1 00:00:18,366 --> 00:00:21,900 >> THIS WEEK ON "KENTUCKY 2 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:25,933 AFIELD." 3 00:00:21,900 --> 00:00:27,333 >> IF YOU HAVE BEEN FROG 4 00:00:25,933 --> 00:00:27,600 DIGGING, THEN YOU PROBABLY LOVE 5 00:00:27,333 --> 00:00:28,866 IT. 6 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:30,066 AND IF YOU HAVEN'T, THEN YOU'RE 7 00:00:28,866 --> 00:00:32,633 MISSING OUT! 8 00:00:30,066 --> 00:00:34,433 NEXT ... ONE KEY TO CATCHING 9 00:00:32,633 --> 00:00:36,066 FISH IS FINDING STRUCTURE. 10 00:00:34,433 --> 00:00:40,000 WE'LL SEE HOW THE DEPARTMENT IS 11 00:00:36,066 --> 00:00:42,200 HELPING OUT. 12 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:43,066 THEN ... DEER SEASON IS JUST 13 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:44,700 AROUND THE CORNER. 14 00:00:43,066 --> 00:00:46,933 FIND OUT WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW, 15 00:00:44,700 --> 00:00:47,766 BEFORE TAKING THAT CLIMBING 16 00:00:46,933 --> 00:00:51,400 STAND UP A TREE. 17 00:00:47,766 --> 00:00:51,966 >> I HIGHLY DISCOURAGE TRYING TO 18 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:54,300 CLIMB A HICKORY. 19 00:00:51,966 --> 00:00:54,533 >> IT IS ALL NEXT ON "KENTUCKY 20 00:00:54,300 --> 00:00:54,533 AFIELD"! 21 00:00:57,100 --> 00:01:08,433 ♪ 22 00:00:57,266 --> 00:01:08,433 ♪ 23 00:01:42,966 --> 00:01:44,900 >> HELLO, AND WELCOME TO 24 00:01:43,866 --> 00:01:46,100 "KENTUCKY AFIELD." 25 00:01:44,900 --> 00:01:47,733 I'M YOUR HOST CHAD MILES. 26 00:01:46,100 --> 00:01:48,933 JOIN US AS WE JOURNEY THE 27 00:01:47,733 --> 00:01:50,100 COMMONWEALTH IN SEARCH OF 28 00:01:48,933 --> 00:01:52,866 OUTDOOR ADVENTURE. 29 00:01:50,100 --> 00:01:53,966 WHEN THE SUMMER NIGHTS GET HOT, 30 00:01:52,866 --> 00:01:55,400 BUGS COME OUT THERE IS ONLY ONE 31 00:01:53,966 --> 00:01:57,866 THING ON MY MINE AND THAT'S FROG 32 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:57,866 LEGS. 33 00:01:59,366 --> 00:02:03,100 NOTE SNOW ♪ 34 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:03,400 ♪ 35 00:02:03,100 --> 00:02:11,366 ♪ 36 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:13,566 ♪ 37 00:02:11,366 --> 00:02:15,100 WE'RE HERE IN WOODFORD COUNTY, 38 00:02:13,566 --> 00:02:16,700 AND IT IS JULY AND IT IS HOT. 39 00:02:15,100 --> 00:02:17,500 AND TONIGHT WE'RE AFTER WHAT? 40 00:02:16,700 --> 00:02:18,900 >> BULL FROGS. 41 00:02:17,500 --> 00:02:20,800 >> BULL FROGS. 42 00:02:18,900 --> 00:02:22,500 TRAVIS, YOU CALLED UP A COUPLE 43 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:25,566 OF WEEKS AGO, AND YOU WERE A 44 00:02:22,500 --> 00:02:27,266 COLLEGE ROOMMATE WITH ONE OF OUR 45 00:02:25,566 --> 00:02:30,700 VIDEOGRAPHERS AND YOU SAID, DO 46 00:02:27,266 --> 00:02:31,166 YOU LIKE TO FROG? 47 00:02:30,700 --> 00:02:32,366 AND YOU SAID -- 48 00:02:31,166 --> 00:02:35,300 >> 49 00:02:32,366 --> 00:02:35,866 >> THIS IS ONE OF OUR BEST 50 00:02:35,300 --> 00:02:36,433 SPOTS. 51 00:02:35,866 --> 00:02:37,733 WE SCOUTED IT. 52 00:02:36,433 --> 00:02:39,133 IT WILL BE A PRODUCTIVE EVENING. 53 00:02:37,733 --> 00:02:40,033 >> HOW LONG YOU HAVE BEEN 54 00:02:39,133 --> 00:02:42,266 CHASING FROGS? 55 00:02:40,033 --> 00:02:43,366 >> SINCE I WAS 16, 17 YEARS OLD. 56 00:02:42,266 --> 00:02:44,900 >> OH, YEAH. 57 00:02:43,366 --> 00:02:45,200 >> IT IS SOMETHING THAT I REALLY 58 00:02:44,900 --> 00:02:45,800 ENJOY. 59 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:47,533 YOU CAN DO IT. 60 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:48,300 AND THERE'S A LULL BETWEEN 61 00:02:47,533 --> 00:02:49,833 TURKEY SEASON AND DOVE SEASON 62 00:02:48,300 --> 00:02:50,300 AND THIS IS A PERFECT WAY TO 63 00:02:49,833 --> 00:02:53,233 FILL THAT LULL. 64 00:02:50,300 --> 00:02:55,400 >> SO, THE GOAL IS GOING TO BE 65 00:02:53,233 --> 00:02:57,466 LET IT GET DARK AND TRY TO FILL 66 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:57,700 A SKILL LET FULL OF FROG LEGS. 67 00:02:57,466 --> 00:03:01,066 >> 68 00:02:57,700 --> 00:03:01,366 >> IT IS ONE ONE OF MY FAVORITE 69 00:03:01,066 --> 00:03:02,900 TO DO. 70 00:03:01,366 --> 00:03:03,700 AND THERE ARE TONS OF FISHING 71 00:03:02,900 --> 00:03:05,733 OPPORTUNITIES BUT IF YOU WANT TO 72 00:03:03,700 --> 00:03:06,333 GET OUT AND DO SOMETHING LIKE 73 00:03:05,733 --> 00:03:08,133 THIS. 74 00:03:06,333 --> 00:03:09,833 LISTEN TO THAT DO SOMETHING LIKE 75 00:03:08,133 --> 00:03:10,666 THIS, IT GIVES YOU AN 76 00:03:09,833 --> 00:03:11,533 OPPORTUNITY OF IT IS LIKE 77 00:03:10,666 --> 00:03:13,500 HUNTING AT A TIME OF THE YEAR 78 00:03:11,533 --> 00:03:14,166 WHEN THERE IS NOT A WHOLE LOT 79 00:03:13,500 --> 00:03:17,333 GOING ON. 80 00:03:14,166 --> 00:03:18,500 GET A FROG GIG, PELLET RIFLE. 81 00:03:17,333 --> 00:03:20,400 >> GRAB THEM BY YOUR HAND. 82 00:03:18,500 --> 00:03:22,433 >> SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. 83 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:24,100 AND FROG GIGING SEASON IS A LONG 84 00:03:22,433 --> 00:03:25,300 PERIOD OF TIME. 85 00:03:24,100 --> 00:03:27,133 YOU'VE GOT FROM THIRD FRIDAY IN 86 00:03:25,300 --> 00:03:30,000 MAY ALL THE WAY TO OCTOBER. 87 00:03:27,133 --> 00:03:30,666 WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE CONDITIONS 88 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,500 FOR FROGGING. 89 00:03:30,666 --> 00:03:33,700 >> YOU LIKE IT TO BE HOT. 90 00:03:32,500 --> 00:03:36,100 UNFORTUNATELY A LOT OF US DON'T 91 00:03:33,700 --> 00:03:37,766 LIKE TO GET OUT WHEN THIS IS HOT 92 00:03:36,100 --> 00:03:39,400 BUT A NICE HOT NIGHT, GOOD 93 00:03:37,766 --> 00:03:41,033 HUMIDITY AND GET THE BUGS FLYING 94 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:41,333 AND THAT'S WHEN YOU GET INTO THE 95 00:03:41,033 --> 00:03:43,033 FROGS. 96 00:03:41,333 --> 00:03:44,633 >> OH, YEAH. 97 00:03:43,033 --> 00:03:48,800 LET'S GET OUR GEAR TOGETHER AND 98 00:03:44,633 --> 00:03:49,666 PUT A GAME PLAN, AND, THEY ARE 99 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:50,966 RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW. 100 00:03:49,666 --> 00:03:51,266 WE'LL GET IN THERE AND GET AFTER 101 00:03:50,966 --> 00:03:51,800 THEM. 102 00:03:51,266 --> 00:03:52,600 WHAT DO YOU THINK? 103 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:53,266 >> YES,. 104 00:03:52,600 --> 00:04:03,566 >> LET'S DO IT. 105 00:03:53,266 --> 00:04:03,566 LET'S GO! 106 00:04:19,266 --> 00:04:23,800 ♪ 107 00:04:19,466 --> 00:04:25,066 ♪ 108 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:27,366 >> LOOK AT THAT BUN RIGHT THERE. 109 00:04:25,066 --> 00:04:27,633 LET'S TRY TO MAKE A MOVE ON THAT 110 00:04:27,366 --> 00:04:28,033 ONE. 111 00:04:27,633 --> 00:04:29,800 >> BIG DUDE. 112 00:04:28,033 --> 00:04:30,766 >> AND A COUPLE AROUND IT BUT 113 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:33,266 LET'S MOVE DOWN HERE A LITTLE 114 00:04:30,766 --> 00:04:35,000 BIT AND WE'LL GET HIM LIT UP AND 115 00:04:33,266 --> 00:04:38,533 TRY TO GET ON TOP OF HIM. 116 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,966 >> THAT SHOULD BE THE FIRST OF 117 00:04:38,533 --> 00:04:39,800 MANY CHANCES. 118 00:04:38,966 --> 00:04:41,233 >> THERE ARE A COUPLE RIGHT 119 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:41,533 THERE JUST CHECKING THEM FOR 120 00:04:41,233 --> 00:04:42,766 SIZE. 121 00:04:41,533 --> 00:04:43,233 THAT ONE RIGHT THERE FOR SURE IS 122 00:04:42,766 --> 00:04:51,000 BIG ENOUGH. 123 00:04:43,233 --> 00:04:52,700 >> 124 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:53,000 >> YOU HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE, 125 00:04:52,700 --> 00:04:54,333 RIGHT? 126 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:54,800 >> THERE YOU GO. 127 00:04:54,333 --> 00:05:00,800 HE'S BIG ENOUGH. 128 00:04:54,800 --> 00:05:02,366 >> 129 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:06,966 >> CAN YOU GET THAT FAR OUT? 130 00:05:02,366 --> 00:05:08,533 >> ALL RIGHT! 131 00:05:06,966 --> 00:05:10,600 I BELIEVE THAT WE GOT A FROG ON 132 00:05:08,533 --> 00:05:13,100 THE END OF THE STICK THERE. 133 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:14,733 I DON'T KNOWFY GOT HIM OR NOT. 134 00:05:13,100 --> 00:05:15,833 I DON'T KNOW IF I GOT HIM OR NOT 135 00:05:14,733 --> 00:05:16,200 YET. 136 00:05:15,833 --> 00:05:17,266 I BELIEVE. 137 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:25,133 >> I BELIEVE THAT YOU DO. 138 00:05:17,266 --> 00:05:26,966 >> NICE! 139 00:05:25,133 --> 00:05:29,833 >> TELL YOU WHAT: 140 00:05:26,966 --> 00:05:30,166 THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING 141 00:05:29,833 --> 00:05:32,100 BETTER. 142 00:05:30,166 --> 00:05:34,500 >> ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO UP IN 143 00:05:32,100 --> 00:05:34,800 THESE TREES AND WE'LL FIND A 144 00:05:34,500 --> 00:05:37,033 BUNCH. 145 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:38,233 GOT TO COME UP ON THE TOPSIDE. 146 00:05:37,033 --> 00:05:42,633 >> THAT'S A BIG FROG THERE, 147 00:05:38,233 --> 00:05:44,133 GUYS. 148 00:05:42,633 --> 00:05:54,966 >> DON'T MOVE. 149 00:05:44,133 --> 00:06:01,366 DROP IT TO THE GROUND. 150 00:05:54,966 --> 00:06:03,800 >> WOW! 151 00:06:01,366 --> 00:06:04,766 >> THAT WAS AWESOME! 152 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:07,133 >> GOT IT! 153 00:06:04,766 --> 00:06:08,333 >> THAT'S A BIG FROG. 154 00:06:07,133 --> 00:06:11,400 THAT'S A BIG FROG. 155 00:06:08,333 --> 00:06:15,700 NOW, THAT IS A 12-INCH FROG 156 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:16,133 THERE. 157 00:06:15,700 --> 00:06:18,300 [ LAUGHTER ] 158 00:06:16,133 --> 00:06:19,833 >> HE TRIED TO JUMP IN MY 159 00:06:18,300 --> 00:06:21,400 POCKET. 160 00:06:19,833 --> 00:06:22,000 THAT'S A GOOD FROG RIGHT THERE 161 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:23,666 NOW. 162 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:25,600 >> I SAW IT GO IN AND I WOULD 163 00:06:23,666 --> 00:06:26,600 TELL THAT IT WAS BEHIND HIM AND 164 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:28,233 I SAW THAT SPLASH, AND I 165 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:28,600 THOUGHT, WHAT IN THE WORLD JUST 166 00:06:28,233 --> 00:06:30,733 HAPPENED? 167 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:31,833 >> I GUESS WITH WITH THE 168 00:06:30,733 --> 00:06:34,233 TRAJECTORY I WAS UP ON THE BANK 169 00:06:31,833 --> 00:06:34,666 AND WHEN I LUNGED, I WAS RIGHT 170 00:06:34,233 --> 00:06:35,733 BEHIND HIM. 171 00:06:34,666 --> 00:06:39,433 >> NICE RECOVERY. 172 00:06:35,733 --> 00:06:49,600 >> THIS FROG ALMOST GOT AWAY 173 00:06:39,433 --> 00:06:49,600 TWICE. 174 00:06:50,433 --> 00:06:52,500 ♪ 175 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:53,700 >> THAT'S A GOOD ONE THERE! 176 00:06:52,500 --> 00:06:55,033 >> THERE WE GO. 177 00:06:53,700 --> 00:06:55,366 GOOD DEAL, MAN. 178 00:06:55,033 --> 00:06:57,733 >> NICE! 179 00:06:55,366 --> 00:06:58,400 >> I FEEL LIKE A 16-YEAR-OLD KID 180 00:06:57,733 --> 00:06:59,033 RIGHT NOW. 181 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:00,866 I'LL TELL YOU THAT. 182 00:06:59,033 --> 00:07:02,700 >> IT IS JUST SO MUCH FUN THERE 183 00:07:00,866 --> 00:07:03,000 IS SOMETHING ABOUT IT BEING OUT 184 00:07:02,700 --> 00:07:04,500 HERE. 185 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:05,566 BEING A KID, YOU'RE LIKE, I'M 186 00:07:04,500 --> 00:07:07,733 OUT LATER THAN I'M SUPPOSED TO 187 00:07:05,566 --> 00:07:09,066 BE AND YOU'RE TIRED AND YOU WAKE 188 00:07:07,733 --> 00:07:11,433 UP NEXT MORNING AND THE SECOND 189 00:07:09,066 --> 00:07:11,900 THAT YOU WAKE UP, THE HEAD IS 190 00:07:11,433 --> 00:07:14,400 OFF THE PILLOW. 191 00:07:11,900 --> 00:07:15,033 THAT WAS COOL THAT WAS FUN. 192 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:16,600 GOT ONE? 193 00:07:15,033 --> 00:07:20,833 >> JUST SMALL ONE. 194 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:22,166 WE'LL LET HIM GO. 195 00:07:20,833 --> 00:07:23,400 >> JUST SHOWCASING ANOTHER WAY 196 00:07:22,166 --> 00:07:24,233 TO GO OUT THERE AND CATCH THEM. 197 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:29,100 >> THERE YOU GO! 198 00:07:24,233 --> 00:07:31,266 >> ALL RIGHT! 199 00:07:29,100 --> 00:07:37,200 >> NICE JOB. 200 00:07:31,266 --> 00:07:40,466 >> THAT'S A GOOD ONE. 201 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:41,466 >> 8 FOOT IS ALMOST NOT ENOUGH. 202 00:07:40,466 --> 00:07:47,200 THEY START GETTING THAT ROPE, 203 00:07:41,466 --> 00:07:49,233 WATCH OUT. 204 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:57,666 THAT'S ABOUT THE SIZE OF A DIME, 205 00:07:49,233 --> 00:07:59,200 YOU KNOW YOU GOT A GOOD ONE. 206 00:07:57,666 --> 00:08:01,833 >> THEY ARE MAKING FUN OF US. 207 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:02,733 >> YES, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THERE 208 00:08:01,833 --> 00:08:04,366 TWICE. 209 00:08:02,733 --> 00:08:05,666 >> THIS TIME WE GRAB MY PELLET 210 00:08:04,366 --> 00:08:07,500 RIFLE AND COME UP ON THE BANK 211 00:08:05,666 --> 00:08:08,566 AND SEE IF WE CAN'T GET DOWN TO 212 00:08:07,500 --> 00:08:10,266 SOME OF THESE THAT ARE DIFFICULT 213 00:08:08,566 --> 00:08:10,766 TO GET A GIG IN THERE. 214 00:08:10,266 --> 00:08:16,166 >> NICE SHOT. 215 00:08:10,766 --> 00:08:17,466 >> ALL RIGHT! 216 00:08:16,166 --> 00:08:20,433 >> I GOT HIM RIGHT THERE. 217 00:08:17,466 --> 00:08:28,600 >> I SEE HIM! 218 00:08:20,433 --> 00:08:31,466 >> GOT IT! 219 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:37,000 >> ALL RIGHT, CHAD, HE'S RIGHT 220 00:08:31,466 --> 00:08:37,833 THERE. 221 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:38,533 >> GOOD SHOT. 222 00:08:37,833 --> 00:08:40,033 >> NICE ONE. 223 00:08:38,533 --> 00:08:43,466 >> THE OLD PELLET GUN IS THREE 224 00:08:40,033 --> 00:08:43,700 FOR THREE. 225 00:08:43,466 --> 00:08:45,400 >> 226 00:08:43,700 --> 00:08:48,133 >> GUY, I STEPPED OVER AND THERE 227 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:50,000 IS A BIG BULL FROG RIGHT 228 00:08:48,133 --> 00:08:53,100 UNDERFETE IN AND I'LL SEE IF I 229 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:54,466 CAN'T COME UP OVER TOP. 230 00:08:53,100 --> 00:08:54,766 >> AND SEE IF YOU CAN GET A SHOT 231 00:08:54,466 --> 00:08:55,366 DOWN. 232 00:08:54,766 --> 00:09:02,000 >> NICE! 233 00:08:55,366 --> 00:09:04,700 >> YES, SIR, LOOK THAT SHOT! 234 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:05,466 >> LOOK AT THE BIG OLD WHITE 235 00:09:04,700 --> 00:09:09,300 BELLY ON THAT FROG. 236 00:09:05,466 --> 00:09:09,833 WOW! 237 00:09:09,300 --> 00:09:10,266 NICE SHOT. 238 00:09:09,833 --> 00:09:15,900 GOT HIM. 239 00:09:10,266 --> 00:09:15,900 >> 240 00:09:19,066 --> 00:09:21,133 >> GOT HIM! 241 00:09:20,733 --> 00:09:25,566 >> GOT HIM! 242 00:09:21,133 --> 00:09:25,966 >> 243 00:09:25,566 --> 00:09:26,466 >> GOT HIM? 244 00:09:25,966 --> 00:09:27,000 >> NO. 245 00:09:26,466 --> 00:09:30,066 >> 246 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:31,133 >> I THOUGHT IT LOOKED LIKE IT 247 00:09:30,066 --> 00:09:32,733 HIT HIM PRETTY SQUARE. 248 00:09:31,133 --> 00:09:33,066 >> I DON'T KNOW, I MISSED A FEW 249 00:09:32,733 --> 00:09:35,033 MYSELF. 250 00:09:33,066 --> 00:09:36,333 >> WE GAVE IT A GOOD HOUR. 251 00:09:35,033 --> 00:09:37,133 SETTLE BACK DOWN AND MAKE ONE 252 00:09:36,333 --> 00:09:39,466 MORE TRIP AROUND IT. 253 00:09:37,133 --> 00:09:42,133 THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THERE 254 00:09:39,466 --> 00:09:43,666 WILL BE ONE OVER THERE. 255 00:09:42,133 --> 00:09:45,100 HOLD ON, GUY, HE'S RIGHT HERE. 256 00:09:43,666 --> 00:09:46,500 >> YOU MAY SHOOT HIM AGAIN. 257 00:09:45,100 --> 00:09:47,200 >> GOT A GOOD SHOT. 258 00:09:46,500 --> 00:09:47,900 GO AHEAD. 259 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:49,466 >> GOT HIM! 260 00:09:47,900 --> 00:09:50,200 >> TELL YOU WHAT, THIS IS JUST A 261 00:09:49,466 --> 00:09:52,000 LOT OF FUN. 262 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:52,333 I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU HAVING 263 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:53,633 US OUT. 264 00:09:52,333 --> 00:09:54,700 THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE BLAST. 265 00:09:53,633 --> 00:09:55,366 >> THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT AND 266 00:09:54,700 --> 00:09:57,133 HANGING OUT WITH US. 267 00:09:55,366 --> 00:10:09,133 WE HAD A GREAT TIME. 268 00:09:57,133 --> 00:10:11,733 >> WE'RE HERE AGAIN WITH 269 00:10:09,133 --> 00:10:12,933 LIEUTENANT McCLEARY AND WHAT 270 00:10:11,733 --> 00:10:14,966 IS VERY POPULAR IS BOWFISHING. 271 00:10:12,933 --> 00:10:15,700 FOR A PERSON THAT WANTED TO GET 272 00:10:14,966 --> 00:10:16,133 INTO BOWFISHING, WHAT DO THEY 273 00:10:15,700 --> 00:10:17,300 NEED TO KNOW. 274 00:10:16,133 --> 00:10:18,433 >> YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE PROPER 275 00:10:17,300 --> 00:10:19,100 LICENSE WHICH IS A KENTUCKY 276 00:10:18,433 --> 00:10:21,633 RESIDENT FISHING LICENSE IF 277 00:10:19,100 --> 00:10:22,333 YOU'RE A RESIDENT OF STATE OR 278 00:10:21,633 --> 00:10:24,666 NON-RESIDENT IF YOU'RE NOT. 279 00:10:22,333 --> 00:10:26,300 >> EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE USING WHAT 280 00:10:24,666 --> 00:10:27,533 IS TYPICALLY REFERRED TO AS 281 00:10:26,300 --> 00:10:28,366 HUNTING EQUIPMENT, BECAUSE 282 00:10:27,533 --> 00:10:29,200 YOU'RE FISHING FOR FISH, YOU 283 00:10:28,366 --> 00:10:31,033 NEED A FISHING LICENSE. 284 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:32,400 >> YES, SIR, THAT'S CORRECT. 285 00:10:31,033 --> 00:10:33,466 >> WHAT FISH SPECIES ARE LEGAL 286 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:37,000 TO BE TAKEN WITH A BOAT? 287 00:10:33,466 --> 00:10:39,833 >> LOOKING TO TARGET ROUGH FISH 288 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:42,133 SO YOUR CARP, GAR, CATFISH. 289 00:10:39,833 --> 00:10:44,200 AVOID, PROPERLY IDENTIFY YOUR 290 00:10:42,133 --> 00:10:47,133 TARGET NOT TO SHOOT SPORT FISHEN 291 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:49,333 TYPICALLY AVOID BASS SPECIES. 292 00:10:47,133 --> 00:10:51,300 BASS, CRAPPIE, BLUEGILL, NONE OF 293 00:10:49,333 --> 00:10:51,666 THOSE CAN BE TAKEN WITH ARCHERY 294 00:10:51,300 --> 00:10:52,500 EQUIPMENT. 295 00:10:51,666 --> 00:10:54,300 >> WHAT DO YOU NEED TO KNOW 296 00:10:52,500 --> 00:10:55,233 ABOUT WHERE TO TAKE A BOAT AND 297 00:10:54,300 --> 00:10:56,433 BOW FISH FROM. 298 00:10:55,233 --> 00:10:57,533 >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 299 00:10:56,433 --> 00:10:58,733 DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU'RE DOING, 300 00:10:57,533 --> 00:11:00,433 IF YOU'RE HUNTING FROM LAND, 301 00:10:58,733 --> 00:11:01,866 MORE LIKELY THAN NOT YOU HAVE TO 302 00:11:00,433 --> 00:11:02,166 OBTAIN PERMISSION FROM THE LAND 303 00:11:01,866 --> 00:11:03,066 OWNER. 304 00:11:02,166 --> 00:11:04,033 PUBLIC WATERS, THERE NOT MUCH 305 00:11:03,066 --> 00:11:05,700 THAT YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT 306 00:11:04,033 --> 00:11:07,666 OTHER THAN IF YOU'RE BELOW A 307 00:11:05,700 --> 00:11:08,633 DAM, ACCESS POINTS AND 308 00:11:07,666 --> 00:11:10,733 RESTRICTIONS ON HOW FAR TO HAVE 309 00:11:08,633 --> 00:11:11,166 A BOAT WITHIN THE RELATION TO 310 00:11:10,733 --> 00:11:11,966 THE DAM ITFUL. 311 00:11:11,166 --> 00:11:13,000 >> THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT 312 00:11:11,966 --> 00:11:15,333 YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE A 313 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:17,366 BOAT ON PUBLIC WATERS BELOW 314 00:11:15,333 --> 00:11:18,166 CERTAIN DAMS AND OBVIOUSLY 315 00:11:17,366 --> 00:11:18,633 BOWFISHING, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED 316 00:11:18,166 --> 00:11:19,766 TO DO IT. 317 00:11:18,633 --> 00:11:21,366 >> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. 318 00:11:19,766 --> 00:11:22,233 CERTAIN AREAS DID NOT ALLOW YOU 319 00:11:21,366 --> 00:11:24,766 TO HAVE A BOAT, PERIOD. 320 00:11:22,233 --> 00:11:25,266 NO MATTER WHAT YOU'RE DOING 321 00:11:24,766 --> 00:11:27,600 CERTAIN DISTANCE. 322 00:11:25,266 --> 00:11:28,400 >> IF YOU HAVE NEVER TRIED BOW 323 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:29,433 FISH, IT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU 324 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:30,766 NEED TO GIVE A TRY. 325 00:11:29,433 --> 00:11:32,733 IT IS A LOT OF FUN AND IF YOU'RE 326 00:11:30,766 --> 00:11:34,600 A ARCHER, YOU'LL SHOOT MANY 327 00:11:32,733 --> 00:11:37,566 TIMES ON TRIP. 328 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:39,066 NOT GOING TO GET IN A DEER STAND 329 00:11:37,566 --> 00:11:40,066 GET ONE CHANCE. 330 00:11:39,066 --> 00:11:47,300 GIVE IT A TRY. 331 00:11:40,066 --> 00:11:49,233 IT IS A LOT OF FUN. 332 00:11:47,300 --> 00:11:51,633 >> THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF 333 00:11:49,233 --> 00:11:53,933 FISH AND WILDLIFE IS ALWAYS 334 00:11:51,633 --> 00:11:55,433 LOOKING FOR GOOD HABITAT TO HOLD 335 00:11:53,933 --> 00:12:04,466 FISH AND THE FOCUS HAS BEEN ON 336 00:11:55,433 --> 00:12:05,900 BARREN RIVER LAKE. 337 00:12:04,466 --> 00:12:07,000 >> FOR THE BOATS DRIVING BY, 338 00:12:05,900 --> 00:12:08,333 THEY HAVE TO BE WONDERING WHAT 339 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:11,466 IN THE WORLD. 340 00:12:08,333 --> 00:12:11,766 WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS ON THE 341 00:12:11,466 --> 00:12:13,433 BANK. 342 00:12:11,766 --> 00:12:15,200 >> THIS IS THE FIRST PHASE OF 343 00:12:13,433 --> 00:12:15,966 THE LARGE SCALE BARREN RIVER 344 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:17,933 HABITAT PROJECT. 345 00:12:15,966 --> 00:12:18,233 WE HAVE SEVEN PHASES PLANNED FOR 346 00:12:17,933 --> 00:12:20,866 THIS. 347 00:12:18,233 --> 00:12:21,200 AND THIS IS KIND OF OUR KICKOFF 348 00:12:20,866 --> 00:12:23,400 PROJECT. 349 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:25,900 WE'RE HERE IN THE LOWER CREEK, 350 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:28,200 AND, WE HAVE GOT 15 OR SO SITES 351 00:12:25,900 --> 00:12:29,533 PICKED OUT HERE AND ONE OF THE 352 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:38,400 THINGS WILL BE CENTERED AROUND 353 00:12:29,533 --> 00:12:42,066 BASS AND CRAPPIE STRUCTURE. 354 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:43,066 >> TELL ME A BIT ABOUT WHY THIS 355 00:12:42,066 --> 00:12:43,333 PROJECT WORK IS IMPORTANT FOR 356 00:12:43,066 --> 00:12:46,400 YOU? 357 00:12:43,333 --> 00:12:47,200 >> BEING A FISCHERMAN AND 358 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:49,333 ANGLER, THIS WAS CONSIDERED TO 359 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:49,700 BE ONE ONE ONE OF TOP FISHERIES 360 00:12:49,333 --> 00:12:51,200 IN STATE. 361 00:12:49,700 --> 00:12:52,466 AND I STARTED GETTING REPORTS 362 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:54,200 FROM OTHER ANGLERS AND FISHING 363 00:12:52,466 --> 00:12:56,066 THE LAKE MYSELF, FOUND THE CATCH 364 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:56,833 RATES WERE NOT WHAT WE HAD BEEN 365 00:12:56,066 --> 00:12:58,700 ACCUSTOMED TO HERE. 366 00:12:56,833 --> 00:12:59,800 AND WANTING TO KEEP THAT SAME 367 00:12:58,700 --> 00:13:01,366 HIGH STANDARD, WHAT DO WE NEED 368 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:05,100 TO DO TO IMPROVE THAT CATCH RATE 369 00:13:01,366 --> 00:13:06,333 FOR OUR ANGLERS AS WELL AS 370 00:13:05,100 --> 00:13:07,800 IMPROVE THE LAKE OVERALL. 371 00:13:06,333 --> 00:13:12,200 AND THE FIRST THINGS THAT CAME 372 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:12,466 UP WAS HABITAT. 373 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:14,800 AND. 374 00:13:12,466 --> 00:13:16,466 >> TELL ME ABOUT WHY BAR SEASON 375 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:16,800 PERFECT FOR THIS FISH HABITAT 376 00:13:16,466 --> 00:13:18,300 PROJECT. 377 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:20,233 >> BARREN HAS GOOD FISHERY, 378 00:13:18,300 --> 00:13:21,700 BASS, CRAPPIE, AND THAT IS FOR 379 00:13:20,233 --> 00:13:23,566 INSTANCE MY WHAT THE PROJECT IS 380 00:13:21,700 --> 00:13:26,066 GEARED TOWARDS. 381 00:13:23,566 --> 00:13:27,466 THOSE FISHERIES, NOT THAT THEY 382 00:13:26,066 --> 00:13:29,566 ARE IN DECLINE OR NEEDED BUZZ 383 00:13:27,466 --> 00:13:30,433 THIS PROJECT WILL HELP TO PUT 384 00:13:29,566 --> 00:13:30,733 ANGLERS IN CONTACT WITH THOSE 385 00:13:30,433 --> 00:13:33,533 FISH. 386 00:13:30,733 --> 00:13:35,566 >> 387 00:13:33,533 --> 00:13:36,766 >> YOU'RE USING SOME DIFFERENT 388 00:13:35,566 --> 00:13:37,633 STRUCTURE THIS YEAR. 389 00:13:36,766 --> 00:13:39,466 WE WERE AT CAVE RUN. 390 00:13:37,633 --> 00:13:40,700 WE DID A MAJOR PROJECT THERE AND 391 00:13:39,466 --> 00:13:42,666 YOU WERE PART OF THAT BUT THIS 392 00:13:40,700 --> 00:13:44,633 PROJECT IS DIFFERENT. 393 00:13:42,666 --> 00:13:45,833 THIS LAKE, BECAUSE ARMY CORPS OF 394 00:13:44,633 --> 00:13:47,433 ENGINEERS LAKE RAISES 395 00:13:45,833 --> 00:13:47,833 SIGNIFICANTLY FROM SUMMER TO 396 00:13:47,433 --> 00:13:48,933 WINTER POOL. 397 00:13:47,833 --> 00:13:50,466 HOW DO YOU ADJUST BECAUSE THAT 398 00:13:48,933 --> 00:13:50,700 HAS TO BE A MAJOR ISSUE. 399 00:13:50,466 --> 00:13:52,933 >> 400 00:13:50,700 --> 00:13:55,000 >> THE BULK OF OUR MATERIAL AT 401 00:13:52,933 --> 00:13:56,866 CAVE RUN WAS BRUSH MATERIAL, 402 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:58,066 CEDAR TREES AND WITHOUT A DRAW, 403 00:13:56,866 --> 00:13:58,966 WE DON'T HAVE TO BE MUCH THAT 404 00:13:58,066 --> 00:13:59,466 CONCERNED WITH THE BREAKDOWN OF 405 00:13:58,966 --> 00:14:00,800 THE MATERIAL. 406 00:13:59,466 --> 00:14:01,966 IT IS GOING TO BREAK DOWN A 407 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:03,933 LITTLE BIT BUT HERE WITH THE 408 00:14:01,966 --> 00:14:05,566 DRAWDOWN, WE'VE ADJUSTED AND 409 00:14:03,933 --> 00:14:06,766 MOVED TOWARD LARGER TREES AND 410 00:14:05,566 --> 00:14:07,233 ALSO, SOME OF THE PLASTIC 411 00:14:06,766 --> 00:14:07,500 PRODUCTS HERE. 412 00:14:07,233 --> 00:14:12,133 >> 413 00:14:07,500 --> 00:14:12,666 >> YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT HABITAT 414 00:14:12,133 --> 00:14:14,100 PRESENT. 415 00:14:12,666 --> 00:14:16,066 FOR THAGER TO COME IN CONTACT 416 00:14:14,100 --> 00:14:17,833 WITH THE FISH ARE LOCATING. 417 00:14:16,066 --> 00:14:18,433 THE GOOD HABITAT ON THE GROUND 418 00:14:17,833 --> 00:14:19,666 AND FISH YUGOSLAVIAS THE 419 00:14:18,433 --> 00:14:21,733 LOCATIONS AND ANGLERS KNOWING 420 00:14:19,666 --> 00:14:22,833 WHERE THEY ARE, THE ASK YOU USAC 421 00:14:21,733 --> 00:14:24,600 SIS RATE GOES UP AND THE FISH 422 00:14:22,833 --> 00:14:25,566 ARE MORE HEALTHY AND THEY HAVE 423 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:27,033 BAIT FISH AND OTHER THINGS HAVE 424 00:14:25,566 --> 00:14:27,500 PLACES TO HIDE SO THAT WAY, IT 425 00:14:27,033 --> 00:14:30,033 TURNS OUT WELL. 426 00:14:27,500 --> 00:14:30,933 >> YOU HAVE BEEN PUTTING OUT 427 00:14:30,033 --> 00:14:32,133 STRUCTURE FOR YEARS. 428 00:14:30,933 --> 00:14:33,333 AND HOW LONG IT DOES TAKE A 429 00:14:32,133 --> 00:14:34,400 FISCHERMAN TO LOCATE THOSE AND 430 00:14:33,333 --> 00:14:35,200 START CATCHING FISH? 431 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:36,933 >> NOT LONG. 432 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:39,133 THOSE GUYS WILL COME RIGHT AFTER 433 00:14:36,933 --> 00:14:41,400 US AND FISH IT. 434 00:14:39,133 --> 00:14:43,633 AND WE MAY COME BACK EVEN MAYBE 435 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:44,700 AT THE TAIL END WHERE WE HAVE 436 00:14:43,633 --> 00:14:47,033 DUMPED STUFF AND THERE IS FISH 437 00:14:44,700 --> 00:14:47,366 ALREADY ASSOCIATED TO IT, AND 438 00:14:47,033 --> 00:14:58,166 FOUNDED. 439 00:14:47,366 --> 00:14:58,166 SO, IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG AT ALL. 440 00:15:00,533 --> 00:15:02,666 >> A LOT OF THE MATERIALS HERE 441 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:03,166 ARE THINGS THAT I HAVE SEEN IN 442 00:15:02,666 --> 00:15:06,400 THE PAST. 443 00:15:03,166 --> 00:15:09,366 THE ROCK, THE BIG YELLOWING 444 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:10,566 LOOKING PVC PIPE PIPES. 445 00:15:09,366 --> 00:15:11,133 AND TELL ME ABOUT WHAT I'M 446 00:15:10,566 --> 00:15:13,500 LOOKING AT HERE? 447 00:15:11,133 --> 00:15:13,833 >> THIS IS A COMMERCIALLY-MADE 448 00:15:13,500 --> 00:15:17,000 PRODUCT. 449 00:15:13,833 --> 00:15:17,333 THIS IS MADE BY MOSS BACK FISH 450 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:19,500 HABITAT. 451 00:15:17,333 --> 00:15:19,866 IT IS ESSENTIALLY A PVC 452 00:15:19,500 --> 00:15:21,700 STRUCTURE. 453 00:15:19,866 --> 00:15:23,333 THE REASON THAT WE'RE GOING THIS 454 00:15:21,700 --> 00:15:24,966 ROUTE, IS TWO REAL REASONS, ONE 455 00:15:23,333 --> 00:15:25,333 IS THAT IT IS REALLY EASY TO 456 00:15:24,966 --> 00:15:29,233 ASSEMBLE. 457 00:15:25,333 --> 00:15:31,200 WE LIKE THE WAY IT COMES OUT. 458 00:15:29,233 --> 00:15:31,533 AND JUST BEING PVC WILL LAST 459 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:33,066 FOREVER. 460 00:15:31,533 --> 00:15:35,366 >> THE WATER GOES DOWN AND THIS 461 00:15:33,066 --> 00:15:36,666 SETHS OUT IN THE AND UNTHE RAIN 462 00:15:35,366 --> 00:15:38,200 AND ALL OF THE ELEMENT, THIS 463 00:15:36,666 --> 00:15:39,266 MATERIAL DOESN'T BREAK DOWN LIKE 464 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:39,766 A NATURAL CEDAR TREE WILL. 465 00:15:39,266 --> 00:15:41,366 >> THAT'S CORRECT. 466 00:15:39,766 --> 00:15:42,366 >> IT WILL LAST A LONG TIME. 467 00:15:41,366 --> 00:15:42,733 THE TEXTURE IS A LITTLE 468 00:15:42,366 --> 00:15:43,766 DIFFERENT. 469 00:15:42,733 --> 00:15:46,066 >> FEELS ROUGH AND THAT'S BUILT 470 00:15:43,766 --> 00:15:47,566 TO KIND OF JUMP START THAT ALGAE 471 00:15:46,066 --> 00:15:49,566 GROWTH AND WE NEED THAT TO BRING 472 00:15:47,566 --> 00:15:50,800 IN BAIT FISH TO UTILIZE THESE. 473 00:15:49,566 --> 00:15:53,033 AND BRING IN SOME OF THE SPORT 474 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:54,700 FISH AND THAT'S WHERE THE ANGLER 475 00:15:53,033 --> 00:15:55,900 COMPONENT COMES IN THEY CAN COME 476 00:15:54,700 --> 00:15:56,900 IN AND FIND STRUCTURERS AND FISH 477 00:15:55,900 --> 00:15:58,400 THEM AND HOPEFULLY AT THE END OF 478 00:15:56,900 --> 00:15:58,833 THE DAY, THEY HAVE A LITTLE 479 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:00,233 HEAVIER BAG. 480 00:15:58,833 --> 00:16:00,533 >> TELL ME ABOUT THE SHAPE OF 481 00:16:00,233 --> 00:16:03,000 THIS. 482 00:16:00,533 --> 00:16:04,166 >> THEY HAVE THESE V SHAPED AND 483 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:05,566 REDUCES THE SNAGGING OF LURES. 484 00:16:04,166 --> 00:16:06,166 WHICH I THINK THAT ALL OF US 485 00:16:05,566 --> 00:16:06,766 COULD USE. 486 00:16:06,166 --> 00:16:16,900 THAT'S FOR SURE. 487 00:16:06,766 --> 00:16:16,900 >> 488 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:20,866 >> PEOPLE GO, MAN, THIS SOUNDS 489 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:22,833 LIKE A GREAT DEAL. 490 00:16:20,866 --> 00:16:23,300 HOW COME YOU DON'T DO IT AT ALL 491 00:16:22,833 --> 00:16:25,133 OF OUR LAKES. 492 00:16:23,300 --> 00:16:25,500 >> IT IS A LOT OF WORK AND OVER 493 00:16:25,133 --> 00:16:26,533 MANY YEAR. 494 00:16:25,500 --> 00:16:29,833 THE DEPARTMENT PEOPLE HAVE DONE 495 00:16:26,533 --> 00:16:31,466 A GREAT JOB OF DEPLOY STRUCTURE. 496 00:16:29,833 --> 00:16:31,800 WE DID NOT JUST GET THERE BY 497 00:16:31,466 --> 00:16:33,233 THAT. 498 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:35,066 WE HAD LOCAL GROUPS AND ANGLERS 499 00:16:33,233 --> 00:16:37,466 AND PEOPLE THAT HAVE CAME AND 500 00:16:35,066 --> 00:16:38,100 HELPED OUT ASSEMBLING ALL OF THE 501 00:16:37,466 --> 00:16:39,233 PRODUCTS AND PUTTING THEM 502 00:16:38,100 --> 00:16:41,100 TOGETHER AND GETTING THEM READY 503 00:16:39,233 --> 00:16:43,300 TO GO OUT AND BE PUT OUT INTO 504 00:16:41,100 --> 00:16:44,800 THE LAKE FOR ALL OF THE ANGLERS 505 00:16:43,300 --> 00:16:45,566 IN STATE THAT WANT TO COME HERE 506 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:55,700 TO BARREN RIVER LAKE. 507 00:16:45,566 --> 00:16:55,700 >> 508 00:16:59,700 --> 00:17:02,566 >> AS FAR AS THE LOCATIONS 509 00:17:01,133 --> 00:17:04,866 PUTTING STRUCTURES OUT, WHAT 510 00:17:02,566 --> 00:17:06,300 STRUCTURE IS ACTUALLY THERE, 511 00:17:04,866 --> 00:17:07,266 WILL ALL BE AVAILABLE ON THE 512 00:17:06,300 --> 00:17:08,133 DEPARTMENT WEB PAGE IN A MATTER 513 00:17:07,266 --> 00:17:08,666 OF A WEEK OR TWO. 514 00:17:08,133 --> 00:17:10,000 >> EXACTLY. 515 00:17:08,666 --> 00:17:11,466 >> IF YOU'RE COMING TO BARREN 516 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:12,833 FOR THE FIRST TIME AND YOU'RE 517 00:17:11,466 --> 00:17:13,900 THINKING, HEY, I DON'T KNOW 518 00:17:12,833 --> 00:17:14,833 ANYTHING ATAL ABOUT THIS LAKE, 519 00:17:13,900 --> 00:17:16,000 THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO START. 520 00:17:14,833 --> 00:17:18,833 >> FOR SURE. 521 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:19,833 AND THE SITES WILL BE ON AND 522 00:17:18,833 --> 00:17:27,200 THERE ARE PREVIOUS SITES SO IT 523 00:17:19,833 --> 00:17:29,166 IS A GREAT RESOURCE. 524 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:31,133 >> IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THE 525 00:17:29,166 --> 00:17:32,466 DEER ARCHERY SEASON IS ONLY FIVE 526 00:17:31,133 --> 00:17:33,766 WEEKS AWAY, AND NOW IT IS TIME 527 00:17:32,466 --> 00:17:34,433 TO GET OUT THE CLIMBING STABLE 528 00:17:33,766 --> 00:17:45,166 AND TEST IT OUT. 529 00:17:34,433 --> 00:17:45,166 BUT REMEMBER, BE SAFE. 530 00:17:49,900 --> 00:17:53,000 >> THE FALL IS RIGHT AROUND THE 531 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:54,733 CORNER AND IF YOU'RE LIKE US 532 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:56,700 HERE AT "KENTUCKY AFIELD," WE'RE 533 00:17:54,733 --> 00:17:58,133 GETTING REALLY EXCITED TO START 534 00:17:56,700 --> 00:17:58,500 HANGING A DEER STAND IN THE 535 00:17:58,133 --> 00:17:59,433 TREE. 536 00:17:58,500 --> 00:18:01,900 A FEW THINGS TO CONSIDER ON THE 537 00:17:59,433 --> 00:18:05,066 SAFETY ASPECTS OF CLIMBING AND 538 00:18:01,900 --> 00:18:05,666 USING A CLIMBING STAND, OR USING 539 00:18:05,066 --> 00:18:06,566 A LOCK STAND. 540 00:18:05,666 --> 00:18:08,933 WE'LL GO THROUGH SOME OF THE 541 00:18:06,566 --> 00:18:09,233 SAFETY ISSUES THAT WE'VE COME UP 542 00:18:08,933 --> 00:18:11,100 HERE. 543 00:18:09,233 --> 00:18:12,366 WE HAVE OVER 45 YEARS OF BOW 544 00:18:11,100 --> 00:18:13,066 HUNTING EXPERIENCE HERE IN THE 545 00:18:12,366 --> 00:18:14,700 "KENTUCKY AFIELD" OFFICE. 546 00:18:13,066 --> 00:18:16,566 AND WE PUT SOME THOUGHTS AND 547 00:18:14,700 --> 00:18:17,966 IDEAS TOGETHER, TRY TO KEEP YOU 548 00:18:16,566 --> 00:18:18,500 SAFE THIS FALL AND THIS WINTER 549 00:18:17,966 --> 00:18:20,166 IN THE DEER STAND. 550 00:18:18,500 --> 00:18:22,133 ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS 551 00:18:20,166 --> 00:18:23,333 WHEN CLIMBING A TREE STAND IS 552 00:18:22,133 --> 00:18:24,766 CHOOSING THE RIGHT TREE. 553 00:18:23,333 --> 00:18:26,833 YOU CAN SEE, I HAVE A TREE HERE 554 00:18:24,766 --> 00:18:27,300 THAT'S PRETTY GOOD SIZED 555 00:18:26,833 --> 00:18:29,133 DIAMETER. 556 00:18:27,300 --> 00:18:30,700 CAN'T BE TOO BIG BECAUSE YOU 557 00:18:29,133 --> 00:18:32,066 CAN'T GET YOUR STRAPS AROUND AND 558 00:18:30,700 --> 00:18:32,966 IT YOU DON'T WANT TO CLIMB 559 00:18:32,066 --> 00:18:34,466 SOMETHING TOO SMALL. 560 00:18:32,966 --> 00:18:34,800 THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THE 561 00:18:34,466 --> 00:18:36,866 BARK. 562 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:39,500 IF THIS BARK HERE IS A VERY 563 00:18:36,866 --> 00:18:41,266 FIRMLY ATTACHED BARK. 564 00:18:39,500 --> 00:18:44,400 I HIGHLY DISCOURAGE TRYING TO 565 00:18:41,266 --> 00:18:45,500 CLIMB A SCALY BARK HICKORY OR 566 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:47,133 SYCAMORE OR SOMETHING WHERE THE 567 00:18:45,500 --> 00:18:49,000 BARK IS IN SHEETS BECAUSE YOU 568 00:18:47,133 --> 00:18:50,633 MAY ONLY BE HOOKED INTO THAT 569 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:51,966 TREE AN EIGHTH OF AN INCH. 570 00:18:50,633 --> 00:18:53,166 AND IF THAT BARK DECIDES TO 571 00:18:51,966 --> 00:18:55,133 SLIDE OFF, YOU'RE GOING WITH IT. 572 00:18:53,166 --> 00:18:56,433 AND ALSO, MAKE SURE THAT YOUR 573 00:18:55,133 --> 00:18:58,366 TREE IS IN GOOD HEALTH. 574 00:18:56,433 --> 00:19:01,533 THIS TREE HAS NO DEAD BRANCHES, 575 00:18:58,366 --> 00:19:03,166 AND IT IS COMPLETELY ALIVE, FULL 576 00:19:01,533 --> 00:19:05,366 LEAVES AND READY TO CLIMB. 577 00:19:03,166 --> 00:19:06,766 THE STAND HERE IS CLOSE TO THE 578 00:19:05,366 --> 00:19:07,233 GROUND WHERE I CAN GET RIGHT IN 579 00:19:06,766 --> 00:19:09,933 AND OUT. 580 00:19:07,233 --> 00:19:10,300 AND THEN, THE TOP PART IS 581 00:19:09,933 --> 00:19:11,800 TETHERED. 582 00:19:10,300 --> 00:19:12,900 THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. 583 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:14,200 IF YOU'RE EVER STARTING THE 584 00:19:12,900 --> 00:19:15,500 PROCESS OF GOING UP AND DOWN THE 585 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:17,166 TREE AND YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR TOP 586 00:19:15,500 --> 00:19:19,133 AND BOTTOM OF YOUR STAND 587 00:19:17,166 --> 00:19:21,466 CONNECTED, IF THE BOTTOM FALLS 588 00:19:19,133 --> 00:19:22,400 OFF YOUR FEET, FOR WHATEVER 589 00:19:21,466 --> 00:19:23,266 REASON, IT IS GOING ALL THE WAY 590 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:24,633 TO THE GROUND. 591 00:19:23,266 --> 00:19:26,866 PUT A SAFETY HARNESS ON, YOU 592 00:19:24,633 --> 00:19:28,833 WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU 593 00:19:26,866 --> 00:19:29,700 PUT A JACKET OR WHATEVER ON THE 594 00:19:28,833 --> 00:19:32,133 OUTSIDE, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE 595 00:19:29,700 --> 00:19:34,200 THAT THIS IS EASY TO GET TO. 596 00:19:32,133 --> 00:19:35,066 I QUITE OFTEN WEAR A SHIRT OR 597 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:37,266 JACKET OVER MY VEST. 598 00:19:35,066 --> 00:19:37,800 AND I DO THAT FOR A COUPLE OF 599 00:19:37,266 --> 00:19:39,233 REASONS. 600 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:40,966 FIRST OFF, SOMETIMES I HAVE GOT 601 00:19:39,233 --> 00:19:42,500 MORE CLOTHES ON THAN WHAT I CAN 602 00:19:40,966 --> 00:19:44,566 GET ON UNDER THIS VEST AND 603 00:19:42,500 --> 00:19:46,666 SECONDLY, I DON'T WANT THIS HERE 604 00:19:44,566 --> 00:19:47,733 INTERFERING WITH MY BOW STRING 605 00:19:46,666 --> 00:19:49,266 DURING THE DRAW. 606 00:19:47,733 --> 00:19:49,766 THIRD THING YOU SEE I HAVE MY 607 00:19:49,266 --> 00:19:50,900 PULL ROPE. 608 00:19:49,766 --> 00:19:52,433 THIS IS WHAT I'LL HAVE MY BOW 609 00:19:50,900 --> 00:19:54,000 AND ARROW TIED ON THE END OF. 610 00:19:52,433 --> 00:19:55,966 I HAVE MADE THE MISTAKE IN THE 611 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:57,266 PAST OF HOOKING THIS UP, DOWN 612 00:19:55,966 --> 00:19:58,700 HERE AT THE BOTTOM. 613 00:19:57,266 --> 00:20:01,400 THIS ISSUE BECOMES THAT YOU HAVE 614 00:19:58,700 --> 00:20:02,600 TO REACH OVER, TO TRY TO GET 615 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:02,900 THIS WHICH LIENS YOU OVER THE 616 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:04,266 STAND. 617 00:20:02,900 --> 00:20:06,200 YOU WILL HAVE A TEATHER ON AT 618 00:20:04,266 --> 00:20:07,333 THAT TIME, BUT IT STILL MAKES IT 619 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:09,366 EASIER IF YOU ATTACH THIS UP 620 00:20:07,333 --> 00:20:09,966 HERE, NICE AND EASY TO GRAB BY 621 00:20:09,366 --> 00:20:11,233 YOUR HANDS. 622 00:20:09,966 --> 00:20:12,900 AND YOU CAN PULL YOUR BOW UP. 623 00:20:11,233 --> 00:20:14,900 ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I 624 00:20:12,900 --> 00:20:16,700 DO RECOMMEND, IS A LOT OF THESE 625 00:20:14,900 --> 00:20:18,133 BOW ROPES COME WITH THE CLIPS. 626 00:20:16,700 --> 00:20:19,933 THEY ARE PRETTY HANDY BUT I'LL 627 00:20:18,133 --> 00:20:22,933 TELL YOU, SOMETIMES THEY CAN 628 00:20:19,933 --> 00:20:24,466 FAME I HAVE HAD A BOW COME OFF, 629 00:20:22,933 --> 00:20:28,666 AND LITERALLY FALL TO GROUND. 630 00:20:24,466 --> 00:20:30,233 SO I LIKE TO PUT AN OLD 631 00:20:28,666 --> 00:20:32,533 FASHIONED QUICK LITTLE KNOT HERE 632 00:20:30,233 --> 00:20:35,600 TO KEEP ME FROM LOSING MY BOW. 633 00:20:32,533 --> 00:20:36,900 I DO NOT TRUST THESE CLIPS. 634 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:39,000 I HAVE IT TIED TO THE CAN AND 635 00:20:36,900 --> 00:20:40,433 MAKE SURE THAT MY BOW STRING IS 636 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:41,833 FREE AND CLEAR AND READY TO GO. 637 00:20:40,433 --> 00:20:44,133 MAKE SURE THAT YOU CHECK AND 638 00:20:41,833 --> 00:20:45,566 TEST ALL OF THE STAP STRAPS AND 639 00:20:44,133 --> 00:20:45,866 CABLES THAT YOUR STAND MAY COME 640 00:20:45,566 --> 00:20:47,400 WITH. 641 00:20:45,866 --> 00:20:49,366 YOU'LL BE SETTING IN THIS SEAT, 642 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:49,666 MAKE SURE THAT YOU TEST THE 643 00:20:49,366 --> 00:20:51,566 SEAT. 644 00:20:49,666 --> 00:20:53,100 MAKE SURE THAT YOU TEST THESE 645 00:20:51,566 --> 00:20:55,166 CABLES AND STRAP ASKS MAKE SURE 646 00:20:53,100 --> 00:20:55,533 THAT THEY ARE IN GOOD WORKING 647 00:20:55,166 --> 00:20:56,600 CONDITION. 648 00:20:55,533 --> 00:20:57,800 THIS PARTICULAR STAND HAS A 649 00:20:56,600 --> 00:20:58,466 CABLE THAT'S WRAPPED AND HAS THE 650 00:20:57,800 --> 00:21:00,466 KNUCKLES ON THERE. 651 00:20:58,466 --> 00:21:03,000 YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE AND TEST 652 00:21:00,466 --> 00:21:04,200 THIS CABLE, FOR ANY RUSTING. 653 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,833 IF YOU SEE RUST ON THE CABLE, 654 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:08,900 YOU CAN BUY REPLACEMENTS. 655 00:21:05,833 --> 00:21:09,666 A LOT OF THEM EVEN HAVE AN 656 00:21:08,900 --> 00:21:11,633 EXPIRATION DATE. 657 00:21:09,666 --> 00:21:15,200 CLIMB IN STAND AND START UP THE 658 00:21:11,633 --> 00:21:16,633 TREE. 659 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:18,066 ONCE YOU GET IN AND GET YOUR 660 00:21:16,633 --> 00:21:19,266 FEET SET, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE 661 00:21:18,066 --> 00:21:20,700 THAT YOU APPLY PRESSURE TO THE 662 00:21:19,266 --> 00:21:21,900 END OF THE STAND AND LOCK IT IN. 663 00:21:20,700 --> 00:21:22,233 AND I'M DOING THE SAME WITH THE 664 00:21:21,900 --> 00:21:25,166 SEAT. 665 00:21:22,233 --> 00:21:25,500 NOW, IT IS TIME TO GET THE 666 00:21:25,166 --> 00:21:27,366 TEATHER. 667 00:21:25,500 --> 00:21:28,433 THERE ARE A WHOLE BUNCH OF THE 668 00:21:27,366 --> 00:21:29,900 DIFFERENT STYLES OF TEATHERS AND 669 00:21:28,433 --> 00:21:31,300 MAKE SURE THAT YOU READ THE 670 00:21:29,900 --> 00:21:32,366 OWNER MANUAL AND HOW TO 671 00:21:31,300 --> 00:21:34,033 APPROPRIATELY USE YOUR TEATHER. 672 00:21:32,366 --> 00:21:35,433 SO ON THIS ONE HERE, WE'LL STRAP 673 00:21:34,033 --> 00:21:36,866 IT AROUND THE TREE. 674 00:21:35,433 --> 00:21:40,033 WE'LL ATTACH IN HERE. 675 00:21:36,866 --> 00:21:40,400 AND THEN, THIS IS A SAFETY 676 00:21:40,033 --> 00:21:44,833 RELEASE. 677 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:50,566 THIS IS USED TO POP IT LOOSE, IF 678 00:21:44,833 --> 00:21:52,600 YOU NEED TO TREE YOURSELF. 679 00:21:50,566 --> 00:21:54,233 >> NOW, I DON'T WANT TO GET THIS 680 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:56,200 TOO INCREDIBLY TIGHT BECAUSE AS 681 00:21:54,233 --> 00:21:57,400 I MAKE MY WAY UP THE TREE, THIS 682 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:59,366 HAS TO GO UP WITH ME. 683 00:21:57,400 --> 00:22:00,433 THIS PARTICULAR STYLE OF 684 00:21:59,366 --> 00:22:03,466 CARIBBEANER HERE HAS A METHOD 685 00:22:00,433 --> 00:22:04,933 WHERE YOU CAN SCREW IT UP, AND 686 00:22:03,466 --> 00:22:06,333 COVER THE CONNECTION POINT. 687 00:22:04,933 --> 00:22:08,400 WHAT THAT DOES IS THAT MEANS 688 00:22:06,333 --> 00:22:12,533 THAT YOU CAN'T BUMP IT AND 689 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:13,133 ACCIDENTALLY RELEASE THIS 690 00:22:12,533 --> 00:22:13,800 CARIBENER. 691 00:22:13,133 --> 00:22:16,266 AND LATCH THIS IN AND THEN 692 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:18,233 THREAD THAT BACK UP OVER TOP OF 693 00:22:16,266 --> 00:22:19,766 YOUR CONNECTION POINT. 694 00:22:18,233 --> 00:22:22,400 THAT KEEPS IT FROM SLIDING OPEN. 695 00:22:19,766 --> 00:22:24,633 YOU DID NOT WANT YOUR CARIBER TO 696 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:25,666 OPEN UP AND NOW I'M LOCKED IN, 697 00:22:24,633 --> 00:22:30,033 LATCHED IN GOOD AND I CAN SLIDE 698 00:22:25,666 --> 00:22:31,333 THIS UP THE TREE. 699 00:22:30,033 --> 00:22:31,666 UNIFICATION THIS RELEASE TO FREE 700 00:22:31,333 --> 00:22:36,500 MYSELF. 701 00:22:31,666 --> 00:22:37,666 GO UP. 702 00:22:36,500 --> 00:22:38,666 AND THEN BUM IT TIGHT FROM 703 00:22:37,666 --> 00:22:40,100 THERE, IT IS ABOUT GETTING MY 704 00:22:38,666 --> 00:22:43,266 FEET INTO THE BOTTOM STRAPS AND 705 00:22:40,100 --> 00:22:44,566 THIS ONE HAS THE HOOKS, AND THIS 706 00:22:43,266 --> 00:22:46,900 BUN GI CORD. 707 00:22:44,566 --> 00:22:49,666 THE HOOKS FOR THE FRONT OF MY 708 00:22:46,900 --> 00:22:50,900 FEET, THE BUNGIE FOR THE BACK. 709 00:22:49,666 --> 00:22:52,333 THIS IS A SIT AND CLIMB. 710 00:22:50,900 --> 00:22:56,466 I'LL GO UP, AND PUT MY FEET 711 00:22:52,333 --> 00:22:57,566 DOWN. 712 00:22:56,466 --> 00:23:08,133 SLIDE UP AND PULL BACK AND MAKE 713 00:22:57,566 --> 00:23:09,233 SURE THAT I AM LOCKED IN. 714 00:23:08,133 --> 00:23:11,366 SO NOW I'M AT THE HEIGHT THAT I 715 00:23:09,233 --> 00:23:12,366 WANT TO HUNT AT. 716 00:23:11,366 --> 00:23:15,766 GET THE DANCE AT THE TOP FROM 717 00:23:12,366 --> 00:23:16,766 THE BOTTOM. 718 00:23:15,766 --> 00:23:18,266 LOCK IN THOUGH AND REMOVE YOUR 719 00:23:16,766 --> 00:23:18,566 FEET AND LOCK THESE IN REAL 720 00:23:18,266 --> 00:23:20,233 GOOD. 721 00:23:18,566 --> 00:23:26,433 BEFORE YOU STAND UP OR MOVE, YOU 722 00:23:20,233 --> 00:23:32,800 WANT TO MOVE THIS TEATHER UP, TO 723 00:23:26,433 --> 00:23:33,466 ABOUT THE HITE OF -- ABOUT THE 724 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:35,200 HEIGHTH OF YOUR HEAD. 725 00:23:33,466 --> 00:23:36,933 AND THE REASON THAT YOU WANT IT 726 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:38,300 THIS HEIGHTH IS BECAUSE -- I'M 727 00:23:36,933 --> 00:23:40,366 ALL LOCKED IN, AND IF I HAPPEN 728 00:23:38,300 --> 00:23:42,100 TO FALL OUT OF THIS STAND, I 729 00:23:40,366 --> 00:23:44,866 WANT THIS TEATHER TO CATCH ME, 730 00:23:42,100 --> 00:23:47,766 SO THAT I CAN EASILY CLIMB BACK 731 00:23:44,866 --> 00:23:48,066 INTO THE STAND, AND TO REGAIN MY 732 00:23:47,766 --> 00:23:49,100 HUNT. 733 00:23:48,066 --> 00:23:50,700 FY PUT THIS TEATHER WAY DOWN 734 00:23:49,100 --> 00:23:53,233 HERE AND I FALL OUT, I COULD BE 735 00:23:50,700 --> 00:23:54,333 IN A SITUATION WHERE, I AM 736 00:23:53,233 --> 00:23:58,400 HANGING TOO FAR BELOW STAND TO 737 00:23:54,333 --> 00:24:00,400 GET BACK IN. 738 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:02,933 NOW THAT I'M UP HERE AND LOCKED, 739 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:05,666 IN I HAVE THE CARIBENER AWAY 740 00:24:02,933 --> 00:24:07,233 FROM THE BUCKLE AND I'M READY TO 741 00:24:05,666 --> 00:24:17,533 BRING MY BOW UP AND CONTINUE 742 00:24:07,233 --> 00:24:17,533 WITH MY HUNT. 743 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:21,500 MAKE SURE YOU GET THIS UP AND 744 00:24:20,300 --> 00:24:23,800 AWAY FROM YOUR FEET. 745 00:24:21,500 --> 00:24:26,300 AND SO NOW, I WOULD BE READY TO 746 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:27,400 PROCEED WITH THE REST OF MY 747 00:24:26,300 --> 00:24:28,400 EVENING'S HUNTFUL EVERYTHING IS 748 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:29,900 READY TO GO. 749 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:31,766 I FEEL SAFE. 750 00:24:29,900 --> 00:24:42,400 AND I'M TEATHERRED TO THE TREE. 751 00:24:31,766 --> 00:24:42,400 AND EVERYTHING IS GOOD TO GO. 752 00:24:47,366 --> 00:24:52,200 HERE WE HAVE SIX-YEAR-OLD HUNTER 753 00:24:51,333 --> 00:24:53,833 RILEY, VERY FIRST BUCK TAKEN 754 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:54,300 WHILE HUNTING WITH HIS DAD. 755 00:24:53,833 --> 00:24:55,700 CONGRATULATION. 756 00:24:54,300 --> 00:24:57,233 CHECK OUT THE FIRST FISH EVER 757 00:24:55,700 --> 00:24:59,633 CAUGHT BY LILY, TWO YEARS OLD 758 00:24:57,233 --> 00:25:00,800 AND CAUGHT THIS IN A FARM POND 759 00:24:59,633 --> 00:25:01,233 IN MULLEN BURG COUNTY. 760 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:02,700 NICE JOB. 761 00:25:01,233 --> 00:25:04,833 AND HERE WE HAVE A NICE PICTURE 762 00:25:02,700 --> 00:25:05,600 OF HENRY JOHNSTON WITH HIS FIRST 763 00:25:04,833 --> 00:25:07,466 DEER EVER. 764 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:08,066 A NICE DOE TAKEN IN BULLET 765 00:25:07,466 --> 00:25:10,200 COUNTY, KENTUCKY. 766 00:25:08,066 --> 00:25:10,500 CHECK OUT THIS NICE BUCK TAKEN 767 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:13,566 BYES. 768 00:25:10,500 --> 00:25:13,933 >> SEE, 11 YEARS OLD, BY FROM 769 00:25:13,566 --> 00:25:14,766 KENTUCKY. 770 00:25:13,933 --> 00:25:16,633 AND NICE JOB. 771 00:25:14,766 --> 00:25:19,266 AND HERE WE HAVE DALTON HOWARD 772 00:25:16,633 --> 00:25:21,033 WHO TOOK HIS FIRST BUCK, A NICE 773 00:25:19,266 --> 00:25:22,000 SEVEN POINTER DURING THE YOUTH 774 00:25:21,033 --> 00:25:24,600 DEER SEASON. 775 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:26,266 CONGRATULATIONS. 776 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:27,700 KENTUCKY'S DEER ARCHERY SEASON 777 00:25:26,266 --> 00:25:29,100 IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AND 778 00:25:27,700 --> 00:25:30,633 NOW IT IS TIME TO GET THAT BOW 779 00:25:29,100 --> 00:25:32,033 OUT AND START TUNING IT UP. 780 00:25:30,633 --> 00:25:33,500 AND REMEMBER, HUNTING AND 781 00:25:32,033 --> 00:25:33,866 FISHING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY IS A 782 00:25:33,500 --> 00:25:34,933 PRIVILEGE. 783 00:25:33,866 --> 00:25:35,900 ALWAYS ASK PERMISSION AND THANK 784 00:25:34,933 --> 00:25:37,600 THE LAND OWNER. 785 00:25:35,900 --> 00:25:38,833 UNTIL NEXT WEEK, I'M YOUR HOST 786 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:40,166 CHAD MILES. 787 00:25:38,833 --> 00:25:50,633 I HOPE TO SEE YOU IN THE WOODS 788 00:25:40,166 --> 00:25:50,633 OR ON THE WATER!