Good Hare Day - Cambridgeshire, Summer 2008.
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Brown hare, Lepus europaeus. You very rarely see two hares together (outside of 'boxing' season of course)... and you certainly very rarely see them coming towards you, at ease and without a care. Perhaps it was because I was downwind... but it doesn't matter. It's the best views I've ever had of this commonly seen, yet quick-to-run-away animal!
Superb filming - Thank You for sharing this with us:)
Great video! Hares are fabulous creatures and I had a similar encounter last year when one ran directly towards me and only stopped when about twenty feet away. After pausing for a while it ran off and hid behind a tree but its ears were so long they stuck out from the tree LOL.
Hares are really wonderful and peaceful animals.
+Alfredo Hiooer - that they are! Thanks for commenting.
What a beautiful video. I'm currently doing a project about hares at college and I needed to practice on my sketches of real life hares as well as moon gazing hares. I'm so glad to find a video which isn't about hunting these beautiful creatures
Thanks rachel sutcliffe ! I'm glad this video's been of use to you for your art work... and, most importantly, thank you for being in the target audience of those who I want for this video! :-) I find the idea of hunting hares, or any animal for that matter, for sport abhorrent.
@zeeox It was amazing seeing 'my' hare so close..there was a line of thick high grass/plants that prevented my Lurcher and whippet from seeing it, as we were downwind, and my height made me see it..his eye was beautiful, and had he moved an inch, or bolted, the dogs would have seen him as we were so close. I think it was a wise hare who knew enough to hold his nerve...yours probably knew a car meant no danger, but very rare..hares have been known race cars.. too many hares are hassled by dogs.
So special, and well captured. Many thanks, it's sooo depressing to see this clip surrounded by the hunting ones, but glad I clicked on it.
@Oakleaf700 - thanks for your comment. It's good when you get a glimpse of one that's lying low and hoping you can't see it (normally good enough for dogs on the same eye-line... but not us humans!). Yes, you are right: this is from a car, and presumably was downwind (I can't recall). Saying that, they weren't bothered passing by both sides of the car... and they certainly knew we were there as we had originally pulled up in the car next to them on the road.
Excellent capture....you were very lucky to get a good long look, whenever Ive seen them they have been off like a shot !
Lovely shots. Can’t believe they stayed so long. Thanks for sharing.
chaldon2view Have just seen this reply now, sorry... Thank you for your comment and for watching. I'm glad you enjoyed it and, yes, it was amazing how long they hung about! Cheers.
lovely video, such a rare thing to see, and so close up.
@26mel1 - you are most welcome! Glad you enjoyed it!
What an experience. I'm still waiting to see my first glimpse of a hare! Often see plenty of wild rabbits, but never a hare!
@zeeox - I grew up in Edmonton, Canada and I do recall seeing plenty of these, or a very similar looking breed, on the university campus. Maybe the proximity to a large tract of parkland meant the hares from there became accustomed to people, but it wasn't unusual to see several near to one another when I was there. But I do think that spring was the time I saw the majority of them; can't quite remember if that was not the case during other seasons.
I LOVE the title of this video, because it looks to have been a good "hare" day, for seeing some jack rabbits up close.
fabulous creature
Gracias saludos logo
No worries. Thanks for watching and commenting.
@leela194 - thanks for your comment - is this Edmonton, Canada or Edmonton, London? I'm guessing Canada so, in which case, it might be different behaviour for a different, more confident species. However, if this is London, then I stand corrected. Unless it is just around March you saw 4 or 5 of course: I've seen good numbers all together at that time of the year as they tend to go a bit bonkers at the beginning of the breeding season! Regards.
beautiful creatures...love them so much, I have several of them as tattoos!!Sacred animal of the Godess Estarte....Christianity changed Her to easter...and turned the hare into the insipped Easter Bunny...but the hare is a beautiful creature.Thankyou for the upload...much appreciated.
@JOLTuniverse18 - and thank you very much for your comment. I fully agree that it is quite surprising just how big they are when you see them out of the long grass. They almost look as big as Muntjac deer to me. As it happens, I learnt just the other day that some Irish hares have been naturally crossed with the Mountain hare and as a result are much smaller and lighter in colour... but I like my local ones as they are so different to rabbits - in behaviour, shape and look. Cheers again!
Beautiful nature like it
Indeed. I was a happy bunny at the time! Thanks for watching and commenting!
@XShadOBabeX - agreed! Maybe it's because they look more proportional, and less slouchy... like horses or big dogs. Or even Kangaroos! Thanks for commenting.
the hare is a great animal,agile and knows its land better than its prey,thats why i love to course them from oct-feb(now finished).and before everyone starts getting on my case i love to see the hare get away thats why i only let 1 dog at a time on them if he's better than my dog im glad i get the run if not then its in the pot!
Thank you very much FenlandFlower, I'm glad you enjoyed it. It's already nearly March though - so maybe you'll get a chance this year!
Their eyes and brain are tuned to pick up movement rather than details and of course their straight ahead binocular vision is quite restricted. Stationery vehicles make great hides.
Studies have shown that their population is often much higher in areas where game shooting is common because the fox population is controlled - leverets (young hares) are easy food for foxes.
A freindly local gamekeeper showed me the best place to film hares after I'd been searching for miles for them.
@axel8714 - muchas gracias por tu comentario!
@WildlifeInCloseUp - this is superb stuff, thanks. That all makes sense to me. Clearly, staying in cars to observe wildlife is a great thing and I've had some great encounters in 'mobile hides' over the years! And certainly some bird species can benefit by specific land management to aid grouse shooting, but I've never considered the benefits to other animals before. Blimey, looking after all the different and opposing interests in the British countryside is just so complicated!
eso si se ve rara vez ,hermoso
Yes, not too dissimilar! Both are cool animals, thanks for commenting.
@zeeox I agree...lamping is unsporting as the animals freeze, and I have seen people slip too young and unfit pairs of dogs on hares [far too close to be fair law] luckily the hares ran faster, but to harrass them in this way is pointless. My son has hares at the place he works, and often in spring at tea break, the lads watch the hares frolicking and looning around. A lovely sight.
Hey! I'm sorry you've never seen one! They are certainly (usually, unlike this video), pretty shy animals... and quick to bolt off at the approach of humans. But - they are also quite big, and so easier to spot in the middle of shortly-cropped fields and so on. Keep a look out across big, bare fields in winter time, especially if you are going along in a car or train... it should only be a matter of time!
Thanks for watching and commenting. And let me know when you first see one - fingers Xd!
Pretty cool, they almost like our American( Desert Hare) aka Jackrabbit
@99fruitbat - thanks for your comment, and for liking the video! Yes, there's definitely a feeling you get that are looking at a more ancient 'scene' when you encounter one, even if they running across a modern, 'mono-crop' field! I like their nomadic style, never making warrens and always on the move! One month to go before Mad March!
@baberconnew - thanks for the comment! Yes, they're definitely cute animals. I think they'd be quite difficult to keep as pets though as they're normally quite edgy creatures - preferring to run when they're in trouble. Unlike rabbits, they don't have 'bolt-hole' mentality, so you'd need a big garden for them to run away when they feel scared! (1/2)
Indeed. Jackrabbit is the North American term for Hare. However, my play on words wouldn't have worked if it was a footage of a Jackrabbit! Thanks for watching.
Good for you... or rather, Texas! Actually, I reckon what you're seeing is the Black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus). This, the European Hare, and has only been introduced to a small area in N.E. US. Thanks for commenting.
Indeed, I think you are right. They can be quite elusive in general though because they are both (mainly) solitary animals and heavily persecuted by man - they always have to be on the move as they don't have the luxury of bolt-hole burrows like rabbits. Rabbits are, after all, not native to the UK and even when not suffering from Myxomatosis can act quite tame sometimes! Let's hope their numbers begin to rise again soon thanks to improvements in habitat management. Thanks for commenting.
I guess they are creatures of the moon... but they obviously don't mind being out in the middle of the day too!
@ViperSRTnACR - Thanks very much! I'm glad you got the play on words!Just for once I put a little extra thought into an appropriate title for a video! :-)
@zeeox , Ah , I have , thank you :-) It reminded me of my childhood watching hares through the window on a field opposite our villa & this vid was nice to recollect it .
[2/2] Anyway, many thanks again for your comments. The more I think about it, I was very lucky. I have seen boxing hares a good few times but have never had such an encounter since. I noticed some new behaviour myself the other day: the way they lower their ears and hunch up their neck when they first notice you can see them - and then the spring off, (Doberman style!) as they realise you're getting too close! Pretty obvious I guess but I'd not really seen it properly, in the flesh as it were.
Adula❤ hola duña 😅te quiero
Lo siento! I'm not quite sure what your comment means I'm afraid... but thank you for watching and commenting anyway!
fabulous!!
@Briman342 - I agree! Thanks for commenting!
Aw , awesome ! thank you :-)
@HippieFlower1000 - thankyou for commenting! I felt very lucky!
Thanks for that, I love Hares.
In fact a composed an album of music inspired by the Hare to accompany a book my friend Wendy Andrew wrote, called "Lunar Moon Hare - A Magical Journey!".
You must have a really good camera, the quality is superb !!
I see these types of hares together all the time outside my window and I live in downtown Edmonton. There are sometimes 4-5 of them.
They must have pretty poor eyesight as it ran straight towards me and friends. I couldn't get over how large it was and I thought it was a Muntjac when I saw it from a distance. Yes, honestly the ears did stick out that much LOL.
Sick kid is why. Getting fun from killing animals usually indicates psychopathy, they often go on to kill humans, or become violent paedophiles. That's what the psychiatrists say anyway. Great footage, thanks for sharing.
Thank you Gypsy085!
@ilganis - hello there ilganis. A good question: Brown Hares are not legally protected in the UK as they are also classified as game animals. It's more to do about what land they are found on and the rights and permissions of the landowner. I would love them to be protected as shooting is unregulated and their numbers have been reduced dramatically since the 19thC. They do not do the damage that rabbits can (potentially) do and really enhance the countryside through their presence in my opinion.
Thanks! Yes, it does annoy me greatly that this video seems clustered around a load of hunting videos, some of which are clearly films of illegal activity. But that's CZcams for you! They only find time to police pop music copyright infringement it seems. And: I guess a lot of the viewings are made by people expecting to see a kill. I am happy to disappoint them! Thanks for your comment - and for being in the right audience that the video was intended for!
@zeeox I agree I had a lurcher and son had a whippet, and to let loose a dog at such close range would be very unsporting. I love hares far too much to have let my dogs loose on them. Hares are wise beasts, and i passed within a few feet of a hare with the dogs, and the hare stayed still as a statue, and the dogs didn't see him because of the grass and lack of movement..downwind must have been the reason these didn't bolt [and you were in a car?]
I suppose you just have to be lucky. The area I got this clip from is no real quiet spot - lots of gamebird shooting going on all the time - so it's just a matter of going to places they frequent often and crossing your fingers! I guess march could be a good time to go out looking for footage as they're too busy going mad... so to speak! Good luck!
@MsRedkitty1 - you are most welcome! More luck than anything... like all good wildlife encounters should be!
@baberconnew - that's a great piece of observation in my opinion! It's what looking at wildlife is all about: to enjoy just simply seeing things out and about and also to learn about what's going on. That's most strange to hear that they have something in common with a particular breed of dog - so maybe it's down to having similar physiologies! [1/2]
@zeeox yes i do like looking at them, but i think the dogs enjoy chasing them more
Lovely
A lovely moment it was, indeed! Thanks for you comment!
400,000 views reached for this video! Many big thanks to everyone who watched it and liked it and... sorry (not really!) to all of those who thought it was going to be a video about hare hunting. Why or why this video is clustered around such a large a bunch of horrid videos showing the 'fun' adults have with killing animals for sport, I don't know.
+zeeox Its a great video....it is, but it was kind of scary to me it got this many hits considering things that shape our world and its economy are lucky to get half this. Kinda speaks volumes.
Thanks for your comment... I think! However, I would take slight issue with what you said... for a few reasons. 1. This particular video has taken a long time to reach the amount of hits it's had - it's not really viral. 2. A lot of the views will be due to pro-hunting fans accidentally viewing it (and I find that fact far scarier!). 3. CZcams isn't really an established domain for social commentary or news items. It started off as a place for video logging and so on... and then moved into an area for music videos, etc. before things like The Young Turks got genuinely popular. For example, I note your channel has some decent hit stats for some of your videos too... and I'm sure you'll agree you didn't upload them based on any plan or agenda to help shape the world or save its economy! My channel is just a hobby... as is yours no doubt. Cheers,
Janet Pooran - CZcams won't let me reply directly here, so I hope you get this message of thanks! Yes, I couldn't agree more that it is frustrating to see this video completely surrounded by pro-hunting clips... but I am very glad you came across it somehow and enjoyed it too! Best wishes, John (Zeeox)
@ernie8314 - I beg to differ. Still, horses for courses... or hares for courses in your case presumably.
Uf, I feel really relieved, I thought it was just another hunting video of killing hares! Looks like they knew you wouldn't hurt them. Wish you many more sightings like this!
@mrcrazybest - why? Isn't looking at it enough? Why would you want to watch your dog tear it to pieces?
@mrcrazybest - of course they do, they're dogs. I think there are enough hares being chased to the point of exhaustion every 5 minutes in our countryside... even if it is by city dogs who aren't killing through coursing.
(2/2) And I'm not sure they'd like a hutch in the same way rabbits do as they don't dig holes underground. Perhaps they're best left off in the wild and enjoyed for the truly wild creatures that they are. :-) Regards.
Hi ,
I haven't got round to doing a Hare music vid yet, but I've made a start.
If you look at the "Hare Krishna" track I did, I have a brief shot of my Hare Painted Guitar, which was painted by Wendy Andrew as payment for the album for her book.I used this guitar for my "Chalice Waters" album. If you google "painting dreams" you'll find her website.
If you like Hares, you'll love her stuff The book is about the life of a Hare moving through the Pagan wheel of the year. It's a beautiful story.
@SONGSTICKS - thanks SONGSTICKS! From your channel, I can see that you do! However, I cannot see the Lunar Moon Hare song on your channel.. is it titled as something else?
The camera isn't that great in all honesty - a cheap and cheerful handheld jobby albeit with quite a good optical zoom. I am hoping to go HD in the new year but for now I have to make sure I'm quite close to the wildlife I film and hope that the sun's shining! Cheers.
They are becoming rare in the UK. You really don't see them much any more.
@deercamp131997 - I did. With my trusty old camera.
I know! Here's hoping they weren't so careless around other, moving cars! Thanks for your comment! Nice festive avatar by the way - Happy Holidays to you!
Thanks flurfyred! Yes, it felt like a real privilege. It doesn't happen too often I guess, where a wild animal (or two!) allows you into its world for a bit and everything remains calm. I hope I (and you!) get another similar encounter soon!
Thanks Doubledig! Perhaps they're just not the most observant of animals! I don't think Muntjacs, say, would be that blind. ...Did those ears really show behind that tree though? ;-)
I would like a pet one lol
Well... I'm not sure they'd domesticate very well, really... especially if you don't have a very (very!) long garden for it to run about in! These are wild animals... and best enjoyed in the wild! But, thanks for watching and commenting!
I agree! :-)
Well - I s'pose they do all look a bit alike in truth! Nice to see them though, whatever species they are I guess! Cheers!
@yuup83 - well, it's your right to say, and do, that of course - Ireland still differs from the UK when it comes to coursing. But for me; I take only pictures, leave only footprints, kill only time.
Is this the same species of hare that is in the Redwall book series, wot wot?
I guess so... minus the ability to talk though maybe!
I bet a video of boxing Hares will be a great Success. Just need to wait until March.
I've been meaning to try and get a decent video of boxing hares for years! I just never seem to have my camera with me when I do see it happen. If you have any luck next year though, let me know and send me a link! Thanks for watching and commenting.
unleash the lurcher!!!!!!!!!!!!!
arent they hunted?
Have you decided what you were going to say yet?
Hi!
We are a small theatre working group from Finland. We are making a new play called Two European hares, which tells about two middle aged actors. They are good in their work and have been doing theatre for children for a long time, but no one is interested about their work anymore. In the performance there will be some videos projected behind the scenes, real European (brown) hares in nature. I will edit the videos. Now I would like to ask, if it would be possible to use the video you have shooted as a material in our performance? I would mix it with other brown hare-videos and pictures. We have a very low budget, so we are not able to pay anything. If you would give the material to our use and if you want, your name would be mentioned in our programme.
With best regards,
Mark Sergeev
Yes, I suppose so! If you have any websites for the work (or any videos made of the play afterwards), please also acknowledge my channel and send me the URLs... and I would like to see it anyway! Good luck with the performances, Mark!
John E. Walsh (aka ZeeOx)
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Thank you for commenting... but I am not sure I quite understand, sorry. Are you asking where this was filmed?
@jakobe23ful - exactly what I was thinking. Er...
@zeeox - suffice to say though, since 2005, hare coursing has been illegal throughout the UK... so any 'hunting' has to be done in a 'humane' fashion, using a gun. Hunting for sport is a hangover of the ancient rights of the aristocracy in this country and I have no time for it. Similarly, the principle of the 'fair chase' in hunter-conservationists in the US I find equally abhorrent. All wildlife has to be 'managed' in little old UK it's true - but surely without pomp and frivolity? Cheers.
Lucky rabbit paw-not in your life-it,s a ticky 3 p Eire hare coin for me -pre Euro pre 1969.In fact 1928 Free State days to 1968 Eire.
Hey Nigel, thanks for commenting... although it doesn't make much sense to me, I'm afraid.
Southern Ireland had a 3 pence coin 1928-68 that featured a hare on one side.
@@nigelbarrett4091 - right okay, I understand now! Well, thanks for letting me know this... an interesting little fact! Do you happen to know if a hare's paw (or coin!) was ever treated in the same sense of (good) luck as a rabbit's? I guess it'd be hard to tell what you had if it was an old one!
@bkzzxlilxthug - How? By ICBM?
@hudson13h - wot a shame ver wernt anee a-rand 4u then. Or words to that effect.
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For me, yes... but I suspect it wouldn't have been for you judging by your channel videos... how on earth could you be turned on by shooting a sparrow? Weird!
@cristina75315 - is that the political wing of the Ku Klux Klan or something?
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