A waterfowling first for me.

[Bwana]

Haven't been out hunting as much as I have wanted to, then again who ever does, so I decided to take a day off last week just to get out.

I remembered I had my first swan tag and hadn't even gotten out yet so we gave it a try.

All and all, it turned out to be a good day.

For a size reference (these things are HUGE):

Must be one of those swans from the 'hood with all the jewelry it had.

 

[smalls]

Wow! Neck collared swan...nice work! I've only seen oneother one in my life!

 

[Oak]

Cool. It will be interesting to see where it was banded.

 

[sreekers]

Congrats, cool tag to fill there.

 

[ELKCHSR]

Thats a nice bird, I saw a bunch of them go over head a couple days ago when I was in the field, very beautiful birds indeed

Kudo's to your trophy

 

[1_pointer]

NICE! I hoping to get out a time two before swan season closes in UT on Dec 9th.

 

[Moosie]

I saw a large group of Swans last weekend while I was out. I usually don't see them. Congrats, those things are big !

 

[choc dogs]

congrats..and I thought big geese falling out of the sky was cool.

 

[Bwana]

Still waiting to see what the stats are from the band.

As for big, what an understatement! The wingspan was just shy of 7 feet from tip to tip and there must have been at least an inch of down and feathers on the breast. Needless to say they can take some punishment.