The son of Swamp People patriarch Troy Landry may have taken his pop’s famous “Choot ’em!” slogan a bit too far! Chase Landry, who is also one of the show’s stars, was arrested over the weekend after firing a gun at a shrimp boat while alligator hunting. Chase admitted to police that he shot at…
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Swamp People Season Seven is currently scheduled to be the show’s last, but recent social media updates from star Jacob Landry have given fans an unexpected shotgun blast of hope. Is there a chance that the still-popular Swamp People could be renewed after all? According to Jacob, everything comes down to ratings–which might be a hard pill for devout Swamp…
History Channel’s life-or-death alligator hunting reality series Swamp People is one of those rare reality show success stories that doesn’t depend on drama, whether it was on screen or off. But, after History Channel overhauled the cast for the upcoming seventh season, some of those who were told they are not returning are expressing their…
The number of Swamp People is about to increase by at least one as show star Elizabeth “Gator Queen Liz” Choate (of “Choot ’em Lizbet!!” fame) has announced that her daughter Jessica, who has appeared alongside mama Liz on the show, is pregnant! “Well people always tell me that things Happen for a reason,” Liz…
History’s Swamp People reality series is chock full of eccentric characters, including everyone’s favorite long-haired overalls and doo-rag wearing gator hunter, the always mustachiotrulescent Bruce Mitchell. But, behind every charismatic superstar there is almost always a level-headed sidekick, or a “straight man” if you will, and Bruce is no exception. His “straight man” was actually a straight dog in the form of Tyler, Bruce’s Zebra cake loving best friend and gator fishin’ pooch extraordinaire. That’s why it saddened me greatly when I learned today that Tyler passed away this morning.
History’s super-popular reality series Swamp People returns for a fifth season on February 3, and when it does fans will get to meet “fierce Apache hunter Roger Rivers,” as he is described in the press release. Keep reading to get to know Roger prior to the premiere, including videos, photos and a detailed account of a his frightening tale of catching a 12-foot gator in 2011 that resulted in Roger (and his gun) falling headfirst into the water!
Who’s up for a family-sized serving of gaturducken?!? History Channel is inviting us all over for Thanksgiving in the swamp in the form of “Swampsgiving,” a holiday themed episode of Swamp People set to air Tuesday, November 26 at 10/9c. The special will give viewers a glimpse into the lives of the world’s most famous gator hunters during the off-season as it explores the various Thanksgiving traditions celebrated by the cast members and their families. Keep reading for th full press release with all the degatortails!
Back on August 8, R.J. Molinere and son Jay Paul Molinere of Swamp People fame decided to offer a dude a cold one. The problem was that they did so by attacking the unidentified 24-year-old, striking him repeatedly with a beer bottle. See the booking photo for Jay Paul as well as the trouble the gator hunters could be facing.
On Swamp People, RJ is the Papa of the Molinere family, and Jay Paul is the son who makes his Daddy proud. But, Jay Paul is a daddy himself, and very recently he welcomed a new member to his young family: daughter A’niyah Nikole Molinere. Weighing 5 pounds 8 ounces, A’niyah was born July 29th and proud pop Jay Paul has been sharing numerous photos with fans online. Keep reading for lots of pictures of little A’niyah as well as the rest of the growing Molinere family!
Swamp People is one of the most popular reality shows on TV and folks often wonder who does the southern-tinged narrating that sets the table for all the action. His name is Pat Duke and the professional voice-actor has an impressive resume of work. Get bio info on Duke including a great photo, a voice-over reel from some of his many jobs, social media links, the glowing review that the show’s Executive Producer has given him that highlights just how important he is to Swamp People’s success and find out what he (better said — his voice) was most well known for before he landed this gig (hint – it’ll make you thirsty).
In Florida’s version of out of the frying pan and into the fire, 20-year-old Bryan Zuniga was pulled over by Tampa Bay police while driving on a suspended license when he decided to make a run for it — or actually, a swim for it. He ducked under a fence and swam across a lake figuring the far shore was a safe place to rest. He was wrong.
The alligator market fluctuates every year, and so do the fortunes of the hunters who rely on selling wild alligators to make their living. The market hit a high $40/f ft. rate for gators in the late 80’s and dipped to an unsustainable $13/ ft. for the same size gator in 2010, but things have been getting slowly better. Read on to see how the market was for alligators this year.
Alligator hunter Tom Candies will be joining the cast of Swamp People Season 4 along with partner ZZ Loupe, a 16-year-old fellow alligator hunter who made his memorable pop culture debut in a 2004 episode of Trading Spouses when he was only 8! We don’t know much yet about Tom, but ZZ is no stranger to the public eye. Read on for photos, videos, and more on this remarkable teenage swamper.
Jeromy Pruitt and David La Dart are one of the new gator hunting teams joining the Swamp People cast for Season Four. They’re known for catch and release gator hunting (which, apparently sometimes involves wrestling!) and for using all sorts of unconventional tools and strategies for hunting gators in the old fashioned “choot ’em” in the head sort of way.
Meet two of the new alligator hunters featured on Season Four of Swamp People: T-Roy Broussard and Harlan “Bigfoot” Hatcher. These two Texans may be new to Louisiana, but they are old timers when it comes to alligator hunting. They’re bringing Texas pride right into Troy Landry’s back yard this season.
On Wednesday morning Trapper Joe of Swamp People fame was arrested in Orange County, FL on charges of assault and battery. Additional details have emerged and the allegations in the police report are disturbing. See Trapper Joe’s mug shot, read the violent act a witness claimed to have seen and what his girlfriend told the cops about what instigated their argument.
Reality television lost one of its most eccentric characters yesterday when 47-year-old Swamp People star Mitchell Guist passed away Monday after reportedly suffering a seizure on his boat in St. Martin Parish along the Belle River. Keep reading to watch a local TV station’s video report on his passing, including interviews with friends and family as well as excerpts from the 911 calls placed by those on the scene.
Swamp People star Mitchell Guist died this morning. Assumption Parish Sheriff Mike Waguespack tells WBRZ the incident occurred around 9 a.m. in St. Martin Parish along the Belle River. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ “someone tried to perform CPR on Guist … but attempts to resuscitate the reality star were unsuccessful.” Friends close to Guist tell the site he had recently fallen ill, but there are no further details at this time.
UPDATE – According to law enforcement sources, Glenn was out in his boat along the Belle River … when he “fell.” Witnesses say he appeared to have been suffering from a seizure.
Swamp People stars, Joe LaFont and Tommy Chauvin were in a serious multi-vehicle accident on April 30th, but they are both doing fine . . . thanks to a boat . . . on a trailer. Their truck was totaled in the accident, but things would have been much worse, according to Joe, if the car behind them hadn’t been towing a boat on a trailer behind it.
The Season 3 premiere of Swamp People revealed that alligator prices sky rocketed in 2011, creating a gold rush of sorts in the swamps of Louisianna. Find out just how much the prices increased with our foot-by-foot alligator pricing chart, and see our estimates of what some of the stars will be binging in if they’re able to fill all of their tags. Who knows, maybe all the thrills and the $$$ will have you thinking about buying a boat, some hooks, and a bunch of rotten chicken and trying your luck with a new summer job!
The fourth quarter of Superbowl XLVI may or may not go down in history for its great football, but it will live forever in the memories of everyone who has ever dreamed of riding in RJ and J Paul Molinere’s airboat, having a cold beer with the Guist Brothers, or hearing Troy Landry yell “choot ’em” in their ear. Because this isn’t just the year of Superbowl XLVI, this is Swamperbowl I! Here’s the “This is Your Boss” video — our first glimpse of Swamp People Season 3.
When Troy Landry goes out to hunt alligators, he almost always has his son Jacob at his side. This year, he’ll have a son on both sides because his youngest, Chase, has joined the crew for Swamp People Season 3! What happened to Liz Cavalier, and which Landry will be Troy’s new “chooter?” How will Chase change things on the Landry crew? Keep reading!
Blake McDonald and Austyn Yoches are the newest alligator hunters to join the cast of Swamp People, and they represent yet another way 21st century Louisianans have figured out how to get back to their bayou roots. Keep reading for a bit of background info on the siblings as well as some swamptrulescent images of the “lil Guist brothers.”
I think the Guist brothers of Swamp People have some competition as Florida teenager Tim Stroh reeled in an 800lb 12′ behemoth alligator with… His bass fishing rod! See photos of Tim with his catch of a lifetime and see a video report filed by an area news station.
This is what I like to call going “next level” reality show reporting. Folks out there can’t seem to get enough of Swamp People and it almost always comes down to how darn genuine the cast members are and how real they come across. Well if you love you some Swamp People, especially the realism of it, then you’re going to be singing, “laissez les bons temps rouler” when you see the following clip of father and son gator hunters RJ and Jay Paul Molinere on local HTV 10’s “Bayou Time.” Man I love me some RJ!
If you’re a big fan of The History Channel’s blockbuster reality series Swamp People then you’ve probably heard the alligator hunters referencing a “quarter-sized kill spot” on the top of a gator’s head, which is where you have to shoot it to guarantee a quick kill. And, if you’re like me, then you’ve probably wondered where that “kill spot” is. (Who knows, we just might bump into a gator on our way to work next week, right?) Keep reading for illustrations that should help clarify so you can become a real deal alligator killer seem even more manly while talking around the water cooler at the office.
The History Channel has an absolute smash hit on their hands in the form of Swamp People. Fans of the show are borderline obsessed with these Louisiana swampers like Troy Landry, Terral Evans, Liz Cavalier and of course the Guist Brothers. Well the obsession is only going to spread I’m guessing because there’s an upcoming official casting call for tried and true alligator hunters! Find out when, where and how you can load it up, choot ’em and become an official swamp star.
When Swamp People‘s Troy Landry isn’t wrestling a 500lb alligator into his boat he spends some of his time trying to round up a different breed of 500lb monsters – cypress logs! Keep reading to let the “King of the Swamp” take you on a narrated swamp tour as he searches for ancient cypress logs left behind by cypress sawmills abandoned ages ago. (Even if you don’t like swamps, alligators or wood, I promise you the clip is worth it just to listen to Troy talk – his Cajun charm puts Paul Prudhomme to shame!)
All of the Swamp People have interesting and distinctive angles on wrestling a life and a living out of the swamp; but, Terral Evans stands out in the crowd. Instead of looking for that quarter-sized kill spot on the back of an alligator’s head, Terral grabs the gators live and pulls them into the boat with him for relocation. Live alligators. In the boat. With him. And, that’s not all he can do.
Troy Landry may be King of the Swamp, but he isn’t the only royalty running alligator lines in the bayous around Pierre Part. In fact, he’s not even the only Swamp royal in his own boat! Rounding out Landry’s crew this season and handling most of the “chooting” is the Gator Queen herself, Liz Cavalier. Keep reading for Elizabeth’s amazing story that includes gator hunting trips before she was even off the bottle and the surprising truth about how she teamed up with Troy!
Alligators aren’t the only scary things Swamp People‘s Jay Paul Molinere does battle with because when he’s not in an air boat with pop RJ Molinere Jay Paul is in the boxing ring working on his people fighting skills! Keep reading to watch a video clip of Jay Paul training with his uncle during which he reveals why he started boxing at the age of six and how the skills he learns inside the ropes translate to “fishin’ gators” in the swamps of Louisiana.
If you thought you had to be fearless to go alligator hunting with the Swamp People or tough to fish crab with the guys from the Deadliest Catch, you’re not going to believe what is involved in Noodling, the outdoor sport highlighted on Animal Planet’s new show, Hillbilly Hand Fishin’.
Father and son, Junior and Willie Edwards start this year’s alligator season hunting together, but only a few episodes into the season, we see Willie is striking out on his own a bit. Do you reckon that could have anything to do with Junior accidentally shooting him? Nah. Keep reading to find out more about this Lousiana father/son duo that includes the only cast member on Swamp People that makes a living year-round reeling things in from the water.
The Guist brothers’ daily grind seems to be: hang out, get hungry, go kill something, cook it, eat it, hang out. The other alligator hunters on Swamp People might make a living off the land, but the Guist brothers really LIVE off it. Keep reading to find out more about Glenn and Mitchell, perhaps our country’s most unlikely (but entirely deserving!) television stars!
Anyone who watches Swamp People knows that alligator hunters care about how much money they make. With the notable exception of the Guist brothers, the hunters featured on the show are quick to talk about what makes the difference between a profit and a loss during the one-month alligator season in Louisiana. But how much are these guys really making? What kind of money are we talking about?
RJ and Jay Paul Molinere are the latest father and son addition to The History Channel’s immensely popular reality series Swamp People, but they are anything but new to hunting alligators. They are members of the Native American Houma nation, which used to kill their alligator prey by pushing a long sharp stick down their mouths. These days RJ and Jay Paul use a rifle . . . and an airboat.
Read bios of both men, including a video clip of Jay Paul kicking butt in an Mixed Martial Arts bout and a link to RJ giving an arm wrestling tutorial. (Did I mention these two were tough?)
If someone told me that I was going out into the bayou tomorrow to hunt alligators with one of the guys from Swamp People and I had 30 seconds to choose which one, I’d have 29.5 seconds left over. I’d choose Troy Landry as fast as my mouth could form the his name. No doubt.
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