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WE TRAVEL TO 2 00:00:18,666 --> 00:00:24,700 BEAVER LAKE IN SEARCH OF PAN 3 00:00:20,733 --> 00:00:26,266 FISH WITH FOUR-YEAR-OLD LEO 4 00:00:24,700 --> 00:00:26,833 MILES. 5 00:00:26,266 --> 00:00:28,400 >> LEO! 6 00:00:26,833 --> 00:00:29,200 >> YEAH! 7 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:30,633 THAT'S A KEEPER! 8 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:32,433 >> WE ASK YOUR HELP IN LOCATING 9 00:00:30,633 --> 00:00:34,466 ONE OF KENTUCKY'S MOST 10 00:00:32,433 --> 00:00:37,533 INTERESTING BIRDS OF PREY. 11 00:00:34,466 --> 00:00:39,166 >> THEN, WE VISIT WITH THE TRUE 12 00:00:37,533 --> 00:00:41,866 CONSERVATIONIST AS HE PASSES ON 13 00:00:39,166 --> 00:00:43,500 THE TRADITION OF TRAPPING TO THE 14 00:00:41,866 --> 00:00:44,500 NEXT GENERATION. 15 00:00:43,500 --> 00:00:54,666 IT'S ALL NEXT ON "KENTUCKY 16 00:00:44,500 --> 00:00:54,666 AFIELD." 17 00:00:58,166 --> 00:01:08,200 ♪ 18 00:01:44,166 --> 00:01:45,800 >> HELLO AND WELCOME TO 19 00:01:45,300 --> 00:01:47,066 "KENTUCKY AFIELD." 20 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:48,600 I'M YOUR HOST CHAD MILES AND 21 00:01:47,066 --> 00:01:50,066 TONIGHT WE'RE IN SEARCH OF 22 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:51,833 ADVENTURE AT BEAVER LAKE. 23 00:01:50,066 --> 00:01:53,600 IT IS FATHER'S DAY WEEKEND SO I 24 00:01:51,833 --> 00:02:05,266 TOOK MY DAD AND MY SON AND WE 25 00:01:53,600 --> 00:02:05,266 WENT IN SEARCH OF SOME PAN FISH. 26 00:02:14,533 --> 00:02:17,100 >> WELL, THIS IS GOOD LOOKING 27 00:02:16,633 --> 00:02:26,866 SPOTS, ISN'T IT. 28 00:02:17,100 --> 00:02:33,066 >> OH, YEAH. 29 00:02:26,866 --> 00:02:35,100 >> NOT CASTING THAT WELL. 30 00:02:33,066 --> 00:02:37,600 >> TWO TURTLES. 31 00:02:35,100 --> 00:02:41,000 >> YES, LOOKS LIKE MOMMA AND A 32 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:42,433 LITTLE ONE, DON'T IT. 33 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:44,633 IF YOU DON'T GET TO CATCHING 34 00:02:42,433 --> 00:02:45,500 SOME FISH, WE MIGHT HAVE TO EAT 35 00:02:44,633 --> 00:02:51,533 THEM WORMS. 36 00:02:45,500 --> 00:02:51,800 SUPPOSED TO BE HIGH IN PROTEIN. 37 00:02:51,533 --> 00:02:52,200 LEO. 38 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:54,266 >> WHAT? 39 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:57,633 >> HERE, CATCH THIS. 40 00:02:54,266 --> 00:02:59,833 YOU'VE GOT ONE, LEO. 41 00:02:57,633 --> 00:03:00,200 LET'S SEE -- YOU'VE GOT HIM UP 42 00:02:59,833 --> 00:03:01,966 HERE. 43 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:04,666 RAISE HIM UP. 44 00:03:01,966 --> 00:03:05,800 >> HE'S A THROW BACK BUT HE'S A 45 00:03:04,666 --> 00:03:07,266 BIG ONE TO CATCH. 46 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:08,266 >> I WANT TO THROW HIM BACK. 47 00:03:07,266 --> 00:03:09,500 >> SQUEEZ! 48 00:03:08,266 --> 00:03:10,300 SQUEEZE HARD UNTIL YOU GET HIM 49 00:03:09,500 --> 00:03:11,366 OVER THE BOAT. 50 00:03:10,300 --> 00:03:15,733 >> TAKE HIM TO THE BOAT. 51 00:03:11,366 --> 00:03:19,300 >> GOD JOB, LEO. 52 00:03:15,733 --> 00:03:20,666 >> YOU KNOW, SOMEHOW MY EARLIEST 53 00:03:19,300 --> 00:03:22,166 MEMORIES ARE YOU AND I FISHING 54 00:03:20,666 --> 00:03:23,766 TOGETHER AND I UNFORTUNATELY 55 00:03:22,166 --> 00:03:25,833 NEVER GOT A CHANCE TO MEET YOUR 56 00:03:23,766 --> 00:03:26,600 DAD AS HE PASSED AWAY BEFORE I 57 00:03:25,833 --> 00:03:28,066 WAS BORN. 58 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:30,300 BUT, CAN YOU REMEMBER STORIES OF 59 00:03:28,066 --> 00:03:30,566 YOU GUYS FISHING AT A REAL YOUNG 60 00:03:30,300 --> 00:03:33,266 AGE? 61 00:03:30,566 --> 00:03:38,966 >> OH, YEAH. 62 00:03:33,266 --> 00:03:41,466 FIRST STARTED FISHING BACK THEN. 63 00:03:38,966 --> 00:03:44,866 OF COURSE, I WAS RAISED IN 64 00:03:41,466 --> 00:03:47,033 FAIRDALE AND THEY HAD BIG HORN, 65 00:03:44,866 --> 00:03:49,500 AND THEN I THINK THE STATE, IT 66 00:03:47,033 --> 00:03:50,966 MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE FISH 67 00:03:49,500 --> 00:03:52,666 DEPARTMENT, PUT IN TOM WALLACE 68 00:03:50,966 --> 00:03:54,500 AND I NEVER WILL FORGET, HE 69 00:03:52,666 --> 00:03:56,500 WOULD GO UP THERE AND TAKE ME UP 70 00:03:54,500 --> 00:03:59,433 THERE AND OF COURSE WHEN THEY 71 00:03:56,500 --> 00:04:00,966 FIRST STOCKED IT, YOU COULD 72 00:03:59,433 --> 00:04:02,833 CATCH QUITE A FEW FISH. 73 00:04:00,966 --> 00:04:06,200 THAT'S THE FIRST FISH IN THAT IN 74 00:04:02,833 --> 00:04:06,833 THE PAY LAKES UNTIL THEY BROUGHT 75 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:08,566 IT DOWN. 76 00:04:06,833 --> 00:04:10,000 I REMEMBER SITTING ON THE DOCK 77 00:04:08,566 --> 00:04:10,266 AND THEY WERE STILL BUILDING THE 78 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,566 DAM. 79 00:04:10,266 --> 00:04:13,200 THAT'S HOW EARLY THEY BOUGHT 80 00:04:12,566 --> 00:04:14,533 DOWN THERE. 81 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:16,533 THEY WERE WORKING ON THE ROAD 82 00:04:14,533 --> 00:04:17,433 THAT GOES OVER IT. 83 00:04:16,533 --> 00:04:18,666 >> HERE YOU GO. 84 00:04:17,433 --> 00:04:19,100 >> I GOT IT. 85 00:04:18,666 --> 00:04:28,866 I GOT IT. 86 00:04:19,100 --> 00:04:29,733 >> REALLY. 87 00:04:28,866 --> 00:04:30,133 HE'S BIGGER, LEO. 88 00:04:29,733 --> 00:04:31,800 >> HE IS. 89 00:04:30,133 --> 00:04:32,933 >> THAT'S MORE LIKE IT NOW CAN 90 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:33,666 WE KEEP IT THAT'S A DANDY. 91 00:04:32,933 --> 00:04:34,533 >> LET'S KEEP HIM. 92 00:04:33,666 --> 00:04:36,433 >> THAT'S MORE LIKE IT. 93 00:04:34,533 --> 00:04:38,500 >> CAN WE KEEP HIM? 94 00:04:36,433 --> 00:04:39,733 >> WENT TO THE BUG HERE. 95 00:04:38,500 --> 00:04:41,433 >> CAN WE KEEP HIM? 96 00:04:39,733 --> 00:04:41,866 >> DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU PUT 97 00:04:41,433 --> 00:04:42,200 HIM? 98 00:04:41,866 --> 00:04:50,333 >> YES. 99 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:52,100 >> 100 00:04:50,333 --> 00:04:52,666 >> WE'RE A FAMILY THAT'S ALL 101 00:04:52,100 --> 00:04:54,166 FISHED TOGETHER. 102 00:04:52,666 --> 00:04:56,000 WHEN YOU ONLY HAVE ONE SIBLING 103 00:04:54,166 --> 00:04:57,466 AND HE'S A BROTHER AND HE'S 104 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:58,800 ABOUT AS AVID AS YOU CAN BE. 105 00:04:57,466 --> 00:05:00,833 AND I REMEMBER AS A FAMILY JUST 106 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:03,533 ALL PILING IN THAT LITTLE CABIN 107 00:05:00,833 --> 00:05:04,700 AND I MEAN, EXTENDED FAMILY. 108 00:05:03,533 --> 00:05:07,033 YOUR MOM AND OF COURSE YOUR DAD 109 00:05:04,700 --> 00:05:10,333 HAD PASSED AWAY SO YOUR STEP DAD 110 00:05:07,033 --> 00:05:10,800 AND COUSINS, AND UNCLES AND 111 00:05:10,333 --> 00:05:11,866 EVERYBODY. 112 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:13,333 WE JUST ALL PILED IN IN AND IF 113 00:05:11,866 --> 00:05:14,466 THERE WAS AN OPEN SPOT ON THE 114 00:05:13,333 --> 00:05:15,733 FLOOR, YOU TOOK IT IF YOU WANTED 115 00:05:14,466 --> 00:05:18,966 TO STAY AT THE LAKE AND THAT'S 116 00:05:15,733 --> 00:05:20,400 HOW SUMMERS WERE. 117 00:05:18,966 --> 00:05:21,066 IT IS HUGE TO KEEP THE FAMILY 118 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:21,400 CLOSE. 119 00:05:21,066 --> 00:05:25,366 FISHING. 120 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:27,166 IT IS PROBABLY BEEN THE BIGGEST 121 00:05:25,366 --> 00:05:28,500 PART OF ALL OF OUR LIVES AND IT 122 00:05:27,166 --> 00:05:33,933 PROBABLY HELPED TO KEEP ME OUT 123 00:05:28,500 --> 00:05:37,200 OF TROUBLE. 124 00:05:33,933 --> 00:05:40,366 >> LOOK HERE, LEO. 125 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:41,066 PUT THAT NEW BAIT ON THERE, AND 126 00:05:40,366 --> 00:05:43,033 LOOK WHAT HAPPENED. 127 00:05:41,066 --> 00:05:44,666 MUST BE ALL ABOUT THE LEGS. 128 00:05:43,033 --> 00:05:46,366 >> ARE WE GOING TO KEEP IT? 129 00:05:44,666 --> 00:05:48,933 >> I BELIEVE THAT ONE PROBABLY 130 00:05:46,366 --> 00:05:53,933 IS BIG ENOUGH. 131 00:05:48,933 --> 00:05:57,966 >> YOU WANT A FISH TACO. 132 00:05:53,933 --> 00:05:59,400 >> GOT HIM. 133 00:05:57,966 --> 00:06:01,233 >> THAT'S A BIG ONE. 134 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:04,066 NICE JOB, LEO. 135 00:06:01,233 --> 00:06:05,433 YEAH, LEO, NICE JOB. 136 00:06:04,066 --> 00:06:06,566 HOW MANY HAVE YOU CAUGHT? 137 00:06:05,433 --> 00:06:08,200 HAVE YOU CAUGHT THEM ALL? 138 00:06:06,566 --> 00:06:09,700 >> NO, WE JUST NEED ONE MORE. 139 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:12,633 WE JUST NEED UP WITH MORE FISH. 140 00:06:09,700 --> 00:06:18,033 >> OKAY. 141 00:06:12,633 --> 00:06:20,800 ONE MORE. 142 00:06:18,033 --> 00:06:26,200 PAPAW AND MAMAW CAN HAVE A 143 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:28,300 FATHER'S DAY FISH FRY. 144 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:31,600 >> CHAD PROBABLY GETS THAT LOVE 145 00:06:28,300 --> 00:06:33,300 OF FISHING FROM MY DAD, HIS 146 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:35,433 GRANDFATHER NEVER MET. 147 00:06:33,300 --> 00:06:38,266 I CAN REMEMBER THAT WAS BACK IN 148 00:06:35,433 --> 00:06:39,966 THE LATE 50s, EARLY 60S WHEN 149 00:06:38,266 --> 00:06:43,133 THEY BUILT THAT LAKE. 150 00:06:39,966 --> 00:06:45,500 HE WOULD FISH ALL DAY AND SIT ON 151 00:06:43,133 --> 00:06:46,033 THE FRONT OF THE BOAT AND JUST 152 00:06:45,500 --> 00:06:48,866 OAR IT. 153 00:06:46,033 --> 00:06:50,833 YOU DID NOT HAVE TROLLING MOTORS 154 00:06:48,866 --> 00:06:54,900 AND JUST LITTLE ALUMINUM BOAT. 155 00:06:50,833 --> 00:06:57,466 HE WOULD FISH ALL DAY. 156 00:06:54,900 --> 00:06:58,033 AND FOR SUCH A THING AS PASSING 157 00:06:57,466 --> 00:06:59,966 IT ON, HE DID. 158 00:06:58,033 --> 00:07:05,900 >> GET THIS FISH IN THE BOAT. 159 00:06:59,966 --> 00:07:09,033 GOOD LORD, THAT'S A BIG ONE. 160 00:07:05,900 --> 00:07:10,400 >> THAT'S A KEEPER! 161 00:07:09,033 --> 00:07:12,866 >> THAT'S A KEEPER TOO. 162 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:13,466 >> MAN, I THOUGHT THAT WAS A RED 163 00:07:12,866 --> 00:07:14,600 EAR BUT IT IS NOT. 164 00:07:13,466 --> 00:07:16,766 >> IT IS A KEEPER. 165 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:19,500 >> NOW, THAT'S A TROPHY 166 00:07:16,766 --> 00:07:21,000 BLUEGILL. 167 00:07:19,500 --> 00:07:22,600 WE'RE PROUD OF YOU, BUDDY. 168 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:25,033 YOU DID GOOD. 169 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:26,900 THAT MIGHT BE THE BIGGEST 170 00:07:25,033 --> 00:07:31,533 BLUEGILL PAPAW HAS EVER SEEN. 171 00:07:26,900 --> 00:07:34,200 >> I THOUGHT THAT HE WAS A NICE 172 00:07:31,533 --> 00:07:36,933 ONE. 173 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:44,433 I BELIEVE THIS IS A FISH TACO, 174 00:07:36,933 --> 00:07:45,366 BUDDY. 175 00:07:44,433 --> 00:07:49,233 ALL RIGHT, RAISE IT. 176 00:07:45,366 --> 00:07:50,166 >> UP WHOSE IS BIGGER, PAPAW'S 177 00:07:49,233 --> 00:07:51,800 OR DADDIES? 178 00:07:50,166 --> 00:07:52,566 >> NO, THIS ONE IS BIGGER, ALL 179 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:54,300 RIGHT. 180 00:07:52,566 --> 00:08:02,800 TELL YOU WHAT, IT WOULDN'T TAKE 181 00:07:54,300 --> 00:08:04,833 MANY THAT SIZE TO HAVE A MESS. 182 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:05,300 >> I HOPE HE DON'T EAT THE REST 183 00:08:04,833 --> 00:08:07,100 OF THEM. 184 00:08:05,300 --> 00:08:09,066 >> I THINK THE VERY FIRST 185 00:08:07,100 --> 00:08:11,133 MEMORIES OF ME FISHING WAS 186 00:08:09,066 --> 00:08:13,066 BLUEGILL FISHING AT THE PONDS 187 00:08:11,133 --> 00:08:13,833 WHERE WE USED TO LIVE THERE IN 188 00:08:13,066 --> 00:08:15,966 MOUNT WASHINGTON AT THE IN FRONT 189 00:08:13,833 --> 00:08:17,000 OF THE SUBDIVISION. 190 00:08:15,966 --> 00:08:19,266 THOSE PONDS HAVE BEEN GONE FOR 191 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:22,233 20 YEARS BUT I THINK THAT'S MY 192 00:08:19,266 --> 00:08:32,433 ABSOLUTE VERY FIRST MEMORIES OF 193 00:08:22,233 --> 00:08:32,433 FISHING 194 00:08:35,700 --> 00:08:38,533 >> THAT INTRODUCED MORE PEOPLE 195 00:08:37,333 --> 00:08:39,866 TO FISHING THAN ANYTHING. 196 00:08:38,533 --> 00:08:41,433 >> I HOPE ALL THE FATHERS AND 197 00:08:39,866 --> 00:08:44,766 SONS ARE ABLE TO GET OUT THIS 198 00:08:41,433 --> 00:08:46,533 YEAR DURING FATHER'S DAY, AND 199 00:08:44,766 --> 00:08:48,266 ENJOY ONE OF OUR LOCAL LAKES OR 200 00:08:46,533 --> 00:08:50,233 PRIVATE POND OR GET OUT ON ONE 201 00:08:48,266 --> 00:08:57,100 OF OUR LAKES AND JUST SPEND SOME 202 00:08:50,233 --> 00:08:59,166 TIME TOGETHER. 203 00:08:57,100 --> 00:09:00,400 >> COMING UP, WE NEED YOUR HELP 204 00:08:59,166 --> 00:09:01,933 IN LOCATING SOME BIRDS. 205 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:03,300 BUT FIRST, LET'S SEE WHO IS 206 00:09:01,933 --> 00:09:09,433 CATCHING WHAT AND WHERE IN THIS 207 00:09:03,300 --> 00:09:16,766 WEEK'S FISHING REPORT. 208 00:09:09,433 --> 00:09:17,966 >> IT WAS IN WESTERN KENTUCKY,, 209 00:09:16,766 --> 00:09:21,233 VERY LITTLE DISCHARGE, ONLY 210 00:09:17,966 --> 00:09:24,500 ABOUT TO,000 CFS PLANNED FOR 211 00:09:21,233 --> 00:09:25,733 THIS WEEK THROUGH KENTUCKY, A 212 00:09:24,500 --> 00:09:28,100 LITTLE LESS THROUGH BARCLAY AND 213 00:09:25,733 --> 00:09:31,833 THEY ARE STILL FINDING A FEW 214 00:09:28,100 --> 00:09:35,333 FISH ON THE EMBANKMENT. 215 00:09:31,833 --> 00:09:37,233 MINNOWS AND GIGS. 216 00:09:35,333 --> 00:09:41,933 MAY BE USING THE SMALL SPLIT 217 00:09:37,233 --> 00:09:42,833 SHOT, AND A WORM, MIGHT CATCH 218 00:09:41,933 --> 00:09:45,133 YOU SOME SUN FISH. 219 00:09:42,833 --> 00:09:47,033 IF YOU CAN FIND YOUR RIVER 220 00:09:45,133 --> 00:09:48,333 CURRENT, TURN ON THE GENERATORS, 221 00:09:47,033 --> 00:09:48,733 OUGHT TO PICK UP ON THE 222 00:09:48,333 --> 00:09:50,666 RIVERBANKS. 223 00:09:48,733 --> 00:09:52,166 IN THE TAIL WATERS THOUGH, BE 224 00:09:50,666 --> 00:09:54,966 GOOD FOR CATFISH AND STRIPED 225 00:09:52,166 --> 00:09:56,800 BASS FISHING BELOW THE DAMS. 226 00:09:54,966 --> 00:09:59,033 THIS IS PAUL RHYSER AND I HOPE 227 00:09:56,800 --> 00:10:00,066 YOU FIND A GOOD COOL DAY TO GO 228 00:09:59,033 --> 00:10:02,633 FISHING. 229 00:10:00,066 --> 00:10:03,400 >> NOLAN IS HOLDING STEADY 230 00:10:02,633 --> 00:10:05,133 SUMMER POOL. 231 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:07,533 ROUGH RIVER LAKE IS STILL THREE 232 00:10:05,133 --> 00:10:07,833 AND A HALF FEET ABOVE SUMMER 233 00:10:07,533 --> 00:10:09,566 POOL. 234 00:10:07,833 --> 00:10:11,500 BASS FISHING IN BOTH RESERVOIRS 235 00:10:09,566 --> 00:10:12,933 IS FAIR, TRANSITION ZONES ARE 236 00:10:11,500 --> 00:10:14,133 REALLY GOOD PLACE TO BE FISHING 237 00:10:12,933 --> 00:10:15,533 RIGHT NOW. 238 00:10:14,133 --> 00:10:18,833 AND, TRY FISHING OVER THERE WITH 239 00:10:15,533 --> 00:10:20,700 DEEP DRIVING CRANK BAITS OR SOME 240 00:10:18,833 --> 00:10:22,000 CAROLINA RIG PLASTIC BAITS. 241 00:10:20,700 --> 00:10:24,166 CRAPPIE ARE PRETTY MUCH SET UP 242 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:26,600 ON THE SUMMERTIME AREAS. 243 00:10:24,166 --> 00:10:27,466 DEEPER BRUSH PILE, 12 TO 15 FOOT 244 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:29,733 DEPTH RANGE. 245 00:10:27,466 --> 00:10:31,333 CLOSER TRIPS TO HOME YOU MIGHT 246 00:10:29,733 --> 00:10:31,900 CHECK OUT SOME OF OUR FINS 247 00:10:31,333 --> 00:10:33,733 LAKES. 248 00:10:31,900 --> 00:10:37,066 AS WELL AS MADISONVILLE, CITY 249 00:10:33,733 --> 00:10:39,900 PARK LAKE, AND IN LEITCHFIELD. 250 00:10:37,066 --> 00:10:41,066 THEY HAVE ALL BEEN STOCKED WITH 251 00:10:39,900 --> 00:10:42,400 CATFISH AND HYBRID SUN FISH 252 00:10:41,066 --> 00:10:43,766 WITHIN THE LAST WEEK OR TWO. 253 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:44,666 THAT'S AN UPDATE FROM THE 254 00:10:43,766 --> 00:10:45,866 NORTHWESTERN FISHERY DISTRICT 255 00:10:44,666 --> 00:10:48,066 AND PLEASE REMEMBER, BE SAFE ON 256 00:10:45,866 --> 00:10:48,600 THE WATER, AND ALWAYS WEAR YOUR 257 00:10:48,066 --> 00:10:51,666 PFDs. 258 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:52,933 >> HI, THIS IS JOHN WILLIAMS 259 00:10:51,666 --> 00:10:54,800 WITH THE FISH REPORT. 260 00:10:52,933 --> 00:10:58,400 THE FISHING AT LAKE CUMBERLAND 261 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:59,533 HAS BEEN RELATIVELY SLOW LAST 262 00:10:58,400 --> 00:11:01,733 COUPLE OF WEEKS. 263 00:10:59,533 --> 00:11:04,366 ABOUT THE ONLY THING THERE IS 264 00:11:01,733 --> 00:11:08,033 CATFISH, AND A CHANNEL CAT AND 265 00:11:04,366 --> 00:11:09,400 BLUEGILL. 266 00:11:08,033 --> 00:11:10,266 PROBABLY YOUR BEST BET IN THE 267 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:11,833 DISTRICT STAKING A FLOAT TRIP 268 00:11:10,266 --> 00:11:13,400 DOWN ONE OF THE RIVERS IN OUR 269 00:11:11,833 --> 00:11:15,900 AREA EITHER THE UPPER CUMBERLAND 270 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:17,366 OR THE BIG SOUTH FORK, BUCK 271 00:11:15,900 --> 00:11:19,833 CREEK, ROCKCASTLE RIVER AND 272 00:11:17,366 --> 00:11:20,866 SOUTH FORK, KENTUCKY ALL HAVE 273 00:11:19,833 --> 00:11:23,133 EXCELLENT FISHERIES INCLUDING 274 00:11:20,866 --> 00:11:26,200 SMALLMOUTH, AND A VARIETY OF SUN 275 00:11:23,133 --> 00:11:28,100 FISH, REBEL CRAW DADS OR GRUBS 276 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:29,666 OR INLINE SPINNERS, CATCH A 277 00:11:28,100 --> 00:11:29,966 VARIETY OF BASS AND SUN FISH ON 278 00:11:29,666 --> 00:11:31,266 THOSE. 279 00:11:29,966 --> 00:11:33,200 ALSO THIS TIME OF YEAR, TAIL 280 00:11:31,266 --> 00:11:34,700 WATER IS GOOD, INLINE 281 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:36,266 SPINNERRANCE, SMALL CRANKS AND 282 00:11:34,700 --> 00:11:36,833 SPOONS, ARE USUALLY THE BEST BET 283 00:11:36,266 --> 00:11:39,733 THERE. 284 00:11:36,833 --> 00:11:45,800 AS ALWAYS, GOOD LUCK AND GOOD 285 00:11:39,733 --> 00:11:48,366 FISHING. 286 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:52,933 >> HERE IS HOW YOU CAN HELP. 287 00:11:48,366 --> 00:11:55,166 TODAY WE HAVE KATE BIOLOGIST FOR 288 00:11:52,933 --> 00:11:59,600 THE DIVISION OF FISH AND 289 00:11:55,166 --> 00:12:00,833 WILDLIFE. 290 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:05,366 THEY LOOK A LOT DIFFERENT, AND 291 00:12:00,833 --> 00:12:05,700 WE GOT A PROJECT THAT WE'RE TRY 292 00:12:05,366 --> 00:12:07,533 ING TO. 293 00:12:05,700 --> 00:12:09,466 >> THIS YEAR WE'RE DOING A 294 00:12:07,533 --> 00:12:09,733 STATEWIDE INVENTORY FOR THE BARN 295 00:12:09,466 --> 00:12:10,500 OWL. 296 00:12:09,733 --> 00:12:11,833 THIS IS A SPECIES THAT WE'VE 297 00:12:10,500 --> 00:12:14,966 BEEN WORKING ON FOR ABOUT SIX 298 00:12:11,833 --> 00:12:16,733 YEARS NOW, AND EVERY THREE YEARS 299 00:12:14,966 --> 00:12:18,600 WE DO INVENTORY STATEWIDE TO 300 00:12:16,733 --> 00:12:21,533 FIND AS MANY BARN OWLS AS WE CAN 301 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:21,966 AND THIS IS THE YEAR OF THE BARN 302 00:12:21,533 --> 00:12:23,566 OWL AGAIN. 303 00:12:21,966 --> 00:12:24,766 >> YOU NEED THE PUBLIC'S HELP TO 304 00:12:23,566 --> 00:12:25,766 LOCATE THESE BIRD, CORRECT. 305 00:12:24,766 --> 00:12:27,400 >> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. 306 00:12:25,766 --> 00:12:29,000 MOST OF THESE BIRDS ARE ON 307 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:30,933 PRIVATE LAND, AND SO, YOU KNOW, 308 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:32,100 IN ORDER TO DO SURVEYS FOR THEM 309 00:12:30,933 --> 00:12:33,433 WE NEED PRIVATE LAND OWNERS TO 310 00:12:32,100 --> 00:12:36,166 TELL US WHEN THEY SEE THEM. 311 00:12:33,433 --> 00:12:37,266 >> IT IS CALLED A BARN OWL SO 312 00:12:36,166 --> 00:12:39,433 I'M GUESSING A BARN IS A GOOD 313 00:12:37,266 --> 00:12:40,533 PLACE TO START TO LOOK FOR THESE 314 00:12:39,433 --> 00:12:40,900 BUT THEY'LL NEST IN OTHER 315 00:12:40,533 --> 00:12:41,833 LOCATIONS. 316 00:12:40,900 --> 00:12:53,100 INDICT HAVE TO BE A BARN. 317 00:12:41,833 --> 00:12:54,600 >> THAT'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 318 00:12:53,100 --> 00:12:55,833 WE'LL FIND THEM IN ELEVATED 319 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:58,966 HUNTING BLINDS AND OLD CHIMNEYS 320 00:12:55,833 --> 00:13:00,466 THAT ARE NOT CAPPED BUT THEY 321 00:12:58,966 --> 00:13:01,133 HOLLOW TREES AND SOMETIMES CAVES 322 00:13:00,466 --> 00:13:02,566 AND ROCK SHELTERS. 323 00:13:01,133 --> 00:13:04,700 >> IF YOU WANTED SOMEONE TO KEEP 324 00:13:02,566 --> 00:13:06,133 AN EYE OUT OR BE LISTENING FOR A 325 00:13:04,700 --> 00:13:06,966 BARN OWL WHAT ARE GOOD 326 00:13:06,133 --> 00:13:07,733 CHARACTERISTICS THAT THEY WOULD 327 00:13:06,966 --> 00:13:09,200 LOOK FOR OR LISTEN FOR. 328 00:13:07,733 --> 00:13:10,266 >> THE THING ABOUT BARN OWLS IS 329 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:14,400 THEY DO NOT HOOT. 330 00:13:10,266 --> 00:13:14,700 MOST OWLS MAKE A HOOT KIND OF 331 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:16,300 NOISE. 332 00:13:14,700 --> 00:13:17,800 BARN OWLS ACTUALLY DON'T MAKE 333 00:13:16,300 --> 00:13:19,400 ANY NOISES THAT WOULD DESCRIBE 334 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:21,033 AS PLEASANT. 335 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:22,966 THEY MOSTLY SCREECH AND IT SOUND 336 00:13:21,033 --> 00:13:26,600 KIND OF LIKE STEPPING ON A CAT'S 337 00:13:22,966 --> 00:13:26,966 TAIL OR SOME PEOPLE SAY A 338 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:28,566 SCREAMING. 339 00:13:26,966 --> 00:13:29,733 >> OH, MY GOSH THAT SCREAM, IF I 340 00:13:28,566 --> 00:13:31,366 WAS IN THE WOODS AND I HEARD 341 00:13:29,733 --> 00:13:40,766 THAT SCREAM, I THINK MY BLOOD 342 00:13:31,366 --> 00:13:45,166 WOULD RUN COLD. 343 00:13:40,766 --> 00:13:46,633 >> IT IS VERY EERIE. 344 00:13:45,166 --> 00:13:47,033 I HEAR IT OFTEN AND IT SCARES ME 345 00:13:46,633 --> 00:13:47,933 EVERY TIME. 346 00:13:47,033 --> 00:13:49,666 >> IT SOUND LIKE SOMETHING THAT 347 00:13:47,933 --> 00:13:49,966 YOU WOULD HEAR ON A HORROR 348 00:13:49,666 --> 00:13:52,433 MOVIE. 349 00:13:49,966 --> 00:13:53,566 IT IS LIKE A BANCHE SCREAM. 350 00:13:52,433 --> 00:13:54,100 THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I CAN 351 00:13:53,566 --> 00:13:55,400 DESCRIBE IT. 352 00:13:54,100 --> 00:13:56,900 WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE TODAY? 353 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:58,900 >> WELL, ANOTHER WAY THAT WE CAN 354 00:13:56,900 --> 00:14:01,666 LOOK FOR BARN OWLS IS BY LOOKING 355 00:13:58,900 --> 00:14:05,200 FOR THE SIGN THAT THEY LEAVE. 356 00:14:01,666 --> 00:14:07,800 AND YOU KNOW, OWLS REGURGITATE 357 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:08,866 PELLETS, THE INN UNDIGESTED 358 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:10,700 PARTS OF WHAT THEY EAT. 359 00:14:08,866 --> 00:14:11,633 >> THIS HAS BEEN REGURGITATED 360 00:14:10,700 --> 00:14:12,233 COMING OUT OF THE MOUTH. 361 00:14:11,633 --> 00:14:14,066 >> IT HAS. 362 00:14:12,233 --> 00:14:15,400 AND BARN OWLS HAVE A VERY 363 00:14:14,066 --> 00:14:17,033 DISTINCTIVE FELL LET AND I'LL 364 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:19,066 PUT GLOVES ON HERE, AND THEY 365 00:14:17,033 --> 00:14:21,033 LEAVE PILES OF THESE BEHIND IN 366 00:14:19,066 --> 00:14:22,133 THE BARNS AND SILOS AND OTHER 367 00:14:21,033 --> 00:14:24,333 PLACES THEY USE. 368 00:14:22,133 --> 00:14:26,200 AND OFTEN TIMES, TO LOOK AND SEE 369 00:14:24,333 --> 00:14:27,933 IF A BARN OWL HAVE BEEN USING A 370 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:29,500 BARN WE SIMPLY WALK THE FLOOR 371 00:14:27,933 --> 00:14:30,966 AND LOOK FOR A PILE OF PELLETS 372 00:14:29,500 --> 00:14:32,900 SO WE CAN FIND THIS ON BARN 373 00:14:30,966 --> 00:14:34,800 FLOORS AND SOMETIMES WE SEE A 374 00:14:32,900 --> 00:14:35,733 WHITE SPLATTER AROUND IT WHERE 375 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:37,166 THE BIRD HAS BEEN ROOSTING. 376 00:14:35,733 --> 00:14:39,500 >> NOW, JUST LOOKING AT THIS, 377 00:14:37,166 --> 00:14:41,433 YOU KNOW, VISUALLY, IT LOOKS 378 00:14:39,500 --> 00:14:43,200 LIKE IT HAS QUITE A BIT OF FUR 379 00:14:41,433 --> 00:14:43,533 SO I'M GUESSING THEY EAT 380 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:43,933 MAMMALS. 381 00:14:43,533 --> 00:14:46,166 >> THEY DO. 382 00:14:43,933 --> 00:14:47,766 THEY ARE MOSTLY INTERESTED IN 383 00:14:46,166 --> 00:14:48,833 EATING RODENT, MICE AND BULLS 384 00:14:47,766 --> 00:14:51,633 AND THEY ARE VERY BENEFICIAL TO 385 00:14:48,833 --> 00:14:52,800 HAVE AROUND ON FARMS FOR KEEPING 386 00:14:51,633 --> 00:14:53,900 RODENTS AT BAY AND WE CAN 387 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:55,433 ACTUALLY SEE WHAT THE BIRDS HAVE 388 00:14:53,900 --> 00:14:57,600 BEEN EATING BY LOOKING INSIDE OF 389 00:14:55,433 --> 00:14:57,900 THESE PELLETS AND PULLING THEM 390 00:14:57,600 --> 00:14:58,233 APART. 391 00:14:57,900 --> 00:15:00,566 >> WOW. 392 00:14:58,233 --> 00:15:02,566 >> 393 00:15:00,566 --> 00:15:03,400 >> I THINK THAT'S TEETH. 394 00:15:02,566 --> 00:15:05,166 >> YES. 395 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:08,800 AND IT IS AMAZING WHAT YOU'LL 396 00:15:05,166 --> 00:15:18,966 PULL OUT OF THESE PELLETS NEARLY 397 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:18,966 WHOLE. 398 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:22,400 >> THEY ARE AMAZING AT 399 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:23,766 CONTROLLING RODENT POPULATION. 400 00:15:22,400 --> 00:15:24,600 THEY'LL GET RID OF SEVERAL MICE 401 00:15:23,766 --> 00:15:26,900 IN THE EVENING FOR YOU. 402 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:28,833 >> IF SOMEONE IS WALKING AROUND 403 00:15:26,900 --> 00:15:30,333 THEIR BARN OR AN ABANDONED HOUSE 404 00:15:28,833 --> 00:15:31,033 AND THEY SEE THIS, WHAT DO THEY 405 00:15:30,333 --> 00:15:33,100 NEED TO DO NEXT? 406 00:15:31,033 --> 00:15:34,300 >> IF THEY DON'T MIND TO TAKE A 407 00:15:33,100 --> 00:15:36,200 PICTURE AND PUT SOMETHING IN IT 408 00:15:34,300 --> 00:15:38,033 FOR SIZE REFERENCE LIKE A 409 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:39,566 QUARTER AND SEND IT TO US. 410 00:15:38,033 --> 00:15:40,133 USUALLY WE CAN IDENTIFY IT JUST 411 00:15:39,566 --> 00:15:42,333 FROM THE PICTURE. 412 00:15:40,133 --> 00:15:44,466 >> IF THEY HAVE A GOOD LOCATION 413 00:15:42,333 --> 00:15:45,900 FOR A POTENTIAL NEST, THEN WE 414 00:15:44,466 --> 00:15:47,400 WOULD PROVIDE THEM WITH WHAT IS 415 00:15:45,900 --> 00:15:48,466 BEHIND US WHICH WE'LL PICK UP 416 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:49,900 ANY SECOND WHICH IS CALLED WHAT? 417 00:15:48,466 --> 00:15:51,033 >> A NEST BOX. 418 00:15:49,900 --> 00:15:53,566 >> THE NEST BOX. 419 00:15:51,033 --> 00:15:54,433 AND THIS IS SPECIFIC FOR A BARN 420 00:15:53,566 --> 00:15:54,933 OWL, CORRECT? 421 00:15:54,433 --> 00:15:57,466 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 422 00:15:54,933 --> 00:15:58,133 >> SO, AND DO THEY KEEP A PRETTY 423 00:15:57,466 --> 00:15:58,633 CLEAN NEST? 424 00:15:58,133 --> 00:16:00,833 >> NO. 425 00:15:58,633 --> 00:16:01,966 THEY ARE NOT KNOWN FOR BEING 426 00:16:00,833 --> 00:16:04,133 CLEAN BIRDS. 427 00:16:01,966 --> 00:16:05,300 THESE BOXES, WE CAN TELL IF THEY 428 00:16:04,133 --> 00:16:06,733 HAVE BEEN USED BECAUSE THEY WILL 429 00:16:05,300 --> 00:16:07,500 GET FULL OF THOSE BLACK PELLETS 430 00:16:06,733 --> 00:16:10,600 IN THE BOTTOM. 431 00:16:07,500 --> 00:16:12,633 SO THEY LEAVE A LOT OF BEHIND 432 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:12,933 AND MAKES IT EASY FOR US TO FIND 433 00:16:12,633 --> 00:16:14,600 THEM. 434 00:16:12,933 --> 00:16:16,233 >> SO, WE HAVE BEEN MONITORING 435 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:16,500 BARN OWLS FOR HOW MANY YEARS 436 00:16:16,233 --> 00:16:17,166 NOW? 437 00:16:16,500 --> 00:16:18,366 >> ABOUT SIX YEARS. 438 00:16:17,166 --> 00:16:19,800 >> ABOUT SIX YEARS AND HOW MANY 439 00:16:18,366 --> 00:16:22,566 DO WE THINK THAT WE HAVE? 440 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:24,200 >> SO DURING THE FIRST INVENTORY 441 00:16:22,566 --> 00:16:24,566 WE FOUND JUST 25 NESTING PAIRS 442 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:26,566 STATEWIDE. 443 00:16:24,566 --> 00:16:26,933 WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD HABITAT IN 444 00:16:26,566 --> 00:16:27,900 KENTUCKY. 445 00:16:26,933 --> 00:16:29,266 WE SHOULD HAVE A LOT MORE. 446 00:16:27,900 --> 00:16:30,666 SO, WE STARTED PUTTING A LOT OF 447 00:16:29,266 --> 00:16:32,500 WORK INTO THESE BIRDS AND WE 448 00:16:30,666 --> 00:16:36,100 WOULD PUT NEST BOXES UP WHERE WE 449 00:16:32,500 --> 00:16:36,700 FOUND BIRDS THAT NEEDED A 450 00:16:36,100 --> 00:16:38,000 SAPPEST NEST SITE. 451 00:16:36,700 --> 00:16:39,566 AND WE HAVE BEEN REPEATING THAT 452 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:41,200 INVENTORY AND NOW WE KNOW WE 453 00:16:39,566 --> 00:16:43,166 HAVE OVER 50 NESTING PAIRS BUT 454 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:43,833 WE'RE JUST HALFWAY THROUGH THIS 455 00:16:43,166 --> 00:16:45,233 INVENTORY. 456 00:16:43,833 --> 00:16:47,033 SO THIS YEAR WE'RE HOPING TO 457 00:16:45,233 --> 00:16:49,066 FIND MAYBE 75 OR 100. 458 00:16:47,033 --> 00:16:51,433 >> IF SOMEONE FINDS THESE 459 00:16:49,066 --> 00:16:53,000 PELLETS OR HEARS SOUNDS THAT 460 00:16:51,433 --> 00:16:54,000 SOUND LIKE AN OWL, THAT A BARN 461 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:55,733 OWL, THEN WHAT THEY WOULD WANT 462 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:57,233 TO DO THEN IS TO CALL THE 463 00:16:55,733 --> 00:17:01,766 DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILD? 464 00:16:57,233 --> 00:17:04,433 LIFE AT 1-800-858-1549 AND ASK 465 00:17:01,766 --> 00:17:04,766 FOR THE NON-GAME BIRD PROGRAM, 466 00:17:04,433 --> 00:17:05,266 CORRECT? 467 00:17:04,766 --> 00:17:06,600 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 468 00:17:05,266 --> 00:17:08,900 >> AND YOU GUYS WOULD COME OUT 469 00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:10,400 OR TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES 470 00:17:08,900 --> 00:17:10,766 AND POTENTIALLY PUT ONE OF THESE 471 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:11,266 BOXES IN. 472 00:17:10,766 --> 00:17:12,900 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 473 00:17:11,266 --> 00:17:15,133 WE WILL PUT BOXES UP WHEREVER 474 00:17:12,900 --> 00:17:17,000 THERE IS EVIDENCE OF BARN OWLS. 475 00:17:15,133 --> 00:17:18,266 WE CAN'T PUT THEM UP FOR FOLKS 476 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:19,900 INTERESTED IN BARN OWLS BUT IF 477 00:17:18,266 --> 00:17:21,766 THERE ARE OWLS THERE AND THEY 478 00:17:19,900 --> 00:17:22,633 MAY BE A SAFER SITE, WE COME OUT 479 00:17:21,766 --> 00:17:24,200 AND PUT UP A BOX. 480 00:17:22,633 --> 00:17:25,766 >> WE NEED EVERYONE'S HELP. 481 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:26,100 EYES AND EARS TO HELP TO LOCATE 482 00:17:25,766 --> 00:17:27,400 THESE. 483 00:17:26,100 --> 00:17:28,400 SO, THANKS AGAIN FOR COMING OUT 484 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:29,200 AND TALKING TO US TODAY. 485 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:30,833 >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 486 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:32,533 >> 487 00:17:30,833 --> 00:17:34,333 >> PASSING ON THE HERITAGE OF 488 00:17:32,533 --> 00:17:36,366 HUNTING AND FISHING IS TRULY 489 00:17:34,333 --> 00:17:36,866 IMPORTANT TO MOST 490 00:17:36,366 --> 00:17:37,900 CONSERVATIONISTS. 491 00:17:36,866 --> 00:17:46,900 HERE IS HOW ONE EXPERIENCED 492 00:17:37,900 --> 00:17:49,366 TRAPPER IS DOING JUST THAT. 493 00:17:46,900 --> 00:17:49,766 ARE YOU READY TO CATCH SOME FUR, 494 00:17:49,366 --> 00:18:00,333 BIG GUY? 495 00:17:49,766 --> 00:18:00,333 >> OH, YEAH. 496 00:18:03,566 --> 00:18:05,866 >> DON'T FALL IN. 497 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:16,166 >> A MUSKRAT. 498 00:18:05,866 --> 00:18:16,166 >> ALL RIGHT. 499 00:18:16,466 --> 00:18:19,300 >> THAT'S AWESOME. 500 00:18:17,866 --> 00:18:23,000 >> GOOD JOB. 501 00:18:19,300 --> 00:18:24,200 >> WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE 502 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:25,766 TRAPPING, AND I'M GOING TO TELL 503 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:26,133 YOU THERE IS NOTHING LIKE 504 00:18:25,766 --> 00:18:31,233 TRAPPING. 505 00:18:26,133 --> 00:18:34,033 NOTHING ELSE LIKE IT. 506 00:18:31,233 --> 00:18:34,333 >> WHAT DO WE HAVE THERE, MAGNUM 507 00:18:34,033 --> 00:18:36,266 MIKE? 508 00:18:34,333 --> 00:18:38,733 >> WE HAVE A -- PRETTY SURE 509 00:18:36,266 --> 00:18:40,366 THAT'S A BORE. 510 00:18:38,733 --> 00:18:42,400 >> BUT THERE IS A TRAIL COMING 511 00:18:40,366 --> 00:18:43,833 DOWN OUT OF THIS WOODS AND THEY 512 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:48,566 COME DOWN HERE INTO WHAT'S LEFT 513 00:18:43,833 --> 00:18:49,433 OF THIS CORN FIELD AND THEY 514 00:18:48,566 --> 00:18:49,733 SCROUNGE FOR WHAT CORN HAS BEEN 515 00:18:49,433 --> 00:18:51,433 LEFT. 516 00:18:49,733 --> 00:18:52,366 I THINK THE FIRST NIGHT WE SAT 517 00:18:51,433 --> 00:18:54,233 HERE, WE HAD A DOUBLE. 518 00:18:52,366 --> 00:18:55,966 UP WITH HERE AND ONE HERE AND 10 519 00:18:54,233 --> 00:18:56,233 OR 12 FEET AWAY WE HAVE THIS 520 00:18:55,966 --> 00:18:57,166 ONE. 521 00:18:56,233 --> 00:18:58,266 BUT IT IS ABOUT TRYING TO GET 522 00:18:57,166 --> 00:19:00,100 YOUR TRAPS ON LOCATION AND 523 00:18:58,266 --> 00:19:01,366 HAVING A GOOD BAIT, A GOOD 524 00:19:00,100 --> 00:19:01,666 ATTRACTTION THAT KEEPS THE KOON 525 00:19:01,366 --> 00:19:04,100 THERE. 526 00:19:01,666 --> 00:19:05,200 THESE ARE WHAT WE CALL DP, DOG 527 00:19:04,100 --> 00:19:06,000 PROOF TRAPS AND THEY ARE MADE 528 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:07,833 JUST FOR KOONS. 529 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:10,200 YOU WILL CATCH A FEW SKUNKS AND 530 00:19:07,833 --> 00:19:12,066 POSSESS SUMS IN THEM. 531 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:14,900 -- AND POSSUMS IN THEM. 532 00:19:12,066 --> 00:19:19,066 >> WE USED MARSHMALLOW AND PUT 533 00:19:14,900 --> 00:19:22,133 IT UNDER THE TRIGGER. 534 00:19:19,066 --> 00:19:24,500 >> PLACE THEM AT A 45° ANGLE AND 535 00:19:22,133 --> 00:19:28,566 WE USE CAT FOOD MIXED WITH SOME 536 00:19:24,500 --> 00:19:30,933 FISH OIL. 537 00:19:28,566 --> 00:19:34,266 BECAUSE THEY REALLY LIKE THIS. 538 00:19:30,933 --> 00:19:35,733 THEN WE TAKE A STICK AND WE PACK 539 00:19:34,266 --> 00:19:37,100 IT DOWN. 540 00:19:35,733 --> 00:19:38,600 AND THEN WE GET SOME JELLY AND 541 00:19:37,100 --> 00:19:41,100 PUT A BIT ON THE SIDES. 542 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:42,733 AND YEAH, THAT'S IT. 543 00:19:41,100 --> 00:19:45,733 AND ONCE THEY LICK THAT JELLY, 544 00:19:42,733 --> 00:19:49,133 THEY ARE BASICALLY YOURS. 545 00:19:45,733 --> 00:19:51,166 >> I STARTED TRAPPING IN 1962 546 00:19:49,133 --> 00:19:52,500 AND I WAS ABOUT HIS AGE AND I 547 00:19:51,166 --> 00:19:53,766 STARTED TRAPPING IN EARLY HIGH 548 00:19:52,500 --> 00:19:56,233 SCHOOL, AND I HAVE NEVER MISSED 549 00:19:53,766 --> 00:19:58,000 A SEASON EVER SINCE THE FIRST 550 00:19:56,233 --> 00:19:59,600 TIME I PICKED APP MUSKRAT AND 551 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:02,000 SAW ITS FUR, THE FIRST TIME I 552 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:03,366 SAW THE RINGS ON THE RACCOON'S 553 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:05,800 TAIL, I WAS HOOKED JUST KIND OF 554 00:20:03,366 --> 00:20:08,800 LIKE HE IS, AND I HAVE NEVER 555 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:10,100 MISSED A SEASON. 556 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:12,166 >> GOT A MUSKRAT. 557 00:20:10,100 --> 00:20:12,600 >> YES, I THINK WE GOT A DOUBLE. 558 00:20:12,166 --> 00:20:13,466 >> GOT TWO. 559 00:20:12,600 --> 00:20:17,333 >> YES, WE DID. 560 00:20:13,466 --> 00:20:18,300 >> ALL RIGHT. 561 00:20:17,333 --> 00:20:19,100 GOOD JOB. 562 00:20:18,300 --> 00:20:20,066 GOT TWO MUSKRATS. 563 00:20:19,100 --> 00:20:26,666 >> THAT'S AWESOME. 564 00:20:20,066 --> 00:20:27,433 >> MOST I EVER CAUGHT WAS FOUR 565 00:20:26,666 --> 00:20:28,666 BUT WE GOT TWO. 566 00:20:27,433 --> 00:20:29,500 I KNOW THE LAND OWNER IS HAPPY 567 00:20:28,666 --> 00:20:33,500 WITH TWO. 568 00:20:29,500 --> 00:20:36,266 WE MET ON A YOUTH TURKEY HUNT 569 00:20:33,500 --> 00:20:37,900 LAST SPRING. 570 00:20:36,266 --> 00:20:39,233 AND WE HUNTED THE BECAME BEST 571 00:20:37,900 --> 00:20:39,533 BUDS, WE TRY TO MENTOR THESE 572 00:20:39,233 --> 00:20:40,700 KIDS. 573 00:20:39,533 --> 00:20:43,566 TAKE THEM OUT AND INTRODUCE THEM 574 00:20:40,700 --> 00:20:45,033 NO MATTER WHAT YOUR PASSION IS. 575 00:20:43,566 --> 00:20:47,633 KIND OF ADOPT A YOUNGSTER FOR A 576 00:20:45,033 --> 00:20:48,700 SEASON AND TAKE THEM OUTING TAKE 577 00:20:47,633 --> 00:20:49,933 THEM FISHING AND SQUIRREL 578 00:20:48,700 --> 00:20:50,866 HUNTING AND KOON HUNTING AND 579 00:20:49,933 --> 00:20:53,000 WHATEVER AND GET THE KIDS OUT 580 00:20:50,866 --> 00:20:53,733 AND REALLY GET THEM INVOLVED. 581 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:55,300 THE TRAPPING IS GOOD BECAUSE 582 00:20:53,733 --> 00:20:56,933 THEY DON'T HAVE TO SIT STILL. 583 00:20:55,300 --> 00:20:58,100 THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE QUIET. 584 00:20:56,933 --> 00:21:00,300 THEY CAN MOVE ALL THEY WANT, 585 00:20:58,100 --> 00:21:01,133 THEY GET ALL THE ACTIVITY THEY 586 00:21:00,300 --> 00:21:02,600 WANT, THREAT GET TO SEE PLENTY 587 00:21:01,133 --> 00:21:02,900 OF CRITTERS AND HAVE A GOOD 588 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:04,366 TIME. 589 00:21:02,900 --> 00:21:06,466 I HAVE ACTUALLY GOT MORE KIDS 590 00:21:04,366 --> 00:21:07,666 EXCITED ABOUT THE OUTDOORS WHERE 591 00:21:06,466 --> 00:21:09,466 THEY LEARN A LOT OF THE THINGS 592 00:21:07,666 --> 00:21:11,700 ABOUT TRAPPING AND IT MAKES THEM 593 00:21:09,466 --> 00:21:13,500 A LITTLE BETTER HUNTER AND A 594 00:21:11,700 --> 00:21:15,533 LITTLE BETTER WOODSMAN AND THEY 595 00:21:13,500 --> 00:21:16,500 LEARN HOW THE 50 LOOK FOR TRACKS 596 00:21:15,533 --> 00:21:18,700 AND THOSE THINGS. 597 00:21:16,500 --> 00:21:19,966 TRAILS AND DENS AND IT REALLY 598 00:21:18,700 --> 00:21:21,600 OPENS UP THE OUTDOORS TO THEM 599 00:21:19,966 --> 00:21:23,100 AND STARTS MAKING THEN THINK 600 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:24,200 LIKE AN OUTDOOR PERSON AND WHEN 601 00:21:23,100 --> 00:21:25,966 THEY START THINKING LIKE AN 602 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:27,200 OUTDOOR PERSON, THEY BECOME ONE. 603 00:21:25,966 --> 00:21:28,366 >> YEAH, WE GOT ONE. 604 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:35,566 >> A MUSKRAT. 605 00:21:28,366 --> 00:21:37,366 >> YEAH. 606 00:21:35,566 --> 00:21:38,400 >> TRAPPING IS IMPORTANT FOR A 607 00:21:37,366 --> 00:21:39,700 NUMBER OF REASONS. 608 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:40,633 IT IS HERITAGE AND OUTDOOR 609 00:21:39,700 --> 00:21:42,633 ACTIVITY THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE 610 00:21:40,633 --> 00:21:44,033 GREW UP WITH AND LOVE BUT, IT IS 611 00:21:42,633 --> 00:21:45,700 ALSO IMPORTANT, IT IS A FREE 612 00:21:44,033 --> 00:21:48,800 PUBLIC SERVICE FOR THE REMOVAL 613 00:21:45,700 --> 00:21:50,400 OF PROBLEM ANIMALS. 614 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:50,733 WE'RE A VALUE TO THESE LAND 615 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:52,366 OWNERS. 616 00:21:50,733 --> 00:21:54,500 >> I USE A TRAPPER BECAUSE UP 617 00:21:52,366 --> 00:21:56,800 UNTIL THE TIME MET CHET, IF I 618 00:21:54,500 --> 00:21:59,033 HAD WATERMELON, I COULD LOSE 619 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:59,333 ALMOST UP TO 100 PERCENT OF MY 620 00:21:59,033 --> 00:22:01,133 CROP. 621 00:21:59,333 --> 00:22:01,766 ONE YEAR I LOST ALMOST EVERY 622 00:22:01,133 --> 00:22:05,533 WATERMELON I HAD. 623 00:22:01,766 --> 00:22:08,133 >> CROP DAMAGE, TIMBER DAMAGE, 624 00:22:05,533 --> 00:22:09,833 FLOODING FROM BEAVER, MUSKRATS 625 00:22:08,133 --> 00:22:14,233 DIGGING INTO THE DAMS OF LAKES 626 00:22:09,833 --> 00:22:15,466 CAUSING LEAKS, COYOTES, FOX, 627 00:22:14,233 --> 00:22:18,133 BOBCATS AND THAT SORT OF THING. 628 00:22:15,466 --> 00:22:19,333 IF THEY ARE NOT CONTROLLED, THEY 629 00:22:18,133 --> 00:22:21,466 REPRODUCE TOO QUICKLY AND THEY 630 00:22:19,333 --> 00:22:22,300 OVERWHELM THE HABITAT WITH THEIR 631 00:22:21,466 --> 00:22:32,866 PRESENCE. 632 00:22:22,300 --> 00:22:34,900 AND WHAT HAPPENS IS, YOU HAVE 633 00:22:32,866 --> 00:22:35,833 PURDAFION, RABBITS AND SMALL 634 00:22:34,900 --> 00:22:36,166 GAME, POTENTIAL FOR DISEASE 635 00:22:35,833 --> 00:22:38,333 CONTROL. 636 00:22:36,166 --> 00:22:40,333 A LOT OF THE DISEASES THESE FUR 637 00:22:38,333 --> 00:22:42,000 BEARERS CAN GET ARE DENSITY 638 00:22:40,333 --> 00:22:43,766 RELATED DUE TO OVERPOPULATION. 639 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:44,666 SOME OF THE DISEASES ARE 640 00:22:43,766 --> 00:22:46,100 TRANSMITTIBLE BACK TO HUMANS OR 641 00:22:44,666 --> 00:22:48,300 PETS AND DOMESTIC STOCK. 642 00:22:46,100 --> 00:22:49,333 ALSO HELPS WILDLIFE MANAGERS, 643 00:22:48,300 --> 00:22:50,900 SOME OF YOUR ANIMALS THAT ARE 644 00:22:49,333 --> 00:22:52,166 BEING REINTRODUCED SUCH AS OTTER 645 00:22:50,900 --> 00:22:56,233 AND SOME OTHER SPECIES ARE 646 00:22:52,166 --> 00:22:57,000 ACTUALLY TRAPPED. 647 00:22:56,233 --> 00:22:58,633 AND WE LOCATED. 648 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:59,833 IT IS BENEFICIAL THAT WAY. 649 00:22:58,633 --> 00:23:03,033 WILDLIFE MANAGERS BENEFIT 650 00:22:59,833 --> 00:23:05,133 THROUGH TRAPPING, FOR INSTANCE, 651 00:23:03,033 --> 00:23:05,500 DUCK MARSHES WHERE YOU HAVE DUCK 652 00:23:05,133 --> 00:23:09,600 HABITAT. 653 00:23:05,500 --> 00:23:12,400 HEAVY PERDATION BY RACCOONS AND 654 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:13,533 PREDATORS, A POOR WATER FOWL 655 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:15,633 HATCH AND OPENS THE DOOR FOR 656 00:23:13,533 --> 00:23:16,900 HUNTING AND FISHING TUNES OF 657 00:23:15,633 --> 00:23:20,800 OTHER SORTS. 658 00:23:16,900 --> 00:23:22,333 YESTERDAY, THE LAND OWNER GAVE 659 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:24,300 MIKE HERE PERMISSION TO HUNT 660 00:23:22,333 --> 00:23:26,833 DEER ON 500 ACRES BECAUSE MIKE 661 00:23:24,300 --> 00:23:27,466 HAS BEEN TAKING CARE OF HIS 662 00:23:26,833 --> 00:23:28,933 MUSKRATS. 663 00:23:27,466 --> 00:23:30,500 IT BENEFITS WILDLIFE MANAGER AND 664 00:23:28,933 --> 00:23:30,866 THE PUBLIC AND IT IS A GREAT 665 00:23:30,500 --> 00:23:33,566 ACTIVITY. 666 00:23:30,866 --> 00:23:34,833 I TRIED ALL OF ACTIVITIES AND I 667 00:23:33,566 --> 00:23:45,266 LOVE THEM ALL BUT TO ME, 668 00:23:34,833 --> 00:23:45,266 TRAPPING IS THE BEST. 669 00:23:50,900 --> 00:23:52,966 >> NOW LET'S SEE WHO ELSE HAS 670 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:54,500 BEEN OUT HAVING FUN. 671 00:23:52,966 --> 00:23:56,200 EMILY ROGERS TOOK THIS NICE BUCK 672 00:23:54,500 --> 00:23:57,633 WITH A 270 RIFLE DURING THE 673 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:58,233 YOUTH SEASON. 674 00:23:57,633 --> 00:23:59,900 CONGRATULATIONS. 675 00:23:58,233 --> 00:24:01,466 LOOKS LIKE SHEILA MILL HER A FUN 676 00:23:59,900 --> 00:24:03,333 WEEKEND WITH AN ENTIRE STRINGER 677 00:24:01,466 --> 00:24:04,400 OF HYBRID BLUEGILL. 678 00:24:03,333 --> 00:24:05,933 TREVOR FROM LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY 679 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:07,200 WITH HIS FIRST TURKEY TAKEN IN 680 00:24:05,933 --> 00:24:09,500 MONROE COUNTY. 681 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:11,166 CONGRATULATIONS. 682 00:24:09,500 --> 00:24:13,500 KATE CAUGHT THIS 29 INCH CHANNEL 683 00:24:11,166 --> 00:24:14,400 CATFISH IN A FARM POND IN 684 00:24:13,500 --> 00:24:16,300 BRECKENRIDGE COUNTY. 685 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:23,700 CONNOR TOOK THIS 21 POUND TURKEY 686 00:24:16,300 --> 00:24:24,700 WITH HIS DAD IN MADISON COUNTY. 687 00:24:23,700 --> 00:24:25,900 LOOKS LIKE HE WAS AT LEAST THE 688 00:24:24,700 --> 00:24:26,233 SECOND PERSON TO CATCH THIS 689 00:24:25,900 --> 00:24:27,566 FISH. 690 00:24:26,233 --> 00:24:28,733 AND THIS NICE WALLEYE IN 691 00:24:27,566 --> 00:24:31,066 PAINTSVILLE LAKE. 692 00:24:28,733 --> 00:24:33,533 CONGRATULATIONS. 693 00:24:31,066 --> 00:24:36,433 A TURKEY TAKEN ON OPENING DAY OF 694 00:24:33,533 --> 00:24:36,900 THE SPRING TURKEY SEASON. 695 00:24:36,433 --> 00:24:38,166 CONGRATULATIONS. 696 00:24:36,900 --> 00:24:38,900 JAKE BROWN SHOWING US HIS FIRST 697 00:24:38,166 --> 00:24:41,733 FISH EVER. 698 00:24:38,900 --> 00:24:43,833 A NICE LARGE MOUTH, 699 00:24:41,733 --> 00:24:54,733 CONGRATULATIONS. 700 00:24:43,833 --> 00:24:55,133 MICAELA DOING HER TWO CATFISH 701 00:24:54,733 --> 00:24:56,466 DANCE. 702 00:24:55,133 --> 00:24:58,000 THESE TWINS TOOK ALMOST 703 00:24:56,466 --> 00:24:58,533 IDENTICAL BIRDS ON THE SAME 704 00:24:58,000 --> 00:24:59,000 WEEKEND. 705 00:24:58,533 --> 00:24:59,866 CONGRATULATION. 706 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,500 HOPE YOU'RE ABLE TO SPEND IN 707 00:24:59,866 --> 00:25:02,166 TIME OUTDOORS WITH YOUR FAMILY 708 00:25:01,500 --> 00:25:03,366 THIS FATHER'S DAY WEEKEND. 709 00:25:02,166 --> 00:25:04,566 AND REMEMBER HUNTING AND FISHING 710 00:25:03,366 --> 00:25:05,100 ON PRIVATE PROPERTY IS A 711 00:25:04,566 --> 00:25:05,966 PRIVILEGE. 712 00:25:05,100 --> 00:25:06,900 ALWAYS ASK PERMISSION AND THANK 713 00:25:05,966 --> 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