SC Living Outdoors
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I’ve wanted to hunt these birds for a while and this year I drew a tag up in NC. I hooked up my mini camper and made the 6hr drive up to Elizabeth City, NC in the NE corner of the state. I spent the night in the Walmart parking lot going to sleep to the sounds of swans calling overheard throughout the night. The next morning there were birds everywhere and it was really cool to see those birds circling the decoys and covering the sky everywhere you looked. We saw thousands of birds and around 9am I was able to check a bird off my bucket list.
The birds in NC migrate down every year from northern Alaska and Canada over 3,000 miles to winter on the coast of NC and VA. Pretty wild to think about everything my swan had seen over the years. An awesome way to kick off 2024.
I killed a beautiful mature swan. With a pretty golden tear drop and a 75” wingspan.
These pics don’t do these birds justice.
For reference I’m 6-0 215lbs.
The birds in NC migrate down every year from northern Alaska and Canada over 3,000 miles to winter on the coast of NC and VA. Pretty wild to think about everything my swan had seen over the years. An awesome way to kick off 2024.
I killed a beautiful mature swan. With a pretty golden tear drop and a 75” wingspan.
These pics don’t do these birds justice.
For reference I’m 6-0 215lbs.
One of these years I'm going to hunt them a bit. You'll have to post pics after it is mounted!
