On the shoot that i pick up on we have a couple who together work 6 of them. they are fantastic hunters, they tend to distance more than a labrador or a spaniel, they are fantastic in the picking up line on a shoot they really do work well. but from the ones i have seen they arn't really much good in the beating line as they do tend to distance while hunting. overall as long as the work goes into them, they are cracking dogs