Tigers in Louisiana ? When was that ?
Must have been more challenging than shooting squirrels !

Me, it's the third part, or that kind of variation he does at 3:16, that I never was able to play.

Christian, they must have been real good in gumbo, 'cause I don't think there are anymore "tigres" there.

Dowell

It's all clear now!

But there may be another explanation:

"The most popular version of the origin of Cheniere au Tigre’s name concerns a party exploring the areas around the beginning of the 19th century. As the story goes, the party left a boy to watch a boat at a place called Hell Hole Bayou. When they returned, they found him clawed nearly to death and speculated that it had been done by a large wildcat."

Found here:
http://www.carencrohighschool.org/LA_Studies/ParishSeries/VermilionParish/Cheniere.htm