I've been hunting Snowshoe hares for 50+ years... snared thousands as a kid... we had more hare meat in the freezer than.moose or deer. I've hunted them with slingshots, blowguns, pellet guns, .22 LR, .17 HM2,
22 Mag, .410/28/20/12 gauge, various centerfire rifles that I happen to be carrying, including two last night with a .223 coming out from a coyote stand. I wish we could still hunt with handguns in Banuckistan... I would hunt most small game with a Ruger MKIII Target Competition pistol.