Jeff, the Capercaillie is a bird that lives mainly in the northern part of Sweden whereas I live outside of Gothenburg in the southwest. During my time in the Sweedish army I was stationed in the northern part of sweden where I was lucky enough to shoot some capercaillie. The capercaillie is a pretty big bird that could easily weigh more than 10 pounds. They are either hunted during winter when they feed in the treetops and the hunter will usually try to find them as he is skiiing around in the forest. Alternatively they can be hunted with dogs in a similiar way as grouse or pheasants.
I will try to post some pictures from Sweden and our hunting on monday when I'm back.
Since my wife is darkhaired there will be nuo pictures of blond girls with pigtails
Best Regards,
Henrik
