All three existed in times gone by. Now only the second two are commonly practised.
A bearhound is a dog which is bred for baiting or hunting bears.
hunting
There's something missing from this question. To make a comparison, you have to have something to compare against. Like: "How does the hunting ability of foxes compare to that of a pack of wolves".
The sports that were created in the 1500-1600's were tennis, football, hunting, dice, archery, bear baiting, and jousting.
Yes, Ted Nugent pled "No Contest" to multiple game violations including illegal baiting of deer in California.
baiting is more like trapping than hunting, but nuts are high on their menu.
Yes, before being used to Dog Fight they were used for Bull & Bear Baiting, Wild Boar & Hog Hunting. Still to this day they are used for those reasons.
Bella doesn't compare Edward's hunting style to any reptile.
a mountain lion
Rainsford takes hunting as a sport and for fun but zaroff takes it as the only reason to live
they have to have seenery.
Elizabethan entertainment consisted of fairs, plays, festivals, and tournaments. Games and sports for the common folk usually consisted of: archery, bowling, cards, dice, hammer-throwing, wrestling, football, skittles, quoits, and troco. Bear baiting, bull baiting, dog fighting, cock fighting, hunting and hawking were activities typically enjoyed by the nobility.