Recently I was reminiscing with friends about when we were young and the "four seasons" were trout, grouse, deer and white rabbit. It seems that most of us from the north country had beagles or hounds ...

Did you know that New Hampshire beagle clubs are allowed to capture wild snowshoe hares for training hunting dogs? After capture, the hares are transported to unfamiliar terrain, kept in fenced-in ...

Mar. 19—A Massachusetts man has been charged with illegally buying snowshoe hares trapped live in Maine and selling them to beagle clubs in his home state to be used in field trials. Jon Rioux, 35, of ...

Did you know that New Hampshire beagle clubs are allowed to capture wild snowshoe hares for training hunting dogs? After capture, they are transported to unfamiliar terrain, kept in fenced-in ...

LONG POND – It was the coldest day of winter in 2018, but it was also the opening day of the five-day Pennsylvania snowshoe hare season. So even the single digits and wind chill could not dissuade our ...

Well, we made it through another round of holidays! Now, don't get me wrong. I love Christmas, the special time of year, giving and getting presents, and all of the wonderful food. (Yes, especially ...

Chasing rabbits and hares with beagles has a long and storied history in the Northeast. As with most outdoor activities, unless you have been exposed to them, you simply do not know what you are ...

Snowshoe hares are essential to many other species’ survival, including lynx, bobcat, and great horned owls. They also help with the development of the forest by what they eat. Because of this ...

A federal judge has sentenced a Massachusetts man to probation for running an illegal trapping operation that captured wild hares in Maine for the purpose of training dogs. Jon Rioux, 36, of Attleboro ...

This article, originally titled “The Black Hare of Halcott,” first ran in the October 1968 issue. “IF THE HOUNDS don’t bring that rabbit around soon, Dad, it will be too dark to shoot,” said my ...