Thanks everyone for their replies. Ive been camping so I havnt been on here for a while. The land in alberta is really varied not like New Hampshire's woods at all(if that's what you were refering to as NH), I would be hunting mostly foothills, wide open with occasional aspen woodlands. The hares in Alberta are not considered a game species and there are no regulations on the harvest or the methods you choose to use as far as I know (Im still looking into this). I am well aware of the farmers attitudes towards dogs here as well, Ive found most are pretty suportive of hunting as long as a certa