Ok,
Going back to the start about hunting rabbits, like anything else, the tracks are easier to find after overnight snow, but they make tracks in an area that'll be nearly impossible to find where they start from and go to. Just a mess of footy prints all over. They do seem to chew a lot of poplar bark when there's not much else but snow and bark. I'd look for a stand of poplar during winter, just because you'd know right away if there's any around.
Going back to the start about hunting rabbits, like anything else, the tracks are easier to find after overnight snow, but they make tracks in an area that'll be nearly impossible to find where they start from and go to. Just a mess of footy prints all over. They do seem to chew a lot of poplar bark when there's not much else but snow and bark. I'd look for a stand of poplar during winter, just because you'd know right away if there's any around.