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Joined: 12 Sep 2010 Posts: 1975 Location: Maine

Some of the shooters here have gone over to using all-brass shotgun shells, which have the advantage of being almost indestructible, Can you get those or have them made in Norway? That would solve the problem with constantly needing to get new hulls as the old ones wear out.

A lot bigger than a Ruffed Grouse, smaller than a Merriam gobbler, equal size to a Merriam hen. At least as smart, and shy, as a Chukka.

Member Joined: 25 Jun 2008 Posts: 1863 Location: Wisconsin

Has any of our membership been in touch with this gentleman and solved his hull issue? Surely he can received a shipment of empty hulls without breaking the law.

Reno

Member Joined: 25 Jun 2008 Posts: 1863 Location: Wisconsin

Capercaillie are some big birds, I'd put 6's in a IC barrel for head shots and 4's in a mod barrel for pulling them out of the sky. One could say self-defense is an objective when hunting those birds. That one pictured with your gun looks big enough to whip a Brittany.

Reno

Member Joined: 13 Apr 2013 Posts: 27 Location: Norway

Two Pipe Shoot:

Thanks for caring. I´ve been very well taken care of by people in here. John Abrahams kindly sends me some once fired hulls Very Happy

Brass hulls are not very common in use here in Norway. They are mostly used with black powder. But they are available in some stores. They cost 3,40 USD each. I asked one guy who loaded those and his receipe was to load em up and glue a top layer of felt, that you cut out with scissors, at the top, . That sounded a bit too homemade for me, but I maybe wrong on this. What´s your experience with brass hulls?

For those of you that are curious bout the Capercaille, I put in a picture (not my gun, not my bird, but it shows the size) If you want to google it the norwegian name are "tiur"

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Welcome, Up North. Smile

Those are big birds! How do they taste?

Looks about the same size as our turkey, but the head is huge! Awesome.

Wow. Some big game over there!! Great pics. Thanks for sharing.

Bunnies a little bigger than the ones we hunt here in Upstate NY!!!

A friend told me that the spruce grouse--a protected species in upstate NY(?)--is a similar sized bird. (He said you practically have to step on them before they flush.) He also thinks they might be hunted in the pacific NW. Anyone familiar with them?

Joined: 19 Jun 2004 Posts: 1480 Location: Mpls, MN.

Spruce grouse are the same size, or, a bit smaller, than a ruffed grouse. They don't taste as good. I've stumbled on them while hunting ruffed grouse, they really don't fly very far, and have a tendancy to just fly up a tree and look at you.
My dog would bark at them when they did that. If I ever shoot another one, it will be because I mistook it for a ruffed grouse. I have no need to shoot another.
If you have politicians in NY that think they need to be protected, you have bigger problems than I thought.
Good Luck.

Best,
Ted

Spruce grouse are about the same size as ruffed grouse.

Sometimes they are called fools hen or stupid chickens. Generally, they are a little less spooky than ruffed or blue grouse.

Spruce grouse also have very dark meat, more like ptarmigan.

I've hunted them extensively in Alaska and Washington. My grouse haunts can produce ruffed, spruce or blue grouse in the same day.

Lon

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Thanks for your greetings, and may you all well.
We all know, hunting is really exciting, and I do hope one day I can bring my own gun, wear my own NFL Snapbacks, and hide one nfl Snapbacks in my backpack, just in case the one I wearing was spotted.

Member Joined: 13 Apr 2013 Posts: 27 Location: Norway

It´s difficult to describe taste in a precise way, but it taste a bit like grouse, i bit "rounder", less "blueberry", but still like a wild bird, if that makes any sense. In the beginning of the hunting season they often stay put till you´re really close, and it can be quite scare when they flush just 4-6 feet away from you. In the winter they can go docking in the snow to preserve bodyheat if the snow are like powder and when it´s pretty cold. Like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVppBgBP2Tw