It's all hands on deck as gator season rages on.
Time for the young blood to come in.
Time for the young blood.
Whoa, watch him, Pee-wee!
Hunters suffer the wrath of the swamp...
Second gator we caught missing a foot of tail.
This gator, he's a nuisance to me right now,
as they race after giants...
The water level went down a little bit.
Hold on. Whoa! [thud]
We gotta get these infertile bulls out of here. Whoa!
and chase 'em into the deepest waters of the bayou...
They dug it real deep, that area.
There's a good 40 to 50 foot here.
Good, good.
while they fight to keep their neighbors safe...
Gators swimming. They got a gator right here.
They got a lot of gators in this area.
...in the battle to secure 350 new tags.
Whoo! We about to rack up. Cha-ching!
♪
As the sun rises over south Louisiana,
another day of gator hunting kicks off.
T, we good on bait? Guns?
Yes, indeed, let's get it, baby.
Today we gotta stay focused.
Like our lives depend on it.
Once again the Landrys are dominating the competition,
while Leron, Porkchop, and Bruce
continue their rapid ascent,
and the Edgars battle it out in third.
Near Bayou Choupique...
Daniel and Dorien have set lines in an area
where the Edgars harvest eggs in the offseason.
I collect alligator eggs.
Some of these nests I've been picking 25 years.
And all of a sudden I'll come and the eggs are clear.
They're not fertile.
I know what the problem is.
Because the eggs collected in this area never hatch,
Daniel knows the local dominant bulls must be sterile.
I've got some big mature bulls that are old,
and they're not fertile anymore.
So we're gonna go into that area
and target those non-fertile bulls.
Hopefully a little younger bull
will come in and breed these females.
Gotcha. Time for the young blood to come in.
Time for the young blood, pa.
By removing these bulls, I accomplish two things.
It's gonna really help my average,
but also it's gonna help my egg management program,
how we manage this wild alligator in the swamp.
The line's down, pa.
Oh, look at that log, pa.
Oh, wow.
Little baby alligators, pa.
That's who we trying to protect right now.
That's part of the management plan.
That's the brood stock.
That's what we're trying to protect.
Let's take a look at this thing.
Oh, he's heavy.
Whoa!
Give me a shot on this thing.
Oh, it's a good one.
Whoa.
See if you can get me a shot.
Here it is right here.
[gunshot]
You burned him.
Let's get him up here. Let's take a look at this thing.
Absolutely.
Let's go.
All right.
This nine footer
is a good start for the Edgars.
It certainly won't hurt their season average.
That's a younger bull, like you.
Not a sterile bull, pa, but we'll take him.
-Yup, yup, yup. -We will respect him.
It's a good alligator, and it's not bad for my average,
but he's not the bull that I'm after.
Because a nine-foot alligator obviously is still fertile.
That's a breeding bull like you are, pa.
Hey.
But, look, don't get it in your head
that I'm not a breeding bull.
-You still got it. -I st-- [laughs]
Farther east in Vacherie,
Leron and Porkchop are answering a call for help.
Yesterday their neighbors Demel and Fruit
alerted them to a serious threat.
Hey, man, my kids and my nieces and nephews was out swimming
and they came running, screaming inside.
Alligator swam up on 'em, man.
I talked to a of couple guys down the street,
and they had the same issue, too.
So, you know, you wouldn't only be helping out me,
you'd be helping out our community, man,
and I'd appreciate that so much.
We gonna take care of that situation for y'all.
I got 4 little boys.
Just the thought of any one of them
getting hurt by an alligator is disturbing.
It's very disturbing.
So I look at the other kids in the community
just like I look at my own kids,
and I make sure I protect them, too.
It's our duty to do that.
Yeah, that's a nice one there, Porkchop.
Nice one there.
They got a gator right there swimming.
They got a gator right here, Porkchop.
They got a lot of gators in this area.
Oh, hold on, cuz.
Watch him, cuz. Watch him, cuz.
Aah. Whoo, man.
That's a big one there, cuz. He's pulling, cuz.
-He's pulling rope, yeah. -Yeah, he's pulling rope. cuz.
I got him, cuz, I got it.
He gonna whip our ass with that tail, man.
-Yeah. -Gimme a shot, buddy.
Come on, cuz, get him.
[gunshot]
Whoo, man! Give me some, buddy.
That'll get him.
I'm happy we just got him away from that community area, man.
-Oh, yeah, cuz. -Ah!
This nine footer,
less than half a mile from people's homes,
is a wake up call for Leron and Porkchop.
The danger to the community is real.
When alligators get comfortable around people,
that means they not running from nobody,
they running to you, and that's a problem.
Oh, man.
Over on Bayou Sorrel,
ever since his son Little Willie took a job on land,
veteran hunter Willie Edwards has struggled.
He now finds himself in last place
and will try making up some ground treble hooking
in a secret location that's not easy to get in... or out of.
About to cross this little hill here,
and I'm hoping I can get across it.
It looks pretty friggin' low.
Get down here to it, but we gotta go across that thing.
They got a little borrow pit where I fish at and everything,
and they got a ridge across the front of it.
You gotta slide over into the hole.
Now, right across the hole is 40 foot of water.
I mean, you got plenty of water.
But going across that hill,
you gotta know what you're doing.
You gotta know how to drive a boat,
and I hope I can get in there and I hope to get back out.
I'm gonna just have to be quick about it
and roll with it and try it out.
Yeah, look like the water level went down a little bit,
and, uh, that ain't good.
See, it's low.
Hold on.
I don't know about this.
[thud] Whoa.
Glad to make it, though.
That was too close.
The sandbar will only get shallower
as the morning goes on.
Willie wastes no time getting down to business.
We right now, we after a big alligator.
He's right here bubbling.
That one right there.
Here we go.
Yeah, a big one.
We got a brute.
Look how big this thing is.
He's ripping it through my hands like I don't know what.
He's a big gator.
[gunshot]
Old big boy bit the dust.
Good Lord have mercy, what an alligator.
Lord have mercy, look at the head on that thing.
Ain't easy by yourself.
Come on, baby.
This 12-foot beast could be the ticket out of last place.
[grunting]
That is a big alligator.
That'll get them tags.
You know, I can treble hook-- I catch 'em--
I can catch 'em all with the treble hook.
But the only big thing is loading them in that boat I got
that I'm working out of now.
The side of the boat is 30 inches tall,
and you trying to load
11, 12-foot alligator in the boat by yourself,
it ain't no-- it ain't an easy job.
I mean, you got to strain and put out
to put that alligator in the boat by yourself.
And, I mean, the boat I got now,
it's pretty hard to do.
These big alligators like this by myself,
it's gonna slow me down big time.
But... I need that size to get them tags.
That's a gator.
Farther out, on Bayou Petit,
King of the Swamp Troy Landry and his deckhand Pickle
have secured tags for some of the deepest swamp
in south Louisiana.
We gonna catch here, baby.
That's deep water. Catch a big one.
Oh, a deep hole like this, for sure.
We're about to rack up. Cha-ching.
Pee-wee's daddy told us about a place
close to the Mississippi River
which I think could be good for us.
When they was building the interstates and all that,
they used to dredge for shells.
They dug it real deep, that area.
Big alligators go with big water,
so I'm pumped up to go over there.
-This is it, huh? -Yeah. This is the spot
I think your daddy was telling you about right here.
After they dredged it,
it used to be like 40 or 50 feet deep.
See where them little white trees is?
Daddy said they pumped a lot of shells there,
and he said they pumped a lot of shells.
Look them little trees right there.
Okay.
Oh, Pee-wee, we got something here.
Oh, yeah. I think we got a land gator.
Oh, yeah, we got a good alligator
way up there on the bank.
-Way back there. -He's back there.
Watch him.
Look like he's dead.
By Bayou Petit, Troy goes toe to toe with a land gator.
Look like he's dead-- Whoa, watch him, Pee-wee!
Watch him!
Don't let him get in the boat.
Oh! Oh! Dude, this thing won't stop.
-Oh! -Watch him!
Aah...
Shoot! Shoot!
Shoot!
[gunshot]
Whew. I didn't wanna shoot towards you over there.
Good thinking, but Lord have mercy.
At eight and a half feet long, this is a nice catch,
but Troy thinks they can do even better in the deep water.
You gotta give it time.
You know, we put a good set out yesterday,
and I'll be able to tell you at the end of the day
what we catch.
But I know they got big alligators around.
You got to be patient, Pee-wee.
Have some patience.
Outside Violet,
Ronnie Adams and his deckhand Timmy Aucoin
have been stuck in the bottom half of the rankings
for the 350 tags.
We gotta get a big one today.
Oh, yeah, we need a couple big ones.
Yeah.
Realizing their predicament,
they aim to make a big push
by hunting in one of Ronnie's favorite honey holes.
We're heading out to an area
that I know is loaded with big gators,
and I feel like we're gonna have a good time
at putting big gators in the boat.
You know, 10-foot plus, bigger.
And I'm excited about this area.
I can't wait to get in there.
I hope Legend's as excited as me.
Oh, yeah, oh, yeah, baby.
We down, baby. We downtown.
I seen something in the water there.
-Huh? -It's a big one.
-Big one? -Think so.
The pole's shaking for sure. Look at that.
-The pole's shaking? -Yeah, he's pulling hard. Look.
Oh, yeah, let me hold that pole, brother.
Here we go.
-You got it? -Yeah.
Where it's going, under the boat?
-Under the boat, yeah. -Give it to me.
He's heavy.
Oh, boy, look how big he is.
Watch him, Timmy! Watch him!
Boy, that's a monster, baby.
Get him, baby.
Ooh, what a way to start the morning off, huh, bubba?
Whoo-hoo! Golly, that motherhumper's strong, Timmy.
-Hold him steady. -Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
Get him, T. That's a good one, boy.
He's trying to get under the boat and cut that line.
Whoo! Come on, big boy.
Boy, that motherhumper's mad, boy, this morning.
-Hold him, hold him. -I got him, baby.
He's pulling the boat off-- Watch him.
Get a shot on him, T.
Pop him, bubba! Drop the hammer on him, T!
[gunshot]
-That a boy, T! -Whoo!
Good job, brother.
That a way to start the morning off, huh?
-10-footer in the boat, baby. -Another one down.
I love when we gotta use that hook,
because you know he's a big mamajama.
That's it.
There we go, brother.
All right, I'm gonna pull him up over.
-You ready? -Yup.
One, two, three.
Oh, Lord. Roll him, T.
All right.
Look at this hammer here, T.
I can barely get the tail in.
Hell, yeah, Timmy.
Hell, yeah, my brother.
Oh, he's lost a foot of tail, dude.
Oh, look at that.
This would be an 11-footer.
If we had the rest of the tail it might be.
We wanna catch the one that chewed this off.
Yes.
This 10-footer will help the hunters rise in the rankings,
and hopefully Ronnie's honey hole
will deliver even more giants.
I mean, it's a 10-footer,
but this one's missing about 10 to 12 inches off his tail,
We doing good, but we got robbed a little.
In Bayou Choupique,
Daniel and Dorien are targeting infertile bulls
to protect future gator populations
and load up on some giants as well.
This area right here,
I'm having trouble with some of the females being fertilized.
The eggs are not fertilized.
We have to get out some of these sterile bulls.
You got four nests in a row
right here in this area and they're all clear.
That bull just got too old to breed these females.
But he's still big enough
to kick any young bull's ass from breeding 'em.
I had a sterile bull back here.
That might be him.
And we gonna tie it off.
Just in case it's one of those bulls with a bad prostate.
Let's check him out here.
Oh, that's strong. Get him, pa.
Bring him back to me. Give me a shot.
[gunshot]
This bull helps their average,
but Daniel believes there are bigger sterile giants
lurking in this swamp.
Looks like about a nine-and-a-half footer, pa.
Yes, sir.
A nine-and-a-half-foot alligator is a great alligator,
but we have to be a little more selective
and target the big sterile bulls that are causing the problems.
This alligator right here is probably 15 years old.
The one I'm after is 75, 80 years old.
Farther east near Vacherie...
Leron and Porkchop are going after monster gators
threatening the local community.
Oh, ain't got nothin' on it.
We gotta fix this situation, Porkchop.
It's very important protecting our community
when it comes to these gators.
Hopefully we find some of the bigger ones
that've been threatening people around here.
Don't look good at all, Porkchop.
No, man.
Yeah.
We will get the job done some kind of way.
Alligator, they can smell that chicken a mile away,
so if that scent's real strong, they coming for it.
Great thinking, man.
Yeah.
Porkchop came up with the idea to take the chicken juice
and made a trail all through there.
Man, I sure hope this works, but I guess we'll find out.
Ooh, yeah, cuz.
Ready?
All right, you good.
Meanwhile in Bayou Sorrel,
Willie Edwards is stalking giants.
But with water levels sinking and a set of lines
he still needs to run across the sandbar,
time is not on his side.
Get one shot on this one.
Oh, man.
That was it right there.
When I'm by myself like this,
I mean, you just gotta stay far back off of 'em
and let 'em settle down and just have patience.
It's just taking too long on this one here,
and I might have to get it quick.
I don't know what kind of knots I got here.
Got his ass now.
[bleep] Damn!
Good Lord have mercy, that thing was pulling.
Got something for you, big boy.
[gunshot]
This 10-footer gets Willie a step closer
to moving out of last place,
but he still needs to make it back across the sandbar
to run his lines.
Go right here and get a little start.
I'm trying to get out of here.
[thud] Oh, [bleep] we hit ground.
Oh, no! Oh, no!
Son of a bitch.
Choo-whoo.
[bleep] Damn, man!
Golly. Getting all the gators out.
Get the weight, we get off.
Get it where we can, uh, get the boat light.
Only way to solve that
is I'm gonna have to take alligators out of the boat,
and I'm gonna have to get behind this thing
and just manpower to push it off.
Ain't too many people know where I'm at.
I might have to take everything out of the boat,
even the gas tank, everything.
But we'll see what it's gonna do
after unloading the alligators
and see if I can move it by then.
[grunting]
Got it. I'm getting it.
Ahh!
I mean, goodness gracious.
[grunting]
After pushing his boat off the sandbar
and reloading his gators,
Willie still has 20 lines to run
before his day is done.
Man, that was a job, man.
Late in the day now, man.
Ain't doing that again.
Man, that was almost a bad situation.
In Bayou Petit,
Troy and Pickle are betting on deep water to catch giants,
but so far they haven't nabbed the behemoths they're after.
There's supposed to be huge alligators
back here in this deep water.
and it's just not coming true for us,
and we hurting our average.
Oh, that one look tight, Pee-wee.
Look like a disaster.
Bring him up, bring him up.
Whoo!
Unh!
Show him who's the boss, Pee-wee.
-Watch him. -[Pickle, indistinct]
-Watch him! -Aah!
Fight him, P! Fight him.
Whoo!
Unh!
Shoot!
Whoo!
Good shot.
Hope we get one big enough to use the winch today.
At eight feet long, this certainly isn't the size
Troy was hoping to catch here.
Grab the leg. Let the head go.
One, two, three.
There's nothing more important
as it is to know where the deep water's at.
But in the swamps, it changes so much every year.
Every year in the spring, we flood.
When the water goes down,
that's when you notice the changes.
What silted up, what got deeper,
what got more shallow.
You know, every spring it changes.
I got us a little drag.
Pee-wee's dad said they dredged this out years ago
when they made the interstate, but that was in the sixties.
So now we gotta figure out what parts are still deep.
So I just bought an old hook-net drag,
and we dropping the drag and we marked it every 10 feet.
We put a little piece of ribbon on the rope.
We gonna figure out where the deepest spot is,
and that's where we gonna set our lines.
Ho. Oh, oh.
Ooh, you went down a little far there.
Damn. It's a good 40 to 50 foot here.
Good, good.
There's not a lot of places that's 40 foot deep,
and when you find one, you can believe
if there's some big alligators around,
that's where they gonna be.
They feel safe there.
This where we need to focus, right here.
Perfect, perfect.
You wanna throw a few lines out?
Yeah, I think if we circle this deep point,
we ought to get a couple.
Got a few lines ready?
Yeah, I got some ready.
They're hanging on the side of the bow.
Let's put them right here.
Outside Violet...
We are coming to play.
Ronnie and Timmy are off to a strong start,
but they need to keep catching monsters
if they want to climb out of fourth place.
Boy, we need to set the tempo
and let Troy and them know we coming to play ball, bro.
Sounds like a plan.
In the long run, these 350 tags
are gonna help me and my family out,
and I need 'em.
Right now we're half into the season,
and I'm going into an area
that I know is gonna produce nothin' but big gators.
It's down...and down, boy.
-Oh, both of 'em are. -Hell, yeah.
Yeah.
Oh, yeah, look, it's going underneath the water.
Got something good here.
Oh, yeah. Oh, it's a big one.
He's way over there.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, get your gun ready, boy.
Give me that.
Dude, he's about to pull that cane out the water, bro.
Yeah, he's a big one.
Get ready.
-Golly! -Hold him.
Watch him, Timmy!
Whoo-hoo!
Come on, get the shot.
Rolling like crazy.
Whoo-hoo, boy.
Watch him, T!
-Outside Violet... -Watch him, Timmy!
Ronnie and Timmy
are trying to take out a monster.
Lord, that's a big motherhumper.
Right there, T.
Hold him steady.
-Yeah, baby! -Whoo!
That's the way to change your luck.
We'll pick him up one high good one.
-All right. -There we go.
Roll him, T. Roll him, T.
All right, baby!
That might be 11-footer.
I think he is. Look at the size of the head.
T, this one's missing a foot of tail, too.
-Really? -Yeah, look at him.
He done got bit off.
This is the second gator we caught, T.
We're missing tail, a foot of tail.
Man, there must be a gator around here chewing on 'em.
With the 350 tags at stake,
our average is gonna mess it all up.
He's trying to cut all these other gators down to his size.
Must have him a short-man syndrome.
Or should I say a short-alligator syndrome.
Yeah, yeah.
This gator here, we named him Napoleon,
because to me, it's a short-man syndrome.
He's like all these big gators, he's eaten half their tails
like he's trying to make 'em down to his level.
Being 6-5 most of my life,
I know a lot of people just like Napoleon
that got that short-man syndrome,
and they kind of get intimidated
by bigger people being around them.
So they gotta act tough
to try to bring you back down to their level.
Well, that crap don't work out here in the swamp.
We gotta teach him a lesson.
We coming for you, Napoleon!
Outside Vacherie...
Leron and Porkchop are on a mission
to rid the local community of aggressive gators.
Just like we in competition for them 350 tags,
them gators in competition for a full belly,
and they don't care where they get it from:
from a white bird, from another gator,
from a child or a dog, anything.
You know, when they hungry they gonna attack.
Yeah, look like something.
Hold up.
Yeah, we got something.
You pulling on it?
I'ma get it.
-Whoo! -I'm gonna grab the line!
He aggressive.
Grab it so I can get a better shot on him.
Cuz, now hold on. I gotta get him now. I got him.
Keep him up like that, Porkchop.
-Keep him right there. -I got it.
Keep him right there.
[gunshot]
-Ha! -Whoo!
Oh, yeah.
This seven footer may not be huge,
but catching any gator this close to homes and playgrounds
is a cause for alarm.
Not too far from where we caught it,
right over the levee is a playground.
A little kid come around, fall in the water,
and a gator end up taking him...
Man, that's a scary thought just thinking about that, man.
Yup.
In Bayou Choupique,
Daniel and Dorien search the area
for big, old infertile bulls.
I've got a really big sterile bull
that's living right up here.
Hope I can spot him.
Is that one right there?
Yeah, look big.
These alligators were at one time
on the endangered species list,
so these bulls have played a vital role
in the development and comeback of the alligator.
But they've done their job.
Time for 'em to go.
Line's down, pa.
Been staying right here.
What a giant.
See what you got. I'll get a backup gun.
Oh, no, he's a bull.
He's a pretty good one, pa. Hold on.
-Just back me up. -Oh, yeah.
-Watch yourself. He rising up. -Oh, that's a good alligator.
That's one of them non-fertile bulls.
Oh. [whistles]
Oh, he wants to come after me.
Ooh, look at him. He looks angry.
Let me see. I have to get behind him.
-Yeah. -Let me go around him, pa.
Watch yourself.
I hope there's no snakes in here. Whoa!
Whoa!
Watch yourself. He's rising up.
[rifle clicks] Oh, I'm out of bullets, pa.
Throw me a bullet.
Switch.
-Whoa. -You got it?
[low growling]
Oh!
Wow! You got it.
Good teeth.
At 12 feet, this could be one of the infertile bulls
Daniel has been looking for.
All right, open his mouth.
We're gonna go up and try to get his neck on it.
Okay.
One, two, go!
Aah!
Whoa. You okay?
-Oh, my bad knee. -Oh, boy.
Mm.
Too much power.
He rolled against my bad knee.
Let me help you up.
I bet he's hurting more than I am.
You sure?
I know he is.
I don't have a bullet in my head.
[laughs]
Getting older is a blessing.
If I wasn't getting older, I'd be dead, you know.
[laughs]
It's the--It's the best-- the best part.
[laughs]
Only the lucky get old.
When your last name's Edgar, takes a lot to cripple yourself.
On Bayou Petit,
as they hang a new set of lines
in parts of the deepest swamp in south Louisiana,
Troy and Pickle take the time
to discuss some needed lifestyle adjustments.
I gotta lose weight, dude.
I don't know how I'm gonna do it,
but I have to lose weight.
You don't know how you're gonna do it?
I've been 250 for the last 30 years.
I walk in Duffy's this morning,
you're eating a honeybun the size of Texas.
You don't know how.
How I'ma do it? Lord help me.
Lord, stop selling honeybuns.
Take 'em off the market. [laughs]
Well, you see, you're talking,
but you don't know the whole story.
I traded Hershey bars today.
Instead of bringing three Hershey bars,
I didn't bring none.
I ate a honeybun this morning.
We traded, okay?
I just look at food, I gain weight.
You look at it, huh?
And I like to eat, man. I love to eat.
Your brain and your body don't know the difference
between a French fry and a candy bar, okay?
You need some salad in your life.
Salad? That's for rabbits.
The rabbit eats the salad, and I eat the rabbit.
-I eat salad. -There you go.
I bet you'd enjoy a good cucumber.
[laughs]
Outside Violet...
We got to catch him.
Ronnie and Timmy are stalking a beast with an attitude
they've named Napoleon.
He's been biting the tails off their gators
and hurting their average.
We got a serious problem going on,
because every gator we got on a line, half their tail's gone.
I mean, this gator, he's a nuisance to me right now.
Look at that, T.
That's a big gator out there. Look at the hump on him.
Yeah, let's creep up there.
All right, I'm ready with the treble hook.
All right, T, here we go, baby.
Game on.
It might be Napoleon.
Look for bubbles.
Right here.
Look, way up ahead.
I'm coming, T.
He's coming straight at us.
Right here.
Oh, we passed him up.
Oh, I got him! Ow! Ooh!
What? What, T?
Burned the [bleep] out my fingers.
Oh, T! Dang it, son.
Man, we need to put a regular rope on that thing, brother.
No, man, this is cot-- This is mule tape.
This stuff is the bomb.
Yeah, but not if I can't hold it with it cutting my hand.
Dang.
I hooked him.
Yeah, you did hook him, bro.
That's not even rope. I don't even know what that is.
What is this?
It's that sharp edge. Look at that.
Man, cut me like a knife.
Now I don't see nothin' no more.
He ain't there no more.
Getting that close to nabbing Napoleon,
only to lose him is a hard pill for Ronnie to swallow,
and he's a bit disappointed in Timmy.
He's a tough son of a gun, don't get me wrong,
but he wasn't tough
when that gator ripped that line out his hands.
Dude, we had the bubbles going,
leading us to the promised land.
Man.
We gotta catch this gator.
Near Vacherie...
Time is ticking for Leron and Porkchop
to clear the area of big aggressive gators
plaguing the local community.
Yeah, Porkchop, you care about the community,
but do you care about the captain?
Yeah, I care about you, too. You part of the community.
No, I'm talking about, man,
sometimes I don't be feeling that secure sometimes.
I showed you my soft side,
and I ain't want that to come out like that, Porkchop.
-It's all good, cuz. -[laughs]
I know how you feel about me. I know you love me.
Just like we love our community, I love you, too, cuz.
Let's see if we can get another one, cuz. Let's go.
Our community is very important.
We always try to stick together and help someone.
A big alligator like that is dangerous to the community.
But if he got his mind set on something to eat, bro,
he come and get it, and ain't nothin' gonna stop him.
Should take that, Porkchop, what we got, what we got?
I don't know, cuz. Water boiler.
Look, ooh, look at the fight he's doing over there, buddy.
Yeah, I know. You the boss. You got it.
Watch it now, watch the line.
Oh!
Watch him now, Porkchop.
-Hold up, cuz. -Yeah.
Yeah, we got a lot going on.
He under the boat, cuz.
-Whoa! -Whoo!
-In Vacherie... -He under the boat.
Leron and Porkchop are fighting a vicious beast.
-Whoa! -Whoo, watch yourself, Chop.
-Uh! We gotta get him, cuz. -Whoo, man!
-Gimme a shot on him, Porkchop. -I'm gonna give you a shot, cuz.
-Oh! -Oh, yeah, he's--he's after us.
Whoa! Watch yourself, cuz.
I see him.
Don't worry about this guy.
Come on, get him.
[gunshot]
Ha! Gimme some. Whoo, man.
I thought he was about to pull you in the water, man.
After catching this 12-foot monster,
Leron is confident they did their part
to make the community safer.
Man, I'm so pumped and juiced up
thinking about how we got that thing
away from them people, man.
That could've been all bad, buddy.
Yes, sir, buddy.
Saving our community,
that's what it's all about.
And the size that gator was,
he could've easily eat the average-size kid.
So without a doubt we're very thankful
that we got that gator away from that area.
Now, that is a maneater.
In Bayou Sorrel,
after a stressful morning of treble hooking,
Willie has been running lines, and they've been paying off.
All tangled up.
Yeah, he's big.
Aah.
Son of a bitch cut my finger.
[gunshot]
This 10-foot beast adds to a successful day
that can lift Willie out of last place.
Looking back on what I got in the boat and everything,
got some big alligators.
Baited them just right and got the hooks hanging just right.
I mean, It gets you pumped up excited
when everything starts working out
and everything starts going right for you.
And, I mean, look like I'm gonna get back in the competition.
I'm still kinda behind a little bit,
but I'm coming back.
It's paying off.
I just stayed with it and just kept on,
kept on pushing,
and it look like it turned out to be a pretty good day.
Back in Bayou Petit,
Troy and Pickle run a new set of lines
they set along a much deeper pocket of the swamp.
I hope this works, Pee-wee, 'cause we running out of time.
Where we started out this morning,
what we thought was the deepest part was about 20 foot,
and we didn't catch good at all there.
But Pee-wee and I figured out exactly where the deep spot is,
so now hopefully we'll catch the big ones.
Ooh, he's playing.
Got something that look good.
He's out in the deep, too.
Unh.
Look like a nice one, huh, P?
Oh, yeah, he's pretty good.
Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Watch that line.
Whoo! It's a big one, it's a big one.
Show him who's the boss!
Yeah.
Oh! Whoo!
Ready? Here he come.
-Oh! -Whoa!
In Bayou Petit, Pickle wrestles a deepwater behemoth.
-Oh! -Oh!
Ooh, he's a fighter.
Bring him up, bring him up.
Ooh!
Shoot!
-Whoo! -Ooh! Good shot.
Good job, Pee-wee.
We did it now.
Mm, yup.
We done did it now.
Yup, yup, yup.
Tell me when you're ready.
-One-- -One, two, three!
Just go for it, yup.
Break your back.
This 11-footer can help Troy and Pickle stay in first place.
Perfect.
Good job.
The more you know about an area, the better off you are.
And right here we got about 35, 40 foot of water,
and that tells me why we catching so good.
Little P, it's gonna help our average big time.
I know.
Back in Bayou Choupique,
Daniel Edgar is confident
he can find another sterile bull in the area.
That's where his hole is, right there.
I see one, but that's not him.
Too small.
I've got a bull that's too old to breed,
and he's still big enough to whip all the youngsters away.
So time for him to go.
Line's down.
He's on the bank, pa.
Giant.
-Wow, look at him. -That's a big bull, huh?
Look at him, pa.
Gol.
Give me that big gun.
I don't trust that little gun.
Look at him.
-Come on, pa. -Be careful.
I'm gonna have to be tactical with him.
Watch him, watch him.
Be careful.
Yeah, go under and go around him.
What a giant.
[gator growling] Watch yourself.
Watch yourself, pa.
He's right behind that hard spot.
Go around that tree, pa.
Go around.
[low growl]
Just watch him, pa.
Just straight down.
[growling] Get a shot.
Watch him, pa.
[gunshot] Got him, pa!
Good shot.
[laughs]
That's what I'm talking about.
Look at the size of this thing.
Look at the jaws on him.
He's been the boss for a long time.
This alligator's been ruling the swamp 50 years, pa.
Look at him. Time for a new king.
-Younger blood. -Yeah.
This 12-foot behemoth
will not only help the Edgars' average,
but will also ensure a healthy gator population
for years to come.
Ready? One, two, go!
It's just a real bonus
getting these non-fertile bulls out
and adding to our overall average.
No matter how good you are, you do need luck,
and this year luck's been on our side
'cause a lot of our plans have come together and worked.
That's the last sterile bull that's marked on the map.
That's the end of 'em.
That's how it's done, pa.
Good job.
In the marsh outside Violet...
I can't believe we missed that big 13-foot alligator
'cause of that.
It feel worse than it look, for sure.
Ronnie and Timmy have their sights set
on a gator they call Napoleon,
who's been chewing off the tails of larger bulls
and hurting the hunters' average.
With the competition we got, every alligator we catch,
every inch, every foot's gonna count.
And this gator that we call Napoleon
been chopping off some of the tails,
and we getting cheated out of our average here.
Ooh, look at the pole, look at the pole!
Dude.
That's gonna be a big one, boy.
Look at the bubbles in the front.
He's in the middle of the bayou.
-Hell, yeah. -Coming straight out.
This is gonna be a giant, T.
There's his bubbles.
Right there.
Give him to me. I got him.
Oh, you motherfreaker.
Oh, dude, this is a monster, T. T, let me get your way
-a little bit, T. -Yeah, yeah.
That might be Napoleon.
Golly!
Don't let him cut you, bro.
Dynamite hole, baby.
I told you all day long there's a dynamite alligator.
Roll, baby, roll!
T, he's gonna pop that line!
-Outside Violet... -Whoo, baby, what a gator!
Ronnie and Timmy are hoping
they finally got Napoleon on the line.
Roll, baby, roll!
T, he's gonna pop that line.
Gee, he's all wrapped up, T!
He's gonna pop. Come on, T.
-Golly! -Hold him.
Get the shot, baby.
[snarling]
[gunshot]
That's Napoleon.
That's the one we missed yesterday.
That is Napoleon, dude.
I think he was telling you, hey, I'm the man here.
You better get out. But we just showed him.
One, two, three.
All right, Timmy, I got him here.
-Got him. -You roll him in.
See if you can grab that back leg.
We got him, we got him.
Oh, yeah, bro.
Oh, my goodness.
And he got a full tail.
Oh, my goodness!
With the girth of a 12-footer but only 10-feet in length,
Napoleon won't be able to bite above his size anymore
and hurt the hunters' average.
But for Timmy, this capture was extra personal.
We revenged his ass, T. Huh?
We got him back for burning my hand.
That's right, brother.
This is something personal for him.
Rope burned his hand, gator got away,
but we finally got Napoleon in the boat.
It was like a 12-foot gator on a 10-foot body.
No more Napoleon. He's done with.
He's out for the count, baby.
In Bayou Petit,
after setting lines in a pocket of deep swamp,
Troy and Pickle have been on a tear.
That deep water's paying off.
The first half of these lines didn't put out much at all,
but we pushed through and we didn't give up.
Obviously we found a deep hole, you know,
and we just are pulling these big alligators out
one behind the other.
-Where he's at? -See something?
No, I don't see-- Oh, yeah, I see the line.
Look like a crime scene, huh?
It sure does.
Oh, watch him, Pee-wee, watch him.
Whoo! He's gonna run over the boat.
Watch him, Pee-wee!
[grunting]
-You all right? You got him? -Yeah.
Whoo!
That's what I call a tree shaker.
-Ooh, watch him, Pee-wee. -Unh! Unh-unh!
Good alligator.
-Oh! -Aah!
Whoo!
-Watch it. -Aah!
Shoot!
[gunshot]
Oh, Lord.
-[laughs] -Good job, Pee-wee.
Their fifth 11-footer since moving their lines
is proof that persevering and adapting on the fly
is the law that rules the swamp.
Ready? One, two, three.
Okay.
Lesson of the day: Keep pushing forward.
Don't give up. Fishing alligators...
It's not just about hanging a line in a tree
and hoping for the best.
Adapting like this is being solid.
Oh, this is good, huh?
Yeah.
This is a lifesaver.
Back in Vacherie...
D and Fruit gonna be some happy
when they see the package we got for 'em, Porkchop.
Oh, yeah, cuz.
At the end of a long day,
Leron and Porkchop return home
to bring closure to the community.
Well, hello, somebody.
How y'all doing, man?
Oh, man, we doing good, man.
That is beautiful, man.
I thank you guys so much. I appreciate that.
Me and my kids, I can let 'em get back in the water,
invite my nieces and nephews over.
I definitely owe y'all some beer for this one.
You could see it in the eyes and feel the energy, man.
They were very appreciative
the way we took care of that situation for them.
Leron and Porkchop did a great service to the community,
but their team's average drops to fourth place.
Troy's deepwater strategy keeps his family in first,
while the Edgars rise to second.
-Thanks a lot, man. -No problem, cuz.
That time when you do something good for other people,
it does something-- it, like, it activate
a good feeling in your spirit, man.
Yeah.
Coming up on Swamp People...
He's coming up! Aah!
Oh! Don't let him grab the gun!
He took the gun, Anna.
As gator season enters its final stretch,
the hunters go for broke to win the 350 tags.
Stop, Don, stop! [gunshot]
With 260 tags still left to fill,
the Landrys battle for their legacy...
Do or die, Pee-wee.
When you're asking for trouble, you're vulnerable.
The Edgars risk it all
to secure the future of their family.
No, no, he's rubbing on the wood.
You can't make mistakes.
Be careful now, Porkchop.
With their tags and their chances dwindling,
Bruce, Leron, and Porkchop
race against time to make a final push.
Desperate times make you go through some drastic measures.
Oh, crap! [gunshot]
Willie pulls out all the stops...
Oh, no!
...to attempt a miracle finish.
We gotta keep going.
The competition is undecided right now.
And Ronnie reaches out
for the crown of King of the Swamp.
Get on top and stay in the lead.
Troy Landry is coming off his pedestal this year.
Clickity-clack.
Don't come back.