great workers whistler they never stop and by god when they are on a fox you will hear them a mile away.They seem have the same or even better nose ten the a full beagle and more obedience then the beagle ,you wont be waiting all day for them to come back
will they hunt as long and far as a hound on the same fox?
they hunt all day long whistler but they wont venture as far as hounds as in they wont follow the fox over 10 fields .That suits us cause we surround the covers and bogs with lurchers .Personally id prefer the x myself but each to their own i suppose.I find the x nearly always