Swamp People, man I dig that show!

[Dillow4092]

Damn, that looks like some hard ass work catchin' them gators. The people on the show really seem to like what they do. Man against beast, what can you say!

[deltaboy]

happiest state in the U.S. thank you very much.

my GP hunts alligators, but it's obviously hollywood'ed in that show, but much of it is real and great

it's been rough the past two years b/c the biggest buyers (Gucci, LV, Versace etc.) havent been buying as much due to low demand, so most hunters are only going for a small amount of hopefully really big gators.

[LavaMan]

I have been diggin' it as well....

[metheniac]

Man, I need to get re connected to the boob tube. I keep missing all of these new educational hours.

[hank]

I admire these folks for doing what comes natural to them.

Television-wise ....... we've run OUT of reality topics. But that's a good thing.

[Dillow4092]

Last night one of the gator hunters pulled up a 13 foot gator. Man this thing was friggin huge, I think it was 800-900lbs. They do this in a fairly small boat pulling on the line by hand.

If you think that ain't tough I don't know what is.

[Shreve]

I watched a few episodes last Saturday. Pretty cool.

Was diggin' the guy who built the steel boat in a week. Self reliance.

Put that gator meat in some hot oil.

[THebert]

Originally Posted by Dillow4092

Last night one of the gator hunters pulled up a 13 foot gator. Man this thing was friggin huge, I think it was 800-900lbs. They do this in a fairly small boat pulling on the line by hand.

If you think that ain't tough I don't know what is.

That was Troy Landry. And although rare, I do know people that talk like him. I am surprised you can pull a gator to the boat- would have thought it would pull a man in.

[RAILhead]

We love the show, too. Troy and his son are our favorites -- my wife and I would both love to spend a day with his family. Gatoring aside, you can really see/feel the strong family connection -- that's another reason we like the show so much.

[Dillow4092]

Originally Posted by RAILhead

We love the show, too. Troy and his son are our favorites -- my wife and I would both love to spend a day with his family. Gatoring aside, you can really see/feel the strong family connection -- that's another reason we like the show so much.

Yea, I'm with you on all of this

[drive-south]

I really enjoyed the show as well. Troy and his family are clearly the best gator hunters in America, but the rest of the people on the show were pretty darn impressive too.

The kid with the missing teeth (Junior's son) is really pretty impressive at wrestling gators, and by the end of the season, he was the captain of his own boat. They show him going out one night to catch venomous snakes, in the dark.

I love seeing them all partying after the season ended, dancing to the Cajun Music.

[deltaboy]

btw, my whole family talks like troy, seriously. Sadly, my parents moved north to BR, so i don't have the accent.

[Steve Foley]

I'm there. It's on my list of shows that always get recorded when a new one comes on. My folks live in the town where Big Mike and his brother hail from (Hammond, LA) - been meaning to see if they know of them, or watch the show.
yep - that SERIOUSLY looks like some hard work. On top of that, don't you think you'd start having some inner soul searching, maybe a bit of personal self-doubt, zipping those beat up old pieces of crap boats around out in the middle of those swamps?!?!!
I think I'd be constantly having to convince myself to keep moving forward, go ahead, catch that next bait line, and then move on to the next one... no doubt there would be voices in my head saying "Ah, you don't really need to go through this - your boat might poop out, you might crack up on a stump, a gator might pull you over, your motor might die... ", and any other countless excuses I could come up with to head on back in. There are things that could happen out there, and no one would ever know where you went. There are some big, lost, unmapped areas out there, that seldom, if ever get visited.
The good thing, I 'spect, is you probably don't get many house-calls from the tax folks..... there may be a bit of "what happens in the swamp, stays in the swamp" when it comes to that sort of business.
That's definitely a lifestyle that many of us wouldn't be able to maintain, and have no concept of what they really have to go through to provide and survive. It's right up there with deep Alaska/Canada living - you've got to WANT to be there (or maybe "need" to ), and you've got to keep your wits about you.

[stratocat63]

No disrespect to the gator hunters, they're just making some dough but it's definitely Hollywood.

I know guys who hunt them on rod and reel, guns also for the huge ones. I have heard them talk about the show. They laugh a lot when doing that.

Watch for edits, stuff like one they will show a guy with one gun, next shot he has a different gun.

One guy cannot lift a 750# gator into a boat, but they portrayed that happening. Gator is nowhere near that weight.

Enjoy it, heck I watch it a little, but don't forget it came from people who work in Hollywood.

[Reverieband]

This is one show that I really hope has a second season. I really enjoyed watching troy's family fish. Surprised it came on so late though. Hopefully we will see it again.