Alligator Hunting in the Atchafalaya Swamp - 2016

Here’s a great video of a huge (almost 12 feet) male gator being harvested in the Atchafalaya Swamp during 2016. This gator was not hooked on a baited line; instead, he was grappled with a free hook after a game of cat-and-mouse that lasted twenty minutes. As soon as he was grappled, he dove to the bottom of the canal and under a submerged log. When the video opens, the guides are trying to pull the gator back from under the log and to the surface. Near Catahoula, Louisiana. It only takes seconds to hit the “Like“ and “Subscribe“ buttons.