Hare populations experience dramatic population fluctuations in a cycle that lasts 8-11 years. I think the peak rabbit/hare cycle around central Alberta was a couple years ago. The lynx population increases a year after a the peak of a hare cycle so hare numbers go down quickly. Last year there were good populations of lynx.
If you are training your dogs I would suggest that you try walking some of the train track right of ways in the area. The railways usually have good brush along them. There can be good populations of rabbits or hares along the train tracks. In some places the train tracks have been removed but the railway still has the right of way. Some of the railway tracks are barely used anymore. Those would be ideal.
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This country was started by voyagers whose young lives were swept away by the currents of the rivers for ten cents a day... just for the vanity of the European's beaver hats. ~ Red Bullets
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It is when you walk alone in nature that you discover your strengths and weaknesses. ~ Red Bullets
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