more importantly ,is to work out what is your main quarry you will be working it to, and what type of hunting you,ll be doing, eg. lamping a collie/grey, coursing saluki/grey..? some crosses/hybrids are better suited to different types of hunting ,then theres the land you,ll be working ,smaller fields are more suited to smaller pocket rockets with lower gears, its not a science but , you have to work out quarry, land andstyle of hunting food for thought ..? if there was a ultimate general all rounder we,d all have one