I Agreed to Hunt Snowshoe Hares — and Regretted It Almost Instantly

I Agreed to Hunt Snowshoe Hares — and Regretted It Almost Instantly

This story, “Snowshoe Runaround,” appeared in the December 1962 issue of Outdoor Life. I stood at the edge of a snow-choked evergreen swamp, slowly congealing and thinking moodily how much white-rabbit hunting has in common with ice fishing, another glacial activity in which I find myself involved each winter. In one of these undertakings, I reflected, you stand around freezing on the ice waiting for a red flag to pop up; in the other you stand …