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Seems like the last several years weve had a bumper crop of snowshoes in my area, but then this year suddenly im not seeing near as many around. Way less tracks than usual in the snow. Maybe its just me, but it sure seems like a pretty sudden dropoff in their numbers after several boom years.
Quote from: Bango skank on December 26, 2019, 01:37:18 AMSeems like the last several years weve had a bumper crop of snowshoes in my area, but then this year suddenly im not seeing near as many around. Way less tracks than usual in the snow. Maybe its just me, but it sure seems like a pretty sudden dropoff in their numbers after several boom years.Pretty common. If you watch it long enough, you'll note the predator populations ebbing and flowing, matching it.
one of the flankers will get a shot at them running from the tracker.
Good tips, thanks everyone. I'm planning on trying to find some higher elevation west side spots, as these will be opportunistic hunts at best for me. Do you often find them in areas without snow? I can't imagine they follow the snow line. From what jve read they have a quite small home range.
The first year I was stationed up in northern Maine (which is a snowshoe hare Heaven), I managed to kill a few without a dog. It took some time, but after a while you really get good at picking them out sitting there, the black eye or tips of the ears. Second year I slayed them with a .22 rifle. Then I got a long legged beagle, Sgt True Track! What BLAST!! I have seen a bunch up Milk Creek up to Milk Pond just west of Whistling Jacks.
Just set a trail camera up somewhere. Snowshoe hares love to get in front of trail cameras and just hop around all day.
Quote from: Bango skank on January 09, 2020, 09:49:18 AMJust set a trail camera up somewhere. Snowshoe hares love to get in front of trail cameras and just hop around all day.Yeah a snowshoe hare does what a moose does in summer
Quote from: Jonathan_S on January 09, 2020, 09:50:12 AMQuote from: Bango skank on January 09, 2020, 09:49:18 AMJust set a trail camera up somewhere. Snowshoe hares love to get in front of trail cameras and just hop around all day.Yeah a snowshoe hare does what a moose does in summerOh man moose are obnoxious if you have a mineral site in front of a cam. Just lay down on it all day.
Thats crazy, I never would have imagined using a rabbit in distress to call in a rabbit. Guess it's similar to how deer respond to fawn in distress calls.