Most of the hunters spend the rest of the year harvesting other species (fish, crawfish, shrimp, crabs, raccoons, turtles, etc.)

Some episodes also feature other aspects of the social and sporting life of the swamp, including fishing and hunting for other animals.

Beginning with the fourth season, the program expanded to venues outside the Atchafalaya River Basin, featuring gator hunting crews in other parts of Louisiana, as well as the swamplands of Texas.

[2] Guist was pronounced dead at a Morgan City hospital;[3][4] the coroner for Ascension Parish later determined that his death was due to natural causes.

It was announced on April 28, 2016, via Jacob Landry's Facebook page that History had ordered an eighth season of the series.

[7] On October 21, 2012, a spinoff of Swamp People, Outback Hunters, debuted on the History Channel.

Following the same format as Swamp People, the series focuses on crocodile hunters in the Top End of Australia's Northern Territory.

A second spinoff, Swamp Mysteries With Troy Landry, started airing on the History Channel on June 7, 2018.

[12][13] A third spinoff, Swamp People Serpent Invasion started airing on the History Channel on March 9, 2020.

It features Troy and Chase Landry and Bruce Mitchell teaming with Florida natives Zak Catchem and Bill Booth to eradicate Burmese pythons from the Everglades, where they are an invasive species.