Hares In The Morning

[PoshPikey 560]

Genuine question so don't bother coming out all guns blazing:

 

Given that hares are generally nocturnal and crepuscular and that in the past they were run during normal daylight hours rather than early doors - do you think they run as well? Do you think that more people are able to do big numbers because of the time of day - maybe the hares are cold first thing, maybe they graze during the day, maybe they have less energy first thing?

 

or are they performing just as well?

 

or are dogs improving?

 

or something else like my imagination?

[iceman001979 1,316]

Hares move and feed at night.

Hide and rest during day.

[shaaark 10,694]

Seen more hares escape capture at night than the day

[lurcher2020 285]

Hares dont run flat out at night where they do in daylight making them easier on the lamp

[iceman001979 1,316]

Maybe because it got off a beam.

Hares are nothing at night to the animal they are during the day.

[shaaark 10,694]

Hares dont run flat out at night where they do in daylight making them easier on the lamp

Don't agree with that at all. I've owned and seen some very fast dogs over the years that I was sure they were about to pick up some hares, only to see these same hares pull away, on the lamp!

[shaaark 10,694]

Lol, I can see where this thread is going. Life's too short

[tb25 4,627]

Hares dont run flat out at night where they do in daylight making them easier on the lamp

i would think with a dog up there arse there gonna run ,and run hard no mater if its day or night..

[slipper 116]

Seen them just run around in circles at night, hardly a test for a dog, just my experience

[s.e.s.k.u 1,893]

Lol...here we go. ..

[PoshPikey 560]

No no no no no - i am not asking if lamping is easier than daytime - i am asking if first thing in the morning is easier than lunchtime.

[buster gonads 862]

Hares move and feed at night.

Hide and rest during day.

I agree, but if you work the land in a tractor as i do now and again you,ll see Hares feeding and moving about normally, a human walking the land is a different matter though, and as iceman says they get out of the way and layup.

I always seemed to catch more at dusk than at first light, read into that what you will as i didnt notice Hares being any less inclined to run my dog ragged at dusk.

[Tiercel 6,986]

I am no expert on hares, but with rabbits they are easier in the morning after a nights feeding. So I would imagine a hare would be the same. No animal can run at it's best with full belly.

 

TC

[nans pat 2,575]

you get a kick up later in the day..first light there still on the move not settled right imo

[PoshPikey 560]

now we are on track