Guess which is which.
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The closer one is the tundra swan, but there's no way I'd know that in person if they are moving around and such. That hunter is absolutely correct
I had to zoom in to even see a difference on a screen.
How do you tell the difference
The first thing I noticed was the white spot by the closer swan's eye. The second thing was that it has a thicker, shorter neck.
Tundra Swans are much smaller than Trumpeters. But the giveaway to me is the little white spot near the Tundra's eye.
I think the only way you'd figure it out would be field ambush hunting where you can get a good look at a flock as they come down in a pea field or something. It doesn't sound like they migrate together and their flyways might be fairly predictable for targeting hunting areas.
But other than size which is hard to judge on the wing, I wouldn't take a shot based on that.
I know a lot of people are instinctively against hunting, but with massive food availability on harvested fields in wintering areas with no predators, these species can grow out of control very quickly. Snow geese are devastating arctic areas that are very slow to rebound because of the sheer numbers and lack of hunters. I had heard about this sort of concern with mixing up swans with snow geese, though that's a lot easier to identify on the wing so I don't think there's been much bykill from that.