Driving the land was never really a thing here, road siding yes but when fields are the size of postage stamps it just doesn't work.
When I was really keen I'd be Lamping a couple of nights a week, digging on a Saturday and out with hounds on a Sunday and that was every week of the season, didn't take long to find out what you were feeding and only the gooduns made it, only way to find out what you have is to put gear in front of them, I'll not judge a man to much on how he goes about doing it.