Swamp People

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 team's 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 blindsided with unexpected road blocks; a family member in trouble means putting a swamper's 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.

One swamper invents a stout secret weapon; teams split up to cover more ground; a veteran hunter pushes through extreme pain; paying tribute to a fallen family member.

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, more 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.