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Is there any members on this board that hunt Snowshoe Hare, here in WV?

I hunt them about 1 time a week. Its been good this year sofar.

I hunt hares here in WV probably more than cottontails. Good chases and no briars. I also go to New Hampshire once or twice a year to run hares.

I like to go once in a while.

I went up to WV three or four years ago for a two day hunt. We had been to Drummond Island a few weeks before and wanted to chase a few more. We stayed in Davis and hunted in Canaan Valley the first day. The second day, we hunted on Dolly Sods. We ran one hare each day. It's my understanding that the hare are in pockets here and there and it would take some scouting to find them or you would have to have a connection with a local hunter that knew where to find them. I would like to try it again sometime, but would have to have more info on where to hunt.

Across the top of Dolly Sods is a great place to hunt hare! If you get into the laurel thickets, they generally always hold a hare or two.

It looked like good hare habitat. I'll probably try it again sometime. The weekend we were there was the opening of dog training season for bear. It was pretty neat seeing all those bear hounds. We actually had a pack of big hounds run through the area were hunting. We talked to group of bear hunters and they said there were some hare in the area. From what they said, Dolly Sods gets inaccessible after the snow falls.

coldfork wrote:I went up to WV three or four years ago for a two day hunt. We had been to Drummond Island a few weeks before and wanted to chase a few more. We stayed in Davis and hunted in Canaan Valley the first day. The second day, we hunted on Dolly Sods. We ran one hare each day. It's my understanding that the hare are in pockets here and there and it would take some scouting to find them or you would have to have a connection with a local hunter that knew where to find them. I would like to try it again sometime, but would have to have more info on where to hunt.

I keep telling myself im going to go but i don't have a clue as to where to go, what to look for, my time would be limited to just 1 or 2 days.. and would hate to travel that far and not do any good. any more info as where to go and what to look for would be great..
i know alot of people don't want give out info on there hot spots but im only going to hunt 1 or 2 days a year just for fun and you don't have to post it on here you can PM me a little info or if you would your phone # so i could call
Thanks Roger Ooten

My buddy lives in Petersburg, and his son runs bear hounds up on the Sods. I know he wasn't allowed to go up there after a certain date for a few years. Seems he got pops truck stuck for a week or so.

I have never been up there, but hear it's a rough place.