Looks like a series that I will enjoy and will be series linking this for sure.

I had no trouble with there accents LOL.:

Thanks for the heads up.:thumb:

 

Dang! I live a hundred miles or so from the swamps and Troy's accent defies me sometimes. You're in England and you can follow him?

 

I WILL watch that, thanks for sharing.

The secrets of the swamp are known to a select few (Camera on boat as boat goes BUMP) :rofl::rofl:

Seriously though looks good looking forward to it :thumb:

 

Lol! And that comes from an englishman? : Just joking, Im married to Welsh woman myself!

It seems like they do it very well on their own! One of them even construct, manufacture and sell swamp boats in his own workshop! Impressive!

 

Guess where I live.. I don't hear an accent

 

Dont get me wrong Swampwood! I love the southern accent, but for a person that doesnt have english as first langauge, it can be a bit tricky when Troy speaks internal with his step son! :

 

Cajun ain't Southern my friend, it's got its own twist. Coon Asses Rule!

 

I really enjoy this series! I love to hear Troy talk and I just may have developed the tiniest crush on him. :

 

Yessir that is the Cajun Accent..LAISSEZ LES BONTEMPS ROULER!!!AAAAHHHHHH EEEEE!!

 

AAAAHHH EEEEEE Fo' SHo' enuff!


Bes cookin' in dis' worl!

 

don't feel bad Gullars, I struggle to listen to Troy also.

 

I've been watching this show for a few weeks now. It's real good.

Mark

 

Troy's accent reminds me a bit of the Cajun Chef Justin Wilson. If I remember correctly, Justin spoke like he had his tenses reversed ?

 

Ohoy folks! Just seen moast of the series and I am impressed! The swamp of Louisiana is truly beautifull as it is dangerous! The people from the second series of The Colony could sure learn a thing and two of theese gator hunters!

I DO ADMIT that I struggle a bit with their accent, specially Troy`s. Is this some special accent / Cajun? : Anyway, after 2 beers I start getting the hang of it! :thumb:

" Swamp People is a documentary television series on the History Channel that follows Cajuns living in the Atchafalaya River Basin swamp in Louisiana, USA who hunt American Alligators. The series premiered August 22, 2010 and set a ratings record for History."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swamp_People

http://www.history.com/shows/swamp-people

YouTube - Swamp People S1E01 1/5 , here is the first episode!

I think its a great show, one warning some of you wont understand a word their saying.

 

Well..I never seen the pilot. But I will be watching that. After seein him say "come here birdie" and grabin the bird in the dark...yeah.. thats pretty cool. Plus swamps fascinate me. Dont have much of a problem understanding them tho..Don't see how anyone else would?

 

im with swampwood ..what accent?

 

Troy seems like a likable guy, he cracks me up.....he's certainly has a good nature about him....

You can tell he loves what he does, his excitement never changes when they hook one....

I can understand him just fine, and I'm North Eastern Yankee...love to have some of them crawfish inah chowdah....

 

It got a lot better after 2 episodes! : I can already feel the dialect sneaking into my english! It seems like a very meaningfull life, then again very hard!

 

Watched the first show and really enjoyed it,thanks:

 

Just about to start episode 5 : Finished at the gym and treated myself to a day :thumb:

 

I think that everyone who says that a .22 isn't an effective self defense round ,needs to watch this show. You can insta-kill a 700+lbs. tough skinned gator with a .22lr,. Shot placement ,rather than caliber is the key.

 

I can't tell you what I've killed with a BB gun, but shot placement is critical. I agree.

But a BB to a man's eye still won't stop him. Maybe give him pause.

 

The History Channel is running a marathon of "Swamp People" today showing the whole season.

A few observations :
1) they use a 22 or 22 magnum. They only shot the gator in a small spot on the top of the head for the killshot. I think that kill spot could be reached through an open mouth too?? I see them taking crazy risks to make that killshot.

2) no one carries a radio. Boats get separated or something goes wrong, it seems to me a handheld CB or 2 way radio would sure help them out alot.

Mark

 

2) no one carries a radio. Boats get separated or something goes wrong, it seems to me a handheld CB or 2 way radio would sure help them out alot.

Mark

I was thinking along the same lines,
1: T Mike broke his pull cord and daddy had to go find him :
2: Junior went speeding off and Randy got left behind......... Junior being dad, it was all Randy's fault :rofl:

 

 

The time his boy forgot the bait was priceless. Man's got a lot of patience for his son.

Really though, bait gun rounds line hook gas-water-crackers-off. And he forgets the chicken in the truck, lol.

Worst part for me would be hauling out those big gators from the water. Boat tipping over would worry me if there wasn't a 450 pound alligator just there a minute ago. Long way back to town.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_alligator_attacks_in_the_United_States_by_decade

 

Paul Mirabito, 27, male May 4, 1985 Killed while diving and harassing small alligators in a canal near West Palm Beach, Florida.

Instant karma!

 

That was way less than I thought! Disturbing many females that has been victims! I would have thought it was more male!

Latest one was quite bad:

"A man fleeing police by jumping into a retention pond adjacent to the Miccosukee Resort and Convention Center was killed by a 9-foot 3-inch (2.8 m) alligator."

 

Troy is my favorite. He is good and he knows it, but is wise enough to give credit to the Man up stairs. He is the kind of guy you just know would be good to get to know.

 

I find this show to be amazing. The lifestyle of the main cast is something I've never seen before.

I basically FORCED my wife to watch this show with me. When she asked why, I tried to explain that the people on the show are the "real deal." But so far, all she sees is the hunting of gators. But I see the one shot kill without a scope from a rocking boat. I see the old pickups that will probably run for decades. I see how the people have adapted to the food that is available in the surrounding wildlife. I see the work ethic. I notice the lack of fancy tech stuff. And most importantly, I see the self sufficiency of the people on the show.

Great stuff for a long islander like me.

 

So true.

Near the end of the gator season, gator hunting becomes slim and they end up going hunting for frogs to put meat on the table. Junior says it all the time, if I don't fish, my family doesn't eat.

Another hunter catches an Alligator Gar to feed his family when the gator hunting isn't so good.

Mark