Blackpowder hare

[JamesT]

Spent the day hunting with my neighbor and his beagles in the short Pa season for snowshoe hare. The morning was slow, but picked up in the afternoon. The dogs finally struck scent, and the hare quickly took them 400 yards out. Then it was fun and games as the hare teased them out another 500 yards before heading back to his starting point. The dogs were sill over 100 yards out picking at the scent when I saw the hare trying to sneak by. 20 yards out the Pedersoli barked and I had my first hare, and with a blackpowder gun.View attachment 111860

Good job. Id see those this time of year hunting late season Grouse up in your neck of the woods.
James

 

[Sparkitoff]

Sounds like an enjoyable hunt!

 

[oldwood]

As a kid in the 1950's , we used to stay at a hunting camp in N. C. Pa. There was a hemlock pine woods up the hollow close to camp w/ laurel and a small stream running through it. Amazingly , there were snow shoe hares living there. They disappeared with the introduction of coyotes , bobcats , mountain lions , pine martins , and the many other predatory birds under govt. protection. The hairs were not particularly skittish. They could be easily discovered by a curious kid in winter , due to their white winter color. ...................oldwood

 

[hanshi]

In Maine the cottontail is protected but the snowshoe hare is fair game with no closed season, IIRC.

 

[3Setters]

BTW, is the DBL. an original?

Just a normal Pedersoli imported by Navy Arms. Nothing special, but shoots well and light to carry.

 

[Bigpete]

I would be interested to see how the soup goes. Some people think rabbit and hare are interchangeable, they are as different as chicken to beef though. We don't get those snowshoe hare type things here, just european hare but they're a deep red meat and for me too strong in game taste. My dog loves it though. If there is a way to do it I'd like to know though.

Our hares
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I'm guessing you're in Australia?