november 2 Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Took me two years to finally bag one :supergrin::supergrin::supergrin::supergrin: Taken with my new Sauer 202 in .308win using a Lapua Scenar 167grain... are you guys hunting swan? Quote Link to post
terrierjohn 49 Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Took me two years to finally bag one :supergrin::supergrin::supergrin::supergrin: Taken with my new Sauer 202 in .308win using a Lapua Scenar 167grain... are you guys hunting swan? its illegal to kill swan in britain Quote Link to post
november 2 Posted January 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 its illegal to kill swan in britain Bummer. Any specific reason for that? Quote Link to post
terrierjohn 49 Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 when there on brittish soil they belong to the queen Quote Link to post
medic1281 5 Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Why would you need to kill a swan?? Quote Link to post
kingnewport 19 Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Don't tell the queen!! Quote Link to post
Dan_Mercian 27 Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Why would you need to kill a swan?? Same reason you'd need to kill a goose?? I guess it's just the same as anything else, all said and done it's just a breed of bird. Quote Link to post
TGEvans 4 Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 They taste amazing, allegedly.... Quote Link to post
watchman 256 Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Took me two years to finally bag one :supergrin::supergrin::supergrin::supergrin: Taken with my new Sauer 202 in .308win using a Lapua Scenar 167grain... are you guys hunting swan? now there's a picture you don't see every day Quote Link to post
november 2 Posted January 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Why would you need to kill a swan?? Have you seen, what a flock of 100 geese does to canola? Go figure, what 100 swans do. Quote Link to post
skycat 6,172 Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Edited to say: OOPS! Sorry, didn't realise it wasn't in England! Quote Link to post
mushroom 12,391 Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 (edited) Get that fecking photo off before all the other muppets want to do the same: tradition and law says don't do it, but to come on here bragging about it: FFS :censored: Hang about this is in his country not ours so what gives you the right to judge him Last time I checked the hun can do what they like within their own borders Edited January 17, 2011 by mushroom Quote Link to post
matt_hooks 188 Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Isn't it weird how any brit has an absolute coniption if anyone talks about shooting a swan, and yet geese and other birds have no such stigma attached. What an excellent example of social conditioning! I've never really thought about shooting swans, but does the .308 not do a fair bit of damage to the meat? Or is it not customary to eat them? I know that a group of Poles in the UK were arrested and inmprisoned for shooting swans with a legal limit air rifle, so I guess that is an effective method of killing them, though I wouldn't tackle prey of that size with a 12 ft.lb air rifle. I would instinctively reach for the shotgun for a bird, but again maybe that's just the way I was brung up. November, do you eat them, or is it just pest control? What sort of range would you shoot them at? Quote Link to post
Lab 10,979 Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 They taste amazing, allegedly.... Heard its like roast beef.......... Quote Link to post
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