Swamp People

[Swamp Critter]

Have any of you seen the new show "Swamp People" on the History Channel? I probably won't be the first one to start a thread about it. Maybe someone already has. Anyway, what do you think about it? I'll put in my two cents, I'm just curious to see your opinions first. Thanks in advance. Later.

[SidelineSports]

i think its a pretty good show.Funny.They are just real cajun coonasses lol. I like watching it. I didnt realize that they were doing that to gators around here lol.

[Zachary Boy]

There was a thread started on 8/7/10. To answer your question, I like the show. We had a houseboat at Bayou Pidgeon for about 15 years. It takes time to earn their trust, but once they accept you ,they will do anything for you. We would 'suck up' to the locals by bringing them stuff from town. They in turn taught me how to crawfish, run hoop nets, frog and other skills. By the way ,they didn't frog from a boat. We would wade chest deep thru the lily pads. Quite an eye-opener for a 13 year old 'city slicker'. I saw and heard things in the swamp I'll never forget...

[Swamp Critter]

I saw the show Sunday night and found it entertaining. I love my Cajun people. I'm one of them. I just hope that the entire country doesn't think everyone in Louisiana wears overalls and either no shoes, or those white boots (Delcambre Nike's, Pierre Part Reeboks, etc.) and we're up to our necks in gators and swamp water. Oh who am I kidding. They already think that. There's no cities except New Orleans, and the whole state is a huge swamp. We all paddle our pirogues to get anywhere. Oh well...

[Zachary Boy]

Originally Posted by Swamp Critter

I saw the show Sunday night and found it entertaining. I love my Cajun people. I'm one of them. I just hope that the entire country doesn't think everyone in Louisiana wears overalls and either no shoes, or those white boots (Delcambre Nike's, Pierre Part Reeboks, etc.) and we're up to our necks in gators and swamp water. Oh who am I kidding. They already think that. There's no cities except New Orleans, and the whole state is a huge swamp. We all paddle our pirogues to get anywhere. Oh well...

I have no problem if they 'stereotype' us that way. I'm more afraid they will think we're like the people in the Superdome post Katrina that were on the news every 5 minutes. "We need sum hep, sumbody need to hep us"

[monkeyman1]

Originally Posted by Swamp Critter

I saw the show Sunday night and found it entertaining. I love my Cajun people. I'm one of them. I just hope that the entire country doesn't think everyone in Louisiana wears overalls and either no shoes, or those white boots (Delcambre Nike's, Pierre Part Reeboks, etc.) and we're up to our necks in gators and swamp water. Oh who am I kidding. They already think that. There's no cities except New Orleans, and the whole state is a huge swamp. We all paddle our pirogues to get anywhere. Oh well...

yessir, and everybody in texas wears a cowboy hat and has a southfork ranch (ala dallas tv show)!

i admire those people and the way they live...simple, effective and lacking the hassle of the dog-eat-dog business world we live in.

[longsidelandry]

Originally Posted by Swamp Critter

I saw the show Sunday night and found it entertaining. I love my Cajun people. I'm one of them. I just hope that the entire country doesn't think everyone in Louisiana wears overalls and either no shoes, or those white boots (Delcambre Nike's, Pierre Part Reeboks, etc.) and we're up to our necks in gators and swamp water. Oh who am I kidding. They already think that. There's no cities except New Orleans, and the whole state is a huge swamp. We all paddle our pirogues to get anywhere. Oh well...

Hey man, it's Delcambre Reeboks...get it right

[huntin fool]

Originally Posted by longsidelandry

Hey man, it's Delcambre Reeboks...get it right

Get it right, it's Hack berry reeboks

Ross don't make me come Chute it!

[Swamp Critter]

Originally Posted by longsidelandry

Hey man, it's Delcambre Reeboks...get it right

Ha! You got me there dude! I stand corrected! Did y'all see the show Sunday night? That guy (L'enfant's stepson - can't remember his name) has some real nerve to go in that marsh grass after a clearly ticked off gator. Armed or not, that's dangerous. Because I figure that unless you have a .50 cal Barrett sniper rifle or a grenade launcher, you will not stop a big, pissed-off gator that's charging at you, intending to kill you. I wouldn't go in after a cottonmouth, much less a big gator that's hissing at me.

[Montauk17]

I think its hilarious how other people not from louisiana picture us living in da swamp takin our pirouges to work.

[SULPHITE]

Originally Posted by Montauk17

I think its hilarious how other people not from louisiana picture us living in da swamp takin our pirouges to work.

You don't pirouge to da office????

[Montauk17]

Originally Posted by SULPHITE

You don't pirouge to da office????

Mah yah...I go fast fast like dat

[Shawn Braquet]

ill tell you what its a long pirogue to texas from carlyss, dont see how i have the entergy to do anything after work

[SULPHITE]

just watched the episode...good show. I like Troy..."if something happens to me and they put my heart in someone from New York...hes gonna wanna come down here and fish for gators!! LOL!

We've got a rich cultural heritage down here...gotta love it

[specktator]

"dat's a tree shaka!"
Troy

[specktator]

Did u notice Junior and them were eating marsh hen for supper at their house that night? Hahaha

[Ray]

Originally Posted by specktator

Did u notice Junior and them were eating marsh hen for supper at their house that night? Hahaha

I eat Marsh Hen's. They's good.

[Bluechip]

Originally Posted by Ray

I eat Marsh Hen's. They's good.

We used to kill a bunch and smoke them with some mesquite........They are good...

We called it "The Cajun Cornish Hen"

[outcast]

a guy I work with is from Bayou Sorrel and knows Junior and Willie. He said they are starting to film the next season starting Sept 1st. he says they some crazy fools

[Swamp Critter]

Junior Edwards seemed kind of rude to his son William. He was trying to snag the gator with the treble hook and Junior just kept griping and complaining because he missed. I mean he wasn't really yelling at him, but William didn't look too happy. Maybe it was nothing, just looked like that to me. On the other hand, the father and stepson guys out in the marsh (Myrtle Grove?) seemed to get along just fine and had fun with what they were doing, even though the stepson made a few mistakes and didn't have the handgun fully loaded and left the bait behind. They just seemed to sort of laugh it off. By the way, that was incredibly dangerous the way William caught that gator. No offense AT ALL to William, it just could have gone really bad in a hurry. I'm not being judgemental and I've never been gator hunting, but William could have lost his fingers, his hand, his whole arm, or been pulled overboard and drowned the way the rope was wrapped around his hand, with nearly 800 pounds of pure, teed-off monster on the other end, thrashing and rolling right next to the boat. And not wearing gloves either. The gator could have made a run for it and that small rope sliding through his hands could have cut to the bone. Don't get me wrong, I'm not at all bashing William. It worked out and they got the gator, but they do this for real. I don't think it was a "put-on" for the cameras. I'm not saying they shouldn't snag gators, but there's got to be a safer way, like keep the rope from wrapping around you and wear some gloves. I'd just hate to see him, or anyone else hunting gators like that, get hurt or killed. If it doesn't work out, let the gator go, and live to catch another one.