Hares

[micky 3,325]

While i was out this morning checking a few rabbit traps ,i saw the land owner out on her hoss with her dogs,one of the dogs put a hare upwhich ran towards me ,when it was about ten yards away it spotted me and took a sharp left straight over the canal which fozen over,i have bolted rabbits that have ran over a frozen pond ,but that had been frozen for weeks,the ice on the canal was more of an over night thing,the hare was not being chasedit went straight over as if it had been doing it for years.

[JPTfellterrier 65]

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[ianrob 2]

While i was out this morning checking a few rabbit traps ,i saw the land owner out on her hoss with her dogs,one of the dogs put a hare upwhich ran towards me ,when it was about ten yards away it spotted me and took a sharp left straight over the canal which fozen over,i have bolted rabbits that have ran over a frozen pond ,but that had been frozen for weeks,the ice on the canal was more of an over night thing,the hare was not being chasedit went straight over as if it had been doing it for years.

 

Aye strange right enough. Do you think it just looked like ground with it being frozen.

[micky 3,325]

While i was out this morning checking a few rabbit traps ,i saw the land owner out on her hoss with her dogs,one of the dogs put a hare upwhich ran towards me ,when it was about ten yards away it spotted me and took a sharp left straight over the canal which fozen over,i have bolted rabbits that have ran over a frozen pond ,but that had been frozen for weeks,the ice on the canal was more of an over night thing,the hare was not being chasedit went straight over as if it had been doing it for years.

 

Aye strange right enough. Do you think it just looked like ground with it being frozen.

No,just ice 1/2 inch thick and clean ,the ice is only here overnight as the canal has a lot of traffic on during the day and cannot form, The canal is part of the Foxton inclined plane and is higher than the surrounding land and freezes over very quickly,

[ianrob 2]

While i was out this morning checking a few rabbit traps ,i saw the land owner out on her hoss with her dogs,one of the dogs put a hare upwhich ran towards me ,when it was about ten yards away it spotted me and took a sharp left straight over the canal which fozen over,i have bolted rabbits that have ran over a frozen pond ,but that had been frozen for weeks,the ice on the canal was more of an over night thing,the hare was not being chasedit went straight over as if it had been doing it for years.

 

Aye strange right enough. Do you think it just looked like ground with it being frozen.

No,just ice 1/2 inch thick and clean ,the ice is only here overnight as the canal has a lot of traffic on during the day and cannot form, The canal is part of the Foxton inclined plane and is higher than the surrounding land and freezes over very quickly,

 

They can be odd little little souls hares, I used to shoot loads of them, but now I only take an odd one to eat. Lovely animals.

[StephOC 6]

My foolish springer spaniel chased a rabbit onto a frozen loch last weekend - rabbit ran over the ice ok, dog got so far and went threw... Very funny, and there was a fallen tree just near to him so he clambered out ok, still very happy with himself

[Guest Rod&dog]

The hare probbally did not want to end up in the same state as you!!

Edited January 3, 2009 by Rod&dog

[mossyh07 64]

The play where i hunt hares is divided up the middle by canals... If u put pressure on them they will cross the canal no problem and this is when it isnt frozen! In my experience hares will never go to a gap or canal unless the are completely confident so they must not mind the water..