I don't think you can stage a wild gator in advance?
Oh there’s a lot of staging on Swamp People, mostly camera work. How do you think they get those “gator eye view” of the shooters?
To be honest I believe they fight the gators much more than is necessary. I believe they stir them up to fight by jerking on the lines they catch them with.
But I don’t know for sure.I had a fight with a gator once for his shoes, then found out they don’t wear any.Old Joke from Justin the Cajun cook.