Thread: Weird hare behaviour

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Originally Posted by Tahr

Yes, that's a dark side from our human perspective. Nature doing its brutal thing doesn't mean though we cant appreciate their beauty and uniqueness.

Nicely put

Years ago on a training run I just crested a rise to see a low flying hawk. Then I saw why, it was chasing a hare along the road not far in front of me. It had 2 failed goes at nabbing it. They both ran out of road as they hit the T intersection and the hare went straight ahead into the scrub and next thing a crash as the highly focussed hawk did the same. I got there just as the hawk was disentangling itself and exited stage right empty clawed.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

female in season....males all run after her,sometimes up to dozen of them,sooner or later she lets them catchup...or at least one of them.
saw hare at 20 yards in bush the other day...seen it there before too. maybe a female had run through where you were standing and this romeo was a bit late to party and you just happened to be in the way....you werent wearing lynx perchance???

This above is correct. Just in the last week I have seen hares laying run over, in one place two side by side. They are like rutting young stags without the roaring at this time of year.
I once shot nine randy bucks chasing a doe in season. The local record is thirteen

I like them, they seem intelligent at times and have a curious nature.
I stopped shooting them years ago after an incident that made me feel terrible. They do seem very prone to ticks , sometimes with hundreds of the horrible things all over them.

Unusual behaviour fairly common in the 'silly season' - mating! Bucks engage in all sorts of antics round the paddock.

Very common for hares to run up to spotlight too - happens all the time with us. We actually have a rule - if the bunny runs right up to you in the light, and you can reach down and pick him up, then we all wish him well and let him go. Catch and release!! Only two so far..

Originally Posted by Tahr

Exactly. They are my favourite animal and I very seldom shoot one. Strangely, I have the same affinity for Pukekos - they just make me smile.

We have a huge population up the road from my olds house on a techno unit. I feel the same way as you and will only shoot a couple every once and a while for a curry. The farmer couldn't care less about them, so always cool to see 20-30 in the evenings.

i once saw a hundred of the furry critters line up and walk backwards

guess it was a receding hare line

Originally Posted by gonetropo

i once saw a hundred of the furry critters line up and walk backwards

guess it was a receding hare line

Again groan....what a Dad joke!

Originally Posted by Finnwolf

Again groan....what a Dad joke!

i'm not a dad and never will be
children rank alongside dancing and vege as far as i am concerned.

Originally Posted by gonetropo

i'm not a dad and never will be
children rank alongside dancing and vege as far as i am concerned.

Well you sure as hell have the ‘gift of the dad’ when it comes to jokes!

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i met a useless magician, he couldnt even pull a rabbit out of a hat so he pulled a hare out of his bum

Last year we planted a bunch of steep gullies in pines, at the back of the farm. Naturally we began hare patrols. I managed to tip a mum and dad over at 200ish, so the wife wanted to go check them out. Mum was Very pregnant. So an autopsy was requested. a line of five baby hares were lined up in the conveyer belt of life. She unwrapped one "oh its sooooo cute" clears its mouth of mucus and gives a wee blow. Bugger me it pops to life and then stares at us accusingly.

Apparently they are the worlds worst parents. Just leave the elvers to their own devices for most of the day, and hope they can find them at the end of the day.

my best hare shot (and never to probably repeated) 983m.
dont know where i hit it as it kind of vapourised under the impact of a 140 gr nosler out the end of a 7mmRM