Rare pair of Tundra Swans migrate to Florida....quickly killed

[BelemNole]

Bird lovers watch in horror as hunter guns down Tundra swan that rarely appears in Florida

Bird watchers eagerly gathered at Crowder Landing to witness a rare sighting of two Tundra swans. Then a hunter shot and killed one in front of them.

www.tallahassee.com

 

[TennNole17]

Taste like chicken?

 

[lucas80]

WTF. This is the s*** that ruins stuff for good hunters. The only thing I found surprising is that he wasn't drunk.

 

[Daggerfoot]

Taste like chicken?

More like Condor.

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

That guy is going to get a huge fine. Idiot.

 

[tarheelbybirth]

And it's just a misdemeanor. Asshole should have his gun confiscated and lose his license for life.

 

[ClarindaA's]

Bird lovers watch in horror as hunter guns down Tundra swan that rarely appears in Florida

Bird watchers eagerly gathered at Crowder Landing to witness a rare sighting of two Tundra swans. Then a hunter shot and killed one in front of them.

www.tallahassee.com

Guys like him give hunters a terrible name

 

[millah_22]

hooooooly hell why is he shooting foul in front of people?

 

[ClarindaA's]

hooooooly hell why is he shooting foul in front of people?

If he’s in a legal hunting area and sure if his shooting picture( more than the ID of what he was shooting) it’s legal.

 

[millah_22]

If he’s in a legal hunting area and sure if his shooting picture( more than the ID of what he was shooting) it’s legal.

Sure. But there are people on the shore yelling at him not to. I donno, seems pretty reckless imo.

Dude's 100% an asshole, whether it was a protected bird or not.

 

[ClarindaA's]

Sure. But there are people on the shore yelling at him not to. I donno, seems pretty reckless imo.

Dude's 100% an asshole, whether it was a protected bird or not.

I’ve been yelled at for hunting antelope in Montana, by people who pullledn over and started yelling at the antelope to run. They ran them right to us.

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

Stand Your Kayak

 

[LunchBox50]

KILL OR BE KILLED.

 

[HawkMachine]

 

[Hawki97]

Looking forward to this dude’s full report in @DooBi ’s bird thread.

 

[QChawks]

 

[JWolf74]

What an asshole. We get swans by us on occasion. There is no way you would mistake them for a goose. None.

And even if he was actually confused, a hunter is taught from the time we're children that you don't shoot if you're not sure.

 

[RollingBallofButcherKnives]

His goose is cooked

 

[DooBi]

That sucks but if those are anything like trumpeter swans, they are dicks. I hate those birds. I wouldn't shoot one though.

 

[runkpanole]

KILL OR BE KILLED.

Perhaps the bird should have taken care of the hunter.

 

[MitchLL]

Maybe the guy gets hit by a random bullet someday?

Mistaken as Al Queda.

 

[Slappy Pappy]

Reminds me of this one

Beloved Manlius swan killed and eaten, police say

The swans are a beloved staple in the village.

spectrumlocalnews.com

 

[beanerhawk]

If he’s in a legal hunting area and sure if his shooting picture( more than the ID of what he was shooting) it’s legal.

The man shot at both large, all-white birds, which are federally-protected and can't be hunted in the state.

 

[ClarindaA's]

The man shot at both large, all-white birds, which are federally-protected and can't be hunted in the state.

Snow geese are similar, but even not hunters could probably tell the difference.

 

[beanerhawk]

Snow geese are similar, but even not hunters could probably tell the difference.

If you can't then you shouldn't be shooting.

 

[ClarindaA's]

If you can't then you shouldn't be shooting.

I don’t disagree

 

[SL Hawk Fan]

Too early for the “Good Tundra Swan with a gun” meme?

 

[FAUlty Gator]

This sounds like something that would happen in a Farrelly Brothers movie.

The man shot at both large, all-white birds, which are federally-protected and can't be hunted in the state. One managed to fly away, but he tracked the other down in his kayak. Hawkins said it looked like he wrung the bird's neck, shoved it under water, then slung it onto his boat.