I love snowshoes, they're one of my favorite animals to hunt. When I was in the UP I hunted them all the time. Focusing on swamps is good advice, I like walking the edges of the swamp, particularly if there are aspens or beech nearby. My favorite way to chase them is to go out after it snows and track them. Just get on a track and follow it until you find them. After a few days, this becomes basically impossible because of the sheer amount of tracks though. I'll either do that or I'll hunt sunny days and look for them anywhere that would have southern exposure. I think that way is easier, it's just hard to get a sunny day sometimes in the winter up there. Either way, when you're in a place with a lot of activity, slow down and really pick the area apart with your eyes. They're damn hard to see in the winter. Look for eyes and ears, because that's about all you can actually differentiate from the snow. If you go a couple times without seeing them, and you know you're in a spot that holds hares, slow down even more. They're there. That was always my issue when I started, I wanted to go too fast. I always hunted them by myself (no dogs) with a .22 or .17 hmr. They sit really tight, so I never had to worry about spooking them before I got a shot off.
