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00:00:00After days of floodin' from the north, the bayou's water has fallen fast.
00:00:22And as the waters retreat, new troubles start to rise.
00:00:34Those floods just brought a bunch of bulls in here and they're all claiming territory.
00:00:40I just want to take out males. We're gonna release the females. From the boat? From the boat.
00:00:45Now with the gators on the move and boats scraping bottom...
00:00:49Fishing out here today is gonna be hard with this low water.
00:00:54The hunters call on decades of experience to get the job done.
00:00:58I just want to take out males and release the females.
00:01:02Come to hell...
00:01:03We're on fire. We're on fire.
00:01:05For low water.
00:01:06Wait, the boat's on fire? Hold on!
00:01:09Run these back roads out of your life. All the pain through the struggle and the strife.
00:01:19Now there's just one thing you got left to do. Light a mask, let it burn, and break on through.
00:01:26Hold your blood. Hold your blood. Hold your blood. Hold your blood.
00:01:31Like the wind once run and you're out of control.
00:01:37Like the loaded pistol like a raging storm. You got thunder in your veins.
00:01:43You won't start till your dying day comes your way.
00:01:51as day breaks over the bayou king of the swamp troy landry and his son jacob head out to a
00:02:08favorite honey hole trying to fill their tags before fallen water levels shut down this proven
00:02:14spot it's a really tough situation when that water falls out because a lot of places that
00:02:19you were fishing the day before you can't get to or you you just tear up the equipment trying to get
00:02:24to them lines so we like to go in there and try to knock out all the tags as much as possible and as
00:02:28quickly as possible to make sure everyone brings their a game jacob challenges troy to a father-son
00:02:35bed just to be clear biggest alligator wins today not the most but the biggest now we're gonna have
00:02:42the most in the big all right right right baby that's right to the biggest gator goes the glory
00:02:49and in true landry fashion the loser has a price to pay jacob and i we're hunting the place together
00:02:56and of course jacob want to have a little bed to see who can catch the biggest alligator but of all
00:03:01things if he wins he wants me to be the cashier at duffy's at the store did you watch youtube last
00:03:08night on how to work their cash register no i didn't watch youtube on how to work the cash register
00:03:14maybe a few weeks could be the cashier i'm used to the old type where we had this that's not the bet
00:03:20that's not the deal this ain't got nothing to do with me and willie that's y'all two whoever catches
00:03:24the biggest alligator wins and if he loses he has to work at duffy's behind the counter for an hour
00:03:29no pay and he has to wear a duffy's uniform so i'm really really hoping i'm praying to god that
00:03:36i catch the biggest alligator because i really think this is going to be something to see
00:03:40if we catch the biggest one you got to wash my truck learn how to run that register that's all
00:03:46i'm going to tell you okay we got to go to work we ain't got time to play good luck to y'all
00:03:50we got to win this bet willie be nice to pick up another 11 footer right here today
00:04:02yeah it would be nice look like we got some right here
00:04:07whoa whoa whoa what's that up there really
00:04:37whoa whoa 농a
00:04:40need me up there
00:04:43you need me move
00:04:45watch the belly
00:04:46come on willie
00:04:49comesi up
00:04:51the toes willie watch the toes
00:04:56come on willie give me a shot
00:04:58give me a shot
00:05:00let me show
00:05:06eight and a half nine footer this nine footer is a solid start for the hunters
00:05:16but jacob knows he'll have to haul in much bigger gators if he wants to avoid washing
00:05:22troy's truck this is a state park area it has a lot of big alligators there's 13 footers that
00:05:29are swimming around so i know what what i have in the boat is not going to win the competition
00:05:32against my dad i hear mr troy just took a shot uh-oh that ain't good not as good as this motor
00:05:44must have not had his coffee this morning
00:06:02a half mile down the bayou so far troy and pickle only have two small gators in the boat
00:06:10and the king of the swamp isn't about to come in second place
00:06:15mr troy is very very proud of who he is and the image that he's built and so he's gonna be strong
00:06:30through and through till the day he dies he's gonna win regardless of what happens
00:06:35right there right there right there oh yeah he saw it with me oh we got a tree shaker peewee
00:06:49we got a tree shaker peewee bring him here peewee
00:07:04we got a tree shaker peewee
00:07:25this nine footer is a step in the right direction but troy knows jacob will be tough to beat
00:07:48after all he is a landry in the landry family we just go get it we make it happen and i think
00:07:57that's what separates the landry from the rest we are all willing to work harder than the next man
00:08:05all right you good up there yeah come on p hustle hustle i don't want to be a cashier
00:08:11it's out of your comfort zone huh i don't want to embarrass myself but i made the bet
00:08:16and you made the boy that made the bet
00:08:19meanwhile in bayou purdue veteran hunter bruce mitchell and his deckhand anna rebeck are heading
00:08:37out on a special mission to help their community
00:08:40where was it right here we got to catch that gator
00:08:46their kids could come swimming yesterday what's up y'all the hunters were flagged down by a group of
00:08:53locals with a serious concern how y'all doing we have a big gator by the camp where we're camped out
00:08:58uh-huh and uh kids are trying to swim the animals and everything and just wonder if y'all come over
00:09:03and take a look maybe get him out of there he big big gator yeah he's pretty good i'd say about
00:09:07about 10 maybe 12. we can just come over there i can set a few lines around in there and we'll get
00:09:12rid of him what do you think i'd appreciate it we're gonna get rid of that gator i guarantee you
00:09:16that all right we're gonna do our best away and away and away we go i feel like we got a responsibility
00:09:24to help the neighbors out i mean you know he's worried about his dog his kids and uh you just
00:09:30don't want nobody to get ate down with six decades of gator hunting under his overalls bruce isn't surprised
00:09:37big gators are moving in as the waters fall when you get to high water the gators go back in the
00:09:42swamp when it's low they come out to the river so that's why these the gators go to a lot of these
00:09:47camp because the water's low that's the reason i think it's over there to the left to the left
00:09:56oh golly see the line moving holy smokes that might be the big one oh i hope so
00:10:06got it got it you definitely got a gator on there get that gun get that gun i got it
00:10:15get him up get him up whoa be careful
00:10:19come on get him up
00:10:25he's in the mud
00:10:27where'd he go i don't know i'm gonna back up
00:10:32keep touching the line do not let the line go
00:10:37i got him
00:10:43get him up
00:10:46come on get him up
00:10:48watch him
00:10:48get him up get him up
00:10:52watch him watch him watch him
00:11:04he's wild though ain't he
00:11:05come on dude
00:11:06keep him up
00:11:10got it
00:11:21that sucker didn't want to stop
00:11:23ain't got to worry about that one no more
00:11:24that ain't him
00:11:25that ain't him
00:11:26uh-oh
00:11:30he ain't got a leg
00:11:32why not couldn't grab the leg
00:11:34look at this look look look look
00:11:36see all that
00:11:39yeah
00:11:39another gator's chewing on him
00:11:41ooh
00:11:42yep
00:11:42i bet that nuisance gator's somewhere around
00:11:44yep
00:11:45we're gonna get him
00:11:46this seven-footer isn't big enough to be the gator terrorizing camps
00:11:52but with bite marks and a missing leg
00:11:55bruce knows they're on the right trail
00:11:57when i seen it i told him not
00:11:59that big gator's out here somewhere
00:12:00sooner or later we got to catch him
00:12:03that little dude was feisty but i know he's not the one
00:12:08we just kind of keep looking for him
00:12:10he's right here
00:12:11over at bayou lefou
00:12:24that one need to be a little longer
00:12:26we gotta put them all the same length
00:12:29veteran swamper joey edgar's counting on his daughter callie's improved sharpshooting
00:12:34to help deal with the unpredictable water levels
00:12:38that could have been an alligator right there
00:12:44with the water dropping like it is
00:12:46it's gonna be harder to find these alligators
00:12:49they spread out
00:12:50so i'm gonna try to get callie to shoot one or two
00:12:52while we in between lines
00:12:55set up
00:12:57go ahead and set up
00:13:00they got some big ones
00:13:01that's a giant up ahead
00:13:02you ain't gonna be able to get no wine
00:13:14here here here
00:13:15boat don't move
00:13:18oh he's flat
00:13:23we gotta get close
00:13:25okay
00:13:26oh we're on fire
00:13:30we're on fire
00:13:31wait the boat
00:13:32the boat's on fire
00:13:34oh my gosh
00:13:36hold on
00:13:37back in bayou lefou
00:13:44the boat's on fire
00:13:45we're on fire
00:13:46hold on
00:13:47joey and callie are scrambling to put out a fire before their day goes up in smoke
00:13:52oh my gosh
00:13:54hold on
00:14:07hold on
00:14:07alright
00:14:07we got it
00:14:08we got gas and exhaust
00:14:09it was on fire right on top of the muffler
00:14:12this one was on fire
00:14:12this one was on fire too
00:14:14my side was on fire
00:14:15oh no joke
00:14:16yeah
00:14:16i tried to start the motor
00:14:19and she dumps gas right before she pops off
00:14:22and it starts a fire
00:14:24that wasn't too fun
00:14:26i was really concerned about our safety at first
00:14:29i was worried that we wouldn't be able to stop it
00:14:31but we did get it stopped
00:14:33don't start the motor
00:14:34you're scaring me dad
00:14:36let's maybe let it evaporate
00:14:38it's still gonna catch gases like oily
00:14:40we got some hiccups but we go get it
00:14:43that was too dangerous
00:14:54but thank god it didn't happen again
00:14:56the hunters escape unharmed
00:14:59but joey knows better than to push their luck with this boat
00:15:03we have a bunch of alligators on the line
00:15:05and we got a day's work to put in
00:15:08i'm gonna have to make a phone call and get another boat
00:15:11we gotta figure this out
00:15:13because that was scary
00:15:14meanwhile
00:15:26over in bayou tbaton
00:15:29with water levels receding
00:15:31daniel edgar and his deckhand zach katcham
00:15:34head out to an alligator nesting area
00:15:37that's facing big trouble after the recent floods
00:15:40right up here
00:15:41it's why i've got a lot of nests
00:15:43so we'll check it out and see
00:15:46daniel relies on the extra income he earns from harvesting gator eggs to make it through the offseason
00:15:53zach and i are fishing alligators in an area where i pick eggs
00:15:57one nest of eggs is worth more than 70 she can do that for 30 years i want to sustain a level of females so i can continue to pick eggs
00:16:09but those floods but those floods just brought a whole new bunch of bulls in here and they're all claiming territory
00:16:17when waters in the atchafalaya basin rise fast like they did a couple days ago
00:16:24big bulls swim into new hunting grounds and when bulls move into a new area they kill females and destroy nests to wipe out future rivals
00:16:34so daniel and zach need to eliminate the males without harming the females
00:16:38i just want to take our males so what we're going to do we're going to just catch and release the females from the boat from the boat we're going to snag the gator
00:16:50yes on the side of the boat yes and you're going to sex them yes while they're in the water yes
00:16:55it was really nice knowing you my brother that part is a little bit dangerous
00:17:02because certainly the female doesn't want you touching her
00:17:06death sentence but that's the only way that we can correctly determine if that's a male or a female
00:17:20is this your property yeah i can i can throw right here let's get him
00:17:28no wait why is he on top of the water it's just so shallow he's not going anywhere i can throw the big
00:17:38hook from right here the one that doesn't have barbs we have a barbless hook over here that daniel
00:17:42welded together with another little ring back here so we can pull on this and get it out of the scales
00:17:49of these giant reptiles there's no barb so it does minimal damage it's like getting a little shot
00:17:54it's the best way to release and sex a female out here in the swamp otherwise there's just no way
00:17:59else of doing it you just moved on look right here that's one right there i don't know how big he is
00:18:11going to keep going
00:18:15that's another one
00:18:19might be a good one he might
00:18:23okay that's him zack
00:18:25point to the bank
00:18:26all right
00:18:26that's him
00:18:27oh money shot money shot
00:18:30let's see it
00:18:31hold him zack
00:18:36hold him zack
00:18:39don't give him no slack
00:18:42no barb
00:18:43come and help
00:18:44hold him buddy
00:18:46oh he's biting
00:18:48he's biting
00:18:49let me check
00:18:50hold on
00:18:50all right
00:18:51baby
00:18:53watch out
00:18:54i'ma check that one
00:18:55this is a lot harder than shooting
00:18:59be careful
00:19:04oh look at that thing looking at you better check
00:19:07that's all i need is right there
00:19:09it's a female a big one too
00:19:11okay we gotta turn it loose
00:19:13hold on hold on
00:19:14we're good we're clear
00:19:15i understand what daniel's trying to get at
00:19:19the bigger female alligators lay the most eggs and make the most money for mr daniel in his off season
00:19:24i can't afford to kill that
00:19:27what about a ford getting a new finger bro
00:19:30but resting a live alligator and releasing it is not something you want to do ever to be honest
00:19:35but this is crazy you got me out here doing some crazy stuff
00:19:38all right let's see if we can find us a meeting
00:19:41i got the hook let's keep going
00:19:43back in bayou park cruise
00:20:00troy bet jacob he'd catch the biggest gator today
00:20:04or else worked up his cash register
00:20:08oh you mother fricking
00:20:13but troy's boat is struggling to navigate the low water
00:20:16one day it's two foot higher
00:20:19the next day it's two foot lower
00:20:20you just can't adjust
00:20:22you adjust for it and then it changes overnight
00:20:26you keep juicing it though you're going to overheat your motor
00:20:31then we ain't going nowhere
00:20:32man i'm terrified i don't want to be no cash here we got to hustle
00:20:36i've been working with this man for six years
00:20:38high water low water all day long he's pushing pushing pushing
00:20:42we got to get the biggest one we got to get the biggest one
00:20:44i got to get that i got to beat jacob
00:20:45he's extremely competitive
00:20:47oh yeah
00:20:49lord
00:20:51is that an alligator
00:20:57it sure is
00:20:58i don't see nothing
00:20:59you see him
00:21:00oh yeah tied around the back
00:21:03yeah well swing around the back side
00:21:05that's a good one
00:21:07it's a good one
00:21:08yeah
00:21:09what we got
00:21:15oh lord mr troy
00:21:17we got a big one
00:21:19oh my god
00:21:33this is the cashier theater
00:21:36bring them up here we
00:21:38i'll let them pull you in
00:21:42i'll let them pull you in
00:21:43wear them out
00:21:44wear them out
00:21:44buy my new boots
00:21:45god that thing is mean
00:21:47shooter what you saying
00:21:48oh good job
00:22:05good job
00:22:06and this one could save us peewee
00:22:09jacob's gonna save some money now
00:22:11i'm not worried about jacob saving money i'm worried about me saving embarrassment
00:22:16ready one two three
00:22:18one two
00:22:21this massive eleven footer is their biggest gator of the day but the hunters are still expecting stiff competition from jacob and willie
00:22:30i think we're doing pretty good with our lines but i think we're doing pretty good with our lines but our big competitor over there is little willie with that treble hook we're catching pretty good but little willie he's the treble hook master you know he's a big old boy and he's got some strength and if he's throwing a hook it's on a 12 plus giant
00:22:49i don't want to be a cashier you're so worried about having to push some buttons would you forget how to count i don't know how to work my phone much less than you guys right there i don't want to have to teach you how to use it so i'm on your side
00:23:02meanwhile in bayou purdue fallen water levels have forced giants out of their backwoods holes
00:23:17and now bruce and anna are tracking a monster that's terrorizing nearby camps i hope we get that gator today
00:23:25i hope we can too i want those little kids to be able to swim
00:23:28yeah i tell you i know back in the day when we was kids we'd have gator by our camp
00:23:34and we'd have to wait for papa to take care of it and we ate good that night
00:23:39but uh if we could get rid of that gator it would really help them out the old man's scared that he's going to lose his dogs you know
00:23:45yeah and his grandkids so we don't want that to happen no we can get him the community really depends
00:23:52on alligator hunters down here to take care of their big gators around camps and things like this
00:23:57because not everybody has gator tags you can't just go out and shoot an alligator if you want to
00:24:01it's illegal so you know we have tags in that area we're going to do our best to help you out
00:24:15mr bruce that line's moving oh it's pulled out to the left i know i see it that's a big gator i can tell the way it's moving
00:24:28it could be him this got to be him whoo he's still moving look at the tree shaking
00:24:33i got the pole i got the pole mr bruce he feels big
00:24:53in bayou purdue mr bruce he feels big
00:25:00bruce and anna are tangling with a feisty beast
00:25:05i don't want to lose him
00:25:10let him go down
00:25:13mr bruce something's going on
00:25:18can't get him up
00:25:19let me get this just so heavy push this out
00:25:25you know when it's at
00:25:30whoa
00:25:31get the goat he's heavy
00:25:33get him up get him up
00:25:37whoa
00:25:38it's him it's him
00:25:40come on buddy
00:25:43come on get him up
00:25:43i got a good shot
00:25:46that's a nice gator
00:25:59you think it's him
00:26:01that ain't him
00:26:03i guarantee this ain't him
00:26:04he might be able to eat a small cat or something
00:26:07ain't a bad gator it just ain't the one we're looking for
00:26:10we'll go get him though
00:26:12good swing him in
00:26:16one two three go
00:26:17this nine footer is a good catch
00:26:21but it's not the beast they're looking for
00:26:23there's a lot of gators around this camp
00:26:26and that's a huge problem and we needed to get him out of there
00:26:28but it's certainly not this 12 footer that he's talking about
00:26:32so i'm hoping this morning we got a 12 footer on that line
00:26:34we can go back and show him like hey we did this
00:26:37we got it out
00:26:37all right hold on girl we gotta go
00:26:39i hope we get the gators a bit
00:26:42i hope we can too i want those little kids to be able to swim
00:26:45meanwhile in bayou trussure
00:26:58in their competition with troy
00:27:00jacob hasn't caught anything over 10 feet on the lines
00:27:04but the hunters still have an ace up their sleeve
00:27:15fishing out here today with all these stumps is gonna be hard with this low water
00:27:19the alligators ain't biting we're gonna make them bite
00:27:22with the lawns not producing or nothing
00:27:25trouble hooking is the one way that we know how to put alligators in the boat
00:27:28look at that pile of bubbles over there mr jacob
00:27:31we're the sniping and trouble hooking kings out here
00:27:34mr troy and them they don't do a whole lot of that
00:27:36they run a lot of lawns so i think this is gonna be an easy
00:27:39easy competition
00:27:41the way it's bubbling look like a big one
00:27:43don't get me excited willy
00:27:47we're about to find out
00:27:49they're fixing to be on like don't get gone
00:28:01yes who there it is keep on willy
00:28:06hey hey you dead sucker tight
00:28:10oh yeah oh yeah i see a big old tail willy
00:28:22oh
00:28:24oh
00:28:28over there by that tree mr jacob
00:28:32see him back there by that tree
00:28:36he's right here
00:28:50got him
00:28:54yeah he broke it
00:29:00ah you all right man he about tore my fingers off
00:29:06i know i thought he was gonna pull yard the boat
00:29:08the shallower the water the harder alligator will pull a stocky 12-foot alligator in shallow water
00:29:15here he'll take a hook in a heartbeat that was a big gator that was a big gator
00:29:20man he broke my rope with no more treble hooks on board the hunters must rely on their lines to beat troy
00:29:28we're trying to catch some big big gators and uh right now i'm a little
00:29:32iffy about it because if his lines don't perform he might have us beat
00:29:37well i guess we'll have to see
00:29:39you don't think it's still right there huh
00:29:42no that gator long gone
00:29:45there somewhere
00:29:58across the bayou after their airboat caught fire joey and cali were forced to change boats
00:30:10costing them valuable time on the water all right fitter you ready yeah i'm ready let's roll
00:30:17you got your big rifle yeah i got i got all my stuff i got our tags i made a phone call to my cousin
00:30:23he brought me another boat and now that cali and i are hunting with the big skiff fishing is going
00:30:30to be tough today because that water's so low an airboat glides across the top of the water making
00:30:36it ideal for shallow swamps but this skiff relies on an outboard motor with a propeller that must run
00:30:43nearly a foot below the water line got a lot to do today today we're just getting it's late and we're just getting started
00:30:58unbelievable what my stuff it is yeah how many lines we got dad oh probably about 17 left
00:31:06you gotta work yeah i gotta work a lot to do
00:31:14i'm ready
00:31:18line's tight i know it might be a big one
00:31:26decent alligator
00:31:27oh my gosh
00:31:37hey could it get you a shot
00:31:42where the alligator hold him daddy whoa oh whoa oh my gosh
00:31:52hold him dad
00:31:57got him good job working hard for that money hard hard money
00:32:15i'm mentally frustrated with everything
00:32:18this is a solid eight footer but the hunters need to hustle to make up for lost time
00:32:24and joey worries their new boat could slow him down in shallow water with the water dropping like
00:32:30it is i'm really concerned about today we're fishing on our board so it's going to be tough we got our
00:32:35challenges ahead of us but uh we got alligators to kill and we have a job to do survival mode god is
00:32:43good we got another boat
00:32:58meanwhile in bayou t baton daniel and sac are trying to protect the nesting ground from big bull gators
00:33:05that moved in during the early season floods come on baby
00:33:13we're out here just targeting the big male gators but to do that you got to check to see if it's a
00:33:41male or female our wife's going to be pissed at you if she has to raise those twins on her own
00:33:46we have to pull this gator in alive with the catch and release treble hook and sex this alligator
00:33:52these gators are going to be super pissed off coming anywhere near this boat and being dragged out
00:33:57of the swamp this pocket looks so good there's got to be a big one here right against that stone
00:34:03all right all right i think he's right here i think so zach right on this side that tree yeah
00:34:13yeah look he's right on the side of you i might still have him i'm stupid
00:34:18is that him zach yep oh my god that's him oh it's you oh it's a big one oh my god
00:34:25oh
00:34:41daniel edgar is trying to grab an angry gator by the tail holy cow
00:34:46hold him zach oh my god hold him jack females rarely grow over 10 feet long oh it's a big one
00:34:56jack so daniel can tell it's got to be a male oh my god he's so big
00:35:00oh you didn't kill him just pissed him off shoot him again hold him back it's slippery shoot him
00:35:18you got it shoot it
00:35:19that is not a female son oh my god i thought it's one of our little females no there's nothing a little
00:35:33about that oh that's a fool at 12 feet long this is exactly the kind of bull gator they were looking
00:35:41to remove from the area look at this man slid right out oh i mean it's working you have to
00:35:49protect your population of fish or animals or alligators all of that comes from females if
00:35:56they're males i'm gonna kill them because now there's less chance of these females to be eaten
00:36:02by males this program i'm feeling pretty good about my program right now
00:36:08i think we're gonna need a bigger boat for this mission oh the fact is that that's the easy gator
00:36:16because we didn't have to sex that one alive yeah you're right i don't know about this
00:36:31in bayou perdu bruce and anna are searching for a giant gator terrifying kids at a nearby camp and
00:36:39every minute he's on the prowl is another opportunity to wreak havoc he's got to be around
00:36:45here right right here somewhere he's watching us we got to just make him bite on the hook or see him
00:36:50where we can catch him hopefully we can catch him because a big gator like this should just grab a
00:36:54small child and just run with him whatever hits the water they're gonna grab it and once he grabs you
00:37:01it's over i think we got a gator on this one hold on the line's down
00:37:19oh boy
00:37:23get him up how's he feel seen him i've seen him
00:37:31hang on he's coming up he's coming up
00:37:39oh get him up come on get him miss bruce
00:37:49dang it hold him hold him hold him hold him
00:37:53come on get him up get him up
00:37:55go get him get him
00:38:09that's not him yeah she's small look hey see the gator this seven footer put up a big fire look mr
00:38:15bruce he doesn't have an arm the alligator didn't either that means that means he's in the area he's
00:38:20right here i can guarantee you that his arm's gone but it's clear there's a much larger monster lurking
00:38:27nearby he's nice size but just ain't the one they're talking about i know they got a big gator here
00:38:32somewhere we just got to catch him that's all i know we got to catch this gator there you go thank
00:38:37you it ain't him but he sure was a battle he's here don't worry we're gonna get him we're getting closer to
00:38:43him that's for sure yep
00:38:56back in bayou park cruise troy is trying to hedge the biggest gator bed he has with jacob
00:39:03if i lose the bed and i gotta be the cashier you're gonna have to help me that's him how'd i get mixed up
00:39:09in this but pickle isn't taking the bait it's funny to sit back and watch jacob and mr troy
00:39:15kind of pick up because i'm usually the one bickering with him and it's like i'm looking at jacob
00:39:19and it's kind of like tag you're it but at the same time me and willie try to stay out of it as
00:39:23much as possible we're not in this deal it's kind of fun to just sit back in the sidelines and watch
00:39:28it all unfold is that one it's pulling what you said it was
00:39:54oh
00:39:58in bayou park cruise troy and pickle had locked horns with a giant
00:40:29pop the lungs
00:40:33what are you waiting on
00:40:35i gotta get the shot i gotta get a shot
00:40:38shoot the damn thing give me a shot
00:40:46juna what are you doing
00:40:57yeah you almost lost a decade what happened almost lost my little peewee one what you didn't see what
00:41:03happened
00:41:06oh the branch the alligator almost took my boot i was caught up in a
00:41:10almost in a trouble hook i didn't see that of course not you don't know what i do up there
00:41:18you ain't got a clue this could be him he's big
00:41:22this is their second monster over 11 feet but troy's not sure it's enough to beat jacob
00:41:32it can go either way i catch a lot of big ones and jacob had a real good teacher he catches a lot of
00:41:39big ones too
00:41:42that's a good one oh yeah i'm happy might shave me from being a cashier yeah good job p where the hook
00:41:51is
00:42:02over in bayou lefou
00:42:04true after an airboat disaster this morning joey and callie are hustling to make up for lost time
00:42:11and money no sick days in the swamp you gotta work no dollar body hard money
00:42:17and it's getting harder and harder with the bull catching on fire i knew it was gonna be a hard
00:42:26day but when things happen you gotta roll with the punches because i'm a hard worker and i was
00:42:30brought up that way so whatever dad's asking of me i'm gonna do
00:42:33it might be a good one look like he's got it tight
00:42:55two rifles i got it
00:43:03i got him daddy
00:43:31it's a nice one hard money hard money this 10-footer helped turn their day around
00:43:40and joey's impressed by his daughter's resilience there you go
00:43:46no matter what we're gonna get the job done yeah we got to we got money to make
00:43:51i'm really proud of callie she adjusts real easy and it didn't bother one bit that we had to change
00:43:58both but now we're halfway through today the boat's starting to fill up and we're back on track cal and i
00:44:04we make a great team and we just we never give up
00:44:07well teddy like my papa used to say there's always a problem always something
00:44:12you got to be ready for anything go with the flow
00:44:24back in value true jacob and little willie's lines haven't produced enough to beat troy
00:44:34and jacob's starting to suspect he knows why righty willie you see the line i see where the line was tied
00:44:43i see our clothes pinning off there's only one contrary i know that uses white flag and that's
00:44:48troy landry that's our line though look you're not up there the old troy landry pulls a slick one
00:44:54you don't want his son and little willie to outdo him them motherfuckers look look in the water
00:45:03i thought he'd be smart enough to at least get rid of the evidence i know my dad better than anybody
00:45:08else and i know he's not one to want to lose so he's going to do whatever it takes to come back with
00:45:13the biggest alligator we found our poachers took two of our lines up the ball right there where
00:45:20right there for real took both of them what huh why you said we rang it on it because where
00:45:26we had a line they got a white flag now and the blue flags floating in the bottom i don't know what
00:45:31you're talking about no i didn't pull no little tricks me i wouldn't do that to jacob
00:45:36so we're gonna need your fingerprints by the end of the day poor babies that's all right we're gonna go
00:45:52catch y'all alone jacob knows if he doesn't turn his day around he could wind up washing his daddy's truck
00:46:06all right willie
00:46:15we might have a giant right here it's mighty muddy feels good or it's just a log you hooked up on
00:46:26oh that's a big one oh no joke it's not just a log no
00:46:30oh now you got me excited oh look at the bubbles coming up willie
00:46:44in bayou trichur
00:46:50jacob and willie hooked a giant that could be big enough to beat troy
00:46:54that is a hammer shalammar there buddy come on willie do it for the kick time
00:47:07dang willie
00:47:12jeez i'ma pull him up real slow
00:47:24oh willie that's a good one willie
00:47:31he's going on top of the pile i'd say he's gonna go 11 11 something at over 11 feet jacob's hoping
00:47:40this beast is big enough to win the competition he tried to take one of our alligators but it's
00:47:47going to take a hell of an alligator to be bigger than this one so my confidence is up you know i'm ready
00:47:51to get back to duffy's and get that triple x shirt for him to wear it i think this is what's going
00:47:56to make him be the cashier at duffy's
00:47:57that might be our contest winner corlander might be working at duffy
00:48:13i don't know if that's a big one that might be a little bitty one in order to protect a valuable
00:48:24nesting ground daniel and zach are targeting aggressive males and releasing the females back
00:48:31into the wild i am really feeling good about this we're at 10 alligators and we've already released
00:48:38five females
00:48:41they're still there no
00:48:45man that was a good throw hold him zach that was a good throw oh my god
00:48:51and these big bulls are gonna eat these females and eat the little ones
00:48:55i have to get these males out of here okay hold on jack all right i'm not holding on to that oh
00:49:01she got away out of here yeah
00:49:06what a spot daniel i can see why you want to keep this preserved he stopped around here
00:49:12yeah yeah look there he is that's just bubbles right in one look at the size of this giant and
00:49:17zach knows it's a male that'll require a rod reel with a barbed hook to haul it in let's see if he stays
00:49:25there
00:49:28what they ain't got too many scopes you ought to get him there
00:49:35hold him zach i got him oh my god
00:49:38coming to you all in come here come here all in bud that's a big meal
00:49:50all right get ready for a spin
00:49:54you okay yeah still got him
00:49:58hold on hold on with all your might with all your might show them if he comes up
00:50:02you need a bigger bullet than i know i think so oh my god look at the size of that thing
00:50:22jack wrestling this monster 12 footer into submission took every ounce of the hunter's strength
00:50:28but for daniel the extra effort is worth it to protect his gator nests
00:50:35that's how you know he's a male oh yeah i don't have to check no this is not real easy but it's
00:50:41good that i'm doing this i don't need this many males that's what makes my management program work
00:50:48the ability to take the excess males go i like that that's perfect that's good we're gonna get
00:50:54that's good we're gonna get oh my god
00:51:08back in bayou purdue bruce and anna are running out of time to catch the nuisance gator
00:51:14but they're not giving up we're gonna catch the big one i hope so well we're running we got two or
00:51:21three borderlines to run we're starting to catch a few nice gator but just not the right one i hope
00:51:27we got something so hopefully we can catch this big gator and he let his grandkids swim
00:51:35line down oh yeah
00:51:38i hope this is him mr bruce
00:51:40we gotta catch him sooner or later
00:51:49where's the line oh there's the line oh boy it's tangle jangled
00:51:54mr bruce get the gun go mr bruce get the gun i got him i got him get him up that got to be the one
00:52:12get him up get him up go you all right go you won't come up you stay on the bottom
00:52:19be careful watch him
00:52:26in bayou purdue be careful you got it get up bruce and anna are hoping they finally
00:52:32had the nuisance gator in their grasp get him up be careful watch it
00:52:42i'm gonna pop him
00:52:43i know that's him that is a big boy oh okay at over 12 feet long there's no doubt this is the beast
00:53:05terrorizing local camp we got the nuisance gator we're gonna get him up and get him a little
00:53:10bit farther okay i can't believe it we did it yep this is the gator i guarantee if my grandkids
00:53:19was out there i would want somebody to catch that gator get out of here now them kids will be safe golly
00:53:26so we've done good i think the kids get to go swimming we got a 12-foot gator to bring to the fire
00:53:32oh everybody wins in this situation that's ours over in bayou park cruise
00:53:51troy's still looking for a beast that'll win the competition with jacob
00:53:55we put a line right here somewhere we missed a line somewhere i think it was too shallow over
00:54:07here i thought i'd put one over there where we just turned around that yeah i think we only put
00:54:11three because it got shallow to the back i forgot it was too shallow man the water's low but we have
00:54:19to run every line because if you skip one you can bet that's going to be the biggest alligator of
00:54:25the day is going to be on the line you skip
00:54:34do you see the line yes i do see the line where is it to the left i don't see nothing
00:54:42oh come on got something yeah got something can you bring it to the side of the boat no
00:54:57oh
00:54:59no back up a little bit
00:55:04oh
00:55:18oh that's what i'm talking about
00:55:19oh
00:55:33This seven-footer's not much to brag about, but the king of the swamp still has a pile
00:55:58of giants in the boat.
00:56:28To the east, in Bayou LeFou, after fighting through breakdowns and bad luck, Joey and Callie
00:56:40are searching for one more beast to redeem their day.
00:56:45One more alligator.
00:56:47One more, Teddy.
00:56:49Flight change of plans, but we still execute it.
00:56:53What we have to get done.
00:56:54You may think you have one thing planned and it can totally go the whole wrong way, but
00:56:59I'm going to come do it no matter what.
00:57:00I'm an Edgar, you know.
00:57:01I got a name to live up to.
00:57:03Whatever you need me to do, I'm going to do it.
00:57:11Might be a big one.
00:57:12It's tight, the line's tight today, we'll just see.
00:57:19Oh, these alligators are all wrapped up.
00:57:29It's a rival.
00:57:30Don't lose him.
00:57:38Whoa.
00:57:41Whoa.
00:57:43Hold him, Daddy.
00:57:44He's wrapped.
00:57:45I can't hardly fight him.
00:57:47Hold on.
00:57:48Gotta shoot this.
00:57:50Ah.
00:57:52Whoa.
00:57:53Oh, my God.
00:57:53Hold on, gotta shoot this thing.
00:58:17Good shot.
00:58:26Got him, Dad.
00:58:27It's a nice one.
00:58:28That's a nice one for the last one.
00:58:30Yep.
00:58:31This nine-footer is the perfect way to wrap up a tough day.
00:58:35Lucky we had another boat to come finish our day.
00:58:39And for the Edgars, today's struggle turned into a powerful lesson from the swamp.
00:58:44You might think you know the plan of the day, but it changes on us, you know?
00:58:48What life is, it's like that for everybody.
00:58:50You can live in the city.
00:58:52If you call break, what you're going to do, you still got to go to work.
00:58:55You better get on the bus or call for a ride.
00:58:58Of course.
00:58:59It's very important to keep it moving, and these kids, they have to learn this.
00:59:03Sally didn't get emotional and give up on me.
00:59:07We filled this other boat with alligators, and I felt good as a father just that lesson being taught.
00:59:13Yeah, we still made a day's worth of work.
00:59:16Terry, I think you're ready to be your own captain next year.
00:59:19What do you think?
00:59:20Yeah, me too.
00:59:21You're ready, huh?
00:59:22Yeah, I'm ready.
00:59:22Back in Bayou T-Baton...
00:59:36Load it down, buddy.
00:59:39...Daniel and Zach have already cleared six bulls threatening female gators and their nests.
00:59:46Another big one.
00:59:47But their work isn't done yet.
00:59:50Look how big it is.
00:59:51Damn, that is a big one.
00:59:5311-footer for sure.
00:59:55We caught most of the big males here, but there's one more big one.
00:59:59If we can get this big boy, we're going to have this swamp healthy for many years to come.
01:00:04He went down.
01:00:05He went down.
01:00:05And right in front of the boat, too.
01:00:08Nice knowing you, buddy.
01:00:08Oh.
01:00:15That's him, is that him?
01:00:15Yeah, that's him.
01:00:16Yeah, that's him.
01:00:17That's him.
01:00:18That's him.
01:00:20Ah, he's burning me.
01:00:20Hold in, Zach.
01:00:21Yeah, that's a big one.
01:00:25I think I felt something.
01:00:30Got him?
01:00:30Oh, yeah.
01:00:32Whoop that thing.
01:00:33Whoop that thing, pal.
01:00:34Get a gun, Zach.
01:00:35Get to the gun.
01:00:36It can pull.
01:00:38I'm letting go.
01:00:40Hold on, hold on.
01:00:41Get one of the guns.
01:00:43Hold on.
01:00:43Damn.
01:00:47Oh, whoop that thing.
01:00:47You still got him?
01:00:49Oh, he's a good one.
01:00:50Whoa.
01:00:52Okay, I'm coming up with him.
01:00:54Shoot him when you get him, Zach.
01:01:02Ha!
01:01:02That'll slow him down.
01:01:05He's not shaking back from that.
01:01:07Six big bulls today.
01:01:09Removing another 12-foot bull isn't easy.
01:01:12Come on, get my hook back, son.
01:01:14But for Daniel, it's well worth the effort.
01:01:18Success in life for anything and anyone is normally an extra effort.
01:01:24Today, it was a challenge.
01:01:27But we had a good day, and we did a good thing all at the same time.
01:01:31Everything has to be managed.
01:01:34So taking these bulls out, that really helps a lot.
01:01:38They can run, but they can't hide for long.
01:01:40Back at Duffy's, it's the moment of truth in the Landry's Biggest Gator Contest.
01:02:00All right.
01:02:02Biggest alligator.
01:02:04Went.
01:02:06All right, okay.
01:02:08First up is Troy and Pickle's Biggest Gator of the Day.
01:02:1312-4.
01:02:13Oh, no, and I'm on 13-4.
01:02:17You're not measuring your own.
01:02:1913-4.
01:02:20You ain't measuring nothing on your own.
01:02:22I got it.
01:02:23I got it.
01:02:2411-5.
01:02:26Woo!
01:02:27He has an 11-foot, 5-inch alligator.
01:02:30And I'm thinking to myself, oh, boy.
01:02:33All right, Jake, what do you have?
01:02:34This one is 11-7.
01:02:39Son of a...
01:02:39Jacob and Little Willie came away with the biggest catch of the day.
01:02:46Thank you, Jesus.
01:02:48I cannot wait to see him behind that counter working at Duffy's.
01:02:52I guess you got to put the uniform on now.
01:02:54We're not going to make you wear a skirt, but you got to wear this.
01:02:58Ah, this sucks.
01:02:59Jacob won the bet, so now I got to be the cashier at Duffy's because he beat me by an inch and a half.
01:03:10Meet your new employee?
01:03:14I don't know if that's a good idea.
01:03:16I bet you never asked me to be the cashier again.
01:03:19Lindsay ain't going to let him.
01:03:21What you got?
01:03:23Just that?
01:03:23Yeah.
01:03:24I think they're a nickel apiece.
01:03:25Thanks, man.
01:03:27It ain't 1940.
01:03:28You got to scan it.
01:03:29I got to scan it.
01:03:31How you do this?
01:03:33Oh, Lordy.
01:03:34What the hell you done did?
01:03:35Total amount, 628.
01:03:38Just round it off to a dollar.
01:03:40Like the dollar store.
01:03:42Everything's a dollar.
01:03:45One dollar makes it really the try it up.
01:03:50Two dollars.
01:03:52We're making money, Lindsay.
01:03:54We're making money.
01:03:55Good old bankroll.
01:03:56Who's next?
01:04:00We got a sale going on.
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