(Is it fair to a hunting dog to only get out 3 to 4 weekends a year?)

Not to be too sarcastic, but what number of weekends would be fair to the dog -- 8, 16, 32....? Using that logic, any dog that wasn't allowed to do the work it was bred for full time would be treated unfairly. Really, don't most of us have dogs that are more pet than tool? My worry is that some dogs are more tool than pet. I may be wrong, but I will err on the side of pet any day!