NY State now want to kill all the Mute Swans!

[mmkay]

Giant white ducks are very good eating.  Was a traditional English Christmas dinner!  I have no issue with hunting them just with the expense state is will to spend..but they been protected in england for years. 

Edited January 28, 2014 by mmkay

[jjb4900]

http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/7076.html

[First-light]

The worst part of this whole process is the "Mute Swan" has no say in it……….lol

[Culvercreek hunt club]

The worst part of this whole process is the "Mute Swan" has no say in it……….lol

Should make calling them in very difficult.

[mike rossi]

What is the law currently if someone was to shoot them? Are they considered to be a species of open season or are they protected under some law from hunting?

Currently, you CAN NOT shoot them unless you get a nuisance permit from the DEC...  

 

In NY they are a migratory game bird - BUT NO HUNTING SEASON HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.  Therefore they are fully protected. You can apply to the DEC for a nuisance permit to take one.

 

One of the stipulations  in  new management plan is to establish a hunting season. Since they are already classed as a game bird, I don't believe the DEC needs to run it through the legislature to set a hunting season. Ironically sportsmen have tried unsuccessfully to designate the mourning dove as a migratory game bird for some time (25 or 30 years at least) which requires passing the legislature. Yet somehow the mute swan was pushed through at some date and nobody seemed to be aware of this. It is also interesting that although the game status gives the DEC the authority to set a hunting season for mute swans, they have not yet done so. However, a hunting season is one option listed in the new draft plan. Within the draft plan it states "the DEC will seek any necessary regulatory authority to establish a hunting season".

Edited January 28, 2014 by mike rossi

[mike rossi]

Should make calling them in very difficult.

No calling needed, put out some  honker decoys and they come in to drown them...

[mike rossi]

Giant white ducks are very good eating.  Was a traditional English Christmas dinner!  I have no issue with hunting them just with the expense state is will to spend..but they been protected in england for years. 

And they are protected in NY too.