Hunting Washington Forum
Other Hunting => Waterfowl => Topic started by: wrangler on November 10, 2012, 02:34:57 PM
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could the media be any more ridiculous? why in the blue &!(@*&# is this a headline? buckshot? wtf? ps: dont read the comment section if you have high blood pressure. on a side note, it's still unfathomable to me how people mistake swans for anything but swans. idiots.
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Wounded-swan-recovering-after-being-blasted-with-buckshot-178211671.html (http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Wounded-swan-recovering-after-being-blasted-with-buckshot-178211671.html)
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its a headline because some idiot shot a swan that then took its wounded self to a parking lot, I personally get disturbed by wounded animals far more than dead ones...
dont want bad press dont do things to cause it and maybe start getting on those you see causing it :dunno: :dunno: or turn a blind eye and let it work itself out in the media frenzy that always follows....lets arrowed goose comes to mind, arrowed deer as well.....
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I hope that they catch the idiot swan shooter and prosecute to the full extent of the law. These type of actions make all hunters look bad.
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I hope that they catch the idiot swan shooter and prosecute to the full extent of the law. These type of actions make all hunters look bad.
I don't think it would make a difference! All those tree hugging, granola eatting, subaru driving idiot have to do is bitch about what they don;t understand! I could never make it on that side of the hill! :bash: :bash: :bash: Hell I barely make it out when I visit! I leave my guns at home on purpose!
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I hope that they catch the idiot swan shooter and prosecute to the full extent of the law. These type of actions make all hunters look bad.
I highly doubt they will. The only evidence is buckshot. I really don't think the shooter's DNA got on that, and if it did, it would still be hard to find the shooter :dunno:
What is the penalty for shooting a swan :dunno:
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I also doubt if they will caught; most poaching and attempted poaching cases go unsolved.
I saw two pheasant hunters pop off several rounds at some swans on Ebey Island. Ebey isn’t too far from where this swan was found but that was a week or two ago.
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Here's an idea for the state, more money for them by issuing swan permits, they shoot them in other states, why not here? Permit for one a year or something like that, could even have a maximum quota.
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Here's an idea for the state, more money for them by issuing swan permits, they shoot them in other states, why not here? Permit for one a year or something like that, could even have a maximum quota.
:yeah: There are definitely plenty of them.
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I highly doubt what they found was buckshot, I do not trust what a non hunters opinion is on it.
But either way some idiot needs to learn a lesson
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I watched a dum-dum shoot at a flock of swans at about 30 yards this morning. Pretty ridiculous. After his first shot, my buddy politely screamed that they were swans. Thanks god this fool was as *censored*ty at shooting as he was at identifying waterfowl.
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im not a swan lover by any means, but it pisses me off to no end when i see people shooting at swans legitimately thinking they're a goose or something. it just shows a total lack of giving a *censored*! it's the same bozos that show up deer hunting and find the first wide spot in the road to start trying to sight in there rifle with some ammo they just bought on the drive over. not to mention most of them think its totally normal! its utterly amazing these people have the right to carry a gun in the field.
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I wouldn't shoot one, but only because it's illegal. Personally I am trying to figure out why they are not legal to hunt though. When I was out duck hunting with Kola we saw/heard far more swans than geese. The tree huggers in this state just think they are too pretty to eat or something? :dunno:
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I wouldn't shoot one, but only because it's illegal. Personally I am trying to figure out why they are not legal to hunt though. When I was out duck hunting with Kola we saw/heard far more swans than geese. The tree huggers in this state just think they are too pretty to eat or something? :dunno:
They are legal to shoot I'm some states
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One of the sites I hunt, there are so many Swans. And many of the fields I have to pass on shooting Geese because of Swans. Just one of those things. In North Carolina you can hunt them. I think Utah as well. I have definitely seen a lot more Swans in the past couple of years than from previous years.
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I think the main reason is that there are two kinds of swans, one is endangered or threatened, the other is not. We mostly have the not threatened ones but some of the others may be mixed in.
The state could initiate a quota like on the Duskys, check your swan in and when the quota of protected ones is reached, shut the season down. Unfortunately htis would cost some $$ and probably makes too much sense for the state to implement. :bash:
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I vote special drawing permits. One a year. And offer additional entries for the poacher reporters. :0)
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I do have to ask....what in the world does the title mean. Is that how you spell a swan call or something :dunno: :chuckle:
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I personally have a problem with Sky busting D bags who carry buck shot in they're pockets and pop off 150yrd shots at birds hoping for the Miracle beebee!!
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I personally have a problem with Sky busting D bags who carry buck shot in they're pockets and pop off 150yrd shots at birds hoping for the Miracle beebee!!
Anti hunting idiots and other non-hunters refer to any birdshot BB as buckshot, I've never seen or heard of anyone shooting actual buckshot, though that T shot can sure whistle it's way into the sky....
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Ehh quite possible
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I personally have a problem with Sky busting D bags who carry buck shot in they're pockets and pop off 150yrd shots at birds hoping for the Miracle beebee!!
Anti hunting idiots and other non-hunters refer to any birdshot BB as buckshot, I've never seen or heard of anyone shooting actual buckshot, though that T shot can sure whistle it's way into the sky....
I was told by a clerk at Wholesale Sport's (Sportman's at the time) that he uses 00 buckshot for snows and Canadians, and he handed me the box. They were Hevi-shot dead coyote :o
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I think the main reason is that there are two kinds of swans, one is endangered or threatened, the other is not. We mostly have the not threatened ones but some of the others may be mixed in.
The state could initiate a quota like on the Duskys, check your swan in and when the quota of protected ones is reached, shut the season down. Unfortunately htis would cost some $$ and probably makes too much sense for the state to implement. :bash:
Not true. I have been told numerous times that we cannot get a swan season due to a die off of swans every year in BC. Currently Swans are over the management goal for the pacific flyway, meaning the Feds would allow a season. However due to lead poisoning and the peoples republic of Seattle we will probably never get a season. You can currently hunt them by permit in Utah, Montana, South Carolina and I think at least one of the dakotas?
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I personally have a problem with Sky busting D bags who carry buck shot in they're pockets and pop off 150yrd shots at birds hoping for the Miracle beebee!!
Anti hunting idiots and other non-hunters refer to any birdshot BB as buckshot, I've never seen or heard of anyone shooting actual buckshot, though that T shot can sure whistle it's way into the sky....
What a moron. We've taken them down with #3 shot.
I was told by a clerk at Wholesale Sport's (Sportman's at the time) that he uses 00 buckshot for snows and Canadians, and he handed me the box. They were Hevi-shot dead coyote :o
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Saturday morning myself and 2 others were hunting the pond on HWY 12 in Porter, We had a tundra swan land in our decoys and start feeding. It was there for about 20 minutes then some ducks came in so we shot them. The swan flew off to the other side of the pond at about 50 yards up. A guy on that side shot 3 times at it!!! He missed. All 3 of us started screaming at the guy!
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I'm sure anybody who has hunted the Pot holes can relate to waiting over deeks and watching a flock of ducks or geese coming arose the Desert a mile or so out and maybe 1/2 mile up and then Flare strait up as a some D-bags pop off some OO buckshot from out on some hill!! Maddening really
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I personally have a problem with Sky busting D bags who carry buck shot in they're pockets and pop off 150yrd shots at birds hoping for the Miracle beebee!!
Anti hunting idiots and other non-hunters refer to any birdshot BB as buckshot, I've never seen or heard of anyone shooting actual buckshot, though that T shot can sure whistle it's way into the sky....
I was thinking that it is quite possible that somebody shot at this Swan or a pair of mates in their own back yard/pond. Like they took their home defense shotgun from the closet with 00 Buckshot and just started shooting. Who knows, I have never encountered anyone hunting ducks with Buckshot but I am sure it does happen.