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Re: Anyone hunt snowshoe hares?
« Reply #15 on: January 22, 2019, 08:29:16 AM »
White Pass area has had them in the past? East side and south of the highway was lots of tracks but honestly only seen one?
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Re: Anyone hunt snowshoe hares?
« Reply #16 on: January 22, 2019, 10:17:14 AM »
White Pass area has had them in the past? East side and south of the highway was lots of tracks but honestly only seen one?

Thanks I’ll have to give it a look.


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Re: Anyone hunt snowshoe hares?
« Reply #17 on: January 22, 2019, 10:20:57 AM »
Deep soft snow was hard with the dogs.  They didn't circle like cottontails, they would go up top of the ridges and over the back side. Made me nervous in cat/wolf country.

I've shot several dozen but always just incidentals while cat/coyote hunting and trapping.
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Re: Anyone hunt snowshoe hares?
« Reply #18 on: January 22, 2019, 10:36:54 AM »
Deep soft snow was hard with the dogs.  They didn't circle like cottontails, they would go up top of the ridges and over the back side. Made me nervous in cat/wolf country.

I've shot several dozen but always just incidentals while cat/coyote hunting and trapping.

bunch of howling beagles in wolf country, what could go wrong  :dunno:





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Re: Anyone hunt snowshoe hares?
« Reply #19 on: January 22, 2019, 09:47:40 PM »
Any advice for the other rabbits? Which area can be good to look for without a dog? I am living in King County but like to go east side if there is a better opportunity. Highly appreciate all this great information.

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Re: Anyone hunt snowshoe hares?
« Reply #20 on: January 23, 2019, 06:09:06 AM »
many years back in Maine for sure. Found corning them was an excellent way to process and make very edible.
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Re: Anyone hunt snowshoe hares?
« Reply #21 on: January 25, 2019, 04:29:35 PM »
My experience was from when I lived in Alaska. Cook them in brown and serve oven bags. it keep the moisture in so the meat doesn't get dry. If they are around hunting them was never a problem. They do have a have a life cycle.  Started with shotguns and that got too easy, went to 22 rifles, then pistols and on to pellet guns. A buddy of mine was using a sling shot with marbles for ammo, but he could as they say "spot a snowshoe in a snowstorm." As stated above look for the eye and the shape, a different pile of snow usually along the edges of openings sunning. First you would see a different pile of snow, then you would notice an eye and the rest would appear. When the cycle was up they were every where. It wasn't anything to shoot 10 to 20 of them hunting with friends. Good thing they are easy to skin Even made rabbit jerky.   
Every now and then it would get cold before the snows came. Now that was some easy hunting white snowshoes on a brown back ground. Oh, safety note look out for toulrimina or something like that "White spots on the livers" comes up every now and then. Those "they" say you can still eat the meat if thoroughly cooked. Unless it was a survival situation, I would pass and just go shoot another one. Good times even in the low cycles you could pick up two or three. 
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Re: Anyone hunt snowshoe hares?
« Reply #22 on: January 25, 2019, 05:16:34 PM »
I think ya'll talked me into doing this after I'm done w cougar,  need to hike anyways. 

Used to raise rabbits, quit, so maybe some wild hares might be good.  I'll make sure to wear my contacts so I can see super sharp

 


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