>> COMING UP ... WE TRAVEL TO
BEAVER LAKE IN SEARCH OF PAN
FISH WITH FOUR-YEAR-OLD LEO
MILES.
>> LEO!
>> YEAH!
THAT'S A KEEPER!
>> WE ASK YOUR HELP IN LOCATING
ONE OF KENTUCKY'S MOST
INTERESTING BIRDS OF PREY.
>> THEN, WE VISIT WITH THE TRUE
CONSERVATIONIST AS HE PASSES ON
THE TRADITION OF TRAPPING TO THE
NEXT GENERATION.
IT'S ALL NEXT ON "KENTUCKY
AFIELD."
♪
>> HELLO AND WELCOME TO
"KENTUCKY AFIELD."
I'M YOUR HOST CHAD MILES AND
TONIGHT WE'RE IN SEARCH OF
ADVENTURE AT BEAVER LAKE.
IT IS FATHER'S DAY WEEKEND SO I
TOOK MY DAD AND MY SON AND WE
WENT IN SEARCH OF SOME PAN FISH.
>> WELL, THIS IS GOOD LOOKING
SPOTS, ISN'T IT.
>> OH, YEAH.
>> NOT CASTING THAT WELL.
>> TWO TURTLES.
>> YES, LOOKS LIKE MOMMA AND A
LITTLE ONE, DON'T IT.
IF YOU DON'T GET TO CATCHING
SOME FISH, WE MIGHT HAVE TO EAT
THEM WORMS.
SUPPOSED TO BE HIGH IN PROTEIN.
LEO.
>> WHAT?
>> HERE, CATCH THIS.
YOU'VE GOT ONE, LEO.
LET'S SEE -- YOU'VE GOT HIM UP
HERE.
RAISE HIM UP.
>> HE'S A THROW BACK BUT HE'S A
BIG ONE TO CATCH.
>> I WANT TO THROW HIM BACK.
>> SQUEEZ!
SQUEEZE HARD UNTIL YOU GET HIM
OVER THE BOAT.
>> TAKE HIM TO THE BOAT.
>> GOD JOB, LEO.
>> YOU KNOW, SOMEHOW MY EARLIEST
MEMORIES ARE YOU AND I FISHING
TOGETHER AND I UNFORTUNATELY
NEVER GOT A CHANCE TO MEET YOUR
DAD AS HE PASSED AWAY BEFORE I
WAS BORN.
BUT, CAN YOU REMEMBER STORIES OF
YOU GUYS FISHING AT A REAL YOUNG
AGE?
>> OH, YEAH.
FIRST STARTED FISHING BACK THEN.
OF COURSE, I WAS RAISED IN
FAIRDALE AND THEY HAD BIG HORN,
AND THEN I THINK THE STATE, IT
MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE FISH
DEPARTMENT, PUT IN TOM WALLACE
AND I NEVER WILL FORGET, HE
WOULD GO UP THERE AND TAKE ME UP
THERE AND OF COURSE WHEN THEY
FIRST STOCKED IT, YOU COULD
CATCH QUITE A FEW FISH.
THAT'S THE FIRST FISH IN THAT IN
THE PAY LAKES UNTIL THEY BROUGHT
IT DOWN.
I REMEMBER SITTING ON THE DOCK
AND THEY WERE STILL BUILDING THE
DAM.
THAT'S HOW EARLY THEY BOUGHT
DOWN THERE.
THEY WERE WORKING ON THE ROAD
THAT GOES OVER IT.
>> HERE YOU GO.
>> I GOT IT.
I GOT IT.
>> REALLY.
HE'S BIGGER, LEO.
>> HE IS.
>> THAT'S MORE LIKE IT NOW CAN
WE KEEP IT THAT'S A DANDY.
>> LET'S KEEP HIM.
>> THAT'S MORE LIKE IT.
>> CAN WE KEEP HIM?
>> WENT TO THE BUG HERE.
>> CAN WE KEEP HIM?
>> DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU PUT
HIM?
>> YES.
>>
>> WE'RE A FAMILY THAT'S ALL
FISHED TOGETHER.
WHEN YOU ONLY HAVE ONE SIBLING
AND HE'S A BROTHER AND HE'S
ABOUT AS AVID AS YOU CAN BE.
AND I REMEMBER AS A FAMILY JUST
ALL PILING IN THAT LITTLE CABIN
AND I MEAN, EXTENDED FAMILY.
YOUR MOM AND OF COURSE YOUR DAD
HAD PASSED AWAY SO YOUR STEP DAD
AND COUSINS, AND UNCLES AND
EVERYBODY.
WE JUST ALL PILED IN IN AND IF
THERE WAS AN OPEN SPOT ON THE
FLOOR, YOU TOOK IT IF YOU WANTED
TO STAY AT THE LAKE AND THAT'S
HOW SUMMERS WERE.
IT IS HUGE TO KEEP THE FAMILY
CLOSE.
FISHING.
IT IS PROBABLY BEEN THE BIGGEST
PART OF ALL OF OUR LIVES AND IT
PROBABLY HELPED TO KEEP ME OUT
OF TROUBLE.
>> LOOK HERE, LEO.
PUT THAT NEW BAIT ON THERE, AND
LOOK WHAT HAPPENED.
MUST BE ALL ABOUT THE LEGS.
>> ARE WE GOING TO KEEP IT?
>> I BELIEVE THAT ONE PROBABLY
IS BIG ENOUGH.
>> YOU WANT A FISH TACO.
>> GOT HIM.
>> THAT'S A BIG ONE.
NICE JOB, LEO.
YEAH, LEO, NICE JOB.
HOW MANY HAVE YOU CAUGHT?
HAVE YOU CAUGHT THEM ALL?
>> NO, WE JUST NEED ONE MORE.
WE JUST NEED UP WITH MORE FISH.
>> OKAY.
ONE MORE.
PAPAW AND MAMAW CAN HAVE A
FATHER'S DAY FISH FRY.
>> CHAD PROBABLY GETS THAT LOVE
OF FISHING FROM MY DAD, HIS
GRANDFATHER NEVER MET.
I CAN REMEMBER THAT WAS BACK IN
THE LATE 50s, EARLY 60S WHEN
THEY BUILT THAT LAKE.
HE WOULD FISH ALL DAY AND SIT ON
THE FRONT OF THE BOAT AND JUST
OAR IT.
YOU DID NOT HAVE TROLLING MOTORS
AND JUST LITTLE ALUMINUM BOAT.
HE WOULD FISH ALL DAY.
AND FOR SUCH A THING AS PASSING
IT ON, HE DID.
>> GET THIS FISH IN THE BOAT.
GOOD LORD, THAT'S A BIG ONE.
>> THAT'S A KEEPER!
>> THAT'S A KEEPER TOO.
>> MAN, I THOUGHT THAT WAS A RED
EAR BUT IT IS NOT.
>> IT IS A KEEPER.
>> NOW, THAT'S A TROPHY
BLUEGILL.
WE'RE PROUD OF YOU, BUDDY.
YOU DID GOOD.
THAT MIGHT BE THE BIGGEST
BLUEGILL PAPAW HAS EVER SEEN.
>> I THOUGHT THAT HE WAS A NICE
ONE.
I BELIEVE THIS IS A FISH TACO,
BUDDY.
ALL RIGHT, RAISE IT.
>> UP WHOSE IS BIGGER, PAPAW'S
OR DADDIES?
>> NO, THIS ONE IS BIGGER, ALL
RIGHT.
TELL YOU WHAT, IT WOULDN'T TAKE
MANY THAT SIZE TO HAVE A MESS.
>> I HOPE HE DON'T EAT THE REST
OF THEM.
>> I THINK THE VERY FIRST
MEMORIES OF ME FISHING WAS
BLUEGILL FISHING AT THE PONDS
WHERE WE USED TO LIVE THERE IN
MOUNT WASHINGTON AT THE IN FRONT
OF THE SUBDIVISION.
THOSE PONDS HAVE BEEN GONE FOR
20 YEARS BUT I THINK THAT'S MY
ABSOLUTE VERY FIRST MEMORIES OF
FISHING
>> THAT INTRODUCED MORE PEOPLE
TO FISHING THAN ANYTHING.
>> I HOPE ALL THE FATHERS AND
SONS ARE ABLE TO GET OUT THIS
YEAR DURING FATHER'S DAY, AND
ENJOY ONE OF OUR LOCAL LAKES OR
PRIVATE POND OR GET OUT ON ONE
OF OUR LAKES AND JUST SPEND SOME
TIME TOGETHER.
>> COMING UP, WE NEED YOUR HELP
IN LOCATING SOME BIRDS.
BUT FIRST, LET'S SEE WHO IS
CATCHING WHAT AND WHERE IN THIS
WEEK'S FISHING REPORT.
>> IT WAS IN WESTERN KENTUCKY,,
VERY LITTLE DISCHARGE, ONLY
ABOUT TO,000 CFS PLANNED FOR
THIS WEEK THROUGH KENTUCKY, A
LITTLE LESS THROUGH BARCLAY AND
THEY ARE STILL FINDING A FEW
FISH ON THE EMBANKMENT.
MINNOWS AND GIGS.
MAY BE USING THE SMALL SPLIT
SHOT, AND A WORM, MIGHT CATCH
YOU SOME SUN FISH.
IF YOU CAN FIND YOUR RIVER
CURRENT, TURN ON THE GENERATORS,
OUGHT TO PICK UP ON THE
RIVERBANKS.
IN THE TAIL WATERS THOUGH, BE
GOOD FOR CATFISH AND STRIPED
BASS FISHING BELOW THE DAMS.
THIS IS PAUL RHYSER AND I HOPE
YOU FIND A GOOD COOL DAY TO GO
FISHING.
>> NOLAN IS HOLDING STEADY
SUMMER POOL.
ROUGH RIVER LAKE IS STILL THREE
AND A HALF FEET ABOVE SUMMER
POOL.
BASS FISHING IN BOTH RESERVOIRS
IS FAIR, TRANSITION ZONES ARE
REALLY GOOD PLACE TO BE FISHING
RIGHT NOW.
AND, TRY FISHING OVER THERE WITH
DEEP DRIVING CRANK BAITS OR SOME
CAROLINA RIG PLASTIC BAITS.
CRAPPIE ARE PRETTY MUCH SET UP
ON THE SUMMERTIME AREAS.
DEEPER BRUSH PILE, 12 TO 15 FOOT
DEPTH RANGE.
CLOSER TRIPS TO HOME YOU MIGHT
CHECK OUT SOME OF OUR FINS
LAKES.
AS WELL AS MADISONVILLE, CITY
PARK LAKE, AND IN LEITCHFIELD.
THEY HAVE ALL BEEN STOCKED WITH
CATFISH AND HYBRID SUN FISH
WITHIN THE LAST WEEK OR TWO.
THAT'S AN UPDATE FROM THE
NORTHWESTERN FISHERY DISTRICT
AND PLEASE REMEMBER, BE SAFE ON
THE WATER, AND ALWAYS WEAR YOUR
PFDs.
>> HI, THIS IS JOHN WILLIAMS
WITH THE FISH REPORT.
THE FISHING AT LAKE CUMBERLAND
HAS BEEN RELATIVELY SLOW LAST
COUPLE OF WEEKS.
ABOUT THE ONLY THING THERE IS
CATFISH, AND A CHANNEL CAT AND
BLUEGILL.
PROBABLY YOUR BEST BET IN THE
DISTRICT STAKING A FLOAT TRIP
DOWN ONE OF THE RIVERS IN OUR
AREA EITHER THE UPPER CUMBERLAND
OR THE BIG SOUTH FORK, BUCK
CREEK, ROCKCASTLE RIVER AND
SOUTH FORK, KENTUCKY ALL HAVE
EXCELLENT FISHERIES INCLUDING
SMALLMOUTH, AND A VARIETY OF SUN
FISH, REBEL CRAW DADS OR GRUBS
OR INLINE SPINNERS, CATCH A
VARIETY OF BASS AND SUN FISH ON
THOSE.
ALSO THIS TIME OF YEAR, TAIL
WATER IS GOOD, INLINE
SPINNERRANCE, SMALL CRANKS AND
SPOONS, ARE USUALLY THE BEST BET
THERE.
AS ALWAYS, GOOD LUCK AND GOOD
FISHING.
>> HERE IS HOW YOU CAN HELP.
TODAY WE HAVE KATE BIOLOGIST FOR
THE DIVISION OF FISH AND
WILDLIFE.
THEY LOOK A LOT DIFFERENT, AND
WE GOT A PROJECT THAT WE'RE TRY
ING TO.
>> THIS YEAR WE'RE DOING A
STATEWIDE INVENTORY FOR THE BARN
OWL.
THIS IS A SPECIES THAT WE'VE
BEEN WORKING ON FOR ABOUT SIX
YEARS NOW, AND EVERY THREE YEARS
WE DO INVENTORY STATEWIDE TO
FIND AS MANY BARN OWLS AS WE CAN
AND THIS IS THE YEAR OF THE BARN
OWL AGAIN.
>> YOU NEED THE PUBLIC'S HELP TO
LOCATE THESE BIRD, CORRECT.
>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
MOST OF THESE BIRDS ARE ON
PRIVATE LAND, AND SO, YOU KNOW,
IN ORDER TO DO SURVEYS FOR THEM
WE NEED PRIVATE LAND OWNERS TO
TELL US WHEN THEY SEE THEM.
>> IT IS CALLED A BARN OWL SO
I'M GUESSING A BARN IS A GOOD
PLACE TO START TO LOOK FOR THESE
BUT THEY'LL NEST IN OTHER
LOCATIONS.
INDICT HAVE TO BE A BARN.
>> THAT'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
WE'LL FIND THEM IN ELEVATED
HUNTING BLINDS AND OLD CHIMNEYS
THAT ARE NOT CAPPED BUT THEY
HOLLOW TREES AND SOMETIMES CAVES
AND ROCK SHELTERS.
>> IF YOU WANTED SOMEONE TO KEEP
AN EYE OUT OR BE LISTENING FOR A
BARN OWL WHAT ARE GOOD
CHARACTERISTICS THAT THEY WOULD
LOOK FOR OR LISTEN FOR.
>> THE THING ABOUT BARN OWLS IS
THEY DO NOT HOOT.
MOST OWLS MAKE A HOOT KIND OF
NOISE.
BARN OWLS ACTUALLY DON'T MAKE
ANY NOISES THAT WOULD DESCRIBE
AS PLEASANT.
THEY MOSTLY SCREECH AND IT SOUND
KIND OF LIKE STEPPING ON A CAT'S
TAIL OR SOME PEOPLE SAY A
SCREAMING.
>> OH, MY GOSH THAT SCREAM, IF I
WAS IN THE WOODS AND I HEARD
THAT SCREAM, I THINK MY BLOOD
WOULD RUN COLD.
>> IT IS VERY EERIE.
I HEAR IT OFTEN AND IT SCARES ME
EVERY TIME.
>> IT SOUND LIKE SOMETHING THAT
YOU WOULD HEAR ON A HORROR
MOVIE.
IT IS LIKE A BANCHE SCREAM.
THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I CAN
DESCRIBE IT.
WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE TODAY?
>> WELL, ANOTHER WAY THAT WE CAN
LOOK FOR BARN OWLS IS BY LOOKING
FOR THE SIGN THAT THEY LEAVE.
AND YOU KNOW, OWLS REGURGITATE
PELLETS, THE INN UNDIGESTED
PARTS OF WHAT THEY EAT.
>> THIS HAS BEEN REGURGITATED
COMING OUT OF THE MOUTH.
>> IT HAS.
AND BARN OWLS HAVE A VERY
DISTINCTIVE FELL LET AND I'LL
PUT GLOVES ON HERE, AND THEY
LEAVE PILES OF THESE BEHIND IN
THE BARNS AND SILOS AND OTHER
PLACES THEY USE.
AND OFTEN TIMES, TO LOOK AND SEE
IF A BARN OWL HAVE BEEN USING A
BARN WE SIMPLY WALK THE FLOOR
AND LOOK FOR A PILE OF PELLETS
SO WE CAN FIND THIS ON BARN
FLOORS AND SOMETIMES WE SEE A
WHITE SPLATTER AROUND IT WHERE
THE BIRD HAS BEEN ROOSTING.
>> NOW, JUST LOOKING AT THIS,
YOU KNOW, VISUALLY, IT LOOKS
LIKE IT HAS QUITE A BIT OF FUR
SO I'M GUESSING THEY EAT
MAMMALS.
>> THEY DO.
THEY ARE MOSTLY INTERESTED IN
EATING RODENT, MICE AND BULLS
AND THEY ARE VERY BENEFICIAL TO
HAVE AROUND ON FARMS FOR KEEPING
RODENTS AT BAY AND WE CAN
ACTUALLY SEE WHAT THE BIRDS HAVE
BEEN EATING BY LOOKING INSIDE OF
THESE PELLETS AND PULLING THEM
APART.
>> WOW.
>>
>> I THINK THAT'S TEETH.
>> YES.
AND IT IS AMAZING WHAT YOU'LL
PULL OUT OF THESE PELLETS NEARLY
WHOLE.
>> THEY ARE AMAZING AT
CONTROLLING RODENT POPULATION.
THEY'LL GET RID OF SEVERAL MICE
IN THE EVENING FOR YOU.
>> IF SOMEONE IS WALKING AROUND
THEIR BARN OR AN ABANDONED HOUSE
AND THEY SEE THIS, WHAT DO THEY
NEED TO DO NEXT?
>> IF THEY DON'T MIND TO TAKE A
PICTURE AND PUT SOMETHING IN IT
FOR SIZE REFERENCE LIKE A
QUARTER AND SEND IT TO US.
USUALLY WE CAN IDENTIFY IT JUST
FROM THE PICTURE.
>> IF THEY HAVE A GOOD LOCATION
FOR A POTENTIAL NEST, THEN WE
WOULD PROVIDE THEM WITH WHAT IS
BEHIND US WHICH WE'LL PICK UP
ANY SECOND WHICH IS CALLED WHAT?
>> A NEST BOX.
>> THE NEST BOX.
AND THIS IS SPECIFIC FOR A BARN
OWL, CORRECT?
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> SO, AND DO THEY KEEP A PRETTY
CLEAN NEST?
>> NO.
THEY ARE NOT KNOWN FOR BEING
CLEAN BIRDS.
THESE BOXES, WE CAN TELL IF THEY
HAVE BEEN USED BECAUSE THEY WILL
GET FULL OF THOSE BLACK PELLETS
IN THE BOTTOM.
SO THEY LEAVE A LOT OF BEHIND
AND MAKES IT EASY FOR US TO FIND
THEM.
>> SO, WE HAVE BEEN MONITORING
BARN OWLS FOR HOW MANY YEARS
NOW?
>> ABOUT SIX YEARS.
>> ABOUT SIX YEARS AND HOW MANY
DO WE THINK THAT WE HAVE?
>> SO DURING THE FIRST INVENTORY
WE FOUND JUST 25 NESTING PAIRS
STATEWIDE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD HABITAT IN
KENTUCKY.
WE SHOULD HAVE A LOT MORE.
SO, WE STARTED PUTTING A LOT OF
WORK INTO THESE BIRDS AND WE
WOULD PUT NEST BOXES UP WHERE WE
FOUND BIRDS THAT NEEDED A
SAPPEST NEST SITE.
AND WE HAVE BEEN REPEATING THAT
INVENTORY AND NOW WE KNOW WE
HAVE OVER 50 NESTING PAIRS BUT
WE'RE JUST HALFWAY THROUGH THIS
INVENTORY.
SO THIS YEAR WE'RE HOPING TO
FIND MAYBE 75 OR 100.
>> IF SOMEONE FINDS THESE
PELLETS OR HEARS SOUNDS THAT
SOUND LIKE AN OWL, THAT A BARN
OWL, THEN WHAT THEY WOULD WANT
TO DO THEN IS TO CALL THE
DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILD?
LIFE AT 1-800-858-1549 AND ASK
FOR THE NON-GAME BIRD PROGRAM,
CORRECT?
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> AND YOU GUYS WOULD COME OUT
OR TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES
AND POTENTIALLY PUT ONE OF THESE
BOXES IN.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
WE WILL PUT BOXES UP WHEREVER
THERE IS EVIDENCE OF BARN OWLS.
WE CAN'T PUT THEM UP FOR FOLKS
INTERESTED IN BARN OWLS BUT IF
THERE ARE OWLS THERE AND THEY
MAY BE A SAFER SITE, WE COME OUT
AND PUT UP A BOX.
>> WE NEED EVERYONE'S HELP.
EYES AND EARS TO HELP TO LOCATE
THESE.
SO, THANKS AGAIN FOR COMING OUT
AND TALKING TO US TODAY.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>>
>> PASSING ON THE HERITAGE OF
HUNTING AND FISHING IS TRULY
IMPORTANT TO MOST
CONSERVATIONISTS.
HERE IS HOW ONE EXPERIENCED
TRAPPER IS DOING JUST THAT.
ARE YOU READY TO CATCH SOME FUR,
BIG GUY?
>> OH, YEAH.
>> DON'T FALL IN.
>> A MUSKRAT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> THAT'S AWESOME.
>> GOOD JOB.
>> WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE
TRAPPING, AND I'M GOING TO TELL
YOU THERE IS NOTHING LIKE
TRAPPING.
NOTHING ELSE LIKE IT.
>> WHAT DO WE HAVE THERE, MAGNUM
MIKE?
>> WE HAVE A -- PRETTY SURE
THAT'S A BORE.
>> BUT THERE IS A TRAIL COMING
DOWN OUT OF THIS WOODS AND THEY
COME DOWN HERE INTO WHAT'S LEFT
OF THIS CORN FIELD AND THEY
SCROUNGE FOR WHAT CORN HAS BEEN
LEFT.
I THINK THE FIRST NIGHT WE SAT
HERE, WE HAD A DOUBLE.
UP WITH HERE AND ONE HERE AND 10
OR 12 FEET AWAY WE HAVE THIS
ONE.
BUT IT IS ABOUT TRYING TO GET
YOUR TRAPS ON LOCATION AND
HAVING A GOOD BAIT, A GOOD
ATTRACTTION THAT KEEPS THE KOON
THERE.
THESE ARE WHAT WE CALL DP, DOG
PROOF TRAPS AND THEY ARE MADE
JUST FOR KOONS.
YOU WILL CATCH A FEW SKUNKS AND
POSSESS SUMS IN THEM.
-- AND POSSUMS IN THEM.
>> WE USED MARSHMALLOW AND PUT
IT UNDER THE TRIGGER.
>> PLACE THEM AT A 45° ANGLE AND
WE USE CAT FOOD MIXED WITH SOME
FISH OIL.
BECAUSE THEY REALLY LIKE THIS.
THEN WE TAKE A STICK AND WE PACK
IT DOWN.
AND THEN WE GET SOME JELLY AND
PUT A BIT ON THE SIDES.
AND YEAH, THAT'S IT.
AND ONCE THEY LICK THAT JELLY,
THEY ARE BASICALLY YOURS.
>> I STARTED TRAPPING IN 1962
AND I WAS ABOUT HIS AGE AND I
STARTED TRAPPING IN EARLY HIGH
SCHOOL, AND I HAVE NEVER MISSED
A SEASON EVER SINCE THE FIRST
TIME I PICKED APP MUSKRAT AND
SAW ITS FUR, THE FIRST TIME I
SAW THE RINGS ON THE RACCOON'S
TAIL, I WAS HOOKED JUST KIND OF
LIKE HE IS, AND I HAVE NEVER
MISSED A SEASON.
>> GOT A MUSKRAT.
>> YES, I THINK WE GOT A DOUBLE.
>> GOT TWO.
>> YES, WE DID.
>> ALL RIGHT.
GOOD JOB.
GOT TWO MUSKRATS.
>> THAT'S AWESOME.
>> MOST I EVER CAUGHT WAS FOUR
BUT WE GOT TWO.
I KNOW THE LAND OWNER IS HAPPY
WITH TWO.
WE MET ON A YOUTH TURKEY HUNT
LAST SPRING.
AND WE HUNTED THE BECAME BEST
BUDS, WE TRY TO MENTOR THESE
KIDS.
TAKE THEM OUT AND INTRODUCE THEM
NO MATTER WHAT YOUR PASSION IS.
KIND OF ADOPT A YOUNGSTER FOR A
SEASON AND TAKE THEM OUTING TAKE
THEM FISHING AND SQUIRREL
HUNTING AND KOON HUNTING AND
WHATEVER AND GET THE KIDS OUT
AND REALLY GET THEM INVOLVED.
THE TRAPPING IS GOOD BECAUSE
THEY DON'T HAVE TO SIT STILL.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE QUIET.
THEY CAN MOVE ALL THEY WANT,
THEY GET ALL THE ACTIVITY THEY
WANT, THREAT GET TO SEE PLENTY
OF CRITTERS AND HAVE A GOOD
TIME.
I HAVE ACTUALLY GOT MORE KIDS
EXCITED ABOUT THE OUTDOORS WHERE
THEY LEARN A LOT OF THE THINGS
ABOUT TRAPPING AND IT MAKES THEM
A LITTLE BETTER HUNTER AND A
LITTLE BETTER WOODSMAN AND THEY
LEARN HOW THE 50 LOOK FOR TRACKS
AND THOSE THINGS.
TRAILS AND DENS AND IT REALLY
OPENS UP THE OUTDOORS TO THEM
AND STARTS MAKING THEN THINK
LIKE AN OUTDOOR PERSON AND WHEN
THEY START THINKING LIKE AN
OUTDOOR PERSON, THEY BECOME ONE.
>> YEAH, WE GOT ONE.
>> A MUSKRAT.
>> YEAH.
>> TRAPPING IS IMPORTANT FOR A
NUMBER OF REASONS.
IT IS HERITAGE AND OUTDOOR
ACTIVITY THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE
GREW UP WITH AND LOVE BUT, IT IS
ALSO IMPORTANT, IT IS A FREE
PUBLIC SERVICE FOR THE REMOVAL
OF PROBLEM ANIMALS.
WE'RE A VALUE TO THESE LAND
OWNERS.
>> I USE A TRAPPER BECAUSE UP
UNTIL THE TIME MET CHET, IF I
HAD WATERMELON, I COULD LOSE
ALMOST UP TO 100 PERCENT OF MY
CROP.
ONE YEAR I LOST ALMOST EVERY
WATERMELON I HAD.
>> CROP DAMAGE, TIMBER DAMAGE,
FLOODING FROM BEAVER, MUSKRATS
DIGGING INTO THE DAMS OF LAKES
CAUSING LEAKS, COYOTES, FOX,
BOBCATS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
IF THEY ARE NOT CONTROLLED, THEY
REPRODUCE TOO QUICKLY AND THEY
OVERWHELM THE HABITAT WITH THEIR
PRESENCE.
AND WHAT HAPPENS IS, YOU HAVE
PURDAFION, RABBITS AND SMALL
GAME, POTENTIAL FOR DISEASE
CONTROL.
A LOT OF THE DISEASES THESE FUR
BEARERS CAN GET ARE DENSITY
RELATED DUE TO OVERPOPULATION.
SOME OF THE DISEASES ARE
TRANSMITTIBLE BACK TO HUMANS OR
PETS AND DOMESTIC STOCK.
ALSO HELPS WILDLIFE MANAGERS,
SOME OF YOUR ANIMALS THAT ARE
BEING REINTRODUCED SUCH AS OTTER
AND SOME OTHER SPECIES ARE
ACTUALLY TRAPPED.
AND WE LOCATED.
IT IS BENEFICIAL THAT WAY.
WILDLIFE MANAGERS BENEFIT
THROUGH TRAPPING, FOR INSTANCE,
DUCK MARSHES WHERE YOU HAVE DUCK
HABITAT.
HEAVY PERDATION BY RACCOONS AND
PREDATORS, A POOR WATER FOWL
HATCH AND OPENS THE DOOR FOR
HUNTING AND FISHING TUNES OF
OTHER SORTS.
YESTERDAY, THE LAND OWNER GAVE
MIKE HERE PERMISSION TO HUNT
DEER ON 500 ACRES BECAUSE MIKE
HAS BEEN TAKING CARE OF HIS
MUSKRATS.
IT BENEFITS WILDLIFE MANAGER AND
THE PUBLIC AND IT IS A GREAT
ACTIVITY.
I TRIED ALL OF ACTIVITIES AND I
LOVE THEM ALL BUT TO ME,
TRAPPING IS THE BEST.
>> NOW LET'S SEE WHO ELSE HAS
BEEN OUT HAVING FUN.
EMILY ROGERS TOOK THIS NICE BUCK
WITH A 270 RIFLE DURING THE
YOUTH SEASON.
CONGRATULATIONS.
LOOKS LIKE SHEILA MILL HER A FUN
WEEKEND WITH AN ENTIRE STRINGER
OF HYBRID BLUEGILL.
TREVOR FROM LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY
WITH HIS FIRST TURKEY TAKEN IN
MONROE COUNTY.
CONGRATULATIONS.
KATE CAUGHT THIS 29 INCH CHANNEL
CATFISH IN A FARM POND IN
BRECKENRIDGE COUNTY.
CONNOR TOOK THIS 21 POUND TURKEY
WITH HIS DAD IN MADISON COUNTY.
LOOKS LIKE HE WAS AT LEAST THE
SECOND PERSON TO CATCH THIS
FISH.
AND THIS NICE WALLEYE IN
PAINTSVILLE LAKE.
CONGRATULATIONS.
A TURKEY TAKEN ON OPENING DAY OF
THE SPRING TURKEY SEASON.
CONGRATULATIONS.
JAKE BROWN SHOWING US HIS FIRST
FISH EVER.
A NICE LARGE MOUTH,
CONGRATULATIONS.
MICAELA DOING HER TWO CATFISH
DANCE.
THESE TWINS TOOK ALMOST
IDENTICAL BIRDS ON THE SAME
WEEKEND.
CONGRATULATION.
HOPE YOU'RE ABLE TO SPEND IN
TIME OUTDOORS WITH YOUR FAMILY
THIS FATHER'S DAY WEEKEND.
AND REMEMBER HUNTING AND FISHING
ON PRIVATE PROPERTY IS A
PRIVILEGE.
ALWAYS ASK PERMISSION AND THANK
THE LAND OWNER.
UNTIL NEXT TIME, HOPE TO SEE YOU
IN THE WOODS OR ON THE WATER.
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