Sounds possible to me, if some of the guy treated their dogs like our guide. They sit in a cage all day without water. He takes them out to hunt and don' t gives them water during the hunt. Let' s them have some before he sticks them back in the cage and they are on the stake at night when he feeds.

We went to N Dak and hunted the last day of the heat. Boys didn' t even get tired but they are AZ dogs, well conditioned and get water during the hunt. They had a ball.