Swamp People: Season 4
During the fourth season of Swamp People, the intrepid swampers face their most difficult season yet as they battle through the wrath of Hurricane Isaac. The storm robs the hunters of five precious days of their short thirty-day alligator hunting season. In the aftermath of the hurricane, they must confront massive fish kills, flooded hunting grounds, and alligators that refuse to take their bait. Alongside these nat
Season 4 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- The series follows alligator hunters living in the swamps of the Atchafalaya River Basin who hunt American alligators for a living.
- The Cajuns who inhabit this forbidding environment follow a tradition dating back three hundred years.
- The central focus of the show is the thirty-day alligator hunting season in the nation's largest swamp.
- Swampers fight to maintain an ancient way of life in a rapidly modernizing world despite numerous perils and trials.
Season overview
During the fourth season of Swamp People, the intrepid swampers face their most difficult season yet as they battle through the wrath of Hurricane Isaac. The storm robs the hunters of five precious days of their short thirty-day alligator hunting season. In the aftermath of the hurricane, they must confront massive fish kills, flooded hunting grounds, and alligators that refuse to take their bait. Alongside these natural obstacles, new challenges arise on the bayou, including Texas interlopers in Pierre Part, a widespread epidemic of poaching throughout Louisiana, and a plague of new hunting partner challenges as the swampers attempt to tag out and maintain their ancient way of life in America's largest swamp.
Episode Guide
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Swamp Invaders
Feb 14, 2013 · 42 min
After a hurricane tears through the bayou on opening day of Alligator Season, delaying hunting for five critical days, the swampers turn to family to help make up for lost time. Co
Texas Hold 'Em
Feb 21, 2013 · 42 min
To win a high stakes bet against two hunters from Texas, Troy must get his sons to step up and help him bring in the biggest gator. Two of his boys head into a remote area and snag
Floating Dead
Feb 28, 2013 · 42 min
A fish kill of biblical proportions hits the swamp, causing the gators to stop biting lines, and forcing swampers to get inventive in their hunting strategies.
Bad Mojo
Mar 7, 2013 · 42 min
Poachers invade the swamp and steal high value gators from several of the hunters. The tables are turned by two of the Swampers who come up with a way to catch the criminals in the
Blood Lines
Mar 14, 2013 · 42 min
Swampers struggle and fill tags after a devastating hurricane. One hunter suffers a brutal alligator bite that forces him off the water for emergency first aid. Meanwhile, a cold f
Waging War
Mar 21, 2013 · 42 min
Hunting in narrow waterways, one swamper gets bumped overboard during a gator fight while another faces the collapse of his entire season if he can't catch his first alligator of t
Deadly Chill
Mar 28, 2013 · 42 min
A cold front moves into the bayou, threatening to destroy alligator season. To salvage their day, two swampers try to jump their boat over a fifty-foot levee to gain access to warm
No Surrender
Apr 4, 2013 · 42 min
The high stakes bet between the Texans and Troy Landry comes to an amazing conclusion. And while one team takes a huge gamble that could upset their entire season, another faces a
Breaking Point
Apr 11, 2013 · 42 min
Nearly two weeks into the toughest season in years, swampers are starting to break down from fatigue and stress. When an impatient veteran sprays his partner with bullet fragments,
Cursed
Apr 18, 2013 · 42 min
A team of hunters catches a "yellow gator" which is said to be cursed and from that point on, bizarre circumstances fall upon the swamp. While one hunter loses his ability to shoot
Ride or Die
Apr 25, 2013 · 42 min
Halfway through the toughest alligator season in decades, the battle-weary veterans need their deckhands to step up like never before. In a desperate plea for help, one swamper rea
Devoured
May 2, 2013 · 42 min
A massive sinkhole consumes part of Troy Landry's hunting grounds and he and his sons must race to his remaining lines in the same area before they are swallowed up. "The Beast of
Young Blood
May 9, 2013 · 42 min
With big gators getting harder to catch, the next generation of swampers steps up and helps their families get through some of the deadliest challenges yet. A pair of brothers go o
Deadly Duo
May 16, 2013 · 42 min
Just as teams have found their rhythm, partnerships are broken up, leaving veteran hunters to overcome the challenges of changing deckhands midstream. A boat captain father breaks
Lightning Strikes
May 23, 2013 · 42 min
The season's running down and swampers scramble to save a precious day on the water as the worst storm since Hurricane Isaac hammers the gulf coast. One team of swampers start the
Sabotaged
May 30, 2013 · 42 min
Duck hunters begin to cause chaos for the swampers; a team abandons their boat; a veteran's hunt for a partner leads her to an unexpected door; a teams lines are tampered with.
Down Goes the King
Jun 6, 2013 · 42 min
There's only seven days left in the Louisiana alligator season. And just as new partnerships hit their stride, they begin to fracture again–forcing swampers to doubt their ability
Blood Runs Deep
Jun 13, 2013 · 42 min
With only five days to go in the season, swampers have to repair their pasts with family and friends if they're going to have any chance of tagging out. After weeks apart, a vetera
Beast of the East
Jun 20, 2013 · 42 min
As the days tick away, swampers are blind-sided with unexpected road blocks. For one veteran hunter, a family member in trouble means putting his own season on hold, while another
The Reaper
Jun 27, 2013 · 42 min
With just three days left in the season, a team sets off to find a serial killer gator named "The Reaper" that has been snatching cattle from ranches in the middle of the night–whi
Deadly Divide
Jul 11, 2013 · 42 min
With only 48 hours left in gator season, and weather threatening, the race is on to tag out. One swamper invents a stout secret weapon, while other teams split up to cover more gro
No Tomorrow
Jul 18, 2013 · 42 min
On last day of alligator season, a massive cold front hits the bayou–driving swampers to extreme measures in order to tag out. One hunter is forced to make the risky move of crashi