funny story... I was hunting squirrel and rabbit one year and almost shot a beagle coming out of a thicket thinking it was a rabbit. The prior night it had been negative 6 degrees and I could tell the dog had been out there for a while when it tried to eat the guts from a fresh cleaned squirrel. I ended up going back to the truck and gave the dog my lunch and it scarfed it down like there was no tomorrow. After that, the dog hunted for me and did a good job. I ended up taking it to the shelter (could not afford to keep another dog) and told them of his ability to hunt and to call me if they were going to euthenise it and I would take it back. Within a week a rabbit hunter picked it up and it now hunts with him on a regular basis. Glad it ended up in good hands doing what it enjoys. Hindsight.... I should have kept the beagle as my rabbit hunts have been less than productive since that day I found the poor dog.