Who Eats Snowshoe Hare?

The relationship between snowshoe hares and their year-round predators including lynx, great-horned owls, and northern goshawks is well documented. These and other predators such as golden eagles depend on snowshoe hares as a food source early in the nesting season.

Do humans eat snowshoe hares?

Snowshoe hares are safe to eat as long as they're cooked, but rabbits can carry tularemia, bacteria passed on through internal organs, that can be contracted through open cuts and contact with infected tissues.

Do owls eat snowshoe hare?

Snowshoe hares have several predators including wolves, owls, coyotes, lynx, bobcat, and red fox. Snowshoe hares are the main food source of lynx. ... Owls out hunting for prey can spot snowshoe hares feasting on plants in the evening and silently swoop down to capture one.