Otherwise, the season will conclude Dec. 31 ... Gillette noted that no money from hunting license sales has ever gone toward trumpeter swan restoration, and that was intentional.

Wild Bulletin, Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Fish and Wildlife: March is the beginning of peak nesting season for Indiana’s state-endangered trumpeter swan. During the nesting season, ...

Trumpeter swans hit a nationwide low of 35 birds in 1931. Hunting, lead poisoning and habitat loss took their toll. Extinction looked imminent. Thanks to protections and recovery efforts ...