I prefer hare over chicken & like 'em deep fried with a crispy batter. By 1980 the hare population in the Kotzebue area had peaked. With one labrador & a Ruger 10/22 I could fill ten to twelve gunny sacks in an afternoon on snowshoes.(20-22 hares/sack) Had 30 dogs, lotsa neighbors & family to feed.
But in April 1980 I began seeing lots of bloody hare poop. ADF&G paid it no mind. From June 1980 on, the hares seemed to disappear.  I did not find hunt able numbers of hares until Aug.2005. Anybody with an explanation for the bloody scats?