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Thread: White jackrabbits
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03-05-2011, 06:20 PM #1
White jackrabbits
Has anyone on here ever seen white jackrabbits in northern Utah ? I was hunting today and I saw 6 of these rabbits in the snow in sage brush flats.
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03-05-2011 06:20 PM # ADS
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03-05-2011, 11:25 PM #2
are there snowshoe hares in northern utah?
But if I agreed with you, we would both be wrong.
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03-06-2011, 05:48 AM #3
Yes there are snowshoes, likely what was spotted.
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03-06-2011, 01:38 PM #4
I did some research and found that the rabbits that I was seeing were white tailed jackrabbits. Their coat turns white in the winter and these rabbits are quite large in comparison to the snowshoe hare. In fact I saw that they are the largest rabbit species in Utah.
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03-06-2011, 07:01 PM #5
As jackrabbits aren't actually rabbits, but hares, like the snowshoe, their coats do turn white in the winter. When I went up to Bear Lake in January for the Cisco run, there were several dead on the road.
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03-28-2011, 02:38 PM #6
I see the white jackrabbits in my yard at about 7300' elevation. When I drive down into Heber Valley at approx. 5900' I often see white snowshoe hares. Considering they both turn brown in the summer, it can be quite confusing.
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