The G.O.A.T of upland

[z987k]

I like hunting and really like eating them. We got 6 the other day on a dedicated hunt. They can be so weird. In one area you can almost pick them up and in others you can't get within 75 yards and a 22 is the only option. Really good eyesight.
In the winter I routinely have them scare the crap out of me when they flush into my face on skis or a sled.

 

[WRO]

Capercaillie are the GOAT of upland. They are the largest grouse species. A single bird can cost between $7500 in the Austrian alps to $4000 in Sweden.

Hymalian snowcock would like a place at the table


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[Mojave]

Hymalian snowcock would like a place at the table


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I think the snowcock is a way harder bird to get a hold of.

That and only one place and very few mountain ranges in Nevada to do it.

 

[Sierra Hunter]

I think the snowcock is a way harder bird to get a hold of.

That and only one place and very few mountain ranges in Nevada to do it.

I’d be curious to hear from someone that’s done both, I’d think there’s someone here. WTP in the lower 48 and HSC in NV.
Also the capercaille isn’t even close IMO, cost and size are variables that don’t matter much to me. I’m more of a habitat and habits kinda guy, otherwise we’d start adding guans and occelated turkeys to the convo

 

[Mojave]

Blackgrouse is a sheep hunt in the Alps. I did it in May. My hunt report is on these pages.

Blackgrouse in Scandinavia and Russia is just a bird hunt, maybe on skis.

Capercailie in either place is a forest hunt.

Snowcock in Nevada is a sheep hunt.

 

[Rotnguns]

Wish we had ptarmigan here in Idaho. Not sure why we don't - maybe our mountains are not high enough.

 

[406life]

I'd recommend you take a look at the snowcock.

 

[Sierra Hunter]

I'd recommend you take a look at the snowcock.

Doesn’t hold my interest without the dog

 

[Mojave]

Doesn’t hold my interest without the dog

I have watched a couple of videos on YouTube on them, and I still don't fully understand how they hunt them.