[TN-Bird] Re: Tundra Swan Conference
- From: Tim Riddle <elddir@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 22:35:22 -0600
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>Heck, up here in Tennessee, they shot and killed one Trumpeter (the first for
>the state in 211 years) and wounded another last year and already have killed
>another one this year. But the first guy was only fined $50 so what the hey.
>No swans are legal to shoot in TN so they must mistake them for SNOW GEESE!
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>If they can't tell the difference between a 7 lb bird with black wing tips
>and an all white bird that weights 23 lbs, you think they can tell the
>difference over a gun sight between Tundra and Trumpeter?
This is not limited to Tennessee..
Back in about 85 or so I was working with a guy that we called the great
white hunter. He came into work one day all excited that he had bagged his
first snow Goose. When work was over he retrieved it from the trunk of his
car. As he was holding it by the neck I was surprised to see it's feet
dragging the ground. I had to explain to him that was he had done break
several laws because he had actually shot a Swan.
He wasn't done there because he was excited one day because he had shot a
wild turkey. I was afraid to ask but he had it in his trunk. I couldn't
believe my eyes but he had shot a turkey vulture. I should have just kept
my mouth shut and let him enjoy his Thanksgiving bird but I had to tell him
the truth.
Tim Riddle
Cookeville
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