Border lad has raised the important issue.
Back in the 80s when this topic realy started, i was a young(ish) lad starting out,
i found it quite disheartening, to think that "real" dogmen were hoovering up vast hauls of bunnies with ease, What was wrong with my dogs ?
Why wernt they happily plonking 100s of rabbits into my eager, yet hoplessly green hands ?
Only with time and experience (and becoming a little decrepid) did i realise,
why the f*ck would you want to catch that many ? unless its a job of work, it can only be one reason, BRAGGING RIGHTS, a bit hollow, imho.
S