♪ ♪ THIS WEEK ON KENTUCKY AFIELD... >> SO YOU GUYS ARE IN CHARGE OF THE FIRE AT ALL TIMES.

SAFETY IS THE NUMBER ONE THING.

>> WE ARE TAG AGO LON WITH CONSERVATION OFFICERS BUT THEY'RE NOT LOOKING TO WRITE ANY TICKETS.

JUST LOOKING TO SHOW A GROUP OF YOUTH HUNTERS A SPECIAL WEEKEND IN THE FIELD.

NEXT... WE ARE BACK IN THE DEER STAND AND DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET A NICE BUCK IN RANGE.

THEN, WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW TO TURN ONE OF YOUR DEER TAGS TO MEALS FOR THOSE IN NEED.

>> 400,000 MEALS.

THAT'S MY GOAL THIS YEAR.

>> 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.

MANY OUTDOOR MEN AND WOMEN THINK A CONSERVATION OFFICER'S JOB IS MAINLY TO WRITE CITATIONS BUT IT ACTUALLY INCLUDES MUCH MORE THAN THAT, INCLUDING GETTING THE NEXT GENERATION INTERESTED IN THE OUTDOORS.

THE YOUTH HUNT IN KENTUCKY IS A WEEKEND OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUTH UNDER THE AGE OF 16 TO USE A FIREARM TO HARVEST A DEER PRIOR TO ANY OTHER MODERN FIREARM SEASON THAT WE HAVE.

WHEN I BECAME AN OFFICER, I REALIZED THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAD RESOURCES AND THE ABILITY TO HOST YOUTH EVENTS AND I DECIDED TO PUT ON A YOUTH HUNT OF MY OWN.

BEING A PARENT OF A CHILD WITH A DISABILITY, I THOUGHT THAT WOULD I GEAR THE EVENT MORE TOWARDS THAT.

WE CALL IT THE LITTLE HEROES YOUTH HUNT.

>> HE HAS BEEN PUTTING IT ON FOR FIVE YEARS NOW.

WE'LL GET HANDICAPPED YOUTH IN THE COMMUNITY.

KIDS THAT THINK THEY CANNOT HUNT OR MAY NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HUNT.

WE TAKE THEM OUT AND SHOW THEM IT IS POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO HUNT.

>> IT'S AN INCREDIBLY EVENT.

WE GIVE THEM A WHOLE LOT OF TOOLS THAT ASSIST IN THEM HARVESTING DEER.

SOMETHING THAT THEY ENJOY AND SOMETHING REWARDING FOR US OFFICERS TO BE HERE HELPING WITH THESE KIDS.

>> SO THIS IS A CELL PHONE MOUNTED SCOPE ATTACHMENT.

AND WHEN WE ATRACH IT TO THE FIREARM AND THE SCOPE, IT ALLOWS THE OFFICER SITTING BESIDE THE YOUTH TO SEE THE CROSS HAIRS IN REAL TIME THROUGH A CELL PHONE.

THAT HELPS US BE ABLE TO ADJUST THEIR AIM.

WHEN THIS VIMENT WE ARE CAPE AL OF TAKING A CHILD WHO IS TOTALLY BLIND.

WE USE A LOT OF SPECIAL EQUIPMENT FOR THIS EVENT.

AND SOME OF THE SPECIAL EQUIPMENT WE USE CAN BE ITEMS LIKE A BREATH MECHANISM.

WE HAVE AN EMPTY RIFLE.

TAKE THE SAFETY OFF WHEN YOU ARE READY TO SHOOT.

YOU HAVE A SECONDARY SAFETY HERE.

IF HE SUCKS ON THE STRAW, NOTHING WILL HAPPEN.

WHEN HE IS READY, FLIP THE SWITCH, SUCK ON THE STRAW AND THE GUN GOES BOOM.

WE DO A SAFETY DEBRIEFING.

>> THREE OF THESE CHILDREN HAVE NEVER SHOT A FIREARM BEFORE.

I THINK I TALKED TO A LOT OF YOU GUYS ABOUT IT LAST YEAR, BUT AS WE ARE COACHING THESE CHILDREN THROUGH SHOOTING A FIREARM, IT IS IMPORTANT TO TALK TO THE YOUTH AS THEY FIRE.

JUST A GENTLE SQUEEZE, EASY.

YOU ARE CONSTANTLY TALKING TO THEM.

THAT'S GOING TO KEEP THEM CALM, HELP THEM MAKE THE GOO GOOD SHOT.

THE YOUTH IS NEVER TO HAVE THE FIREARM WHEN HE IS NOT IN THE PRESENCE OF YOU GUYS.

YOU CONTROL THE FIREARM AT ALL TIMES.

SAFETY IS THE NUMBER ONE THING.

I KNOW A COUPLE OF YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN HERE BEFORE.

ANY QUESTIONS?

KIDS WILL START ROLLING IN.

>> WE'LL HAVE A MEET AND GREET WITH THE OFFICER THAT IS GOING TO HUNT WITH THEM.

HANG OUT WITH THEM AND TALK AND JOKE AROUND A LITTLE BIT.

>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.

GLAD YOU COULD COME OUT.

ARE YOU EXCITED?

>> YEAH.

>> WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT THIS YEAR I WAS GOING TO HUNT WITH JADEN.

JADEN HAS BEEN HUNTING WITH US FOR THREE YEARS NOW.

HE STARTED SHORTLY AFTER A TRAGIC ACCIDENT PUT HIM IN A DISABILITY.

>> JADEN WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT IN 2018 AND AT THAT TIME HIS MOTHER PASSED AWAY AND HE WENT THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD WHICH CAUSED HIM TO BE A PARAPLEGIC.

THE DOCTORS TOLD JADEN HE WOULD NEVER WALK AGAIN.

HE WOULD ALWAYS BE IN A WHEELCHAIR.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, JADEN NOW IS ON FOUR ARM CRUTCHES.

CAN'T WALK WITHOUT THEM BUT HE CAN OPERATE ON THE FOUR FOREARM CRUTCHES.

BEFORE THE ACCIDENT, JADEN WAS ON HIS WAY, HE AND HIS MOTHER TO HIS LAST BASKETBALL GAME.

HE WAS A GREAT BASKETBALL PLAYER.

THEY ACTUALLY WOULD SIT HIM ON THE BENCH BECAUSE HE COULD SCORE SO MANY POINTS, HE WOULD HAVE TO GIVE THE OTHER TEAM AN OPPORTUNITY TO SCORE.

HE LOVED TO RIDE FOUR-WHEELERS.

HE LOVED TO DO ALL OF IT.

HE LOVED THE OUTDOORS.

>> ONCE ALL THE YOUTH ARRIVE ON SCENE, WE EAT LURCH AND HAND OUT GOODY BAGS OF ITEMS DONATED FROM MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND WE GO OVER A SAFETY BRIEFING.

>> LISTEN.

WE ARE GOING TO TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT THIS FIREARM, OKAY.

>> WE SHOW THEM WHAT THE FIREARM IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

WE MAKE SURE THE YOUTH UNDERSTAND WHERE THE SAFETY IS AND HOW TO OPERATE THE SAFETY AND KEEP THE MUZZLE POINTED IN A SAFE DIRECTION AT ALL TIMES.

>> WE GO OVER ETHICAL SHOOTING.

>> WHAT YOU SEE WHEN YOU LOOK DOWN THE SCOPE IS A CROSS.

YOU WANT TO PUT THE HAVE OF THAT CROSS RIGHT-- THE CENTER OF THE CROSS RIGHT BEHIND THE FRONT SHOULDER OF THE DEER.

>> THEN WE HOP IN THE VEHICLES AND HEAD TO THE LOCAL RANGE TO CHECK ZERO AND SAFETY OF THE FIREARMS.

WHILE AT THE RANGE, OUR OFFICERS ASSIST THE YOUTH IN TAKING A SHOT, MAKE SURE THEY FEEL SAFE AND COMFORT GLABL THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR DOING.

THIS I CAME LAST YEAR AND IT WAS SO REWARDING TO SEE THE SMILES ON THESE KIDS FACES, EXPERIENCING SOMETHING THEY HAD NEVER DONE.

MY KID THIS YEAR JUST SHOT A GUN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS LIFE AND THE SMILE ON HIS FACE AND THE HAPPINESS YOU GET FROM THEM, UNLIKE ANYTHING WE DO IN THIS JOB.

MOST PEOPLE THINK WE GO OUT AND WRITE TICKETED AND THAT KIND OF THING BUT WE DO MORE IN COMMUNITIES GIVEN THE CHANCE AND OPPORTUNITY TO DO THEM.

THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE REALLY GOOD EVENTS THAT WE DO.

>> THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO SHOW THEM THAT WE ARE YEAH, GAME WARD INS BUT WE ARE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.

>> IT'S PERFECT.

>> EVERY YEAR WE HAVE LITTLE ISSUES WE HAVE TO WORK OUT.

YOUTH THAT ARE SCARED OF LOUD NOISES OR THE RECOIL OF THE FIREARMS.

TAKE YOUR TIME NO.

RUSH.

ALL OF OUR OFFICERS ARE VERY GOOD AT THINKING ON THEIR FEET AND ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES [ APPLAUSE ] WHOA.

JADEN, YOU GET IN THAT CHAIR, BUDDY, YOU AND I ARE GOING TO SHOOT NEXT.

LOAD YOUR RIFLE THERE YOU GO.

PUSH YOUR BOLT FORWARD AND DOWN.

UNTIL IT CLICKS.

THERE YOU GO.

TAKE YOUR SAFETY OFF GENTLE PRESS.

WE DON'T JERK IT.

WE GENTLY PRESS THE TRIGGER.

GOOD JOB.

GOOD JOB.

ONCE WE'VE CONCLUDED OUR RANGE, WE HEAD BACK TO THE EVENT LOCATION.

WE TAKE GROUP PHOTOS, PART PRIOR TO HEADING OUT TO THE FIELD.

WE ALLOW THE YOUTH TO FILL THEIR GOODY BAG WITH SNACKS AND DRINKS AND HEAD OUT TO THE BLIND LOCATIONS TO START THE EVENING HUNT.

>> WHAT I LIKE ABOUT DEER HUNTING IS BEING OUTDOORS AND BEAK OUTSIDE.

IT'S JUST PEACEFUL AND FUN.

MAKING MEMORIES, ESPECIALLY WHEN DEER COME OUT.

>> JADEN AND I HEADED OUT TO THE BLIND FOR OUR FIRST EVENING HUNT.

ONCE IN THE GROUND BLIND, WE GOT OUR EQUIPMENT OUT AND MADE SURE WE WERE COMFORTABLE WHERE THE TRIPOD WAS SITTING AND MADE SURE JADEN HAD A GOOD VIEW.

WE ARE SITTING ON A 12-ACRE BEAN FIELD.

WE HAVE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF DEER IN THIS AREA.

WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR EYES OPEN BECAUSE IT IS POSSIBLE DEER COULD COME OUT FROM THE RIGHT: ARE YOU EXCITED?

>> YES.

>> I THINK THEY THIS EVENT MEANS A LOT TO THE YOUTH THAT WE TAKE I I THEY ENJOY BEING OUTSIDE AND EXPERIENCING DIFFERENT THINGS.

THEY REALLY ENJOY SITTING WITH THE OFFICER, ASKING QUESTIONS AND ASKING THEM TO TELL THEM STORIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT I THINK IT MEANS A LOT TO THEM AND IT MEANS A LOT TO US THAT WE ARE ABLE TO TAKE THEM OUT MENTORING THESE KIDS GIVES YOU A SENSE OF PRIDE YOU DON'T GET ANY OTHER TIME.

YOU ARE TEACHING AND CREATING AN EVERLASTING MEMORY AND IT PAVES THE WAY AS TO WHETHER THEY'LL CONTINUE TO HUNT THE REST OF THEIR LIVES OR NOT.

IT'S A GOOD THING TO TAKE CHILDREN HUNTING AND FISHING.

GETTING THEM OUT THERE, TEACHING, MAKING MEMORIES WITH THEM.

>> WE LOVE A GUARDIAN OR PARENT TO SIT OUT THERE WITH US AND OFTEN TIMES THE PARENT OR GUARD RIPARIANS AS EXCITED AS THE KIDS.

AND THE ROFTS ARE MORE EXCITED THAN THAT.

>> THAT SHOT WAS OFFICER LEAKY.

YOU.

>> CLOSE TO DARK AND WE ARE ALL LOOKING AROUND IN THE CORNERS AND NOT PAYING ATTENTION IN FRONT OF US AND WE LOOK UP AND THERE IS A DOUGH DOE THERE.

BEN TELLS ME TO GET ON MY GUN.

>> GET ON THE GUN SEE IT?

>> I THINK JADEN MADE A VERY GOODETH ETHICAL DECISION, DECIDING TO PASS ON THE SHOT.

THE DOE WAS VERY SMALL.

A LITTLE BIT FAR AND IT WAS LOW LIGHT.

JADEN DECIDED TO PASS IN HOPES THAT SOMETHING ELSE MAY STEP OUT OR SOMETHING BIGGER.

ONCE WE GOT BACK, WE TALKED TO SOME OF THE OTHER HUNTERS AND SOME OF THE OTHER OFFICERS.

I THINK IT WAS A VERY SLOW EVENING FOR MOST PEOPLE INVOLVED.

BUT WE DID HAVE ONE YUTSD HARVEST A DEER.

HIS VERY FIRST DEER AND VERY EXCITED TO HAVE TAKEN THAT DEER THE YOUTH WEEKEND IN KENTUCKY IS A TWO-DAY EVENT.

JADEN AND I MET UP THE SECOND DAY AND HEADED TO THE BLIND.

WE SAT IN A NEW LOCATION FROM THE DAY BEFORE.

JADEN WAS VERY EXCITED TO HUNT IN A NEW SPOT AND GET TO SEE NEW PROPERTY, NEW TERRITORY AND WAS REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HARVESTING A DEER THAT SECOND DAY.

WE HAD THREE DOES COME OUT THAT WERE A LITTLE TOO FAR FOR HIM TO SHOOT 22350 YARDS TO THE LEFT.

HE WAS EXCITED AND HAPPY TO SEE THEM BUT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN OUR SECOND DAY.

WE TALKED TO JADEN AT THE END OF THE HUNT, THANKED HIM FOR COMING, GETTING TO SPEND THE WEEKEND WITH HIM AND TALKED ABOUT THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT HUNTING AND NOT KILLING.

IT'S NOT A GUARANTEED THING.

JADEN HAD A GREAT ATTITUDE ABOUT THE WHOLE THING.

>> IT WAS REALLY NICE TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT HERE, TO BE ABLE TO DO STUFF I COULDN'T DO WITHOUT AN OFFICER.

>> THIS IS SOMETHING JADEN WILL BE ABLE DO THE REST OF HIS LIFE.

THE OFFICERS AND VOLUNTEERS ARE AMAZING AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THEM CALLING US OR COMING TO THE HOUSE AND ASKING JADEN TO BE PART OF IT.

>> WHEN WE GOT BACK, WE SAW TWO OF OUR YOUTH WERE SUCCESSFUL THE SECOND EVENING.

YEAH, IS THAT YOUR FIRST DEER?

>> YEAH.

>> THAT'S OUTSTANDING BENTLEY.

I'M REAL HAPPY FOR YOU.

BENTLEY HARVESTED HIS FIRST DEER.

IT WAS A SMALL BUCK.

VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

LOOK AT THAT.

AND WE ALSO HAD ONE OF OUR YOUTH NATHAN, HAD HARVESTED A BIG DOE.

NATHAN'S SECOND YEAR WITH US.

THE FIRST DAY HE THOUGHT HE WOULD SIT AND WAIT FOR THE BUCK BUT THE BIG DOE CAME OUT THE SECOND DAY AND THAT'S THE ONE HE WANTED TO TAKE HOME.

>> YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING TO THE CAMERA BEFORE WE TURN IT OFF?

I'M GLAD YOU HAD FUN.

>> HUNTING IS FUN.

>> HUNTING IS FUN.

I THINK SO, TOO.

>> AFTER CONGRATULATING THE TWO YOUTH ON HARVESTING THEIR DEER THAT EVENING, WE LEARNED THAT A THIRD ONE OF OUR YOUTH LOGAN HAD ACTUALLY HARVESTED THREE DEER THAT EVENING SO WE DROVE DOWN TO SEE IF WE COULDN'T LEND A HAND.

>> LOGAN, HOW DID YOU DO, BUDDY?

>> RIGHT AT SUNSET A COUPLE DOES CAME OUT.

ONE COME OUT FAVORITE YARDS AND LOGAN PUT THE SMACKDOWN ON IT.

A COUPLE MORE DOES STUCK AROUND.

I ASKED HIM IF HE WANTED TO TAKE ANOTHER ONE.

HE GOT EXCITED AND WE SHOT ANOTHER ONE AND HE MADE A GOOD SHOT AS WELL AND AS WE WERE SITTING THERE TALKING, WE LOOKED OVER AT THE EDGE OF THE WOODS WAS A SPIKE BUCK AND I SAID LOGAN, THAT HAS ANTLERS ON IT.

DO YOU WANT TO TAKE IT?

HE GOT SUPER THRILLED AND TO BE ABLE TO BE WITH LOGAN TO TAKE HIS FIRST DEER TODAY AND FIRST BUCK TONIGHT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE.

IT IS A GREAT THING FOR THE YOUTH TO BE PART OF.

IT'S THERAPEUTIC FOR THEM.

WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THIS YEAR AFTER YEAR.

WE'LL HAVE IT EVERY YOUTH WEEKEND AND WE REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING OUR NEW YOUTH NEXT YEAR.

>> WHEN YOU ARE OUT ON AN ARCHERY DEER HUNT, SOMETIMES THINGS DON'T WORK OUT EXACTLY AS PLANNED AND HAVE YOU TO TAKE WHAT YOU CAN GET.

THIS IS HIGH SECOND NIGHT IN A ROW IN THIS STAND WATCHING THIS BEAN FIELD ONE OTHER TIME EARLIER THIS WEEK AND EVERY TIME I'M IN THE STAND, I'M SEEING BUCKS CHASING DOUGH DOES EACH AND EVERY TIME LAST NIGHT HAD HAD A PRETTY COOL ENCOUNTER WITH TWO BUCS THAT CAME OUT OF THIS PATCH AND WALKED RIGHT UP HERE ONE OF THEM WAS AN EIGHT POINTER WITH INCREDIBLY LONG, YOU CAN TELL THE BIG BUCK CHASED THE SMALLER ONE OUT AND HE WAS INTERESTED IN THE DOE.

WE DIDN'T SEE THE DEER AGAIN UNTIL RIGHT AT DARK.

WALKING BACK THROUGH.

GOING TO TRY TO LINE IT IN.

MAY DO SOME RATLING, TOO, BUT I FELT REALLY GOOD ABOUT THIS LOCATION.

GOING TO HOPEFULLY SEE SOME DEER.

IT'S THE PERFECT WIND FOR IT.

FINGERS CROSSED.

IT'S THE PRE-RUT.

DEER ARE CHASING.

THE WHAT A BEAUTIFUL TIME TO BE IN A DEER STAND THIS BUCK IS THE SAME ONE THAT WAS HANGING OUT WITH LAST NIGHT.

THESE TWO ARE NEW BUCKS, HAVEN'T SEEN THEM BEFORE BOTH LOOK LIKE THEY'RE A YEAR AND A HALF.

MAYBE TWO AND A HALF-YEAR-OLD BUCKS, NOT QUITE MATURE YET.

BUT IT'S GOOD TO BE SEEING THE SAME DEER.

THESE ARE NEXT YEAR DEER FOR MOST PART.

ALL RIGHT.

I'VE ALREADY TRIED ALL MY TRICKS ON THESE AMATEUR BUCKS.

THEY DO NOT WANT TO COOPERATE WE HAVE A MATURE DOE WALKING TOWARDS US RIGHT NOW IF HE GETS WITHIN RANGE, I'M GOING TO TAKE A SHOT.

SHE IS A MATURE DOE WOW, WHAT A HUNT THIS HAS BEEN.

YOU KNOW, WE ARE BUCK HUNTING AND TWO OR THREE BUCKS THAT WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING CAME OUT AND I TRIED TO RATTLE THEM BUT THEY WEREN'T MATURE ENOUGH SO THIS BIG MATURE DOE AND A COME OTHER MAKE THEIR WAY TO US.

FINALLY GOT 35 YARDS AND I KNOW WHEN THE DOE TOOK OFF, THE TAIL WAS TUCKED REALLY TIGHT AND THAT'S A REALLY GOOD SIGN.

HOPEFULLY WE MADE A REALLY GOOD SHOT AND WE CAN GET DOWN AND RETRIEVE THAT DEER, YOU KNOW, YOU ONLY GET ONE BUCK IN KENTUCKY.

AND I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE FILLED THAT BUCK TAG TONIGHT BUT IT'S STILL PRE-RUT.

STILL GOT PLENTY OF TIME.

IT WOULD SURE BE NICE IF I'M ABLE TO LOCATE THIS DOE AND HELP FILL THE FREEZER.

WE'LL SAVE THAT BUCK TAG FOR ANOTHER DAY.

>> RIGHT IN THIS AREA.

AND HERE'S MY ARROW.

RIGHT HERE, HERE WE GO.

ALL RIGHT.

DEFINITELY COMPLETELY BLOOD SOAKED TIP TO END.

HOPEFULLY THIS WAS A REALLY, REALLY GOOD SHOT STARTING TO SEE A WHOLE LOT MORE RIGHT HERE.

HERE WE GO MAN, WHAT A BIG DOE.

OH MAN I WAS HOPING I PUT A REALLY GOOD SHOT ON IT.

IT'S DARK.

YOU CAN'T TELL BUT LITERALLY 20 YEARSES RIGHT THERE IS THE SOY BEANS THIS RAN A TOTAL OF 100 YARDS I WAS OUT HERE LOOKING FOR A BUCK BUT WHEN HE GOT THAT CLOSE THAT LATE IN THE HUNT AND I FRIED ALL MY TRICKS TO GET THE BUCKS IN CLOSER AND THEY WEREN'T MATURE BUCKS, THIS GAVE ME TOO GOOD OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO AHEADS AND TAKE THIS DOE AND I COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED NOW THE WORK STARDZ.

I HAVE TO DRAG HER OUT OF HERE AND GET HER DEBONED AND THE PROCESSING BEGINS MOST KENTUCKY DEER HUNTERSES TAKE ONE DEER AND THEY CONSIDER IT A GOOD SEASON BUT IF YOU GET A CHANCE TAKE A SECOND DEER AND CONSIDER DONATING IT TO HUNTERS FOR THE HUNGRY.

>> SET UP THIS MORNING ON THIS FIELD KNOWING THERE WERE A LOT OF DEER.

THIS FIELD HAS A LITTLE BIT OF A RIDGE LINE IN THE MIDDLE CAUSING SOME ISSUES BECAUSE AS WE SET DOWN HERE, WE COULDN'T TELL THE DEER WERE MOVING ACROSS FROM US.

WE SAT HERE UNTIL 9:00, DECIDED TO STAND UP AND LOOK.

WE SAW A DEER COMING THROUGH.

COULD ONLY SEE ITS HEAD AND AS WE WALKED UP ON THIS BACKSTOP ACROSS FROM US, WE WERE ABLE TO GET A SHOT.

(GUNSHOT) THERE WERE TWO OF THEM.

SECOND ONE RAN BACK AND STOPPED I DECIDED I WANT TO DONATE THESE DEER TO HUNTERS FOR THE HUNGRY.

THE HOLIDAYS ARE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AND IT STAYS IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY.

WE DON'T WANT ANYONE TO BE HUNGRY THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS.

ROOKS LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT A MEDIUM SIZED DOE HERE.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A PERFECT SIZE.

REALLY GOOD EATING FOR HOPEFULLY SEVERAL NEEDY FAMILIES RIGHT HERE IN THE KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE COMMUNITIES I MADE A DONATION EACH OF THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND THIS IS GOING TO BE PERFECT FOR WHAT I WAS WANTING TO TELL ME ABOUT HOW THE PROCESS WORKS.

A HUNTER TAKES A LEGALLY HARVESTED DEER, BRING IT INTO A PROCESSOR.

WE ALWAYS RECOMMEND IF THEY CALL A PROCESSOR FIRST TO MAKE SURE ONE, IF IT IS EARLY SEASON THAT THEY'RE TAKING DEER AT THIS TIME AND TWO, HAVE THEY MET THEIR QUOTA YET.

WE GIVE EACH A QUOTA FOR THE YEAR AND THEY WORK UP TO THE NUMBER.

CALL BEFORE YOU TAKE THE DEER.

>> HOW LONG IS THE PROGRAM-- HOW BIG IS THE PROGRAM?

>> LAST YEAR WE DID 1468 DEER WHICH, A DEER WILL GIVE US 40 POUNDS OF GROUND VENISON AND FROM THAT 40 POUNDS OF GROUND VENISON, IT WILL FEED ABOUT 200 MEALS.

SO THAT'S OVER 300,000 MEALS RIGHT THERE.

>> IF WE START DOING THE QUICKLY THE MATH, YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT 2,000 DEER AND YOU ARE LOOKING AT 200, WE ARE TALKING 400,000 MEALS.

>> THAT'S MY GOAL FOR THIS YEAR.

>> IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY.

HUNTERS ARE GOING TO PROVIDE THROUGH DONATIONS OF THEIR HARVEST.

>> RIGHT.

>> IT'S A WIN-WIN FOR EVERYBODY.

A WIN FOR THE FARMERS BECAUSE THEY GET THE PERMITS WE CAN TAKE THEM ZONE 1 COUNTIES WANT TO GET THE DEER OFF OF THERE SO IF WE CAN GET THE EXTRA DEER THAT'S CAUSING DAMAGE, WHY NOT PUT THEM TO GOOD USE.

IF YOU ARE A WUNTER AND WANT TO HELP OUT, A COUPLE WAYS YOU CAN DO IT.

YOU CAN MAKE A FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION RIGHT OFF THE WEBSITE THAT WILL PAY A PROCESSOR TO PROCESS ANOTHER DEER.

YOU CAN TAKE A LEGALLY HARVESTED DEER AND REACH OUT TO A PROCESSOR AND DROP IT OFF.

AND HOW ELSE AGREE YOU CAN PAY FOR THE PROCESSING IF YOU WANT TO BUT TYPICALLY THAT'S WHAT OUR ORGANIZATION DOES IS PAY FOR THE PROCESSING.

>> YOU PARTNER WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AS WELL AS OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR THIS.

>> DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE, OF COURSE KENTUCKY FARM BUREAU FEEDING KENTUCKY.

WE HAVE A LOT OF PARTNERS, A LOT OF SPORTSMAN CLUBS, A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS THAT HELP A FANTASTIC PROGRAM.

THANK YOU FOR COMING IN AND EXPLAINING THE PROGRAM.

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

HERE WE HAVE A STRINGER FULL OF FISH CAUGHT BY ETHAN MITCHELL AND HIS DAD AND UNCLE THEY WERE CAUGHT AT A FAMILY FARM POND IN OHIO COUNTY.

NICE JOB.

FATHER AND SON DEREK AND BO WITH A BEAUTIFUL BOBCAT IN OLDHAM COUNT, KENTUCKY.

GEORGE OF FLOYDS NOB INDIANA WHO CAUGHT THIS TROPHY RAINBOW TROUT FISHING IN CUMBERLAND RIVER.

WE LOVE THESE PICTURES.

RILEY TWO YEARS OLD WITH HER VERY FIRST FISH EVER SHE CAUGHT FISHING WITH HER PAPAW.

CHECK OUT THIS LARGE MOUTH BASS.

HE CAUGHT THIS FISH IN LEWIS COUNTY IN A FAMILY FARM POND.

A GREAT LARGE MOUTH BASS CAUGHT BY SIX-YEAR-OLD BEN JOHNSON.

THIS FISH WAS CAUGHT IN A GEORGETOWN NEIGHBORHOOD LAKE.

NICE FISH.

I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A SAFE AND SUCCESSFUL DEER SEASON BUT DON'T FORGET THERE ARE MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO GET OUTDOORS IN THIS GREAT STATE OF KENTUCKY 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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