BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB/Gray News) – Authorities in Louisiana say an alligator hunter has been cited following an undercover sting operation.

According to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Troy Landry, a famous alligator hunter from the reality TV show “Swamp People,” has been charged with two counts of failing to tag an alligator while trapping it.

Agents said they received a tip last month that certain people were hunting alligators in Lake Palourde even though they did not have permission to hunt on the property.

The agency said two of its agents staked out the area for six hours until they spotted Landry and two other people arrived at the lake by boat.

According to the incident report, officers later determined that Landry did in fact have permission to hunt on the property, but he did not have the proper alligator tags to hunt in the area.

The agency-issued alligator tags are property-specific license plates required by licensed hunters to harvest alligators in Louisiana.

The number of tags issued for a particular area is based on the number of alligators believed to be in that particular habitat, and the tags must remain attached to the alligator until it is processed, authorities said.

Agents also said they found a dead alligator floating in the lake with the same line hanging from the mouth as the rest of Landry’s lines.

Landry ultimately received two citations: one for possession of an improperly tagged alligator and one for the dead alligator, the agency said.

The charges each carry a possible fine of up to $950 and the possibility of up to 120 days in prison.

Landry said he had “nothing to say” about the allegations and citations.

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