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A good example would be the kid on the waterfowl hunt forum that posted a picture of his scaup he shot openning weekend and couldn't identify. He posted the pics under several forums. To bad the season doesn't start until Nov. 7th.
I don't know if it's judgemental pricks if you call someone out for shooting a swan. That's quite a mistake. The swans are very large and do not even sound like snow geese. I'd say if you are shooting swans by accident you really don't have any business waterfowl hunting. It's about as bad as mistaking an deer for an elk and then saying don't blame me for not knowing the difference. Big difference.
I don't waterfowl hunt. Don't really ever plan to.I was reading this and thought this must be what the other post was talking about when he said there are a lot of judmental pricks on this site.
This is why it is important to make good shots on birds as it can be easy to mistake them if you don't spend time in the field studying up. If your off on the bag limit, ex. 2 hens, 1 can, 2 reds, 1 harli, 4 scoters and 2 sprags. Then you get a ticket or the guys stuff them in the grass that don't know what they are doing. No different than big game like mentioned. Identify it before you shoot it. If you want to just go out and kill birds, I believe starlings are open year around.
For those who don't know, a Swan could carry a snow goose under each wing and still fly without much difficulty. I honestly don't think even idiots could mistake them. I doubt they're being shot at by accident.
Quote from: rainshadow1 on October 30, 2009, 10:54:51 AMFor those who don't know, a Swan could carry a snow goose under each wing and still fly without much difficulty. I honestly don't think even idiots could mistake them. I doubt they're being shot at by accident.
Quote from: Ragged Outdoors on November 01, 2009, 09:44:38 PMQuote from: rainshadow1 on October 30, 2009, 10:54:51 AMFor those who don't know, a Swan could carry a snow goose under each wing and still fly without much difficulty. I honestly don't think even idiots could mistake them. I doubt they're being shot at by accident. Well, there are some real idiots out there......... I know for a fact that the case of swan killing I'm aware of (20+ years ago) was by accident. The father and son were rookies at waterfowl hunting and were clueless.