Hare Hunting In State Forests

Is there anything more exciting than stalking a hare in a forested area? For me, it is a close-run thing when I compare stalking hare with stalking sambar in forested areas. I know it is like comparing apples and oranges but in many ways the challenges are the same: I am stalking a hypervigilant animal that has all its survival skills hardwired to avoid a predator.

The Australian hare (Lepus europaeus) was introduced in Tasmania in the late 1830s. On the mainland, the first established colony of hares was in the Westernport area of Victoria and is supposed to have occurred around 1862. By the early 1900s they had made their way to Queensland. This spread over a 40-year period