Thanks for the replies. I usually hunt w/ at least 2 buddies and we let the dogs kick up most of the rabbits. Occasionally we will go into the brush and see if we can kick some up. I usually stay around the same general area the dogs 1st scent the rabbit.

The reason I like to hear the dogs is b/c you can tell which direction the rabbit is headed. It's also nice to be able to differentiate between the pitch and volume of each dogs bark b/c it lets you know whats going on.