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  • NARRATOR: In Bayou Sorrel, legendary gator hunter Willie

  • Edwards is back on the water.

  • [MOTOR RUMBLING]

  • NARRATOR: A solo hunter for many years, Willie's bringing

  • aboard his 17-year-old son--

  • Hey, you coming?

  • LITTLE WILLIE: Yup.

  • NARRATOR: --Little Willie.

  • With prices so low that only big bull gators bring good money,

  • Willie knows it's simply too dangerous to hunt alone.

  • WILLIE EDWARDS: Ready? LITTLE WILLIE: Yup.

  • WILLIE EDWARDS: Let's rock and roll.

  • NARRATOR: At 6' 2", Little Willie towers over his Daddy,

  • but he's brand-new to gator hunting.

  • --for the Edwards family.

  • --and everything to make a living.

  • And I'm ready for it.

  • NARRATOR: Today's mission?

  • Schooling Little Willie on an Edwards family secret

  • technique, treble hooking.

  • NARRATOR: Willie's are home-made,

  • an Edwards family tradition.

  • We found out about a treble hook--

  • --put some serious alligators in the boat.

  • NARRATOR: But catching something with them takes practice.

  • [UNDERWATER BUBBLING]

  • [HOOK SPLASHING]

  • [UNDERWATER BUBBLING]

  • Uh-uh, uh-uh.

  • [UNDERWATER BUBBLING]

  • Oh.

  • [SPLASHING]

  • [UNDERWATER BUBBLING]

  • Uh-uh.

  • [SPLASHING]

  • [UNDERWATER BUBBLING]

  • [UNDERWATER BUBBLING]

  • [FOREBODING MUSIC]

  • Hold

  • [WILLIE GRUNTING]

  • [WILLIE GRUNTING, BOAT GROANING]

  • [UNDERWATER BUBBLING]

  • Aww.

  • Oh--

  • [THRASHING]

  • [UNDERWATER BUBBLING]

  • Oh!

  • WILLIE EDWARDS: Now, roll that heavy--

  • Man, he's tearing me up.

  • [UNDERWATER BUBBLING]

  • Big ol' gator, oh!

  • [UNDERWATER BUBBLING]

  • Come on, come on, come on.

  • [GATOR THRASHING]

  • [GUNSHOT]

  • That's a bull right there!

  • That's how you got him.

  • LITTLE WILLIE: First time of throwing

  • a hook like that by myself and hooking him by myself.

  • That's-- that's a gold.

  • Big ol' gator.

  • WILLIE EDWARDS: You got him, boy, you got him!

  • A big one!

  • LITTLE WILLIE: And I accomplished my goal today

  • and I feel pretty good about it.

  • First alligator, now.

  • WILLIE EDWARDS: And he's a brute.

  • Man, a monster!

  • NARRATOR: As day one comes to a close on the swamp,

  • at the buyer Professor Willie is handing out grades.

  • And after a rough start, his son's earned an A.

  • WILLIE EDWARDS: 11' 6".

  • LITTLE WILLIE: Thing was pulling like a bull.

  • Yes, indeed.

  • [RELAXED COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING]

  • Seem like just here a couple years ago,

  • he's putting diapers on.

  • And it's-- wouldn't change nothin' in the world for it.

  • Better watch, old man, I'm getting better than you.

  • LITTLE WILLIE: [LAUGHING]

  • WILLIE EDWARDS: Lot more to learn.

NARRATOR: In Bayou Sorrel, legendary gator hunter Willie

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