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This week on Kentucky Afield.

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We're enjoying 
one of our best fishing trips

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of the year on Dale Hollow Lake.

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Next, if you like to hunt

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and fish, we'll show you 
how you can combine the two.

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Then, with this year's bull 
firearm season underway,

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we thought we'd take a look back 
at one of our favorite elk

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hunts.

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It's all next on Kentucky 
Afield.

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Hello 
and welcome to Kentucky Afield.

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I'm your host, Chad Miles.

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Join us

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as we journey the commonwealth 
in search of outdoor adventure.

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Everyone knows that 
the fishing in the fall

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can sometimes be great.

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But don't overlook 
nighttime fishing.

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Fall nighttime fishing

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provide opportunities 
for good numbers and big fish.

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Well, if

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I seem a little more excited 
and a little more giddy tonight,

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it's because I'm

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on one of my absolute 
all time favorite lakes fishing

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with one of my lifelong fishing 
partners, Jarrod Swift.

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How you doing? Great.

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Wonderful. Dale Hallow 
what's this lake mean to you?

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I've been fishing a long time

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since I was nine 
or ten years old.

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And a lot of memories 
and just a wonderful fishery and

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get down here with you 
and chase some brownies around.

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I█m pretty stoked.

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Oh, yeah. It's going to be. 
It's going to be a fun night.

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you know what?

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The plan is to be here 
until daylight,

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maybe even get on the top 
water bite.

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If everything lays down,

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We're going to try 
to get our line Stretch.

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Let's go make it happen. 
Find some brownies. Let's do it.

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That wasn't a good 
hook set, but he█s on there.

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oh he come off right 
there, literally right there.

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Here we go.

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That's two bites. Yeah.

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I found that 
little bit of grass.

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He hit it pretty good. Yeah.

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Oh, that's a quick release.

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You're already going 
with the nighttime color

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in the daylight, so.

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Hey, it's working.

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Right? There you go.

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They█re playing tricks on us Cha

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I ain't set the hook hard enough 
Playing tricks on us.

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Oh, come back.

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Oh, he got him that time.

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If I had to set the hook any 
harder, I'd throw my back out.

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Largemouth.

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Well shake that thing off.

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What do you know now?

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I know the first one 
I have was a smallmouth.

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We saw yours.

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It was a small mouth. Now

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we finally get one to the boat,

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and it's a large mouth.

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Hey, I'll take it.

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There we go guys!

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Well, you know what I love 
catching the largemouth bass,

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but I believe

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that's two bites in a row 
have been the wrong color.

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We're being invested 
by the green, the green fish.

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Enough of that.

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Oh, Got him?

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well.

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You got another green one.

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Well, 
this is becoming a problem.

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We usually come down here 
for the other color bass.

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But they're all fun to catch 
aren't they?

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They are.

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Oh, Got him?

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small mouth Sure is.

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There you go. The old Blue Bug.

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Actually I Switched up

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to a little Rattling Jig..

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Blue chatter 
bait It looks like that.

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What you got? Yeah.

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There you go.

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First was our first smallie 
in the boat?

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The first one in the boat. 
There you go. Nice job, buddy.

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Thank you. That█s what 
we came down here for? Yeah.

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Oh, is it google eye magic?

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It is. By George.

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Old google eyed John 
come to visit.

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Wow. Tell you what,

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He just kept all those that were 
that tells you

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to at least have a fish 
sandwich.

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Google eye John.

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Uh oh.

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It█s the old google eye 
magic. Told you.

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That right there is then reason 
you come to Dale Hollow.

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you come to Dale Hollow 
for the old google eye fest.

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That█s a eater there.

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Yeah, he█s a little one.

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Oh, wow.

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Look at that giant.

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Break out the circle hook.

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I'll tell you what it's like.

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It's got 
a bunch of these in here,

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and they like that grass, too.

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They'll get in there 
and they'll hit a little jig

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like that coming across the top.

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Get you excited

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Here we go.

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He ain't big, but I got him.

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we didn't know 
what was hitting this.

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We just knew 
we were getting bites.

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It is a small mouth. 
There you go.

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He hit it 
as soon as it hit the water.

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And that's what 
they're coming out of.

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Yeah.

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Yep. Right out, 
right out of that grass.

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That's.

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I mean, that's the grass 
you want right there with

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that in there.

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That's exactly where they're at 
right there.

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And Oh my gosh.

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Yeah, yeah.

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That boat enjoys our spot, dude, 
he is that that pontoon right

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there is in four feet of water 
Welp,

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I think we can move now 
we probably are done

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fishing was good right there 
until this guy decided to go

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in four feet of water 
between us and the bank.

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Well, 
you know, takes all types, huh?

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It does.

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Here█s a good fish.

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Maybe I'm crazy.

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I don't know.

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Oh my goodness!

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I think that fish is, 
That must be a large mouth.

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Yeah that is a large mouth.

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Like, am I sleep or am I?

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What are going 
to grab this for me chad? Yep.

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That█s a wake up call.

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Look at that.

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That's a good 
look on that little.

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That little hair jig,

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a little jig that notoriously 
you had it hooked really good.

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Notorious 
for small mouth fishing.

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But you know what?

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If it looks like a shad, 
large mouth eat it too.

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That's a good one.

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You know, this fish

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came in like a log or a stick.

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You didn't even know 
for sure if you had a fish.

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very nice.

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There you go

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There we go.

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two in a row. Another largy?

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I don█t know.

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There you go.

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Cool deal.

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You know what 
that was back to back cast.

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We have been kind of struggling 
the last a little bit,

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and we moved more shallow, 
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why we're catching large mouth.

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But the fact is,

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we're not finding

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in small mouth, out in the grass 
mats on the main lake.

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So we came in and low and behold

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back to back cast 
cut to pretty good large mouth.

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Hey, tonight, 
beggars can't be choosers.

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We█ll take it, we█ll take it.

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Hey, thank you

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Got him that time.

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large mouth, stinking 
large mouth.

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What do you know?

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Catching to many large mouth 
today.

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This is a spot I thought maybe, 
just maybe, would get in here,

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catch a smallie.

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Oh, do you get bit?

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You know, 
not a bad fish, though.

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large mouth, small mouth 
eat the same thing.

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Apparently, 
the blue blue trigger crawl.

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Stretch your string. There 
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Not bad.

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Oh, got him?

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There you go

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still not the size 
we█re looking for,

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but it█s the It's 
the action we're looking for.

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You know, 
we kept saying last night,

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you know, 
if we can make it till morning,

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there's a chance 
we may get a top water bite.

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It█s that time of year.

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There you go.

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What do we got here.

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One of those.

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That might

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be the smallest small mouth 
I've ever caught on top water.

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But you know what? 
They're all fun

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when you see them 
blow up on a lure like that.

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A lot of fun.

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There you go.

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Quick release.

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lot of bait here.

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Got him.

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could be that fish 
that just jumped.

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Nice.

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Big old Brownie we█ll take it.

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Big Brownie.

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There█s a double.

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You got him? Yeah.

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Another big one out here.

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There you go.

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Little double action right here.

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Morning time and mine█s poorer.

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But, uh, long.

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But it looks like 
he's on the decline.

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Looks like 
they need a meal, huh?

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But they were hungry.

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Yeah, but you know what, though?

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That's 
why you stay till daylight

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had a little bit of a lull 
last night all of sudden it's

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pick back up and the old brown 
fish are biting again.

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Hey, look at that bait 
pod right there in front of us.

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Get ready.

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Here we go.

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large mouth.

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Look at that little bitty 
bitty hooks I got that thing on.

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There you go.

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Now, that's a healthy fish.

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Those smallies is 
were a little thin,

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they got a little size to him.

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Little pretty thick 
across the back.

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That's pretty good fish.

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uh oh, uh oh

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Brownie.

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Big old brownie.

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I think I got it.

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Look at that.

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What a pretty fish.

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I'll tell you what.

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This helps scratch my itch 
a little bit.

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I█ll probably have to come down  
one more time and night.

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Fish.

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Maybe go to Cumberland 
and try to do the same thing.

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But you know what?

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November will be here before 
you know it.

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Hopefully I have a deer or two

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in the freezer and get down here 
and really target some big,

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big, fat brown fish.

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Deer season is now in 
and if you're a deer

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hunter and a fisherman, consider 
keeping your deer tail.

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Using it to tie your own 
jigs can be very rewarding.

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So today I'm out 
trying to do something

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I've been wanting to do 
for a long time,

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and that is take a tail off 
a deer that I've harvested,

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tie my own lures and then go out 
and successfully catch a fish.

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Back in September, 
on a archery hunt,

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I was able to take a doe

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and I immediately noticed 
that the deer had

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a bunch of different colors 
in its tail. It had white.

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It had a lot of brown and red.

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It had some black.

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And I immediately thought, Man,

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those are very natural colors 
that would make a perfect

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00:13:19,166 --> 00:13:21,366
bucktail jig. Perfect.

263
00:13:21,366 --> 00:13:23,166
I love to smallmouth fish, 
I love the bass fish.

264
00:13:23,166 --> 00:13:26,700
And I thought if I could take 
those and tie those myself

265
00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:27,766
later in the year,

266
00:13:27,966 --> 00:13:29,300
I'm going to take it out 
and try to catch fish.

267
00:13:29,300 --> 00:13:30,666
Well, 
we took it down to Cumberland

268
00:13:30,666 --> 00:13:33,733
Pro Lures, and I had a lady 
by the name of Chrisma Shelton

269
00:13:33,933 --> 00:13:38,600
teach me 
how to tie a buck tail jig.

270
00:13:38,733 --> 00:13:42,266
So you've been making Buck 
tail jigs for how many years?

271
00:13:42,433 --> 00:13:44,566
23 years. 23 years.

272
00:13:44,566 --> 00:13:46,866
And you're going to show me 
today.

273
00:13:46,866 --> 00:13:50,200
You're going to show me today 
how I can take my own deer tail

274
00:13:50,333 --> 00:13:52,300
and make a lure out of it.

275
00:13:52,300 --> 00:13:54,000
A small mouth are 
what I'm going to try to target

276
00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:55,033
using this bait.

277
00:13:55,133 --> 00:13:57,233
It's fun because, 
I mean, it's always good

278
00:13:57,233 --> 00:13:59,233
whenever you know 
that you've made something

279
00:13:59,233 --> 00:14:01,966
to get out there and catch 
supper. Oh, yeah.

280
00:14:01,966 --> 00:14:04,233
Show me what I need to do 
to get this process started.

281
00:14:04,233 --> 00:14:05,900
You see, 
you're too little weight guards.

282
00:14:05,900 --> 00:14:08,866
We want to push those forward 
to get them out of the way.

283
00:14:08,966 --> 00:14:09,866
And we're using these.

284
00:14:09,866 --> 00:14:11,266
These heads. These heads.

285
00:14:11,266 --> 00:14:13,100
Are you called your pro caster?

286
00:14:13,100 --> 00:14:15,400
You guys actually 
pour these here on the hooks.

287
00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:19,266
But you can go to a taco store 
and buy whatever size

288
00:14:19,266 --> 00:14:20,900
jig heads and hooks 
you want, right?

289
00:14:20,900 --> 00:14:22,766
Already 
prepoured and done. Right.

290
00:14:22,766 --> 00:14:24,600
All right, 
now, let's go from here.

291
00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:25,600
Tell me what's next.

292
00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:27,500
We're going 
to start with the thread.

293
00:14:27,500 --> 00:14:32,300
And what I like to do is just 
I don't waste anything,

294
00:14:32,533 --> 00:14:35,600
so I've just put just enough 
to cover towards on there.

295
00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:36,500
Good enough.

296
00:14:36,766 --> 00:14:39,233
You can get some glue 
and then your hair going.

297
00:14:39,233 --> 00:14:39,800
Okay.

298
00:14:40,266 --> 00:14:42,633
I like to have a tie 
that's tight enough

299
00:14:42,633 --> 00:14:43,533
that it's not going to

300
00:14:43,933 --> 00:14:47,366
come loose, but you use the glue 
just as an extra bond.

301
00:14:47,433 --> 00:14:48,566
Gotcha. Okay.

302
00:14:48,833 --> 00:14:51,100
Because when them fish hit them, 
they hit them hard. Oh, yeah.

303
00:14:51,100 --> 00:14:53,366
So we're going to use your tail

304
00:14:53,366 --> 00:14:56,300
and we're going to do one 
what I like to call the color

305
00:14:56,300 --> 00:14:59,666
of natural and that█s 
the backside of the deer tail.

306
00:14:59,933 --> 00:15:01,766
Smallmouth seem to like it. 
Oh, yeah.

307
00:15:01,766 --> 00:15:02,966
I always like to get it

308
00:15:02,966 --> 00:15:06,733
as close as I can 
so that you have your lint.

309
00:15:06,866 --> 00:15:08,033
And I usually get a couple

310
00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:12,400
good cuts because I like for it 
to be a good thick jig.

311
00:15:12,500 --> 00:15:16,700
And then here's the 
the hardest part of tying

312
00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:20,066
is making sure 
that you hold your hair good.

313
00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:22,633
And I cut as close as I can 
to my fingers.

314
00:15:22,633 --> 00:15:23,266
Okay.

315
00:15:23,266 --> 00:15:23,866
And then what

316
00:15:23,866 --> 00:15:24,900
I like to do

317
00:15:25,133 --> 00:15:28,500
before I even start is 
put a drop of my glue on here.

318
00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:30,833
So this looks like fingernail 
polish. This is actually glue.

319
00:15:30,833 --> 00:15:34,100
It's actually a glue 
and it's a waterproof glue.

320
00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:36,766
And see how I put that on there?

321
00:15:36,900 --> 00:15:39,466
And I spun it around.

322
00:15:39,466 --> 00:15:44,266
That is 
what makes it to where it's

323
00:15:44,366 --> 00:15:47,633
good and full 
all the way around consistent.

324
00:15:47,733 --> 00:15:50,666
And then once I've got 
it started like this,

325
00:15:50,666 --> 00:15:53,800
I like to go ahead and 
just do what I call cosmetic.

326
00:15:53,900 --> 00:15:54,333
Gotcha.

327
00:15:54,566 --> 00:15:55,266
And all you're doing is

328
00:15:55,900 --> 00:15:57,900
you're going to cover all this 
that█s sticking out from the

329
00:15:57,900 --> 00:15:59,766
front there. Gotcha. Okay.

330
00:15:59,766 --> 00:16:02,733
So you cut you a big, 
thick piece of it.

331
00:16:02,733 --> 00:16:05,700
You popped it on 
on the shank of the hook,

332
00:16:05,700 --> 00:16:08,666
and then you wrapped it 
and spread it around

333
00:16:08,666 --> 00:16:11,166
so that it completely covers 
that shank. Yes.

334
00:16:11,166 --> 00:16:14,233
And now you're just 
securing it on there with them.

335
00:16:14,233 --> 00:16:16,633
Beautifying it. Yeah.

336
00:16:16,633 --> 00:16:19,700
And now what we're going to do 
is make a knot.

337
00:16:19,833 --> 00:16:20,666
Okay.

338
00:16:20,866 --> 00:16:21,533
And whenever you pull 
your thread back,

339
00:16:21,900 --> 00:16:24,066
you want to wrap your fingers 
around it,

340
00:16:24,066 --> 00:16:26,600
and you're 
coming around the head. Okay.

341
00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:29,233
And I like to do that 
a couple times.

342
00:16:29,233 --> 00:16:30,500
Okay.

343
00:16:30,500 --> 00:16:33,500
And then I break it off 
into the bait.

344
00:16:33,633 --> 00:16:34,766
So it's in there.

345
00:16:34,766 --> 00:16:36,466
And then anything 
that's sticking up,

346
00:16:36,466 --> 00:16:39,666
I like to go ahead 
and cut that. Snip it off,

347
00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:41,966
and then I'll take my glue

348
00:16:41,966 --> 00:16:46,933
and go all the way around it.

349
00:16:47,066 --> 00:16:50,233
And that way you know that 
you've got a really good time.

350
00:16:50,300 --> 00:16:53,133
I go ahead and push 
my little weight guards back.

351
00:16:53,133 --> 00:16:55,966
You got something holding it, 
so you might.

352
00:16:55,966 --> 00:16:57,400
And then here we go.

353
00:16:57,400 --> 00:17:01,300
Now, that is a beautiful, 
beautiful jig.

354
00:17:01,433 --> 00:17:03,166
The main thing is just getting

355
00:17:03,166 --> 00:17:05,133
that hair on there 
and holding it

356
00:17:05,133 --> 00:17:06,700
and getting everything in place.

357
00:17:06,700 --> 00:17:09,866
Once you get into place, 
it's easy peasy.

358
00:17:20,933 --> 00:17:21,933
I'm telling you right now,

359
00:17:21,933 --> 00:17:23,200
this will catch fish.

360
00:17:29,500 --> 00:17:31,433
You know, 
the lake is up about 20 feet

361
00:17:31,433 --> 00:17:33,333
from where it would 
normally be at winter pool

362
00:17:33,333 --> 00:17:35,833
out on the main, 
like we're about 48 degrees.

363
00:17:35,833 --> 00:17:39,433
As I go back to these creeks, 
I'm looking for inlets of water.

364
00:17:39,433 --> 00:17:39,933
It's coming.

365
00:17:40,133 --> 00:17:40,966
In the last couple of days

366
00:17:41,133 --> 00:17:42,633
we've had 
it's been a little bit warm.

367
00:17:42,633 --> 00:17:45,266
So as that water comes in, 
you get pockets where the water

368
00:17:45,266 --> 00:17:48,266
temperature could be two, 
three degrees warmer.

369
00:17:48,533 --> 00:17:52,200
I'm at 50.2 right now as I get 
to the back of this creek

370
00:17:52,300 --> 00:17:53,666
and I can hear the water 
coming in.

371
00:17:53,666 --> 00:17:57,366
So I know this is a spot 
where the bait should come in

372
00:17:57,500 --> 00:17:58,633
and this is the spot 
where these fish

373
00:17:58,633 --> 00:18:01,100
are going to hang out 
until they spawn.

374
00:18:01,100 --> 00:18:04,966
I'm going to give this a shot.

375
00:18:05,066 --> 00:18:09,266
Come on, fish.

376
00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:09,933
Here we go.

377
00:18:10,133 --> 00:18:15,500
Try to sling him in the boat.

378
00:18:15,633 --> 00:18:17,833
Oh, he might be a little 
too big to sling.

379
00:18:17,833 --> 00:18:21,566
Hold on here.

380
00:18:21,700 --> 00:18:28,500
Oh, well, you know, 
I should have had the net ready.

381
00:18:28,500 --> 00:18:33,166
I'm back here casting this 
little hair jig that we hand

382
00:18:33,166 --> 00:18:37,333
tied off my deer 
and should I had the net ready.

383
00:18:37,433 --> 00:18:38,900
Actually, 
I had my cooler setting right

384
00:18:38,900 --> 00:18:42,700
in the middle of my net, and 
I had about a 4 lbs smallmouth

385
00:18:42,700 --> 00:18:45,666
Come up and eat this thing on 
me and

386
00:18:45,833 --> 00:18:47,566
couldn't get the net out.

387
00:18:47,566 --> 00:18:48,566
Lesson learned.

388
00:18:48,566 --> 00:18:53,233
Big fish

389
00:18:53,233 --> 00:18:57,766
swirl right there.

390
00:18:57,900 --> 00:19:00,133
Here we go.

391
00:19:00,133 --> 00:19:02,933
All right, let me grab that net.

392
00:19:02,933 --> 00:19:07,066
Actually, I'm 
just going to throw this one in.

393
00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:11,666
There we go, man.

394
00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:15,866
This is a fish that's just come 
out of super cold, cold water.

395
00:19:15,966 --> 00:19:19,700
You ought to feel how cold 
this fish is To the touch.

396
00:19:19,833 --> 00:19:22,233
I got back in 
here, hooked a pretty good small

397
00:19:22,233 --> 00:19:25,166
mouth, got right up to the boat, 
And now this fish.

398
00:19:25,433 --> 00:19:28,866
And this fish here is a 
you know, it's knocking on.

399
00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:31,766
It's over 
three and a half pounds.

400
00:19:31,766 --> 00:19:34,900
Let's see what we got here 
right at 20 inches long.

401
00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:37,166
It is really, really cool 
to think

402
00:19:37,166 --> 00:19:40,133
that you took a September 
successful archery hunt,

403
00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:44,000
turned it into a bag 
full of jigs and brought them

404
00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:47,566
down here and lo 
and behold, turn a September

405
00:19:47,833 --> 00:19:51,033
doe hunt into a beautiful 
smallmouth bass.

406
00:19:51,133 --> 00:19:52,566
I'll tell you what,

407
00:19:52,566 --> 00:19:55,000
there's something 
kind of special about that.

408
00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:56,733
Let's 
get this fish back in the water.

409
00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:06,200
This weekend

410
00:20:06,700 --> 00:20:09,366
is the opening weekend 
to the Bull Elk Firearms season.

411
00:20:09,500 --> 00:20:10,866
Good luck to all the hunters.

412
00:20:44,233 --> 00:20:48,466
Right there above that bush. 
It█s a 5x5.

413
00:20:50,833 --> 00:20:51,933
He█s small.

414
00:20:55,900 --> 00:20:57,366
Just a little on the small side.

415
00:20:57,366 --> 00:20:57,733
You know,

416
00:20:58,200 --> 00:20:59,400
a decent bull.

417
00:21:00,266 --> 00:21:01,933
Plenty of table fair, 
but it doesn't have

418
00:21:01,933 --> 00:21:03,100
the headgear we're looking for.

419
00:21:03,100 --> 00:21:04,900
We'll get an opportunity 
at a bigger one.

420
00:21:04,900 --> 00:21:06,800
Just got to get the right one.

421
00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:09,033
Let's get some lunch, get rested 
up, and we'll be back at it.

422
00:21:09,500 --> 00:21:10,266
Sounds good.

423
00:21:10,266 --> 00:21:10,900
Alright.

424
00:21:19,300 --> 00:21:20,300
That█s a big bull.

425
00:21:24,033 --> 00:21:25,133
let's make a move.

426
00:21:35,266 --> 00:21:37,300
All right this bull█s 
bedded down right up here.

427
00:21:37,300 --> 00:21:38,033
So we█re going to sneak up here.

428
00:21:38,300 --> 00:21:39,966
Be ready 
he could stand up at any time.

429
00:21:39,966 --> 00:21:40,666
Okay.

430
00:21:41,500 --> 00:21:42,933
There he is. There he is.

431
00:21:44,366 --> 00:21:46,266
Get setup. 
Get on him, get on him.

432
00:21:46,266 --> 00:21:46,733
Got him.

433
00:21:46,733 --> 00:21:47,400
Okay.

434
00:21:48,100 --> 00:21:48,266
Ready?

435
00:21:48,466 --> 00:21:48,633
Yeah.

436
00:21:53,333 --> 00:21:53,766
Good shot.

437
00:21:53,966 --> 00:21:55,166
Good shot. He█s down.

438
00:21:55,166 --> 00:21:55,633
Get ready.

439
00:21:56,133 --> 00:21:56,533
Another one, 
get another one in him.

440
00:21:58,766 --> 00:21:59,566
He's down.

441
00:22:01,233 --> 00:22:02,233
That's a good bull.

442
00:22:03,733 --> 00:22:05,333
That was a great shot man.

443
00:22:05,333 --> 00:22:06,533
That was a good bull.

444
00:22:08,300 --> 00:22:09,666
Thank you Jesus.

445
00:22:12,100 --> 00:22:13,166
This is the deal right here.

446
00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:16,200
Hop in here, pick this thing up. 
Let me take your rifle.

447
00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:18,200
Look at this bull.

448
00:22:19,900 --> 00:22:20,466
You smell him?

449
00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:22,100
You smell that bull? Yeah.

450
00:22:22,100 --> 00:22:22,633
Look there.

451
00:22:22,633 --> 00:22:24,066
I tell you what.

452
00:22:24,066 --> 00:22:25,833
This bull is very symmetrical.

453
00:22:25,833 --> 00:22:26,766
I mean, I'm 
telling you, there's going

454
00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:29,800
to be very few deductions, 
not that the scores matter. No.

455
00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:33,066
I could care less if it had 
droptines and a bunch of junk.

456
00:22:33,066 --> 00:22:34,766
But this thing is 
very symmetrical.

457
00:22:35,766 --> 00:22:37,000
Real chocolate.

458
00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:39,033
Little bitty 
white tips on the top.

459
00:22:39,033 --> 00:22:41,066
Check that out. He█s been 
fighting some, you see these?

460
00:22:41,066 --> 00:22:42,633
Those are scarred up some. Yeah.

461
00:22:44,666 --> 00:22:45,600
If I was as big as him,

462
00:22:45,866 --> 00:22:47,533
I believe I could handle myself 
pretty good too.

463
00:22:49,633 --> 00:22:51,600
You█ve got a really, 
really, really nice bull here.

464
00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:54,866
You ready for a new freezer?

465
00:22:54,866 --> 00:22:55,833
I'm ready.

466
00:22:56,366 --> 00:22:58,033
Don, I know that you,

467
00:22:58,033 --> 00:22:58,433
we thought

468
00:22:59,333 --> 00:23:00,433
this would end up this way 
with a big bull in our hands.

469
00:23:00,633 --> 00:23:01,833
But now that it's happened, 
does it feel a little bit

470
00:23:01,833 --> 00:23:04,033
surreal? 
It's finally hitting me.

471
00:23:04,033 --> 00:23:07,800
I mean, probably as hard 
as I hit that bull when he fell.

472
00:23:08,266 --> 00:23:10,366
But, yeah, 
this has been a dream of mine.

473
00:23:10,366 --> 00:23:12,833
You got yourself a trophy bull 
here.

474
00:23:12,833 --> 00:23:14,866
Let's go ahead and get 
get the truck and get it up here

475
00:23:14,866 --> 00:23:17,333
and try to get this thing 
loaded up for it gets dark.

476
00:23:17,333 --> 00:23:18,533
Congratulations again.

477
00:23:18,533 --> 00:23:20,333
I'm so happy for you.

478
00:23:20,333 --> 00:23:22,233
This bull has got to go 
Tennessee.

479
00:23:22,233 --> 00:23:23,066
It's going to Byrdstown.

480
00:23:23,066 --> 00:23:24,666
It's going to Byrdstown.

481
00:23:24,666 --> 00:23:26,000
Well, congratulations.

482
00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:26,833
Thank you.

483
00:23:26,833 --> 00:23:29,333
Alright, I got your rifle.

484
00:23:29,333 --> 00:23:30,233
All right.

485
00:23:30,233 --> 00:23:31,233
Appreciate it.

486
00:23:33,500 --> 00:23:36,000
Matt█s going to be green with 
envy, or whatever color you get.

487
00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:37,666
I don█t know what color 
it is. That color huh?

488
00:23:37,666 --> 00:23:39,100
Yeah, 
he's going to be that color.

489
00:23:39,866 --> 00:23:42,466
Well, Don, I can't believe this 
elk hunt is over.

490
00:23:42,466 --> 00:23:44,366
It happened so fast. 
There's a bull out there.

491
00:23:44,366 --> 00:23:45,733
We run 
up. It's bedded in a waller.

492
00:23:45,733 --> 00:23:47,733
We don't even see the animal. 
We're going in for it.

493
00:23:47,733 --> 00:23:51,033
It stands up, 
and we got literally seconds

494
00:23:51,033 --> 00:23:52,000
to put a shot on.

495
00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:52,433
Yeah,

496
00:23:53,100 --> 00:23:54,100
and I'll tell you what, 
the more you stand and

497
00:23:54,333 --> 00:23:56,366
look at it, the more impressive 
this animal gets.

498
00:23:56,366 --> 00:23:58,033
Yeah, it's incredible.

499
00:23:58,033 --> 00:23:59,433
This has been a dream of mine.

500
00:23:59,433 --> 00:24:00,533
And today it unfolded,

501
00:24:00,733 --> 00:24:03,766
and I want to be sure 
and thank you, Chad and Jamison.

502
00:24:03,766 --> 00:24:05,333
You've been great to hunt with.

503
00:24:05,333 --> 00:24:07,033
I wish we could do it again. 
And maybe we can.

504
00:24:07,033 --> 00:24:07,900
And maybe we can.

505
00:24:08,133 --> 00:24:09,800
It's been 
it really has been a lot of fun.

506
00:24:10,900 --> 00:24:11,733
Yeah, Well, safe travels.

507
00:24:12,333 --> 00:24:13,933
And I want to thank the Kentucky 
Fish and Wildlife Foundation.

508
00:24:13,933 --> 00:24:16,133
That█s how you won this tag. 
Yes, definitely.

509
00:24:16,133 --> 00:24:18,600
That's who put us together 
to make this happen.

510
00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:21,200
So thanks again 
and safe travels. Thank you.

511
00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:22,500
You guys have safe travels to.

512
00:24:22,500 --> 00:24:23,500
All right. Appreciate it.

513
00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:31,433
Now, let's check 
in and see who else has been out

514
00:24:31,433 --> 00:24:34,400
having fun in this week's Ones 
that didn't get away.

515
00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:37,133
Check out this beautiful 
ten point buck that was taken

516
00:24:37,133 --> 00:24:40,066
in Velvet in Casey County 
by Micah Smith.

517
00:24:40,166 --> 00:24:41,033
Nice deer.

518
00:24:41,033 --> 00:24:42,866
here we have Ben dryer

519
00:24:42,866 --> 00:24:46,066
with a nice opening day buck 
that he took in Campbell County.

520
00:24:46,266 --> 00:24:47,966
This buck was taken in velvet

521
00:24:47,966 --> 00:24:51,733
and he said it came in with nose 
up, but his wind was perfect.

522
00:24:51,866 --> 00:24:53,166
Nice job.

523
00:24:53,166 --> 00:24:55,533
Here we have Trey Thurmond 
with a nice buck.

524
00:24:55,533 --> 00:24:58,700
He said this was his 
very first ever velvet buck.

525
00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:00,300
Nice job.

526
00:25:00,300 --> 00:25:02,066
Here's something you don't see 
every day.

527
00:25:02,066 --> 00:25:02,666
Jeffrey Hooker

528
00:25:03,433 --> 00:25:06,333
took this Laurel County piebald 
doe during archery season.

529
00:25:06,466 --> 00:25:11,266
Nice job.

530
00:25:11,366 --> 00:25:14,033
Hey, if you're interested in elk 
hunting in 2024,

531
00:25:14,033 --> 00:25:17,366
the application period 
is now open online right now.

532
00:25:17,500 --> 00:25:18,333
And remember

533
00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:20,600
hunting and fishing on private 
property is a privilege.

534
00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:22,766
Always ask permission 
and thank the landowner.

535
00:25:22,766 --> 00:25:24,666
Until next week 
I'm your host, Chad Miles,

536
00:25:24,666 --> 00:25:27,133
and I hope to see you 
in the woods or on the water.