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00:00:18It's do-or-die time as alligator season enters the final ten days
00:00:26Look at the size of them new babies
00:00:29You can't fill up a boat with alligators like that
00:00:31We gotta make changes very quick
00:00:34Gators are wise enough to hunters' tricks
00:00:36Forcing swampers to do whatever it takes to keep their tag count on track
00:00:41Hey look, there's a creek
00:00:43Looks like the water's up, I think we can get back there
00:00:45You think so?
00:00:46Yeah, that ain't never been fished
00:00:48Chasing legendary giants into unforgiving waters
00:00:52Oh, straight in the hook
00:00:53Big alligator
00:00:54If it's Poseidon, he's 12 foot
00:00:56I think we might have a chance to get Poseidon
00:00:59Betting on untested territory
00:01:01This is a new spot
00:01:03If it turned into a flop, we're gonna have to catch up
00:01:06And going it alone
00:01:07I always alligator hunting with a fart
00:01:10I never went by myself
00:01:14Oh my god, look how big
00:01:16All to beat the swamp
00:01:18That's him, look right there
00:01:19Before it beats them
00:01:21Watch out!
00:01:22Hang on, I'm coming
00:01:23This thing's big!
00:01:24Woohoo!
00:01:25Oh yeah!
00:01:26Woohoo!
00:01:28Woohoo!
00:01:32Run this back road, follow your life
00:01:35All the pain through the struggle and the strife
00:01:38Now there's just one thing you've got left to do
00:01:41Light a mask, let it burn, and break on through
00:01:49Like a world was rolling, you're out of control
00:01:55Like a loaded pistol, like a raging storm
00:01:58You got thunder in your veins
00:02:01You won't stop till your dying day
00:02:04Here comes your way
00:02:17It's 6 p.m. on day 20 of alligator season
00:02:24With water levels two feet higher than usual
00:02:27Joey Edgar and his daughter Callie are wrapping up their hunt in Mardi Gras Pass
00:02:32Where Joey was venting abnormally deep water
00:02:36Withdrawing the biggest monsters in the swamp
00:02:39But today's catch has been underwhelming
00:02:42You fished this spot with me last year and it was really good
00:02:45I think it's the water
00:02:46That could be what's going on
00:02:48We had a lot of bait hanging
00:02:50Mardi Gras Pass is a really special place that just grows big gators
00:02:54I've had a lot of success there in the past
00:02:57Really big alligators
00:02:59But I'm really concerned
00:03:02We should see more activity
00:03:04They're just not, they're not out
00:03:10One more line
00:03:13You ready?
00:03:14I got one
00:03:15Alligators on that line
00:03:16Gotta be
00:03:17The line over there?
00:03:19Yeah
00:03:22I think I can grab it
00:03:29Oh, you broke the pole
00:03:32Should be a good one
00:03:40Missed it
00:03:43Oh, straighten the hook
00:03:46Cool
00:03:48He straightened that hook
00:03:49You know how much weight it takes to bend a hook like that?
00:03:52How much?
00:03:52Big alligator
00:03:54Big, big alligator
00:03:55Look how much he opened it to
00:03:57Yeah
00:03:58Joey knows there's only one gator in this area big enough to bend his hook
00:04:04Poseidon
00:04:05And broke the pole
00:04:06We're gonna put a fresh pole and a good hook
00:04:08We ain't playing with it
00:04:10Poseidon's an alligator that Dad and I have been after for years
00:04:14And this alligator is always a step ahead of us
00:04:17But the way things are going this year, we might have a chance
00:04:20We might get him to follow the water down to some of these deeper pools
00:04:25I think we might have a chance to get Poseidon
00:04:28I actually don't know how big you think he was
00:04:30If it's Poseidon, he's 12 foot or better
00:04:33If we drive up on him, you got to have that big rifle ready
00:04:37I will
00:04:38Let that thing eat
00:04:39Let that 270 bark
00:04:43Tomorrow, we're gonna get this alligator
00:05:02As the sun sinks toward the horizon in Pierre Park
00:05:06King of the swamp, Troy Landry and his deckhand Pickleweed
00:05:10Are wrapping up a disappointing day
00:05:12Catching nothing but small gaugers in one of Troy's favorite honey holes
00:05:18Man, we're in the hatchery over here
00:05:20All we're catching is babies
00:05:22Look at the size of them little babies
00:05:25Very frustrating
00:05:28We're not catching good
00:05:29We're struggling
00:05:30But it's real hard to catch your big alligators
00:05:33They know they're being hunted
00:05:35We gotta make changes very soon, very quick
00:05:39Yesterday morning
00:05:40Listen, I heard some guys talking
00:05:43And they said they got a real good spot
00:05:45We've been fishing our old spots for a little while
00:05:48What you think, Captain?
00:05:49What I think is you can't listen to other people
00:05:52We sit at the coffee pot in the morning every morning
00:05:55And I've grown a relationship with these old men
00:05:58Our locals around here
00:06:00And I like to trust them
00:06:02And I want to listen to their advice
00:06:03And right now, I'm hearing that they saw huge alligators in this one area
00:06:09I'm really gung-ho
00:06:10I want to try it out
00:06:11I want to listen to my locals
00:06:12And let's just see what we catch
00:06:15It's worth the gamble to make
00:06:16I really want to go
00:06:18They said they got a bunch of giants over there
00:06:20They see them all the time
00:06:22I know everybody says that
00:06:23But I really want to try it out
00:06:25What do you think?
00:06:27I know where you're coming from
00:06:28They pump you up
00:06:29You get excited
00:06:30But I got burnt so many times
00:06:35I'd almost rather just stick to my routine
00:06:39We got so many places to hunt already
00:06:42We can't just go out on every wild goose chase
00:06:44Every time somebody tells you
00:06:46They know where they got a big alligator
00:06:47But she's part of my team
00:06:49So I'm going to give her the respect she deserves
00:06:52I'm going to take over that
00:06:54If you really want to go pee
00:06:56I'm going to bring you, okay?
00:06:58But if it turns into a flop
00:07:00We're going to have to catch up
00:07:02After it will be a day and a half
00:07:03We're going to lose
00:07:05We're going to have to catch it up
00:07:06What if we catch real good?
00:07:08What if we catch real good?
00:07:09It's going to help us
00:07:10It's going to advance us
00:07:11I get a day off or what?
00:07:13Maybe
00:07:13Depends how good we catch
00:07:18Alright, I want to go
00:07:19I'll take you
00:07:20It's worth the gamble to me
00:07:39As the day winds down in Lairman Bayou
00:07:42Veteran swamper Bruce Mitchell
00:07:45And his deckhand Anna Rebeck
00:07:46Suspect the gators have wised up
00:07:49And stopped biting in their hunting grounds
00:07:52And with only two to show for the day
00:07:55Bruce is hoping high water
00:07:57Might present an opportunity to fish a new area
00:08:04Hey, look
00:08:05Looks like the water's up
00:08:06I think we can get back there
00:08:07You think so?
00:08:08Pretty narrow
00:08:09Yeah
00:08:09That ain't never been fished
00:08:11Never, ever
00:08:12Really?
00:08:13Yeah, the water's always so low over here
00:08:15You can't get back here
00:08:16Me and Anna's going to slip back in this bay
00:08:18That we normally can't get back there
00:08:20It's so muddy
00:08:21But if we can get back here in the back
00:08:22You're going to catch gators
00:08:24It's deep right here for sure
00:08:26We need to set some lines up here
00:08:27Okay
00:08:29If we can get way back here in the back
00:08:30I know we can catch some good gators
00:08:32I bet there's some big ones in here
00:08:34I hope so
00:08:36Like I said, there ain't nobody ever fished that
00:08:38The savvy vet believes the new territory
00:08:41Is full of unsuspecting gators
00:08:44So he decides to set fresh lines
00:08:47We're just going to bait some lines up through here
00:08:50They're popping up
00:08:51I know
00:08:52Every day we come up with a strategy
00:08:54To figure out, you know, where we want to hang our baits
00:08:56Are the water level's going to be high or low
00:08:58Look, there's another one over there
00:09:00Yep, they're all in here
00:09:02If the water levels are high
00:09:04The gators are going really far back into the woods
00:09:06So there's a lot of thinking that goes into this
00:09:10Before we get out there and hunt these gators
00:09:12Look, there's gators
00:09:13One in the water, one on land
00:09:15Hey!
00:09:16There's a fish
00:09:16Yep, two
00:09:18Look at all those garfish back here
00:09:20You want to go bow fishing tonight?
00:09:22I can teach you how
00:09:23Well, let's do it
00:09:39Over in Pierre Park
00:09:41Don Brewer and his deckhand, Calum Landry
00:09:44Are hoping to end on a high note
00:09:46After catching only two gators today
00:09:51That's the last line right there, big boy
00:09:53Hope we got one on it
00:09:55Yeah
00:09:56I hope so
00:10:03That don't look good
00:10:05Not that tall
00:10:06Not good, not good
00:10:11I see it now
00:10:12It's holding the weeds up
00:10:15Dude, that is a big old gator
00:10:19Dude, is he alive?
00:10:21I don't know
00:10:23Huh?
00:10:25Oh, Calum
00:10:30Oh, yeah, he's alive
00:10:32Yeah
00:10:33Yeah, that's a good gator
00:10:36All right, get the gun
00:10:42Let's get this over with
00:10:44Yeah, look how he's just looking at us
00:10:46Boy, he looks angry
00:10:49For a ten-foot gator
00:10:51He's making it easy
00:11:01That was a hell of a shot
00:11:02You know what I'm saying?
00:11:05A hell of a shot
00:11:07Man, this is a nice gator
00:11:08To finish the day off
00:11:10You're damn right
00:11:11All right, let's get him in the boat
00:11:12This is a good catch
00:11:14To wrap up the day
00:11:15But Don has some bad news
00:11:17That could derail
00:11:19The end of their season
00:11:21I gotta talk to you
00:11:22About something, too, though
00:11:24What the hell you mean
00:11:25You gotta talk to me about something?
00:11:26Well, um, I apologize
00:11:32But I'm gonna be here tomorrow
00:11:35This is gonna be my last line for two days
00:11:38No
00:11:41Dude, I gotta be back in Oklahoma in the morning
00:11:43I gotta be there at 9 a.m.
00:11:45I got a pre-con meeting
00:11:46And sign a contract for a new job
00:11:48Oh, you're not serious
00:11:49I gotta be there
00:11:50There's no possible
00:11:51I gotta be there
00:11:52You're not serious right now
00:11:55I apologize
00:11:56That's just part of business
00:11:59I gotta go back to Oklahoma
00:12:01I got a pre-construction meeting
00:12:02To sign a contract
00:12:03First thing in the morning
00:12:04I gotta drive 13, 14 hours
00:12:06To get back to Oklahoma
00:12:08So
00:12:09I waited all day
00:12:10To tell Calum
00:12:12That I'm not gonna be here tomorrow
00:12:14Yeah, why are you telling me this now?
00:12:16Why didn't you tell me this earlier?
00:12:17I mean, that's the worst news I heard all day
00:12:20I didn't want you to get mad
00:12:22I ain't gonna lie to you
00:12:23I didn't want to listen to you bitch all day long
00:12:25Okay?
00:12:25Straight up
00:12:26I ain't about to hear it all afternoon
00:12:27And probably tomorrow
00:12:28I'm gonna fish and go home
00:12:29It's our last line
00:12:30So I got about another 35, 40 minutes of it
00:12:32And I'm good
00:12:33With only three gators caught today
00:12:35The hunters are way behind schedule
00:12:39And Don desperately needs his deckhand
00:12:41To have a big day tomorrow
00:12:42If they hope to fill their season quota
00:12:46Now, there's another little kicker to it
00:12:48I ain't gonna lie to you
00:12:49I would love to see 10 gators in a boat tomorrow
00:12:5110 gators?
00:12:53I know you can do this
00:12:55I got a 10 gator quota
00:12:57He told me I better catch 10 gators
00:13:00I'm like, dude
00:13:01You're putting a lot of pressure on me right now
00:13:03I mean, it's hard enough to go by myself
00:13:05But much less 10
00:13:06Me and you only got three
00:13:09I know you can do it
00:13:11I want you to prove to yourself you can do it
00:13:14Cowboy up, big boy
00:13:15Cowboy up
00:13:24As night falls on the swamp
00:13:28Over in Laramon Bayou
00:13:30You ready to catch some fish?
00:13:31Oh, I'm ready
00:13:32Bruce and Anna are returning to the remote canal
00:13:35They discovered earlier
00:13:37While their baited lines draw in gators
00:13:40Anna is seizing the opportunity
00:13:42To teach her captain how to bowfish
00:13:44And fill their freezers
00:13:47How's it going?
00:13:48My really good friend
00:13:50I always go bowfishing with
00:13:52Is Travis
00:13:52The best bowfishing captain around
00:13:54I've done bowfishing for a long time
00:13:56And I love it
00:13:57And it's just for fun for me
00:13:58But Mr. Bruce
00:13:59He's never bowfished before
00:14:01I was shocked
00:14:02And I'm like
00:14:03You're going to come do what I love to do tonight
00:14:05And show you my world
00:14:09You ready?
00:14:10Yeah
00:14:10I'm pumped
00:14:11Oh, it's going to be fun
00:14:13Well, Anna done drug me out here tonight
00:14:15To do some bowfishing
00:14:16She said it's easy
00:14:17She's going to teach me
00:14:18So I don't know if we're going to come back
00:14:20With something to eat or not
00:14:21Oh, we got lights
00:14:22They all ran the boat
00:14:24Oh, yeah, everything
00:14:26They'll fish from a specialized flat-bottom boat
00:14:29With floodlights mounted on the sides
00:14:31These lights cast a wide shadow beam
00:14:34To illuminate fish just under the surface
00:14:38To ensure they don't lose their catch
00:14:40The arrow is tethered to a line
00:14:43That's fed from a reel mounted on the bow
00:14:46Mr. Bruce, are you good at loading it?
00:14:49Are you okay?
00:14:50I'm ready
00:14:56You shoot straight at them
00:14:58Or a little bit below them?
00:14:59A little bit below them, Mr. Bruce
00:15:01Ah
00:15:03You just got to be patient
00:15:06You're not going to catch them all
00:15:07But the ones you do catch
00:15:08They're going to be well earned
00:15:21See anything, Ms. Bruce?
00:15:23Nope
00:15:24I'm not looking, though
00:15:25You got to look for that wake
00:15:27On the fish
00:15:28Yeah
00:15:28And then you'll be good
00:15:31Come on, fishies
00:15:35There's a fish
00:15:36There's a fish
00:15:42Dang it, Mr. Bruce
00:15:46Hey, there's a gar
00:15:47I'm going to take him
00:15:49Did I not get him?
00:15:50Nope
00:15:51Ah
00:15:52Hey, right there
00:15:53Right there
00:15:55Dang
00:15:55Bow fishing
00:15:57You're going to miss
00:15:57More than you hit
00:15:58Come on, fishy, fishy, fishy
00:16:13That's a buffalo
00:16:14Poof
00:16:14First one, I nailed him
00:16:16Oh, yeah
00:16:16We got something to eat now
00:16:17Oh, yeah
00:16:18Can I have that one?
00:16:19Yeah, you can have it
00:16:20Oh, I can have that one
00:16:21Come on, fishy, fishy, fishy
00:16:25Dude, Mr. Bruce
00:16:26Look at that
00:16:27Oh, that's a pretty one
00:16:29You're kicking my butt tonight
00:16:31Go under him
00:16:33Oh, you got him
00:16:34Dang
00:16:35That's a nice one, Mr. Bruce
00:16:37I just thought so, man
00:16:38What?
00:16:39I might have to start showing you
00:16:40How to shoot the boat
00:16:40I think so
00:16:43Beginner's luck, Mr. Bruce
00:16:44Beginner's luck
00:16:44Oh, yeah, that's beginner's luck
00:16:46Uh-huh
00:16:47Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
00:16:48I guess I won't shoot no more
00:16:50I just don't want to show off
00:16:51He's actually a really good boat fisherman
00:16:53I think he had a lot of beginner's luck
00:16:55On his side
00:16:56But I think Mr. Bruce
00:16:58Is an experienced swamper
00:16:59And he got out there
00:17:00And just picked it up
00:17:01And did his thing
00:17:05Whoa!
00:17:08Whoa!
00:17:10Come on
00:17:14That was a great shot
00:17:15I've never shot nothing like this
00:17:17Isn't it fun?
00:17:18It is fun
00:17:18It's such a good time
00:17:20Yep
00:17:23I think I had a lot of beginner's luck
00:17:25Because Anna could really shoot a boat
00:17:26I think I'd probably come back here
00:17:28Boat fishing again
00:17:28I had pretty much
00:17:29Had a lot of fun here
00:17:31You got us dinner
00:17:32You got us dinner?
00:17:34Yeah
00:17:34I got enough dinner for me
00:17:36Come on now
00:17:45As dawn approaches
00:17:46On a new day of gator season
00:17:48The Landry crew arrives at Duffy's
00:17:51To discover one member of their team
00:17:53Is missing
00:17:55Good morning
00:17:57Good morning
00:17:57Good morning, morning
00:17:58Hello
00:17:59What's this I'm hearing?
00:18:00Don had to leave last night?
00:18:02Yeah, I didn't know about it until yesterday
00:18:04We got 60, 70 lines out there
00:18:06Wow
00:18:07You want me to try to find you some help this morning?
00:18:09I tried to call some buddies
00:18:11Everybody's working or busy
00:18:12I'll just go by myself
00:18:15Well, my biggest worry was getting a big gator by myself
00:18:17It's hard enough for two people trying to get in the boat
00:18:20Much less hassle it and shoot it
00:18:23Well, if I'm late this evening, you'll know the deal
00:18:25It's not that I'm hurt or nothing
00:18:28I'll be all right
00:18:29It'll take me a little time
00:18:30All right
00:18:30Me and Pee-wee's going
00:18:32All right, well, good luck to y'all
00:18:33Be careful
00:18:34I don't like the idea of you going by yourself
00:18:36I always alligator hunting with a partner
00:18:39It was always my control
00:18:40Jacob, Chase, Don
00:18:42I never went by myself
00:18:45Normally, we both got our own tasks to do
00:18:47But by yourself, I got to do it all
00:18:49I got to do everything
00:18:50And I got a 10-gator quota
00:18:52So I was nervous about that
00:18:54This is going to be a tough day fishing
00:19:10Over in Longstone Bayou
00:19:12Troy and Pickle moved their lines
00:19:15To an alleged hot spot Pickle learned about
00:19:17From a few old timers
00:19:19But the king of the swamp is skeptical
00:19:22This is a new spot
00:19:24Pee-wee, I got burnt so many times
00:19:26Listening to other people
00:19:28Been there, done that a thousand times
00:19:31Pee-wee thinks that
00:19:32I don't want to get out my comfort zone
00:19:34I don't want to try nothing new
00:19:36And in a way, she's right
00:19:38Nine out of ten of these trips you go on
00:19:41It's going to be a waste of time
00:19:43Nine out of ten
00:19:45But I know this area where Pee-wee's talking about
00:19:48And hasn't been hunted, I don't believe, in years
00:19:51But it's so far out the way
00:19:57It's your first line, Pee-wee, right here
00:19:59This is the first one we said
00:20:01In your new spot, your hot spot
00:20:05Looks tight, huh?
00:20:06Looks tight, yes it does
00:20:09Pee-wee, grab the pole
00:20:11This could be a good one, I like it, I like it
00:20:14Looks like a good one
00:20:22Ooh, get the gun
00:20:26Warming you up
00:20:33Got a winger
00:20:36Ooh, watch him
00:20:42Ooh, be really a big one
00:20:45Don't go under the moot
00:20:49Oh my goodness
00:20:57One of these days, you're going to have to shoot him
00:20:59Bring him up, bring him up
00:21:10Hello
00:21:11You saw that dude, that's a nice one
00:21:15First line in the hot spot, the new spot
00:21:18Yeah
00:21:19Ooh-hoo
00:21:25Okay
00:21:27First line
00:21:28Look at that
00:21:32Ooh, she's in a barn, huh?
00:21:35Yep, that old winch is screaming
00:21:38This leviathan is a promising sign
00:21:40The rumors about this new area were true
00:21:43There's a ten and a half
00:21:45Almost eleven foot alligator
00:21:46On the first line
00:21:47So wow, we off to a good start
00:21:49I'm thinking, whoa
00:21:50We're going to load the boat down today
00:21:52This is going to really pay off
00:21:54Got some faith in me, or what?
00:21:56We off to a good start
00:21:57Let's go shoot the other line, God
00:22:15Over at the docks
00:22:17To hedge his bet on Pickle's untested hunting spot
00:22:21King of the swamp Troy Landry
00:22:23Has deployed his son Chase
00:22:24On a mission to help fill tags
00:22:29It's alive
00:22:30It's alive
00:22:31My dad sends me out shooting gators in open water
00:22:35Because he knows I'm the best shot of the family
00:22:38This is the exact area where my dad spotted a giant
00:22:41We'll go right here in this shade
00:22:43Right up there
00:22:44Got the big rifle
00:22:46The treble hook
00:22:47The Shadalak
00:22:49Got a good feeling we're going to do really well
00:22:56Right here at your big sucker
00:23:05Oh, look
00:23:06Look right there
00:23:07One just popped up right there next to them
00:23:10Cypress trees
00:23:12Oh, yeah, that's a good one
00:23:16Holy crap, that's a monster
00:23:18Look at that thing
00:23:19Shining like a diamond over there
00:23:21A lot of people fish in this area
00:23:24All in these cypress trees
00:23:25So they get accustomed to that
00:23:29And they think, well, if they're fishing
00:23:31That could be a free meal
00:23:42Fire in the hole, boys
00:23:48Now don't move
00:23:54Way off
00:23:59Nope, just a bug
00:24:03Damn it
00:24:12Damn it
00:24:12I missed
00:24:14The usually sharpshooting hunter
00:24:17Has never missed this many shots in a row
00:24:20Not so confident in my shot there
00:24:23Something about it didn't feel right
00:24:25It's got to be my scope
00:24:26I'm thinking
00:24:27There's no way to tell
00:24:28If it's my scope that's off
00:24:30Or if it's just the conditions
00:24:32But when you get an opportunity
00:24:35At a giant alligator
00:24:36And something like that happens
00:24:37Where your rifle's not shooting perfectly accurate
00:24:41It's just frustrating
00:24:42Is it my scope?
00:24:44Is it me?
00:24:45Is it the bow?
00:24:47When I get back to the house today
00:24:49We'll see
00:25:04Across the swamp
00:25:06With his partner Don away for business
00:25:09Calum Landry is on his first solo hunt
00:25:12I've got to get my 10-gator quarter
00:25:14Let's go
00:25:15We try to never do solo days
00:25:17Because alligators are dangerous
00:25:19But one, they're so heavy
00:25:21And once you finally get one
00:25:22It's hard to do the rope
00:25:23To hold the gator
00:25:24And the shooter
00:25:25Once you get that done
00:25:26Now you've got to load this thing
00:25:27When you're by yourself
00:25:28That's a very difficult task
00:25:36Man, that line looks tight
00:25:39Move it too
00:25:40It must have one
00:25:48Oh lord
00:25:49It's a big one
00:25:54He is pissed
00:25:59Oh
00:25:59Oh, look how big
00:26:06Four dogs will be proud
00:26:07Oh
00:26:11It might be our biggest gator
00:26:12To see if it's gone
00:26:13Like this
00:26:16There is heaven
00:26:16Oh
00:26:17Oh
00:26:19Oh
00:26:21Oh
00:26:23Oh
00:26:23Oh
00:26:23Oh
00:26:43Oh
00:26:45Now I've got to get this thing in the boat
00:26:53I need a time to tell you
00:26:54I need to get a loop around
00:26:55My first line
00:26:57And it's heavy
00:26:58It's a big old gator
00:27:00Most days I'd be happy
00:27:01Today by myself
00:27:02I'm not so happy
00:27:04I mean, this is just going to be a lot of work
00:27:07I'm about to get that head broke again
00:27:08Oh
00:27:20I think I'm going to be a lot of work
00:27:22I think I'm going to pull him up on that bank
00:27:24And maybe try to slide him over the front deck or something
00:27:29Right through there
00:27:38I've got a lot of work
00:27:39I've got a hanko up there
00:27:39I've got a hanko up there
00:27:39He's dragging me all over
00:27:48All right
00:28:15It took everything
00:28:16I mean, I'll have to take this thing toura
00:28:18foot gator and his day is just getting started now my first line so i knew i had a full
00:28:24day of work
00:28:25ahead of me just to fill my quarter but i tied them and i was on my way nine more
00:28:31times let me
00:28:47just fall over in mardi gras pass joey and callie are on the hunt for one of the most elusive
00:28:53gators in the swamp we're catching some alligators yeah but they're not for sight why don't i name
00:28:59that we named him that years ago because he has the ability to disappear like he's got an underground
00:29:06canyon or something pa and i's been trying to get him but poseidon seems to be an alligator that we
00:29:13hadn't been able to catch up with keep your eyes open keep that big rifle ready all right this
00:29:18alligator is really smart he's hard to get close to he's a legend in the edgar family 15 20 years
00:29:24and keep your fingers crossed we might get our opportunity
00:29:31we got him shitty might be poseidon
00:29:43give it to daddy get your rifle c's big dad yeah it's a big one
00:29:52he's under the bull
00:30:01boy's head
00:30:10gotta shoot this thing
00:30:22good job all right
00:30:32we gotta come forward we gotta come with him a little bit ready all right catch his back leg now
00:30:39come all
00:30:40way around with him all the way all the way all the way joey can tell this nine and a
00:30:48half footer
00:30:48isn't big enough to be poseidon but he's dead set on catching the beast today good job
00:30:55this would mean a lot to me to catch poseidon with cali cali and i have a lot of fun
00:31:00together but to
00:31:01catch an alligator of this legendary status would really be cool and i'd really enjoy that
00:31:07poseidon better watch his ass
00:31:10we're coming for him
00:31:26back in larriman bayou with that water's up we're gonna do good back here after a night of boat fishing
00:31:33bruce and anna are hoping for a big day in an area they normally can't access
00:31:39i know we're gonna have a good day back here this run looks good hold on i think we can
00:31:44get in here
00:31:44with no problem water still up we're gonna try to get way back here in the back where i got
00:31:49these lines
00:31:49set and see what we'll do
00:31:57see anything oh there it is
00:32:00lines down it's wrapped around the tree
00:32:06get it get it oh that's a big gator
00:32:11get the gun get the gun
00:32:12come on come on i'm coming i'm coming
00:32:19let him pull you over
00:32:20this thing's big
00:32:24whoa be careful don't let him pull you in
00:32:29get him up get him up
00:32:34whoa
00:32:52get him up get him up
00:33:02that's a big gator come on buddy watch him i still got him i still got him
00:33:08get him up get him up
00:33:09get him up he's up he's up he's up he's coming
00:33:13good shot good shot
00:33:21busted him
00:33:24whoo they got some big old gators back here i told you if we got back here i knew it
00:33:29was gonna
00:33:29be good good shot whoo that sucker was pulling me around i thought i was going in
00:33:34okay pull him up all right ready two three go all right just a little extra step i like to
00:33:40take
00:33:42oh god you want me to try to get yeah i'm gonna pick this up you get that hook on
00:33:47there
00:33:58this 12 footer proves there's more than just fish in this high water honey hole all right
00:34:06well we get back here on the first line we got a big in here i'm talking about big
00:34:11so uh i think it's gonna pay off back here
00:34:14i can't wait to keep catching you gotta go where people don't go
00:34:18right
00:34:33back in longstone bayou after a strong start in pickle's new hunting spot they've gone two hours
00:34:41without catching another gator and the king of the swamp is growing concerned nothing nothing chicken
00:34:57i'm hanging
00:34:58yeah
00:34:59the last few lines might have a gate on every line
00:35:03we start running lines and there's nothing and there's nothing all afternoon it's not paying off
00:35:09and i'm starting to wonder whether it really was coming over here
00:35:14what we got still hanging huh yeah and the last dozen of the lines didn't have nothing
00:35:22i don't know damn the good of this started out it turned to crap real quick
00:35:30it's frustrating
00:35:33we were doing so good and now the next couple of lines just turn up empty and then you know
00:35:38a small
00:35:39alligator which is fine and it's a tag but we still got half of our lines to run let's see
00:35:44how we do
00:35:47you see something yeah there's a line in the water it don't look like anything no it looks limp
00:35:53i knew better than to come try new places i hear people would say all the oh i saw alligator
00:36:00fishing the other day was bigger than my board yeah right what you got a five foot boat right people
00:36:05exaggerate you get excited when you see alligator you can't go about what people tell you no i'm
00:36:11learning that the hard way it is a lot of trouble to convince him to go to a new area
00:36:17and i see him getting a little worried i can see it on his face the way he's talking
00:36:22but we're trying a new area and it's always a gamble you get what you get
00:36:26we've still got a few lines left we've still got a dozen of lines
00:36:30over in pierre park calum landry is rushing to run lines and meet his 10 gator quota without the help
00:36:53of
00:36:53his captain and navigator that's so pretty like you would think there'd be a good gator back here
00:37:00sounds very important right there don gave me a 10 gator quota so that put a little bit more pressure
00:37:05on me but here's my chance i can prove myself i can get it done so now i gotta go
00:37:11do more work by
00:37:11myself trying to figure out how to get my 10 gator what the hell
00:37:22a dead end it shouldn't be a dead end
00:37:33god i could have sworn i knew where i was at i this was the value that we've been taking
00:37:39i cannot let down find out that i did this i always alligator hunting with a partner because i'm
00:37:44normally not paying attention to where we put the lines at i'm normally dealing with beating hooks or
00:37:49figuring out other stuff going on in the boat i'm not really paying attention to where we even going
00:38:00i don't remember seeing all these camps even what's going on what's up my man not too much bro you
00:38:07doing all right today it's going enjoying that nice weather yeah it's beautiful today oh yeah bro i'm out
00:38:14here alligator hunting and i got turned around off of the main bayou they got a little island and then
00:38:19a
00:38:19little bit of cypress tree right next to it i set my line on you don't happen to know where
00:38:23it's at
00:38:23man bro about a mile and a half what you did you took a left or you took a right
00:38:27i took a left go back
00:38:29mile and a half go the opposite way okay well i definitely appreciate it man y'all have fun out
00:38:34there yep thank you very much all right good luck nice meeting you by the way nice meeting you also
00:38:38man
00:38:40calem lost valuable time and with daylight fading fast he still needs to catch six gators to hit his quota
00:38:48me getting lost that pushed me back like an hour so they put a little bit more pressure on me
00:38:52so it's going to be a job it's not i don't think i'm gonna make i don't think i'm gonna
00:38:56get my 10
00:39:12get it
00:39:12across the swamp well let's put this baby to the test chase made the risky decision to return home and
00:39:20try
00:39:20to fix his rifle burning up valuable time before continuing his hunt what's off is it my scope is
00:39:29it me is it the boat and the wind and waves somehow shoot my rifle and see whether it's on
00:39:37or off we'll go
00:39:45from there
00:39:46that one's low i gotta come up about two clicks
00:39:59now i went two clicks up and it went to the right of where i just shot before
00:40:06that don't make no sense i think i just shot the same hole you can put two shots in the
00:40:16same hole
00:40:18it ain't the shooter it's definitely the scope
00:40:22i've been having this scope quite a few years on my gun it's uh it's time to change it
00:40:31i've got a new scope and i'm already liking this a whole lot more it feels a lot better looks
00:40:38a lot
00:40:39better to me
00:40:43got my mounts adjusted right we're gonna get it dialed in here in just a second and once that's done
00:40:50there won't be any excuses as to not putting a bunch of alligators in the boat
00:41:00i know
00:41:04yeah i'm gonna shoot again
00:41:08with the scope dialed in chase will have to hustle to make up for lost time
00:41:14we got the new scope on the rifle i got it driving tax at 75 80 yards now we're good
00:41:21to go that should do it
00:41:25load the boat up here we go
00:41:40back in mardi gras pass nobody knows the swamp like the edgar's but poseidon seems to be an alligator
00:41:48that we hadn't been able to catch up with joey and callie are on the hunt for an old giant
00:41:54that's eluded
00:41:54the edgar family for years but guess what he messing with a father and daughter team we hungry
00:42:03and we gonna lean on believe that believe that there's nobody that knows this swamp like the edgars
00:42:12for this alligator to elude the edgar family for 15 or 20 years for this long
00:42:18he's the legend in our books and we out for
00:42:32look look look look right here look ready
00:42:44oh you broke the pole missed him 30 come see the line's completely gone he broke the branch
00:42:53look where he got on the bank there ain't no small alligator did that look where he passed oh dad
00:43:01he
00:43:02broke that tree and he ripped one out the ground it's like a whale getting on the bank he mashed
00:43:08it
00:43:08all up yeah he ripped the tree out the ground dad oh he's a big alligator he's a giant we
00:43:16go get him
00:43:18we go get him give me a little push joey knows this is the work of their elusive target poseidon
00:43:26even poseidon a mess up the need to feed this alligator he's evidently pulling the line and
00:43:34the branch cal and i we're still looking and hopefully hopefully we can get him sometimes you
00:43:40get slow times during the day and then all of a sudden you catch four or five in a row
00:43:44we might kill
00:43:45a little poseidon going up the bayou anything can happen you just got to be ready
00:44:04back in the lairman bayou mr bruce we got a boatload of gators today i know we do look at
00:44:09them
00:44:20i know what a day mr bruce and i are filling up the boat right and left and the slew
00:44:31still looks
00:44:31good the water's high mr bruce is right this is a great spot mr bruce is straight out
00:44:55okay get him get him get him be careful get the gun i'm coming i got him where are you
00:45:03at get him
00:45:03over here
00:45:10get him mr bruce get him mr bruce
00:45:36i got him
00:45:37i got him i got him
00:45:54we're good
00:45:57time to get her down it's looking real good we got a pile of gators now this brute pushes their
00:46:03gator
00:46:03count into double digits and for bruce it's a reminder that when you keep your eyes open for
00:46:09new opportunities the swamp will provide you never know what's going to happen to the swamp you just
00:46:16got to be prepared to do whatever you got to do you know especially with this high water low water
00:46:22you
00:46:23can't never tell what's going to happen i told you we got back here with the cat skater that is
00:46:28the spot for sure
00:46:30good look that's a load of that god dang mr bruce i know we did it i know we got
00:46:38a lot of gators in here cover them up
00:46:57over on lake barrett after swapping out his scope chase is back on open water looking to make up for
00:47:04lost time
00:47:08so
00:47:08you know the clock is ticking i don't have too long before it'll start getting dark out here so
00:47:12we got to do something you know it's now or never pretty much
00:47:23there he's swimming out from that log that's lit up by the storm
00:47:41right there
00:47:47oh he's shining like a diamond over there
00:48:03that wouldn't hit
00:48:06seemed like i hit him i don't know
00:48:09we'll see oh yeah i got him
00:48:16yeah i got it
00:48:24look like i went right in through his eyes
00:48:28we're just getting started we just got in here and we already got a nine footer coming in the boat
00:48:35this beast gets his hunt going but chase needs to hustle to salvage his day
00:48:41we got one alligator in the boat you know nothing to really brag about but
00:48:46we're not goose egging either so i'll take it that's what i'm talking about
00:48:55got him in the boat baby we just getting started
00:49:17back in pierre park calem landry has reeled in nine gators this afternoon
00:49:24and despite his navigational setback earlier he's just one gator short of hitting his target
00:49:30hopefully i can make it i only got a couple lines left and i only got nine gators in the
00:49:36boat
00:49:37hopefully i could have one more big or small it don't matter i'll take whatever i'll just need 10 gator
00:49:54oh i'll see that line took it
00:49:58like it'd be a goat what a lot buddy
00:50:08oh my
00:50:23oh man
00:50:32oh man
00:50:49oh
00:50:50oh
00:51:04i gotta get you in the boat
00:51:07this leviathan hits calem's quota
00:51:10but loading it'll take every last ounce of his strength
00:51:19phew
00:51:21i gave myself an attaboy because i proved myself to everybody i could do it by myself
00:51:26i did everything safely i didn't get hurt and most importantly i had my 10 gator
00:51:32i'm sure i got a story to tell done and believe me that how his night is
00:51:37i'm sure i was going to be able to do it by myself
00:51:47as daylight fades on lake verrett since fixing his scope chase has been on a tear with five beasts
00:51:54stacked up
00:51:55and he's not done yet we are going to go in the cypress trees in the edge of the lake
00:52:02where i know they got a big big alligator hanging out and put a tag on it
00:52:07my preferred method of hunting alligator is by far using a big rifle for the simple fact that
00:52:14the big giant alligators that always get away no matter what kind of hook or what kind of rope you
00:52:20use without a big rifle chances are you're never going to get them
00:52:42oh is that him back now see it
00:52:47oh look at him look at him out there right between the cypress trees
00:53:12i think he might be alive
00:53:37oh
00:53:37what i'm talking about
00:53:41whoa
00:54:02oh
00:54:04that's a giant buddy goodness
00:54:08that's why i love using that rifle too might make for a long day when you don't get anything
00:54:15but when you do is roller coaster
00:54:18this 12 foot monster is big enough to redeem chase's hunt i'm full of pride when i shoot a big
00:54:25alligator
00:54:25like this if you like to hunt and hunt alligators that's what you do it for this is this is
00:54:30one of those that are a life for a lifetime
00:54:36i love it when the plans come together
00:54:38i love it for a long stone bayou
00:54:54i love it for a long stone bayou
00:55:04i love it for a long stone bayou
00:55:08i love it for a long stone bayou
00:55:10you don't listen to me but you listen to us
00:55:13yeah we're about to our last lawn and i'm a little disappointed we're not catching as many
00:55:19alligators as we should be catching and he's just kind of you know of course i told you so old
00:55:25man back there shaking his fist at me but anything can happen at any moment maybe this could pay off
00:55:32i see a tight one oh we got a tree shaker oh yeah oh yeah my man hooked up i
00:55:41see a crime scene i
00:55:42don't know what's going on though oh my goodness
00:55:55i'm gonna get your gun
00:55:58oh watch a peewee watch a
00:56:00oh my god
00:56:02oh bring him up
00:56:10bring him up little girl
00:56:13come on come on
00:56:49i'm glad we came we got it out of the way but we ain't coming back
00:56:55this nine footer is a good end to the day but the hunters aren't sold on this new hunting ground
00:57:02the last few lines paid off thank god because if not it would have been a waste it did we
00:57:08can't
00:57:08afford to waste any time i was expecting to come back and get at least 10 good ones you know
00:57:14i will
00:57:15at least we got one good one
00:57:29over in mardi gras pass
00:57:32keep your rifle ready in your eyes i will hunters joey and callie are dead set on finding a legendary
00:57:39gator that has eluded the edgar family for years that last line that we just run you seen how that
00:57:46big branch was broken and how much damage they had around the line tore up that was beside yeah
00:57:53cattle and i we could try to kill this alligator we have a good average going on at mardi gras
00:57:57pass but at the same time
00:57:59we need to kill him because he's running lines ahead of us and he can take money out of our
00:58:04pockets
00:58:13pretty look he's bubbling right there
00:58:21so
00:58:21don't be told or you got it
00:58:22your turn
00:58:23Let's go Teddy.
00:58:28Get down low.
00:58:34Watch it, watch it, watch it.
00:58:38Hold it! Daddy!
00:58:40Watch it.
00:58:43Daddy! Daddy!
00:58:45Hello?
00:58:58He was pulling hard.
00:59:00I like that hook.
00:59:01I thought I was going to go in the water, that's why I kept screaming.
00:59:05That's the biggest one you ever hooked?
00:59:07Yeah.
00:59:08At 12 feet long, Joey knows they finally caught their monster after more than a decade of pursuit.
00:59:18That's him, Teddy.
00:59:19It felt really good that I got Poseidon because for 15 or 20 years, Dad said that they couldn't get
00:59:24him.
00:59:25He was a smart alligator, you know, he was always wise.
00:59:28Dad said, wise alligators are the big bulls of the swamp.
00:59:31Good job, Daddy. That's good work.
00:59:34That's real good work.
00:59:38Poseidon thought he was smart, but he wasn't smart enough, could he?
00:59:41Nope.
00:59:42He might have outsmarted you and Puffalo.
00:59:44He didn't not smart you, huh?
00:59:46Nope.
00:59:47That's what I'm talking about.
01:00:00After a long day and night of hunting.
01:00:03Boy, I ain't had these in the wall.
01:00:04I'm excited.
01:00:05This is going to be awesome.
01:00:07Bruce and Anna celebrate with a traditional swamp meal made from their bowfish and catch.
01:00:13I'm going to dump this in here.
01:00:16Kind of mix it in.
01:00:18I ground it up best I could, you know.
01:00:20I'm ready to eat a long day on the water.
01:00:22I'm starving.
01:00:24We got these big fish down here we call alligator gar.
01:00:27They get up seven foot long.
01:00:29They're huge.
01:00:30Me and Anna shot a few up.
01:00:31So what we're going to do, we're going to skin them up and grind these up.
01:00:35I season them up good, roll them in fish fry and fry them.
01:00:37And I'll make garballs.
01:00:39Oh my goodness they're good.
01:00:41How are they looking?
01:00:42They're starting to look good.
01:00:44I think they're about ready.
01:00:45They're all floating pretty good, huh?
01:00:46I'm ready to eat.
01:00:47Hey, I had fun last night.
01:00:49Good.
01:00:49I'm glad you like boat fishing.
01:00:51Yeah, but we're going to do it when it ain't gator season.
01:00:54Because I can't stay out all night, 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning.
01:00:58And then next day catch gators all day.
01:01:01I'm on now.
01:01:02I can't hang them.
01:01:04All right.
01:01:05Back in the day I could, but I'm done with that.
01:01:07Fine, after gator season we're going to go again.
01:01:09Okay.
01:01:09Maybe next time we'll get us some red fish too.
01:01:11Yeah, that'd be nice.
01:01:13For Anna, cooking up this gar isn't just a reward for a successful hunt.
01:01:18It's a reminder of the culture and tradition she loves.
01:01:23We grew up eating gar in South Louisiana.
01:01:25It's a native fish.
01:01:26But man, they're good eating.
01:01:28They're a great fish to eat.
01:01:29We love to make gar balls.
01:01:31So me and Mr. Bruce when we got those, he looked at me and he said,
01:01:33I think I could do this bow fishing thing again.
01:01:37All right.
01:01:38We did it.
01:01:39Hey.
01:01:43It's really good.
01:01:44They're good.
01:01:45I wish Mike could deliver them in the swamp to us.
01:01:48Me too.
01:01:49Me too.
01:01:49Hahaha.
01:01:51Back in the look.
01:01:54I feel like you'reciones to judge เห
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