hare population

hunterpajero

are ye seeing or meeting many hares in yer travels lads?

jap gt

great increase in the numbers around here recently, glad to see them, local farmer gave all the dog men after them the run last year

hunterpajero

ya seems to a few more than other years around this year especially where we concentrated on fox control over the last twelve months,seems to be working

daithi55

have seen feck all myself

German pointer

Falling over them most days I go out

Dalken

Feck all around my way (Laois/Offaly) in recent times, but I heard there was a right few in Edenderry last Sunday, maybe that's where they've all gone? ??

charlie10

i have met a pile of hares out lamping foxs and also most sundays while hunting the snipe .i love to see young hares !

Kells1

Its alive with hares in my area and has been for the past few years and thers very little or no vermin control

dodderangler

I've been lookin around for hares myself for the hawk to hunt
On my permissions they are very scarce

underthetumb

Loads on my permissions as well, there has been the last four or five years. No rabbits though is there a link.

Eddie B

Dalken wrote: »

Feck all around my way (Laois/Offaly) in recent times, but I heard there was a right few in Edenderry last Sunday, maybe that's where they've all gone? ??

Plenty of Hares in the midlands, especially in Laoise/Offaly!!

4200fps

You could shake hands with them around here. Every few fields theres one of more. I notice them out lamping.Its good to see them around

Stevegeraghty

Seen a couple, havnt seen them around in years

JD Green

Plenty of them in the uncles but my dog doesn't have a hope on one during the day I wouldn't lamp them either cause the worst dog going would catch most of them.

Do many on here go after them?

dodderangler

Is it not illegal to lamp hares?

ronn

I Seen one this morning, He was that big i thought it was a deer from a distance, He was bigger than my springer, He could barely run he was that fat,

Im still shocked at the size of it,

His arse was bigger than mine:D

JD Green

dodderangler wrote: »

Is it not illegal to lamp hares?

Not sure but it certainly should be.

ronn wrote: »

I Seen one this morning, He was that big i thought it was a deer from a distance, He was bigger than my springer, He could barely run he was that fat,

Im still shocked at the size of it,

His arse was bigger than mine:D

A hare that couldn't run :rolleyes: I've heard it all now

Dalken

ronn wrote: »

I Seen one this morning, He was that big i thought it was a deer from a distance, He was bigger than my springer, He could barely run he was that fat,

Im still shocked at the size of it,

His arse was bigger than mine:D

U sure it wasn't a kangaroo?

hunterpajero

met three hares yesterday myself while out for a shot,the local coursing club caught some a fortnight ago in the same place so its good to see them back,plus they will release back in some what they took out of it