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Offline Whitenuckles

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Mute Swans
« on: December 02, 2016, 09:43:38 AM »
So is it legal to harvest them??? :dunno:
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Re: Mute Swans
« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2016, 09:53:02 AM »
Deleterious exotic wildlife:
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/wac/default.aspx?cite=232-12-017

Harvest away.


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Re: Mute Swans
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2016, 10:37:25 AM »
Confirmed with WDFW about 5 minutes ago. Just make sure that its a mute swan then  :mgun:

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Re: Mute Swans
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2016, 11:25:18 AM »
Well.... if a swan is dead and can't make any sounds it must be mute.

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Re: Mute Swans
« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2016, 11:32:14 AM »
Is an orange bill a solid indicator?


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Re: Mute Swans
« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2016, 12:07:53 PM »
I wouldn't. Just because...
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Re: Mute Swans
« Reply #6 on: December 02, 2016, 12:09:01 PM »
Is an orange bill a solid indicator?


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Re: Mute Swans
« Reply #7 on: December 02, 2016, 12:24:03 PM »
I've never looked that close, but will now!  Those things are huge, taking one down might be a challenge.


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Re: Mute Swans
« Reply #8 on: December 02, 2016, 12:48:53 PM »
Awesome..... I've got 3 of them hanging out in the field below my house for the last 2 days. If they are there when I get home.... I'll be posting photos :chuckle:
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Re: Mute Swans
« Reply #9 on: December 02, 2016, 01:31:59 PM »
The lady I talked to said the don't want them here. By what I could find online image searching and going on the Audubon website they have orange bills with the black bulge near the head like the picture posted.

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Re: Mute Swans
« Reply #10 on: December 02, 2016, 07:46:31 PM »
Awesome..... I've got 3 of them hanging out in the field below my house for the last 2 days. If they are there when I get home.... I'll be posting photos :chuckle:
That would be fun!

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Re: Mute Swans
« Reply #11 on: December 03, 2016, 06:54:50 PM »
Lots of black beaks out today, zero orange.


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Re: Mute Swans
« Reply #12 on: December 05, 2016, 02:43:24 PM »
What would a mute swan call sound like? Whispers?

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Re: Mute Swans
« Reply #13 on: December 06, 2016, 11:11:03 PM »
What would a mute swan call sound like? Whispers?
Kill them all no one likes a mime....   :D

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