NARRATOR: Over in Bayou Sorrel, solo hunter Willie Edwards
also heads for a faraway hole.
He's got an old score to settle.
Last year, I had a big one I caught on the line.
And he broke the hook.
Look at that.
And when you see one straightened like that,
and you see a trail where he went on the bank at--
that's 13 foot, easy.
NARRATOR: Alligators can stay submerged for over 30 minutes.
So Willie keeps a lookout for methane bubbles,
released from the giants below.
There he is, over there.
We're going to catch him and we're going to wrassle
him down, man handle him.
Show him who's boss.
[splash]
I got him.
He's big.
He might be 13 foot.
Oh!
[bleep]
[shouting]
Stick his head up.
[gunfire]
[gunshot]
NARRATOR: After emptying his six shooter,
Willie still can't slow this monster down.
Woo!
Oh!
[splashing]
Come on, boy.
Show your head, now.
He's done.
I can't even get my-- my hands around his mouth.
Ah, that was definitely him.
That was definitely him.
To catch that alligator right there, it felt good.
I mean, he done got away from me so many times.
And to catch him, it was just amazing.
And it was just the right time, right moment,
and he didn't get away.
Ain't no way I'm going to get that up there.
NARRATOR: Willie can't lift the 500 pound gator by himself.
But he's got a plan.
This right here, wrap it around a couple of them limbs
up there, and hope and pray that it will pick him up
high enough, give me enough leverage, where I
can heave him over in the boat.
I hope he don't pull the trees down.
I'm hoping we can do what we do with it.
I'm I'm going to put his head over in the boat.
Phew.
Big, stocky gator.
That's it.
He's loaded.
[sighs]
He's friggin' huge.