#913836 - 11/22/14 01:41 PM
Look what I shot today
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Reverend Tarpones
Registered: 10/09/02
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Loc: West Duvall
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I see more of these in the Snoqualmie River valley every year. I THINK they are tundra swans. They seem to know we can't shoot them. They fly over, well within range, almost every time I am out pheasant hunting. 
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#913901 - 11/23/14 01:26 AM
Re: Look what I shot today
[Re: Dave Vedder]
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River Nutrients
Registered: 11/21/07
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Loc: Olema,California,Planet Earth
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It looks like the adult's bill has some yellow which makes it a Tundra. Pretty birds, and nice to see the two young one's.
Seen a few times when they were mistaken for Snow Geese. Fortunately, the hunter's shooting ability and game ID were about equal.
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#913918 - 11/23/14 10:27 AM
Re: Look what I shot today
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Reverend Tarpones
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Dunno how they taste, but sure would look good on the Thanksgiving table.
I love seeing them. Their in-flight chatter is much less annoying than the Canada Goose.
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#913925 - 11/23/14 11:37 AM
Re: Look what I shot today
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River Nutrients
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Pretty good, I think. They are hunted (legally) in some parts of the mid-west, I think. Along with Sandhill Cranes. Eat much the same food as geese.
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#913932 - 11/23/14 12:22 PM
Re: Look what I shot today
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Poodle Smolt
Registered: 05/03/01
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Loc: McCleary, WA
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They are in the Chehalis River valley too.
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#913933 - 11/23/14 12:34 PM
Re: Look what I shot today
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Reverend Tarpones
Registered: 10/09/02
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Loc: West Duvall
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Yep, they have a Sandhill season in several states. There the locals call them prime rib of the sky . . .
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#913982 - 11/23/14 09:36 PM
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River Nutrients
Registered: 03/08/99
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Loc: Browns Point,Wa. USA
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Here is an interesting dialogue regarding to possibility of a future swan season in Washington from the Washington Advisory Group. http://www.refugeforums.com/refuge/showthread.php?t=904572
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#913997 - 11/24/14 12:17 AM
Re: Look what I shot today
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River Nutrients
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Loc: Olema,California,Planet Earth
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One of the difficulties of a swan season soon in WA is the abundance of Trumpeters, which are threatened, I believe. I can tell them apart, on the ground, with good glass, but not as a fly-by.
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#914001 - 11/24/14 02:04 AM
Re: Look what I shot today
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Poodle Smolt
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I love the"creak, creak, creak" as they fly over.
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