During the daylight hours, hares spend a great deal of time grooming, and they take fitful naps. During its active period, a hare may cover up to 4 acres of its seven to 18 acre home range. Snowshoe hares are experts at escaping predators. Presumably, they are attempting to escape notice by being cryptic. Given the hare's background-matching coloration, this strategy is quite effective.
Older hares are more likely to escape predators by fleeing.
At top speed, a snowshoe hare can travel up to 27 mile per hour. An adult hare can cover up to 10 feet in a single bound. In addition to high speeds, hares employ skillfull changes in direction and vertical leaps, which may cause a predator to misjudge the exact position of the animal from one moment to the next. Snowshoe hares have acute hearing, which presumably helps them to identify approaching predators. They are not particularly vocal animals, but may make loud squealing sounds when captured.