Dougster i agree fully with your reply , and it's good to hear that someone else gets enjoyment from their sport as well .
Grendel thank you for being honest with your reply, all i can say in response is try and find someone in your area to take you out after rabbits or rats as there still legal to hunt , i guarantee after you see a dog work after a rabbit you will sell the air rifle and want a lurcher , either way good luck in your hunt for permission ,it's not that easy to get off farmers ,well not around here anyway
Spoony i agree that with some packs its more about sport than control , but there are packs where its about sport and control , usually foot packs or gun packs i.e lake district and hill country in Wales and Scotland and they were effective and you are right about rifle , caller and lamp , but the rifle men iv'e come across are only interested in numbers not the welfare of their quarry or the effect that shooting big numbers now will have on the future , i think that all methods of control i.e shooting ,hounds, lurchers or terriers , all have there place as along as the person behind them is sensible and respects their quarry, yis