Swampsgiving
Tonight on the History Channel!
Premiere Date: 11/17/2011
Gator season has come and gone, but down in the swamp, life goes on for the beloved gator hunters of Swamp People. SWAMPSGIVING offers viewers a glimpse of the world of the swamp in the off-season--in particular, the varied traditions surrounding the Thanksgiving holiday in the Atchafalaya River basin, and the ways in which all of these born hunters and fishers go about procuring their fish and fowl for the big meal.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Thursday, October 20, 2011
King of the Swamp Troy Landry Coming to Silver Slipper Casino
Live on the coast? Fan of Choot em' and the creator of the catch phrase? Then you shouldn't miss out on meeting the king and his son Jacob. They will be appearing Saturday the 29th, 2011 to draw for the grand prize, a Gator XUV 825i, to be given away in the Slipper’s “Gators Gone Wild” Giveaway. If you would also like to get in on that action its simple, there are 3 ways to win in the Slipper’s “Gators Gone Wild” Giveaway, with 160 winners and over $50,000 in cash & prizes.
Every Friday and Saturday, now through October 28 from 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. and on October 29 from 4:30 to 8:00 p.m., members of the Silver Slipper Players Club can play for entries into the grand prize drawing to be held October 29 at 9:00 p.m. Additionally, members can play for a chance to be one of two winners, every ½ hour during those same days and times, who will win a $100 Academy Sports Gift Card or $150 in Free Slot Play and an Official Choot ‘Em T-Shirt. And, all ½ hour winners will receive a special entry into a drawing for a Gator TX to be given away on Saturday, October 29 at 10:00 p.m., after the grand prize drawing.
Every Friday and Saturday, now through October 28 from 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. and on October 29 from 4:30 to 8:00 p.m., members of the Silver Slipper Players Club can play for entries into the grand prize drawing to be held October 29 at 9:00 p.m. Additionally, members can play for a chance to be one of two winners, every ½ hour during those same days and times, who will win a $100 Academy Sports Gift Card or $150 in Free Slot Play and an Official Choot ‘Em T-Shirt. And, all ½ hour winners will receive a special entry into a drawing for a Gator TX to be given away on Saturday, October 29 at 10:00 p.m., after the grand prize drawing.
Junior and Willie are coming to Biloxi, MS!
If you live on the coast or nearby and this Saturday is open you should head on out to Edgewater Mall October 21st,2011 from 10:00 AM to 3:00PM. Junior and Willie Edwards will be making an appearance to meet and greet all of their fans. They will be appearing in front of J.C. Penney's from 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM. Come get an autograph from the alligator hunting stars!
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
How Much Do the Hunters Make?
This seems to be a wildly asked question since the show first aired. So how much will an alligator bring in? Anyone who watches Swamp People knows that alligator hunters care about how much money they make and how fast they can tag out. Sure, they hunt for their love of the land, but they do it for their living, too and I am pretty confident in saying that if they weren't getting paid for it, they more than likely wouldn't do it. With the exception of the easy going 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. As the show’s narrator often reminds us, many of these men make half their income for the year from the alligators we see them catch on the show, each one of those tags accounts for a paycheck and each one of the alligators is only worth as much as the weight and the size and quality of the skin. We hear about tags and maps and the quality of an alligator’s skin, as well as the all important question of its size. So how much are these guys really making?
Well its a bit complicated. As it turns out, the Alligator business is pretty volatile. The market fluctuates wildly, and the alligator hunters’ fortunes come and go with it, if they’re not careful. The Louisiana Alligator Advisory Council has all the information (and more!) that you would ever want to know about how to lawfully hunt wild alligators in Louisiana and sell their hides and meat for a profit, but they tell a little bit sweeter of a story about the industry. According to their site, alligator hunting has become steadily more profitable over the years. While skins went for $6/foot in the 1960′s and $9/foot in the early 1980′s, they rose to over $40/foot in the late 1980′s.
What the Louisiana Advisory Council fails to mention is that prices have come down since the late ’80′s, WAY DOWN! One Louisiana newspaper, Vermilion Today, reports that in the 2010 season
“A wild gator that is seven feet or longer sells for around $12 to $15 a foot. A 10-foot gator at $13 per foot will be purchased for $130. When the price was $40 per foot, that same gator was purchased for $400.”
So, according to these estimates, when Troy Landry pulls a 12 foot monster alligator out of the swamp, risking his life and straining his body, he might get up to $180 for a perfect hide. If the gator has lived hard and has the scars to show for it, he’ll get less. And, if there’s a little alligator on his line, he has wasted a precious tag on a hide that won’t bring in enough to cover the cost of catching it.
Hunters can harvest as many alligators as they have alligator tags, but the tags are also regulated and if they don't tag out one year they will lose those tags the following year. So when you hear them being so adamant about tagging out before the end of the alligator season. When you catch a gator, no matter what the size, you have to put one of your tags on it. You can’t cut the little ones loose and save your tags for the big boys. That’s why the hunters get a little disgusted when they put small alligators into the boat; each one takes a tag that could’ve gone on a monster (and earned them a lot more money).
Alligator tags don’t cost anything if you own your own hunting grounds. All you have to do is prove ownership of a piece of land deemed sufficient to sustain alligators, get a $25 Alligator Hunting license, and make an application. The number of tags you’re assigned is based on the size of your land and (if applicable) the number of tags you filled the previous year. So a bad alligator season one year also means fewer tags in the next. Which means a dwindling paycheck for any hunter.
While we’re on the subject of the costs of alligator hunting, don’t forget the equipment, the help you have to hire (or raise), and the time you have to take off of work to be out on the swamp for a month every year. When you add it all up, there’s not much of a margin in Alligator hunting.
But, let’s do the math. The alligator season lasts 30 days, but serious hunters stretch that to 37 days by owning land in both the East and the West regions, since the Western region’s 30 days starts a week later than the Eastern region’s. Troy Landry, who is the big daddy tag-rich King of the Swamp got 320 tags in 2010, but most professional hunters have far fewer. Let’s say our hypothetical hunter has a healthy allotment of 200 tags and property in both regions (for a 37 day season). So, that means, he needs to average 5.5 alligators a day. Let’s also assume that he’s a really skilled hunter and that 1 out every 10 alligators he catches is a 11+ foot monster. Hunting is hunting, though, so we’ll say that 2 out of every 10 is a baby 5-6 footer. Everything else (7 out of 10) is 7-10 feet.
Here’s how that would look: 20 monsters, 40 babies, and 140 respectable gators.
Pricing is also tough to estimate, but I’ll go out on a limb and take an educated guess. The average price for a respectable gator in 2010 was $11-$12 per foot, but monster gators went for $15/foot or more and babies went for a touch less, say $9/foot. So, more math . . .
20 monsters @ 11 feet each x $15/foot=$3300
40 babies @ 6 feet each x $9/foot=$2160
140 respectable gators @ 8 feet each x $12/foot=$13440
That’s a grand total of $18,900. Which isn't too shabby for a month on a boat in the Swamp Lands of Louisiana.
This is the profit off the hides, alone. Besides frying up into a nice dinner, the meat has some value that could also be added to the alligator hunters’ profits. And, of course, the more big gators you get, the more this total goes up. On the other hand, you have to pay for all your equipment and all your help out of this total. I’m guessing you have to pay normal income taxes, too.
The swampers shown are incredibly tough men (and a woman or two) throwing themselves at an incomprehensibly hostile world and wrestling with it until it gives them a living. But the more you watch, the more the similarities evaporate. Alligator hunters,have to either have some other gig or have to live very simply in order to stay in the hunt. RJ Molinere fishes for shrimp and hunts for every sort of game that will turn a profit that lives on his family’s 500 acres. The Landrys own a gas station and buy crawfish from local fisherman. The Guists? Well, they go the “live simply” route and seem to really enjoy their way of life.
I am pretty sure however they are getting a nice cut from whatever History Channel is paying for their appearance on the show.
Well its a bit complicated. As it turns out, the Alligator business is pretty volatile. The market fluctuates wildly, and the alligator hunters’ fortunes come and go with it, if they’re not careful. The Louisiana Alligator Advisory Council has all the information (and more!) that you would ever want to know about how to lawfully hunt wild alligators in Louisiana and sell their hides and meat for a profit, but they tell a little bit sweeter of a story about the industry. According to their site, alligator hunting has become steadily more profitable over the years. While skins went for $6/foot in the 1960′s and $9/foot in the early 1980′s, they rose to over $40/foot in the late 1980′s.
What the Louisiana Advisory Council fails to mention is that prices have come down since the late ’80′s, WAY DOWN! One Louisiana newspaper, Vermilion Today, reports that in the 2010 season
“A wild gator that is seven feet or longer sells for around $12 to $15 a foot. A 10-foot gator at $13 per foot will be purchased for $130. When the price was $40 per foot, that same gator was purchased for $400.”
So, according to these estimates, when Troy Landry pulls a 12 foot monster alligator out of the swamp, risking his life and straining his body, he might get up to $180 for a perfect hide. If the gator has lived hard and has the scars to show for it, he’ll get less. And, if there’s a little alligator on his line, he has wasted a precious tag on a hide that won’t bring in enough to cover the cost of catching it.
Hunters can harvest as many alligators as they have alligator tags, but the tags are also regulated and if they don't tag out one year they will lose those tags the following year. So when you hear them being so adamant about tagging out before the end of the alligator season. When you catch a gator, no matter what the size, you have to put one of your tags on it. You can’t cut the little ones loose and save your tags for the big boys. That’s why the hunters get a little disgusted when they put small alligators into the boat; each one takes a tag that could’ve gone on a monster (and earned them a lot more money).
Alligator tags don’t cost anything if you own your own hunting grounds. All you have to do is prove ownership of a piece of land deemed sufficient to sustain alligators, get a $25 Alligator Hunting license, and make an application. The number of tags you’re assigned is based on the size of your land and (if applicable) the number of tags you filled the previous year. So a bad alligator season one year also means fewer tags in the next. Which means a dwindling paycheck for any hunter.
While we’re on the subject of the costs of alligator hunting, don’t forget the equipment, the help you have to hire (or raise), and the time you have to take off of work to be out on the swamp for a month every year. When you add it all up, there’s not much of a margin in Alligator hunting.
But, let’s do the math. The alligator season lasts 30 days, but serious hunters stretch that to 37 days by owning land in both the East and the West regions, since the Western region’s 30 days starts a week later than the Eastern region’s. Troy Landry, who is the big daddy tag-rich King of the Swamp got 320 tags in 2010, but most professional hunters have far fewer. Let’s say our hypothetical hunter has a healthy allotment of 200 tags and property in both regions (for a 37 day season). So, that means, he needs to average 5.5 alligators a day. Let’s also assume that he’s a really skilled hunter and that 1 out every 10 alligators he catches is a 11+ foot monster. Hunting is hunting, though, so we’ll say that 2 out of every 10 is a baby 5-6 footer. Everything else (7 out of 10) is 7-10 feet.
Here’s how that would look: 20 monsters, 40 babies, and 140 respectable gators.
Pricing is also tough to estimate, but I’ll go out on a limb and take an educated guess. The average price for a respectable gator in 2010 was $11-$12 per foot, but monster gators went for $15/foot or more and babies went for a touch less, say $9/foot. So, more math . . .
20 monsters @ 11 feet each x $15/foot=$3300
40 babies @ 6 feet each x $9/foot=$2160
140 respectable gators @ 8 feet each x $12/foot=$13440
That’s a grand total of $18,900. Which isn't too shabby for a month on a boat in the Swamp Lands of Louisiana.
This is the profit off the hides, alone. Besides frying up into a nice dinner, the meat has some value that could also be added to the alligator hunters’ profits. And, of course, the more big gators you get, the more this total goes up. On the other hand, you have to pay for all your equipment and all your help out of this total. I’m guessing you have to pay normal income taxes, too.
The swampers shown are incredibly tough men (and a woman or two) throwing themselves at an incomprehensibly hostile world and wrestling with it until it gives them a living. But the more you watch, the more the similarities evaporate. Alligator hunters,have to either have some other gig or have to live very simply in order to stay in the hunt. RJ Molinere fishes for shrimp and hunts for every sort of game that will turn a profit that lives on his family’s 500 acres. The Landrys own a gas station and buy crawfish from local fisherman. The Guists? Well, they go the “live simply” route and seem to really enjoy their way of life.
I am pretty sure however they are getting a nice cut from whatever History Channel is paying for their appearance on the show.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
The Production Company behind Swamp People- Original Media
Original Media is the production company behind the genius show Swamp People on History Channel. So When you want to learn more about Swamp People, New seasons, New Swampers, you get it by now,everything Swamp People basically. All you have to do is follow them on Twitter or on FaceBook. Along with my blog and Original Media you are sure to know everything there is to know about Swamp People.
Don't Miss Season 2 Finale Tonight! 7/21/2011
Sadly this will be the last episode of the season.. :*( Im sorry to see them go but excited to see whats to come for SEASON 3! As you all know gator season starts September 1st.
Don't miss the finale tonight on History Channel!
Swamp Showdown
Premiere Date: 07/21/2011
It's the final day of the season, and hunters are in a hurry to fill their remaining tags before time runs out. As Troy and Junior head to run lines for the final time, the bayou is buzzing. Locals are reporting sightings of a giant gator in the area. Both men set their sights on the beast, to win bragging rights in a bayou showdown. Just a few miles away, Junior and Willie are equally determined. As the only crew that uses treble hooks to hunt in open water, they believe they have the advantage. Across the swamp, Joe and Tommy are feeling a different kind of pressure. A storm blows in off the Gulf...and rain soaks their supply of bullets. To make matters worse, they're too far out in the bayou to head back to the dock for more. They will have to make every shot count. Down the bayou, R.J. and Jay Paul are focused on only one thing: tagging out. The boys are in good position to finish by day's end, with sunny skies and smooth water ahead.
Don't miss the finale tonight on History Channel!
Swamp Showdown
Premiere Date: 07/21/2011
It's the final day of the season, and hunters are in a hurry to fill their remaining tags before time runs out. As Troy and Junior head to run lines for the final time, the bayou is buzzing. Locals are reporting sightings of a giant gator in the area. Both men set their sights on the beast, to win bragging rights in a bayou showdown. Just a few miles away, Junior and Willie are equally determined. As the only crew that uses treble hooks to hunt in open water, they believe they have the advantage. Across the swamp, Joe and Tommy are feeling a different kind of pressure. A storm blows in off the Gulf...and rain soaks their supply of bullets. To make matters worse, they're too far out in the bayou to head back to the dock for more. They will have to make every shot count. Down the bayou, R.J. and Jay Paul are focused on only one thing: tagging out. The boys are in good position to finish by day's end, with sunny skies and smooth water ahead.
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Just a few pictures of Atchafalaya
During my husbands drive yesterday he decided to snap some pictures of the Atchafalaya Swamp to share with my readers.
Friday, July 8, 2011
Blood Is Thicker Than Water
What an episode last night of Swamp People! I hope you all got to see it and if you didn't, skip on over to History.com and watch the full episode real quick, you'll be glad you did.
The Guist brothers found their meal right off their back porch and made squirrel and dumplings which was their fathers recipe. Sounds delicious doesn't it? Okay, okay... Maybe it isn't for everyone (especially me), but the Guist brothers seem to love it. I still kind felt bad for the one squirrel they shot out of a tree who was eating starting to eat a nut when he met his maker.
We also got to see and alligator rip a gun right from Joe's temporary helper Tim. When will these gators learn... Don't bite the hand that feeds you, or in their case, don't bite the gun that kills you. Poor Tim had to take one for the team and get in the murky waters of the swamp to retrieves Joe's fathers gun.
Troy started out thinking it may be a bad day with water lilies over running his sweet spot but it proved to be untrue and his day turned around quickly and he ended the day with a boat full of gators and if you saw most of the gators he had weren't babies one topped out at 12 foot 7 inches. What a gator! It must have been that lucky blue shirt he is always wearing. Keep up the momentum for this season Troy!
Tommy learned being the captain of his own boat and being left to catch alligators alone was no easy task. After the motor in his boat over heated he admitted defeat to Joe and Joe gladly accepted him back in the boat with him. I hope Tommy can become fully dedicated to the task, in return he will become a better alligator hunter if he does.
All in all it was a very eventful episode. I know it's ending soon but you know they will be filming for next season here shortly. The September alligator season is closely approaching!
The Guist brothers found their meal right off their back porch and made squirrel and dumplings which was their fathers recipe. Sounds delicious doesn't it? Okay, okay... Maybe it isn't for everyone (especially me), but the Guist brothers seem to love it. I still kind felt bad for the one squirrel they shot out of a tree who was eating starting to eat a nut when he met his maker.
We also got to see and alligator rip a gun right from Joe's temporary helper Tim. When will these gators learn... Don't bite the hand that feeds you, or in their case, don't bite the gun that kills you. Poor Tim had to take one for the team and get in the murky waters of the swamp to retrieves Joe's fathers gun.
Troy started out thinking it may be a bad day with water lilies over running his sweet spot but it proved to be untrue and his day turned around quickly and he ended the day with a boat full of gators and if you saw most of the gators he had weren't babies one topped out at 12 foot 7 inches. What a gator! It must have been that lucky blue shirt he is always wearing. Keep up the momentum for this season Troy!
Tommy learned being the captain of his own boat and being left to catch alligators alone was no easy task. After the motor in his boat over heated he admitted defeat to Joe and Joe gladly accepted him back in the boat with him. I hope Tommy can become fully dedicated to the task, in return he will become a better alligator hunter if he does.
All in all it was a very eventful episode. I know it's ending soon but you know they will be filming for next season here shortly. The September alligator season is closely approaching!
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Want to try some Alligator cooked to Chef Gordon Ramsay's standards?
So I love a good show as you can tell by this blog. If you have never seen Kitchen Knightmares, Hells Kitchen, Master Chef or The F Word with Gordon Ramsay then you are missing out on one HELL of a show, no pun intended.
Well I was watching Kitchen Knightmares a few nights ago trying to catch up on the seasons episodes when I saw that he had gone to New Orleans, LA for the first time to bring a restaurant back to life and help out a couple whose knowledge in the restaurant business was limited.
Of course I had to watch it being that 1. In New Orleans and 2. Gordon Ramsay had part in it....
Anyways, I thought I would share the restaurant info here in case any of my local neighbors wanted to try it out and give us feedback, I plan on going also...
The name of the restaurant is ZEKE'S, location: 1517 Metairie RoadMetairie, LA 70005
Phone: 504-832-1133
They also have a website with their menu featuring Blackened Alligator.
http://www.eatatzekes.com/
Well I was watching Kitchen Knightmares a few nights ago trying to catch up on the seasons episodes when I saw that he had gone to New Orleans, LA for the first time to bring a restaurant back to life and help out a couple whose knowledge in the restaurant business was limited.
Of course I had to watch it being that 1. In New Orleans and 2. Gordon Ramsay had part in it....
Anyways, I thought I would share the restaurant info here in case any of my local neighbors wanted to try it out and give us feedback, I plan on going also...
The name of the restaurant is ZEKE'S, location: 1517 Metairie RoadMetairie, LA 70005
Phone: 504-832-1133
They also have a website with their menu featuring Blackened Alligator.
http://www.eatatzekes.com/
Making an appearance on the Gulf Coast!
If you live near or around the Gulfpor/Biloxi area then you are in luck!
While making a trip to Hood's today I stumbled upon this flyer and got all tickled when I saw that Your's truly Bruce, would be making a visit to the store. I had to share the news with all of my loyal readers just in case you would be in the area. So there you have it. July 23rd 9AM - Noon located at Hood's on HWY. 49 next to Lowe's...
While making a trip to Hood's today I stumbled upon this flyer and got all tickled when I saw that Your's truly Bruce, would be making a visit to the store. I had to share the news with all of my loyal readers just in case you would be in the area. So there you have it. July 23rd 9AM - Noon located at Hood's on HWY. 49 next to Lowe's...
Tonight on Swamp People
Two Captains, One Family
After starting the season with more tags than anyone, Troy's ahead of the game, and on pace to tag out by season's end. But as Troy's crew approaches today's hot spot, things don't look promising. The landscape has changed drastically and water lilies are now clogging the entire area. Across the bayou, Joe's hunting with his new helper, and so far, the team is working well. Timmy is a pistol marksman, and his work ethic is steadily impressing Joe. Only a few miles away, Tommy is again captaining his own boat, trying to fill Joe's tags and prove he's an elite hunter. Today Tommy is intent to get down to business. But soon, engine troubles threaten to derail the day and Tommy's tenure as captain could be in jeopardy. Deep in the swamp, Glenn and Mitchell have a little time on their hands. For these brothers, that means one thing--they're ready to hunt. They're intent to cook up their Dad's Famous Squirrel and Dumplings, so they'll need to bag a mess for their pot.
After starting the season with more tags than anyone, Troy's ahead of the game, and on pace to tag out by season's end. But as Troy's crew approaches today's hot spot, things don't look promising. The landscape has changed drastically and water lilies are now clogging the entire area. Across the bayou, Joe's hunting with his new helper, and so far, the team is working well. Timmy is a pistol marksman, and his work ethic is steadily impressing Joe. Only a few miles away, Tommy is again captaining his own boat, trying to fill Joe's tags and prove he's an elite hunter. Today Tommy is intent to get down to business. But soon, engine troubles threaten to derail the day and Tommy's tenure as captain could be in jeopardy. Deep in the swamp, Glenn and Mitchell have a little time on their hands. For these brothers, that means one thing--they're ready to hunt. They're intent to cook up their Dad's Famous Squirrel and Dumplings, so they'll need to bag a mess for their pot.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Swamp People At It's Core Guist Brothers Glenn and Mitchell
Glenn and Mitchell Guist have more fun than all of the Swamp People cast put together. While everyone else is pushing to fill their tags before the end of the one month September alligator season in Louisiana, the Guist Brothers are fishing for gar, hunting for rabbit, throwing back a cold one, and cracking jokes. Or is it giggling? Chortling? Whatever they are doing, it is pretty humorous and they sure make it a true joy to watch. Is it possible to have as much fun as they do and being siblings at that?
You might not guess it by looking at them, but the Guists have been in the swamp all their lives, never mind I'm sure by looking at them you could tell that already. They live in the house on Conway Bayou that used to be their grandparent’s place, right on the spot where their father taught them to live off the land, literally. All of the alligator hunters on Swamp People talk about living off the land, but Glenn and Mitchell take that to a whole new level.
While segments of Swamp People are devoted to other alligator hunters like Troy Landry, Junior, or RJ Molinere are often framed by sequences featuring normal looking homes or a local bar that they might stop by after a long day on the swamp, that is not at all how the Guist brothers are portrayed. Instead, we see them digging through an old freezer, finding that it is practically empty, and deciding to wander the woods all afternoon looking for a rabbit or whatever pops up, to shoot for their dinner.
In another episode, they go fishing for alligator gar when they get hungry, and then show us how to cook up gar patties for a perfect swamp people approved meal.
On the latest episode we see them catching 100 pounds of catfish (yeah you read that right) for a dinner they plan to cook up for family and friends. In the same episode we also see their engine on their boat die 4 miles from home so they are stuck rowing home with one paddle, but that never seemed to dampen their spirits, they just go about being themselves and giggle and go about getting home the old fashioned way, with hard labor and determination.
So, the Guist daily schedule looks a little something like this : lounge about, get hungry, go kill something, cook it, eat it, drink a beer, lounge some more. If we are to take the History Channels word for it, the other alligator hunters might make a living off the land, but the Guist brothers really LIVE off it in every way they possibly can.
In some of their photos, Glenn and Mitchell can be seen wearing “Alexander Concrete” work shirts, so we guess they must go into town for work every now and then, but we don’t mind the show focusing on their life in the woods. We like the Guists in their natural habitat. And we like to think about them rambling into the concrete company every now and then just because they’re in the mood.
After all, Guists just want to have fun! True brothers to the end and even truer Swamp People!
Choot Em Gear Retail Locations
Looking for some new gear for you, your family or your friends? Below is a list of retail locations to buy all your cool gear.
Store Locations:
Pierre Part Store
3421 Hwy 70 South, Pierre Part, LA
Duffy’s Shell
4030 Hwy 70 South, Pierre Part, LA
La Maison De Fleur
3235 Hwy 70 South, Pierre Part, LA
Cracker Barrel Convenience Stores
Store #3, 3135 Nicholson Drive, Baton Rouge, LA
Store #56, 4243 Nicholson Drive, Baton Rouge, LA
Store #58, 2020 Millerville Road, Baton Rouge, LA
Store #23, 2602 South Range, Denham Springs, LA
Store #30, 25797 South La Hwy 16, Denham Springs, LA
Store #51, 34000 Hwy 16, Denham Springs, LA
Store #55, 8811 Florida Blvd, Walker, LA
Store #59, 32150 North Walker Road, Walker, LA
Store #32, 6967 U.S. #61, St. Francisville, LA
Store #26, 2031 West Hwy 30, Gonzales, LA
Store #28, 102 Lobdell Hwy South, Port Allen, LA
Store #52, 6383 Hwy 182, Morgan City, LA
Store #108, 1700 North University Avenue, Lafayette, LA
Store #109, 3201 Johnston Street, Lafayette, LA
Store #218, 3332 West Pinhook, Lafayette, LA
Store #216, 1806 St. Mary Street, Scott, LA
Store #219, 3900 Verot School Road, Youngsville, LA
Store #42, 200 Brownswitch Road, Slidell, LA
Store #43, 4656 Ponchartrain Drive, Slidell, LA
Store #19, 18696 Magnolia Bridge Road, Greenwell Springs, LA
Store #25, 18390 LA Hwy 16, Port Vincent, LA
Store #27, 8141 False River Road, Oscar, LA
Store #57, 5550 Bluebonnet, Baton Rouge, LA
Store #13, 4504 Hwy 19, Zachary, LA
Store #6, 15940 Tiger Bend Road, Baton Rouge, LA
Store #37, 1303 North University, Lafayette, LA
Store #12, 352 North Airline Hwy, Gramercy, LA
Store #31, 9530 Hooper Road, Baton Rouge, LA
Store #1, 14520 Old Hammond Hwy., Baton Rouge, LA
Store #29, 11450 Airline Hwy., Baton Rouge, LA
Store #53, 18149 Highland Rd., Baton Rouge, LA
Cajun Florist & Gifts
2625 Hwy 1, Labadieville, LA
Robert's Food Store
2719 Hwy 1, Labadieville, LA
Stazione
1220 Victor II Boulevard, Morgan City, LA
6602 Hwy 182 East, Morgan City, LA
2599 Hwy 70 South, Pierre Part, LA
4899 Hwy 182, Berwick, LA
Mabile Corner Pharmacy
100 Gulf Street, Coushatta, LA
Margie Ellen's Decor
127 North Avenue E, Crowley, LA
Savoy Drugstore
1415 7th Street Ste C, Mamou, LA
Big B's Supermarket
7101 Hwy 1, Belle Rose, LA
Daigle's Supermarket
32845 Bowie Street, White Castle, LA
Gordon's Drugs and Fine Gifts
2716 Lake Street, Lake Charles, LA
Jenny Claire Creates
8354 Hwy 1, Mansura, LA
Stine Lumber
2950 South Ruth Street, Sulphur, LA
1335 North Pine, Deridder, LA
4501 Nelson Road, Lake Charles, LA
110 Fred & Ruth Zigler Memorial Drive, Jennings, LA
101 West Hwy 90, Iowa, LA
235 Odd Fellows Road, Crowley, LA
5690 Hwy 1 Bypass, Natichitoches, LA
2401 Veterans Memorial Blvd, Abbeville, LA
29200 Walker South Road, Walker, LA
6501 Ambassador Caffery Parkway, Broussard, LA
108 Hwy 61 South, Natchez, MS
Pat's Home Center
7666 Hwy 61, St. Francisville, LA
9933 Plank Road, Clinton, LA
13533 Hooper Road, Baton Rouge, LA
Wreaths and More
211 East Main, El Dorado, AR
Parkside Mini Mart
942 Hwy 47 East, Troy, MO
Chirsty Luxury Under $20
488 Corporate Drive, Suite 4, Houma, LA
Big River Food & Fuel
Store #4, 15723 Airline Hwy, Norco, LA
Store #5, 15255 US Hwy 90, Paradis, LA
Store #11, 1008 S. Burnside Ave., Gonzales, LA
Store #14, 482 Belle Terre Blvd., LaPlace, LA
Store #15, 1779 Hwy 3125, Gramercy, LA
Store #16, 13470 River Road, Destrehan, LA
Store Locations:
Pierre Part Store
3421 Hwy 70 South, Pierre Part, LA
Duffy’s Shell
4030 Hwy 70 South, Pierre Part, LA
La Maison De Fleur
3235 Hwy 70 South, Pierre Part, LA
Cracker Barrel Convenience Stores
Store #3, 3135 Nicholson Drive, Baton Rouge, LA
Store #56, 4243 Nicholson Drive, Baton Rouge, LA
Store #58, 2020 Millerville Road, Baton Rouge, LA
Store #23, 2602 South Range, Denham Springs, LA
Store #30, 25797 South La Hwy 16, Denham Springs, LA
Store #51, 34000 Hwy 16, Denham Springs, LA
Store #55, 8811 Florida Blvd, Walker, LA
Store #59, 32150 North Walker Road, Walker, LA
Store #32, 6967 U.S. #61, St. Francisville, LA
Store #26, 2031 West Hwy 30, Gonzales, LA
Store #28, 102 Lobdell Hwy South, Port Allen, LA
Store #52, 6383 Hwy 182, Morgan City, LA
Store #108, 1700 North University Avenue, Lafayette, LA
Store #109, 3201 Johnston Street, Lafayette, LA
Store #218, 3332 West Pinhook, Lafayette, LA
Store #216, 1806 St. Mary Street, Scott, LA
Store #219, 3900 Verot School Road, Youngsville, LA
Store #42, 200 Brownswitch Road, Slidell, LA
Store #43, 4656 Ponchartrain Drive, Slidell, LA
Store #19, 18696 Magnolia Bridge Road, Greenwell Springs, LA
Store #25, 18390 LA Hwy 16, Port Vincent, LA
Store #27, 8141 False River Road, Oscar, LA
Store #57, 5550 Bluebonnet, Baton Rouge, LA
Store #13, 4504 Hwy 19, Zachary, LA
Store #6, 15940 Tiger Bend Road, Baton Rouge, LA
Store #37, 1303 North University, Lafayette, LA
Store #12, 352 North Airline Hwy, Gramercy, LA
Store #31, 9530 Hooper Road, Baton Rouge, LA
Store #1, 14520 Old Hammond Hwy., Baton Rouge, LA
Store #29, 11450 Airline Hwy., Baton Rouge, LA
Store #53, 18149 Highland Rd., Baton Rouge, LA
Cajun Florist & Gifts
2625 Hwy 1, Labadieville, LA
Robert's Food Store
2719 Hwy 1, Labadieville, LA
Stazione
1220 Victor II Boulevard, Morgan City, LA
6602 Hwy 182 East, Morgan City, LA
2599 Hwy 70 South, Pierre Part, LA
4899 Hwy 182, Berwick, LA
Mabile Corner Pharmacy
100 Gulf Street, Coushatta, LA
Margie Ellen's Decor
127 North Avenue E, Crowley, LA
Savoy Drugstore
1415 7th Street Ste C, Mamou, LA
Big B's Supermarket
7101 Hwy 1, Belle Rose, LA
Daigle's Supermarket
32845 Bowie Street, White Castle, LA
Gordon's Drugs and Fine Gifts
2716 Lake Street, Lake Charles, LA
Jenny Claire Creates
8354 Hwy 1, Mansura, LA
Stine Lumber
2950 South Ruth Street, Sulphur, LA
1335 North Pine, Deridder, LA
4501 Nelson Road, Lake Charles, LA
110 Fred & Ruth Zigler Memorial Drive, Jennings, LA
101 West Hwy 90, Iowa, LA
235 Odd Fellows Road, Crowley, LA
5690 Hwy 1 Bypass, Natichitoches, LA
2401 Veterans Memorial Blvd, Abbeville, LA
29200 Walker South Road, Walker, LA
6501 Ambassador Caffery Parkway, Broussard, LA
108 Hwy 61 South, Natchez, MS
Pat's Home Center
7666 Hwy 61, St. Francisville, LA
9933 Plank Road, Clinton, LA
13533 Hooper Road, Baton Rouge, LA
Wreaths and More
211 East Main, El Dorado, AR
Parkside Mini Mart
942 Hwy 47 East, Troy, MO
Chirsty Luxury Under $20
488 Corporate Drive, Suite 4, Houma, LA
Big River Food & Fuel
Store #4, 15723 Airline Hwy, Norco, LA
Store #5, 15255 US Hwy 90, Paradis, LA
Store #11, 1008 S. Burnside Ave., Gonzales, LA
Store #14, 482 Belle Terre Blvd., LaPlace, LA
Store #15, 1779 Hwy 3125, Gramercy, LA
Store #16, 13470 River Road, Destrehan, LA
Troy Landry Fans!!!
If you have been waiting to get the chance to meet and greet the Troy Landry team you are in luck! According to their website they have several close approaching opportunities to meet with them.
So now is your chance to be able to get an autograph and hear his famous "choot em!" catch phrase in person.
Below is a list of their upcoming meet and greet dates. If you get a chance to go and meet them on any of the dates below come back to my blog and share with readers your experience with Troy Landry and pictures don't hurt either ;-)...
ON THE ROAD!
July
July 8th
Big River Food & Fuel #11
1008 South Burnside Avenue
Gonzales, Louisiana
Join Troy and Jacob Landry to meet, greet and get their autographs at Big River Food & Fuel in Gonzales, Louisiana from 12 to 4 pm.
July 8th
Celebrity/Sorta Celebrity Softball Game
Cypress Mounds Complex, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Join Troy Landry and a cast of other celebrities at the "Celebrity/Sorta Celebrity Softball Game" benifiting "Support Our War Heroes" and "The Blue Star Mothers of Louisiana" charities at 6:30 pm.
July 16th
Bass Pro Shop
Denham Springs, Louisiana
Join Troy Landry to meet, greet and get his autograph at Bass Pro Shop in
Denham Springs, Louisiana.
July 29th
Simmons Sporting Goods
Bastrop, Louisiana
Join Troy and Jacob Landry to meet, greet and get their autographs at Simmons Sporting Goods in Bossier City, Louisiana
July 30th
Lafayette Outdoor Expo
Lafayette, Louisiana
Join Troy Landry to meet, greet and get his autograph at the Lafayette Outdoor Expo in Lafayette, Louisiana.
August
August 6 & 7th
Gander Mountain
Lakeville, Minnesota
Join Troy and Jacob Landry to meet, greet and get their autographs at Gander Mountain in Lakeville, Minnesota.
August 13 & 14th
Gander Mountain
Madison, Wisconsin
Join Troy and Jacob Landry to meet, greet and get their autographs at Gander Mountain in Madison, Wisconsin.
August 19- 21st
Buckmasters Expo
Montgomery Convention Center
Montgomery, Alabama
Join Troy and Jacob Landry to meet, greet and get their autographs at the Buckmasters Expo in Montgomery, Alabama.
So now is your chance to be able to get an autograph and hear his famous "choot em!" catch phrase in person.
Below is a list of their upcoming meet and greet dates. If you get a chance to go and meet them on any of the dates below come back to my blog and share with readers your experience with Troy Landry and pictures don't hurt either ;-)...
ON THE ROAD!
July
July 8th
Big River Food & Fuel #11
1008 South Burnside Avenue
Gonzales, Louisiana
Join Troy and Jacob Landry to meet, greet and get their autographs at Big River Food & Fuel in Gonzales, Louisiana from 12 to 4 pm.
July 8th
Celebrity/Sorta Celebrity Softball Game
Cypress Mounds Complex, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Join Troy Landry and a cast of other celebrities at the "Celebrity/Sorta Celebrity Softball Game" benifiting "Support Our War Heroes" and "The Blue Star Mothers of Louisiana" charities at 6:30 pm.
July 16th
Bass Pro Shop
Denham Springs, Louisiana
Join Troy Landry to meet, greet and get his autograph at Bass Pro Shop in
Denham Springs, Louisiana.
July 29th
Simmons Sporting Goods
Bastrop, Louisiana
Join Troy and Jacob Landry to meet, greet and get their autographs at Simmons Sporting Goods in Bossier City, Louisiana
July 30th
Lafayette Outdoor Expo
Lafayette, Louisiana
Join Troy Landry to meet, greet and get his autograph at the Lafayette Outdoor Expo in Lafayette, Louisiana.
August
August 6 & 7th
Gander Mountain
Lakeville, Minnesota
Join Troy and Jacob Landry to meet, greet and get their autographs at Gander Mountain in Lakeville, Minnesota.
August 13 & 14th
Gander Mountain
Madison, Wisconsin
Join Troy and Jacob Landry to meet, greet and get their autographs at Gander Mountain in Madison, Wisconsin.
August 19- 21st
Buckmasters Expo
Montgomery Convention Center
Montgomery, Alabama
Join Troy and Jacob Landry to meet, greet and get their autographs at the Buckmasters Expo in Montgomery, Alabama.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Who is watching now?
Have you watched tonight episode or are you currently catching it on the History Channel... If so share your thoughts and favorite parts of what you saw tonight. After another great episode tonight its hard to find any flaws. Swamp People always leaves you wanting more in a good way.
Although these men may not work in corporate America, or wear ties and suits, although their menus may vary for most one thing is true. These men have more balls then most! Put Fabio on a boat with an alligator and lets see how he does. :) Hint to History, put a newbie out there who is totally out of his realm. That would be some good entertainmnt!
Although these men may not work in corporate America, or wear ties and suits, although their menus may vary for most one thing is true. These men have more balls then most! Put Fabio on a boat with an alligator and lets see how he does. :) Hint to History, put a newbie out there who is totally out of his realm. That would be some good entertainmnt!
Thursday, June 9, 2011
New Episode tonight everyone! Are you ready?
It's Personal:
Liz Cavalier has been a solid helper on Troy Landry's boat, but with the season more than halfway done, Liz wants to prove to her boss that she's more. Armed with years of experience captaining her own boat, she decides to step up, offering some of her own hunting ideas to Troy. Junior Edwards has trusted his son Willie with more responsibility. Today, Willie heads out on his own once again, and this time, he's hunting solo. He's on the lookout for the big gator that will make his reputation...but tracking it down won't be an easy task. When R.J. and Jay Paul's lines come under attack by a vicious cannibal gator, it becomes a personal challenge. R.J. will need to use every trick he's got to catch this menace before it stalls his season. An infestation of feral hogs is plaguing Southern Louisiana, and one large hog is encroaching on Terral's property. Feral hogs will charge humans on site--so Terral hopes to take care of the problem before someone gets hurt.
If you would like to view a sneak peak of the episode you can do so by visiting History Channel's Facebook page.
http://www.facebook.com/SwampPeople
Enjoy tonights episode everyone, I'm excited!
Liz Cavalier has been a solid helper on Troy Landry's boat, but with the season more than halfway done, Liz wants to prove to her boss that she's more. Armed with years of experience captaining her own boat, she decides to step up, offering some of her own hunting ideas to Troy. Junior Edwards has trusted his son Willie with more responsibility. Today, Willie heads out on his own once again, and this time, he's hunting solo. He's on the lookout for the big gator that will make his reputation...but tracking it down won't be an easy task. When R.J. and Jay Paul's lines come under attack by a vicious cannibal gator, it becomes a personal challenge. R.J. will need to use every trick he's got to catch this menace before it stalls his season. An infestation of feral hogs is plaguing Southern Louisiana, and one large hog is encroaching on Terral's property. Feral hogs will charge humans on site--so Terral hopes to take care of the problem before someone gets hurt.
If you would like to view a sneak peak of the episode you can do so by visiting History Channel's Facebook page.
http://www.facebook.com/SwampPeople
Enjoy tonights episode everyone, I'm excited!
Thursday, June 2, 2011
No New Episodes Tonight....
Nothing new on tonight, unfortunately.:-( Just reruns from the weeks before, but if you are anything like me you still watched. Some Swamp People is better then none at all, am I right?
So if you watched tonights reruns what did you think of the episodes and who is ready for some new episodes of Swamp People? I know I sure am!
So if you watched tonights reruns what did you think of the episodes and who is ready for some new episodes of Swamp People? I know I sure am!
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Do You Netflix?
If you have Netflix you can watch the first season of Swamp People instantly from your TV(if you have an approved game system or DVD player with streaming capabilities) or on your computer. Just saw it on my Netflix and wanted to share. So if you missed any of the first season you can watch it now!
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Tune in tonight!
Tonight is another new episode of Swamp People. don't miss it!
Tune into the History Channel at 8/7c for a re-run of last weeks episode Deadly Skies.
As a severe storm nears Southern Louisiana, the hunters are preparing for the worst. With his sharpshooter Liz still recovering from an injury, Troy and Jacob pit themselves against the gnarly weather. Troy uses an old Cajun strategy, employing a special bait to lure the gators despite the storm. Joe and Tommy are not on the same page. Tommy is looking forward to a day off, but Joe has a different work ethic. Joe is determined to run their lines in any weather, and despite protests, he drags Tommy along with him. R.J. and Jay Paul hunt in territory close to the Gulf--which means the winds are blowing even stronger. But Jay Paul isn't worried. Native Americans put a lot of stock in their dreams...and Jay Paul dreamed about catching a large gator in the storm. While the rest of the swampers head to their lines, Junior and Willie are taking theirs down. Junior is on pace to tag out in time, and he doesn't believe that fighting the storm is worth the money or effort.
And stay tuned afterwards for the newest episode Rising Sons at 9/8c... Come back and share your thoughts on tonights newest episode.
Choot em'!
Tune into the History Channel at 8/7c for a re-run of last weeks episode Deadly Skies.
As a severe storm nears Southern Louisiana, the hunters are preparing for the worst. With his sharpshooter Liz still recovering from an injury, Troy and Jacob pit themselves against the gnarly weather. Troy uses an old Cajun strategy, employing a special bait to lure the gators despite the storm. Joe and Tommy are not on the same page. Tommy is looking forward to a day off, but Joe has a different work ethic. Joe is determined to run their lines in any weather, and despite protests, he drags Tommy along with him. R.J. and Jay Paul hunt in territory close to the Gulf--which means the winds are blowing even stronger. But Jay Paul isn't worried. Native Americans put a lot of stock in their dreams...and Jay Paul dreamed about catching a large gator in the storm. While the rest of the swampers head to their lines, Junior and Willie are taking theirs down. Junior is on pace to tag out in time, and he doesn't believe that fighting the storm is worth the money or effort.
And stay tuned afterwards for the newest episode Rising Sons at 9/8c... Come back and share your thoughts on tonights newest episode.
Choot em'!
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Mississippi River Floodgate to Open, Inundating Cajun Area.
Louisiana’s Morganza floodway will be opened today at 3 p.m., local time, sending torrents of brown water from the Mississippi River into the Atchafalaya River basin, a move designed to spare Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
The corps expects to release 150,000 cubic feet per second from the Morganza, which is 310 river miles above New Orleans. The spillway, built in 1954 and not opened since 1973, can release 600,000 cubic feet of water per second at maximum capacity. It may send enough water to fill a football field 10 feet deep every second across the heart of what is known as Cajun country, eventually filling an area almost as large as Connecticut.
About 2,500 people and 2,000 structures are within the spillway and another 22,500 and 11,000 buildings are vulnerable when the waters rise, according to Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal. Inside the threatened area are 2,264 wells that each day produce 19,278 barrels of crude oil, about 10 percent of Louisiana’s onshore total, and 252.6 million cubic feet of natural gas, according to the state.
The water flow “is putting tremendous stress on the entire system,” said Major General Michael Walsh, president of the Mississippi River Commission. “I directed the commander to open those bays today.”
Earlier today the river’s flow reached 1.5 million cubic feet per second at Louisiana’s Red River Landing, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said in a statement.
Opened Gradually
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal said yesterday that the Morganza would be opened gradually and wouldn’t result in a wall of water running the length of the state to Morgan City, 70 miles west of New Orleans, where the Atchafalaya empties into the Gulf of Mexico. He stressed the need for residents to move quickly.
“Now is the time to take action,” Jindal said at a press conference. “We wanted to give people as much advance notice as we can.”
An estimated 15,000 acres of farmland will be initially underwater in the south-central part of Louisiana along the Mississippi River as the water flows 100 miles toward Morgan City and into the Gulf of Mexico, said Kyle McCann, a spokesman at Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation. The water will take about three days to reach the Gulf.
The Mississippi River flooded Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM)’s river docks at its refinery in Baton Rouge, Kevin Allexon, a company spokesman said. The plant, second-largest in the U.S. after Exxon’s refinery in Baytown, Texas, remains in production and can process 525,000 barrels of oil a day, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Door-to-Door
National Guard troops and local sheriffs are going door-to- door in the affected areas warning residents to flee, Jindal said. It would take the water three days to travel the length of the floodway from Morganza to Morgan City.
A voluntary evacuation notice has been issued for Melville, Krotz Springs and Three Mile Lake, according to the St. Landry Parish government.
“We are building earthen, sandbag and Hesco basket levees in Amelia,” said Paul Naquin, St. Mary Parish president, based in Franklin, Louisiana. “In five days we should be OK. We are working 24 hours a day trying to beat the clock.”
A Hesco basket is a container that can be filled with dirt to build a temporary levee.
Naquin said there is also a plan to sink a barge in a bayou to slow down the rising water.
For weeks, the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, swollen by heavy rain and melted snow, have been inundating cities and towns, flooding cropland and disrupting shipping. The Ohio rose to a record 61.72 feet (18.8 meters) in Cairo, Illinois, before joining the Mississippi there.
River System
The flooding in Tennessee has affected 650,000 acres of cropland in the western part of the state, including 86,000 acres of wheat, said Lee Maddox, a spokesman for the Tennessee Farm Bureau, citing numbers from the state’s farm service agency, a unit of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Farmers were just getting ready to harvest the wheat, and it’s probably destroyed now, Maddox said.
The Mississippi River system was engineered to absorb a major flood while maintaining flow rates through Baton Rouge and New Orleans to ensure the integrity of levees, according to the corps. The corps wants to limit flow to 1.5 million cubic feet per second at Baton Rouge and 1.25 million at New Orleans, said Ken Holder, a spokesman.
When the river flows exceed that, the system is designed to have water diverted elsewhere by using the Morganza or the Bonnet Carre spillway outside New Orleans, he said.
Opening the Morganza may lower the river’s crest in Baton Rouge by as little as a foot, said Bryan Harmon, the city’s deputy public works director.
By: Brian K. Sullivan and Leela Landress of the Bloomberg News
The corps expects to release 150,000 cubic feet per second from the Morganza, which is 310 river miles above New Orleans. The spillway, built in 1954 and not opened since 1973, can release 600,000 cubic feet of water per second at maximum capacity. It may send enough water to fill a football field 10 feet deep every second across the heart of what is known as Cajun country, eventually filling an area almost as large as Connecticut.
About 2,500 people and 2,000 structures are within the spillway and another 22,500 and 11,000 buildings are vulnerable when the waters rise, according to Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal. Inside the threatened area are 2,264 wells that each day produce 19,278 barrels of crude oil, about 10 percent of Louisiana’s onshore total, and 252.6 million cubic feet of natural gas, according to the state.
The water flow “is putting tremendous stress on the entire system,” said Major General Michael Walsh, president of the Mississippi River Commission. “I directed the commander to open those bays today.”
Earlier today the river’s flow reached 1.5 million cubic feet per second at Louisiana’s Red River Landing, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said in a statement.
Opened Gradually
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal said yesterday that the Morganza would be opened gradually and wouldn’t result in a wall of water running the length of the state to Morgan City, 70 miles west of New Orleans, where the Atchafalaya empties into the Gulf of Mexico. He stressed the need for residents to move quickly.
“Now is the time to take action,” Jindal said at a press conference. “We wanted to give people as much advance notice as we can.”
An estimated 15,000 acres of farmland will be initially underwater in the south-central part of Louisiana along the Mississippi River as the water flows 100 miles toward Morgan City and into the Gulf of Mexico, said Kyle McCann, a spokesman at Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation. The water will take about three days to reach the Gulf.
The Mississippi River flooded Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM)’s river docks at its refinery in Baton Rouge, Kevin Allexon, a company spokesman said. The plant, second-largest in the U.S. after Exxon’s refinery in Baytown, Texas, remains in production and can process 525,000 barrels of oil a day, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Door-to-Door
National Guard troops and local sheriffs are going door-to- door in the affected areas warning residents to flee, Jindal said. It would take the water three days to travel the length of the floodway from Morganza to Morgan City.
A voluntary evacuation notice has been issued for Melville, Krotz Springs and Three Mile Lake, according to the St. Landry Parish government.
“We are building earthen, sandbag and Hesco basket levees in Amelia,” said Paul Naquin, St. Mary Parish president, based in Franklin, Louisiana. “In five days we should be OK. We are working 24 hours a day trying to beat the clock.”
A Hesco basket is a container that can be filled with dirt to build a temporary levee.
Naquin said there is also a plan to sink a barge in a bayou to slow down the rising water.
For weeks, the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, swollen by heavy rain and melted snow, have been inundating cities and towns, flooding cropland and disrupting shipping. The Ohio rose to a record 61.72 feet (18.8 meters) in Cairo, Illinois, before joining the Mississippi there.
River System
The flooding in Tennessee has affected 650,000 acres of cropland in the western part of the state, including 86,000 acres of wheat, said Lee Maddox, a spokesman for the Tennessee Farm Bureau, citing numbers from the state’s farm service agency, a unit of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Farmers were just getting ready to harvest the wheat, and it’s probably destroyed now, Maddox said.
The Mississippi River system was engineered to absorb a major flood while maintaining flow rates through Baton Rouge and New Orleans to ensure the integrity of levees, according to the corps. The corps wants to limit flow to 1.5 million cubic feet per second at Baton Rouge and 1.25 million at New Orleans, said Ken Holder, a spokesman.
When the river flows exceed that, the system is designed to have water diverted elsewhere by using the Morganza or the Bonnet Carre spillway outside New Orleans, he said.
Opening the Morganza may lower the river’s crest in Baton Rouge by as little as a foot, said Bryan Harmon, the city’s deputy public works director.
By: Brian K. Sullivan and Leela Landress of the Bloomberg News
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
A Glimpse of What's to Come in Tomorrow's Episode- Deadly Skies
We don't want to miss tomorrows episode. This one sounds like something not to be missed. Don't forget to tune in tomorrow night at 9/8c on the History Channel.
Here's a snippet of tomorrow's episode.
DEADLY SKIES:
As a severe storm nears Southern Louisiana, the hunters are preparing for the worst. With his sharpshooter Liz still recovering from an injury, Troy and Jacob pit themselves against the gnarly weather. Troy uses an old Cajun strategy, employing a special bait to lure the gators despite the storm. Joe and Tommy are not on the same page. Tommy is looking forward to a day off, but Joe has a different work ethic. Joe is determined to run their lines in any weather, and despite protests, he drags Tommy along with him. R.J. and Jay Paul hunt in territory close to the Gulf--which means the winds are blowing even stronger. But Jay Paul isn't worried. Native Americans put a lot of stock in their dreams...and Jay Paul dreamed about catching a large gator in the storm. While the rest of the swampers head to their lines, Junior and Willie are taking theirs down. Junior is on pace to tag out in time, and he doesn't believe that fighting the storm is worth the money or effort.
Here's a snippet of tomorrow's episode.
DEADLY SKIES:
As a severe storm nears Southern Louisiana, the hunters are preparing for the worst. With his sharpshooter Liz still recovering from an injury, Troy and Jacob pit themselves against the gnarly weather. Troy uses an old Cajun strategy, employing a special bait to lure the gators despite the storm. Joe and Tommy are not on the same page. Tommy is looking forward to a day off, but Joe has a different work ethic. Joe is determined to run their lines in any weather, and despite protests, he drags Tommy along with him. R.J. and Jay Paul hunt in territory close to the Gulf--which means the winds are blowing even stronger. But Jay Paul isn't worried. Native Americans put a lot of stock in their dreams...and Jay Paul dreamed about catching a large gator in the storm. While the rest of the swampers head to their lines, Junior and Willie are taking theirs down. Junior is on pace to tag out in time, and he doesn't believe that fighting the storm is worth the money or effort.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Miss Season 1?
If you missed season one you are in luck because the whole season is on DVD and for a very reasonable price. I had to share because you shouldn't have to miss a single episode of this great reality series. ENJOY!
Terral Evans- Local Celebrity
To all the Terral Evans fan's out there you can learn more about him and the story behind his swamping career. You can even get some gear such as shirts, posters, calendars, photographs and even a Cajun cookbook off Terral Evans Website.
NO GUTS NO GATORS!
Flooding in New Orleans....
I hope this won't effect the alligator population for the nearing season in September for the local alligator hunters and the ones who hunt in the Atchafalya River basin.
Mississippi River flooding in New Orleans area could be massive if Morganza spillway stays closed
The Times-Picayune By Mark Schleifstein
If the Morganza Floodway is not opened to funnel 300,000 cubic feet per second of water from the Mississippi River into the Atchafalaya River basin, the additional water could cause levees to fail along the river from Morganza to Plaquemines Parish, including all of the New Orleans area, resulting in as much as 25 feet of floodwater, according to a map provided to state officials by the Army Corps of Engineers on Tuesday.
More Bonnet Carre Spillway bays opened Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Enlarge Brett Duke, The Times-Picayune BRETT DUKE / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE Mississippi River water pours through the Bonnet Carre Spillway structure in Norco Tuesday, May 10, 2011. The spillway diverts water from the Mississippi River to Lake Pontchartrain. Aerials over the Mississippi River and Bonnet Carre Spillway Tuesday, May 10, 2011 gallery (21 photos)
* More Bonnet Carre Spillway bays opened Tuesday, May 10, 2011
* More Bonnet Carre Spillway bays opened Tuesday, May 10, 2011
* More Bonnet Carre Spillway bays opened Tuesday, May 10, 2011
* More Bonnet Carre Spillway bays opened Tuesday, May 10, 2011
* More Bonnet Carre Spillway bays opened Tuesday, May 10, 2011
The worst-case scenario obtained by The Times-Picayune is part of the risk assessment conducted this week by corps officials in support of opening the floodway. The combination of water from the floodway and from the Old River Control Structure just upriver of Morganza pouring into the Atchafalaya basin will flood a large swath of mostly unpopulated land.
It will also threaten Morgan City, Houma and several smaller communities.
Ironically, much of the Atchafalaya Basin would still flood if the spillway is not opened, according to the new map, because the Old River Control Structure will be sending twice as much water from the Mississippi into the basin as it normally does. Meanwhile, the river will still overtop the relatively low Morganza floodway structure even if it's not opened, and several other levee failures could occur between Morganza and Baton Rouge.
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Corps Maj. Gen. Michael Walsh, president of the Mississippi River Commission and commander of all corps districts along the river, has strongly hinted that he will approve opening the Morganza Floodway sometime between Friday and Tuesday. That's when the rate of water moving past Red River Landing, across from the Louisiana State Prison at Angola, will reach 1.5 million cubic feet per second, which is the official trigger for opening the spillway.
During a news conference in Baton Rouge, Gov. Bobby Jindal said he expects Walsh to order the opening of the spillway. He urged residents in affected areas to prepare for evacuations if called for by their local elected leaders.
High Water
Enlarge John McCusker, The Times-Picayune John McCusker/The Times-Picayune The high water on the Mississippi River around New Orleans inspires many different reactions and activities Tuesday, May 10, 2011. Raymond Cooper caught this giant catfish while fishing the flooded batture. Mississippi River in New Orleans gallery (13 photos)
* High Water
* High Water
* High Water
* High Water
* High Water
"Based on various inundation maps, you're looking at roughly 3 million acres that will be impacted, be underwater," when the floodway opens, Jindal said. "That includes about 18,000 acres of cropland just within the Atchafalaya basin."
According to census data, about 2,500 people inside the floodway, including residents of Melville, Butte Larose and Krotz Springs, could be surrounded by water, and another 22,500 people and 11,000 structures will be affected by some flooding, Jindal said.
Jindal said it will take about three days from the opening of the floodway until the first water from Morganza reaches Morgan City, which already is experiencing high water from the Old River Control Structure.
Serious flooding also is expected in parts of northern Louisiana as rivers and streams that normally flow unimpeded into the Mississippi have begun to back up. No rivers or streams enter the Mississippi in south Louisiana.
Too close for comfort
The National Weather Service has predicted that at its crest, 1.9 million cubic feet per second of water will flow past the Red River Landing if the floodway is not opened.
That would result in a crest of 19.5 feet at the Carrollton Gauge in New Orleans, which is 2.5 feet above official flood stage and just 6 inches below the top of floodwalls.
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The new corps map assumes that such a high water level could result in multiple failures of earthen levees, floodwalls or other structures along the river, said Walter Baumy, chief of engineering for the corps' New Orleans office.
The record high water levels also would cause a dramatic disruption to business in the Port of New Orleans and elsewhere along the river in the New Orleans area, said Bob Turner, executive director of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East.
"With a stage at Carrollton of 19.5 feet, we would have to close most of the floodgates along the Mississippi River levee within our jurisdiction," he said. "The port, Public Belt Railroad, recreational areas like the Audubon Aquarium and the Butterfly Park would have to close."
More significant, though, would be the unknown effects on the levees, Turner said.
"We have a good bit of experience dealing with seepage and sand boils, saturated soil conditions when the river stages are around 17 feet," he said. "Once the river gets over 17.5 feet, I don't know that we've got a lot of experience dealing with those same issues. Seepage and sand boils, that uncertainty gives us some concern. My gut is if it gets higher, it's going to be more difficult to keep those things under control."
Even if the river doesn't go much over 17 feet at New Orleans, a level reached at noon Tuesday, levee officials will be keeping careful watch when the river begins to drop, now not expected until mid-June, Turner said.
"If the river begins to fall rapidly, we could have incidents where saturated levees slide into the river," he said.
Laying bare the risks
Baumy emphasized that the no-Morganza map was not designed with the public in mind, but rather to help corps engineers plan better.
"The maps were done in a day or two, as we were trying to assess risk to show, here's the options on the table and here's some things to think about," he said.
For instance, while the color code on the map shows the possibility of 20 to 25 feet of water occurring from Kenner through New Orleans if levees were to fail, elevations vary dramatically within that area.
And while the map indicates flooding all along the east side of the river from Simmesport to New Orleans, it is not meant to indicate all of that area would be flooded, Baumy said. Rather, the colors indicate the highest water level possible if the levee were overtopped or breached in those areas. The corps would not expect all segments of the levee system to fail, he said.
State agencies already are scrambling to prepare for flooding in the Atchafalaya basin and in northern flood areas, Jindal said, saying 500 additional National Guard troops have been deployed.
The National Guard has set up liaison teams in 19 parishes and assigned troops to work with corps teams and the Coast Guard.
The state also is rounding up thousands of feet of Hesco basket, fiber and metal baskets that are filled with rock and dirt to create temporary levees.
Evacuation guidelines
Spillway fly over Tuesday, May 10, 2011 Spillway fly over Tuesday, May 10, 2011 The Army Corps of Engineers opened an additional 44 bays of the Bonnet Spillway structure Tuesday, May 10, 2011 to divert water from a rapidly rising Mississippi River. The spillway was last opened in 2008 for 28 days. Watch video
Catahoula, Point Coupee and Iberia parishes have begun issuing evacuation orders from some localities, while others, including St. Landry, St. Mary, St. Martin, West Baton Rouge, Assumption and Ascension, have issued voluntary evacuation recommendations to residents and businesses in expected flood areas.
Jindal also is lobbying federal officials to upgrade their treatment of the potential flooding as a national disaster. FEMA has agreed to provide direct federal assistance to 22 parishes, but the disaster agency has not agreed to let the state bill the federal government for its costs in flood fighting.
In a Monday letter to President Barack Obama, Jindal said the state has estimated its costs for the first 30 days to be at least $80 million, including $20 million the Department of Child and Family Services will need for shelters.
Jindal also has asked the Defense Department to reimburse the state for National Guard mobilization because the Morganza Floodway is part of the national floodway system.
Agriculture & Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain also asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday to consider the floodway opening to be a natural disaster, which would make farmers eligible for federal assistance.
Meanwhile, at Montz, an additional 44 bays of the Bonnet Carre Spillway were opened Tuesday, increasing the number of bays opened to 72. The spillway has 350 bays.
The action will increase the flow of water to about 70,000 cubic feet per second, according to spillway manager Chris Brantley. Another 38 bays could be opened today.
When fully open, the spillway diverts 250,000 cubic feet of water per second into Lake Pontchartrain.
Mississippi River flooding in New Orleans area could be massive if Morganza spillway stays closed
The Times-Picayune By Mark Schleifstein
If the Morganza Floodway is not opened to funnel 300,000 cubic feet per second of water from the Mississippi River into the Atchafalaya River basin, the additional water could cause levees to fail along the river from Morganza to Plaquemines Parish, including all of the New Orleans area, resulting in as much as 25 feet of floodwater, according to a map provided to state officials by the Army Corps of Engineers on Tuesday.
More Bonnet Carre Spillway bays opened Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Enlarge Brett Duke, The Times-Picayune BRETT DUKE / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE Mississippi River water pours through the Bonnet Carre Spillway structure in Norco Tuesday, May 10, 2011. The spillway diverts water from the Mississippi River to Lake Pontchartrain. Aerials over the Mississippi River and Bonnet Carre Spillway Tuesday, May 10, 2011 gallery (21 photos)
* More Bonnet Carre Spillway bays opened Tuesday, May 10, 2011
* More Bonnet Carre Spillway bays opened Tuesday, May 10, 2011
* More Bonnet Carre Spillway bays opened Tuesday, May 10, 2011
* More Bonnet Carre Spillway bays opened Tuesday, May 10, 2011
* More Bonnet Carre Spillway bays opened Tuesday, May 10, 2011
The worst-case scenario obtained by The Times-Picayune is part of the risk assessment conducted this week by corps officials in support of opening the floodway. The combination of water from the floodway and from the Old River Control Structure just upriver of Morganza pouring into the Atchafalaya basin will flood a large swath of mostly unpopulated land.
It will also threaten Morgan City, Houma and several smaller communities.
Ironically, much of the Atchafalaya Basin would still flood if the spillway is not opened, according to the new map, because the Old River Control Structure will be sending twice as much water from the Mississippi into the basin as it normally does. Meanwhile, the river will still overtop the relatively low Morganza floodway structure even if it's not opened, and several other levee failures could occur between Morganza and Baton Rouge.
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Corps Maj. Gen. Michael Walsh, president of the Mississippi River Commission and commander of all corps districts along the river, has strongly hinted that he will approve opening the Morganza Floodway sometime between Friday and Tuesday. That's when the rate of water moving past Red River Landing, across from the Louisiana State Prison at Angola, will reach 1.5 million cubic feet per second, which is the official trigger for opening the spillway.
During a news conference in Baton Rouge, Gov. Bobby Jindal said he expects Walsh to order the opening of the spillway. He urged residents in affected areas to prepare for evacuations if called for by their local elected leaders.
High Water
Enlarge John McCusker, The Times-Picayune John McCusker/The Times-Picayune The high water on the Mississippi River around New Orleans inspires many different reactions and activities Tuesday, May 10, 2011. Raymond Cooper caught this giant catfish while fishing the flooded batture. Mississippi River in New Orleans gallery (13 photos)
* High Water
* High Water
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"Based on various inundation maps, you're looking at roughly 3 million acres that will be impacted, be underwater," when the floodway opens, Jindal said. "That includes about 18,000 acres of cropland just within the Atchafalaya basin."
According to census data, about 2,500 people inside the floodway, including residents of Melville, Butte Larose and Krotz Springs, could be surrounded by water, and another 22,500 people and 11,000 structures will be affected by some flooding, Jindal said.
Jindal said it will take about three days from the opening of the floodway until the first water from Morganza reaches Morgan City, which already is experiencing high water from the Old River Control Structure.
Serious flooding also is expected in parts of northern Louisiana as rivers and streams that normally flow unimpeded into the Mississippi have begun to back up. No rivers or streams enter the Mississippi in south Louisiana.
Too close for comfort
The National Weather Service has predicted that at its crest, 1.9 million cubic feet per second of water will flow past the Red River Landing if the floodway is not opened.
That would result in a crest of 19.5 feet at the Carrollton Gauge in New Orleans, which is 2.5 feet above official flood stage and just 6 inches below the top of floodwalls.
map2-morganza-051111.jpgView full size
The new corps map assumes that such a high water level could result in multiple failures of earthen levees, floodwalls or other structures along the river, said Walter Baumy, chief of engineering for the corps' New Orleans office.
The record high water levels also would cause a dramatic disruption to business in the Port of New Orleans and elsewhere along the river in the New Orleans area, said Bob Turner, executive director of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East.
"With a stage at Carrollton of 19.5 feet, we would have to close most of the floodgates along the Mississippi River levee within our jurisdiction," he said. "The port, Public Belt Railroad, recreational areas like the Audubon Aquarium and the Butterfly Park would have to close."
More significant, though, would be the unknown effects on the levees, Turner said.
"We have a good bit of experience dealing with seepage and sand boils, saturated soil conditions when the river stages are around 17 feet," he said. "Once the river gets over 17.5 feet, I don't know that we've got a lot of experience dealing with those same issues. Seepage and sand boils, that uncertainty gives us some concern. My gut is if it gets higher, it's going to be more difficult to keep those things under control."
Even if the river doesn't go much over 17 feet at New Orleans, a level reached at noon Tuesday, levee officials will be keeping careful watch when the river begins to drop, now not expected until mid-June, Turner said.
"If the river begins to fall rapidly, we could have incidents where saturated levees slide into the river," he said.
Laying bare the risks
Baumy emphasized that the no-Morganza map was not designed with the public in mind, but rather to help corps engineers plan better.
"The maps were done in a day or two, as we were trying to assess risk to show, here's the options on the table and here's some things to think about," he said.
For instance, while the color code on the map shows the possibility of 20 to 25 feet of water occurring from Kenner through New Orleans if levees were to fail, elevations vary dramatically within that area.
And while the map indicates flooding all along the east side of the river from Simmesport to New Orleans, it is not meant to indicate all of that area would be flooded, Baumy said. Rather, the colors indicate the highest water level possible if the levee were overtopped or breached in those areas. The corps would not expect all segments of the levee system to fail, he said.
State agencies already are scrambling to prepare for flooding in the Atchafalaya basin and in northern flood areas, Jindal said, saying 500 additional National Guard troops have been deployed.
The National Guard has set up liaison teams in 19 parishes and assigned troops to work with corps teams and the Coast Guard.
The state also is rounding up thousands of feet of Hesco basket, fiber and metal baskets that are filled with rock and dirt to create temporary levees.
Evacuation guidelines
Spillway fly over Tuesday, May 10, 2011 Spillway fly over Tuesday, May 10, 2011 The Army Corps of Engineers opened an additional 44 bays of the Bonnet Spillway structure Tuesday, May 10, 2011 to divert water from a rapidly rising Mississippi River. The spillway was last opened in 2008 for 28 days. Watch video
Catahoula, Point Coupee and Iberia parishes have begun issuing evacuation orders from some localities, while others, including St. Landry, St. Mary, St. Martin, West Baton Rouge, Assumption and Ascension, have issued voluntary evacuation recommendations to residents and businesses in expected flood areas.
Jindal also is lobbying federal officials to upgrade their treatment of the potential flooding as a national disaster. FEMA has agreed to provide direct federal assistance to 22 parishes, but the disaster agency has not agreed to let the state bill the federal government for its costs in flood fighting.
In a Monday letter to President Barack Obama, Jindal said the state has estimated its costs for the first 30 days to be at least $80 million, including $20 million the Department of Child and Family Services will need for shelters.
Jindal also has asked the Defense Department to reimburse the state for National Guard mobilization because the Morganza Floodway is part of the national floodway system.
Agriculture & Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain also asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday to consider the floodway opening to be a natural disaster, which would make farmers eligible for federal assistance.
Meanwhile, at Montz, an additional 44 bays of the Bonnet Carre Spillway were opened Tuesday, increasing the number of bays opened to 72. The spillway has 350 bays.
The action will increase the flow of water to about 70,000 cubic feet per second, according to spillway manager Chris Brantley. Another 38 bays could be opened today.
When fully open, the spillway diverts 250,000 cubic feet of water per second into Lake Pontchartrain.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
For all the ones who missed tonights episode....
If you missed tonight's episode don't fret it will be available on HistoryChannel.com tomorrow. Here is a short summary of tonight's episode.
"After a rough start to the season, Troy is back in the groove, and on pace to fill his 320 tags. His new sharpshooter Liz has been a large part of his success. But on the swamp, things can change in a heartbeat. During a capture, Liz is injured...and Troy's momentum is suddenly in doubt. Bruce has always hunted solo in the swamp. That's the way he likes it. But today, he's not alone because he's hired a greenhorn named Nick, a local kid who wants learn the craft from a master. But, learning gator hunting isn't easy, and before long, the kid makes a mistake that could cost Bruce his season. So far, Joe and Tommy have had ups and downs this season. However, when the duo comes up against a massive cannibal, the team gels in its pursuit of the aggressive monster. Deep in the swamp, the Guist Brothers are busy making ends meet. With the food supply low, rabbit is on the menu. The brothers set out on the hunt, but they don't have a hunting dog. Glenn decides to take the job."
If you were one of the lucky ones to watch tonight post what you though of the episode and share with others why you enjoy watching the Swamp People hard at work on the dirty swamp waters of Louisiana.
"After a rough start to the season, Troy is back in the groove, and on pace to fill his 320 tags. His new sharpshooter Liz has been a large part of his success. But on the swamp, things can change in a heartbeat. During a capture, Liz is injured...and Troy's momentum is suddenly in doubt. Bruce has always hunted solo in the swamp. That's the way he likes it. But today, he's not alone because he's hired a greenhorn named Nick, a local kid who wants learn the craft from a master. But, learning gator hunting isn't easy, and before long, the kid makes a mistake that could cost Bruce his season. So far, Joe and Tommy have had ups and downs this season. However, when the duo comes up against a massive cannibal, the team gels in its pursuit of the aggressive monster. Deep in the swamp, the Guist Brothers are busy making ends meet. With the food supply low, rabbit is on the menu. The brothers set out on the hunt, but they don't have a hunting dog. Glenn decides to take the job."
If you were one of the lucky ones to watch tonight post what you though of the episode and share with others why you enjoy watching the Swamp People hard at work on the dirty swamp waters of Louisiana.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
New Episode Coming on Tonight
If you missed last weeks episode you will get a chance to watch it again tonight right before the newest episode.
Last weeks episode we got to get a look at the newest crew member of Troy Landry's.
Liz Cavalier seemed to be a little nervous with her first shots but made a quick recovery and ended up joking around with Troy. She may be a woman but that doesn't hinder her ability in any way to give the men a run for their money when it comes to gator hunting. Tune in tonight to watch the episode. Followed by this weeks newest episode Hot Pursuit.
First Mates:
This season, Troy has been hunting without his longtime helper Clint, and the boys have struggled, falling behind last year's pace. Determined to get back on track, Troy enlists the help of a local sharpshooter...a lady gator hunter named Liz Cavalier. Renegade Gator Hunter Bruce Mitchell hunts alone...that is if you don't count his partner/dog Tyler. Bruce and Tyler began the season solidly, racking up the gators and filling tags. It's business as usual--until, Tyler suddenly goes missing. For Joe and Tommy, the season was off to a strong start...but then, Tommy's behavior disrupted their momentum. Now, a monster gator is popping their lines, and the boys are determined to get him. As the sun sets, Terral and Trapper Agent Corey Hunt are on the trail of a large gator that's been menacing the locals. The boys scour the area to relocate the gator, and to rid the threat...before some one gets hurt.
After last weeks episode be sure to watch Hot Pursuit and come back to share with us your favorite part of the episode and what you have enjoyed about the season so far.
Last weeks episode we got to get a look at the newest crew member of Troy Landry's.
Liz Cavalier seemed to be a little nervous with her first shots but made a quick recovery and ended up joking around with Troy. She may be a woman but that doesn't hinder her ability in any way to give the men a run for their money when it comes to gator hunting. Tune in tonight to watch the episode. Followed by this weeks newest episode Hot Pursuit.
First Mates:
This season, Troy has been hunting without his longtime helper Clint, and the boys have struggled, falling behind last year's pace. Determined to get back on track, Troy enlists the help of a local sharpshooter...a lady gator hunter named Liz Cavalier. Renegade Gator Hunter Bruce Mitchell hunts alone...that is if you don't count his partner/dog Tyler. Bruce and Tyler began the season solidly, racking up the gators and filling tags. It's business as usual--until, Tyler suddenly goes missing. For Joe and Tommy, the season was off to a strong start...but then, Tommy's behavior disrupted their momentum. Now, a monster gator is popping their lines, and the boys are determined to get him. As the sun sets, Terral and Trapper Agent Corey Hunt are on the trail of a large gator that's been menacing the locals. The boys scour the area to relocate the gator, and to rid the threat...before some one gets hurt.
After last weeks episode be sure to watch Hot Pursuit and come back to share with us your favorite part of the episode and what you have enjoyed about the season so far.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Some people shouldn't carry a gun....
If you caught tonights episode you witnessed all of Junior's bad shots. Clipping Willie under the eye and his arm along with sending shrapnel to their other comrades hand. Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses, Junior's weakness is gun shot aim. Luckily for Willie his mom is the on call doctor and quickly helps him get the lead out from under his eye, but after the attempt on getting the chunk out of his arm he has enough and opts for waiting to remove it.
Poor Troy isn't having much luck and his gator season isn't looking to bright. Troy seems to think it's because Clint isn't helping him anymore and tries to win Clint over but Clint kindly refuses due to him having to work on getting his own business started. Troy was very understanding, but it is a let down for him because he has a ton of tags to fill before the end of the season.
I sincerely hope they can get their season going with no hitches but only time will tell and if you know anything about alligator hunting you know time isn't a luxury these swamp men have.
Poor Troy isn't having much luck and his gator season isn't looking to bright. Troy seems to think it's because Clint isn't helping him anymore and tries to win Clint over but Clint kindly refuses due to him having to work on getting his own business started. Troy was very understanding, but it is a let down for him because he has a ton of tags to fill before the end of the season.
I sincerely hope they can get their season going with no hitches but only time will tell and if you know anything about alligator hunting you know time isn't a luxury these swamp men have.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
The New People of Swamp People
There are a new bunch of swamp people appearing on the show and all of them are not just out to shoot a gator. One in particular Terral Evans is all about trapping alligators that become a nuisance to nearby residents.If you saw tonights episode he was after a cannibal gator that was eating up the other gators, which doesn't seem to be totally uncommon aft Troy Landry caught his cannibal gator last season.
So who have we seen new to the season and who is to come?
First up we have Terral Evans, as I mentioned earlier he isn't in this to kill the gator, he is more of a gator wrestling guru. Amazing how he just reaches into that murky swamp water and pulls out a gator like its nothing. He does this all in Slidell, LA
(where I lived if you didn't know *wink*). On tonights episode they just about got pulled in the water by one angry gator but thankfully Terral was there to save the day, catch the gator and later release him in a more remote part of the swamp land.
Heres Terral Evans biography courtesy of History Channel....
Terral Evans stands 6'4" and weighs in at around 240 pounds. Terral is a swamper in every way—a man who loves the area around Pearl River. While the other swampers are busy hunting gators, Terral is busy moving them. Terral is a gator tagger working with Mississippi Fisheries and Wildlife to track and tag gators. If a gator is causing problems, everyone around knows to call Terral. He does his work at night, snatching gators barehanded, right out of the water.
Another Alligator hunter is RJ and his son Jay Paul.
R.J. Molinere Jr. is a Native American, and he is powerful in both body and spirit. Like his Houmas ancestors, he makes a living off the land, hunting with his son, Jay Paul. R.J. raised Jay Paul to follow in his footsteps—both on and off the swamp. They are a formidable new team on the bayou and they're ready to give anyone a run for their money.
Still to see is Glenn and Mitchell Guist. If you were to picture a swamp man in your head I am pretty confident it would look like these two guys.
Brothers Glenn and Mitchell Guist were born, raised and still live in their grandparents' house on Conway Bayou. They're master hunters, taught to live off the land by their father and so close neighbors call them by one name: "glenmitchell." If the fish in Conway Bayou aren't biting, the Guists aren't bothered—any bush meat will do, and that means squirrel to nutria to wild boar could be on the menu.
Also to see is Liz Cavalier, the only female alligator hunter on Swamp People. She is a modern day Calamity Jane for sure.
There aren't many Cajun lady gator hunters on the swamp. Taught by her father, Liz has been hunting gator since she was a little girl, using the same type of gun fired by Annie Oakley. An ace shot, Liz prides herself on being "one of the boys." She baits the hooks, pulls the lines and throws a knife with the best of them.
With the new hunters along with the old this is sure to be a great season!
So who have we seen new to the season and who is to come?
First up we have Terral Evans, as I mentioned earlier he isn't in this to kill the gator, he is more of a gator wrestling guru. Amazing how he just reaches into that murky swamp water and pulls out a gator like its nothing. He does this all in Slidell, LA
(where I lived if you didn't know *wink*). On tonights episode they just about got pulled in the water by one angry gator but thankfully Terral was there to save the day, catch the gator and later release him in a more remote part of the swamp land.
Heres Terral Evans biography courtesy of History Channel....
Terral Evans stands 6'4" and weighs in at around 240 pounds. Terral is a swamper in every way—a man who loves the area around Pearl River. While the other swampers are busy hunting gators, Terral is busy moving them. Terral is a gator tagger working with Mississippi Fisheries and Wildlife to track and tag gators. If a gator is causing problems, everyone around knows to call Terral. He does his work at night, snatching gators barehanded, right out of the water.
Another Alligator hunter is RJ and his son Jay Paul.
R.J. Molinere Jr. is a Native American, and he is powerful in both body and spirit. Like his Houmas ancestors, he makes a living off the land, hunting with his son, Jay Paul. R.J. raised Jay Paul to follow in his footsteps—both on and off the swamp. They are a formidable new team on the bayou and they're ready to give anyone a run for their money.
Still to see is Glenn and Mitchell Guist. If you were to picture a swamp man in your head I am pretty confident it would look like these two guys.
Brothers Glenn and Mitchell Guist were born, raised and still live in their grandparents' house on Conway Bayou. They're master hunters, taught to live off the land by their father and so close neighbors call them by one name: "glenmitchell." If the fish in Conway Bayou aren't biting, the Guists aren't bothered—any bush meat will do, and that means squirrel to nutria to wild boar could be on the menu.
Also to see is Liz Cavalier, the only female alligator hunter on Swamp People. She is a modern day Calamity Jane for sure.
There aren't many Cajun lady gator hunters on the swamp. Taught by her father, Liz has been hunting gator since she was a little girl, using the same type of gun fired by Annie Oakley. An ace shot, Liz prides herself on being "one of the boys." She baits the hooks, pulls the lines and throws a knife with the best of them.
With the new hunters along with the old this is sure to be a great season!
Friday, April 1, 2011
Who caught the series premier last night?
Swamp People seems to always leave you begging for more and they didn't disappoint last night with the series premier. If you were unable to watch it last night it should be available at History.com soon. Here's a short summary of last nights show.
Gator Gauntlet
As a new gator season begins in Southern Louisiana, hunters across the state return to the swamp with more on the line than ever before. Legendary Gator Hunter Troy Landry is back with his son Jacob. For Joe and Tommy, they have one goal in mind--to set new records. The duo hopes their trusty "shake and bake" bait seasoning will bring in more gators. Junior Edwards and son Willie have more tags than ever before. To accommodate the increase in tags, Junior's team begins their hunt with a much larger boat. But immediately, its size causes problems. When the sun sets and the gator hunters head home, Terral Evans is just getting started. There are many different jobs in the swamp, but Terral plies an unusual trade. Terral's a gator wrangler--when an alligator needs to be captured alive, he's the man to call. At night, when the nocturnal gators come to life, Terral grabs them from the water alive using only his bare hands, risking life and limb with every catch.
Gator Gauntlet
As a new gator season begins in Southern Louisiana, hunters across the state return to the swamp with more on the line than ever before. Legendary Gator Hunter Troy Landry is back with his son Jacob. For Joe and Tommy, they have one goal in mind--to set new records. The duo hopes their trusty "shake and bake" bait seasoning will bring in more gators. Junior Edwards and son Willie have more tags than ever before. To accommodate the increase in tags, Junior's team begins their hunt with a much larger boat. But immediately, its size causes problems. When the sun sets and the gator hunters head home, Terral Evans is just getting started. There are many different jobs in the swamp, but Terral plies an unusual trade. Terral's a gator wrangler--when an alligator needs to be captured alive, he's the man to call. At night, when the nocturnal gators come to life, Terral grabs them from the water alive using only his bare hands, risking life and limb with every catch.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Getting Noticed!
I hope everyone is ready for the return of Swamp People tonight, I know I sure am. I have all of my TVs auto tuned and ready to go for the season premier. I wanted to write a post and share an article written by Dave Walker of the Times Picayune covering the premier of Swamp People and covering an interview he did with me earlier this week that can be found in the Times Picayune newspaper and on their website at Nola.com/tv. I was very honored to be asked to do an interview with them and hope all of my readers enjoy it as well. Look forward to more post after the season premier of Swamp People tonight.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Preview of Season 2
March 31st marks the start of Swamp People, season 2. Click the link below to check out a video preview of next weeks season premier.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Rumors are........
According to rumors, Swamp People will be returning with new episodes March 31st. They have episodes coming on March 3rd and March 10th both are re-runs. But don't get disappointed because they will be back at the end of the month with a new season and we are all very anxious.
Monday, January 3, 2011
Get Great Swamp People Gear!
Looking for some swamp people gear? If you missed an episode or want to download them you can get them on Amazon
for $1.99 an episode. Want to get a taste of some Alligator, try some Jerky
. While eating that spicy jerky you can rock out to some Swamp tunes
of the Bayou. Why not read a good book about living on the Atchafalaya swamp
? If you want to see more of the swamp and can't wait till the new season of Swamp People kicks off, check out Louisiana Swamp Country A Taste Of Life On The Pearl River Bayou
. There is really no going wrong, I could go on and on about some of the great things you can get that reflect our State and its culture. My personal favorite is Aunt Sally's Pralines
and I always have a bottle of Tobasco
in my refrigerator as does everyone else down here. If you like coffee then you will love a good cup of Cafe Du Monde
along with a sweet beignet
.
I wanted to update my blog and share some of my favorite things in Louisiana that you too can enjoy. So kick back with a cup of chicory and a beignet and look forward to more blog posts from yours truly.
for $1.99 an episode. Want to get a taste of some Alligator, try some Jerky. While eating that spicy jerky you can rock out to some Swamp tunes of the Bayou. Why not read a good book about living on the Atchafalaya swamp? If you want to see more of the swamp and can't wait till the new season of Swamp People kicks off, check out Louisiana Swamp Country A Taste Of Life On The Pearl River Bayou. There is really no going wrong, I could go on and on about some of the great things you can get that reflect our State and its culture. My personal favorite is Aunt Sally's Pralines and I always have a bottle of Tobasco in my refrigerator as does everyone else down here. If you like coffee then you will love a good cup of Cafe Du Monde along with a sweet beignet.I wanted to update my blog and share some of my favorite things in Louisiana that you too can enjoy. So kick back with a cup of chicory and a beignet and look forward to more blog posts from yours truly.
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