While on the subject of swans, I live in Southern illinois and in my whole life until this season i have never seen a swan outside of a park lake or in a zoo. So obviously we don't have a season for them around here. But a couple of weeks ago on a goose hunt me and my huntin buddies were scouting possible places to go the next day. Well all of a sudden we saw what we thought were three huge snows coming at us. We got down and let them get closer. Of course none of us shot because the necks were so friggin long and they passed right over us and not one of us said a word for a few seconds then we realized they were swans. That was the first i've ever seen or heard of a swan on rend lake in southern illinois. They are awesome birds. I'd love to hunt them.