Snowshoe hare?

[finsfurfeathers]

I have never had a bad tasting snowshoe, people just don't know how to cook them. The flesh of a hare is tougher then a cotton tail and thats why cotton tail taste better. That said, Hares should not be cook the same as a cotton tail theyshould be slow cooked to tenderize it or done cacciatori in wine. some times i even boil it first for two hours then slow cook it. Hope this helps in cooking wise. As for how south to find would be outskirts of Orangeville, Shelburn, grey county, dufferin county, Simcoe county and anything north of that. But populations vary more North more rabbits, look for the right habitat and you will find them. Now is the time look for there tracks to locate them Good luck

Diet of the bunny dictates the flavour. If you got to boil something for 2 hours before cooking it or simmer it in wine and tomato sauce would not be my preferred quarry. hard to beat a clover and crop feed cottontail to a cedar swamp hare.

[dannyboy]

Yes thanks for the info , my assumptions where right. Pretty much gotta go up luther marsh way. I did that last weekend but the weather was not the best so i left early. i did see lots of sign though. Yes i do like cottontail meat better then snowshoe just wanted to try something different. Always had good memories hunting the hares and once i find a good spot would like to take my pa with me to repay him for all the times he took me out with his club. Maybe the snowshoe hares are moving farhter north because we dont get the snow we used to get, and F*&#2g coyotes.lol

[rf2]

That's an interesting and plausible theory. Have you ever hunted varying hare when they have changed to white, but there is no snow on the ground? It's so easy that it barely feels like hunting.