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slayer1
Trad Bowhunter
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Tundra Swan Hunt 2009...
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January 03, 2009, 06:01:00 PM »
I just got back from our annual tundra swan hunt. We went down to the eastern part of North Carolina near Plymouth. We had a blast! This time I took plenty of pictures.
Be back in a bit with some pictures!
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Broken Arrow 1
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 481
Re: Tundra Swan Hunt 2009...
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January 03, 2009, 06:30:00 PM »
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Its not the size of the animal you hunt that matters. Its how you hunt the animal.
slayer1
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 1200
Re: Tundra Swan Hunt 2009...
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January 03, 2009, 06:48:00 PM »
Just a teaser. I am not very good at story telling so I will let the pictures do most of the talking.
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slayer1
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 1200
Re: Tundra Swan Hunt 2009...
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January 03, 2009, 06:59:00 PM »
Let me give you guys a little bit of background info. In order to get a swan tag you have to be drawn, You can only take one swan per year. From what I understand NC is one of the few places in the world where you can hunt these swans. I think they only migrate to certain areas of the country.
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slayer1
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 1200
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January 03, 2009, 07:07:00 PM »
Here is a picture of the decoy spread. This picture was taken late in the day. We started with temps in the 20's and sun was out for awhile, then it turned cloudy and rained the rest of the afternoon.
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slayer1
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January 03, 2009, 07:13:00 PM »
If you look real hard you can see the swans coming into a field about one mile away. Sorry for the fuzzy picture. This one was late in the day after the rain had set in for good.
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Izzy
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January 03, 2009, 07:14:00 PM »
Too cool.A very unique bowhunt there.Congrats.
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slayer1
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Posts: 1200
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January 03, 2009, 07:24:00 PM »
Thanks Izzy. Out of the nine of us hunting seven killed birds. All but one were were taken flying. One swan was brave enough to stand around in the decoys for awhile. LOL. This next picture gives you an idea of how large these birds are. Jason is about 6'. He only shot about 20 arrows before he got his swan.
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slayer1
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January 03, 2009, 07:27:00 PM »
Got to unpack. I will be back in a bit with more.
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twosheds
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Posts: 518
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January 03, 2009, 08:03:00 PM »
Man those are cool looking. Can't wait for more. Tripper
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January 03, 2009, 08:12:00 PM »
cool , nice shootin
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slayer1
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Posts: 1200
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January 03, 2009, 08:15:00 PM »
From left to right - Me, Jason and Wayne. These guys are like brothers to me. We had a blast. I think between the three of us we had about 300 arrows. The name of this game is putting as many arrow in the air as possible. It takes awhile to get your eye right. You had to lead these birds about 30 feet. They come in like F14's but look like C130's. LOL I am using a 63lb Cold Mountain Long bow. Jason was using a 50lb Bob Lee, and Wayne was using a 54lb Cold Mountain Long bow.
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sdpeb1
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January 03, 2009, 08:17:00 PM »
show them the size of their feet, they are huge
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BOFF
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January 03, 2009, 08:21:00 PM »
WOWZERS!!!
Reads and looks like a great time.
How many arrows were lost?
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slayer1
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January 03, 2009, 08:27:00 PM »
To be honest we didn't loose that many arrows. The fields are so big you just walk out and pick them up. You can see them sticking up. Its really pretty cool the way you hunt these birds. When everybody runs out of arrows we just take a break, and go pick them out. The birds were so thick they were trying to land in the decoys when were picking up arrow. We counted them up at the hotel last night and I think we lost about 10.
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Doug S
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January 03, 2009, 08:44:00 PM »
Very cool hunt! I like different stuff like this.
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ethan
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January 03, 2009, 09:26:00 PM »
That is a cool hunt! Congrats on a great trophy.
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huckbuck
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January 03, 2009, 09:34:00 PM »
Thanks for sharing, been thinking about goose hunting with the longbow for some time now. This
gets the fire burning again. Thanks.
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bowhunterfrompast
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January 03, 2009, 09:44:00 PM »
Congrats
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Rick Wakeman
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ron w
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January 03, 2009, 09:47:00 PM »
Well that was different,realy neat!!
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