY FARM DURING THE YOUTH SEASON.
NICE JOB.
13-YEAR-OLD HALEY OF LAWRENCEBURG, KENTUCKY TOOK HER FIRST TURKEY ON THE OPENING MORNING WITH HER DAD'S 20 GAUGE SHOTGUN.
NICE JOB.
JUST A FRIENDLY REMINDER.
MEMORIAL DAY IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AND YOUR BOAT REGISTRATIONS EXPIRE AT THE END OF APRIL.
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.
HELLO, I'M CHAD MILES.
DID YOU KNOW THAT WHEN YOU BUY A FISHING LICENSE, IT DOES MORE THAN PROVIDE SUMMERTIME FUN.
>> THAT'S NICE.
>> IT PRODUCES MILLIONS OF FISH STOCKED IN OUR WATERWAYS.
IT CONSTRUCTS NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR BOAT RAMPS AND PUBLIC ACCESS.
IT PROVIDES NEW SUSTAINABLE HAS BEEN HABITATS FOR OUR NATIVE FISH.
CREATES QUALITY FISHING OPPORTUNITIES CLOSE TO HOME.
IT HELPS PROTECT OUR HOME WATERS AND IT MAKES FOR A BETTER MORE BEAUTIFUL BLUEGRASS FOR ALL THAT LIVE HERE, INCLUDING YOU AND ME.
THE DEPARTMENT FISH AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES.
IT'S MORE THAN JUST A FISHING LICENSE.
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