At the dawn of a new gator season, an onslaught of storms and hurricanes threatens the fate of swampers' livelihoods; Troy unleashes his armada of boats, launching a full assault on the bayou, as he institutes an ambitious quota for day one.
Troy and Pickle take a calculated gamble in the sugarcane fields; Leron and Porkchop defy superstition by venturing into Scary Bayou; Daniel challenges his new deckhand in a friendly but fierce competition; Bruce fishes with a new partner.
With Hurricane Francine barreling toward Louisiana, swampers rush to stack their boats before the storm's landfall; Troy and Pickle head to Lake Fausse Pointe, where they hope to fill the boat; Ronnie is forced to hunt solo after Timmy becomes ill.
Hunters face the dual challenge of navigating a dangerous storm and preserving their season; Ronnie and Timmy bet on a feeding frenzy; Joey and Kallie hunt open waters; Troy and Pickle hunt to the bitter end; Bruce and Anna search for giants.
Ronnie and Timmy fight to finish their marsh tags before the gators move inland; Bruce and Anna chase monsters in a remote honey hole; Jacob unleashes Little Willie on the bayou beasts; Troy and Pickle wage war against a cannibal gator.
Swampers race to cash in on a post-hurricane feeding frenzy; Troy and Pickle take on a hunt using spears to fill their tags in a no-firearms zone; Joey and Kallie venture deep into the remote blackwater swamp.
As record-breaking heat descends on Southern Louisiana, Troy and Pickle rely on shaded lines along the edge of Lake Verret to protect their catch from the blistering sun.
As a full moon rises over Southern Louisiana, the swamp comes alive; Daniel and Zak try to cash in on a feeding frenzy with an open-water hunt; Ronnie and Timmy work to eliminate a massive nuisance gator threatening their friend's property.
Joey and Kallie take on Daniel and Zak in a high-stakes family competition, racing to catch the most gators and avoid cooking crab dinner for the losing team.
Jacob and Little Willie face a frustrating day as they discover multiple poached lines, forcing them to set up a hidden camera to catch the culprit; Ronnie recruits Chase Landry to help him fill his boat with giant gators.
The Landry crew clashes in a battle to catch a big gator; Troy and Pickle race to the King of the Swamps secret hotspot, Bayou Monstreaux; Don and Calum try to prove their worth as the newcomers in Coulon Creek; Jacob and Little Willie hunt.
Troy and Pickle are forced to break the King of the Swamp's number one rule, 'no treble hooking', in order to catch giants.
With a massive storm pummeling the swamp, Troy and Pickle run extra lines; Leron and Porkchop deploy a pungent bait; Bruce and Anna try to make a dent into their tag count; Daniel and Zak tempt fate; Jacob and Little Willie take a risky gamble.
With just 48 hours left in gator season, the swampers race against time to tag out before a massive storm hits.
On the final day of gator season, Troy and Pickle battle thick fog and exhaustion, racing to fill their last tags before time runs out; Jacob and Little Willie struggle with empty lines and tough conditions, forcing them to rethink their strategy.
The swamp is like never before and the hunters are fighting back with radical new strategies; king of the swamp Troy Landry attempts a grueling double shift, running lines both morning and evening; Joey tests out his father's airboat with Zak.
As a historic heatwave roasts the swamp, hunters unleash bold new strategies; with the heat index pushing a record-setting 126 degrees, king of the swamp Troy Landry relies on his swamp ingenuity to find the coolest water in the bayou.
Determined to get gators from the warm waters to the buyers as fast as possible, Willie snipes every gator he sees, but his son demands his own shot.
A relentless drought and sweltering temperatures drop water levels to their lowest point in decades, and access to the best honey holes in the swamp are nearly impassable; facing the prospect of losing thousands of dollars, hunters take huge risks.
As the season hits full stride, alligators begin changing their behaviors--and the hunters must adjust to stay one step ahead; Joey and Zak swap their trademark weapons (treble hook vs. fishing rod) to see who can nab the biggest bulls.
As gators hide deeper in the swamp, the hunters launch into full pursuit; Ronnie and Timmy chase a legendary gator that's been on the run for years; Willie Edwards and his son Little Willie head to an isolated body of water to chase a behemoth.
As gator season approaches the halfway point, Troy and Pickle hunt near a haunted honey hole with a checkered past; Bruce searches for the monster threatening a local swimming hole.
Midway through gator season, hunters aim to settle old scores; Willie chases a nasty gator called Renegade, which lives up to its name; Ronnie pulls double duty when Timmy arrives with his arm in a sling.
As gator season roars into its final weeks, Ronnie challenges Troy's title as King of the Swamp.
As the full moon drives gators into a feeding frenzy, Ashley makes a crucial mistake; Daniel chases a legendary 13-footer called "Triple XL"; Troy and Pickle battle a moon-crazed menace with a taste for gator.
As gator season enters its final week, Troy attempts to train the next generation of Landry hunters; Ronnie calls upon Timmy's knowledge of secret honey holes to catch up on his tag count; Daniel and Joey embark on a rare father-son adventure.
As gator season enters the homestretch, Troy and Pickle chase a hook breaking monster; Wille and Little Willie set an ambitious goal to turn their season around; Ashley uses a tip from the King of the Swamp to target a giant.
As pressure mounts in the swamp, Troy and Pickle risk their lives in the oil fields; Joey and Zak attempt to knock Mr. Daniel off his throne, but the Edgar Patriarch refuses to go down without a fight.
With just three days left in the season, a cold front sends gators into hiding; Willie and Little Willie split up for the first time ever to cover more ground, and Little Willie feels the pressure of being his own Captain.
On the final day of the season, the lingering cold front is giving gators "lock jaw" at the worst possible time; needing to fill a record-setting 900 tags this season and having never failed to tag-out, the King of the Swamp gambles on a new bait.
Hunters compete to win 350 new alligator tags at the end of the season; Troy aims to get an early lead while Ronnie sets his sights on dethroning the King of the Swamp; Willie and Little Willie chase nothing but monsters.
The Landrys target the legendary beasts of Cow Island; Daniel sets an ambitious goal to catch 10 alligators over 10 feet long; Ashley gambles on a new hunting ground; Willie and his son aim to keep their treble streak alive.
Ronnie faces a challenge in his own territory; Joey and Zak use pig heads to lure in giants; Leron and Porkchop battle a poacher who is stealing their catch; Troy places a big bet on Spearhead Lake; Jacob welcomes a new deckhand.
Ashley and Anna try to knock Troy off his throne; Daniel's strategy falls to pieces; Leron and Porkchop call in reinforcements; Troy and Pickle risk their lives to hunt in Deadwood.
Anna takes aim at swamp monsters with her bow and arrow; Pickle surprises Troy with her secret weapon; Black Rambo hunts for a legendary antique rifle; Little Willie breaks news to his dad that transforms their season; Joey and Zak chase a beast.
Jacob and Don venture into a cursed pirate swamp; Willie fishes solo after Little Willie takes a land job; Ronnie and Timmy battle poachers; Troy gambles on Pickle's new hot spot; Leron and Porkchop step up their game.
Daniel and Dorien call in air support; Ronnie and Ashley compete in a battle of the sexes; Black Rambo hunts for a legendary payday; Bruce tries to save his season.
Troy attempts to run a record-breaking 100 lines alone; Ashley and Anna venture into a notoriously haunted swamp known as the Cemetery; Black Rambo searches for a legendary vampire killing kit; Joey and Zak try to save a lost dog.
Troy and Pickle hunt the deepest waters of the swamp; Ronnie wrestles a cannibal Gator that's destroying his chances to move up in the rankings; Leron and Porkchop go after monsters threatening their community; Daniel chases infertile bull gators.
Pickle teams up with Jacob and it's almost like being on vacation; Zak tries to make up for a crucial mistake; Bruce ventures into uncharted territory; Ashley sets her sights on monstrous land gators; Daniel gambles on crab traps to lure giants.
A storm is headed for the swamp; Daniel faces the tempest head-on; Ronnie braves dangerous lightning; Ashley tries to outrun the rain while Leron and Porkchop wade right in; Bruce gambles on heading south away from the rains.
An unexpected cold front threatens to freeze up gator season; Troy looks for warm waters to save the day; Don mixes up a special juice to lure big gators; Willie beats the cold with a radical new strategy.
Troy runs into big trouble in his favorite honey hole; Daniel chases a legendary gator known as The Pirate; Leron and Porkchop battle a voodoo curse and confront a zombie gator; Black Rambo answers a call for help from his grandpa.
Willie gets an unexpected boost at the perfect time; Ronnie and Timmy target a monster terrorizing a local marina; Don hustles to impress the "King of the Swamp" as Leron and Porkchop take on their most ambitious day ever.
It's the final day of gator season and teams are all within striking distance of winning the competition for 350 new tags; Ronnie and Ashley fight to hang onto their lead while Troy battles to keep his title as "King of the Swamp."
Hunters scramble to fill as many tags as possible before Hurricane Ida, an unprecedented category 4 storm, shuts down their season.
With their buyer shut down after Hurricane Ida, the Edgars hunt for giant bulls they can skin themselves; the Landrys lend a hand to Ronnie and Ashley after being devastated by the storm.
Troy and Ronnie compete against Pickle and Ashley in a battle of the sexes; the Edwards rush to make up for lost time; best friends Leron and Porkchop move to new hunting grounds after Hurricane Ida demolishes their hometown.
Ronnie and Ashley follow an underwater pipeline looking for gators and come across a gas leak that puts their lives in danger; Jacob and Don head for their favorite honey hole, only to find it blocked with trees that require an explosive solution.
With water levels dropping rapidly, Joey and Zak race to fill their tags before getting stranded in a remote canal; Troy takes advantage of the low water to settle an old score with a legendary adversary.
Water levels are rising quickly, forcing Leron and Porkchop to race the incoming tide; Willie goes after his old foe, Black Lagoon; Ronnie and Ashley use their airboat to reach new honey holes; Joey and Zak struggle through a wasp-infested canal.
The Landrys fish in a dangerous sinkhole that could swallow them whole; Ronnie and Ashley battle the Cane Breaker; the Edgars hunt down the menacing beasts breaking into local fishermen's crab traps.
On a hunch, Daniel Edgar rushes to run tags before a rainstorm hits; Don captains his boat with the help of a deckhand who calls himself Black Rambo; Ronnie calls upon the help of a float plane to scout a gator hotspot.
Facing a cold snap, Daniel bets on a hot spring honey hole; Joey and Zak chase a giant into the crawfish ponds; Troy teaches Pickle to fish with a treble hook; Leron and Porkchop try a radical new strategy; Don tries to resurrect his sniper skills.
Pickle gets her shot to be captain, but Troy struggles to hand over the reins; Jacob takes his son gator hunting for the first time; Ronnie and Ashley fish in a traditional pirogue.
Joey and Zak try to cash in on the full moon feeding frenzy; Daniel seeks revenge on Luna Bull; Pickle's superstitions come back to haunt her; Chase hunts sinker cypress near an old sawmill; the Edwards try out a shiny new bait.
Willie and Little Willie compete for the title of best marksman; Don puts his Swamp Juice to the test; Ronnie struggles to hunt alone; Chase is plagued by a sinker cypress menace; Leron and Porkchop set their sights on the swamp's biggest monsters.
Hoping to tag out, the Edgars face new challenges and confront an old nemesis; one mistake turns Troy and Pickle's day into a nightmare; Willie prepares his son for the next level; Ronnie and Ashley hunt a giant that was spotted by a local.
The Landrys learn nothing comes easy; Leron and Porkchop battle bulls and each other; Willie risks not tagging out by refusing to set lines; Ronnie and Ashley struggle to fill their remaining tags.
Overpopulation supercharges gator aggression; diving into the fray, Troy puts his new deckhand, Pickle, to the test; Daniel welcomes his grandson, Dorien, back; Junior returns to the swamp; Ronnie and Ashley come under attack from a marsh monster.
Alligators invade every corner of the swamp; Troy and Pickle chase the monster called Freight Train; alligator queen Liz Cavalier returns to the swamp to help cull the population while teaching her stepson how to catch giants.
The gators are getting more aggressive, and they're threatening local residents; retired swamp veterans pit their skills against the predators, as they help the next generation navigate the perils of the swamp.
Swamp legends Frenchy and Gee return to the battle, but a familiar foe spoils their plans; Joey and Zak hunt a marsh full of tall grasses, and they're forced to call in aerial reinforcements to get the job done.
A record-breaking heat wave consumes the bayou; Ronnie and Ashley try to take advantage of a feeding frenzy; Willie and his father helm separate boats to finish faster; Don invents a slow-drip device to keep Jacob's bait from drying out.
Troy and Pickle brave the breeding grounds known for aggressive female gators; Daniel teaches his grandson the secrets of the swamp; Ashley hunts alone while Ronnie recovers from heatstroke; a deadly cannibal ruins Bruce's favorite honey hole.
Troy and Pickle bring a special guest onboard; Joey and Zak risk it all on the hunt for the biggest alligator Joey Edgar has ever seen; Ronnie and Ashley face their darkest fears; Liz and Destin face high water and a low bridge.
Troy and Pickle reach deep into their bag of swamp tricks to nab a horse-eating gator; Dorien takes the lead to prove himself; the long season brings Willie, his son and their gear to the breaking point; Troy sends Chase on a special mission.
With a major storm brewing, Liz risks it all to fill her boat with gators; Ronnie and Ashley brave the weather to turn a sea wall into a gator bonanza; Zak braves the elements and goes solo for the first time ever.
Pickle convinces Troy to try her secret honey hole; Ronnie and Ashley race the clock to fill their boat with monsters; Bruce faces off with a notorious area of the swamp known as The Maze; Joey and Zak seek revenge for a friend.
Troy, Pickle and the rest of the Landry clan return to a gator hunter's paradise; Frenchy and Gee make a stand in their own backyard; Willie and Little Willie put their money where their mouths are.
An unexpected cold front threatens Troy and Pickle's season; Jacob and Don shoot their way out of a tough spot; Joey and Zach use an old school trick to get gators to bite; Liz reaches into her bag of tricks to beat the weather.
Joey and Zach go head-to-head with massive monsters; Ronnie uses an unexpected trick to catch a wily beast; Little Willie puts his big idea to the test.
Liz and Destin resort to old tricks; Frenchy and Gee put their partnership to the test; Bruce uses secret knowledge to try to tag out; Dorien has a big surprise for Mr. Daniel.
Troy and Pickles' tag out hangs in the balance, Don and Jacob make a big mistake, Willie and Little Willie battle to the end, Ronnie and Ashley take it down to the wire.
Desperate to cull the exploding gator population, the swampers target breeding bulls; Joey and Zak create a feeding frenzy using wild hogs as chum; a gator takes a bite out of Ashley and Ronnie; Troy and Terral embark on a dangerous mission.
Joey and Zak stake out game trails to nab gators; after he's sabotaged by angry locals, Ronnie recruits Terral to help him get back into his honey hole; Troy tests the patience of a new deckhand; Daniel and Big Tee get creative with their bait.
The Edwards boys go toe-to-toe with a heavyweight gator known as The Champ.
Not catching any gators, Troy and Terral test a radical new strategy; Jacob's new deckhand tries to prove his worth; young guns Brock and Aaron make a name for themselves in the swamp; Joey and Zak stalk a monster bull.
Ronnie's day takes a turn for the worse when Ashley discovers a bad omen on board; Brock and Aaron gamble on a new hunting area; without his partner, Daniel, 70, pushes his limits on a solo hunt.
Strange things happen in the swamp on Friday the 13th; Daniel and Big Tee chase a bait-stealing monster called The Ghost; Jacob and Don hit a run of bad luck; Willie and his son brave the hazard-filled waters of The Graveyard.
The swamp heats up as Daniel and Big Tee face off against trespassers; an old timer teaches Troy new tricks; Brock and Aaron get lost in the Bayou backwaters; Ronnie and Ashley navigate dueling airboats to a secluded honeyhole.
Troy assembles a crew to infiltrate Cow Island; Ronnie and Ashley assist the Landrys with an armada of airboats; Brock and Aaron chase their biggest beast of the season.
Troy makes an urgent plea to his armada to fill more tags and sweetens the deal with a bet; Jacob and Don fish the deep waters of West Grand Lake; the Edwards go on a mission to catch the Moby Monster; Ronnie and Ashley journey to Gator Bayou.
King of the Swamp Troy Landry gambles on Terral's secret honey hole; Willie gives his son the reins; Ronnie baits with rotten duck; Joey and Zak look for a huge bull.
Jacob leads the Landry clan into Big Bull Bayou; Chase hunts secluded channels with his tail boat; Daniel and Big Tee track a giant cannibal; Joey hunts solo.
Brock and Aaron must fill their tags by day's end; Troy Landry hunts with his dad; Ashley gets sick as she and Ronnie rush to fill their boat; Willie gives his son a final exam.
Troy and Terral try to tag out in a cursed bayou; Jacob and Don chase monsters into deep waters; Daniel's airboat breaks down; Joey and Zak try to keep the family on track; Ronnie and Ashley struggle to recover from missed days on the water.
The swampers are faced with a gator invasion that is threatening the community like never before; Troy, Terrel Evans, Jacob, Dusty Crum, Ronnie Adams and Ashley "Dead-Eye" Jones venture into a wild swamp known as the cemetery.
RJ and Jay Paul battle a gator explosion on sacred ground; Ronnie and Ashley track the sinister dinosaur terrorizing a community; Joey has a new secret weapon to bag more predators than ever before.
Joey and Zak need a bird's-eye view to find the beast breaking all of their lines; Ronnie and Ashley take a gamble by pursuing gators on land; Jacob and Dusty try their luck hunting giant beasts in a small boat.
Joey and Zak use an off-road buggy to chase a giant bull gator; Daniel and Big Tee journey to a honey hole; Willie has a score to settle in the eerie Black Lagoon; Frenchy and Gee upgrade their boat.
Daniel and Big Tee respond to an urgent call for help from a friend; Ronnie and Ashley bring out a secret weapon to bag colossal gators; Frenchy rolls up his sleeves to protect his land; Troy and Terral pursue a slippery old nemesis.
As the Swampers battle the extreme heat, Ronnie pushes himself to the brink; Troy and Terral head out on an overnight mission to defend a state park; Dusty uses some Everglades magic in the swamp; Daniel goes on a risky solo mission.
A major storm rages on the Gulf Coast, and Troy, Terral, Jacob and Dusty race to run their lines; lightning forces Ronnie and Ashley to take shelter; a broken water pump threatens to sink Frenchy and Gee.
Ronnie wins extra tags in a poker game; RJ and Jay Paul chase a beast encroaching on their land; Troy plans a stakeout to catch the mysterious man poaching his lines; Joey and Zak stalk a vicious cannibal that is terrorizing other gators.
Dusty is determined to help bag a behemoth that's been eating other gators; Frenchy and Gee hunt for the beast that's been stealing all of their bait; Troy and Terral pursue the giant that killed a neighbor's dog; Willie takes on a 900-pound monster.
Jacob and Holden pursue frightening gar fish; Ashley and Ronnie battle flying carp in Mississippi while catching elusive gators at night; Frenchy and Gee go frogging for a tasty delicacy; an overnight bow fishing adventure with RJ and Jay Paul.
Troy and his armada take an overnight trip to legendary hunting ground Cow Island; Joey and Zak go on a special mission to protect the Edgars' hometown; Daniel takes matters into his own hands to deal with a poacher.
Joey and Zak doggedly pursue the mysterious gator known as the Phantom; Ronnie and Ashley venture into Dead-End Bayou, where they make a side bet; Troy spends the day with a swamp legend; engine trouble threatens to leave Willie stranded.
Daniel and Big T use special bait; Ashley surprises Ronnie with a secret weapon of her own; Frenchy needs to reach a remote honey hole, but can his boat handle the oversized beasts; Willie goes all out to take down an old nemesis.
A snake invasion is threatening the community and Troy Landry calls in some friends to help him track down the sinister Voodoo Python.
Troy heads to the Everglades to help a friend hunt down mysterious invasive species that are terrorizing locals, including massive hybrid snakes and the fabled "crocogator."
With his industry on the verge of collapse, Troy urges the Landry family to hunt quickly; Holden struggles to shed bad habits; Chase returns to his careless ways; Dorien Edgar makes a dramatic decision; the Molineres switch roles.
Chase and Jacob struggle for command of the boat; Holden steps up; Daniel tries out a new deckhand; Bruce and Ron's partnership is on the line.
Bruce faces the toughest decision of his career; Dwaine pushes Joey's boat to the limit; Daniel returns to a monster's lair.
Troy puts his sharpshooting to the ultimate test; Frenchy ventures into uncharted territory; Jay Paul and RJ pursue their old nemesis, Houdini; Kristi hunts to pay for a new hay barn.
In the middle of a tropical storm, Troy risks a treacherous lake crossing; Daniel hunts in the Gulf of Mexico; Jay Paul and R.J. try to outrun Mother Nature.
Troy, RJ and Bruce answer an urgent call from friends in Texas to help fill tags in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.
The Cajun Cartel tries to tag out Texas hunters affected by Hurricane Harvey; in Louisiana, Jay Paul's reunion with an old friend leads to serious problems.
Willie employs a radical new strategy; Stringbean steps up; Jay Paul struggles with a moral dilemma; Glenn takes on a risky new hobby.
Frenchy uses a secret weapon to break new ground; Daniel suffers at the hands of poachers; Bruce invents a contraption to save his season; Dwaine tries to prove himself to his older brother.
The Cajun Cartel work together to devise a plan to pool their resources and push back.
Big Tee sets a lofty goal; the Landrys' best hunting grounds are under siege; Glenn mines for swamp cash.
The Landrys put family pride on the line; Willie ventures into mysterious territory; Kristi answers a call for help.
RJ encounters a crisis; the Edgars battle family problems; Frenchy unleashes a radical strategy.
Troy protects locals; Big Tee reveals a secret; Willie makes a big gamble.
Willie has treble hook troubles; Kristi's on her own; Chase and Jacob stalk a menacing giant; Glenn goes on a ghost hunt.
A bitter cold front sweeps over the swamp, threatening to shut down the season.
Troy devises a new strategy; Daniel chases an old foe; Joey and Dwaine put the pedal to the metal; Frenchy rolls the dice.
Troy pushes his luck; Willie races the clock; Frenchy goes back to the future.
Mother Nature dishes up an unexpected disaster.
A countdown of the 10 most legendary creatures in the swamp.
Troy promotes Chase to captain of his own boat; Daniel Edgar calls in his son to help fill tags; RJ and Jay Paul hunt on separate boats for the first time ever.
Chase fails to show up for his second day as captain; Dwaine struggles to live up to his father's expectations; bayou floods open up new territory for Frenchie and Gee; Glenn Guist deals with some unwelcome guests.
After a rocky start, Chase tries to redeem himself and get back into his father's good graces; Daniel sets a catch quota for his family; Jay Paul and Tommy jump a levee to tap new territory; Will breaks down alone in the heat of the blazing sun.
A vampire alligator terrorizes Troy's hunting grounds; Dwain and Daniel Edgar try to get into a groove; RJ hunts with his brother, Al, for the first time since they were teenagers; Bruce, Ron and Gunner head into uncharted territory.
Troy lays down a bet against Chase and Holden; Daniel's bragging wears Dwaine down; Gunner causes trouble for Bruce; Gee takes charge on Frenchy's boat.
Chase goes after the biggest alligator he's ever seen; Daniel gets under Dwaine's skin; Kristi clears invading alligators off her homestead; Frenchy's day doesn't go as planned.
Dwaine hits a breaking point; Willie realizes he's losing money; Kristi hunts with her son; Glenn fulfills a lifelong dream.
Troy relies on a Landry lucky charm, while Chase and Holden make their own luck; Jay Paul and Tommy go after an escape artist named Houdini; Kristi battles invading alligators on her land; Willie wrestles with poachers.
Daniel and Dwaine try to make amends; RJ and Jay Paul go head to head; Jacob gives Troy a hard time; Glenn must find a way to repay a friend.
Bruce gets notice that his buyer is closing early; Troy issues a mandate to catch only big alligators; Joey and Dorien get stranded; Frenchy and Gee take on a second job to make extra cash.
Chase gets a taste of his own medicine; Daniel unveils a secret honey hole; Frenchy and Gee battle a cannibal; Glenn starts a new business.
Troy confronts Chase about his obsession with sniping alligators; Joey goes after his white whale; Willie's buyer threatens to close early; Frenchy and Gee try to fill their last tags with big-money beasts.
Willie rushes to tag out before his buyer shuts down for the season at the end of the day; Troy hangs more lines than ever before; the Landrys race against sundown; Daniel's day turns sour; Jay Paul hunts the land next to his house.
Troy Landry and his nephew, Holden, head to the Florida Everglades to help friends whose lands are being terrorized by unknown beasts.
Troy's search for the Nile crocodile takes him to the deepest and darkest parts of the Florida Everglades.
A countdown of the most dangerous alligator battles as well as a chronicle of close calls and near-death moments from the past seven seasons of the series, "Swamp People."
Troy Landry finds himself going up against Mother Nature; the water in the basin is higher than it's ever been, and a cold front has moved into Louisiana; King discovers more bad news.
Following his worst start to alligator season ever, a desperate Troy does the unthinkable; over in Hammond, Ron is hopeful that his puppy Gunner is going follow in the footsteps of Bruce's dog Tyler and become their new gator dog.
The King of the Swamp is intent on filling his 500-plus tags this year; armed with the help of a fellow swamper, he takes on the high water and cold weather; Frenchy Crochet and Gee Singleton's best laid plans literally blow up in their face.
Even with help from the Edgar family, Troy Landry is still behind on his tag count; back on their home turf, Daniel, Joey and Dorian Edgar are ready to fill their boats with gators; Glenn Guist is always right at home in the swamp.
Willie Edwards is blind-sided by the largest monster he's ever taken on; Daniel Edgar attempts to take down a foe that has haunted him for years; an injury could end R.J.'s season.
Daniel Edgar's boys show up late and hungover; Troy battles with a poacher; Ron pushes to get the puppy a second chance with Bruce.
Troy changes his luck by using an old family secret; R.J. and Jay Paul face off with the Edgar family as they hunt in the same area; Glen Guist practices swamp medicine and pays tribute to his brother Mitch.
Troy and his family gamble on a new territory; R.J. comes face to face with the truth; Bruce puts Ron's puppy to the test; Frenchy and Gee head to hog heaven.
Troy helps someone out with his lines; Jacob's brother, Chase, doen't show up, putting the Landrys behind; Ron's puppy, Gunnar, finally gets his chance to prove himself; Dorien faces his biggest challenge yet.
Troy goes head to head with a cannibal gator that threatens to ruin his season; Jay Paul gets closer to taking over the Molinere gator-hunting operation; Chase struggles to redeem himself.
Troy and Guy hunt what could be their largest gator of the season; Jay Paul makes a bad call that might cost him and his father big bucks; Daniel Edgar's obsession gets the best of him.
The Landrys rush to tag out on the last day of the season, but R.J. and Jay Paul invade their territory looking to tag out themselves; the Edgars try to catch their last haul of gators.
Swampers fight huge alligators and Mother Nature trying to win The Bounty on the Bayou; One hunter goes deep into the swamp to catch a legendary reptile; Another hunter empowers his younger deckhand by letting him fight his first line.
When boat traffic makes it impossible to run lines, hunters must adjust tactics and abandon plans in order to fill their tags.
Rising water levels cause large gators to head into newly flooded areas; One team goes into a dangerous canal in hopes of catching a bounty winning gator; Another team must use an ancient swamp technique to keep their boat from running aground.
One team goes after a brazen, one-eyed gator they have been after for years; Another hunter is forced to hunt alone and engages an aggressive bull gator; while another team has to hunt down a gator that keeps stealing the bait off their lines.
One team looks for some local crabbers to give them some indigenous bait; Another team uses a primitive alternative to the modern hook; while another team uses cannibalized gator as bait.
One team has to outsmart a huge gator by using an old fashioned boat decoy strategy; Another team tries an old floating bait technique.
Hunters travel into unknown, hostile areas of the swamp; one team goes to an area believed to be cursed, another team visits a hazardous storm-altered marsh to fight several dangerous gators on dry ground.
One hunter fights poachers by setting lines with no locator ribbons and relies on the Swamp GPS in his head to find them; Another team has an uneasy stand off with a hunter in the swamp; while a final team must take out a vicious bull gator.
One team pursues a legendary cursed monster that has been causing havoc on a local crawfisherman; A second team struggles after a series of injuries; another hunter forgets his bullet clip and sprays his deckhand with shrapnel.
As two teams cross state lines in search of a prize-winning monster, they discover that hunting through the night comes with terrible risks in Mississippi.
One hunter returns from an injury in the hopes of winning the $10,000 bounty on the last day; a hunter ventures to an area he has been saving all season; a team makes a mad dash to get its alligator across state lines before the bounty deadline.
One swamper reunites with another to help a family friend remove a rogue gator from their marsh area;while a third team fights with an indestructible monster.
One team has to hunt with an old-fashioned motorbike and sidecar; A second team acts on a tip from some local crab fishermen and a third team fights with a bait-stealing monster.
One team goes deep into the woods to seize a gator that has taken over a local fishing hole; A second team goes after a gator that is terrifying a camp; a third team hunts three different swamps for three monster gators.
One team fights a dangerous territory called The Pipeline; another team attempts to capture an infamous line popping gator called The Phantom.
One team baits their lines with a gator bait recipe called Surf and Turf; a second team hunts their last tags of the season on an ATV; another team finds themselves hindered by an unknown intruder who is hanging lines in their territory.
One team's prized honey hole is blocked by reeds, so they rely on a secret luring technique; a second hunter dedicates his closing tag to catch a monster named Cujo; another team faces dangerous confrontations due to a disrupted landscape.
One team burns sage to help them end their bad luck; a second team searches for inspiration from a local church; a third is determined to outdo their father by catching a massive monster.
One hunter challenges his sons to a contest to see who can catch the largest gator; another hunter reassembles her team once again to help her tag out.
Troy is forced to bring out a teenager as his deckhand; a former nuisance hunter must capture a rogue gator that ate his father-in-law's prized hunting dog; a seasoned hunter's deckhand is sidelined from being "gator bit."
One hunting team uses a helicopter to pick out hunting spots for the season; a hunter ventures out on his own; two hunters go on a road trip and must catch a menacing gator in order to get tags from a local landowner.
Several teams find that thieves have stolen gators off their lines; one team accidentally crosses property lines; a hunter ventures out on his own and finds that being a solo captain is easier said than done; a team forfeits a prime hunting spot.
One hunter is forced to hunt alone after his deckhand falls deathly ill; a hunting team goes after a rogue dog-eating gator; a vicious cannibal gator.
The younger swampers take things too far in an effort to prove themselves; tensions within one team lead to a terrible accident; a hunter defies his father's wishes in making a new treble hook.
One team sacrifices their day to go after a gator that is terrorizing kids at a local camp; a hunter ventures out alone to catch a nuisance gator; a team relies on a secret baiting strategy to salvage their day.
One team accidentally crosses boundaries with an angry landowner; a hunter avoids a crowded swamp by venturing into a remote hunting area; two brothers are united and fish an old family hunting area; one team ventures into a forbidden area.
One hunter risks his life by venturing into a cursed area; a hunter encounters an unexpected fish kill; a team's season is on the brink after their boat engine mysteriously breaks down; a hunter must capture a wild raccoon.
One family tries to maintain an eight foot order; the pressure gets to the second team.
One team goes after a legendary gator, while another team is determined to break a state record; a second hunter goes after a ruthless cannibal gator.
Swampers are in danger of losing their businesses until family and friends come to their aid.
Swampers push into the outer limits of their territories to fill tags.
As the season winds down, Swampers look to tag out certain properties before it's too late.
The swampers lose their focus and go after individual predators; one hunter tries to catch a crafty gator; a team hunts from a tiny skiff.
The swampers must hunt in problematic areas; a team hunts in an electrical storm; a team searches for a record gator in cattle country.
Deckhands come to the aid of their captains; a team must deal with an injury; a deckhand's decision results in one of the season's best days.
One team gets unexpected help from family; a hunter ends his season early to be with his sick mother.
One team returns to a remote hunting location; a team goes after an indestructible gator; another team needs to have its best day of the season.
Experienced hunters hurry to fill their tags; a team tackles a virtually-inaccessible hunting spot; one team finishes the season in a dangerous place on ATVs.
The most dangerous encounters with monsters in the swamp.
A hurricane tears through the bayou on opening day of alligator season; two new hunters invade the Louisiana swamp and challenge Troy Landry to a high-stakes bet; a hunter jumps into the water to wrestle with a huge gator.
Troy must get his sons to step up and help him bring in the biggest gator; one hunter's gun runs out of bullets, and his partner must turn to a tiny pocketknife.
A fish kill of biblical proportions causes the gators to stop biting lines and forces the swampers to get inventive in their hunting strategies.
Poachers invade the swamp and steal high value gators from several of the hunters; tensions rise as a high stakes bet leads to a turf war; a veteran suffers a devastating loss as a result of Hurricane Isaac.
One hunter suffers a brutal alligator bite that forces him off the water; a cold front threatens to end the season for hunters in the north; debris-filled waters lead to a serious accident.
One swamper gets bumped overboard during a gator fight; two hunters head back into dark waters to enact revenge on a gator that got away.
A cold front moves into the bayou and threatens to destroy alligator season; two swampers try to jump their boat over a fifty-foot levee to gain access to warmer waters; hunters use the private parts of a male gator to lure aggressive males.
The high-stakes bet between the Texans and Troy Landry comes to a conclusion; one team takes a huge gamble that could upset their entire season; a team faces a serious health crisis.
An impatient veteran sprays his partner with bullet fragments; a swamper risks his health to stay on the water; brothers nearly come to blows as frustrations build and authority is challenged.
A team of hunters catches a yellow gator which is said to be cursed; one hunter loses his ability to shoot; a dead gator comes back to life; RJ and Jay Paul conduct a native ritual ceremony to rid the swamp of the curse.
The battle-weary veterans need their deckhands to step up like never before; one swamper reaches out to an unlikely family member who is terrified of being in the boat; a team hashes out the value of intuition over discipline.
A massive sinkhole consumes part of Troy's hunting grounds; the Beast of the East is chased by swampers using gator calls; one team comes up with a clever way to extract gators from a huge snarled lily field.
Two brothers journey to a land that hasn't been hunted in 40 years; a swamper gets called back to his office job; a young hunter's risky night scout pays off.
Partnerships are broken up; a veteran swamper takes advantage of their partner's last day on the swamp by revisiting a marsh area that's yielded tremendous gators.
The gator hunters need every second they have to tag out on time; Bruce and Ron hunt despite the lightning; Bruce's dog falls overboard in the bayou.
Duck hunters begin to cause chaos for the swampers; a team abandons their boat; a veteran's hunt for a partner leads her to an unexpected door; a teams lines are tampered with.
Swampers begin to doubt their ability to tag out with only seven days left in the season; one hunter begins to heal; a season-ending injury.
The hunting teams encounter roadblocks that keep them from tagging out as the season draws to a close; with Troy recovering, Jacob enlists the help of his uncle; Liz worries about how Kristi will perform.
Swampers are blind-sided with unexpected road blocks; a family member in trouble means putting a swampers season on hold; one team has only two tags left to catch a legendary gator.
A team sets off to find a serial killer gator named the Reaper, a veteran team is plagued by catching oversized alligators and a legendary swamper rallies his family to leave their boats behind.
A massive cold front hits the bayou; one hunter is forced to make the risky move of crashing his boat through a beaver dam; a hunter puts his life on the line to save his beloved partner.
Another look at the celebration of Thanksgiving by the gator hunters, who, most often than not, prefer other wildlife over turkey for the main course.
Clips from previously aired episodes illustrate some of the most memorable gator hunts of the season.
The hunters remember the struggles, joys and the dangers they've faced over the years fishing alligators.
Troy reunites with Clint and runs a second boat; Liz Cavalier runs her own boat; R.J. Molinere and his son R.J. take on 500 tags; Bruce Mitchell's new secret weapon.
Troy takes the Gator Tail to an old family honey hole; Junior and his son stalk an elusive beast known for his roar; Liz and her partner Kristie take a calculated risk; R.J. and Jay Paul spy outsiders setting lines directly across from theirs.
Troy and Junior put their sons on a second boat; Joe sustains a potentially season-ending injury; newcomers Austyn and Blake try to earn their way into the alligator business.
Tommy is on his own for the first time in his career; Bruce moves the hunt to a remote bog known as Stinky Bayou; Liz and Kristi take a huge risk in hopes of another enormous payday.
Troy finds out a monster gator is feeding close to his home; R.J. and Jay Paul summon the powers of their ancestors; Liz and Kristie encounter a bold gator; the Guist brothers find themselves in need of lumber.
R.J. and Jay Paul head to an area known as the Hive; Troy Landry's sons make their own name; Jacob plots to track down the Son of Treebreaker; Willie and Randy hunt without the treble hook; Glenn and Mitchell hunt alligator gar.
The biggest storm since Hurricane Katrina heads straight for the swamp; Joe and Tommy reunite on a mission to stay ahead of the storm; Troy Landry breaks up his boats to conquer multiple territories at once..
Troy faces the treacherous conditions of Tropical Storm Lee short handed; rising water levels blanket Bruce and Ron's boat launch; Joe and Tommy head out across a lake to run their lines as fast as possible.
Joe and Tommy can't return to the hunt with their home and their community in peril; R.J. and Jay Paul move their hunt to the place they believe the gators are hiding; high waters and winds leave Liz and Kristi's hunting grounds unrecognizable.
Boat traffic spoils one of Troy's go-to hunting grounds, high water levels give Joe and Tommy a rare opportunity; Willie and Randy face some serious pressure from their dad.
R.J. and Jay Paul go after Pas Tout La; Troy and Clint hunt an old adversary; Liz and Kristi head to their first line of the day, Liz spots an enormous gator; Glenn and Mitchell tackle a houseboat.
Troy and Clint target Lake Verret to make the most of the voracious gators; Junior tries to repeat past glory; the swamp throws Liz a curve she never saw coming; Bruce, Ron and Tyler target Cypress Graveyard.
Troy uses high waters to his advantage; R.J. and Jay Paul travel the flooded channels into Houma territory; Joe and Tommy prepare to take a big gamble; Austyn and Blake make the most of the flooded conditions.
Joe and Tommy decide to gator hunt in the morning and shrimp in the afternoon; Liz and Kristi go after a gator that's threatening cattle; high waters move a new gator population into Malcom's fishing spot; Glenn and Mitchell work on an old motor.
Troy and Clint have the perfect plan to find the big-money gators they need; R.J. and Jay Paul go after an enormous beast that is tearing apart fishing pots; Austyn and Blake sell to a new buyer.
Liz and Kristi start slow; Junior works with his cousin Gerald; Jacob and Chase get assigned to a tough fishing area; Joe and Tommy head to an area saved for the home stretch of the season.
Willie is back at his father's side to track down gators; Bruce gets anxious about the weather; Troy's sons hope for a big day despite the cold front.
Troy's road to the crown takes an unexpected turn; R.J. and Jay Paul work tirelessly to fill their 500 tags; Willie and Randy embark on their last day as partners this season; Bruce's sidekick doesn't feel well.
After a fellow hunter dies, Troy offers to help fill his tags for the community; exhaustion sets in for R.J.; Joe and Tommy focus on big gators; Glenn and Mitchell look for garfish.
Tommy brings Joe to a new spot to finish out the season; Troy tries to fill 45 tags in 48 hours; R.J. and Jay Paul run out of fresh territory; Liz and Kristi return to Liz's daddy's favorite hot spot; Junior and Willie reunite.
Troy searches for one more monster gator to make a statement; R.J. and Jay are down to their final tags; Bruce, Ron and Tyler face a daunting final day.
Troy Landry is back with his son Jacob; Junior Edwards and Willie have more tags than ever before; Terral Evans, gator re-locator.
Tony and Jacob have more than 300 tags left a few days into gator season; hoping to pick up the pace, they head for a new honey hole; Tommy's mistakes cost him when he and Joe have a large gator on the line.
New challengers are on the swamp, the race to catch the biggest gators intensifies, but the more speed the more danger.
Troy enlists the help of Liz Cavalier; Bruce Mitchell's dog goes missing; Tommy's behavior causes trouble.
Troy Landry hires Liz Cavalier, a lady gator hunter; R.J.'s lines become the target of a poacher; Junior decides to send Willie out on his own; the Guist brother's unique way of getting business done.
Liz is injured during a capture and threatens Troy's momentum; Bruce hires a greenhorn named Nick; Joe and Tommy come up against a massive cannibal; the Guist Brothers hunt rabbits.
Troy uses a special bait to lure the gators despite the storm; Joe and Tommy run their lines despite the weather; R.J. and Jay Paul hunt in territory close to the Gulf; Junior and Willie take their lines down.
Liz Cavalier returns to Troy's boat; Bruce Mitchell has his hands full with his helper Nick; Willie makes a rare mistake; Terral sets out to catch catfish.
Joe and Tommy night scout for a new honey hole; Terral searches for a fabled monster; a dead engine foils R.J. and Jay Paul's night plan; Willie does some nighttime snake hunting; Troy, Jacob and Troy's dad head out in search of tomorrow's dinner.
Liz offers some of her own hunting ideas to Troy; Willie heads out to hunt solo; R.J. and Jay Pau's lines come under attack by a vicious cannibal gator; a large hog encroaches on Terral's property.
Joe tries to muster the resolve to face every obstacle the swamp has to offer; Jacob shows up late; Liz is ready for some lively debate; Bruce and Nick turn to a new territory; R.J. and Jay Paul try to avoid a slump.
Joe and Tommy decide to part ways; Junior and Willie are reunited on the same boat; R.J. and Jay Paul head to a favorite honey hole.
Troy gets on pace to tag out by season's end; Joe's new helper works out well; Tommy faces engine troubles; Glenn and Mitchell try to cook up their dad's famous squirrel and dumplings.
Troy is on pace to tag out early, but engine problems suddenly stall the hunt; Junior and Willie are about to bag a beast, but realize they've forgotten their guns.
Troy and Junior head to run lines for the final time; a storm soaks Joe and Tommy's supply of bullets; R.J. and Jay Paul focus on tagging out.
Gator season has come and gone, but down in the swamp, life goes on for the beloved gator hunters; a glimpse of the world of the swamp.
Master hunter Junior Edwards and his older son, Willie, make special weapons and specially designed hooks; Trapper Joe L'enfant and his stepson Tommy, hit the marshlands, where careless Tommy puts his life at risk.
Troy enters cypress groves in search of a monster gator that's escaped his traps for years; Junior enters a different kind of foreign territory as he reluctantly hosts the ultimate greenhorn, an Italian leather buyer.
Troy desperately needs to find a new honey hole; Joe and Tommy contend with their own greenhorn; the Kliebard family shows they don't need the aid of computers or a factory.
Joe and Tommy come up against the notorious cannibal gator they call, Godzilla; Mike tries to pass down his vast swamp knowledge to his son T-Mike; Troy's lines are empty, putting his season in jeopardy.
A cold spell is coming that could end the season early, putting the gator hunters in a race against time to beat the storm.
Halfway through the alligator season stress is taking a toll on families throughout the swamp; Joe and Tommy fight, frustrating Troy; Howard McCrea tracks a deadly gator.
With a week left in the season, the gators have mysteriously stopped biting; swampers fight back with their own tried-and-true tactics as well as some new territories.
With just a few days left in the season, the pressure's intensifying and the swampers race to "tag out" in time.
Troy faces the cannibal gator known as the "Loch Ness Monster" as other swampers race to end the season.