This really can't be answered without knowing what kind of dog you're talking about. Believe it or not, not all hunting dogs are of the Labrador variety.
Nor can it be answered without some insight as to your definition of "real hunting".
If you're talking about the various retrieving types of dogs, there are more hunt tests being run through the UKC (via HRC) than AKC. Also, it is not true that "in AKC all the shots are done from the throwing stations": that is the exception not the rule. Once again, what kind of dog and what kind of test?