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Swamp People - Season 17 - Episode 13: Late Season Salvation
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00:00:14Whoa.
00:00:15His head's right there. Shoot him.
00:00:17Watch him.
00:00:18With over two days left in gator season, the pressure is on.
00:00:22Whoo!
00:00:24One family makes a bold push to tag out early.
00:00:27I tell you what, it's a hard spot to fish.
00:00:30Betting everything on an untested bait.
00:00:33Yeah, what is this?
00:00:34That's beef lung.
00:00:35This might be the bait to help us end the season early.
00:00:39Another team goes full throttle to finish off the year.
00:00:43Let's tag out today, T.
00:00:44We got a bunch of lines out, and I want to end out with a bang.
00:00:48Ooh, gee! He popped the line.
00:00:50While the king of the swamp pushes his luck...
00:00:53Look at that.
00:00:54The whole branch is broken. Wow.
00:00:56There's a big alligator we've been after for a couple of years.
00:01:00See, we call him lucky.
00:01:01He don't piss me off.
00:01:02Nah, he's the other number.
00:01:03An epic high-stakes showdown ignites.
00:01:07We decide to go ahead and have a competition
00:01:09using just a big gun and a treble hook.
00:01:12That's a big one, will it?
00:01:13With the clock ticket, hunters have to cash out...
00:01:17You missed him, Tootie.
00:01:19...before it's too late.
00:01:21Oh, yeah, baby!
00:01:22Woo!
00:01:23Oh, my God!
00:01:24Woo!
00:01:24Woo!
00:01:25Woo!
00:01:26Woo!
00:01:31From this bankroll out of your life
00:01:34All the pain through the struggle and the strife
00:01:37Now there's just one thing you've got left to do
00:01:40Light a mask, let it burn, and break on through
00:01:44Woo!
00:01:48Like a wild horse running, you're out of control
00:01:54Like a loaded pistol, like a raging storm
00:01:58You got thunder in your veins
00:02:00You won't stop till your dying day
00:02:05Comes your way
00:02:17As daylight breaks in southern Louisiana
00:02:24King of the Swamp Troy Landry and his deckhand pick a wheat
00:02:27Need a successful day if they hope to tag out tomorrow
00:02:33Look right there, look at that corner
00:02:34They got it wore out with it climbing up and down
00:02:38The Landrys have over a hundred tags left to fill for the season
00:02:42So Troy's hung lines in one of his tried and true hot spots
00:02:47Lake Fossey Point is a beautiful state park
00:02:51And I've been there quite a few times
00:02:54It's big, there's a lot of bayous and waterways
00:02:58It's a beautiful park
00:03:00And you got a lot of alligators in it
00:03:08What we got, B?
00:03:10Oh my God
00:03:14Uh oh, look at that
00:03:15The whole branch is broken
00:03:20Pop
00:03:22I can't believe he broke that big old branch
00:03:25Look at the size of that branch
00:03:26There's no way he should have broke that
00:03:29No
00:03:29Wow
00:03:30No, he shouldn't have broke that
00:03:32That's a big old alligator, dude
00:03:34Probably would have been the biggest gator of the year right there
00:03:38That's a lucky alligator right there
00:03:40He got away
00:03:41Lucky
00:03:42Lucky ain't the word
00:03:44With an escape this dramatic in this bayou
00:03:48Troy thinks he knows the culprit
00:03:50There's a big alligator we've been after really and truly for a couple of years
00:03:55Every year during gator season when I go to that area, I see him
00:03:59And we never catch him
00:04:01Wow
00:04:01We call him lucky because he's been lucky for the last three or four years
00:04:06He's been dodging the chicken
00:04:07This is very personal now
00:04:09We have to get him and get him out of here
00:04:13Lucky for him and unlucky for us
00:04:16Want to reset?
00:04:18Want to reset?
00:04:18No, we're not going to reset right here
00:04:19But we're going to put two or three close
00:04:21Yeah
00:04:22I wonder if he's on the bank right here
00:04:24We're going to look good
00:04:25We're going to go real slow and look real good
00:04:27Let's roll
00:04:28Let's get it done
00:04:47Over in Pierre Park
00:04:49Jacob Landry and his deckhand Little Willie Edwards are off to a painfully slow start on their lines
00:04:56And little Willie's eager to mix it up
00:05:00Jacob, I think we ought to start trying to catch a lot more alligators with the trouble hook
00:05:05I don't know
00:05:06The big ones are slick
00:05:07They don't let you get too close
00:05:09You know that
00:05:10Knowing they can't come up empty on the second to last day of the season
00:05:14With their lines failing
00:05:16The pair shift their focus to open water hunting
00:05:19But the best method is up for debate
00:05:24Trouble hooking is fun
00:05:25It's exciting
00:05:26It's probably one of the funnest things to do in an alligator boat
00:05:28But at the same time it's not my thing
00:05:30I just feel that with the big gun
00:05:33I'm at a much better advantage of putting big alligators in the boat than with a treble hook
00:05:37Yeah, I think it's time for a little competition then
00:05:40I'm all for it if you are
00:05:42We want to see exactly what's the best method
00:05:44Whether it's big rifle or treble hook
00:05:47And Willie feels like he's on top of the world with a treble hook
00:05:50So we decide to have a little friendly wager in the boat
00:05:54And go ahead and have a competition about who can put the biggest alligators
00:05:58And the most alligators in the boat
00:05:59Using just the big gun and the treble hook
00:06:08I don't know what it is
00:06:09They got a pile of bubbles coming up over there
00:06:19That's an alligator because it's still bubbling
00:06:30Right on top of him
00:06:34There you go
00:06:36Feel good?
00:06:41I'm coming Willie, I'm coming
00:06:45Big ol' gator
00:06:47Don't get that wrapped up on you, Guna
00:06:49What?
00:06:51Oh, yeah
00:06:53That's a big one, Willie
00:06:56That's a good one there, Willie
00:06:59Come on, Willie
00:07:00Give me a shot
00:07:04Oh, big net
00:07:09Hold him, Willie
00:07:09Hold him, Willie
00:07:11Shoot him
00:07:19Hey!
00:07:21I love it
00:07:23All right, Willie one, Jacob zero
00:07:25You're in the lead
00:07:28In the frickin' foot
00:07:30No wonder he was pissed
00:07:32He messed up his manicure
00:07:35One, two, three
00:07:40Atta ball, Willie
00:07:42Hell yeah
00:07:48Yeah
00:07:49Good gator
00:07:50Oh, yeah
00:07:52This massive beast puts little Willie ahead
00:07:55And Jacob knows he has to bring his A-game
00:07:58Against the young treble hooker
00:08:00I can tell that it's a good 11
00:08:01At least 11, maybe even mid-11s foot alligator
00:08:04And I know dang well that it's gonna take a hell of an alligator
00:08:08To be bigger than this one
00:08:09He's up one to nothing on me
00:08:12Yeah, that's a tank
00:08:13That treble hook ain't no joke
00:08:15Nope
00:08:16Might have my work cut out for me now
00:08:18That one's gonna be hard to beat
00:08:21Hopefully we get another one just like him
00:08:39Let's roll, Teddy
00:08:40Before it get too hot
00:08:43Joey Edgar and his daughter Callie
00:08:45Have only a dozen tags left to fill
00:08:47And Joey's determined to finish today
00:08:50One day early
00:08:51Saving hundreds of dollars in bait, gas and supplies
00:08:57How many we got, Dad?
00:08:58We got 12 tags left, it ain't gonna be easy
00:09:00Let's lean on these things
00:09:02I told Callie we not gonna finish this season with any tags unfilled
00:09:06But whenever I set a goal for myself, I don't like to talk about it
00:09:10I just keep my head down, keep my fingers crossed
00:09:14And hopefully we'll get the job done
00:09:18To ensure the gators are biting today
00:09:20Joey's gambling on a radical new bait
00:09:22He bets will be familiar to gators in the area
00:09:27Guide on the big part of the tree by the boat
00:09:34Oh, what is this?
00:09:35That's beef lung
00:09:36Beef lung?
00:09:38Yeah, lung, off a cow
00:09:42Where you got that from?
00:09:43The butcher asked me if I wanted to try something
00:09:45That's why I got it
00:09:47These alligators know how to eat beef
00:09:49Yeah
00:09:49It ain't gonna have much smell, it's just more of a color thing
00:09:54It's not real bloody, but alligators, anything white
00:09:57Real bright colors, they're attracted to it
00:10:00Let's hope it works
00:10:02These alligators in this area know what beef is
00:10:05Because the ranchers in this area, when a cow dies
00:10:08They dump it overboard, they dump it in the bayou
00:10:10And these alligators have learned to eat beef or rotting beef
00:10:14So this might be something right up the island that they're accustomed to
00:10:18They might be, it might be the go-to bait feed
00:10:21That's a big piece, Dad
00:10:23Sound like sponge when you put it in there
00:10:25That's what it feel like
00:10:26Let me cut some more
00:10:28That's a little too big
00:10:29Joey will hang 30 lines with this new bait
00:10:32Hoping that's plenty to allow him to tag out
00:10:44Well, that's one way of utilizing everything, Pity
00:10:47Yeah, not wasting anything
00:10:49Not wasting nothing
00:10:52Well, that's one way of utilizing everything, Pity
00:11:09Over in Charenton Landing, like his son Joey, Mr. Daniel and Zach are within striking distance of tagging out a
00:11:16day early
00:11:18It's been a good season
00:11:19Crazy
00:11:20But we still got tags to fill
00:11:22Oh, we don't have to admit it
00:11:24I think we finished today
00:11:26Feels so good to have a great season
00:11:28But we gotta fill these tags
00:11:29There's no way about it
00:11:30So, I'm feeling good
00:11:31But five gators is still five gators we gotta find
00:11:34We don't have that many lines out
00:11:36That's right, that's right
00:11:38I'll tell you what, it's a hard spot to fish
00:11:41If we don't catch them on the lines, we're gonna have to really depend on that rod and reel and
00:11:44treble hook
00:11:44That's right
00:11:45Yes, sir
00:11:49Line down
00:12:00We got one, you think?
00:12:02Yeah
00:12:03I hope he's good
00:12:05He was on this side
00:12:11Is he coming?
00:12:13Is he coming?
00:12:14He's coming
00:12:14I got him
00:12:16There you go
00:12:17Pull him, Zach
00:12:23Phew
00:12:24Woohoo
00:12:29Woah
00:12:30Come on
00:12:31Bring him to me, Zach
00:12:32Turn his head
00:12:33God, this guy is strong
00:12:34Holy cow
00:12:37Woohoo
00:12:37That was my shot
00:12:39Oh
00:12:42On the second to last day of Gator Season
00:12:46Daniel and Zack are reeling in a vicious fighter.
00:12:51Whoa, don't get bit.
00:12:53Watch out.
00:12:54Why this thing's so strong?
00:13:02He's facing me, turn his head.
00:13:04Shoot him, shoot him, shoot him.
00:13:12Got him.
00:13:13Oh, yeah.
00:13:18Want to help?
00:13:19Probably.
00:13:20Come here, big boy.
00:13:27Not too bad.
00:13:29I don't mind taking them like that.
00:13:31This 10-footer is a solid start for the hunters.
00:13:35With four tags left to fill and 15 lines left to run,
00:13:39they still have a lot of work left to do in order to tag out a day early.
00:13:44It feels so good to have one in the boat, and that's a great start today.
00:13:48But we have to tag out.
00:13:50Daniel wants to fill these today, the last day for Daniel and I to hunt.
00:13:55That's solid.
00:14:12Over in Bayou Gray.
00:14:21Ronnie Adams and his deckhand Timmy O'Quinn have a dozen tags left to fill.
00:14:27Putting their tag out within reach.
00:14:30Let's make it all count, all bigs, daddy-o.
00:14:33Yeah, the season's fun, but I'm ready for it to be over.
00:14:36Me too, bro.
00:14:37It's been a long year.
00:14:38To ensure they finish today, Ronnie saved his favorite honey hole for last,
00:14:43an ace in the hole known as Salvation Bayou.
00:14:48Waking up this morning, I was like a kid at Christmas,
00:14:51because every year alligator season just seems like it brings more and more challenges on.
00:14:56And this was the toughest season ever.
00:14:58We have never had a season like this before.
00:15:00So right now, I'm pumped up, and I cannot wait to run the rest of these lines
00:15:05to see what the outcome is at the end.
00:15:17Oh, look at it.
00:15:18Straight out, dude.
00:15:19Straight out, T.
00:15:22All right, T.
00:15:23What we got, baby?
00:15:24We downtown?
00:15:25Julie Brown?
00:15:29I don't see the line, T. You?
00:15:31No.
00:15:35Nothing?
00:15:36Oh, it's on the bank.
00:15:37It's where?
00:15:38It's on the bank full of ants.
00:15:42Damn, T, bro.
00:15:44That ain't good, baby.
00:15:45Yeah.
00:15:46You see the hook there?
00:15:48The ants uncovered the bait.
00:15:49You can't even see the bait.
00:15:52Yep.
00:15:53If there's that many ants on it, the alligator will never even see it.
00:15:56See how he even smelled that one.
00:15:58No gator on this son of a gun.
00:16:00Look at the ants that was on that thing.
00:16:03Sucks, this first line ain't got nothing on it.
00:16:06Yeah.
00:16:07This is not the start the hunters envisioned in Salvation Bayou on what they hope will be their final day
00:16:13of the season.
00:16:14Let's get the hell out of Dodge.
00:16:16I'm kind of nervous right now.
00:16:18We got a bunch of lines out.
00:16:20Happy that it's coming to an end because it's been such a great year.
00:16:23But I just hope and pray, as long as it pays off in the long run, I can deal with
00:16:27the anxiety of that right now.
00:16:29You know?
00:16:30The little nervousness, I can deal with that.
00:16:32Not a good way to start out our last day, huh?
00:16:35Not a chance, bro.
00:16:51Back in Pierre Park, Jacob and Little Willie are reigniting a slow hunt with a competition to catch in open
00:16:59water.
00:17:01Never know what you're gonna catch over here.
00:17:03You never know what you're gonna catch.
00:17:06It's treble versus rifle, and Willie's ahead three to two.
00:17:11The advantage with the big gun is that you don't have to make that alligator bubble.
00:17:15You can take advantage of them and take a shot at a far distance if you're a good enough shot.
00:17:19Whereas Willie has to get right up on them.
00:17:21He has to see the bubbles.
00:17:22You have to try to track this alligator, which he's good at.
00:17:25But at the same time, I think the odds are in my favor by shooting from a distance.
00:17:35Right there.
00:17:36Right there.
00:17:39Oh, Lord.
00:17:46That's a real deal one right there.
00:17:51Really?
00:17:52Your big guns loaded?
00:17:53Absolutely.
00:17:54Look right there.
00:17:54Look right there.
00:17:55Look right there.
00:17:56Oh, that's a big one out there.
00:17:57Oh, yeah.
00:18:02Got to keep steel.
00:18:24Hey, there we are.
00:18:25Get your hook.
00:18:26Get your hook.
00:18:26Get your hook.
00:18:30Look right there on the right, Willie.
00:18:32Yeah, I see him over there.
00:18:38Look, he just rolled again.
00:18:48Got him.
00:18:49Got him right here beside the boat.
00:18:52Oh, this thing is heavy.
00:18:54Feels good.
00:18:54Ooh.
00:18:58Ooh.
00:18:59Look at that there, Willie.
00:19:00That's a giant.
00:19:01Yes, indeed.
00:19:02You want to hold this leg and I'll try to get to the front?
00:19:04Yeah, that's one with the big gun, Willie.
00:19:07You can't reach the big sun.
00:19:12Ready?
00:19:14One, two, three.
00:19:18Yes, indeed, my buddy.
00:19:20That was a good shot.
00:19:22One, two, three.
00:19:23Ooh.
00:19:24Good job.
00:19:25Yeah, I guess that makes us tired, huh?
00:19:28All I'm worried about is that in the boat, baby.
00:19:31That's all my main objective.
00:19:33Another 11-foot beast makes the score three to three,
00:19:37and Jacob is especially proud of this one.
00:19:41You know, shooting from a boat is really difficult.
00:19:43The boat's constantly moving.
00:19:45Every little ripple, whether it be two or three inches tall,
00:19:48can make that boat move, and obviously it makes you move.
00:19:51So, therefore, you only have maybe a one-inch target
00:19:54to hit at 100 or 200 yards.
00:19:57So, when you have that opportunity where you feel still
00:20:00and you feel like you can pull off the shot,
00:20:02you got to take it because a lot of times them big ones
00:20:05are big for a reason, and they're not going to give you
00:20:07much of a shot or time to shoot.
00:20:10Hey, my son.
00:20:11That's what I'm talking about.
00:20:12Catching, baby.
00:20:13We're catching.
00:20:30Back in Lake Fossey Point.
00:20:33Is that a clothespin hanging out that branch?
00:20:36Yeah.
00:20:38Troy and Pickle are running their lines
00:20:40and chasing a beast named Lucky.
00:20:43Ain't no slack on that.
00:20:45But so far, they're coming up empty.
00:20:48No slack.
00:20:49No slack.
00:20:50No slack.
00:20:51You know, this gator is really a challenge,
00:20:55because we should have caught him by now.
00:20:57He's smarter than your average gator.
00:20:59He's popping lines.
00:21:01Well, he's very frustrating.
00:21:03This alligator's costing us a lot of time and a lot of money.
00:21:09I see a tight line.
00:21:14Looks like we got a crime scene, Pee-wee.
00:21:16You think this is lucky?
00:21:22Don't come.
00:21:23Get your gun.
00:21:29Ooh, bring him up, Pee-wee.
00:21:31Bring him up.
00:21:36Yeah!
00:21:41That thing is mean.
00:21:48Don't move the ball.
00:21:52Hold on, man.
00:21:53Give me a shot.
00:21:55I'm throwing.
00:21:55I'm throwing.
00:21:58Ooh!
00:22:01Woo!
00:22:03Watch him!
00:22:07In Lake Fawcett Point,
00:22:10Troy and Pickle hope they finally caught their nemesis, Lucky.
00:22:14Ooh!
00:22:15Watch him, Pee-wee.
00:22:15Watch him!
00:22:18Oh, Lord!
00:22:20Give me a shot.
00:22:21I'm throwing.
00:22:23Woo!
00:22:29Woo!
00:22:30Woo!
00:22:32Woo!
00:22:34Bring him up.
00:22:35Bring him up.
00:22:35Bring him up, Pee-wee.
00:22:36Bring him up!
00:22:38Shoot it, Troy!
00:22:46Oh, yeah!
00:22:48Oh, you just know right where to put it.
00:22:54Look at this!
00:22:56Look at this!
00:22:56Oh, Lord!
00:22:57It's all laid up?
00:22:58Yeah.
00:22:59Yeah.
00:23:00I guarantee you that's the big one.
00:23:03The one you call Lucky, look it.
00:23:05Look his head is all broken in.
00:23:07Oh, my God.
00:23:08His head is all smashed.
00:23:10I ain't never seen one that just bit him in the head.
00:23:12He got bite marks all over him.
00:23:14He was just chewing on this little thing.
00:23:16Cool!
00:23:17Look at the teeth, Mark.
00:23:18Look at the size of that.
00:23:19He was fixing to eat the whole thing, but we drove up.
00:23:22It's clear this mangled gator isn't the beast they're after.
00:23:26But with only two days left in the season, Troy's brought along an insurance policy.
00:23:32These gators, other than alligator season, for one month out of the year,
00:23:37eat wild animals, eat raccoons, and neutral rats, and possums, and dead fish.
00:23:43That's what their diet is.
00:23:45Most of the time, it's dead fish.
00:23:47So what I decided to do was try a different bait.
00:23:51How do you hang these things?
00:23:53Show me just real quick.
00:23:54Just go through the gill.
00:23:55Make a few little holes in it for the smell.
00:23:58Just watch your hand, okay?
00:24:00Make a few little holes like that for the smell.
00:24:03Like a potato?
00:24:04Yeah.
00:24:05Okay.
00:24:05Yeah.
00:24:06And then you just hook it through the...
00:24:08They come on the back side.
00:24:09Okay.
00:24:10From the back.
00:24:12Troy and Pickle will rebate their lines with a putrid fish known as shad.
00:24:18You know, the chicken stinks bad enough, but the shad has a different smell completely.
00:24:24And it's a smell that gets in your sinuses, and you smell it long after you're off the boat.
00:24:30I figured he wouldn't be able to resist this.
00:24:33That's gonna get him, huh?
00:24:35Guaranteed.
00:24:36I promise you.
00:24:37It does look kind of tasty.
00:24:51Back in Salvation Bayou.
00:24:54I can't believe we got 12 tags left and unran 12 lines and ain't caught the first alligator.
00:25:00Ronnie's guaranteed hotspot is turning out to be the opposite.
00:25:04And if they don't finish today, it could cost them hundreds of dollars in supplies.
00:25:10Not good.
00:25:11Not good at all, bro.
00:25:14Yeah.
00:25:14I was so pumped this morning to be done with gator season today.
00:25:17This is unreal, bro.
00:25:19I'm kind of nervous right now.
00:25:21First couple lines is freaking empty.
00:25:24I want to end out with a bang, at least catch one or two good gators.
00:25:29But I gotta make it happen, because right now, these lines ain't cutting it.
00:25:46It's down?
00:25:47Yeah.
00:25:48Where at?
00:25:49That tree that's shaking.
00:25:51Oh, oh.
00:25:52The tree shaker.
00:25:53Had to be good, baby.
00:25:55Let's get it.
00:25:56Well tagged.
00:25:57Let's fill at least one.
00:25:59I hope it's something nice.
00:26:01I hope it's something nice.
00:26:05We do got something here, baby.
00:26:06I don't know what.
00:26:10Ooh, T.
00:26:11T, T, T, T, T.
00:26:13Get the gun, baby.
00:26:18Oh, yeah, baby.
00:26:19We got a good one.
00:26:20Here, Papa.
00:26:23Finally, our luck changed around, my dude.
00:26:28All right, T, ready?
00:26:32Shoot him, T, shoot him.
00:26:45Good job, T.
00:26:47Good job, T.
00:26:50Hold on, T. Let me grab these tangs.
00:26:52Twelve left, T.
00:26:54Now it'll be eleven, baby.
00:26:57This nine-footer jump starts Ronnie and Timmy's day.
00:27:02But they still have a long way to go to be able to tag out.
00:27:06Click, click.
00:27:08Eleven more sticks to go.
00:27:10And it ain't a great gator, but who cares?
00:27:12It's the last day, so I'm stoked, but I still got tags left to fill,
00:27:16and we got to catch them while we can.
00:27:18Baby, let's tag out today, T.
00:27:21A day's tearing around, bro.
00:27:22I just hope it continues.
00:27:23Yeah.
00:27:41Back in cattle country...
00:27:43Mmm.
00:27:44That's real, Teddy.
00:27:45See if that beef lung's paying off.
00:27:48Joey and Callie are returning to the lines they set with beef lung,
00:27:52hoping the new bait will allow them to fill their last twelve tags
00:27:56and finish the season early.
00:27:59I don't know.
00:28:00Alligators, anything white, real bright colors, they're attracted to it.
00:28:06You know, alligator hunting can be repetitive and just the same old grind all the time.
00:28:12I'm just hoping that this beef lung might be the bait to help us end the season early.
00:28:18The sooner we can get these tags filled, the sooner we can get back home.
00:28:22So I'm keeping my fingers crossed we might get our opportunity.
00:28:32Okay, Teddy, we got one on. Serious.
00:28:41All right?
00:28:43All right?
00:28:45I'll make you a slipknot.
00:28:48Like that.
00:28:52Strong alligator.
00:28:57Get your run.
00:29:06Whoa.
00:29:10Ooh.
00:29:11Watch it, dude.
00:29:13Mm-hmm.
00:29:18Watch it, Teddy.
00:29:20Give me a shot, Dad.
00:29:33Good job.
00:29:34That's a nice alligator, Dad.
00:29:36We're gonna pull him in while he's fresh.
00:29:41Wait.
00:29:42Okay, we got him.
00:29:44Rolling, Daddy.
00:29:51Watch his head. I'm trying to pull him in.
00:29:53Watch his head, I'm trying to pull him down.
00:30:06this beef lung is already off to a hot start but 11 gators still stand between them and
00:30:13tagging out a day early this beef lung it showed that it's catching pretty good
00:30:18we're on track but anything can happen just because you're catching them early doesn't
00:30:22mean that you're gonna catch them all day that's what i'm talking about baby that beef lung's paying
00:30:46off back in charrington landing daniel and zach filled two of their remaining five tags as they
00:30:53scramble to fill their season a day early let's see what we can do back here it's a hard spot
00:31:00to fish
00:31:00man luckily for zach and i just coming out the gate we started catching alligators but time's so
00:31:07important so we're gonna work hard get some of these alligators and get them tomorrow
00:31:15yeah right there
00:31:30you got one on it yeah oh you're the man
00:31:59in charge and landing oh that's a solid one come on
00:32:04daniel and zach hooked a wild beast
00:32:07zach give me a shot all right i almost got them to you
00:32:11hold him zach oh my god give me a shot i'm trying
00:32:16give me a shot turn these heads
00:32:22come on
00:32:25there you go there you go
00:32:36nice nice one we go out in the swamp and ride the bulls so we swamp cowboys
00:32:44that's what i'm talking about
00:32:47with this giant on board mr daniel and zach are two gators away from finishing their season
00:32:54our fishing effort's going pretty good and we got a couple of good alligators on the line
00:33:00so i'm feeling pretty good right now
00:33:05not gonna be easy buddy
00:33:23back in pierre park in the contest between sniper rifle and treble
00:33:30jacob leads little willie by a score of six to five
00:33:34look at that big one coming out down there
00:33:38the pressure's back on me now i'm up again
00:33:41to get it done with the treble hook and all and find another alligator
00:33:44i'm up on the chop block
00:33:46so we're gonna see if i can get it done
00:33:56over there by that log he's right here
00:34:07do your thing willie wang
00:34:16him yeah that's him
00:34:19i got him
00:34:21there we go bomb bomb
00:34:24cool wheat
00:34:42hey pop
00:34:45yeah he broke it
00:34:46damn
00:34:49that was a big gator
00:34:52man he broke my rope
00:34:53damn it willie
00:34:55missing this giant alligator is a huge blow to little willie
00:35:00he knows that he'll need to treble hook a giant to catch up to jacob and prove his worth in
00:35:06a landry boat
00:35:08big opportunity for me and it's it's rough i mean you get your your time to shine you mess it
00:35:15up and
00:35:16kind of bums you out it i mean it's kind of embarrassing you you wait all this time and
00:35:21you miss it so i gotta redeem myself i'm kind of in the hole right now i gotta go ahead
00:35:27and
00:35:27climb out of that hole
00:35:29you don't think it's still right there huh
00:35:32no that gator
00:35:33long gone
00:35:34it went out there somewhere
00:35:35it'll been a good one eye to the power buddy
00:35:55back in salvation bayou
00:35:57ronnie and timmy are anxious to close out their season
00:36:00but ronnie's trusted honey hole hasn't given them what he hoped
00:36:06eight more tags baby let's do it
00:36:08we got eight tags left
00:36:10i know that seems like not that many
00:36:13but we done fished this area a bunch
00:36:15we got a bunch of lines out there
00:36:17but eight tags is like an eternity
00:36:19and hopefully it pays off baby
00:36:22come on t we need our luck to change bro
00:36:25yeah we need to reach out to the gator gods to help us out
00:36:28eight more gators let's make it happen
00:36:43down oh bro look how tight it is
00:36:50come on baby be something
00:36:55heavy
00:36:56no
00:36:57we got something here papa
00:37:03cool t
00:37:05come on t that's a good one here baby
00:37:07cool cool that baby
00:37:09you got him in the tongue
00:37:10got him in the tongue baby
00:37:14come on
00:37:15come on
00:37:17come on
00:37:18who's barely hooked
00:37:19come on t come on t
00:37:20you gonna get off
00:37:21uh oh yeah
00:37:25in salvation bayou
00:37:27cool t
00:37:29ronnie and timmy are struggling to hold on to their fifth catch today
00:37:33who's barely hooked
00:37:35uh oh yeah
00:37:38eight tags left let's make it count
00:37:42all right right here t right here t
00:37:46get the shot
00:37:53that a baby
00:37:56what a relief
00:37:57i felt like we on number eight
00:37:59ordain eternity
00:38:02got him now
00:38:05get over there
00:38:09seven more after this team
00:38:11seven more
00:38:12with seven gators left to tag out
00:38:15ronnie knows the battle's not over just yet
00:38:18it's been an up and down day
00:38:20we all catching a few nice gators
00:38:22i got this special freak out mode inside of me right now
00:38:25i feel in the end and i'm pumped
00:38:27i'm excited even timmy's pumped
00:38:29seven more to go
00:38:32we're gonna get up and roll t come on baby let's get out this bad area
00:38:50back in cattle country
00:38:51with five tags remaining joey and callie are within reach of tagging out a day early thanks to their new
00:38:59bait
00:39:00i'm sorry you're fighting better today than yesterday beef long i've never baited with it it's real light it's not
00:39:07real bloody but it's the right color it's kind of white looking and it's got a strong beef smell this
00:39:13might be the bait to help us get what we need to get
00:39:21lines down
00:39:22lines down
00:39:26let's see if we got one i'm pretty sure we do
00:39:30okay daddy let's see
00:39:34all right watch that gap
00:39:39ready
00:39:40yeah
00:39:41let's see what i did
00:39:42let's see what i did
00:39:46watch it
00:39:51give me a shot
00:39:52give me a shot
00:39:54give me a shot
00:39:55give me a shot
00:39:56give me a shot
00:40:01hold him
00:40:01watch him
00:40:02don't lose him
00:40:07you missed him dude
00:40:08you gotta shoot him again
00:40:10You missed it.
00:40:11Whoa!
00:40:13Hold on.
00:40:14Ooh.
00:40:14Get in this time.
00:40:15Whoa.
00:40:16That ain't really good, man.
00:40:20I'll get you a shot.
00:40:20I don't care if it's in the white meat.
00:40:23I'll get you a shot.
00:40:25Hold him, Dad.
00:40:26Hold him.
00:40:34Good shot.
00:40:36Good shot.
00:40:41All right.
00:40:43That cow lung looks like it's working a little bit, Tootie.
00:40:45That was getting a lot of alligators in the boat.
00:40:48This beef lung is off to a hot start,
00:40:50but Joey knows better than to celebrate just yet.
00:40:55This alligator is not a monster.
00:40:57It's a decent alligator.
00:40:58I'd like to catch a big one, and we still have a chance,
00:41:01but I don't know if it's gonna happen.
00:41:03We're gonna see.
00:41:06That's what we need.
00:41:07Paul said he wants to fill all our tags,
00:41:09so we go fill them all.
00:41:09I wonder what him and Zack doing.
00:41:22Back in Lake Fosse Pointe,
00:41:25Tootie and Pickle returned to the lines they baited with Shad,
00:41:29determined to reel in their nemesis once and for all.
00:41:33Every year you leave a big alligator,
00:41:35you take a chance that somebody's gonna poach him,
00:41:38he's gonna die from something.
00:41:41Same thing with a deer.
00:41:43Same thing with a big buck.
00:41:45Now we're going after Lucky.
00:41:47He's gonna bite eventually.
00:41:49He's gotta smell this fish.
00:41:50I know we're gonna catch him.
00:41:51He's right here.
00:41:52There's no way about it.
00:41:53We gotta get him.
00:41:54We just gotta keep trying.
00:41:56Looks tight, huh?
00:41:57Yes, it does.
00:41:59This could be him.
00:42:01Oh, to the left, to the left, to the left.
00:42:11Oh, no.
00:42:12What, Phoebe?
00:42:13Hot!
00:42:15No.
00:42:16What?
00:42:18He couldn't resist that fish.
00:42:20That's 1,100-pound Tessalon, and he popped it.
00:42:23A lucky sucker.
00:42:24One of these days, this luck's gonna run out.
00:42:27And they were gonna change his name from lucky to unlucky.
00:42:31This was lucky.
00:42:32We caught him.
00:42:34He couldn't resist that shot.
00:42:35But there was either a log under the water,
00:42:38or a stump, or something,
00:42:39that he stretched that line so hard,
00:42:42and popped it, and got away.
00:42:43So he was lucky again.
00:42:45Lucky got lucky again.
00:42:46But that tells me something.
00:42:49He took the shot.
00:42:50So I know we have a good chance of catching this gator.
00:42:54You hear what I'm telling you, Phoebe?
00:42:55Oh, I hear you. I hear you.
00:42:57You don't piss me off now.
00:42:59It's the other number.
00:43:16Over in Charrington Landing...
00:43:19There's nothing on it.
00:43:21Damn!
00:43:24Mr. Daniel and Zack have five lines left,
00:43:27and they need two more beasts to tag out a day early.
00:43:30Our day started really good,
00:43:33but these last couple lines didn't do anything.
00:43:36Every day, it's a new challenge in this world.
00:43:39Adapt to the weather.
00:43:41Faith is like gambling.
00:43:44You don't win all the time.
00:43:46They win sometimes.
00:43:54Looks like we got one, Zack.
00:43:59Oh, that's a big one.
00:44:01Oh, my God.
00:44:03Oh, he might break off.
00:44:05We'll cut the string on the tree.
00:44:07You need to tie it to the boot.
00:44:09And get him out in the canal.
00:44:10Because if we fight him right there,
00:44:11he'll probably break it.
00:44:12Quick, Zack.
00:44:13Quick, quick, quick, quick.
00:44:14That's him dragging us.
00:44:15Oh, my God.
00:44:18You got a gun?
00:44:19Oh, yeah, buddy.
00:44:23Oh, my God.
00:44:24Watch him, Zack.
00:44:25Oh, he's huge.
00:44:28He's still doing it.
00:44:29Hold on, Zack.
00:44:29Hold on, Zack.
00:44:31It's huge, dude.
00:44:33Oh, shoot him.
00:44:35Shoot him.
00:44:37You gotta shoot him, Buck.
00:44:45Oh, my God.
00:44:46Oh, my God.
00:44:47Daniel and Zack are battling a behemoth in the water.
00:44:50Watch him, Zack.
00:44:51Oh, he's huge.
00:44:54He's still rolling.
00:44:55Hold on, Zack.
00:44:55Hold on, Zack.
00:44:56I got him.
00:44:57I got him.
00:44:57But he's huge, dude.
00:44:59God.
00:45:00Oh, my God.
00:45:01Oh, my God.
00:45:01Look at his back.
00:45:02Whoa, don't let him break the rope.
00:45:05His head's right there.
00:45:07Shoot him.
00:45:07Shoot him quick.
00:45:08I'm running on the line.
00:45:11You gotta shoot him, Buck.
00:45:13You're on.
00:45:15Tell him to stay still.
00:45:21Shoot him now.
00:45:21Shoot him.
00:45:22Shoot him.
00:45:28Oh, my God.
00:45:31It started raining.
00:45:33That is a monster.
00:45:35Look the mouth on that thing.
00:45:37I could bring this gator to the other side of the boat.
00:45:39And we'll just leave the winch over there, all right?
00:45:42Yep.
00:45:43I can drag him right over there.
00:45:44Well, let me just hook him first.
00:45:46Okay.
00:45:49All right.
00:45:50Over here is that.
00:45:51Oh, God.
00:45:52All right, big boy.
00:45:57Oh, that's a monster.
00:46:00Yes, sir.
00:46:01It's a nice alligator.
00:46:02Some of these old alligators, they have adjusted themselves to all our chicken and lions,
00:46:08and they've seen it all.
00:46:09But that lung.
00:46:10It just, when he saw that, he stopped thinking about everything that he learned.
00:46:15His head's all the way on the other side of the boat, and this boat's eight feet wide.
00:46:19Yeah, that's probably Levin.
00:46:21That's a big boy.
00:46:22This giant is a great catch for the hunters, but they still have one tag left to fill and
00:46:28no lions left to run.
00:46:30We finished running the lions, but we still need one more alligator to tag out.
00:46:34So, I know it's time to break out that rod reel.
00:46:37It's time to go hunting.
00:46:38Let me go check a good spot.
00:46:40We might get him with the rod reel trouble hook.
00:46:43Talking about the open leg?
00:46:44Yep.
00:46:45Yep.
00:46:45It's gonna be tough.
00:46:47But it's the last tag.
00:46:48And if we're gonna go, let's go out big.
00:46:51We'll get a big one.
00:46:52We'll give it a shot, Bob.
00:46:53Let's go give it a shot over at the daylight.
00:46:56Let's go.
00:47:05Back in Pierre Park, Jacob holds a narrow lead with eight snob gators.
00:47:13Is that one with his head up over there, Mr. Jacob?
00:47:17Oh, yeah, baby.
00:47:19Little Willie needs one more to tie this treble versus rifle showdown.
00:47:24Me and Jacob got a little competition going on of treble hooking, sniping and all.
00:47:29Right now, I'm a little iffy about it and all.
00:47:31I got big standards to meet, you know?
00:47:33So, we're gonna see if I can get it done.
00:47:38We're gonna try to push them a little closer to the bank where it's shallow, the treble hook.
00:47:45Head just went down.
00:47:51He's right here.
00:47:58Right on top of him.
00:48:05Feel good?
00:48:06Yeah.
00:48:07Oh, yeah.
00:48:08Oh, yeah.
00:48:12Oh, yeah.
00:48:13Now we're talking, Bob.
00:48:20Come on, Willie.
00:48:21Come on, Willie.
00:48:23Damn off.
00:48:27Hold him. Hold him, Willie.
00:48:37Hell to the yeah.
00:48:40Good job, Willie.
00:48:43One, two, three.
00:48:45One, two, three.
00:48:52All right, Willie.
00:48:53We tied up.
00:48:54This 11-foot monster evens the score with eight gators apiece.
00:48:58That's it, my boy.
00:49:00That's it.
00:49:01Yes, sir.
00:49:02And although the day ends in a draw, the hunters accomplished their goal of filling the boat.
00:49:08We got 16 alligators.
00:49:10We tied.
00:49:12Trouble hooking and sniping is tit for tat.
00:49:14We're the sniping and trouble hooking kings out here.
00:49:17So that's all.
00:49:18That's all that matters.
00:49:19Good job, Willie.
00:49:21Good job, Jacob.
00:49:23Yes, indeed.
00:49:37Back in cattle country, Joey and Callie need to fill one more tag to finish their season early.
00:49:44One left, Teddy.
00:49:46Look, Teddy.
00:49:47Yeah.
00:49:48That beef lung, the young ones are hitting it as soon as you hang it.
00:49:52Right.
00:49:53Look at him on the line.
00:49:54He's just holding on to the lung.
00:49:56He's not, he didn't swallow the hook yet.
00:49:58That beef lung is working.
00:50:00I feel that the gods are shining light on us.
00:50:04They like that lung.
00:50:05I'm telling you, that beef lung is getting him and I'm excited to run the rest of the line.
00:50:23Look, Teddy.
00:50:25They like that lung.
00:50:30Watch yourself.
00:50:36Look, look, look.
00:50:43That's a good one.
00:50:48Fighting a bolt.
00:50:49I know.
00:50:50Teddy whenever you can get a shot.
00:50:57Whoa!
00:51:00Give me a shot.
00:51:02You have to rock it.
00:51:04Whoa!
00:51:06Woo-hoo!
00:51:10In cattle country...
00:51:13Oh, my God.
00:51:14Joey and Callie are trying to bag their final Gator of the season.
00:51:20Whoa!
00:51:23That's a good one.
00:51:25Give me your shot, Daddy.
00:51:26Give me your shot.
00:51:27I'm trying to...
00:51:31You got to rock it.
00:51:48That's a good one, Daddy.
00:51:50Good job.
00:51:51Let's put him on a tip.
00:51:54Watch your leg.
00:51:55All right.
00:51:56This 12-foot monster ends the season on a high note.
00:52:00And Joey's grateful to add a new bait to his arsenal.
00:52:04Our time this year was special.
00:52:06We had fun.
00:52:08We killed some alligators.
00:52:09This beef lung.
00:52:11This beef lung.
00:52:11I've never used it before.
00:52:13But just like all fishermen, you're never too old to learn.
00:52:15We fill the boat up.
00:52:17That's what we're here to do.
00:52:18Kill alligators and load boats.
00:52:21We got him, Dad.
00:52:37Back in Salvation Bayou.
00:52:40Come on, big gator.
00:52:41Despite having one of their hardest days of the year, Ronnie and Timmy are one gator away from tagging out.
00:52:48Well, it's nicer to be able to tag out if we got one.
00:52:51Yeah, bro.
00:52:52Let's tag it and stag it, baby.
00:52:54Please.
00:52:55You know, coming up on this last line, one tag left.
00:52:59I am nervous.
00:53:00I'm sweating bullets right now.
00:53:01But that's just part of gator hunting.
00:53:04It's what it's all about.
00:53:06I want to finish with a bang.
00:53:11We ain't got much light left.
00:53:12A couple hours.
00:53:14Yeah.
00:53:14Well, I'd like to get the hell out of Dodge, bro.
00:53:17Look, he's on bang.
00:53:20Dude, we're about to tag out on a giant, son.
00:53:23Heck, yeah.
00:53:25Ooh, T, look at the size of this dude, bro.
00:53:28I know.
00:53:29I think I ought to shoot him before he take off.
00:53:31Yeah, he might rip the hook out of his mouth.
00:53:34Let's just creep up to him slow, slow, slow, all right?
00:53:38Come straight in like you are.
00:53:39Cool.
00:53:40T, try to shoot him in the ear, huh?
00:53:42Yeah.
00:53:50He shot over.
00:53:51No sights on this thing, bro.
00:53:55Shooting one more time, T.
00:53:58Ooh, T!
00:54:04Ooh, look at the size of him, T.
00:54:08Ooh, ooh.
00:54:08This mother freak is a giant, T.
00:54:12Yeah, that is a giant.
00:54:16Go ahead, get it.
00:54:17Get it over with, T.
00:54:17Woo!
00:54:28And a baby!
00:54:29Tagged out, baby!
00:54:31Last one!
00:54:32What a season!
00:54:33We had knocked him out, bro.
00:54:36One, two, three...
00:54:37All right, T.
00:54:39Cool, look at this giant, bro.
00:54:41This 11-foot giant is exactly what Ronnie and Timmy needed to end their season.
00:54:47One left, daddy-o, and I'm going to give you the honors, bro.
00:54:52Last day of hunting, monster gator on the line,
00:54:55probably one of the biggest all year.
00:54:57It's just a great ending to a great season.
00:55:00I cannot wait to hear the click-click.
00:55:02Click-click.
00:55:03We have never had a season like this before.
00:55:07We are finished!
00:55:19Back in Charmton Landing,
00:55:22Daniel and Zack have one tag left to fill for the year.
00:55:26But with no lines left, their fate depends on open water hunting.
00:55:31One more.
00:55:32We're done working our way through the lines,
00:55:33but we need one more alligator to tag out.
00:55:36Luckily, I brought my rod and reel, so let's throw one more in the boat.
00:55:46Look, look, look.
00:55:47Oh, my goodness.
00:55:48That's a good one.
00:55:51A little bit more, a little bit more.
00:55:53All right, good.
00:55:54That's our tag out.
00:55:57That's it.
00:55:58That's it.
00:55:59Oh, I can't reach, dude.
00:56:01Dead.
00:56:01Oh, my God.
00:56:03Oh, he's going down.
00:56:04You might be able to get him on the move.
00:56:05Okay.
00:56:11Go get him.
00:56:12That might be right on top of him.
00:56:14He's still there, huh?
00:56:14Yeah, yeah.
00:56:18I got him!
00:56:19Yeah!
00:56:19Way to go!
00:56:20You got him, T!
00:56:21Let's go!
00:56:24Let's go tighten the dragon a little bit.
00:56:26Don't give him anything.
00:56:29Take it, Zack.
00:56:30Yeah, hold on.
00:56:31We don't want to lose him.
00:56:32Yeah, we don't want to lose him, dude.
00:56:32Because if he turns, comes back on me?
00:56:35Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:56:36Okay, just stop.
00:56:37All right, he stopped.
00:56:40Oh, my God.
00:56:41This feels like a Marlin, dude.
00:56:43You're going to have to turn just like you were doing.
00:56:44Hard.
00:56:45Hard.
00:56:46He's in trouble and he knows it, Zack.
00:56:48Okay, D.
00:56:48Go ahead.
00:56:48I'm telling you.
00:56:53I'm fixing to let you look at him.
00:56:55That's going to do it.
00:56:55That's going to do it.
00:56:56I'm fixing to let you look at him, Zack.
00:56:56You better look at him, Zack!
00:56:58You better look at him, Zack!
00:56:59Yeah!
00:57:00Fire!
00:57:02Zack, get the big gun!
00:57:04No!
00:57:05Hold on, hold on!
00:57:06Oh!
00:57:08Oh!
00:57:13Pick up.
00:57:14Only second-to-last day of Gator season.
00:57:16Hold it on!
00:57:18Daniel and Zack are fighting to tag out with a monster.
00:57:22You want to look at him?
00:57:23There he is!
00:57:24You want to look at him?
00:57:25There he is, buddy!
00:57:26Hold it on!
00:57:27Oh, he's big.
00:57:29Zach, get the big gun.
00:57:30I'm getting him.
00:57:32Oh!
00:57:32One more!
00:57:33Ah!
00:57:35Shoot that thing!
00:57:39Oh!
00:57:41You got him.
00:57:42Where's his head?
00:57:43Hold on.
00:57:44I'm coming up with him.
00:57:46One more tag, baby.
00:57:47Come on.
00:57:50Oh!
00:57:58That one?
00:58:00He's every bit of 12.
00:58:02Close to 13.
00:58:04Tag out!
00:58:05If you got a tag out, tag out big.
00:58:10Okay, get this over here.
00:58:12All right, let's go.
00:58:19Look how big a round that monster is.
00:58:21Look at that, boy!
00:58:22That's taller than us!
00:58:24Yeah.
00:58:25From one side of the boat, all the way to the other side,
00:58:28get more than six feet straight up.
00:58:30This 13-foot Leviathan caps off a season full of monsters.
00:58:35And they did it with a day to spare.
00:58:38It's been a really good day for Zach and I.
00:58:40We decided to go out in deep water, and there's a bull.
00:58:45But we also just finished early, so we're smiling.
00:58:49It's been a good day.
00:58:50What a season!
00:58:52Hey, that's...
00:58:53I think that was my best one, yeah, with you, Daniel.
00:58:56I love you.
00:58:57I appreciate you.
00:58:58Thank you, Zach.
00:58:59Hey.
00:59:00I had a wonderful time, buddy.
00:59:01I wish I could be your blood grandson, brother.
00:59:04Dream team.
00:59:05I'm telling you.
00:59:16Over in Lake Fosse Pointe,
00:59:18Troy and Pickle are still running their shad lines
00:59:21looking for Lucky.
00:59:23You know he's right here somewhere.
00:59:26He's dead in numbers.
00:59:28Lucky's luck is gonna run out.
00:59:30But despite the fact they haven't caught him yet,
00:59:34Pickle remains confident in her captain.
00:59:37He knows so much about how to lure an alligator out,
00:59:41and especially, like, these old small ones.
00:59:43So, today I'm learning something new, you know?
00:59:46Like, you can't always bait with chicken.
00:59:48You gotta kinda break it up.
00:59:49And they used to be smelling his chicken for a month now,
00:59:52you know?
00:59:52And finally, boom, we throw him a shad,
00:59:54and he's gonna bite.
01:00:01Oh, look at him, up on the bank.
01:00:07Oh, now that I see him, now that I see him.
01:00:09Hurry up.
01:00:10How's that going?
01:00:12This could be him.
01:00:13He's big.
01:00:15Yeah, you think this is him?
01:00:17He's really big.
01:00:18It could be Lucky.
01:00:25Ooh!
01:00:26Ooh!
01:00:26Oh, whoa.
01:00:27It's a big one.
01:00:29Shoot him.
01:00:32Shoot him.
01:00:34Shoot him!
01:00:36Shoot him!
01:00:44Whoa!
01:00:46Good shot, dude.
01:00:49He's dead, P?
01:00:50He dead.
01:00:51That's a big ol' alligator.
01:00:56We're wrenching it?
01:00:58Oh, yeah.
01:00:58I don't have him move yet, dude.
01:01:00Don't move.
01:01:01Okay, P.
01:01:06Well, Peewee, luck as luck ran off.
01:01:09He's been getting away from us for years and years.
01:01:12This same alligator right here.
01:01:14If we wouldn't have put fish,
01:01:15I don't think we'd have caught him on chicken.
01:01:17At over 12 feet long,
01:01:20there's no doubt they finally caught their monster.
01:01:24One, two, three.
01:01:26Hold it.
01:01:26Hold it, P.
01:01:27Oh, God.
01:01:29Right there.
01:01:30He was lucky because he had took two or three pieces of shad
01:01:33and didn't get caught.
01:01:34But luck as luck finally ran out.
01:01:37He couldn't resist that shad.
01:01:39And I always, till the day I die,
01:01:42I believe that's why we caught him.
01:01:44I don't think we'd have ever caught him with chicken.
01:01:47Lucky ain't lucky no more.
01:01:49Lucky ain't lucky no more.
01:02:06Over in Franklin...
01:02:07Well, we had a decent alligator season.
01:02:10We surely did.
01:02:13The Edgar family enjoys a rare moment of peace
01:02:16to celebrate the end of another successful hunt.
01:02:20It's times like this that make the hard work worth it.
01:02:24You're right.
01:02:24Spending time together...
01:02:25It's priceless because no one can touch it.
01:02:30I just want the kids and the grandkids to understand
01:02:35that your strength is in your family.
01:02:39That's where your power is,
01:02:41when you all look out for each other.
01:02:43If you stand alone,
01:02:46the wind or anyone can knock you over.
01:02:49But when you've got your family and all your support with you,
01:02:52that tree's hard to knock over.
01:02:55Pa, Dad let me drive the airboat.
01:02:58My goodness.
01:03:00Good job, Pa Pa.
01:03:02Yeah.
01:03:03The only bad thing about driving the airboat
01:03:05is it's no reverse.
01:03:06It's no reverse.
01:03:07Yeah.
01:03:08And you have to remember,
01:03:09it operates different in deep water and shallow water.
01:03:12Yeah.
01:03:13Dad was saying,
01:03:14if you're heavy, don't go down the middle.
01:03:15Get by the bank a little bit.
01:03:17And if you wide open,
01:03:19don't stop too fast
01:03:21or the water will come over the bank.
01:03:23Yeah.
01:03:24But I got pretty good at it.
01:03:26You're doing real good.
01:03:27This year, Callie and I,
01:03:29this is our second year together.
01:03:31Callie's progressed as an alligator hunter
01:03:33and she did all that she could do.
01:03:36I feel that our time this year was special.
01:03:39We had fun.
01:03:40We killed some alligators
01:03:42and the future is so bright.
01:03:44What a blessing.
01:03:46Daddy, Daddy can't say it enough.
01:03:48I'm so proud of you,
01:03:49who you are as a person
01:03:52and definitely a hunter.
01:03:55Thanks, Daddy.
01:03:56Love you.
01:03:56I appreciate that.
01:03:57Love you too.
01:03:57I love you.
01:03:59Yeah.
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