Capercaillie?

[Moe324]

This is on my bucklist too!

 

[Wishfulthinker580]

Well. These things happen. If there was an NDA apparently wasn't worth very much. Ot more likely, a friend of the alleged victim dropped the dime. If you read the article, he has led, shall we say, an active romantic life. There is also apparently that whole fathering a child outside of marriage that so upset many on the right about Emhoff.

If the vetting comment is true, than I am a bit surprised the transition team doesn't have a bit more influence with Trump following some of his picks the first time around.

Hegseth was already facing meaningful headwinds.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/15/pete-hegseth-sexual-assault-investigation/?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wp_news_alert_revere&location=alert

Wrong thread?

 

[Red Leg]

Wrong thread?

Very much so - moved it.

 

[WAB]

Thanks folks! It sounds like one of those areas where lots of folks are interested in the hunt but very difficult to get solid outfitter recommendations.

Redleg ive read that report in the past actually doing some research , was very interesting!

If there’s any “I’ve hunted with X outfitter” it would be great to hear it

Isn’t that what @Redleg gave you?

 

[Spacebogan]

Why not offer a hunt swap?

You don't really need an outfitter,it's not much more than walking in the forest until you flush one.

I don't hunt them myself,my ex used to help count the numbers of them.They are an impressive bird,I will give them that.

 

[PerH]

And in UK the status of capercaiile is severe , they are using waste money to trying to protect and build it up .
But shooting predators like Maren , fox etc in those areas is not allowed .

One could rather put the people behind that suggest alone on a deserted island and be left alone to go feral .

 

[PerH]

Swedish Adventures

This film takes you on an exciting hunt for Capercaillie with dogs, and different ways of hunting the majestic Scandinavian Moose.

app.myoutdoortv.com

Another good movie about it , it’s show the Finsk Spets dog in use there and combo gun

 

[wildfowler.250]

PM to you with some outfitter ideas.

Thanks bud, will have a look for it!

Isn’t that what @Redleg gave you?

Yeah that was appreciated. Was hoping there would be a few more having hunted with various outfitters but I suspect probably a niche hunt!

Why not offer a hunt swap?

You don't really need an outfitter,it's not much more than walking in the forest until you flush one.

I don't hunt them myself,my ex used to help count the numbers of them.They are an impressive bird,I will give them that.

It’s not a bad idea. To be honest I’d almost rather just pay an outfitter than to have to work out the logistics of a swap. It’s a level up from taking a friend out for a spiker or a few does

 

[wildfowler.250]

Fabulous hunt, and it had been a lifelong dream of mine. Martin Neuper of FN Hunting gets several permits each year. https://www.fnhunting.com/ Below is the hunt report. And yes, it was a dawn stalk which is the traditional way to hunt one of the big grouse. Most these days are taken with something like a .22HP from a blind. But, like you, I was interested in a traditional German/Austrian opportunity. Just a fabulous experience.

Thread 'AUSTRIA: Stalking Europe's Big Bird - Hunting The Capercaillie (Auerhahn) In The Austrian Alps'

May 18, 2023

This hunt truly begins in the early spring of 1977. A small group of friends stationed in Northern Bavaria decided to take two-days leave in conjunction with a weekend and head off to Kitzbuhel, Austria for four days of skiing before a pending summer training deployment to Grafenwöhr.

Sometime during the weekend, I found myself over my 180 cm Olin Mark III skis (now there is a collector item) on what was termed the “new course.” It was a lovely winding slope through a conifer forest that had opened earlier that season. About halfway down, I looked to one side and along the tree line saw...

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Also meant to say that’s a stunning mount. Quite different but very classy

 

[Red Leg]

Why not offer a hunt swap?

You don't really need an outfitter,it's not much more than walking in the forest until you flush one.

I don't hunt them myself,my ex used to help count the numbers of them.They are an impressive bird,I will give them that.

Not in the Alps. Though, I'll freely admit I have never taken a stroll around the Scandinavian forests potting them as they flush.

Also meant to say that’s a stunning mount. Quite different but very classy

Someone else that you can contact is Bob Kern's The Hunting Consortium https://huntingconsortium.com/about-us/. He has been sending American hunters around the world, to include every conceivable European hunting opportunity, for decades. I am certain he could arrange the hunt, and even set up the vacation end of it should you wish to do that.

 

[PerH]

Thomas Ekberg in the the movie , he is outfitter in Sweden and he can also arrange hunts of many kind in Sweden .