Meat
Snowshoe Hare
B tier
Snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus) of North American boreal forests are smaller cyclic game animals that turn white in winter, famous for lynx-prey population cycles. Hunters take them for lean, mild-to-medium game meat. Traditional northern cookery fries, stews, and pot-roasts snowshoe hare. Flavour is lighter than European brown hare when young; still leaner than rabbit fryers. Watch bones and shot in wild whole animals.
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FriedPot RoastedStewedWhole Wild
Traits
Boreal North AmericaCyclic PopulationsLeanMild-Medium GameMilder Than Brown HareNorthernSmallWinter White
History
CA
Indigenous northern peoples relied on snowshoe hares as accessible protein.
CA
Fur-trade diets frequently included snowshoe hare.
US
Sport trapping and hunting continued in northern states and Canada.
US
Survivalist and locavore hunters kept snowshoe hare on seasonal menus.