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Anybody watching Swamp People?
Posted on 8/30/10 at 12:56 pm
Posted on 8/30/10 at 12:56 pm
Anyone else have the opinion that it is poorly done? Over "dramaticized"?
Some of the footage I question, also. At one point in the show last night, one of the "helper" guys in the boat (I forget which character) was supposedly taking aim at one of the alligators and they showed a close up of the guy's face with the gun up against it. I could swear it was a shotgun he was holding. Also, I just noticed that "Troy" and his partner had on the same exact clothes from one day to the next.
Since when did it become a competition between hunters? I hunted them for a few years back in the 80's and the only thing I would consider even closely resembling competition was claiming the better spots for your lines.
Any of you have opinions on the show?
Some of the footage I question, also. At one point in the show last night, one of the "helper" guys in the boat (I forget which character) was supposedly taking aim at one of the alligators and they showed a close up of the guy's face with the gun up against it. I could swear it was a shotgun he was holding. Also, I just noticed that "Troy" and his partner had on the same exact clothes from one day to the next.
Since when did it become a competition between hunters? I hunted them for a few years back in the 80's and the only thing I would consider even closely resembling competition was claiming the better spots for your lines.
Any of you have opinions on the show?
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Posted on 8/30/10 at 1:01 pm to Boudreaux35
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Since when did it become a competition between hunters? I hunted them for a few years back in the 80's and the only thing I would consider even closely resembling competition was claiming the better spots for your lines.
Even this is only a problem if you are hunting the basin and not leased or private land but hey I guess they gotta make it dramatic for TV somehow. The way they edit the kill shots makes all of them seem very reckless with a gun. I don't know about you but I never shot at a gator while it was rolling or moving. Always waited till I could get that barrel a few inches from the kill spot.
Posted on 8/30/10 at 1:06 pm to bayoudude
the histroy channel tries to may truck driving and logging dramatic. What do you expect.
Posted on 8/30/10 at 1:08 pm to CarRamrod
The show is overhyped BS and for entertainment value only.
Any knowledgable person in LA not buying it.
Posted on 8/30/10 at 1:09 pm to CarRamrod
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the histroy channel tries to may truck driving and logging dramatic. What do you expect
This show should be better than ice road truckers or axe men IMO. I loved the look of that coon asses face when the Italian guy told him how much a jacket or wallet sells for
He is busting his arse out there for <$5/foot
Posted on 8/30/10 at 1:59 pm to bayoudude
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Since when did it become a competition between hunters? I hunted them for a few years back in the 80's and the only thing I would consider even closely resembling competition was claiming the better spots for your lines.
Even this is only a problem if you are hunting the basin and not leased or private land but hey I guess they gotta make it dramatic for TV somehow. The way they edit the kill shots makes all of them seem very reckless with a gun. I don't know about you but I never shot at a gator while it was rolling or moving. Always waited till I could get that barrel a few inches from the kill spot.
THis, I think they are trying to make it much more dramatic than what it is for tv. I know they metioned both of the hunter groups have over 150 tags a piece. If you catch that many gators a year, for a few years, they would get pretty damn good at it.
Posted on 8/30/10 at 2:02 pm to JasonL79
Without a doubt. I think they are acting a little crazy for the cameras. I am just glad we hunted the marsh and not in those cypress knees those look like a pain in the arse.
Posted on 8/30/10 at 2:03 pm to JasonL79
I laugh at the show cause I can only imagine what [ignorant] outsiders think of us now..... like waterboy
other than that, I think i quoted "shoot 'em!" over and over for an hour.
other than that, I think i quoted "shoot 'em!" over and over for an hour.
Posted on 8/30/10 at 2:04 pm to herro
Yeah it's over dramatic but that's tv. I wish they'd show Lake Boeuff opening day of duck season. No added drama needed
Posted on 8/30/10 at 2:09 pm to herro
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. like waterboy
Bruce that owns the gator farm and was fishing ponchatoula area is damn near there minus the nipple rings
Denim coverall jorts... I have seen it all. Hunting by himself is pretty stupid IMO. 
Posted on 8/30/10 at 2:12 pm to bayoudude
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Hunting by himself is pretty stupid IMO
I think that may be something for the show only also.
I wonder how much these guys got paid to put on this show.
Posted on 8/30/10 at 2:20 pm to bayoudude
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Without a doubt. I think they are acting a little crazy for the cameras. I am just glad we hunted the marsh and not in those cypress knees those look like a pain in the arse
I agree, those cypress knees or (gusteos?
) look nasty and can see how it could pop some alligator lines.Posted on 8/30/10 at 2:21 pm to Boudreaux35
What I want to know is if anyone here knows these cats.
Posted on 8/30/10 at 2:23 pm to herro
My father in law has bought crawfish from Troy before and said the accent isn't fake. 
Posted on 8/30/10 at 2:29 pm to bayoudude
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My father in law has bought crawfish from Troy before and said the accent isn't fake.
At my old seafood market, I bought live crawfish from people out of st.martinville, new iberia, and morgan city. They sounded much like him.
Posted on 8/30/10 at 2:31 pm to JasonL79
Yeah his accent is true. You cant fake that. They fake version is Farmer Fran
Posted on 8/30/10 at 2:40 pm to mylsuhat
I also questioned weather or not anyone who knows anything about alligator hunting would be dumb enough to use a hook as small as the one they showed that was straightened out.
Posted on 8/30/10 at 2:42 pm to NattyLite
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I also questioned weather or not anyone who knows anything about alligator hunting would be dumb enough to use a hook as small as the one they showed that was straightened out.
He showed an 11/O hook at one point. That is a pretty damn big hook. I used to use 10/O I think.
Posted on 8/30/10 at 2:44 pm to NattyLite
That's pretty normal size. It's hard for them to break cause it's supposed to hook in the stomach. They break it when they're hooked in the mouth
Posted on 8/30/10 at 2:47 pm to mylsuhat
herd that, was at the lake in the rain sat putting up my blind 
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