ENTERTAINMENT LSU alumna appears in the new season of “Swamp People”

BY ALISON AGENA @alison_hana

Many Louisianians are familiar with the History Channel show “Swamp People.” The reality series is set in Louisiana on the Atchafalaya River and follows alligator hunters around during their hunting season.

Many may not know that bowwielding LSU alumna and Louisiana-native, Anna Ribbeck, is one of the newest faces on the hit show’s cast list.

Ribbeck is originally from Mandeville, Louisiana, where she attended Fontainebleau High School. She graduated from LSU in 2016 with a degree in horticulture and is currently the social media strategist for the LSU AgCenter.

Ribbeck has been ecstatic about this opportunity to be on the show and is excited for everyone to see the new season.

After getting cast right before gator season, Ribbeck jumped right in and got to filming.

She was assigned to work on a new boat with returning cast

COURTESY OF ANNA RIBBECK

member Ashley Jones, whom she has known for years. Together the two worked diligently to support their team.

They went out every day from sunrise until around 2 p.m. Then, they would sell the gators they caught that day until four or five in the evening.

They did this six days a week. However, Ribbeck said she would “love to be back and helping Ashley on the boat again.”

Not only did she enjoy working with Jones, but she also said that the overall experience was “really positive.”

“It’s pretty incredible what you learn from everybody out there,” Ribbeck said.

When asked what she was most excited for audiences to see, Ribbeck shared that she hunts gators with a bow.

Ribbeck didn’t always hunt with a bow and arrow. She started out in competitive archery, but when she got to college she bought a bow and learned to hunt with it.

“It’s the first time it’s ever been done on the show,” Ribbeck said.