NARRATOR: As the serpents tighten their grip
on the Everglades, King of the Swamp Troy Landry
and his hunting partner, Pickle Wheat,
ventured deep into a maze of buggy trails.
It's pretty rocky.
Thank God y'all got a super good driver.
I've always been excited to try new areas
and explore new areas.
I've been like that since I was a little kid.
The snakes are moving.
Whether we like it or not, it's a fact.
We've got millions of acres to look for snakes.
Them snakes are spread out all over.
We're going to move from the swamp
and go up to the high ground.
I saw one good snake trail up the road.
When you least expect it, that's
when you're going to see him.
What's that?
Is that another buggy coming?
PICKLE: Maybe he's been doing some traveling.
I thought we'd be by ourselves back here.
Who the hell is that?
I don't know.
Well, hello there!
How you guys doing?
How you doing, old buddy? Troy Landry.
Nice to meet you. Pleasure.
Nice to meet you, sir.
How are you? Pleasure.
PICKLE: Pleasure.
TROY: We're out here hunting snakes.
Oh.
I never thought we'd meet somebody else out here.
Oh yeah, we're way out here right now.
TROY: This is a hot spot.
Oh yeah.
Well, there's a better hunting hole about 15 miles out.
They call it the snake pit.
TROY: Oh Lord.
OK.
It's a ride, but there's a ton of snakes out there.
My camp is closer to the snake pit.
What direction I head in?
You keep going like you're going, follow the trails.
You'll come to a fork in the trail, stay to the right fork
and follow it around and just keep going
and you'll see a big pine head.
TROY: Well, we're headed that way right now.
Well, good luck.
Be careful out there.
Watch where you walk.
Thank you, Pop. You be careful.
You're by yourself. - Yes, sir.
I got a little bit of help.
All right.
Take care.
All right.
Snake pit.
The old timers, they've been out here all their lives.
And if you listen to them, you can learn a lot.
I'm kind of pumped up to find a place
and see what it looks like.
The more areas you know and you have in your back pocket,
the better off you are.
And it sounds like it's a hotspot.
The snake pit.
We're going to go check it out.
I think I can start to see the top
of the big trees over there.
Anybody local wherever you're hunting or fishing,
you kind of want to rely on their opinion and trust them.
They know the area and they can kind of point
you in the right direction.
Said it was a mixture of cypress and pine,
and I see both.
I see big, big cypress, and I see big pines.
That's it.
I guarantee you that's where he was talking about.
My behind hurts from riding in this buggy.
Come on, old man.
I hope it's as good as he says.
I guarantee this is going to be a new area for us.
Looking at the size of them trees and how tall they are,
that mean there's a big hill there.
So that's one of them hammocks that they were talking about.
TROY: That's one of them big, big hills.
And when the water's high, that's where the animals go.
That's where the snakes go.
Oh look, what's that?
What's that? - That's a snake!
That's a thick snake!
Ho, ho, ho, watch it!
Hurry up, he's getting away! He's getting away!
Hurry up!
PICKLE: Oh no.
TROY: Don't let him get in that dirty stuff.
Oh my goodness.
Oh no.
Get him, get him, get him!
You notice he keep wanting to going in the same direction.
PICKLE: Yeah, we got to get him away from this tree, though.
That's right where that island is.
That's why he wants to go that--
And we stop it.
Look, as soon as we let him go, he wants to go that way.
Oh, that's what I'm talking about!
Don't let him go, whatever you do.
Drop it.
1, 2, 3.
OK.
Yeah, he kept wanting to go in that direction.
Yeah, he's going straight to where--
That's where that big island is.
There you go.
Oh, look, wait.
Look, look!
I got another one right here!
TROY: Right here.
PICKLE: Over here!
Whoa.
Watch him.
You spotted that thing from way over there.
PICKLE: I saw the tail.
Look at the size.
This is the biggest one yet.
I think so.
Oh my god.
[yelling]
We are onto something here.
He's mobile.
[yells] Stretch him out.
Wear him out.
Make sure you grab the head.
He's looking at me.
He focused on me.
PICKLE: Yeah, but he's up in the air.
Can I grab him like that?
Oh yeah, you can.
There you go.
That was your chance.
What are you waiting on?
PICKLE: Dude, what do you mean, what I'm waiting on?
Grandma coulda caught that tail.
PICKLE: Look at this thing.
TROY: Oh, God help me.
Please Lord.
PICKLE: Oh, you got him, dude.
Thank you, man.
Lord have mercy.
We in the right place.
That old man was right.
The snake pit, that's what he called it.
We didn't get to the snake pit yet.
No.
And we're seeing them one after another.
No, I'm looking at the trees, and it's high right over there.
That's where all the snakes are headed,
so I think we're getting close.
Let's find our way back to the buggy.
OK.
And then once we get there, we'll take us a little break,
drink some water.
These sons of bitches are heavy.
We're losing daylight here, and the snake
pit's right in front of us.
And I know there's plenty more snakes in the area,
and it's just counting down the clock and watching the sun.
And hopefully we don't lose daylight before we
get a couple in the bag.
What I'm worried about is there
in that right in front of you.
You see that jungle?
Maybe we could split up and kind of go around it.
I'll go one way, you go another.
Of course, if we split, we can find more snakes, OK?
But I don't want you catching a snake by yourself.
So we're going to talk back and forth.
Every once in a while, just give a little, Way, Woo, whatever.
I'll holler at you.
I want to be able to hear you at all times.
And if you don't hear me, don't keep walking.
Stop.
I'm going to go this way, OK? - OK.
You go straight in front of us.
And I want to be able to hear you all the time.
All right.
My God, this is a jungle in here.
Hear me?
Hey, can you hear me?
Yep, I can hear you.
Mr. Troy!
Man, I don't know if this was a good idea.
Oh, look, look!
Right here, right here!
Oh!
Oh my god.
Where's Troy when I need him?
Get out of there, come on.
Come on.
There we go.
It's just you and me.
You and me, buddy.
Mr. Troy!
This wasn't a great idea, was it?
I got to get his tail.
[yelps]
He's so mean.
You big, scary trash basket.
It was my idea to split up, and so I got it in my head
that if I stumble upon a snake, I have to get
the whole job done by myself.
I'm losing daylight.
I got to go find him before I get lost back here.