Swans

There are still swans at Farmington. I saw a bunch get pounded the other day on center dike.

Fowlmouth said:

There are still swans at Farmington. I saw a bunch get pounded the other day on center dike.

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I wonder how many of those skybusters blasting at them actually had swan permits...dollars to donuts says less than half of them.

The guys I saw were carrying them back to their vehicles, so I would hope they had permits.

I got checked by the DWR out on Turpin last week. They pulled up in a boat next to my boat. I have never been checked while hunting from a boat. I liked that they were out there, but I bet next time they think twice about coming in that shallow stuff with a hyperdrive. It's longtail country where I was hunting.;-):mrgreen:

Fowlmouth said:

but I bet next time they think twice about coming in that shallow stuff with a hyperdrive. It's longtail country where I was hunting.;-):mrgreen:

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I know of a shorty that can run in that country. HA HA!!!

I saw a single Pelican flying at farmington this last weekend. Not a good time to be a large white birds flying low down there. Oh but wait they have all completed there Swan ID course. So no worries then.

Spry

Rainbow unit at Harold crane. The guys all filled their tags on Thursday four birds down

Are there any left, or have they all moved south?

Saw a couple flocks today, two were low, the rest were up high.

I have been seeing a bunch of them out of the swan zone. I wish that they just kept the swan hunt open throughout the entire state. Just let the people shoot their 2,000 swans and be done with it. I had a swan tag this year, and it would have been a much more enjoyable experience if I hadn't been limited to hunting south of 1A. I have a hard time believing that they would see an increase in the number of trumpeter swans harvested if they did this.