Hunter Fined For Shooting Swans

[CritterGitter]

For crying out loud he shot 2 trumpeter swans! Glad to see he was reported and that the resitution fine was steep. I think the license ban should stand though.

http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/Home/News/NewsReleaseArchives/tabid/19075/EntryID/838/Default.aspx

[ohiosam]

The guy was 77, old enough to know better!:irked:

[deerhunt45]

The guy was 77, old enough to know better!:irked:

and too young to resist :D

Seriously, what is wrong with people? If the guy is that blind or senile he shouldn't be hunting...:nono:

[Buckmaster]

I wonder if swan taste like goose? :yikes: I guess this fella might know.

[Azzy]

The guy was 77, old enough to know better!:irked:

And some want these elderly folk to hunt with crossbows. :rolleyes:

No place would be safe!!

[Azzy]

Swans are mean.

Shoot'em all.

[jackalope]

lol.. Oh Azzy.. you never cease to amaze me...

Everybody knows you can't shoot waterfowl with a crossbow... It just makes them mad... Sheesh....

http://www.all-creatures.org/cash/images/cc2002-sp-swanwars.jpg

[Azzy]

I bet that guy would if he could!!

Seriously...they're mean. Kill'em.

[coonskinner]

glad another hunter turned him in...:D

[MaS19]

He just made a mistake. Thought he was shooting 25lb snow geese! :tsk:

[BuckSmacker69]

I have had to control myself before on 2 swans! Had the bead on them man that green neck band makes a good target!!! Always wondered what the thud would be like from 25-30 yards up!!! Actually lookin into N.C. about goin on a swan hunt. Legal to shootem there though.

[uglykat26]

i was reading this in another magazine he told the game warden that he thaught they were geese
how in the heck can you mistake swans for geese
hate to take him deer hunting he might mistake a cow for a deer

[MaS19]

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i206/mas19/IMG_1075.jpg

"Officer these is just big snow gooses"


We have tons of these big snow geese out here at Ottawa.

[coonskinner]

i was reading this in another magazine he told the game warden that he thaught they were geese
how in the heck can you mistake swans for geese
hate to take him deer hunting he might mistake a cow for a deer
or a chiaula for a squirrel...:D

[RRmike]

i was reading this in another magazine he told the game warden that he thaught they were geese
how in the heck can you mistake swans for geese
hate to take him deer hunting he might mistake a cow for a deer

You never seen one of those big albino Canada geese??:D

[antiqucycle]

How about the guys that take a goat to a check station?

[sc832]

Was at Magee last year when 2 got shot. It was some time in late October when this happened.

[fordmanstx]

About 12 years ago, a neighbor of my parents let a man hunt on their property. The guy seriously mistook a cow for a deer. He tried to shoot it but missed. Luckily the owner was around and put a stop to it. Needlesss to say, that man was never allowed to hunt the area again. It is people like him that make private owners not let people hunt their land.

[wildohio22]

your title is wrong critter:mischeif: it should say poacher not hunter. wonder what his excuse was.... a deaf old man complaining about ducks quackin in the middle of the night lol?:yikes: