With the first day of gator season under way, swampers are under attack from some of the biggest and meanest gators in years. When veteran hunter Troy is forced to bring out a young teenager as his deckhand, he quickly realizes that he must calm the boy's nerves in order to fill his tags. A former nuisance hunter must capture a rogue gator that ate his father-in-law's prized hunting dog. When a seasoned hunter's deckhand is sidelined from being gator bit, he is left wondering who will be his replacement for the rest of the season. While another swamper must capture a live loggerhead turtle for a Native American ceremony to bless his upcoming gator season.

Swamp People Season 5 Episodes...

• 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

Swamp People Show Summary

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.