Swamp People – How many guns

Here is a clip from tonights show. How many guns do you count

http://youtu.be/quh7EoMGecw

Did you notice the fishing rod part? Last week she had a white rod, this week she brought out here “trusty deep sea pole” which was black. Throughout the segment where she was fishing the gator they kept showing her using a white rod, and then back to black, and then back to white, then back to black.

let me say this.. if that’s all it takes to crack a TOHATSU lower unit, they aren’t going to sell another motor.. cuz I have hit numerous stumps harder then that.. Liz should buy a different motor.. in a heartbeat.. and I did notice that the rod did change colors.. interesting..

Same thing with the engines on the boats. Same scene multiple motors.

You guys do know about editing right ???

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Did you notice the fishing rod part? Last week she had a white rod, this week she brought out here “trusty deep sea pole” which was black. Throughout the segment where she was fishing the gator they kept showing her using a white rod, and then back to black, and then back to white, then back to black.

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Yeah, I noticed that. I love how they call an UglyStik a “deep sea pole”.

Also, lulz were had when they said the guy with the rad cowboy boots and shorts couldn’t take his muzzle loader into the duck boat because the recoil could capsize the boat . . . the same boat made for duck hunting and shooting a 12 gauge out of.

The editing of that show gets sloppier and sloppier. Now it is to the point where it really affects the experience. What they claim is the same scene has different boats, different motors, different guns….

The show is kind of losing my interest. They’re trying too hard to add new people and they’re just throwing a bunch of doofuses (is the plural dufii?) out there.

Also, do we really need subtitles for every word they say? That’s just distracting.

How many 800 pound alligators can a guy watch, get pulled in by the rope & after a “fierce” battle, it finally gets chooted in the head….. and hauled aboard by 1 guy by hand. 800 lbs ???? Really ????

They obviously milk the catches because they have numerous opportunities to shoot the sweet spot but play it out for the camera. All the differnt gear on supposedly the same day bugs me too. Basically I quit watching it months ago.

SHOOTEM’!!! SHOOTEM’!!!

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You guys do know about editing right ???

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Umm, staging also. You guys don’t think this is real do ya? :doah

Though, still fun to watch.

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Same thing with the engines on the boats. Same scene multiple motors.

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I noticed that too, in multiple episodes.

The part I get a kick out of is the “splash-back” on every shot. Every time they shoot an aligator, they show the shooter in slow-mo and you see the water coming back at them. Last night… they shot a gator that was clearly half-way on land. The kill shot no where near the water… yet a bunch of waterh sprays back at him. If you are hitting your target, there is no way you should have water coming back at you unless you are shooting directly AT the water. Even at that… some of those 22’s they use… would never cause that much of a splash!

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The part I get a kick out of is the “splash-back” on every shot. Every time they shoot an aligator, they show the shooter in slow-mo and you see the water coming back at them. Last night… they shot a gator that was clearly half-way on land. The kill shot no where near the water… yet a bunch of waterh sprays back at him. If you are hitting your target, there is no way you should have water coming back at you unless you are shooting directly AT the water. Even at that… some of those 22’s they use… would never cause that much of a splash!

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From the very first gator killed on the very first episode you could tell that the “kill shots” were fake. How many camera guys would get in the water next to the gator to get the kill shot on camera? Or even lower a camera to the right angle (directly below the shooter) when a gator is on the line? The camera would be in pieces.

On some of them the water flies over their heads when they are standing up in the boat. Would take a mighty powerful rifle shot at the correct angle (not straight down like killing a gator) to do that.

I feel sorry for the people who are dumb enough to believe the show is real.

Favorite quote “I popped Willie” “what?” “I shot Willie. Again”

How many times does he have to shoot his son, or let a live alligator in the boat (third time for them so far on TV) before they learn?

Like most “reality” shows, the situations are manufactured. The actual hunting of the gators is real.

And Willie is one scrappy little dude.

I thought everyone already knew that reality TV shows aren’t real. Sorry to be the one to have to break it to you.

I think it’s fun to watch and regardless of the editing, etc, it’s an interesting way of life.

It’s also interesting to see how the outboard makers have gotten into the act after season 1. Troy is suddenly driving 2 new Mercs, this year Junior switched from that old Yamaha 2 stoke (probaby one of the most bullet-proof outboards in history) to a Evinrude E-TEC, and Liz went from Suzuki to Tohatsu.

It’d be interesting to know how those new outboards really hold up compared to the old stuff those guys were running that had already survived the test of time. Of course, we’ll never know, but it’d be interesting to be a fly on the wall and get the real story.

In one scene last year, Troy was trying to blast though a shallow spot and I could hear the new Merc’s engine temp alarm screaming and he was digging mud with the prop the whole way. He really had that Optimax wound out, I hope those babies can survive without water for a few minutes. Ouch.

I see Liz took out the Tohatsu’s lower unit last night. Ouch. Hate it when that happens. Didn’t seem that big of a hit, but then if you hit it right anything’s going to crack.

Grouse

Remember season 1 when everyone had the old boats with old motors. Troy had the boat he has now but with a 90’s merc ELPTO 115 (same motor I have), Junior had an old beat up boat with a yami 90, and Bruce had an old beater alum with a long shaft egg beater.

Now troy has 3 boats, the same old boat with a new merc opti 115, a new console with a 225 merc opti, and a new shallow water boat with a surface drive.

Junior has 2 boats, a brand new big alum (new last year) with the 115 etec and a new surface drive boat shown last year.

Bruce has a brand new surface drive and custom shallow water boat.

And like you pointed out, Liz went from a nice Suzuki 150 to a beater Tohatsu 115 and broke it this year (hmm?). I bet next episode she has the Suz back on and the broken Tohatsu was broke on purpose to add drama. She barely even touched that stump.

And like Troy said last year, if the alligator hunting doesnt pick up he’s going to go bankrupt. Bankrupt enough to buy $60,00 in new boats/motors.

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And like you pointed out, Liz went from a nice Suzuki 150 to a beater Tohatsu 115 and broke it this year (hmm?). I bet next episode she has the Suz back on and the broken Tohatsu was broke on purpose to add drama. She barely even touched that stump.

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My guess is that Tohatsu had a new lower unit en route via FedEx about 3 minutes after they got the call that she broke it. They paid good money for that outboard to be on the back of her boat, they sure won’t let it stay in the shop and have another brand go on the transom.

I doubt the average guy can draw many conclusions about outboard durability based on what those guys are running now, but it WAS interesting to see what they bought when they were playing with their own money. And it was interesting to see how long the stuff was lasting.

I note for the record that none of the original cast was running a 4 stroke Yamaha. Very interesting.

Grouse

I just love the custom built boats Troy runs with the BIG Merc Tillers! Steering wheels are for the truck. YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH

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And like you pointed out, Liz went from a nice Suzuki 150 to a beater Tohatsu 115 and broke it this year (hmm?). I bet next episode she has the Suz back on and the broken Tohatsu was broke on purpose to add drama. She barely even touched that stump.

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My guess is that Tohatsu had a new lower unit en route via FedEx about 3 minutes after they got the call that she broke it. They paid good money for that outboard to be on the back of her boat, they sure won’t let it stay in the shop and have another brand go on the transom.

I doubt the average guy can draw many conclusions about outboard durability based on what those guys are running now, but it WAS interesting to see what they bought when they were playing with their own money. And it was interesting to see how long the stuff was lasting.

I note for the record that none of the original cast was running a 4 stroke Yamaha. Very interesting.

Grouse

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Not orig cast, but the two idians had a 4 stroke 200 yami on that white boat of theirs (not the airboat) when they first came on the show.