After killing a couple hours nestled into the tall, dry grass bordering a public wetland, the sky turned a cool purple and hundreds of white swans flocked over us. I hunkered down into the boat blind ...

WASHINGTON - With 2,000 swan hunters wading into Utah marshes starting Saturday, wildlife advocates are suing to protect the trumpeter swans that the groups say are imperiled. If successful, the ...

BOISE — Swan hunting would be allowed for the first time in Idaho under a bill that moved forward Monday. The bill approved by the Senate Resources and Environment Committee would create a three-year ...

A struggling population of rare trumpeter swans may be the unintended victims of an ongoing tundra swan hunt in Utah. That’s the word from some anonymous Fish and Wildlife Service biologists, who say ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. | Members of seven Chippewa Indian tribes in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan are allowed to hunt for swans during a two-month season that started last Saturday. It represents the ...

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Hunters in parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin will begin shooting swans this weekend. Yes, swans -- trumpeter and tundra swans -- those large white waterfowl that are as much a symbol of grace and ...

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) - Environmental groups have gone to federal court to block hunting of tundra swans, which sometimes leads to accidental shooting of rare trumpeter swans. The Fund for Animals, ...

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — The Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) is reminding big game and swan hunters to submit their mandatory harvest report. Harvest surveys are required for all limited-entry big ...

Utah waterfowl hunters continue to shoot down excessive numbers or rare trumpeter swans, prompting wildlife officials to once again close Utah’s swan hunt early. Despite several measures aimed at ...

The Utah Department of Wildlife Resources has approved a plan to eliminate all legal trumpeter swan harvest for the upcoming waterfowl season. The rule change, which DWR approved at a public meeting ...