Where Are They.

[bendrover 556]

aye pal . went out last night local . place had 3s n 4s nearly every field . I walked it 2 weeks ago . never got a run

[fazza123 517]

Have you tried the elusive fen squirrel snoop, much preferred this time of year

[moonlighter 1,165]

It's the same near me. They seem to lay up in the dykes now, and not just in seats in the field. This is where you need a good bushing dog.

[DEERMAN 1,020]

don't know if their being shot in numbers to stop the coursing boys but not seeing many this season on the ground where last year there was a few about ,who knows

[Bosun11 537]

 

I see loads round my bit when am out on the lamp

my keeper so 42 in one field on the lamp.i walked it two days later and got one retrieve.

They are there.but where is the question.

 

I know a place with a similar picture Snoop, drive through at night and we'll stop counting as there are too many either side of the vehicle, walk it by day and you'd be doing well if you seen one or two!

What i've noticed over the past few years, this year especially, is how much hares are sitting in woodland by day, rather than out in open ground. In areas that always had them well out all day, I now watch 'em start moving by dusk, out from heavy covered woodland, sometimes over two or more fields, to get to night feeding specks.

My theory is, as the hare is native and as we once were a heavily forested isle and the brown hare was a forest dweller. The clearing of the forest and new farming brought the hare onto open ground, were, with its speed coped very well over the past few hundred years. Now with constant persecution and disturbance in some areas, they are simply going back to their woodland roots...

[Saluki246 1,053]

 

 

I see loads round my bit when am out on the lamp

my keeper so 42 in one field on the lamp.i walked it two days later and got one retrieve.

They are there.but where is the question.

 

I know a place with a similar picture Snoop, drive through at night and we'll stop counting as there are too many either side of the vehicle, walk it by day and you'd be doing well if you seen one or two!

What i've noticed over the past few years, this year especially, is how much hares are sitting in woodland by day, rather than out in open ground. In areas that always had them well out all day, I now watch 'em start moving by dusk, out from heavy covered woodland, sometimes over two or more fields, to get to night feeding specks.

My theory is, as the hare is native and as we once were a heavily forested isle and the brown hare was a forest dweller. The clearing of the forest and new farming brought the hare onto open ground, were, with its speed coped very well over the past few hundred years. Now with constant persecution in some areas, they are simply going back to their woodland roots...

 

 

Same here in ireland, in a lot of areas where their is forrestry, hares will be in it and to get a day time course on one can be hard got. At night, they come out and you can see a good few about.

[DEERMAN 1,020]

 

 

I see loads round my bit when am out on the lamp

my keeper so 42 in one field on the lamp.i walked it two days later and got one retrieve.

They are there.but where is the question.

 

I know a place with a similar picture Snoop, drive through at night and we'll stop counting as there are too many either side of the vehicle, walk it by day and you'd be doing well if you seen one or two!

What i've noticed over the past few years, this year especially, is how much hares are sitting in woodland by day, rather than out in open ground. In areas that always had them well out all day, I now watch 'em start moving by dusk, out from heavy covered woodland, sometimes over two or more fields, to get to night feeding specks.

My theory is, as the hare is native and as we once were a heavily forested isle and the brown hare was a forest dweller. The clearing of the forest and new farming brought the hare onto open ground, were, with its speed coped very well over the past few hundred years. Now with constant persecution and disturbance in some areas, they are simply going back to their woodland roots...

 

maybe lol

[toby1066 413]

 

My theory is, as the hare is native and as we once were a heavily forested isle and the brown hare was a forest dweller. The clearing of the forest and new farming brought the hare onto open ground, were, with its speed coped very well over the past few hundred years. Now with constant persecution and disturbance in some areas, they are simply going back to their woodland roots...

 

good theory makes a lot of sense we beat some woods a few week ago and there was lots came out only a couple sitting in the field makes sense if cold windy wet hares are not gonna lie out in the open if they don't have to

[Phil Lloyd 10,739]

 

I know a place with a similar picture Snoop, drive through at night and we'll stop counting as there are too many either side of the vehicle, walk it by day and you'd be doing well if you seen one or two!

What i've noticed over the past few years, this year especially, is how much hares are sitting in woodland by day, rather than out in open ground. In areas that always had them well out all day, I now watch 'em start moving by dusk, out from heavy covered woodland, sometimes over two or more fields, to get to night feeding specks.

My theory is, as the hare is native and as we once were a heavily forested isle and the brown hare was a forest dweller. The clearing of the forest and new farming brought the hare onto open ground, were, with its speed coped very well over the past few hundred years. Now with constant persecution and disturbance in some areas, they are simply going back to their woodland roots...

 

 

Don't think you are too far out there Bosun...

 

Edited December 6, 2013 by Phil Lloyd

[Giro 2,648]

Its been that way up here, since I have owned my own dogs...

 

 

Seeing double figures at night and walking in the day time, your lucky to lift one..

 

 

 

They seem to be in decent numbers at night.. Maybe see more in the daytime, when they are pairing up..

[snoopdog 1,256]

bosun you could be right ..if they are getting disturbed frequently they might just stay in the woods ..another theory is. there is still plenty to eat in the dyke sides hedgerows woods ect ect

why come out on to open land if there is? its been very mild for the time of year and we haven't had any hard frost so like I say still plenty to eat..mmmmm

we will see what happens we are due some cold weather lets see if things change...

[running addiction 207]

Same round by me plenty night time during the day struggling to find one

[desertbred 5,490]

We were out Sunday around the West Midlands , usually a few about not big numbers but enough for a bit of sport. We were out for 8 hours and covered a fair bit of land putting 200 miles on the clock for the round trip we saw 2 of the long eared variety , some fields plough stubble, seed even one or two recently cut as well as beet fiels but nothing we did see Buzzards sitting in the fields and the hedges these must have accounted for a fair few leverets that was our conclusion . Certainly the land we are visiting numbers are well down at the minute on last year

[toby1066 413]

needing a cull on buzzards never mind badgers

[snoopdog 1,256]

well everybody seems to be saying the same thing. they are (THERE) just not through the day. which in its self is good news ..im putting it down to the weather (mild) still plenty off

food in the cover. and machinery on the land.