Snowshoe hare hunting tips/tricks

[7mmfan]

Great picture!

[kball4]

Seen a lot in Lewis River unit elk hunting.  Right around the snow line.

[7mmfan]

Got out over the weekend and way up into the snow. Lots of tracks, no sightings. They were definitely in the zones with the thickest young conifers. The area that actually had the most was where the trail turned onto a south facing hillside which had substantially less snow, assuming so because of food availability. Hoping to get back up there after a fresh snowfall and see if I can track a few down.

[Born2late]

wonder if using a call like he does in this video in the spot were you saw all the tracks would bring some in.

[Born2late]

https://pocketprey.com/
just found the call he said he was using

[Machias]

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.

[KFhunter]

with the beagle, do you get any standing shots or are they all shotgun?

[Cab]

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.

I found a spot back home in Maine 30 mins outside or Portland and would go hunting for them in this spot my dads buddy knew had them. I would get about 1 or 2 for about every 2-4 miles of walking(didn't have a dog) which I didn't mind because I had the woods to myself. Super fun to hunt especially once you find an area and know they there.

[Pegasus]

I found if you douse yourself with carrot oil before you go out and make gnawing sounds will provide a lure to draw them in. Good Luck!

[Bango skank]

Just set a trail camera up somewhere.  Snowshoe hares love to get in front of trail cameras and just hop around all day.

[Jonathan_S]

Just 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

[Bango skank]

Just 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

Oh man moose are obnoxious if you have a mineral site in front of a cam.  Just lay down on it all day.

[7mmfan]

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.

[KFhunter]

Just 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

Oh man moose are obnoxious if you have a mineral site in front of a cam.  Just lay down on it all day.

2nd that 

ended up pulling that camera out. 

[KFhunter]

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.

I've used a lot of snowshoe hare young rabbit distress and never had one come in, ever. 

It doesn't sound exactly the same, but I dunno...I'm skeptical that little black box will make rabbit does come running.