You Learn Something New Every Day.....

[J Darcy 5,871]

Hares. Fascinating little beauties ain't they?

 

If anyone has seen my books then they'll realise I spend ALOT of time watching them and, I am very lucky to have witnessed some amazing behaviour, stuff that I have never, ever read about and I've been lucky to have got photographs of said behaviour too. But that's for another project. Anyways, I have never heard of a hare using the same seat two days running, I had always presumed that they make a fresh seat every day.

Anyways.......Yesterday and I'm doing a bit of rooting about, manages to stumble into a hare in her seat, real close, about 7 yards away I was. rattled a couple of shots off of her and doffed me hat. As it happens those shots were a bit over-exposed....what with me being thick an all..... But I managed to 'salvage' a couple. Not to worry. Then today I had another root about, took a few pics of stock doves, lapwings sat on the nest, you know, usual stuff and I decided to go and see what the hares had been up to. Well, low and behold if she isn't in the same seat as yesterday??? I thought I must be mistaken, but when I've compared pics theres a few similaritys, and it's definitely the same seat. I've circled two on the copped in versions here.....

So, I'm still learning...... Got real close to another two hares as well, was averaging about 8 yards, but the best composed one i wanted ran away before I could get the shot I was after. Such is life....JD

 

(Here's a couple of pics...... don't think the exif data will work, if it does it might just say the same date, but ignore that. )

[templeking 775]

top class as allways with them great photos,had a walk out yesterday with my 7mth pup local an seen 5 in one field ,great to see them doing well,hope we have a good dry year an they breed well.atb t.k.

[Tiercel 6,986]

Very intresting, do you think that she may have young in that area hence using the same base so to speak? As opposed to a more nomadic life in the winter where the weather and feed may dictate where she goes the next day?

 

TC

[forest of dean redneck 11,543]

Like the look of its eye.you putting the dove ones up? Not seen any for awhile.

[TOMO 26,067]

Funny that,,,it was always my belief that they use the same seat regular,,I have put hares out of the exact same seat many times....and always assumed it was the same hare,,,as the useless dogs I owned back in the day couldn't catch them....

[courseadog 231]

looks the same I would say good pics as always

[nighteyes 275]

same always thought they use the same seat regular , thanks for sharing

[socks 32,253]

I was told as a kid by my grandfather that hares used the same seat and once you found one you could snare one easily .........

[Guest vin]

Maybe they share seats... I know plenty of places where I can see a hare in the same place without fail. If its the same hare every time ?...No idea.

[TOMO 26,067]

It's defiantly the same seat in the two pics,,,,, there's a J and D in the same spot

[long dog 125]

if they don't get bothered they do use the same seats .

ATB long dog

[thefensarefarbutistillgo 2,482]

Can't see them making a fresh seat everyday because places where there is plenty of hares there would literally be 100's and 100's of seats if that was the case, if there was 10 hares on a peice of land that would mean 70 seats made a week, they must use the same seat quiet regular I would of thought

[craigluckyjihad 244]

I agree fensfar. There's land near me with literally 100s hares on and not big land. So winter time there would be 100s of seats. But there isn't

[morton 5,368]

If I put an Hare out of its seat and missed it,as I and the mutts were want to do,id guarantee id find it there again,id enter land and walk to areas with known seats to give the dogs a gallop,creatures of habit is old long ears.

[slip lead 862]

Forms are used all season if left alone but they will have and use more than 1

I've caught hare's and put others up from the same form but I have also seen old forms within yards of a new one being used.