?How to catch hares in northern winter?
Hare is a warm-blooded animal, so it does not need to hibernate. When hares come out to look for food, it is the best time to catch them. So how to catch hares? Here is an introduction to how to catch hares in winter, take a look.
How to catch hares in northern winter: Select a hunting area
According to the living habits and activity patterns of hares, the local climate conditions at the time, the depletion of water sources, and the hunter’s previous hunting experience, accurately select Determine the hunting ground.
Observe whether the rabbit's footprints are dense, whether the footprints and feces are fresh, etc.
If the rabbit tracks are dense and there are many new ones, the main track is trampled to expose new soil, or the snow tracks are dense and new, and the hunter enters the hunting ground to search, he will soon startle the hare, then, There are many rabbits in this hunting ground and hunting should be well organized.
If there are few rabbit traces in the hunting ground, or there are many old rabbit traces and few new rabbit traces, or even no new rabbit traces can be seen. Or if there is a lot of old manure and less new manure, then there are not many hares in this hunting ground, and there is no point in hunting.
How to catch hares in northern winter: Search for hares
Hunters must be familiar with the traces of hares, and they can find rabbits based on the traces.
In order to hide its tracks, the hare often jumps high or sideways, walks out in many circles or double tracks, or runs back and forth several times on its track, forming a confusing trail of back and forth tracks. Then he walked quietly to the hiding place without leaving any trace. Either jump to the side to form a broken trail and hide on the spot, or walk for a while on grassland with little or no snow to hide its traces.
Hunters should stay away from the rabbit trail to avoid disturbing the trail and interrupting the trail. When a hunter encounters a double or triple trail, he should not rush away. He should look first before walking away. At the point where the trail breaks, he should follow the trail and observe carefully. He can often shoot the hare that is hiding in ambush. This is called lying down. . Snowshoe hares and grass hares often bring hunters as close as one to twenty meters in winter before they suddenly jump out of their hiding places and escape. This is a good opportunity for hunters to hunt with dogs.
When tracking a rabbit that has been spooked, it is best for one hunter to hide in the place where the rabbit was spooked, and the other hunter to follow the rabbit, chasing and hitting at the same time. If he is not hit in the middle, then, The hunter in ambush will soon be able to shoot the rabbit that ran back to the original place.
How to catch hares in northern winter: Rabbits lying on the ground
Changes in hare habitats are closely related to seasons, climate and human interference.
1. When autumn comes, the weather turns cold, trees fall, and grasses wither. At this time, hares are still hiding in the bushes and other places where they live.
In the early morning wind and white snow, the hares are hiding on the warm and leeward sunny slopes. Most of the sunny slopes are gentle hillsides with ravines and ravines, and there are often some weeds for rabbits to live in.
3. Rabbits that live in river valleys and grassy beaches often hide in the "Gela Land" or dry river beaches with more pebbles.
4. Rabbits that live close to farmland often hide in winter wheat fields, plow the fields in autumn, and under rice field ridges.
5 In spring, when the weather gets warmer, hares have shed their winter fur. Rabbits living in mountains usually hide in cool shady slopes or in the shade of ditches on sunny slopes. .
6. The hares living near the river beach usually live in the shade of the trees in the slightly humid but ventilated and cool areas of the river beach.
7. Females of foxes, rabbits and other animals especially need water during lactation. During the dry season in spring, waterfront areas have important conditions for hare life. In areas with water and good hiding conditions, there are often many rabbits.
How to catch hares in the northern winter: self-hunting equipment
1 lasso hunting rabbits is both simple and effective. A hunter can set about 200 lassoes at a time, and the hunting results are quite good. good. From the beginning of snowfall until the snow melts and freezes in spring, it is the best time to hunt rabbits with a lasso. The noose should be placed on the main path where rabbits pass and on the runway where rabbits pass in the forest. It must be chosen where the hare runs fast. When setting a trap, do not disturb the rabbit's trail, and hunters should walk on the side of the rabbit trail.
The lasso is vertically supported on the rabbit path. For rabbits weighing 2-3 kg (such as grass rabbits), the lower part of the lasso is about 10 cm from the ground (or snow surface), and the diameter of the lasso is 13-15 cm. For rabbits weighing about 4 kg (such as snow rabbits), the lasso The lower part is about 12-15 cm from the ground (or snow surface), and the diameter of the lasso is 15-20 cm. The iron wire used must also be free of rust and oil stains.
When hunting rabbits with a lasso, as long as the hare gets into the lasso, it will be strangled to death. Hunters should check and harvest frequently to avoid being eaten by other birds and animals.
2. When using a trap to hunt rabbits, it should be set up where the rabbit is walking slowly. It can be set up on the path where the rabbit is walking slowly, or it can be set up in the rabbit's feeding ground. The lasso will not work. Where, the effect of using a step clamp is good. When using a trap to hunt rabbits, hunters cannot step on the traces on the animal trails.
How to catch hares in northern winter, the above is summarized for your reference.
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