I enjoy the show but have noticed many times when they were fighting the gator the shooter was holding rifle A, when they switch to the "kill shot" footage suddenly they are shooting rifle B. The big splash happens when you are shooting into water not a critter. Also noticed in the newer episodes there are a lot of new Savage rifles with big savage emblems on them, reckon they got a new sponsor? Earlier episodes had several marlin 22 mags, a few rugers, and the Houma boys always had their 17hmr. As for the fight heck yeah it would be boring if they didn't fight them, or snag them and fight them that way. I do however remember one episode when the girls had a BIG gator on the line and simply eased hi back up and kapowed him with a .22 mag, a perfect kill I thought. And as a final thought I enjoy it more when they go beyond the running of the lines, they have showed Bruce skinning and processing them, his brother building boats, squirrel hunting and lots of good looking eats.