Swampers push into the outer limits of their territories to fill tags. One team hangs maggot-ridden bait on his property line to coax neighboring gators to his lines. A second team travels deep into their territory to stop a gator that has been destroying a local fisherman's nets-while another loses half their day fixing their airboat and must race daylight to salvage their day.
s05e01 - Once Bitten
s05e02 - Aerial Assault
s05e03 - Gator Jacked
s05e04 - Gravedigger
s05e05 - The Albino Assassin
s05e06 - Hooked
s05e07 - Devil at the Door
s05e08 - Gator Ghost Town
s05e09 - Hexed
s05e10 - Rumble in the Swamp
s05e11 - Beast of the Lake
s05e12 - Way of the Swamp
s05e13 - Outer Limits
s05e14 - Blood Brothers
s05e15 - Swamp Ambush
s05e16 - Beasts or Bust
s05e17 - Captain Invincible
s05e18 - Unbreakable Bonds
s05e19 - Metalhead
s05e20 - Day of Reckoning
s05e21 - Lethal Encounters
s05e22 - Big Head Bites It
Deep in the heart of Louisiana lies America's largest swamp - a million miles of inhospitable bayous, marshes and wetlands where nature rules and humans struggle to tame it. Many of its inhabitants are the hardened descendants of French refugees who were forced out of Canada in the 18th century and settled in this harsh yet majestic environment. Today, these people are known as the Cajuns, a group renowned throughout the world for their flavorful cuisine, distinctive music and vibrant culture. Resilient, self-reliant and fiercely independent, the Cajuns of the Atchafalaya Swamp still carry on many of their ancestors' trades and traditions.
HISTORY follows these swampers through a time of year that is crucial to their survival: the 30-day alligator hunting season. At its core, this is a uniquely American story of a proud and skillful people fighting to maintain an ancient way of life in a rapidly modernizing world, despite the many perils and trials that stand in their way.