Mynewadventures t1_j8abe1a wrote on February 12, 2023 at 8:58 PM

They are there. They see you and make sure that you can't see them.

The cotton tails are in Southern NH, the hares are up North, and you need trained dogs to get any of them.

tmcuthbert t1_j8ac0ld wrote on February 12, 2023 at 9:03 PM

They don’t try very hard not to be seen in my neighborhood.

Mynewadventures t1_j8ac8fz wrote on February 12, 2023 at 9:04 PM

Ha ha, true. I'm talking about in the woods. But I am always amazed how many I see when I'm driving.

Mynewadventures t1_j8abm56 wrote on February 12, 2023 at 9:00 PM

If you want to hunt rabbit (and I suggest you do, it is a great day), make a friend with trained dogs up in the Northern counties.

ConnectionFluffy7297 OP t1_j8atigp wrote on February 12, 2023 at 11:08 PM

Then why aren't I flushing them constantly like grouse? I'm an extreme bushwhacker and I scare grouse all the time, probably see almost a hundred of them every year. The way I get them is to mark the exact spot where I saw them on GPS then quietly creep back the next day and shoot them with a .22 pistol before they see me.

justnocrazymaker t1_j8e6lde wrote on February 13, 2023 at 5:32 PM

Not a hunter but I’d wager that hares are different than grouse.

Mynewadventures t1_j8e71bv wrote on February 13, 2023 at 5:35 PM

Rabbits and hare hunker down and hide, usually in puckers and stands that you would find inaccessible.