Swamp People is a documentary television series airing on History, which follows the lives of Cajuns living in the swamps of Louisiana.
The series made history on History with its first-season premiere, garnering a record-breaking 4. The outrageously popular second and third seasons not only focused national attention on the Cajun lifestyle, it raised the popularity of gator hunting itself.
All this new gator hunting curiosity begs the questions about the best guns and loads to reliably take these oversized swamp lizards. Alligator regulations and methods of harvest vary from state to state. In Louisiana, baited setlines are the norm, with occasional gators taken with well-placed shots when the opportunity arises.
Rimfires seem to be the norm for killing a gator on a line, while larger centerfires come into play for long-range sniping on wary old bull gators. Louis last spring. All we use is a. When I went by myself, I used a. If you try to shoot them in the hard spot on their head, the bullet will just bounce off. If you shoot them right behind the hard spot you can kill the biggest gator on earth.
Junior another popular cast member of Swamp People believes in shooting them in the hard spot, but you can get bullets and bone fragments flying off. Querying Landry about good gator guns and their use, the plus year gator-hunting veteran had some solid advice.
My gun is a tool. One time last season, we had 15 inches of rain in three days. My favorite gun is a. The gun with the lever-action, the Ruger, is a really good gun. I really like it.
Some of us fish in brackish water and that will make it rust. If you clean them every night they will stay in good working order. Some get dropped in the bayou. Recalling the Landrys use several different guns throughout the season, I asked about their choices. My youngest boy, Chase, shot a couple of them on the bank with.
Most of the time we use what I can get. Most of the time, we use the Mini Mag 40 grain. The rest of the cast uses a mix of rifles. The sightless Browning seems to come in handy when a gator chomps down on the barrel and it has to be pulled free to be redeployed. Tagging more than gators during the Louisiana season put a father-and-son team at the pinnacle of animals harvested.
When I caught up with R. The rest use a. A gun that big does too much damage. Molinere recalled. I even shot a footer once with a. Out of three seasons, I can remember only one time when I had to shoot a gator twice with the. I put a bad shot on a gator two years ago. Posts Latest Activity Photos. Page of 1. Filtered by:.
Previous template Next. Hey rimfire enthusiast, have you noticed the Swamp people hunting gators with their mouse guns, what would you take to the swamp , PM. Hey rimfire enthusiast, have you noticed the Swamp people hunting gators with their mouse guns, what would you take to the swamp, and why?
Tags: None. I would take this T-bolt 22 Mag because it shoots one hole groups at 50 yards, and it has 2 rotary magazines ready for action if someone remembers to load it. It has a Nikon 2x7 and that a nice piece of glass for the set up. Look up accuracy reviews for this gun online, it really is consistent.
And it is sort of a hillbilly youth version of the Blaser. Comment Post Cancel. I noticed on the new episode that Liz's daughter is carrying a. I always wondered why they didn't use a. Maybe the rifle is easier to stick out of the boat towards the gator. A mouse gun, because I wouldn't want to ruin the hide, like they don't, and anything else is overkill, under the circumstances.
WA Mtnhunter. When you are shooting at a brain the size of a walnut, you either hit it or you don't. My Dad tells stories of when he was a kid growing up in the jungles of Bolivia. They lived next to a lake with an island in the center that had a large population of gators. They used to take the canoe out at night hunting them. Used a flashlight and a. My guess is that the smaller round causes less disturbance but I don't know that for a fact. Gary Devine. It is hard to believe those gator hunters on Swamp People are hitting the brain the size of a quarter while the gator is splashing and moving violently near the side of the boat.
This video link below shows a Nile crocodile that swam into a large herd of Hippos. This is merely speculation, but I'm guessing the reason for a rifle is the same reason you don't pet alligators. You don't want your hands to close to a mouth full of teeth. The reason for 22's I imagine is there is a market for the alligator skulls and you don't want the skull blown to pieces. I think Dcast is pretty much spot on!
But like Dcast, it's speculation on my part also. Slaughter houses of long ago have taken some mighty big critters down with the lowly. Why not a 'gator? I also would speculate that you want something that you can fire with one hand away from the thrashing gator and doesn't kick so hard you can't hold onto it. Trapper Vic. The way those gators are thrashing around it's hard to believe the guys can hit a walnut sized brain - sometimes even shooting when the head is submerged.
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