1 00:00:19,603 --> 00:00:21,103 With a full moon on the rise... 2 00:00:21,230 --> 00:00:22,650 There’s something about this full moon. 3 00:00:22,731 --> 00:00:23,821 I don’t know what it is. 4 00:00:23,899 --> 00:00:25,439 These alligators are more aggressive. 5 00:00:25,567 --> 00:00:28,697 Whoa! We have an alligator coming out the boat. 6 00:00:28,779 --> 00:00:29,779 Watch out, watch out! 7 00:00:29,905 --> 00:00:30,955 They’re acting crazy, 8 00:00:31,073 --> 00:00:32,623 and that makes my job more harder. 9 00:00:32,741 --> 00:00:36,081 Hunters turn to old swamp tricks... 10 00:00:36,203 --> 00:00:37,503 I got some fish. 11 00:00:37,579 --> 00:00:39,119 They got shiny scales on them, 12 00:00:39,248 --> 00:00:41,458 and with that moonlight shining on ’em and everything, 13 00:00:41,583 --> 00:00:43,083 the alligators can see a lot better. 14 00:00:43,168 --> 00:00:45,128 That’s money right there. 15 00:00:45,254 --> 00:00:48,134 ...to cash in on a lunar feeding frenzy. 16 00:00:48,257 --> 00:00:51,127 I really think we catch better on a full moon. 17 00:00:51,260 --> 00:00:53,970 One seeks to settle an old score... 18 00:00:54,096 --> 00:00:56,096 There he is, right there in the swamp, 19 00:00:56,181 --> 00:00:58,181 growling back at me. 20 00:00:58,267 --> 00:01:00,437 I wanna kill him. 21 00:01:01,770 --> 00:01:02,810 Shoot him. 22 00:01:02,938 --> 00:01:04,518 Oh, hurry up, grab it! 23 00:01:04,606 --> 00:01:06,976 ...while another lets superstition 24 00:01:07,109 --> 00:01:08,739 get the best of her. 25 00:01:08,819 --> 00:01:11,239 Get away, get away! 26 00:01:49,151 --> 00:01:51,611 As day breaks at St. Mary’s, 27 00:01:51,695 --> 00:01:54,415 Daniel Edgar and his grandson Dorien 28 00:01:54,489 --> 00:01:57,239 prepare for another hunt. 29 00:01:57,326 --> 00:01:59,446 But this is no ordinary day, 30 00:01:59,536 --> 00:02:02,906 because the full moon has gators in a frenzy, 31 00:02:02,998 --> 00:02:06,378 and Daniel sees an opportunity for revenge. 32 00:02:07,669 --> 00:02:10,209 Pa, you see that full moon? 33 00:02:10,339 --> 00:02:12,799 We’re gonna go and try to catch that alligator 34 00:02:12,883 --> 00:02:15,973 that bit the end of my finger and pulled my thumbnail off. 35 00:02:16,053 --> 00:02:17,303 What exactly happened 36 00:02:17,387 --> 00:02:19,467 that caused that alligator to bite you? 37 00:02:19,556 --> 00:02:23,426 Well, I was releasing my farm gators, 38 00:02:23,518 --> 00:02:25,848 and I had this alligator with this hand 39 00:02:25,979 --> 00:02:28,019 and I was taking the tape off of his mouth, 40 00:02:28,106 --> 00:02:30,896 and he bit the tip of my thumb off, 41 00:02:31,026 --> 00:02:32,396 pulled my thumbnail off. 42 00:02:32,527 --> 00:02:34,607 I’ve got a grudge with this alligator. 43 00:02:34,696 --> 00:02:36,316 Oh, yeah, we gonna get him. 44 00:02:36,406 --> 00:02:40,286 Certainly alligators are more active during the full moon. 45 00:02:40,369 --> 00:02:43,709 You’re gonna have a pretty good tidal surge, tide range. 46 00:02:43,789 --> 00:02:46,879 They know that this water’s gonna be pushed into the swamp, 47 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:51,590 and a good strong tide is gonna pull a lot of water. 48 00:02:51,713 --> 00:02:53,173 They’re gonna position themselves 49 00:02:53,256 --> 00:02:55,046 right there at the mouth of these sloughs, 50 00:02:55,175 --> 00:02:58,595 trying to catch a turtle, a fish, 51 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:01,220 whatever’s coming out with that strong tide. 52 00:03:01,348 --> 00:03:04,178 So we’re gonna take advantage of that during the full moon, 53 00:03:04,267 --> 00:03:07,437 and go fish some of these spots that are gonna be productive. 54 00:03:07,562 --> 00:03:11,192 I’ve been trying to catch that alligator a long time, 55 00:03:11,274 --> 00:03:13,944 and if we take advantage of the full moon, 56 00:03:14,069 --> 00:03:16,779 I think we have a really good chance of catching him. 57 00:03:16,905 --> 00:03:20,615 If he caused pain on you, we gotta cause pain on him. 58 00:03:20,742 --> 00:03:22,202 -Payback, huh? -Payback. 59 00:03:25,706 --> 00:03:28,326 How are we gonna identify this alligator? 60 00:03:28,417 --> 00:03:29,877 I’m gonna know it’s him, pa. 61 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:32,300 I know exactly where I turned him loose. 62 00:03:32,421 --> 00:03:35,131 With the full moon, I think we can catch him. 63 00:03:35,257 --> 00:03:37,337 Let’s go kill that alligator. 64 00:03:39,052 --> 00:03:41,012 You know, this is really personal. 65 00:03:41,096 --> 00:03:43,676 I’ve wanted to get a lot of alligators, 66 00:03:43,765 --> 00:03:46,135 but I think about this alligator all day, 67 00:03:46,268 --> 00:03:49,728 every time I touch something with the end of that finger. 68 00:03:49,813 --> 00:03:51,313 I wanna kill him. 69 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:54,440 I’m gonna call this alligator the Luna bull, 70 00:03:54,568 --> 00:03:58,448 because I’m gonna catch him during this full moon. 71 00:03:58,572 --> 00:04:02,952 It’s gonna be the last day he lives on this earth. 72 00:04:07,289 --> 00:04:08,869 Look to your left, look to your left. 73 00:04:08,957 --> 00:04:11,707 As they approach their first line, 74 00:04:11,793 --> 00:04:14,883 Daniel sees something big in the water. 75 00:04:14,963 --> 00:04:16,513 Look, look, he’s right there. 76 00:04:16,631 --> 00:04:17,721 Uh-oh. 77 00:04:17,799 --> 00:04:19,719 Hold on, look. He’s gonna be over here. 78 00:04:19,801 --> 00:04:23,011 Right here, pa, right here. 79 00:04:29,978 --> 00:04:32,808 I’m wondering if this is our Luna bull, pa. 80 00:04:32,898 --> 00:04:36,068 -This might be him. -This might be him, pa. 81 00:04:38,528 --> 00:04:39,698 Give me a shot. 82 00:04:46,453 --> 00:04:48,043 Whoa. 83 00:04:50,999 --> 00:04:52,829 Oh, oh, watch him. 84 00:05:08,517 --> 00:05:09,767 Nice one. 85 00:05:09,851 --> 00:05:12,521 This eight-footer is a good start, 86 00:05:12,646 --> 00:05:16,066 but he’s not the Luna bull they’re looking for. 87 00:05:16,191 --> 00:05:19,321 No, he’s gonna be bigger than that, pa. 88 00:05:19,402 --> 00:05:20,612 You believe? 89 00:05:20,695 --> 00:05:23,605 Oh, yeah, he’ll be bigger than this. 90 00:05:23,698 --> 00:05:25,658 Today with the full moon, 91 00:05:25,742 --> 00:05:28,662 I believe this alligator’s gonna present himself, 92 00:05:28,745 --> 00:05:31,405 and we’re gonna take advantage of it. 93 00:05:31,540 --> 00:05:33,540 We’re gonna find this alligator. 94 00:05:33,667 --> 00:05:37,627 I can feel it in my bones and my fingernail. 95 00:05:47,681 --> 00:05:52,141 81 miles northeast, in Bayou Sorrel, 96 00:05:52,227 --> 00:05:54,437 Willie Edwards and his son Little Willie 97 00:05:54,563 --> 00:05:57,773 head out to capitalize on the full moon. 98 00:05:57,899 --> 00:06:01,739 Seen that moon last night? Beautiful. 99 00:06:01,862 --> 00:06:03,532 And for once, 100 00:06:03,613 --> 00:06:06,533 Willie plans on putting his treble hook away for the day. 101 00:06:11,746 --> 00:06:14,786 A full moon, sometimes it helps you on the treble hooking, 102 00:06:14,916 --> 00:06:17,126 but most of the time, they gonna bite better. 103 00:06:17,252 --> 00:06:19,552 They out roaming around hunting for food and everything, 104 00:06:19,629 --> 00:06:21,959 and they’ll bite the lines that’s hanging over the water. 105 00:06:22,090 --> 00:06:23,130 Treble hooking, you ain’t out there at night. 106 00:06:23,258 --> 00:06:24,338 You can’t hunt ’em at night. 107 00:06:24,426 --> 00:06:25,546 I think we gonna do well on the lines. 108 00:06:25,635 --> 00:06:26,925 I put out more hooks, 109 00:06:27,012 --> 00:06:28,812 used different kind of bait than chicken, 110 00:06:28,930 --> 00:06:30,560 and I think we gonna do good. 111 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:34,310 Yesterday the veteran hunter set lines with Asian carp, 112 00:06:34,436 --> 00:06:37,766 hoping to take advantage of the full moon’s light. 113 00:06:37,856 --> 00:06:39,766 Yeah, that moonlight gonna be super bright 114 00:06:39,900 --> 00:06:42,240 and it’s just gonna reflect off the water and stuff 115 00:06:42,319 --> 00:06:43,489 and that gator can see it a lot better. 116 00:06:43,612 --> 00:06:44,902 Oh, yeah. 117 00:06:44,988 --> 00:06:46,948 And that right there, that’s money right there. 118 00:06:47,073 --> 00:06:50,873 I got some fish, jumping fish we call Asian carp. 119 00:06:50,952 --> 00:06:52,662 They got shiny scales on ’em, 120 00:06:52,787 --> 00:06:54,577 and with that moonlight shining on ’em and everything, 121 00:06:54,664 --> 00:06:56,124 an alligator can see it a lot better. 122 00:06:56,249 --> 00:06:57,959 It’s like a reflector over there against the bank. 123 00:06:58,084 --> 00:06:59,504 He’s going straight to it. 124 00:06:59,628 --> 00:07:02,958 And we gonna try that out and see if that help us out. 125 00:07:12,766 --> 00:07:15,846 -What you got out there? -We about to find out. 126 00:07:20,357 --> 00:07:21,477 Big one? 127 00:07:23,610 --> 00:07:25,030 See what you got there. 128 00:07:27,238 --> 00:07:28,988 Gonna pull it this way. 129 00:07:31,284 --> 00:07:32,744 It’s a big one. 130 00:07:34,371 --> 00:07:35,541 Watch, he’s right there. 131 00:07:35,664 --> 00:07:37,124 He’s right there, Willie. Watch your hand. 132 00:07:42,170 --> 00:07:43,880 Whoa. 133 00:07:46,967 --> 00:07:49,137 Oh, that’s a big gator. 134 00:07:52,847 --> 00:07:54,427 Yeah, that’s a big gator. 135 00:07:57,143 --> 00:07:58,563 Pull him up, pull him up. 136 00:08:09,072 --> 00:08:11,872 -Talking about a big one. -There we go. 137 00:08:14,703 --> 00:08:16,083 That’s how it’s done. 138 00:08:16,204 --> 00:08:20,794 This leviathan measures in at 11 feet long. 139 00:08:20,875 --> 00:08:23,085 That fish is paying off. 140 00:08:23,211 --> 00:08:24,841 That goes to show you right there. 141 00:08:24,921 --> 00:08:26,381 I mean, the hooks is gonna be better over the water 142 00:08:26,506 --> 00:08:29,086 than going try to chase ’em down with a treble hook. 143 00:08:29,217 --> 00:08:31,797 With so many years under my belt and everything, I see it. 144 00:08:31,886 --> 00:08:33,216 Like, when you got a full moon 145 00:08:33,346 --> 00:08:34,966 and when they out at night and everything, 146 00:08:35,056 --> 00:08:36,056 you might as well put your hooks over the water. 147 00:08:36,182 --> 00:08:37,562 It’s really better ’cause 148 00:08:37,642 --> 00:08:39,062 you ain’t gotta go hunt that alligator down all day 149 00:08:39,185 --> 00:08:41,265 or hunt all night for it, looking for it. 150 00:08:41,396 --> 00:08:42,726 That hook found him for you. 151 00:08:42,856 --> 00:08:44,936 That moon, boy. 152 00:08:45,066 --> 00:08:46,396 It’s pointing straight in front now. 153 00:08:46,526 --> 00:08:47,736 We gotta follow that moon. 154 00:08:47,861 --> 00:08:51,531 I hope we got an alligator on every hook. 155 00:09:05,754 --> 00:09:08,464 61 miles away, in Franklin, 156 00:09:08,590 --> 00:09:11,800 Joey Edgar and his deckhand Zak Catchem 157 00:09:11,926 --> 00:09:14,386 are preparing to hunt under the eerie glow 158 00:09:14,471 --> 00:09:16,971 of this morning’s full moon. 159 00:09:17,098 --> 00:09:20,598 I think that full moon’s gonna mean big alligators, man. 160 00:09:20,685 --> 00:09:22,515 Hopefully they on the move, son. 161 00:09:22,604 --> 00:09:24,654 I’m not gonna lie. I’m kind of excited. 162 00:09:24,773 --> 00:09:26,653 -All that extra light. -Yeah. 163 00:09:26,775 --> 00:09:29,155 We always catch big ones, always with a full moon. 164 00:09:29,277 --> 00:09:32,027 Yeah. Everything works on the moon: 165 00:09:32,113 --> 00:09:35,323 crab, deer, 166 00:09:35,450 --> 00:09:37,410 crawfish, alligator. 167 00:09:42,165 --> 00:09:44,465 Aow-ow-owww! 168 00:09:44,542 --> 00:09:45,962 -Come on, baby. -That’s right. 169 00:09:46,086 --> 00:09:48,246 -We gonna get him for sure. -That’s right. 170 00:09:48,338 --> 00:09:50,048 Let’s get outta here. 171 00:09:50,131 --> 00:09:51,381 The moon is special. 172 00:09:51,466 --> 00:09:53,296 You know, you have lunar tides. 173 00:09:53,426 --> 00:09:57,006 Your tides work harder during a full moon. 174 00:09:57,138 --> 00:09:59,888 Definitely the animals are affected, 175 00:09:59,974 --> 00:10:03,274 and alligators do most of their hunting and eating at night. 176 00:10:03,353 --> 00:10:07,233 And when you have a full moon, that creates a unique bite. 177 00:10:07,315 --> 00:10:10,025 And I think today’s gonna be really good day. 178 00:10:10,151 --> 00:10:11,861 I think we’re gonna have alligators on the line, 179 00:10:11,986 --> 00:10:14,526 and I think it’s gonna be awesome. 180 00:10:17,283 --> 00:10:19,203 Line’s down, pop. 181 00:10:21,830 --> 00:10:23,410 We got him. 182 00:10:23,498 --> 00:10:25,118 All we have to do is just come around the tree. 183 00:10:25,208 --> 00:10:26,538 -Don’t give him too much slack, -Yeah. 184 00:10:26,668 --> 00:10:28,748 and I’ll just pass it. 185 00:10:38,346 --> 00:10:40,056 -Whoa! -Oh! 186 00:10:43,685 --> 00:10:45,065 Oh, my God. 187 00:10:46,437 --> 00:10:49,357 Oh, yeah. Whoa. 188 00:10:56,865 --> 00:10:58,075 That was crazy. 189 00:10:58,199 --> 00:11:00,529 -Whoa. -Not bad. 190 00:11:00,618 --> 00:11:03,788 Joey and Zak pulled in this eight-footer, 191 00:11:03,872 --> 00:11:06,332 but it was harder than it should’ve been. 192 00:11:06,416 --> 00:11:08,576 There’s something about this full moon. 193 00:11:08,710 --> 00:11:09,750 I don’t know what it is. 194 00:11:09,878 --> 00:11:10,958 These alligators are more aggressive. 195 00:11:11,045 --> 00:11:12,245 They acting crazy, 196 00:11:12,380 --> 00:11:13,760 and that makes my job more harder. 197 00:11:13,882 --> 00:11:16,382 I’m not a superstitious person, 198 00:11:16,509 --> 00:11:19,049 but things happen sometimes that we can’t explain. 199 00:11:19,179 --> 00:11:21,219 And we have a full moon, and it is what it is. 200 00:11:21,347 --> 00:11:24,427 I mean, we gonna try to get these alligators killed. 201 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:26,019 Run and gun, baby. 202 00:11:26,102 --> 00:11:28,192 Let’s find another one. 203 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:44,080 43 miles northeast, in Pierre Part... 204 00:11:44,162 --> 00:11:46,792 All right, boss, let’s go. 205 00:11:46,915 --> 00:11:50,755 King of the Swamp Troy Landry and his deckhand Pickle Wheat 206 00:11:50,877 --> 00:11:54,627 have very different feelings about the full moon. 207 00:11:54,756 --> 00:11:56,376 All right, Pee-wee, you ready? 208 00:11:56,466 --> 00:11:59,256 Yeah, I’m ready. 209 00:11:59,344 --> 00:12:00,854 I’m a little worried about today, though, 210 00:12:00,929 --> 00:12:02,469 I’ll tell you that. 211 00:12:02,597 --> 00:12:05,767 I done hear some crazy things happen with this full moon. 212 00:12:05,892 --> 00:12:09,482 I can tell already you’re not yourself this morning. 213 00:12:09,604 --> 00:12:10,984 Uh-uh, I’m a little off. 214 00:12:11,105 --> 00:12:12,435 It’s that moon, man, it’s the moon. 215 00:12:12,523 --> 00:12:13,943 Well, I been knowing you was a little off. 216 00:12:14,025 --> 00:12:16,655 Well, yeah, but, you know, today’s a different day. 217 00:12:16,778 --> 00:12:18,568 -I think the moon... 218 00:12:18,655 --> 00:12:21,825 the moon has definitely got you shook up. 219 00:12:21,950 --> 00:12:24,080 Yeah. Yeah, I don’t like it. 220 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:26,080 Spooky, spooky feeling. 221 00:12:26,162 --> 00:12:27,832 I don’t believe in all of that, 222 00:12:27,956 --> 00:12:29,746 but I think it affects people 223 00:12:29,832 --> 00:12:32,882 because I think they let it affect them. 224 00:12:32,961 --> 00:12:34,171 They think, oh, it’s a full moon, 225 00:12:34,295 --> 00:12:35,875 I’m gonna do something stupid today. 226 00:12:35,964 --> 00:12:38,764 I feel the same when the moon is full or when it’s not full. 227 00:12:38,841 --> 00:12:42,551 But some people, it affects them more than others. 228 00:12:42,637 --> 00:12:45,767 And some, I think they just use that for excuse. 229 00:12:45,848 --> 00:12:47,558 Just don’t even focus on the full moon. 230 00:12:47,642 --> 00:12:49,522 Do your normal thing, do your job, 231 00:12:49,644 --> 00:12:52,404 just maybe be a little more careful than normal, 232 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:55,440 ’cause you’re worried about it. I’m not worried about it. 233 00:12:55,525 --> 00:12:57,035 You know, when the moon’s full, 234 00:12:57,151 --> 00:12:59,321 it look like the gators bite a little better 235 00:12:59,445 --> 00:13:00,945 and they smell real good. 236 00:13:01,030 --> 00:13:02,950 They can smell a dead fish or something 237 00:13:03,032 --> 00:13:04,872 15 feet under the water. 238 00:13:04,993 --> 00:13:06,913 And I think when the moon is full, 239 00:13:06,995 --> 00:13:09,165 they smell that bait, so they come in that area. 240 00:13:09,247 --> 00:13:11,327 And I think they can see and pinpoint the bait. 241 00:13:11,416 --> 00:13:12,706 It helps them. 242 00:13:12,834 --> 00:13:15,544 I really think we catch better on full moons 243 00:13:15,670 --> 00:13:17,920 because they can see the bait better. 244 00:13:18,006 --> 00:13:20,126 Oh, yeah, they got a line right there. 245 00:13:20,216 --> 00:13:23,176 See the line’s right above the water? 246 00:13:23,303 --> 00:13:24,433 Yeah, I see it. 247 00:13:24,512 --> 00:13:26,762 Okay, let’s put it down right here. 248 00:13:30,226 --> 00:13:32,386 -You got one? -Yeah. 249 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:33,940 He’s right there. 250 00:13:34,022 --> 00:13:35,402 The line’s touching the boat. 251 00:13:35,523 --> 00:13:38,033 -Oh! -Get away, get away! 252 00:13:41,863 --> 00:13:42,613 He’s gonna bite you! 253 00:13:43,364 --> 00:13:45,124 Whoo-hoo. 254 00:13:47,201 --> 00:13:50,121 Whoo! Lord have mercy! 255 00:13:51,748 --> 00:13:53,748 Show him who’s the boss. 256 00:13:53,875 --> 00:13:55,635 Shoot him, shoot him. 257 00:13:56,919 --> 00:13:58,549 Watch him, watch him, watch him! 258 00:13:58,671 --> 00:14:00,091 Shoot him! Shoot! 259 00:14:09,766 --> 00:14:11,266 That wasn’t my fault! 260 00:14:11,392 --> 00:14:13,692 It’s that moon, man, it’s the moon. 261 00:14:17,523 --> 00:14:19,193 Whew! 262 00:14:19,275 --> 00:14:21,895 -You all right, Pee-wee? -Yeah. 263 00:14:21,986 --> 00:14:24,736 With his deckhand safely in the boat, 264 00:14:24,822 --> 00:14:28,622 Troy’s starting to worry about Pickle’s superstition. 265 00:14:28,743 --> 00:14:30,623 I don’t think the moon had nothin’ to do with it. 266 00:14:30,745 --> 00:14:33,255 But in her mind, she’s freaked out today 267 00:14:33,331 --> 00:14:34,921 because the moon is full. 268 00:14:37,085 --> 00:14:38,425 She’s usually like a squirrel. 269 00:14:38,503 --> 00:14:40,803 She’s usually running all around the boat. 270 00:14:40,922 --> 00:14:42,802 So if you’re not paying attention to your job 271 00:14:42,924 --> 00:14:44,094 and you’re worrying about the moon, 272 00:14:44,217 --> 00:14:46,837 yeah, you gonna-- accidents gonna happen. 273 00:14:46,928 --> 00:14:49,758 You all right? You okay? 274 00:15:04,445 --> 00:15:06,105 Across the swamp... 275 00:15:06,239 --> 00:15:09,199 Make like some ducks and get the flock outta here. 276 00:15:09,283 --> 00:15:13,163 Chase Landry’s embarking on a full moon hunt of his own. 277 00:15:13,287 --> 00:15:17,667 But it’s not gators he’s after, it’s sinker cypress, 278 00:15:17,792 --> 00:15:21,802 and he’s relying on clues from swamp history to find them. 279 00:15:21,879 --> 00:15:25,049 I’m gonna go try to pull us up some more cypress boards. 280 00:15:25,133 --> 00:15:27,723 Found where they had an old sawmill in the swamp. 281 00:15:27,802 --> 00:15:31,222 They used to mill some logs out there, 282 00:15:31,305 --> 00:15:33,675 and they took all the drops, the outer edges of the log 283 00:15:33,808 --> 00:15:35,638 when they would cut the skins off, 284 00:15:35,726 --> 00:15:37,306 and they would just toss ’em overboard. 285 00:15:37,437 --> 00:15:40,267 So there’s tons and tons of old cypress boards 286 00:15:40,356 --> 00:15:42,726 in this particular spot. 287 00:15:42,817 --> 00:15:45,237 But it’s down in the mud four or five foot deep, 288 00:15:45,319 --> 00:15:47,399 so there’s some work involved. 289 00:15:47,488 --> 00:15:50,368 One night I happened to be down this old slough, 290 00:15:50,491 --> 00:15:53,541 and I saw a board sticking up out the mud, okay? 291 00:15:53,661 --> 00:15:56,371 And it was all overgrown with algae and slime and stuff. 292 00:15:56,497 --> 00:15:58,037 Well, once I got it out the mud, 293 00:15:58,166 --> 00:16:00,666 I saw that it was a cypress board. 294 00:16:00,793 --> 00:16:03,463 I could see the circular sawcut marks on it. 295 00:16:03,546 --> 00:16:07,756 So I figured, well, got to be they had a sawmill on a barge. 296 00:16:07,842 --> 00:16:11,512 And I figure if there’s one, there might be another one, 297 00:16:11,596 --> 00:16:12,756 so let me check it out. 298 00:16:15,683 --> 00:16:18,443 On his way to the historic sawmill location, 299 00:16:18,519 --> 00:16:22,479 Chase comes across an old logging canal. 300 00:16:22,565 --> 00:16:25,945 You are now inside of a pull boat road. 301 00:16:26,027 --> 00:16:27,647 Let’s see what we got. 302 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:30,450 Hmm. 303 00:16:31,866 --> 00:16:34,786 I don’t know what this is, but that feels rather peculiar. 304 00:16:34,869 --> 00:16:36,409 Get the pole with the hook on it 305 00:16:36,537 --> 00:16:39,157 and see if I can pull up whatever that is. 306 00:16:47,048 --> 00:16:48,718 Yeah, here it comes. 307 00:16:51,928 --> 00:16:53,848 What the hell is that? 308 00:16:53,930 --> 00:16:55,720 A computer. 309 00:16:55,806 --> 00:16:58,096 You’ve got mail. 310 00:16:58,226 --> 00:17:00,556 It’s a computer from back in the logging days. 311 00:17:00,686 --> 00:17:04,266 That’s how they’d keep a log of their logs. 312 00:17:04,398 --> 00:17:06,858 They’d log in and log out. 313 00:17:06,943 --> 00:17:09,243 I gotta tell you, that takes the cake 314 00:17:09,362 --> 00:17:12,242 for interesting things that I found out in the swamp 315 00:17:12,365 --> 00:17:14,455 and on the water. 316 00:17:14,575 --> 00:17:16,445 I’ve found piles of stuff down there 317 00:17:16,577 --> 00:17:17,997 that I don’t know what it was. 318 00:17:18,079 --> 00:17:20,959 You hit metal, you hit wood, you hit all kinds of stuff. 319 00:17:21,082 --> 00:17:23,632 And you can kill yourself working your ass off 320 00:17:23,751 --> 00:17:25,501 and then get some trash up, you know. 321 00:17:25,586 --> 00:17:28,166 But if you’re lucky, sometimes I pull up cypress. 322 00:17:28,256 --> 00:17:31,626 This isn’t exactly the treasure Chase was looking for. 323 00:17:31,759 --> 00:17:35,139 He’ll move on to the site of the old mill, 324 00:17:35,263 --> 00:17:37,313 hoping he has better luck. 325 00:17:37,431 --> 00:17:40,601 You know, there was a lot of activity happening in this area. 326 00:17:40,726 --> 00:17:42,266 It’s only a matter of time 327 00:17:42,353 --> 00:17:44,813 before we find something, I think. 328 00:17:56,492 --> 00:18:00,452 63 miles southwest, in Franklin, 329 00:18:00,580 --> 00:18:02,410 Daniel’s out for revenge 330 00:18:02,498 --> 00:18:05,788 with his sights set on the gator that bit his finger, 331 00:18:05,918 --> 00:18:09,338 and he believes he knows where he is. 332 00:18:09,463 --> 00:18:11,423 This is where I turned him loose. 333 00:18:11,507 --> 00:18:13,337 This is where he’s staying, right here. 334 00:18:13,467 --> 00:18:16,967 It’s time for some revenge, and it’s time to inflict pain. 335 00:18:18,973 --> 00:18:19,973 Listen at him. 336 00:18:20,099 --> 00:18:21,479 -That’s him, pa. -That’s a bull. 337 00:18:21,601 --> 00:18:22,681 Pa, you hear him? 338 00:18:22,810 --> 00:18:26,020 -Great bull. 339 00:18:27,898 --> 00:18:29,478 You see? 340 00:18:29,609 --> 00:18:32,399 This is exactly where I turned him loose. 341 00:18:32,486 --> 00:18:35,736 And he remembers the sound of this airboat. 342 00:18:35,823 --> 00:18:37,033 He’s pissed. 343 00:18:37,158 --> 00:18:40,118 I know you’re here. 344 00:18:42,455 --> 00:18:44,255 You hear him, pa? 345 00:18:44,332 --> 00:18:47,212 The instant I shut the boat off, 346 00:18:47,335 --> 00:18:49,345 this alligator just starts... 347 00:18:49,462 --> 00:18:53,842 Because when I released him, he rode in this airboat. 348 00:18:53,924 --> 00:18:57,054 And when the airboat stopped, there he is, 349 00:18:57,178 --> 00:18:59,178 right there in the swamp growling back at me. 350 00:19:00,681 --> 00:19:02,181 I guess he’s pissed. 351 00:19:02,266 --> 00:19:05,766 Now it’s my turn. It’s on. 352 00:19:05,853 --> 00:19:07,273 Come here, big boy. 353 00:19:08,814 --> 00:19:10,074 I see a line right there. 354 00:19:10,191 --> 00:19:11,901 Yeah, that’s ours. 355 00:19:12,026 --> 00:19:14,566 We got an alligator right here, too, though. 356 00:19:18,699 --> 00:19:20,369 Bring him over here. Give me a shot. 357 00:19:20,493 --> 00:19:22,873 Whoa, be careful. 358 00:19:26,874 --> 00:19:28,084 Give me a shot on this thing. 359 00:19:30,044 --> 00:19:31,344 Give me a shot. 360 00:19:32,463 --> 00:19:33,343 Whoa. 361 00:19:33,422 --> 00:19:36,472 Whup, whup, whup, whup. 362 00:19:36,550 --> 00:19:38,220 Oh it’s a bad dude. 363 00:19:39,053 --> 00:19:40,893 Give me a shot on this thing. 364 00:19:56,612 --> 00:19:58,362 Yeah. 365 00:19:58,447 --> 00:20:00,367 I can’t believe that. 366 00:20:01,701 --> 00:20:03,201 Big one pulled the front leg off, 367 00:20:03,285 --> 00:20:04,695 broke his tail all up. 368 00:20:04,787 --> 00:20:06,077 Might be that Luna bull. 369 00:20:06,205 --> 00:20:08,495 Could be. Oh, he chewed him all up. 370 00:20:08,582 --> 00:20:11,752 Knowing Luna bull’s in the area, 371 00:20:11,877 --> 00:20:13,167 Daniel hatches a plan. 372 00:20:13,254 --> 00:20:16,724 I’m thinking he’s gonna come back right here. 373 00:20:16,799 --> 00:20:18,969 Maybe we’ll give him some of this meat 374 00:20:19,093 --> 00:20:21,513 of the alligator that he killed. 375 00:20:21,595 --> 00:20:22,965 Put this on the hook, pa. 376 00:20:23,097 --> 00:20:26,017 He’s gonna be back here wanting to eat this alligator. 377 00:20:26,100 --> 00:20:29,350 If that’s what he’s looking for, it’ll be here waiting on him. 378 00:20:29,437 --> 00:20:31,687 Some alligators are really mean. 379 00:20:31,772 --> 00:20:35,282 Some really have bad attitudes, really aggressive, 380 00:20:35,401 --> 00:20:37,491 and this alligator’s one of them. 381 00:20:37,611 --> 00:20:38,901 We have this small alligator 382 00:20:38,988 --> 00:20:41,108 that’s all busted up, torn to pieces. 383 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:43,240 I’m sure it’s the Luna bull that did it, 384 00:20:43,325 --> 00:20:45,035 but I’m not done here. 385 00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:47,079 I’m gonna reset this line and get him. 386 00:20:52,293 --> 00:20:55,633 Man, he’s a mean sucker, pa. 387 00:21:04,096 --> 00:21:07,216 81 miles northeast, in Bayou Sorrel... 388 00:21:07,308 --> 00:21:09,728 Got the moon out and the sun out. 389 00:21:09,810 --> 00:21:11,400 How you like that? 390 00:21:11,479 --> 00:21:12,769 The sun’s over there, the moon’s over here. 391 00:21:12,855 --> 00:21:14,365 Feels like a good day already. 392 00:21:14,482 --> 00:21:17,692 Willie’s pleased with the lines he set with fish, 393 00:21:17,818 --> 00:21:21,448 but Little Willie sees it differently. 394 00:21:21,530 --> 00:21:24,200 See where them bubbles is at over there? 395 00:21:24,325 --> 00:21:27,245 Right over there by that grass over there. 396 00:21:27,328 --> 00:21:29,498 Yeah, that’s a big one. 397 00:21:29,622 --> 00:21:32,582 We can’t just pass him up. 398 00:21:32,666 --> 00:21:35,956 We’re going this way first. Can’t play around. 399 00:21:36,045 --> 00:21:38,425 Yeah, to me it’s kind of crazy 400 00:21:38,506 --> 00:21:39,966 when my dad passes up opportunities 401 00:21:40,049 --> 00:21:41,379 with the treble hook, 402 00:21:41,509 --> 00:21:43,889 ’cause alligators on the lines, they not going nowhere. 403 00:21:44,011 --> 00:21:45,761 So why pass all these opportunities 404 00:21:45,846 --> 00:21:48,676 to catch a big alligator just because you wanna run a line? 405 00:21:48,808 --> 00:21:50,388 That’s not no excitement. 406 00:21:52,019 --> 00:21:54,229 I don’t know how big he is, but I seen a big old swell 407 00:21:54,355 --> 00:21:56,405 right there nearby that log. 408 00:21:56,524 --> 00:21:58,114 Yeah, I see the rope going out. 409 00:22:00,027 --> 00:22:02,397 They got a monster back here. 410 00:22:14,500 --> 00:22:15,500 Pretty good size. 411 00:22:43,070 --> 00:22:45,950 We have to wait a little while longer on that treble hooking. 412 00:22:49,410 --> 00:22:54,040 This monster is their second 11-footer of the day. 413 00:22:54,123 --> 00:22:57,173 Willie is happy with their progress 414 00:22:57,251 --> 00:23:00,091 and wants to make sure his son understands why. 415 00:23:00,170 --> 00:23:02,460 Willie, he wants to do everything with the treble hook. 416 00:23:02,590 --> 00:23:04,050 Just like me, he wants that adrenaline rush, 417 00:23:04,133 --> 00:23:05,593 that big old gator pulling you. 418 00:23:05,718 --> 00:23:08,048 Yeah, he gotta understand that certain time of year, 419 00:23:08,137 --> 00:23:11,517 you gotta do what you gotta do to fill these tags. He’ll learn. 420 00:23:11,599 --> 00:23:14,479 Yeah, that moon’s just helping us out big time. 421 00:23:14,602 --> 00:23:17,062 We’re already getting a load on. 422 00:23:28,365 --> 00:23:31,115 61 miles south, in Franklin, 423 00:23:31,243 --> 00:23:33,793 after landing a nice pile of gators, 424 00:23:33,913 --> 00:23:37,503 Joey and Zak are noticing a disturbing pattern. 425 00:23:37,625 --> 00:23:39,795 These gators are crazy today. 426 00:23:39,877 --> 00:23:41,707 Some spooky stuff happening today. 427 00:23:41,795 --> 00:23:43,255 I don’t know what’s going on, bubba. 428 00:23:43,339 --> 00:23:44,669 Something ain’t right. 429 00:23:44,798 --> 00:23:46,678 With this full moon, 430 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:48,430 these alligators are more aggressive. 431 00:23:48,510 --> 00:23:49,890 I don’t know what it is. 432 00:23:49,970 --> 00:23:52,180 It’s like this moon has charged their batteries. 433 00:23:52,306 --> 00:23:54,676 Damn, Zak, the line’s down, buddy. 434 00:23:54,808 --> 00:23:56,138 Pop, look, he’s right here. 435 00:23:56,268 --> 00:23:58,688 They fighting harder than they usually fight. 436 00:23:58,812 --> 00:24:00,562 And I can’t wait for this day to be over with. 437 00:24:00,648 --> 00:24:02,148 I got a bad feeling. 438 00:24:02,232 --> 00:24:04,152 That’s a big alligator. 439 00:24:04,276 --> 00:24:05,856 Zak, you gotta be careful. 440 00:24:05,986 --> 00:24:07,736 Try not to walk where it’s soft. 441 00:24:07,821 --> 00:24:09,241 -Try to walk where it’s hard. -Yeah. 442 00:24:09,323 --> 00:24:11,703 That water behind his tail, don’t go that way. 443 00:24:16,413 --> 00:24:18,873 Watch him, buddy. You gotta put a shot on him. 444 00:24:18,999 --> 00:24:21,459 You hear that thing, pop? 445 00:24:21,543 --> 00:24:24,173 Can you see his eyes? Oh, yeah. 446 00:24:30,719 --> 00:24:32,389 Zak, be careful. 447 00:24:32,513 --> 00:24:34,643 Oh, my God. 448 00:24:36,517 --> 00:24:38,807 -Oh! -Watch yourself. 449 00:24:38,894 --> 00:24:40,104 -Whoa! -Watch out, watch out! 450 00:24:43,774 --> 00:24:44,944 I’m gonna take the shot. 451 00:24:45,025 --> 00:24:45,895 Take a shot. Get him! 452 00:24:46,026 --> 00:24:47,686 Oh! 453 00:24:47,820 --> 00:24:49,030 Oh! 454 00:24:49,113 --> 00:24:51,953 He ate that right to the brain. 455 00:24:52,032 --> 00:24:54,122 Look, he just opened his eyes at you. 456 00:24:54,201 --> 00:24:56,541 This doesn’t make any sense. 457 00:24:56,662 --> 00:24:58,292 You better hit him again. 458 00:25:02,501 --> 00:25:03,961 -I think that one did it. -Whoa. 459 00:25:04,044 --> 00:25:07,554 Dude, how about the size of this one, huh? 460 00:25:07,631 --> 00:25:09,971 It’s an old dinosaur right there, son. 461 00:25:10,050 --> 00:25:12,180 I’m gonna tie his mouth shut really quick. 462 00:25:12,261 --> 00:25:13,551 Looks like his eyes are open. 463 00:25:13,637 --> 00:25:15,217 -Let me see if he-- -Be careful, Zak. 464 00:25:16,682 --> 00:25:19,142 The hunters bagged this 11-footer... 465 00:25:19,226 --> 00:25:20,636 Here we go. 466 00:25:20,728 --> 00:25:22,348 ...but Joey’s superstitions 467 00:25:22,438 --> 00:25:24,148 are getting the best of him. 468 00:25:24,231 --> 00:25:26,571 Zak took a chance going to get this alligator. 469 00:25:26,650 --> 00:25:29,440 It really came close. He almost got his butt eaten. 470 00:25:29,570 --> 00:25:30,950 And he probably should’ve 471 00:25:31,071 --> 00:25:32,491 shot the alligator a little further away 472 00:25:32,573 --> 00:25:34,203 than trying to get that close to him. 473 00:25:34,283 --> 00:25:37,243 I don’t know what’s going on, 474 00:25:37,327 --> 00:25:38,537 but you shouldn’t have to shoot an alligator 475 00:25:38,620 --> 00:25:40,460 that many times to kill him, 476 00:25:40,581 --> 00:25:43,831 and I think the full moon may have something to do with it. 477 00:25:43,917 --> 00:25:45,747 Freakin’ zombie gator. 478 00:25:45,836 --> 00:25:49,416 Thing has more holes in his head than Swiss cheese. 479 00:26:02,352 --> 00:26:04,102 Back in Bayou Sorrel, 480 00:26:04,188 --> 00:26:06,518 the Edwards are having a good day 481 00:26:06,607 --> 00:26:09,567 thanks to Willie’s full moon fish bait. 482 00:26:09,651 --> 00:26:12,951 But Little Willie’s itching to use the treble hook. 483 00:26:15,949 --> 00:26:17,659 Them lines you gotta take what you get. 484 00:26:17,785 --> 00:26:19,915 Yeah, but them lines been sitting there all night. 485 00:26:19,995 --> 00:26:22,035 Might have an alligator on every hook. I hope so. 486 00:26:22,122 --> 00:26:23,622 We still gonna treble hook. 487 00:26:23,707 --> 00:26:27,457 You wanna treble hook so bad. Playing around too much. 488 00:26:27,544 --> 00:26:29,714 Try to learn what I’m trying to teach you. 489 00:26:29,797 --> 00:26:31,047 I learned already. 490 00:26:31,131 --> 00:26:33,631 No, I learn stuff new every day, buddy. 491 00:26:33,717 --> 00:26:35,217 You ain’t learned that and everything new already. 492 00:26:35,302 --> 00:26:36,602 -I’m not a greenhorn no more. 493 00:26:36,678 --> 00:26:38,388 I mean, Little Willie, he been on me 494 00:26:38,472 --> 00:26:40,432 about throwing that treble hook. 495 00:26:40,516 --> 00:26:41,886 And we doing awesome with the hooks, 496 00:26:41,975 --> 00:26:44,095 I mean, the ones that’s baited over the water. 497 00:26:44,186 --> 00:26:45,686 And I don’t see why 498 00:26:45,813 --> 00:26:47,483 he would want to hook with a treble hook 499 00:26:47,564 --> 00:26:48,654 when you got ’em already on lines 500 00:26:48,774 --> 00:26:50,484 and all you gotta do is pull up there 501 00:26:50,567 --> 00:26:52,237 and grab the rope and go to fighting. 502 00:26:52,319 --> 00:26:53,569 But I’m still hearing 503 00:26:53,654 --> 00:26:55,114 about wanting to throw that treble hook. 504 00:27:00,744 --> 00:27:03,664 Look at him, stirred up. 505 00:27:06,166 --> 00:27:08,496 -Right here, huh? -No, he’s right over here. 506 00:27:08,627 --> 00:27:10,497 Uh-uh. 507 00:27:16,176 --> 00:27:18,136 Yeah, right there. 508 00:27:24,351 --> 00:27:26,021 Back it down a little bit, Willie. 509 00:27:26,103 --> 00:27:27,353 Pull it. 510 00:27:34,278 --> 00:27:37,358 -Yeah, a big one. -Eight foot. 511 00:27:39,032 --> 00:27:40,742 We’ll take him. 512 00:27:40,868 --> 00:27:42,658 A little feisty. 513 00:27:45,706 --> 00:27:47,496 Here you go, here you go. 514 00:27:52,713 --> 00:27:55,303 Aw, man. 515 00:27:56,550 --> 00:27:57,930 Get him up there. 516 00:27:58,051 --> 00:27:59,471 Gotta get bigger than that 517 00:27:59,553 --> 00:28:01,103 before we can hang with the treble. 518 00:28:01,221 --> 00:28:03,681 I don’t know if we’ll be able to stay doing that treble hooking. 519 00:28:03,765 --> 00:28:06,595 We gotta put some more lines out and get catching good gators. 520 00:28:06,727 --> 00:28:10,187 This seven-footer is their smallest catch today, 521 00:28:10,272 --> 00:28:12,822 and with daylight burning, 522 00:28:12,900 --> 00:28:14,650 Willie isn’t wasting any more time 523 00:28:14,735 --> 00:28:16,075 throwing the treble hook. 524 00:28:16,195 --> 00:28:19,415 Look, this is the size I’m catching on lines 525 00:28:19,489 --> 00:28:21,909 versus a treble hook. 526 00:28:21,992 --> 00:28:23,872 Yeah, but that’s something that comes settled down. 527 00:28:23,952 --> 00:28:27,212 I mean, that’s an alligator, but still it filled a tag, 528 00:28:27,289 --> 00:28:28,959 but we gotta keep our size up. 529 00:28:29,082 --> 00:28:30,922 Look at my alligators and look at his alligators. 530 00:28:31,043 --> 00:28:33,383 It ain’t no comparison. 531 00:28:33,462 --> 00:28:34,752 I just have to put in his head 532 00:28:34,838 --> 00:28:36,048 there’s times you use that treble hook 533 00:28:36,131 --> 00:28:38,051 and there’s times you don’t. 534 00:28:38,133 --> 00:28:40,183 And I’m the captain of the ship, and that’s how it’s gonna go. 535 00:28:40,260 --> 00:28:42,300 I mean, we’re running lines 536 00:28:42,429 --> 00:28:44,139 and we gotta be back in at a certain time. 537 00:28:44,264 --> 00:28:46,024 And we’re worried about if the alligators 538 00:28:46,099 --> 00:28:47,929 are gonna get too hot and rot and all that. 539 00:28:48,018 --> 00:28:49,888 So we’re gonna be running lines and gone. 540 00:28:49,978 --> 00:28:51,938 When them lines stop biting, 541 00:28:52,022 --> 00:28:54,232 you’re gonna be begging for that hook. 542 00:28:54,316 --> 00:28:57,106 That’s pretty dirty right there. 543 00:29:09,623 --> 00:29:12,923 28 miles southwest, in Pierre Part... 544 00:29:13,001 --> 00:29:16,841 Today I’m bringing you to a special little spot. 545 00:29:16,964 --> 00:29:19,054 Chase finally arrives 546 00:29:19,132 --> 00:29:21,302 at the location of the old sawmill, 547 00:29:21,426 --> 00:29:25,846 ready to pull up some rare drop-cut cypress boards. 548 00:29:25,973 --> 00:29:30,943 At one time, they had a sawmill on a barge in here. 549 00:29:31,019 --> 00:29:34,979 The drops, or the outside edges of the logs that they cut, 550 00:29:35,065 --> 00:29:37,825 they just push the drops off the side of the barge. 551 00:29:37,901 --> 00:29:41,821 We’re talking old circular saw cut cypress boards 552 00:29:41,905 --> 00:29:44,025 from the late 1800s, early 1900s. 553 00:29:44,157 --> 00:29:47,577 They’ve been sitting down here in the mud and the water 554 00:29:47,661 --> 00:29:49,831 just getting pretty for us. 555 00:29:49,955 --> 00:29:53,375 Once I do my homework and I feel confident about an area, 556 00:29:53,500 --> 00:29:54,580 I’ll go out there 557 00:29:54,668 --> 00:29:56,538 and I’ll just start poking around 558 00:29:56,670 --> 00:29:58,000 and trying to see what’s out there. 559 00:29:58,130 --> 00:30:01,010 I might be getting in the water and the mud 560 00:30:01,091 --> 00:30:01,931 and just walk it. 561 00:30:02,009 --> 00:30:03,129 You know, who knows? 562 00:30:03,218 --> 00:30:04,678 It all depends on the amount of water 563 00:30:04,761 --> 00:30:07,811 and the amount of sediment and silt in that area. 564 00:30:10,017 --> 00:30:11,677 Mud time. 565 00:30:18,025 --> 00:30:19,785 Look at all this area, I mean, you gotta think, 566 00:30:19,860 --> 00:30:21,490 this was before the levee was built. 567 00:30:21,570 --> 00:30:23,450 So they built that levee, 568 00:30:23,530 --> 00:30:25,870 you cut off all flow of water in this area, 569 00:30:25,991 --> 00:30:27,121 what happens? 570 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:29,490 All your sediment and silt sets in, 571 00:30:29,578 --> 00:30:32,708 and as far down as you can get, there’s cypress boards. 572 00:30:36,209 --> 00:30:41,209 There’s one after another, and I can tell it’s not good. 573 00:30:41,298 --> 00:30:43,258 They all crumbling in my hands. 574 00:30:43,383 --> 00:30:45,223 As far down as I can go 575 00:30:45,344 --> 00:30:48,014 and dig through the mud with my hands and my legs, 576 00:30:48,096 --> 00:30:50,556 I still feel boards down there. 577 00:30:50,682 --> 00:30:53,522 I mean, this old logging slough in the middle of the swamp, 578 00:30:53,602 --> 00:30:54,892 I would be willing to bet 579 00:30:55,020 --> 00:30:57,810 that 15 foot down there, there’s still boards. 580 00:30:57,898 --> 00:31:01,028 It’s a big old friggin’ board. 581 00:31:01,109 --> 00:31:05,659 It’s easily, easily over 100 pounds. 582 00:31:05,739 --> 00:31:09,489 Might be a good cypress board underneath it, 583 00:31:09,576 --> 00:31:12,866 but until you move it, you can’t tell. 584 00:31:12,954 --> 00:31:14,464 These cypress boards 585 00:31:14,581 --> 00:31:17,751 aren’t the pristine drop-cut planks he’s after, 586 00:31:17,834 --> 00:31:20,094 but they’ve clearly been milled, 587 00:31:20,170 --> 00:31:22,800 leading Chase to believe he’s on the right track. 588 00:31:22,923 --> 00:31:25,803 If I set my mind to it and it’s something I wanna do, 589 00:31:25,926 --> 00:31:28,506 it don’t matter how hard the work is, I’m gonna do it. 590 00:31:28,595 --> 00:31:31,095 Junk that junk stuff. 591 00:31:32,933 --> 00:31:34,853 Heavy. 592 00:31:41,691 --> 00:31:44,611 42 miles away, in Franklin, 593 00:31:44,694 --> 00:31:47,824 Daniel and Dorien are still after the Luna bull, 594 00:31:47,948 --> 00:31:51,368 but the elusive gator seems to be one step ahead of ’em. 595 00:31:51,451 --> 00:31:54,451 See, pa, he’s already killed this alligator. 596 00:31:54,579 --> 00:31:57,209 He’s dominant. 597 00:31:57,290 --> 00:31:58,750 That’s how aggressive he is. 598 00:31:58,834 --> 00:32:00,214 We have to kill him. 599 00:32:00,293 --> 00:32:03,383 We’re trying to take advantage of the full moon, 600 00:32:03,463 --> 00:32:05,013 but I don’t know if he’s gonna bite on the line. 601 00:32:05,132 --> 00:32:08,092 As bad as we want this alligator, 602 00:32:08,176 --> 00:32:09,926 we know he’s not gonna be easy to catch. 603 00:32:10,011 --> 00:32:11,721 And he’s somewhat of a lunatic. 604 00:32:11,805 --> 00:32:16,275 He actually bit my grandpa’s thumb years and years ago. 605 00:32:16,351 --> 00:32:18,311 Line’s down, pa. 606 00:32:26,486 --> 00:32:27,816 Okay, pa, bring him around. 607 00:32:27,904 --> 00:32:29,494 Let’s see if we can look at this thing. 608 00:32:29,573 --> 00:32:31,323 Hold on, he’s a bull. 609 00:32:34,828 --> 00:32:36,408 -Whoa! -He’s boiling the water. 610 00:32:36,496 --> 00:32:38,916 Whoa, it’s a nice one, huh, pa? 611 00:32:38,999 --> 00:32:40,419 Gimme-- Gimme a look at him. 612 00:32:40,500 --> 00:32:43,460 -Might be that Luna bull. -Might be him, huh, pa? 613 00:32:43,545 --> 00:32:44,925 I think that’s him. 614 00:32:45,881 --> 00:32:47,131 Okay, let me get a shot on him. 615 00:32:47,215 --> 00:32:49,965 Whoa, give me a shot, pa. 616 00:32:53,555 --> 00:32:54,685 That Luna bull’s a bad dude. 617 00:32:55,390 --> 00:32:56,850 Get a shot on him. 618 00:33:06,610 --> 00:33:07,860 Got him. 619 00:33:09,154 --> 00:33:10,744 We’re catching ’em, pa. 620 00:33:10,864 --> 00:33:12,244 Oh, we’re loaded. 621 00:33:12,365 --> 00:33:15,195 This nine-footer is another tag filled, 622 00:33:15,285 --> 00:33:17,705 but it’s not the Luna bull. 623 00:33:17,787 --> 00:33:21,077 Right now with this full moon, we’re filling a lot of tags, 624 00:33:21,208 --> 00:33:24,538 but we still haven’t found that Luna bull. 625 00:33:24,628 --> 00:33:28,458 And after what my grandpa went through, I take it personal. 626 00:33:28,548 --> 00:33:29,798 We gotta get this alligator 627 00:33:29,883 --> 00:33:32,803 and take him out for putting pain on my grandpa. 628 00:33:32,886 --> 00:33:35,556 I don’t like anyone messing with my family. 629 00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:39,560 This is personal. We gonna get him. 630 00:33:48,902 --> 00:33:52,162 Back in Pierre Part, 631 00:33:52,239 --> 00:33:55,529 Troy and Pickle have been loading up their boat 632 00:33:55,617 --> 00:33:57,157 during the full moon, 633 00:33:57,244 --> 00:34:00,374 but Pickle’s convinced the day is cursed. 634 00:34:00,455 --> 00:34:02,455 I feel like I’m gonna have some bad luck today. 635 00:34:02,582 --> 00:34:04,082 -I don’t know. -Hey. 636 00:34:04,167 --> 00:34:05,327 I got a funny feeling. 637 00:34:05,418 --> 00:34:07,548 We not crazy, so it don’t affect us. 638 00:34:07,629 --> 00:34:10,339 I think that’s the first time 639 00:34:10,423 --> 00:34:11,513 you ever said that I’m not crazy, 640 00:34:11,591 --> 00:34:13,181 but watch, you’re gonna see. 641 00:34:13,260 --> 00:34:15,850 Don’t take no chance that you don’t normally would take. 642 00:34:15,929 --> 00:34:19,429 This full moon, it’s just a spooky time of the month for me. 643 00:34:19,516 --> 00:34:20,726 It really-- It just kinda throws me off, 644 00:34:20,809 --> 00:34:22,099 throws me off balance. 645 00:34:22,185 --> 00:34:23,765 I don’t feel like anything works out right. 646 00:34:23,853 --> 00:34:26,363 It’s been, like, a theory, I guess, in my family 647 00:34:26,439 --> 00:34:29,359 that the full moon is a wicked time, you know, 648 00:34:29,442 --> 00:34:30,532 so I’m a little nervous. 649 00:34:30,610 --> 00:34:31,990 I just gotta keep my head straight 650 00:34:32,112 --> 00:34:34,282 and not focus on that superstitious stuff 651 00:34:34,364 --> 00:34:37,084 and just really keep my head in the game. 652 00:34:38,702 --> 00:34:40,372 What we got, Pee-wee? 653 00:34:44,666 --> 00:34:46,876 Definitely got something on the end of it, though. 654 00:34:55,135 --> 00:34:56,435 I hate to cut it. 655 00:34:56,511 --> 00:34:59,261 It could have a 10- or 12-footer on the end of it. 656 00:34:59,347 --> 00:35:02,557 But I don’t see no sign of a struggle. 657 00:35:06,271 --> 00:35:09,611 -Still heavy? -Yeah. 658 00:35:09,691 --> 00:35:12,941 Probably got a 40-foot tree. 659 00:35:15,322 --> 00:35:17,072 It could have an alligator on it. 660 00:35:17,157 --> 00:35:20,577 Can you find where the line leaves the log? 661 00:35:29,502 --> 00:35:31,132 I know. Oh, you got him? 662 00:35:31,212 --> 00:35:32,512 Yeah, get the gun. 663 00:35:32,589 --> 00:35:34,669 See if we had gave up on this son of a bitch. 664 00:35:37,302 --> 00:35:40,392 Whoo! It’s a big one! Shoot him! 665 00:35:40,513 --> 00:35:41,683 Aah! 666 00:35:45,393 --> 00:35:46,693 Shoot him, Pee-wee! 667 00:35:47,646 --> 00:35:49,186 Whoo! 668 00:35:49,272 --> 00:35:50,612 Popped the line. 669 00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:54,900 I should’ve gave him slack. 670 00:35:55,028 --> 00:35:57,488 I was trying to hold him tight so you could shoot. 671 00:35:57,572 --> 00:36:00,742 Not only we wasted a half hour, we lost a big one. 672 00:36:00,867 --> 00:36:02,577 It is what it is. 673 00:36:02,702 --> 00:36:05,082 I don’t think Mr. Troy has any superstition at all. 674 00:36:05,205 --> 00:36:07,875 I think he thinks that we make our own luck. 675 00:36:07,999 --> 00:36:09,169 Okay, Pee-wee, we’re gonna reset. 676 00:36:09,250 --> 00:36:11,210 We might luck up and catch him. 677 00:36:11,336 --> 00:36:12,626 Now we lost an alligator. 678 00:36:12,712 --> 00:36:14,512 When there’s full moons like this, 679 00:36:14,589 --> 00:36:16,009 he’s just not getting it. 680 00:36:16,091 --> 00:36:18,051 Come on, Troy Landry. 681 00:36:22,222 --> 00:36:24,642 It’s this full moon. I’m telling you. 682 00:36:37,237 --> 00:36:40,067 40 miles away, in Franklin, 683 00:36:40,156 --> 00:36:43,826 the full moon gators are biting the lines, 684 00:36:43,910 --> 00:36:46,120 but something just isn’t right. 685 00:36:46,246 --> 00:36:50,666 Today’s starting to feel kinda like, uh, I don’t know, 686 00:36:50,750 --> 00:36:53,840 I don’t know if a horror movie would be right. 687 00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:55,920 I don’t know, it just some weird, 688 00:36:56,005 --> 00:36:58,925 supernatural...something. 689 00:36:59,008 --> 00:37:00,008 There’s something I can’t explain 690 00:37:00,093 --> 00:37:01,513 about what’s happening today. 691 00:37:01,594 --> 00:37:05,774 Don’t underestimate the power of the moon, son. 692 00:37:08,435 --> 00:37:10,605 What’s going on right here? 693 00:37:14,107 --> 00:37:15,727 Lord have mercy. 694 00:37:24,409 --> 00:37:25,409 Oh-ohh. 695 00:37:26,286 --> 00:37:27,286 Look at him pushing the boat. 696 00:37:27,412 --> 00:37:29,542 Oh, yeah. 697 00:37:30,957 --> 00:37:31,957 Come up. 698 00:37:33,042 --> 00:37:34,252 You shoot that thing. 699 00:37:39,299 --> 00:37:40,629 Shoot, pop, shoot! 700 00:37:59,444 --> 00:38:02,074 I’ve been hunting alligators over 30 years. 701 00:38:02,155 --> 00:38:05,535 I’ve never seen an alligator spin like a dolphin. 702 00:38:05,658 --> 00:38:07,578 I guess we can blame it on the moon. I don’t know. 703 00:38:07,660 --> 00:38:09,750 These alligators are charged up, 704 00:38:09,829 --> 00:38:11,539 fighting harder than they usually fight, 705 00:38:11,664 --> 00:38:13,674 and it’s a different day. 706 00:38:13,792 --> 00:38:16,712 -Oh! -That’s a big boy. 707 00:38:16,836 --> 00:38:19,586 This 10-footer fought like a lunatic, 708 00:38:19,672 --> 00:38:23,682 and Zak and Joey are not out of danger yet. 709 00:38:25,428 --> 00:38:27,888 Oh, oh, that alligator’s coming out the boat! 710 00:38:28,014 --> 00:38:29,394 -Oh! -Whoa! 711 00:38:29,516 --> 00:38:31,016 Pop, he’s alive! 712 00:38:31,100 --> 00:38:32,640 -Shoot this alligator. -What the hell? 713 00:38:32,727 --> 00:38:34,017 -Don’t let him come up. -Wait, wait! 714 00:38:34,145 --> 00:38:37,015 Don’t shoot the gas tank. 715 00:38:38,733 --> 00:38:40,363 No, no, no. 716 00:38:40,443 --> 00:38:41,693 Back up, back up. 717 00:38:43,196 --> 00:38:44,856 What the hell? 718 00:38:46,866 --> 00:38:48,156 Hell, no. 719 00:38:48,243 --> 00:38:50,913 That scared the living crap out of me. 720 00:38:51,037 --> 00:38:52,287 Unbelievable. 721 00:38:52,372 --> 00:38:54,462 I can’t explain why these alligators 722 00:38:54,541 --> 00:38:56,001 are coming back to life in the boat. 723 00:38:56,084 --> 00:39:00,054 But with this full moon, I don’t know what it is. 724 00:39:00,129 --> 00:39:02,259 It’s like this moon has charged their batteries 725 00:39:02,382 --> 00:39:03,972 and they fighting harder. 726 00:39:04,050 --> 00:39:06,510 They biting the boat, they coming to life in the boat. 727 00:39:06,594 --> 00:39:07,974 I don’t know what’s going on. 728 00:39:08,054 --> 00:39:12,354 I thought the full moon made werewolves, not zombies. 729 00:39:12,433 --> 00:39:15,903 Aow-ow-owww! 730 00:39:26,364 --> 00:39:28,744 Over in Bayou Sorrel, 731 00:39:28,825 --> 00:39:32,205 despite their success with Willie’s fish bait, 732 00:39:32,287 --> 00:39:35,157 Little Willie thinks he has a better plan. 733 00:39:35,248 --> 00:39:37,538 Your hooks ain’t gonna catch like that forever. 734 00:39:37,625 --> 00:39:39,085 We’ll see. 735 00:39:41,671 --> 00:39:43,671 I make them bite with that treble hook. 736 00:39:43,756 --> 00:39:45,506 No, nerd. 737 00:39:45,592 --> 00:39:48,342 -Let it go. -He called me a nerd. 738 00:39:48,428 --> 00:39:50,258 Just now? 739 00:39:50,346 --> 00:39:51,426 You said nerd. 740 00:39:51,514 --> 00:39:52,814 No, I didn’t. I said we’ll see. 741 00:39:52,932 --> 00:39:54,272 No, you called me a nerd. 742 00:39:54,392 --> 00:39:55,602 Not at the last sentence, 743 00:39:55,685 --> 00:39:57,235 but you did right before that. 744 00:39:57,312 --> 00:39:59,152 Now you’re gonna start correcting my speech now? 745 00:40:01,190 --> 00:40:02,690 I kinda feel where Daddy’s coming from. 746 00:40:02,775 --> 00:40:04,025 I’m anxious and everything. 747 00:40:04,110 --> 00:40:05,860 I wanna catch a big bull alligator. 748 00:40:05,945 --> 00:40:08,405 We’ve got a certain amount of tags to fill and everything, 749 00:40:08,489 --> 00:40:11,279 but running lines, you ain’t gonna catch the big ones 750 00:40:11,367 --> 00:40:12,947 like you would a treble hook. 751 00:40:16,664 --> 00:40:18,464 Got another one right here. 752 00:40:18,541 --> 00:40:20,211 This one got an alligator on it. Hold on. 753 00:40:20,293 --> 00:40:22,553 Good eight-footer. 754 00:40:30,053 --> 00:40:32,303 Watch your hand, boy. 755 00:40:32,388 --> 00:40:34,888 Don’t force him, don’t force him, don’t force him. 756 00:40:42,190 --> 00:40:43,190 Come on. 757 00:40:54,035 --> 00:40:55,335 Seven-foot. 758 00:40:55,453 --> 00:40:59,253 This seven-footer isn’t a prime gator, 759 00:40:59,332 --> 00:41:02,172 but the veteran hunter isn’t discouraged. 760 00:41:02,251 --> 00:41:03,751 We’ll take it. 761 00:41:03,836 --> 00:41:06,126 You gotta take some of them little ones to fill your tags. 762 00:41:06,214 --> 00:41:07,674 I mean, you’re not just gonna come along, 763 00:41:07,757 --> 00:41:11,337 10-footer on every hook or 10-footer out of 160 tags 764 00:41:11,427 --> 00:41:12,677 you’re gonna have a 10-foot average. 765 00:41:12,804 --> 00:41:14,514 I mean, that’s very rare to hear. 766 00:41:14,639 --> 00:41:16,019 Yup. 767 00:41:16,140 --> 00:41:18,350 And, I mean, you ain’t seeing as many in the bayou, 768 00:41:18,476 --> 00:41:20,096 in the day, like, daytime swimming, 769 00:41:20,186 --> 00:41:23,056 but you catching ’em on hooks and that’s all that counts. 770 00:41:23,189 --> 00:41:25,109 That gloves is nasty. You wiping all that right there... 771 00:41:25,191 --> 00:41:26,901 -These are fresh. -...your face be breaking out. 772 00:41:27,026 --> 00:41:28,856 -That ain’t fresh. -I ain’t touching my face. 773 00:41:28,945 --> 00:41:30,285 -Look at the color of them. -I’m touching the hair. 774 00:41:30,363 --> 00:41:31,743 They was pearly white, Mickey Mouse. 775 00:41:31,864 --> 00:41:33,284 Back up, back up, dude, I’m gonna knock you out. 776 00:41:33,366 --> 00:41:36,116 I’m gonna whop you. 777 00:41:47,714 --> 00:41:51,844 43 miles southwest, in Franklin, 778 00:41:51,926 --> 00:41:54,296 Daniel and Dorien are out for revenge, 779 00:41:54,387 --> 00:41:57,427 seeking the notorious Luna bull. 780 00:41:57,557 --> 00:41:59,887 And the veteran hunter’s confident 781 00:42:00,018 --> 00:42:01,938 he’ll know him when he sees him. 782 00:42:02,061 --> 00:42:04,271 We have to catch this alligator. 783 00:42:04,397 --> 00:42:06,477 Pa, how are we gonna identify him? 784 00:42:06,566 --> 00:42:08,976 Pa, I still know the tag number. 785 00:42:09,068 --> 00:42:13,608 That’s the tag number I use on my debit card. 786 00:42:13,740 --> 00:42:15,320 -Is that right? 787 00:42:15,408 --> 00:42:17,118 I wanna see that number. 788 00:42:17,243 --> 00:42:19,873 Then I’ll know your bank account information. 789 00:42:19,954 --> 00:42:22,164 Whoa. 790 00:42:22,248 --> 00:42:26,378 You’re gonna have to have a lapse in memory or something. 791 00:42:27,712 --> 00:42:30,092 The way it works, Wildlife and Fisheries, 792 00:42:30,214 --> 00:42:32,634 they work together with these hatcheries. 793 00:42:32,759 --> 00:42:34,969 When it’s a farm-raised alligator, 794 00:42:35,094 --> 00:42:36,304 they notch the tails 795 00:42:36,429 --> 00:42:38,929 and they also tag the alligator on the foot. 796 00:42:39,015 --> 00:42:42,185 And he knows what number it is on that tag. 797 00:42:42,268 --> 00:42:45,098 He’s using that tag number as his ATM pin code. 798 00:42:45,229 --> 00:42:47,519 This alligator must mean something to him. 799 00:42:47,607 --> 00:42:51,737 We’ll just tie on that small tree. 800 00:42:54,155 --> 00:42:57,035 Don’t think you gotta tie above your string. 801 00:42:57,116 --> 00:42:58,406 You might be able to pull it. 802 00:42:58,493 --> 00:43:00,493 See how big he is, see if he’ll come. 803 00:43:00,620 --> 00:43:02,200 Oh, yeah, he’ll come. 804 00:43:02,288 --> 00:43:03,788 This ain’t big enough to be him. 805 00:43:03,873 --> 00:43:05,253 Not a monster? 806 00:43:15,301 --> 00:43:17,511 Give me a shot on that monster, pa. 807 00:43:19,472 --> 00:43:21,392 -Whoa. -That’s a mean dude. 808 00:43:21,474 --> 00:43:23,184 Watch him. 809 00:43:23,309 --> 00:43:25,099 Oh, give me a shot on that monster. 810 00:43:26,229 --> 00:43:27,479 He’s a bad dude. 811 00:43:36,364 --> 00:43:38,204 The Edgars are filling the boat, 812 00:43:38,324 --> 00:43:42,084 but they’re still missing the one gator they’re after. 813 00:43:42,161 --> 00:43:44,081 Pa, I hope you brought your lifejacket. 814 00:43:44,163 --> 00:43:46,713 Yes, sir. We’re gonna need it. 815 00:43:46,833 --> 00:43:48,833 This boat’s getting pretty loaded. 816 00:43:48,960 --> 00:43:51,380 You know, this alligator that’s in the boat 817 00:43:51,504 --> 00:43:54,214 certainly is not Luna bull. 818 00:43:54,340 --> 00:43:55,840 I’m gonna recognize this alligator 819 00:43:55,925 --> 00:43:57,435 ’cause I’ve got a toe tag in him, 820 00:43:57,510 --> 00:43:59,890 and I know the number of that toe tag. 821 00:44:00,012 --> 00:44:01,352 I know I made a good call, 822 00:44:01,430 --> 00:44:04,680 I know I have some lines set, but not yet. 823 00:44:04,809 --> 00:44:08,099 He’s being patient and he’s watching me. 824 00:44:08,187 --> 00:44:10,937 But I’m gonna be patient, too. 825 00:44:11,023 --> 00:44:12,823 Look at the alligators in the boat. 826 00:44:12,900 --> 00:44:16,200 That full moon is messing them up, pa. 827 00:44:29,542 --> 00:44:31,292 Back in Pierre Part, 828 00:44:31,377 --> 00:44:33,707 Pickle’s superstitions about the full moon 829 00:44:33,838 --> 00:44:37,338 might be coming true after a string of bad luck. 830 00:44:37,425 --> 00:44:39,845 I don’t like it. Spooky, spooky feeling. 831 00:44:39,927 --> 00:44:42,967 That’s like Friday the 13th, you know, that’s in your mind. 832 00:44:43,055 --> 00:44:46,675 If something bad happens, you blame it on that. 833 00:44:46,767 --> 00:44:48,807 Focus on your job and not the full moon, 834 00:44:48,895 --> 00:44:50,445 and you’re gonna be all right. 835 00:44:50,563 --> 00:44:53,573 I’m not superstitious. 836 00:44:53,649 --> 00:44:54,859 I say my prayers at night, 837 00:44:54,942 --> 00:44:56,652 and I don’t worry about the full moon. 838 00:44:56,736 --> 00:44:58,566 I don’t worry about the gris-gris 839 00:44:58,696 --> 00:45:01,276 and the groo groo and the Rougarou. 840 00:45:01,407 --> 00:45:02,987 I don’t worry about none of that. 841 00:45:03,075 --> 00:45:04,445 I’m in the good Lord’s hands, 842 00:45:04,577 --> 00:45:06,577 and he’s gonna do what he wants with me. 843 00:45:06,662 --> 00:45:10,422 I don’t see no bait hanging, so we must have one here. 844 00:45:10,499 --> 00:45:12,039 Oh, dude! 845 00:45:12,126 --> 00:45:13,666 What we got, Pee-wee? 846 00:45:18,424 --> 00:45:19,634 Oh, I see him up on the bank. 847 00:45:19,759 --> 00:45:22,219 -It’s a nice one? -He is big. 848 00:45:22,303 --> 00:45:23,353 -He’s big? -Mm-hmm. 849 00:45:23,429 --> 00:45:24,929 Okay, good enough. 850 00:45:25,056 --> 00:45:26,306 Just be careful. 851 00:45:26,432 --> 00:45:28,482 Grab your gun. Make sure it’s loaded. 852 00:45:28,601 --> 00:45:30,271 Don’t get down without checking it. 853 00:45:30,394 --> 00:45:31,694 I just loaded it. 854 00:45:31,771 --> 00:45:34,361 Now listen, sneak up behind him 855 00:45:34,440 --> 00:45:36,280 and put a good shot in him. 856 00:45:36,400 --> 00:45:38,740 When he starts fighting, if he starts fighting, 857 00:45:38,819 --> 00:45:40,029 you’re gonna pop him. 858 00:45:40,112 --> 00:45:41,782 You want me to go? You scared? 859 00:45:41,906 --> 00:45:43,196 No. 860 00:45:50,456 --> 00:45:53,166 Shoot him, Pee-wee. 861 00:46:01,133 --> 00:46:02,473 Put another one in him. 862 00:46:03,803 --> 00:46:05,143 -Another one. -The gun jammed. 863 00:46:05,221 --> 00:46:06,511 Oh, no. 864 00:46:06,639 --> 00:46:07,469 Hurry up! Come on! 865 00:46:07,556 --> 00:46:09,926 -Fix it! -I can’t! 866 00:46:11,394 --> 00:46:13,484 Come on! Shoot! 867 00:46:26,742 --> 00:46:28,292 Okay, good shot. 868 00:46:28,369 --> 00:46:31,119 We’ll pull him right over this log and he’ll just slide in. 869 00:46:31,205 --> 00:46:32,205 All right. 870 00:46:32,331 --> 00:46:34,171 This 12-foot colossus 871 00:46:34,250 --> 00:46:37,000 could’ve had Pickle for lunch. 872 00:46:37,086 --> 00:46:39,506 On three. One, two, three. Mm! 873 00:46:39,588 --> 00:46:42,338 Man, I should’ve listened to my mom and stayed in school. 874 00:46:43,801 --> 00:46:46,221 And she knows exactly what’s to blame. 875 00:46:46,345 --> 00:46:50,805 I’m on land with this live alligator staring me down 876 00:46:50,891 --> 00:46:52,181 and my gun jams on me. 877 00:46:52,268 --> 00:46:53,558 This gun never jams. 878 00:46:53,686 --> 00:46:55,766 Like, come on, what is going on right now? 879 00:46:55,855 --> 00:46:57,485 It’s gotta be the full moon. 880 00:46:57,565 --> 00:46:59,735 Right there. Perfect. 881 00:46:59,859 --> 00:47:02,779 It’s a old gun, old and wore out. 882 00:47:02,862 --> 00:47:05,322 You gotta eject the shell real fast. 883 00:47:05,406 --> 00:47:08,696 If you try to go slow with it, it’s gonna jam every time. 884 00:47:08,784 --> 00:47:10,914 It don’t have nothin’ to do with the full moon. 885 00:47:11,037 --> 00:47:12,367 That’s a monster, dude. 886 00:47:12,455 --> 00:47:14,335 I’m pumped, I’m pumped. 887 00:47:15,708 --> 00:47:17,668 We got him, though, Cinderella. 888 00:47:17,752 --> 00:47:20,882 -We got him. -We got him, baby. 889 00:47:29,096 --> 00:47:31,516 Boy, they all crumbling in my hands. 890 00:47:31,599 --> 00:47:34,639 A few miles away, Chase has spent hours 891 00:47:34,727 --> 00:47:37,057 searching for 100-year-old cypress boards 892 00:47:37,146 --> 00:47:38,856 at the sawmill site. 893 00:47:38,939 --> 00:47:41,109 Got a bunch of junk. 894 00:47:41,233 --> 00:47:42,823 But so far, 895 00:47:42,902 --> 00:47:45,572 he doesn’t have anything to show for the effort. 896 00:47:45,654 --> 00:47:47,954 Oh. 897 00:47:48,074 --> 00:47:51,664 I start poking around with my push pole and I hit one. 898 00:47:51,744 --> 00:47:53,504 Whoa, that sounds like one. That sounds good. 899 00:47:53,579 --> 00:47:58,039 I go straight down there in the bottom. 900 00:47:58,125 --> 00:47:59,325 I wanna see what’s going on. 901 00:48:01,587 --> 00:48:04,007 I got a few right here. 902 00:48:04,090 --> 00:48:07,720 They feel like they gonna be good. 903 00:48:07,802 --> 00:48:09,552 What have I stumbled upon here? 904 00:48:11,347 --> 00:48:15,597 This makes it all worthwhile right here. 905 00:48:15,726 --> 00:48:19,096 Sure enough, another circular saw-cut cypress board. 906 00:48:19,188 --> 00:48:24,068 This is one of a kind right here, boys. 907 00:48:24,151 --> 00:48:27,071 This is that special kind of cypress called mine. 908 00:48:27,154 --> 00:48:31,204 That’s mine. 909 00:48:31,283 --> 00:48:32,913 Look at that, huh? 910 00:48:32,993 --> 00:48:35,413 If that ain’t gorgeous. 911 00:48:35,496 --> 00:48:38,246 Can you imagine when they was cutting that, you know? 912 00:48:38,332 --> 00:48:41,502 Looking at that, throwing that overboard, you know what I mean? 913 00:48:41,627 --> 00:48:43,047 It’s like finding buried treasure. 914 00:48:43,129 --> 00:48:46,719 It’s the equivalent of buried treasure to me. 915 00:48:46,799 --> 00:48:50,139 Man, that is-- it don’t get prettier than that. 916 00:48:50,261 --> 00:48:52,471 Look at the color of that, man. It just... 917 00:48:54,640 --> 00:48:56,890 Board after board after board, 918 00:48:56,976 --> 00:49:00,556 they’re all circular saw-cut and it’s all live edge on one side. 919 00:49:00,646 --> 00:49:02,856 I mean, There’s not much board footage in them. 920 00:49:02,982 --> 00:49:05,572 You don’t find very many that are very big. 921 00:49:05,651 --> 00:49:08,491 But they don’t make any more stuff like this. 922 00:49:08,571 --> 00:49:10,161 You’re talking about circular saw-cut, 923 00:49:10,239 --> 00:49:14,409 virgin growth cypress boards that’s been down in the mud 924 00:49:14,493 --> 00:49:16,663 and the water for over a hundred years. 925 00:49:18,998 --> 00:49:20,578 After some time of poking down there 926 00:49:20,666 --> 00:49:22,246 and pulling up whatever I could find, 927 00:49:22,334 --> 00:49:25,634 I had a boatfull before you knew it. 928 00:49:25,713 --> 00:49:27,513 If that ain’t pretty, huh, bro? 929 00:49:28,716 --> 00:49:30,836 It took some luck, 930 00:49:30,926 --> 00:49:32,756 a good helping of swamp knowledge, 931 00:49:32,845 --> 00:49:34,515 and a whole lot of hard work, 932 00:49:34,597 --> 00:49:37,387 but Chase has finally hit the mother lode. 933 00:49:37,516 --> 00:49:41,016 His efforts will fetch him over $1,000. 934 00:49:41,103 --> 00:49:44,313 Beautiful stuff, man. One of a kind. 935 00:49:49,695 --> 00:49:51,355 Back in Franklin, 936 00:49:51,489 --> 00:49:55,119 Daniel and Dorien are still on the hunt for the Luna bull, 937 00:49:55,201 --> 00:49:56,741 a vicious gator 938 00:49:56,869 --> 00:50:00,829 that bit off a piece of Daniel’s thumb years ago. 939 00:50:05,044 --> 00:50:06,634 We gonna get him. 940 00:50:06,712 --> 00:50:10,052 We know this alligator’s in this area. 941 00:50:10,174 --> 00:50:12,804 My grandpa claims that, you know, 942 00:50:12,885 --> 00:50:14,645 that alligator knows this airboat, 943 00:50:14,720 --> 00:50:17,220 he knows the sound of it, he knows what he looks like. 944 00:50:17,306 --> 00:50:22,306 So it’s real challenging to focus and target this alligator. 945 00:50:22,394 --> 00:50:26,114 But in time, we’re gonna make this alligator pay 946 00:50:26,232 --> 00:50:28,612 and get him for all the pain he’s caused my grandpa. 947 00:50:28,734 --> 00:50:31,994 All right, let’s take a look at this thing. 948 00:50:32,071 --> 00:50:33,861 He’s a bull. 949 00:50:36,075 --> 00:50:38,165 This might be the Luna bull, huh? 950 00:50:38,244 --> 00:50:39,124 This might be him. 951 00:50:39,245 --> 00:50:40,755 Bring him back over here. 952 00:50:40,871 --> 00:50:42,121 Give me a shot. Hold him, pa. 953 00:50:42,248 --> 00:50:44,538 Don’t let him beat you up. 954 00:50:44,625 --> 00:50:47,755 Bring him over here. Give me a shot. 955 00:50:47,836 --> 00:50:50,376 Okay, I’m gonna shoot him, pa. 956 00:50:53,384 --> 00:50:56,554 -He’s a thrasher. -That’s him, pa. 957 00:50:59,557 --> 00:51:01,557 Watch him. Wow! 958 00:51:05,312 --> 00:51:07,232 Hope he doesn’t break that line. 959 00:51:16,031 --> 00:51:18,621 Ooh, look at the head. 960 00:51:18,701 --> 00:51:21,161 Good shot. Luna bull is down. 961 00:51:23,247 --> 00:51:24,917 -That’s him, pa. -Luna bull’s down. 962 00:51:24,999 --> 00:51:27,249 Daniel and Dorien are confident 963 00:51:27,334 --> 00:51:29,754 this monster is the Luna bull... 964 00:51:31,130 --> 00:51:32,630 All right. Good, pa. 965 00:51:32,715 --> 00:51:34,845 ...but there’s only one way to know for sure. 966 00:51:34,967 --> 00:51:36,467 Go. 967 00:51:36,594 --> 00:51:37,724 Go. 968 00:51:37,803 --> 00:51:39,973 We’re gonna have to check that tag, pa. 969 00:51:40,055 --> 00:51:41,555 -Okay. -That’s him, pa. 970 00:51:41,640 --> 00:51:43,980 -We got him. 971 00:51:44,059 --> 00:51:45,599 Catching this Luna bull, 972 00:51:45,686 --> 00:51:50,146 this is one of the most satisfying moments of my life. 973 00:51:50,232 --> 00:51:52,152 This alligator has haunted me, 974 00:51:52,234 --> 00:51:56,404 and I’ve had to live with that, you know, for all these years. 975 00:51:56,488 --> 00:51:59,448 That S.O.B., I’m glad to kill him. 976 00:51:59,533 --> 00:52:02,453 Glad to kill him. It’s over, big boy. 977 00:52:02,536 --> 00:52:05,706 The Luna bull, he bit the end of my finger off. 978 00:52:05,831 --> 00:52:08,081 If I had a beer, you’d hear psssh. 979 00:52:08,167 --> 00:52:10,457 I’d be drinking a beer on this one. 980 00:52:10,544 --> 00:52:13,214 He had to bite the dust today. 981 00:52:13,339 --> 00:52:14,589 Oh, he bit it. 982 00:52:20,012 --> 00:52:24,522 Five miles away, Joey and Zak have been catching well, 983 00:52:24,600 --> 00:52:27,850 but Joey’s ready to put an end to this eerie day. 984 00:52:27,936 --> 00:52:31,816 What you think about it, papi? Not too bad, huh? 985 00:52:31,899 --> 00:52:34,479 -We got a little handful. -Mm-hmm. 986 00:52:34,568 --> 00:52:36,068 I think before the day is over with, 987 00:52:36,195 --> 00:52:39,745 we’ll have our 10 alligators, 10 or 15 alligators. 988 00:52:39,865 --> 00:52:41,195 We caught some alligators. 989 00:52:41,325 --> 00:52:43,795 The gators are just jumping in the boat pretty much. 990 00:52:43,869 --> 00:52:45,829 Every line we’re pulling one up, pulling one up. 991 00:52:45,913 --> 00:52:49,543 But there’s been some weird, spooky stuff going on today. 992 00:52:49,625 --> 00:52:51,255 So I wanna fill every tag we can 993 00:52:51,377 --> 00:52:53,547 so we can get done with it and go back home. 994 00:52:53,629 --> 00:52:55,629 See that one on the right. 995 00:52:55,714 --> 00:52:58,344 You got to go meet him, pop. He’s on the bank. 996 00:52:58,425 --> 00:53:00,215 We got to go meet him. 997 00:53:00,302 --> 00:53:02,182 Oh, he’s pulling on the bank, too. 998 00:53:02,262 --> 00:53:04,182 -Yeah. -Just saw his tail, I think. 999 00:53:04,264 --> 00:53:05,434 Oh, he just went in the water. 1000 00:53:05,557 --> 00:53:07,227 Oh? 1001 00:53:07,351 --> 00:53:08,891 Ooh, he coming to meet you. 1002 00:53:16,443 --> 00:53:18,453 He’s decent. 1003 00:53:18,570 --> 00:53:21,160 Whoa! 1004 00:53:23,033 --> 00:53:24,703 Whoa! 1005 00:53:25,744 --> 00:53:26,704 Come on. 1006 00:53:26,787 --> 00:53:28,157 Oh. 1007 00:53:28,247 --> 00:53:30,417 Whoa! Oh! 1008 00:53:35,504 --> 00:53:36,554 Ooh! 1009 00:53:45,514 --> 00:53:48,064 All right, boy. Keep coming. 1010 00:53:50,060 --> 00:53:51,310 That’ll work. 1011 00:53:51,437 --> 00:53:54,267 Joey and Zak have a stack of gators... 1012 00:53:54,356 --> 00:53:55,896 There you go. 1013 00:53:55,983 --> 00:53:57,483 ...but Joey’s just relieved 1014 00:53:57,609 --> 00:54:00,449 they made it to the end of the hunt in one piece. 1015 00:54:00,571 --> 00:54:02,991 I’m happy that we made it through this day, 1016 00:54:03,115 --> 00:54:04,375 nobody got hurt. 1017 00:54:04,450 --> 00:54:05,910 Alligators bit on the line, 1018 00:54:05,993 --> 00:54:07,163 we caught a load of alligators, 1019 00:54:07,286 --> 00:54:09,446 and I’m just glad we got today over with. 1020 00:54:09,580 --> 00:54:10,910 That’s enough. 1021 00:54:20,466 --> 00:54:21,756 They’re decent gators. 1022 00:54:21,842 --> 00:54:23,552 Pass me that burlap. 1023 00:54:25,971 --> 00:54:28,601 -Oh, no! -He’s moving. 1024 00:54:28,682 --> 00:54:29,892 Hold on. Is that thing alive? 1025 00:54:29,975 --> 00:54:31,385 What? 1026 00:54:31,477 --> 00:54:33,897 -I don’t know what’s going on. -Zombies. 1027 00:54:33,979 --> 00:54:36,229 What the-- 1028 00:54:36,315 --> 00:54:38,075 That’s the third time. 1029 00:54:38,150 --> 00:54:40,240 We back at St. Mary’s 1030 00:54:40,319 --> 00:54:42,109 and we’re fixing to measure alligators, 1031 00:54:42,196 --> 00:54:43,406 gotta shoot another one in the boat. 1032 00:54:43,489 --> 00:54:45,449 He’s fixing to crawl out the boat. 1033 00:54:45,532 --> 00:54:47,162 I can’t believe that happened again. 1034 00:54:54,249 --> 00:54:56,249 Meanwhile, in Bayou Sorrel, 1035 00:54:56,335 --> 00:55:00,965 the Edwards are still running lines baited with fish. 1036 00:55:02,299 --> 00:55:03,759 Right in the boat. 1037 00:55:03,842 --> 00:55:05,722 Got a fish in the boat, huh? 1038 00:55:05,844 --> 00:55:07,264 And even though 1039 00:55:07,346 --> 00:55:09,136 he’s been itching to throw the treble hook, 1040 00:55:09,223 --> 00:55:14,273 Little Willie has to admit his dad’s strategy is paying off. 1041 00:55:14,353 --> 00:55:16,063 I see a rope stretched, look like. 1042 00:55:16,188 --> 00:55:17,608 I do gotta admit 1043 00:55:17,689 --> 00:55:19,769 we been catching a lot of alligators on Daddy’s lines. 1044 00:55:19,858 --> 00:55:21,608 The alligators could see a lot better, 1045 00:55:21,693 --> 00:55:23,703 and with the moon reflecting off the fish and everything, 1046 00:55:23,821 --> 00:55:26,611 maybe it was a good strategy to switch up. 1047 00:55:29,660 --> 00:55:32,200 Got something big on here. 1048 00:55:45,968 --> 00:55:47,548 Pull it back up. 1049 00:55:47,678 --> 00:55:50,558 -I see the hook. -Oh, the hook, he got off. 1050 00:55:50,681 --> 00:55:52,721 He got off. He just twisted off. 1051 00:55:55,811 --> 00:55:58,191 Right here, front of the boat, front of the boat. 1052 00:56:18,417 --> 00:56:19,577 Right there. 1053 00:56:21,003 --> 00:56:22,503 Hold him tight. 1054 00:56:35,517 --> 00:56:36,767 Watch him right here. 1055 00:56:49,615 --> 00:56:51,285 Wham! 1056 00:56:51,366 --> 00:56:52,946 You didn’t think he was gonna be that big? 1057 00:56:53,035 --> 00:56:54,415 No, indeed. 1058 00:56:55,787 --> 00:56:59,167 I didn’t think he was gonna be that big myself. 1059 00:56:59,291 --> 00:57:02,461 This 12-foot giant is their biggest catch of the season, 1060 00:57:02,544 --> 00:57:06,634 and at the end of the day, Willie’s proud of his son. 1061 00:57:06,715 --> 00:57:08,975 I was kind of on Willie 1062 00:57:09,051 --> 00:57:10,971 about hooking with the treble hook and everything, 1063 00:57:11,094 --> 00:57:12,474 and, I mean, running hooks over the water 1064 00:57:12,554 --> 00:57:13,894 and everything. 1065 00:57:13,972 --> 00:57:16,722 But, I don’t know, I’d give him his shot and everything, 1066 00:57:16,808 --> 00:57:18,638 and we just caught a big one, a 12-footer on the hook 1067 00:57:18,769 --> 00:57:20,599 like that, treble hooking. 1068 00:57:20,687 --> 00:57:22,357 I’m gonna let him go ahead and take that little win. 1069 00:57:22,481 --> 00:57:24,771 I mean, he did catch a 12-footer 1070 00:57:24,858 --> 00:57:26,228 and didn’t get off and we got a shot on him 1071 00:57:26,318 --> 00:57:28,188 and killed him and put a tag on him. 1072 00:57:28,320 --> 00:57:30,490 And I couldn’t be more happy doing it with my son. 1073 00:57:30,572 --> 00:57:32,032 And that’s what it’s all about, 1074 00:57:32,157 --> 00:57:33,577 being out there, spending time in the basin 1075 00:57:33,659 --> 00:57:35,829 and getting things done and making a living. 1076 00:57:35,953 --> 00:57:38,663 -Beautiful day. -It’s a good day. 1077 00:57:38,747 --> 00:57:40,247 Can’t ask for no better. 1078 00:57:40,332 --> 00:57:43,132 Thank the good Lord above with the good sun coming out 1079 00:57:43,210 --> 00:57:46,170 and that good old moon at night. 1080 00:57:49,841 --> 00:57:52,841 Over in Pierre Part, Pickle’s on the edge 1081 00:57:52,970 --> 00:57:55,310 over her bad luck under the full moon. 1082 00:57:55,389 --> 00:57:58,889 I’m telling you, this full moon has got me off. 1083 00:57:59,017 --> 00:58:01,597 But Troy’s growing tired of her worries. 1084 00:58:01,687 --> 00:58:03,477 Listen to me for a change, okay? -What? 1085 00:58:03,563 --> 00:58:05,403 You’re making stuff happen to you 1086 00:58:05,524 --> 00:58:06,944 because of you so worried. 1087 00:58:07,025 --> 00:58:08,855 For the rest of the day today, 1088 00:58:08,944 --> 00:58:10,824 pay attention to what you’re doing, okay? 1089 00:58:10,904 --> 00:58:12,114 We’re gonna go a little slower. 1090 00:58:12,197 --> 00:58:14,367 I’m gonna take my time a little more. 1091 00:58:14,449 --> 00:58:17,619 Just pay more attention, be more careful. 1092 00:58:17,703 --> 00:58:19,703 The full moon didn’t hurt us today, it helped us. 1093 00:58:19,788 --> 00:58:21,658 We catching better than normal. 1094 00:58:21,748 --> 00:58:23,208 We filling up the boat with gators 1095 00:58:23,291 --> 00:58:24,711 and we working hard. 1096 00:58:24,793 --> 00:58:26,633 We trying to hurry to get ’em out this heat. 1097 00:58:26,712 --> 00:58:29,762 And I really think Pee-wee’s struggling today. 1098 00:58:29,881 --> 00:58:31,631 She’s having all kind of issues. 1099 00:58:31,717 --> 00:58:34,217 Her mind is she’s not focused on her job today. 1100 00:58:34,302 --> 00:58:38,892 She’s focused on the full moon, and what’s gonna happen next? 1101 00:58:44,688 --> 00:58:46,728 You see something? 1102 00:58:46,857 --> 00:58:50,237 I see the line goes way over there, way over there. 1103 00:58:50,360 --> 00:58:53,240 Here. Got that? Oh. Huh? 1104 00:58:57,659 --> 00:58:59,239 Get the gun, get the gun. 1105 00:58:59,327 --> 00:59:01,407 Get the gun, Pee-wee. Shoot him. 1106 00:59:14,676 --> 00:59:15,886 Do it! Shoot him! 1107 00:59:15,969 --> 00:59:17,929 Oh, hurry up, grab it. 1108 00:59:18,013 --> 00:59:20,223 Why you dropped the gun? 1109 00:59:20,307 --> 00:59:22,887 -Find it, hurry up. -I don’t feel it. 1110 00:59:24,728 --> 00:59:26,268 Get down, get in the water. 1111 00:59:27,898 --> 00:59:29,568 I’m gonna keep the gator over here. 1112 00:59:35,781 --> 00:59:37,661 Oh, look, she found it. 1113 00:59:41,661 --> 00:59:44,371 All right, bring him up. I’m shooting. 1114 00:59:45,874 --> 00:59:47,294 Bring him up, bring him up, bring him up! 1115 00:59:52,130 --> 00:59:54,010 Whoo! 1116 00:59:54,132 --> 00:59:56,382 Shoot! 1117 01:00:09,147 --> 01:00:12,277 Even though they had one of their best days of the season, 1118 01:00:12,359 --> 01:00:15,609 Pickle’s not sure it was worth it. 1119 01:00:15,695 --> 01:00:18,405 That moon’s got me so messed up. 1120 01:00:18,490 --> 01:00:20,160 My equilibrium’s off. 1121 01:00:20,283 --> 01:00:22,293 All right, another dilemma. 1122 01:00:22,369 --> 01:00:25,249 You know how to spell dilemma? 1123 01:00:25,330 --> 01:00:28,330 P-E-E-W-E-E. 1124 01:00:28,458 --> 01:00:29,668 I’m done with this day. 1125 01:00:29,751 --> 01:00:32,001 This full moon has got me so thrown off. 1126 01:00:32,087 --> 01:00:33,497 I’m ready to get out the boat. 1127 01:00:33,588 --> 01:00:35,468 I’m rocking like crazy, I fell out too many times. 1128 01:00:35,549 --> 01:00:36,839 Too many things have happened to me. 1129 01:00:36,925 --> 01:00:38,265 I’m ready to go home. 1130 01:00:38,343 --> 01:00:40,603 And I hope I never have to hunt under a full moon again. 1131 01:00:40,679 --> 01:00:44,019 Come on, I don’t do this every day. 1132 01:00:44,141 --> 01:00:47,021 Put it this way: You did have more incidents today 1133 01:00:47,102 --> 01:00:48,692 than you normally have, okay? 1134 01:00:48,770 --> 01:00:50,770 Thank you, thank you. 1135 01:00:52,524 --> 01:00:53,654 Back at St. Mary’s... 1136 01:00:53,733 --> 01:00:55,113 Pick up one at a time. 1137 01:00:55,193 --> 01:00:56,903 I’d like to pick up all three, but you can’t. 1138 01:00:57,028 --> 01:00:58,318 He’s too big. 1139 01:00:58,405 --> 01:01:01,205 Daniel and Dorien are excited to unload 1140 01:01:01,283 --> 01:01:02,953 their prized Luna bull. 1141 01:01:03,034 --> 01:01:05,664 Pull up, raise up. 1142 01:01:05,745 --> 01:01:07,655 Come on, Dad. Raise up some more. 1143 01:01:07,747 --> 01:01:09,827 You’re dragging his tail. Come on up. 1144 01:01:09,916 --> 01:01:12,536 Hey, pa, lookie there. 1145 01:01:12,669 --> 01:01:14,249 -Lookie here. -Yeah. 1146 01:01:14,379 --> 01:01:16,209 Last four digits. 1147 01:01:16,298 --> 01:01:20,428 That’s why I know it’s him, because of that number. 1148 01:01:20,552 --> 01:01:23,302 Well, we caught a lot of alligators during the full moon, 1149 01:01:23,388 --> 01:01:24,968 and we caught the Luna bull. 1150 01:01:25,056 --> 01:01:26,466 I think we made a good call. 1151 01:01:26,558 --> 01:01:28,518 Our plan came together right there, 1152 01:01:28,602 --> 01:01:32,732 especially... killing this alligator 1153 01:01:32,814 --> 01:01:35,484 that I’ve been after for so many years. 1154 01:01:35,567 --> 01:01:37,187 Yeah, that’s him. Got a notch. 1155 01:01:37,277 --> 01:01:39,107 See, that’s him. Got a notch in his tail. 1156 01:01:39,237 --> 01:01:41,947 You think that full moon had something to do with it? 1157 01:01:42,073 --> 01:01:44,493 Well, the full moon sure made him bite. 1158 01:01:44,576 --> 01:01:47,036 And I went right where I turned him loose, 1159 01:01:47,120 --> 01:01:49,250 we put all those lines, and we got him. 1160 01:01:49,372 --> 01:01:50,712 Good alligator. 1161 01:01:50,790 --> 01:01:53,170 Been looking for him a long time, pa. 1162 01:01:53,251 --> 01:01:56,631 I’m ecstatic to finally catch this alligator 1163 01:01:56,755 --> 01:01:59,595 that my grandpa’s been talking about for years and years now. 1164 01:01:59,674 --> 01:02:02,724 And I can just look at him in his eyes 1165 01:02:02,802 --> 01:02:04,642 and see how happy he is. 1166 01:02:04,763 --> 01:02:07,723 This alligator’s chapter has been closed today, 1167 01:02:07,807 --> 01:02:09,477 and we came out on top. 1168 01:02:09,601 --> 01:02:11,771 And we worked hard and we didn’t give up 1169 01:02:11,853 --> 01:02:14,023 and it paid off in the long run. 1170 01:02:14,105 --> 01:02:15,765 Payback is hell. I got him. 1171 01:02:15,899 --> 01:02:19,149 That was his day when he bit me. 1172 01:02:19,277 --> 01:02:20,647 Today is my day. 1173 01:02:20,779 --> 01:02:22,199 You need to keep that tag. 1174 01:02:22,280 --> 01:02:24,410 You know what? That’s a good idea. 1175 01:02:24,491 --> 01:02:26,371 I’m gonna keep that tag. Yeah.