Swamp People

If you haven't seen the show "Swamp People" on History channel, you are missing out! We were told about the show by our friends Josh and Abby who shared wild stories about men catching 10+ foot alligators with their bare hands and talking with such thick accents you could barely understand them! A bunch of crazy guys in Louisiana catching alligators with rotten chicken meat? This I had to see...

Well, guess what, we are HOOKED! This has become my new favorite show and I can't get enough of it. Seriously, this is reality TV at its best! I had absolutely no idea this way of life even existed 300 years ago, much less today. These guys are hardcore! 30 days to fill several hundred alligator tags to make over half of your yearly salary... Wow.

We just finished season 2 and I'm super depressed now that I have to wait until sometime next year to see my boys Troy, Junior, Willy, and co. catch more gators. I'm telling you that you have got to watch this show! In one episode, a guy gets pulled into the water and has to wrestle a gator as its trying to eat him! He finishes off the beast by pulling out a .22 pistol in the pocket of his overalls! LEGIT!

Troy Landry (center), his son Jacob (right), and his hired gun Clint (left). Troy is legit! He's the king of the swamp and freaking dominates. The guy had over 300 tags for the season! And he is hilarious! Whether he's shouting "Shoot um! Shooooot um!" or singing his crazy songs or jumping up and down because he caught a "tree shakuh," Troy is the man.

Junior (left) and Willie (right) are my second favorite crew to watch. These guys actually made a homemade treble hook so they can hook gators out in open water while they're waiting for their lines to fill. In one episode, Junior misses the kill spot on the gator and the bullet hits Willie. Then Junior has to tell his wife how he "popped Willie" and it's hilarious! Great stuff.

Trapper Joe (right) and Tommy (left) are a father and son team that are probably the most drama of any crew. Tommy is always forgetting something (like loading the gun) and they are constantly yelling at each other. But in the end, they always come together and it works out. They always bring the "salt 'n peppa."

Bruce (right) and his dog Tyler (middle) are pretty entertaining. Bruce usually hunts alone (CRAZY), but in season 2 he brings along this kid Nick (left) as an apprentice. Bruce is the one who got pulled overboard by a gator and pops it with a .22 pistol in his overalls. It was epic.

Terral (left) works with the local Fish and Game Department to catch troublesome alligators and relocate them back into the swamp. The only thing is... he catches them with his bare hands! At night! Pretty cool. His brother (right) shows up in a couple of episodes too where they catch giant catfish by noodling. Just stick your bare hand in an underwater hole, wait for the catfish to clamp down on you, and pull it out. No big deal.

The Guist brothers, Glenn (left) and Mitchell (right) are straight up NUTS! They show up in season 2, living out in the swamp with nothing better to do than catch catfish, shoot squirrels, and chase turtles all day. Yes, they are as creepy as they look. My favorite Guist moment: when the motor on their boat dies and they have to row back home 4 miles away... with 1 paddle. Yeah, like I said, they're NUTS!

History channel, Netflix, or YouTube. Check it out! You won't regret it. Oh, and did I mention "Swamp People" makes a great idea for a Halloween costume? Uh-huh. That's right...