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Kentucky Afield | Night Fishing, CWD Surveillance Zones, and Archery Hunting | Season 37 | Episode 4

>> GOT IT.

NOT A LITTLE GUY.

A LITTLE BIGGER.

SIMILAR.

>> THIS WEEK ON KENTUCKY AFIELD... >> HOLD ON.

>> DO YOU WANT TO HAVE THE LAKE TO YOURSELF AND CATCH FISH?

NIGHT FISHING MIGHT GET YOU BOTH.

WE'RE ON GREEN RIVER LAKE DOING JUST THAT.

>> THEN... >> IN FRONT OF US IN THE FIELD... >> THE BEST TIME OF YEAR TO BE IN A DEER STAND IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.

WE ARE LOOKING TO FILL THE FREEZER.

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.

SEASONS ARE STARTING TO CHANGE BUT DAYTIME TEMPERATURES CAN STILL BE WARM ON THE DECK OF A BASS BOAT.

MAKING NIGHT TIME FISHING A GREAT OPPORTUNITY WE'RE OUT HERE ON BEAUTIFUL GREEN RIVER LAKE AND I'M AN OLD FISHING BUDDY OF MINE, BILLIE PARRISH.

YOU FISH QUITE A BIT.

>> I STARTED NIGHT FISHING BACK WHEN I WAS ABOUT 16 YEARS OLD AND-- >> TWO YEARS AGO, THREE YEARS SNAG.

>> YEAH, YEAH.

>> AND WE ARE IN THE DOG, DOG DAYS OF SUMMER.

>> I SAY THAT, IT'S 94, 95° HAVEN'T HAD A WHOLE LOT OF RAIN.

FISHING RIGHT NOW IN GENERAL IS EXTREMELY TOUGH.

EXTREMELY TOUGH.

IF YOU GET FIVE OR SIX BITES ALL NIGHT, YOU ARE DOING GOOD.

YOU JUST HAVE TO SLOW DOWN AND WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

>> HOPEFULLY IT COOLS OFF A LITTLE BIT.

I LIKE THAT WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A BREEZE SO LET'S GO GET ON OUR FIRST BRUSH PILE AND CATCH SOME FISH.

>> LET'S DO IT.

>> LET'S DO IT.

>> I LOVE FISHING THIS FISH AT NIGHT TIME.

THIS IS MY FAVORITE LAKE TO NIGHT FISH ON.

I SEE SOME SHAD MOVING RIGHT THERE.

>> GREEN RIVER LAKE, YOU SPIN A SPINNER BAIT, YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU ARE GOING TO HOOK A MUSKY.

HAVE YOU EVER CAUGHT ONE OUT OF THIS LAKE?

>> YO', YEAH, BIG ONE.

CAUGHT ONE ONE TIME ON A CAROLINA RIG.

IT WAS A GOOD ONE.

AS LONG AS MY LEG.

>> THERE HE IS.

>> GOT 'EM.

>> LOOK AT THAT TAIL ON THAT THING.

THAT'S THE WAY TO GET IT STARTED.

>> LITTLE GUY BUT HE BIT IT GOOD.

>> HIT THAT CRAWL.

THAT CRAWL WITH THOSE CHARTREUSE LITTLE FEET ON IT THERE.

>> LITTLE FOUR INCH BERKELEY.

>> ONE ON THE BOARD.

PRETTY GOOD FISH.

>> NOT A BAD FISH.

THAT'S A TWO POUND SPOTTED BASS.

KENTUCKY'S STATE FISH, SPOTTED BASS AND THAT'S A THICK, HEALTHY SUMMERTIME SPOTTED BASS.

YOU KNOW A LOT OF TIMES IN THE SUMMERTIME THE FISH GET KIND OF THIN.

THAT FISH THERE, BEEN EATING RIGHT.

I'LL TELL YOU, WHAT THEY'RE FUN TO CATCH TOO, AREN'T THEY?

THAT'S A PRETTY FISH.

YOU CAN TELL IT'S A SPOTTED BASS.

SEE THE LINES AND THE COLOR.

JUST A SMALLER MOUTH.

TOOTH PATCH, PRETTY FISH.

THIS IS THE SPINNER BAIT WE MADE FOR THE CUMBERLAND TRIP THAT WE DIDN'T GET TO FISH TOO MUCH ON TV.

THAT FISH WANTED THAT ONE.

>> ANOTHER LITTLE GUY.

I A LITTLE BIGGER.

>> ALMOST BACK TO BACK CAST.

>> HE TOOK MY CRAW.

IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE LIKING THE CHARTREUSE TAIL.

>> I THINK SO.

>> THAT BAIT HAS ALWAYS WORKED GOOD NIGHT FISHING AND I HAVE A HEAVIER SINKER.

SEE IF WE CAN GET SOMETHING BIGGER THAN THAT.

>> NOW BILLIE, YOU AND I MET THROUGH A GOOD FISHING BUDDY OLD BILL HURL.

>> BILL IS A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE, GREAT PERSON, VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE FISHERMAN, HE HAS TAUGHT ME SO MUCH IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.

>> BILL AND I FISHED IN THE WINTER TIME A TON.

HE IS ONE OF THOSE DIE HARD GUYS THAT LOVE TO GET OUT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINTER.

WE WENT UP AND DID A WISCONSIN SMALL MOUTH FISHING TRIP IN STURGEON BASS.

>> THE GREATEST FISHING TRIP I EVER ON HAVE EVER BEEN ON.

>> HE PUT US ON SOME FISH, DIDN'T HE?

>> YES, HE DID.

HOLD ON.

THERE WE G. A LITTLE ONE.

>> I SAW THAT ONE RUNNING.

>> I KNOW IT.

I LET HIM HAVE IT FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

LOOK HOW LITTLE HE IS 678 BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, THAT'S ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF USING THESE LIGHTS THAT YOU GOT AROUND HERE.

YOU HAVE UV STICK ON STYLE LIGHTS YOU CAN USE BUT I LOOKED UP AND I COULD SEE YOUR LINE RUNNING THE BANK.

>> THAT'S WHAT THE FLUORESCENT BLACK LIGHT MAKES IT SHOW UP REALLY GOOD LOOK AT THE MOUTH RIGHT HERE.

NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS DID I THINK WE WOULD HAVE A MOUSE COME OUT ON A BOAT.

>> WHAT IS THAT MOUSE ON THE GREEN MILE?

>> Mr. JINGLES.

>> THAT DOES LOOK LIKE Mr. JINGLES, DOESN'T IT?

GOT US A STOW AWAY HERE SOMEWHERE.

I CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT WE HAVE HAD A MOUSE GOT ON THE BOAT IN OUR STORAGE SHED, SO WE GOT US A STOWAWAY OUT HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LAKE.

THAT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU ANTICIPATE SEEING.

>> THAT'S A GOOD FISH.

>> ABOUT LIKE WHAT I JUST CAUGHT.

>> LET'S SEE HERE.

THAT'S A GOOD FISH HERE.

>> OARKS MAN, THAT'S A GOOD FISH.

THERE YOU GO.

A LITTLE BIGGER FISH ARE EATING SPINNERBAITS.

YOU HAVE THE WHOLE LAKE, THE WIND IS COMING IN AND IT COMES UP ON THE RIDGE AND THE FISHING SITTING AT 10, 12 FEET RIGHT ON THE RIDGE.

AND THAT SEEMS TO BE WHERE THEY'RE SETTING THANK YOU.

>> ALL THE REPORTS WE HAVE BEEN GETTING SAID FISHING WAS REALLY, REALLY TOUGH.

>> OH YEAH, WHEN YOU GET THE FISH IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER WHERE THE DAYS ARE IN THE 90s AND WE'VE HAD ALMOST THREE WEEKS OF NO RAIN.

FISHING CAN GET REALLY TOUGH: I WOULD RATHER COME OUT HERE AND FIND OUT FOR MYSELF THAN FISH OUT IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY.

>> I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT ME OUT HERE.

I WISH IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER BUT WE CAUGHT SOME FISH AND HAD A GOOD TIME AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.

>> SPINNER BAITS ARE OUT, CAUGHT SOME FISH AND CAUGHT UP WITH AN OLD FRIEND.

CAN'T BEAT THAT.

GOOD TIME.

>> THANK YOU.

>> GABE JENKINS, ACTING INFORMATION EDUCATION DIVISION DIRECTOR AND THE CHRONIC WASTE DISEASE RESPONSE LEAD FOR THE AGENCY.

TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCES AGENT SIT RECENTLY DETECTED A DEER THAT WAS POSITIVE WITH CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE 7.8 MILES SOUTH OF THE KENTUCKY BORDER.

APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF MURRAY IN CALLAWAY COUNTY.

OUR CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE OR CWD RESPONSE PLAN WE HAVE HAD IN PLACE AT THE DEPARTMENT FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 YEARS.

THE PLAN HAS BEEN AN ADAPTIVE LIVING, BREATHING PLAN WHERE WE HAVE MODIFIED IT, CHANGED THINGS OVER TIME, BASED UPON NEW EYE SENSE AND RESEARCH AND OTHER STATES' EFFORTS INTO MITIGATING CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE.

SPECIFICALLY IN SECTION E OF THE CWD RESPONSE PLAN, WE TALK ABOUT A CWD DETECTION WITHIN 15 MILES OF OUR BORDER.

IN THIS CASE, THIS IS THE PLAN THAT WE WOULD GO TO.

IN THIS PLAN IT CALLS FOR A VARIETY OF TECHNIQUES THAT WE WOULD IMPLORE THROUGH THE AGENCY BY COMMUNICATING WHAT IS GOING ON, INCREASING DISEASE SURVEILLANCE AND REGULATION CHANGES THAT WE WOULD REQUIRE BASED UPON THE DISEASE.

WHAT WE WILL DO IS WE WILL PUT A 30-MILE BUFFER ON THAT POSITIVE DEER IN TENNESSEE AND THEN ANY COUNTY THAT FALLS WITHIN THAT 3E DESIGNATED AS OUR CWD SURVEILLANCE CENTER.

IN THIS CASE, THAT WILL INCLUDE FIVE COUNTIES AND THOSE COUNTIES WILL BE MADE UP OF FULTON, HICKMAN, CALLAWAY, GRAVES AND MARSHAL.

AT THIS TIME WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE ANY CHANGES IN HUNTING SEASON LENGTHS OR DATES.

HOWEVER, HUNTERS AND LAND OWNERS WHO LIVE IN THOSE COUNTIES OR HUNT IN THOSE COUNTIES FOR DEER DO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS.

ONE WILL BE THE IMMEDIATE PROHIBITION OF BAITING AND FEEDING OF ALL WILDLIFE.

YOU CAN STILL DO NORMAL AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES LIKE PLANTING A WHEAT PATCH OR ALFALFA OR A FOOD PLOT.

YOU CAN STILL FEED BIRDS BY YOUR HOME WITH A HANGING FEEDER AND LASTLY, IF YOU ARE A TRAPPER, YOU CAN STILL USE SCRENTS AND ATTRACT ANTS TO ATTRACT BUT YOU CANNOT PLAY GRAIN, MINERAL OR SALT ON THE LANDSCAPE INTENDED TO BE EATEN BY ANY WILDLIFE.

SECONDLY, WE ARE GOING TO ENACT MANDATORY CHECK STATIONS FOR THREE OF THE MAJOR DEER SEASONS.

SO FOR THE EARLY MUSSEL LOADER SEASON AND THE LATE NINE DAY MUSCLE LOADER IN.

THEY WILL HAVE TO GO TO A KDWFR STATION.

WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THE LOGISTICS WHERE THEY WILL BE BUT WE ANTICIPATE TO BE ABLE TO OFFER ENOUGH CHECK STATIONS IT WILL BE LESS THAN 10 MILES FROM WHERE YOU ARE SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THREE TO FIVE CHECK STATIONS, DEPENDING ON THE COUNTY SO WE HAVE AMPLE COVERAGE AND IT'S NOT BURDENSOME FOR OUR HUNTERS.

WE'LL RESTRICT THE MOVEMENT OF DEER CARCASSES.

WE DO NOT WANT CARCASSES TO LEAVE THE SURVEILLANCE ZONE.

IT COULD BE INFECTED AND WE DON'T WANT TO MOVE THE CARCASS SOMEWHERE ELSE AND POTENTIALLY INCREASE THE TRANSMISSION OF THE DISEASE SO IF YOU TAKE A DEER IN ONE OF THE FIVE COUNTIES, IN ORDER TO TAKE THE DEER OUT OF THE COUNTY, THE MEAT HAS TO BE DEBONED AND IF IT IS AN ANTLER DEER, THE ANTLERS HAVE TO BE REMOVED FROM THE HEAD OR WOULD YOU HAVE TO HAVE A EURO DONE WHERE THE HEAD IS CLEAN FROM ALL MEAT AND SPINAL TISSUE.

ADDITIONALLY IF YOU HARVEST A DEER AND WHEN YOU GO TO TRANSPORT THE DEER, YOU HAVE TO AFFIX A CARCASS TRANSPORT TAG TO THE ANIMAL.

SPECIFICALLY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A PIECE OF PAPER, 3 X 5 NOTE CARD OR PIECE OF PAPER 8.5 X 11 THAT YOU ATTACH TO THE CARCASS, STRING, HOPE, ZIP TIE.

IF YOU HAVE A HARVEST LOG, THE INFORMATION, THE HUNTER'S NAME, SPECIES OF THE ANIMAL, SEX OF THE ANIMAL, DATE OF HARVEST, COUNTY OF HARVEST AND A PHONE NUMBER THAT WILL YOU ATTACH TO THAT ANIMAL THE ENTIRE TIME THAT CARCASS IS IN TRANSPORT.

LASTLY WE PUT RESTRICTIONS ON OUR REHABBERS, IF YOU ARE IN ONE OF THOSE FIVE CUNS YOU ARE NO LONGER ALLOWED TO REHAB WHITE TAIL DEER AND IF ANYBODY HAS WHITE TAIL DEER IN THERE THEIR POSSESSION RIGHT NOW, THEY NEED TO BE RELEASED BACK INTO THE COUNTY THAT YOU ARE REHABBING THE DEER.

I KNOW THIS NEWS IS DISHEARTENING.

IT IS TO ME AS WELL AS A DEER HUNTER.

I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF CONCERNS OUT THERE UPSHUR WHAT TO THINK.

WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT RESOURCES ON THE WEBSITE.

I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHECK THOSE OUT.

THERE IS A LOT OF MISS REGARDING CWD.

TAKE TRUSTED INFORMATION FROM TRUFFED SOURCES AND WE JUST ASK THAT OUR LAND OWNERS AND HUNTERS WORK WITH US AND HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO THE VERY BEST THING WE CAN FOR THE DISEASE AND A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO NOW WILL REALLY SET US UP FOR THE FUTURE.

OUR EFFORTS TODAY WILL AFFECT GENERATIONS TO COME IN DEER HUNTING AND WE WANT TO PASS THAT ON, TRAT TRADITION AND HAVE A HEALTHY AND SUSTAINABLE DEER HERD WAKE WE ARE ACCUSTOMED TO HERE IN THE COMMONWEALTH.

>> IF YOU ARE A BOW HUNTER LIKE ME, YOU ARE PROBABLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE MONTH OF OCTOBER WHERE THE BUCKS START TO MARK THEIR TERRITORIES AND THE DOES ARE ON THE MOVE.

THIS IS MY FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR.

LATE OCTOBER.

THE RUT IS JUST STARTING A LOT OF DEER ON THIS PROPERTY.

THIS FARMER WANTS MULTIPLE DEER TAKEN OUT F. WE GET A CHANCE TO TAKE TWO, WE'LL DO THAT AS WELL BUT TYPICALLY THEY HAVE BEEN COMING OUT RIGHT HERE, WORKING THEIR WAY ALONG THE EDGE OF THE FIELD WE SHOULD HAVE TONS OF SHOT OPPORTUNITIES IF THE DEER COME OUT WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN.

THAT BEING SAID, I'M FEELING PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THIS.

DEER RIGHT THERE.

(WHISPERING) DEER TOOK OFF RIGHT THERE.

TOOK OFF THIS WAY.

AS SOON AS WE GOT UP HERE AND GOT SETTLED DOWN HAD AN ATV AND RIDER LITERALLY RIGHT UNDERNEATH US.

YOU NEVER KNOW EXACTLY HOW THAT IS GOING TO AFFECT YOU BUT ONLY THING YOU CAN DO IS SET IN HERE AND SEE, WAIT 'EM OUT.

IT MAY NOT IMPACT THEM AT ALL.

WE DID SEE A DEER TAKE OFF.

IT COULD BE A SITUATION WHERE THERE'S ANOTHER ONE COMING OUT, TOO.

SHE IS IN AN OPENING THERE.

THAT'S 45 YARDS.

THAT'S A PRETTY LONG SHOT.

A LITTLE BUCK.

ANOTHER LITTLE BUCK.

NOW THIS BUCK VERY WELL MAY CHASE THIS MATURE DOE.

HE IS NOT SO WORRIED ABOUT FEEDING.

HE IS CRUISING A LITTLE BIT.

GOING TO RUN 'EM OFF.

YOU GOT TO LOVE THESE NIGHTS IN THE WOODS LIKE THIS.

YOU GOT DEER MOVING LIKE CRAZY.

ONLY AN HOUR AND A HALF OF DAYLIGHT.

IT JUST BECOMES A WAITING GAME.

AND HOPEFULLY THIS... JUST NUDGING ONE MY WAY A LITTLE BIT.

PRETTY WINDY OUT.

I'M COMFORTABLE WITH A 40-YARD SHOT BUT IF I CAN GET THE LAST ONE, I WOULD PREFER IT.

P HE'S JUST GOING TO MOVE 'EM AROUND.

O'WOW, WE REALLY HAD TO WAIT THESE DEER OUT.

THAT DOE GOT IN HERE CLOSE.

I FIGURED IT WAS NOW OR NEVER.

IT WAS A TIGHT WINDOW HERE.

SO WE'VE STILL GOT ABOUT AN HOUR AND 20 MINUTES OF DAYLIGHT.

I DON'T WANT TO PUSH THIS DEER EVEN THOUGH I'M PRETTY SURE THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD SHOT SO I WENT AHEAD AND NOTCHED ANOTHER ARROW.

I MAY GET THIS DEER A LITTLE TIME TO EXPIRE.

MAYBE GET ANOTHER SHOT.

WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BUCK OUT HERE.

IT HAS BEEN 10 MINUTES AND HE IS OUT HERE.

IT WOULDN'T SURPRISE ME IF SOME OF THE DOES CAME OUT.

THEY MAY BE A LITTLE SKITTISH BUT THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE WE CAN GET ANOTHER ONE.

HERE'S A GOOD BUCK.

OH MY GOD.

LOOK AT THAT.

HERE IS A 10 POINTER RIGHT HERE HE IS EXCITED ABOUT GETTING IN THE WOODS AND I'M EXCITED FOR HIM TO GET OUT OF HERE.

HE IS HOPEFULLY GOING TO BE...

SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO WATCH 'EM WALK THAT CLOSE AND WE HAD THE DEER DEAD TO RIGHTS AT 12 YARDS.

BUT I WANT TO GET THESE DOES.

HERE COMES ANOTHER ONE RIGHT HERE.

I MISSED.

OH MY GOSH.

THIS IS CRAZY.

PEOPLE WATCHING THIS THINK I'M CRAZY.

I JUST SHOT A DOE.

SECOND ONE TONIGHT.

RIGHT BEHIND ME I'VE GOT A NINE POINTER I'VE HAD RIGHT UNDER THE STAND.

WE STILL GOT ABOUT 30 MINUTES BUT I'LL TELL WHAT YOU, I DON'T WANT TO PROCESS MORE THAN TWO.

I'M PROBABLY NOT GOING TO SHOOT ANY BUCK OUT OF HERE.

I'M GOING TO GET THE DEER AND GET THE TRUCK AND THE FREEZER WILL BE FULL BY THE END OF THE WEEK.

AWESOME.

A REALLY, REALLY GOOD SIGN WHEN YOU ARE TRACKING DEER.

THESE BUBBLES INDICATE A LUNG SHOT.

TYPICALLY THESE TYPE OF DEER ARE GOING TO RUN 50, 60 YARDS AND THEY'RE GOING TO PILE UP.

WELL, THIS IS DEER NUMBER 1.

WE SAW DEER NUMBER 2 GO DOWN.

SO WE KNOW IT'S RIGHT OVER HERE.

YOU KNOW, THIS WAS SUCH A CRAZY HUNT BECAUSE I REALLY CAME OUT HERE TO FILL THE FREEZER WITH SOME DOES AND WE GOT THIS LITTLE BUCK THAT CAME OUT AND CHASED THESE DOE AS ROUND AND HELPED US OUT AND THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK OUT THAT WAY.

BUT LO AND BEHOLD WE SHOOT THE FIRST ONE, DECIDE TO WAIT A LITTLE BIT AND RIGHT BESIDE ME STANDS SUCH A NICE BUCK.

IT STOOD RIGHT THERE MAKING A SCRAPE BUT THAT'S NOT WHY WE CAME OUT HERE.

IT'S NOT EASY TO TURN YOUR BOOK A 145 TO 150-INCH BUCK BUT WE CAME TOUT TAKE DOES.

THE BUCK IS STILL HERE.

I HOPE THE LAND OWNER, THE FARMER, IS ABLE TO PICK THAT UP THIS GUN SEASON AND I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR LETTING ME COME OUT HERE AFTER WHAT I WAS AFTER, AND THAT WAS A FREEZER FULL OF VENISON.

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 THIS NICE HEALTHY LARGE MOUTH BASS CAUGHT AT A FRIEND'S POND IN ANDERSON COUNTY.

NICE FISH.

JAMIESON WEST IS NO THE AFRAID OF FISHING IN THE HEAT.

HE CAUGHT THIS NICE LARGE MOUTH FISHING IN HIS AUNT'S FARM POND.

CHECK OUT THIS NICE LARGE MOUTH BASS CAUGHT BY MICHAEL HODGES FISHING WITH HIS GRANDSON PAYTON.

THIS FIVE POUND FISH WAS CAUGHT IN LAUREL COUNTY.

NICE JOB.

LIAM WOOD WITH HIS VERY FIRST FISH EVER.

A NICE BLUEGILL CAUGHT AT GREEN RIVER LAKE LIST LIZ BETH BRADY, NICE 28-INCH CHANNEL CATFISH CAUGHT AND RELEASED AT GREEN RIVER LAKE.

ELLA AND PIPER, THEIR FIRST BASS, A NICE FISH CAUGHT IN BOON BOONE COUNTY.

NICE KNOB HERE WE HAVE DUSTIN DAVIS WITH A 50-INCH MUSKY CAUGHT AT THE CAVE RUN SPILLWAY.

NICE JOB.

LILLY WITH HER FIRST DEER ON HER VERY FIRST HUNTING TRIP TAKEN WITH A RIFLE.

CHECK OUT THIS NICE CATFISH CAUGHT BY KYLE STEEL, FISH WEIGHED NEARLY 30 POUNDS.

HE CAUGHT THIS FISHING IN JEFFERSON COUNTY KENTUCKY ON A PORK LOIN.

NICE JOB.

VICTOR CAUGHT THIS NICE BASS AT A FARM POND.

NICE JOB.

MATTI AND EMMA FISH FISHER WENT FISHING IN ANDERSON COUNTY.

MATTI CAUGHT A NICE LARGE MOUTH BASS AND EMMA JOE, WHO IS TWO YEARS OLD, CAUGHT HER A BLUEGILL.

TWO-YEAR-OLD CAROLINE RAY OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY CAUGHT HER FIRST FISH WHILE ON A FISHING TRIP TO NOLIN LAKE.

NICE JOB.

>> IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN A QUOTA HUNT THIS FALL, GO TO FW.KY.GOV AND SIGN UP AND CHECK OUT THE LATEST ON CWD.

AND REMEMBER... ON 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.

IF YOU HOLD A KENTUCKY HUNTING OR FISHING LICENSE, THEN YOU HAVE HELPED MAKE POSSIBLE KENTUCKY'S WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS, PLACES TO HUNT, FISH, BIRD WATCH OR JUST LET YOUR MIND WANDER WITH NEARLY 100 DOTTING THE COMMONWEALTH, PUT WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS IN YOUR SIGHTS FOR FALL HUNTING AND SEE MORE OF WHAT MAKES KENTUCKY OUTDOORS OUTSTANDING.

GET ALL THE INFORMATION ONLINE AT FW.KY.GOV.

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