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Drew Hause,

very nice picture!

This is my first and only Birkhahn:




Best Regards,
Gunwolf

I believe that Aurhaun and Capercaillie are the same bird and are much larger than the Black Grouse.

Geno, RIP, showed some footage of him hunting Capercaillie and of one he bagged.

Correct!

Gunwolf

George William Horlor (1849-1890) "The Day's Bag"

So Igorrock: I went to your website/blog and was pretty lost since I can't read your language, but the pics were neat. I really liked your Damascus knife. So Igorrock and Gunwolf, is the Black Grouse good to eat?? White meat or dark meat? I'm guessing a dark meat. Here in the United States we have Ruffed Grouse which has a white, delicious meat and we have sharp tailed grouse which are a darker meat. They are good too but not as tasty as the Ruffed, at least for me. We have a few other Grouse as well, such as the Blue Grouse plus some others. BTW Drew, your old pictures are awesome!

Partridge is very very seldom here, lives in very small area. It�s living enviroments, as you know, are mostly fields. Black Grouse lives in forests and wetlands and it�s the most common bag in Finland. There in forest lives Hazel Grouse too, which is my personal favourite.

Thanks, next time you could read them better when using GOOGLE Translator (http://translate.google.com/).

Both Black Grouse and Capercaillie have darker meat, IMO they are both delicious if you just could spice and cook them right way.

Igorrock: I googled your Hazel Grouse. What a beautiful bird. I see they are plentiful and their range is pretty much most of Northern Europe. They appear similar to our Ruffed Grouse. Are they a white meat? When they flush do they make a lot of noise? Do they drum on logs for mating ritual and to establish their territory? I would love to see one as well as the Black Grouse someday!

To those interested in this thread I would highly recommend "The Grouse of the World", by Paul A. Johnsgard, Univ. of Nebraska Press. He is the expert on the grouse family and the science is very readable.

I, for one am going to order 'The Grouse of the World'. I tried the google translate. What a fabulous tool. Thx for that info Igoorock! BTW it appears you are quite the craftsman. Interesting custom things that you make.

Hazel Grouse is small bird with very delicious white meat. When they flush the sound is short and sharp "brrr", sound comes from fast moving small wings. Normaly they (mostly male) just whistle "peeeeep, peeep, pipipipi" but sometimes when very nervous they could sound quite same like childrens rattle use to do. They mostly live areas where is many dense old spruces and sometimes between them alders and asps. They mainly hunted with imitating the male with a special kind of whistle.