snowshoe hare feet

Does anyone know a good online source?

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rw wrote:
Does anyone know a good online source?

There used to be a place in Riverton Wyoming that
sold anything and everything with fur on it.
Can't remember the name. Maybe they're still there.

I don't get much time to hunt snowshoe rabbits anymore.
But I once did a lot of it........one of my favorite winter passtimes.
I'd hunt alone, on showshoes myself, with a 22 rifle.
It's best to go at dawn, right after fresh but light snow, and then
to head straight up to thick spruce forest at high altitude.

Any tracks you see will be fresh, if is snowed lightly last night.
You notice the tracks, scare them back into where ever they hide,
and then pretend to dissapear. Next thing you know, maybe
ten minutes later...........there they are, and ping. You have one.

Unlike jack rabbits snow shoe rabbits taste just
fine. Like great big cottontails. And you get lots of good dubbing.
And you get to spend all day long in steep, deep dark timber,
where nobody ever goes.

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rw wrote:

Does anyone know a good online source?


There used to be a place in Riverton Wyoming that
sold anything and everything with fur on it.
Can't remember the name. Maybe they're still there.

I don't get much time to hunt snowshoe rabbits anymore.
But I once did a lot of it........one of my favorite winter passtimes.
I'd hunt alone, on showshoes myself, with a 22 rifle.
It's best to go at dawn, right after fresh but light snow, and then
to head straight up to thick spruce forest at high altitude.

Any tracks you see will be fresh, if is snowed lightly last night.
You notice the tracks, scare them back into where ever they hide,
and then pretend to dissapear. Next thing you know, maybe
ten minutes later...........there they are, and ping. You have one.

Unlike jack rabbits snow shoe rabbits taste just
fine. Like great big cottontails. And you get lots of good dubbing.
And you get to spend all day long in steep, deep dark timber,
where nobody ever goes.

I see their tracks when I'm XC skiing, but I can't wait until winter,
and the smallest caliber rifle I have is a .30-06.

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rw wrote:
I see their tracks when I'm XC skiing, but I can't wait until winter,
and the smallest caliber rifle I have is a .30-06.


You'd probably be able to find the feet eventually (G). bruce h

rw wrote:
Does anyone know a good online source?

The response has been underwhelming. Where do you Usual enthusiasts get
your feet?

I found this site:

http://haresfeet.50megs.com/

The guy seems to run it as a hobby. It doesn't have any of the normal
eCommerce stuff. I've emailed him, and if I get some feet I'll let ROFF
know how it went.

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The response has been underwhelming. Where do you Usual enthusiasts get
your feet?

Local flyshop. Haven't seen many that don't stock bunny feet. I usually
have a white or cream, and a darker dun pair.

As a tip, if you pop a screwdriver between the toes, you can break the
bones and spread them out, making the foot look talon-like, and providing
great access to every hair.

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The response has been underwhelming. Where do you Usual enthusiasts get
your feet?


Local flyshop. Haven't seen many that don't stock bunny feet. I usually
have a white or cream, and a darker dun pair.

My local flyshop is sixty miles away, and they don't have snowshoe hare
feet.

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Scott Seidman wrote:
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The response has been underwhelming. Where do you Usual enthusiasts
get your feet?


Local flyshop. Haven't seen many that don't stock bunny feet. I
usually have a white or cream, and a darker dun pair.

My local flyshop is sixty miles away, and they don't have snowshoe
hare feet.


My buddy Andy Cooper (some have met him at one of the Penn's Claves) seems
to be in the biz these days. His page is "theflybench.com", and browse
through his product list. The bunny feet are code TFB00043. I'd go for
the Natural and the Light Dun.

Don't know much about this eshop aspect of Andy, but he's a reliable guy.
One of the best tiers I know. If he sells it, he uses it.

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Scott Seidman wrote:
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The response has been underwhelming. Where do you Usual enthusiasts
get your feet?


Local flyshop. Haven't seen many that don't stock bunny feet. I
usually have a white or cream, and a darker dun pair.

My local flyshop is sixty miles away, and they don't have snowshoe
hare feet.


My buddy Andy Cooper (some have met him at one of the Penn's Claves)
seems to be in the biz these days. His page is "theflybench.com", and
browse through his product list. The bunny feet are code TFB00043.
I'd go for the Natural and the Light Dun.

Don't know much about this eshop aspect of Andy, but he's a reliable
guy. One of the best tiers I know. If he sells it, he uses it.



This got me going through Andy's web page. Check out
http://www.theflybench.com/contribut...keMcNulty1.htm

If Peter is watching, that pig is from the Oatka Trail section. It could
have eaten the 18" fish you're stalking!

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rw,
Try www.blueribbonflies.com
they should have you covered.


Walt carries some colors at www.ezflyfish.com as well....

I tend to get them from English Angling Trappings, but
they seem to be in some sort of transitional state at the moment.......
hth, Tom