New york snowshoe hare

These hunters MUST posses basic hunting safety knowledge, be licensed if applicable by law, and be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Only one free young hunter per paid adult. Free young hunters do not count in total number of hunters for group rates or discounts.

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Gear to Bring: Orange cap or vest, compass, hunting knife, waterproof outerwear, waterproof boots - all according to season. Anytime after December 1 snowshoes may be necessary. Shotgun -. Click here for more of our rabbit hunting and beagle photos. Click here to watch some video clips of our hounds in action! Click here to read some of our published rabbit hunting and Beagle training related articles.

The beautiful music of the pounding Beagles pierced through the cold winter air like an orchestra. I could hear the dogs getting closer and feel the excitement building. The bawls were so loud now that I forgot about the woodpecker and red squirrel I had been admiring only moments before. My eyes were glued in the direction of the beagle pack, straining to pick up any movement of the oncoming hare. Like a ghost, a silent white form appeared from beneath the low-hanging limbs of a hemlock. When I moved to shoulder my scattergun, the hare bolted.

I left the hare setting in his last footprint until the bellowing Beagles unraveled his erratic back trail and arrived on the scene, tails wagging, frantically looking for another track. Hunting the hare, or what's better known as the "snowshoe" is a winter tradition up north. Throughout most of northern New England the word snowshoe means rabbit hunting and outdoor fun. Listening to the dogs bark and getting closer and closer gets your heart racing faster and faster. Its nothing like cotton tail hunting but it has that same hunting club feeling when you get a group of guys together for the hunt.

Season runs from late December right through Mid March. Call or e-mail to get a price on a hunt that will fit your needs. Snowshoe Hares are found in conifer and mixed wood forests with abundant understories.

The hare's habitat preferences reflect two factors: predation risks and browse needs. The presence of cover is the main determinant of habitat quality and appears to be more important in the Snowshoe's choice of habitat than food availability. Snowshoe Hares prefer relatively young forests, which tend to have abundant understories. They generally avoid non-forested areas and more mature forests that have little undergrowth. Snowshoe Hares are not commonly seen for much of the year, due to their largely nocturnal habits and preference for dense forest cover.

The most likely time to see them is in the spring, when they venture into open areas to forage on dense spring growth. Also, the patchy remnants of their white winter coat make them more easily seen at this time. You might catch a glimpse of them on grassy trails or in grassy open areas, where they tend to stay fairly close to the woodland edges.

The best time to see them is early in the morning or towards evening. New York Furbearer Update. Fall Retrieved 9 November Snowshoe Hare Hunting Opportunities. Retrieved 16 November Varying Hare Hunting Seasons. State University of New York. College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Snowshoe Hare. Retrieved 29 March United States Environmental Protection Agency. Wildlife Exposure Factors Handbook.

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New York Natural Heritage Program. Ecological Communities of New York State. Second Edition March , p. Retrieved 17 October Adirondack Park Sightings. Retrieved 18 April Alexander C. Martin, Herbert S. Zim, and Arnold L. John Eastman. James M. Adirondack Wildlife. Donald W. Stokes and Lillian Q.

Robert Hall and Keith R. William Henry Burt. Snowshoe hare have shown a long-term population decline in NY, and are in need of assessment as a key habitat factor driving fisher populations especially in the northern zone. Reduced snowshoe hare populations and range contraction are expected to have direct, deleterious implications for fisher populations in the Adirondack Region.