BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has cited famed alligator hunter Troy Landry following an undercover sting, records show.

Landry, the 64-year-old star of the show. “Swamp People” was charged with two counts of “failure to tag an alligator upon taking,” according to a Wildlife and Fisheries (LDFW) incident report.

LDWF agents say they received a tip that certain people were hunting alligators in Lake Palourde in St. Mary Parish, even though they did not have hunting permits on that property.

Last month, the two agents said they staked out the area for six hours until they spotted Landry and two other people, including “an unidentified cameraman,” arriving in the area by boat.

In their incident report, agents said they later determined that Landry actually had permission to hunt on the property. However, he reportedly did not have the proper alligator tags to hunt in the area.

Alligator tags issued by the LDWF are property-specific tags required for 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. The labels must remain attached to the alligator until processing.

“Mr. Landry also admitted that before agents made contact with him, he cut a dead ‘stiff’ alligator from its leash and allowed it to float away,” the report states.

Agents said they found the dead alligator floating in the lake “with the same line hanging from its mouth as Mr. Landry’s other lines,” the incident report said.

Landry ultimately received two citations. One was for possession of an incorrectly tagged alligator and the other was for the dead alligator.

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

Landry told WAFB-TV that he had “nothing to say” about the incident. “I also got a speeding ticket last month but I can’t comment on that,” he added.

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