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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		Snowshoe Hare Hunting Might Be More Fun Than You Think
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:04:08
	Publish Date:		2019-02-04 05:00:00
	Description:		Snowshoe hare hunting may not be the most popular sport, but it can result in some fun, friendship, and food as the Masked Biologist tells us in this week’s Wildlife Matters . My older brother came to the Northwoods for a grouse hunt immediately prior to the end of this year’s shortened season. He wasn’t in my area, he was staying at a cabin with a group of guys and spending the weekend doing what guys do at a cabin for a weekend. He later reported that, while the grouse hunting was poor, the snowshoe hare hunting was excellent. He was the only member of his group to shoot any, but he bagged five in one day. Snowshoe hares are Wisconsin’s largest member of the lagomorph family, which includes any rabbits and hares. They are far larger than cottontails, growing up to twenty inches long and weighing 3-4 pounds. It has also historically been referred to as the varying hare for its color variations, from a brownish color in the summer to a bright white in the winter. The word “snowshoe” in
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