Swan Hunt
12-21-2009, 01:24 AM
#1
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Kenly, North Carolina
Posts: 370
Swan Hunt
My son and I put in for the Tundra Swan hunt here in North Carolina and got drawn, so Saturday Dec 19th we went on the hunt just outside Plymouth, NC.
My son got the first Swan with his browning A500 using BBB's and my dog had a 300 yard retrieve on it. as when shot it was a solid lung shot and the swan set its wings and gluided forever. then nothing for an hour and an half and a lone mature single comes and I take lead and shoot my Pedersoli 12ga double muzzleloading shotgun and break its right wing and down it comes. That was exciting and the guide was pretty impressed also. That swan is now at the Taxidermist getting mounted in a cupped mount. My load was 60grains of 777 powder and a 1 1/4oz #4 ITX shot
My son got the first Swan with his browning A500 using BBB's and my dog had a 300 yard retrieve on it. as when shot it was a solid lung shot and the swan set its wings and gluided forever. then nothing for an hour and an half and a lone mature single comes and I take lead and shoot my Pedersoli 12ga double muzzleloading shotgun and break its right wing and down it comes. That was exciting and the guide was pretty impressed also. That swan is now at the Taxidermist getting mounted in a cupped mount. My load was 60grains of 777 powder and a 1 1/4oz #4 ITX shot
Last edited by Cessna Flyer; 12-21-2009 at 01:38 AM.
12-21-2009, 02:33 PM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 1,085
Glad to hear that... I'd be interested to hear how you like it.. Never talked to anyone who has ever eaten it..
I've done a number of diy big game hunts in Alaska... Pairs of tundra swans are very common there.. I see an occaisional one here in southwestern NY...
However, the only FLOCKS of them I have ever seen were either in central PA ( near Lancaster) and along the Susquehanna near Harrisburg, Pa. Really cool to see a flock of 100 or 200 of them..
I've done a number of diy big game hunts in Alaska... Pairs of tundra swans are very common there.. I see an occaisional one here in southwestern NY...
However, the only FLOCKS of them I have ever seen were either in central PA ( near Lancaster) and along the Susquehanna near Harrisburg, Pa. Really cool to see a flock of 100 or 200 of them..
12-23-2009, 03:36 AM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Where the ducks don't come no more
Posts: 4,420
The girlfriend and I both have tags for this season. Going to head down to Chesapeake just after the atlantic side goose season opens back up.
Thats pretty cool taking a swan with a ML.... I've always thought it would be cool to hunt with one.
Thats pretty cool taking a swan with a ML.... I've always thought it would be cool to hunt with one.
12-24-2009, 02:32 AM
#9
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Kenly, North Carolina
Posts: 370
Weight, Mine was about 12-15 pounds sure got heavy in a hurry.
I started hunting with the double barrel black powder early this year, and I am addicted to using it. My modern guns don't get much work anymore.
I started hunting with the double barrel black powder early this year, and I am addicted to using it. My modern guns don't get much work anymore.
12-24-2009, 11:32 AM
#10
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Polk City, FL
Posts: 232
I didn't know there was a season either. We have lots of swans around here, but they are cared for like they were children. We even have some that are descended from a pair given as a gift to the city from the Queen of England! Needless to say, we don't hunt them. Every now and then someone will hurt one, or try to steal one, and I think the people around here put it on the same level as child molesters! However, I'd love to take one somewhere it's legal. Looks like a challenging hunt, and a good bit of meat!
Last edited by FLBandit; 12-24-2009 at 11:34 AM.