http://conservationreport.com/2009/01/29/endangered-species-careless-hunters-mistaking-trumpeter-swan-for-snow-goose/ Tracking news regarding conservation, the environment, energy, politics, and technology Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:31:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://conservationreport.com/2009/01/29/endangered-species-careless-hunters-mistaking-trumpeter-swan-for-snow-goose/#comment-2508 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:42:19 +0000 http://conservationreport.com/?p=5695#comment-2508 [...] hunters shoot rare birds, mistaking them for geese. I’ve seen both tundra swans and snow geese in flight, and I don’t understand how hunters can [...]

]]> http://conservationreport.com/2009/01/29/endangered-species-careless-hunters-mistaking-trumpeter-swan-for-snow-goose/#comment-2503 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 02:37:54 +0000 http://conservationreport.com/?p=5695#comment-2503 Look, if a hunter cannot visually distinguish the difference between a trumpeter Swan and snow geese that hunter should NOT be carrying a gun at all! The first and foremost thing would be the black wing patches of the snow goose and the second would be the neck length and sheer size difference of the swan. As I’ve stated more times than I can count, If a person decides to become a hunter. Not only do they need to understand and master using a firearm. They need to understand everything about the animal they are hunting. This definitely stresses animal recognition! This is why so many hunters have been shot during deer season. Idiots always state, “I’m so sorry, I thought that he was a Buck”! As they haul the dead person away to the morgue!

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