Both interesting posts I'm.getting on in years and need now more than ever a dog to rake a field and to be honest it's something I've always done anyway ??
Now in such circumstances on hedgy land they will find the odd one clapped but if sun's out and they sat high more often than not it will lift at distance so swings and roundabouts but.
Two crows your spot on with short slips on hedgy land and so is max a well conditioned hound will kill it before it gets going so it all depends if your hunting for food imho ?
Big land is the one big slips is the second ?
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