snowshoe hare
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Snowshoe hare is a tradition catch for women and children.

Snowshoe hares also used to make their home in Illinois.

The snowshoe hare may have up to four litters in a year which average three to eight young.

The primary food source for the Canada lynx is the snowshoe hare.

The snowshoe hare is a major prey item for a number of predators.

But after half an hour his tracks became confused in a more open area full of snowshoe hare trails.

At this camp we encountered some very friendly snowshoe hares that would take food from our hands.

By 9 years after disturbance, snowshoe hare density had increased markedly.

We also have some coyotes, fox and snowshoe hare.

Vegetative structure plays an important role in the size of snowshoe hare home ranges.

Snowshoe hares wander up to 5 miles (8 km) when food is scarce.

In Oregon the average snowshoe hare home range was 14.6 acres (5.9 ha).

The Canadian lynx requires snowshoe hare, which need young, fresh growth."

And, of course, those of snowshoe hares, which we didn't have in Pennsylvania.

In Colorado the red squirrel is an important secondary food source when snowshoe hares are scarce.

In the southern parts of its range, snowshoe hare populations do not fluctuate radically.

Moonlight increases snowshoe hare vulnerability to predation, particularly in winter.

Moose are frequently seen in the area along with white-tailed deer and snowshoe hare.

The population peak occurred in November 1970 with 2,830 to 5,660 snowshoe hares per 100 acres (40 ha).

This lynx is a specialist predator, eating snowshoe hare almost exclusively when they are available.

Northern populations of snowshoe hares undergo cycles that range from seven to 17 years between population peaks.

Snowshoe hares eat a variety of plant materials.

They come down after the snowshoe hare."

The only tracks I crossed were those of deer and coyotes and snowshoe hares.

The primary diet of the elusive wildcats, which weigh about 18 to 25 pounds as adults, is the snowshoe hare.

Snowshoe rabbits do most of their feeding at night.

When we returned to camp there was a snowshoe rabbit sniffing about the front steps.

A snowshoe rabbit had also hopped along my thoroughfare for more than 100 yards.

Snowshoe rabbits are born fully furred, eyes open and ready to hop about immediately.

The classic approach is to hunt snowshoe rabbits with hounds, usually beagles.

Late in the afternoon, I shot a snowshoe rabbit, or varying hare, that bounded through the woods before me.

Even when cross-country skiers are abroad, they will usually be following trails in the relatively open country that snowshoe rabbits avoid.

The limp body of a snowshoe rabbit fell heavily to the ground, followed by a piece of cardboard.

White-tailed deer, snowshoe rabbit, and ruffed grouse are common in the area.

On that first afternoon, Brewster did manage to start a snowshoe rabbit and run it in one circle before losing the scent.

Snowshoe rabbits tend to run in wide circles of a mile or more, and unlike a cottontail, they never hole up.

"When you get 10 or more inches of new snow, the dogs will tire easily, but they'll run, just as beagles do after snowshoe rabbits."

In much of Maine, snowshoe rabbits (varying hare) and deer are the most important coyote prey.

Snowshoe rabbits just keep running.

When being chased by dogs, a snowshoe rabbit tends to remain in its home territory, circling about or cutting back and forth.

We always took a .22 rifle, just in case we encountered a snowshoe rabbit.

If they believe that they are unobserved, snowshoe rabbits will often let you walk past them before they take off.

Early one summer, a snowshoe rabbit emerged from a dense stand of hemlocks nearby and hopped over to join us about the fire.

In the blue light of a frigid dawn, we await a glimpse of the phantasmagorical snowshoe rabbit.

The snowshoe rabbit is so named because its huge, furry hind feet enable it to scamper across the surface of deep snow.

She somewhat resembles a Snowshoe Rabbit.

And leap by leap, like some pale frost wraith, the snowshoe rabbit flashed on ahead.

"We remembered the relationship between a food animal called a snowshoe rabbit and a predatory cat called a lynx.

Snowshoe rabbits are nocturnal.

Jackrabbits, cottontail rabbits, and snowshoe rabbits are numerous.

Up north, varying hare hunting runs through March 15 and the daily limit is six.

In fall, the fur of the varying hare is shifting from brown to white, which makes him easy to see against the drab forest floor.

I have an excellent recipe for varying hare, and one of those animals has more meat than six woodcock.

The varying hare keeps running until it either eludes the dogs or falls to a hunter's gun.

When I penetrated dense stands of young evergreens, varying hare tracks were everywhere.

Late in the afternoon, I shot a snowshoe rabbit, or varying hare, that bounded through the woods before me.

In much of Maine, snowshoe rabbits (varying hare) and deer are the most important coyote prey.

When pursued by beagles, both cottontails and varying hares tend to run in circles.

Because its pelage turns white in winter, the varying hare is difficult to spot when snow is on the ground.

The varying hare is essentially white in winter and brown in summer, phenomena triggered by shorter or longer periods of daylight.

Menier's other successful introductions included moose, red fox, beaver and varying hare.

In most of that region, hunting for cottontails and varying hares, which began Oct. 1, extends through March 17.

During that fall hike, I had put up a ruffed grouse and had startled a varying hare from his hide.

Ruffed grouse, varying hare and cottontail rabbit hunting is still underway in New York state, however.

The Adirondacks have some of the highest varying hare densities - one animal per acre - in North America.

This was the final ignominy, because I cannot remember when I last missed a shot at the real thing, whether cottontail or varying hare.

Although I still enjoy hunting cottontails, I prefer to go after its much larger cousin, the varying hare.

There are three other varying hare seasons (in each the daily limit is two) and associated regions in the state: Dec. 12-Feb.

A full-grown snowshoe rabbit - varying hare -emerged, surveyed us and took a few hops in Steve's direction.

In the decades I have hunted varying hare, only once have I encountered someone who uses skis for this endeavor.

Because varying hare hunters often cannot move about without snowshoes, they have to work harder to harvest their quarry than do the devotees of the cottontail.

In Adirondack region of New York State, the varying hare season goes through March 17 and the daily bag limit is six.

The bear are hibernating and the deer, coyotes, bobcats, foxes and varying hares are most active during periods of very low light or at night.

Northern New York - wildlife management units 5, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27 and 28 - has the most liberal bag limit for varying hare, six a day.

In northern New York State, for example, the season for varying hares is Oct. 1-March 12, and the daily bag limit is six.