New York Sportsmen
Hunting- In The New York Area => New York Small Game Hunting => Topic started by: gdk45 on June 07, 2022, 08:11:42 AM
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Was hiking with the wife and our dog on the Ashokan rail trail yesterday. Dog was very interested in a scent on the trail so we started looking into the woods and saw three large rabbits chasing which were much too large to be cottontails. Looked like a hot doe and two bucks chasing. Are there snowshoes around the reservoir?
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Wouldn't be surprised. Hunted them year back in Liberty.
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There is another rabbit that we used to see sometimes ...
We always called them woods rabbits ...they are a brown rabbit about twice the size of a cottontail ..
But not a snowshoe hare ...
Years ago there were a reported few , European hares as well , I always heard of some on the east side of Hudson River ...around dutchess county area ..but never saw one ..
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I remember the European Hares Muskrat they were stocked years ago bye the federation instead of snow shoes we hunted them in trails end along with snow shoes
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The few snowshoe hares I have seen in the Catskills have all been above 3500' in elevation. It's certainly possible they are lower down as well.
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I see snow shoes in the gunks never down low though.