NARRATOR: King of the swamp Troy Landry
has taken time off from his own tags
to help an old timer named Mr. Sterling finish out his season.
And this lake right here--
this is Beaver Lake, OK?
What did y'all used to do here, trap or catch fish, or--
We catch fish and--
Yeah.
You know, Mr. Sterling-- he's one of the old timers,
and he grew up with nothing.
I mean, we think we living off the land?
These people grew up with nothing.
And I feel honored that Mr. Sterling wants to share one
of his secret places with me.
I wasn't about to turn him down.
Everything going to be big.
It going to be at least seven, eight foot on up.
Oh!
TROY LANDRY: Well, we got one here, old buddy.
We got us a tree shaker, baby.
Mr. Sterling, you want to shoot him, or you want to fight him?
I want to fight him.
TROY LANDRY: Just don't let him hurt you.
Oh, no.
He ain't gonna hurt me.
I've been around too many years for that.
TROY LANDRY: What we got?
We got something?
It's a pretty good one.
TROY LANDRY: Pretty alligator, huh?
[GUN SHOT]
Oh, no.
I shot too quick.
TROY LANDRY: Right there-- right there.
[GUN SHOT]
Good job, old buddy.
All right, bring that thing over here.
MR. STERLING: You know how we used to catch gators, huh?
TROY LANDRY: How's that, old buddy?
We used to go down there with that long pole
with a hook on it and get him mad, punch him.
And he'd come up.
He'd bite that pole, come up, and you'd hit that son of a gun
on the head with a-- with a axe.
You didn't have no--
No bullet--
TROY LANDRY: Yeah.
MR. STERLING: Oh, yeah.
TROY LANDRY: He's alive, or he's dead?
Oh, he's alive.
TROY LANDRY: Oh, he's alive?
Watch your hand, Mr. Sterling.
Watch your hand.
Oh, watch him, buddy.
Watch him.
What do you say?
Woo!
It's a big one.
Watch him, Mr. Sterling.
Don't let him hurt you.
Wow.
Oh, watch him!
Oh, watch him. Watch him!
Watch him! Woo-hoo!
Shoot him, Troy.
[GUN SHOT]
Ow!
TROY LANDRY: Right there, buddy-- we got him.
Yeah, you got him, buddy.
One shot, baby.
MR. STERLING: Yeah!
MR. STERLING: No, no-- from the eyes to the tip
of the-- to the-- right here.
OK, you--
What, 11?
10.5?
Whatever inches that is, that's the foot.
Yeah, I see--
10.5.
Oh, that's a pretty alligator, huh?
I'm gonna hold the head right here.
Go ahead.
You get him right there, and I'm gonna--
I'm gonna hold him right here.
A big alligator, old buddy--
Let's go.
Big alligator--
[LAUGH]
Woo!
That's a pretty one, huh?
Yeah, we're gonna measure him when we get back.
10.5?
At least--
NARRATOR: After a long day on the water,
Mr. Sterling's tagged out, and Troy's
helping him unload their haul.
TROY LANDRY: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10-- oh!
Y'all see a resemblance?
Yeah?
Y'all see the resemblance?
Now, you got to understand now--
OK, we got--
10 foot. MR. STERLING: I told you.
TROY LANDRY: 10 foot--
And he was exactly right.
Well--
At the end of the day, I could tell
he was real happy that I had went with him
and spent the day with him on the water.
The mission was a success.
MR. STERLING: Good job.