#fiathunting

“On this day in 1890, this monster Capercaillie was shot by Lord Breadalbane. Rumoured to be one of the heaviest avians that ever existed, it fed a local school for a week.

Zooming in on the picture reveals that Breadalbane used a Westley Richards .557 calibre gun to bring this magnificent beast down. Unfortunately, he used the gun to bash the bird over the head with whilst it was asleep in its nest as opposed to taking the gentleman's sporting route which would have been to shoot it whilst it was flying.

Because of his unsportsmanlike actions, he was ostracised in shooting circles and shunned by high society in general.
He ended up penniless and eventually was committed to an asylum after repeatedly attacking pigeons in the park where he slept with a rolled up newspaper whilst shouting "I've had bigger than ye, ya wee junkies!".