No Season Here - You?
 

Ugly ducklings all growed up. Pic from last spring migration. I think some jurisdictions allow hunting swans but don't know where or even if true.

No swan hunting here in northeast Minnesota. I hear them 'trumpeting' now and then, but they are allowed to pass through, unmolested.

nice picture as always Jack. best ch

no swan hunting in mississippi either... but i do have today to hunt deer today last day of a long season....and a good one too... charlie

As far as I know NC is the only state that allows swan hunting? It's a tag system - they issue approximately 5,000. Not that hard to get, actually. The hunting is easy as we have big numbers of birds - and as they don't get hunted that hard, they decoy and call in very easily. It's all about access and most use a guide - there are dozens of guides who book swan hunts usually at less than $100/person. Hunts are usually done by 8am unless you're waiting to pick out a bird with a band. I've never had the desire to shoot a swan, but most of my friends fill their tag each year.

As far as seasons - quail is in till the end of the month....

maybe destrey will pipe in here..he pretty up on those swan hunts...seems like he mentioned one time about going out to hunt swans or maybe it was cranes.... charlie

So here I am talking to an old friend in British Columbia and I mention a mutual friend in Regina who has a few Parkers that he has fixed up and is now really into Parkers. I had sent him to my old friend with the idea that he could pick up a few Parkers. Well now I hear that he bought a whole bunch of them , he must be one of the larger Parker collectors in Canada. The guns from Ron needed a little TLC but Ron didn't acquire junk , so CONGRATULATIONS JACK. I am absolutely pleased for you and know that you have some fine shooter Parkers.

By the way, I am buying the very nice , very collectible Lefever from our friend. Lots of case colors, everything right about the gun, a light 12, all the adjustments, even trigger pressure adjustments, highly figured wood. I know its not a Parker, but......

I went on a Swan shoot in NC several years ago.I was pretty dissapointed,sort of like shooting a Great Blue Heron. We set up out in the bay with some decoys, there were guite a few flights of birds, and they all responded to the call , flew right over us. Not much of a challenge .
David

David, some of the big six foot tall swans with the red throats come through a little west of here. Could be a challenge with them. Called Trumpeter Swans.

Swan hunting is legal in S.D., N.D., Montana and Utah. I hunted them in S.D. a couple years ago, my experience is they are suckers for decoys/calls. We shot the first two we saw, decoyed half way across a BIG lake straight into two Swan decoys. I'd not recommend going twice.

Steve