Posted by Ranger Sally (165.83.5.15) on October 10, 2003 at 15:37:23:
In Reply to: huntting and breadind posted by Olga Korshunova on October 10, 2003 at 14:40:49:
: Why would a hunter hunt a swan? Then do they have ? babies? Early native people hunted them for food and for decorations (they carved the leg bones into musical instruments, crafted beads from other bones, and probably used the bird's plumage as well.) Beginning in the 1700s, trumpeter swans were widely hunted by people of European extraction for their skins. Their down was used as bedding, the plumage was desired for powder puffs and feathers in ladies' hats, and swan quills made excellent pens. Today it is not legal to hunt trumpeter swans in the United States. I'm sorry-I don't understand the second half of your question.