well, beagles have an excellent sense of smell. Beagles used to be used in a hunting "game" called beagling. The hunters would let there beagle go and follow them on horseback while the beagle madly searches for a rabbit.
they use beagles to hunt down the animal they killed and if it is a small animal they get the beagle to bring it to them.
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Labrador retrievers are exellent hunters. Beagles, I highley recommend beagles.
Raccoon, Squirrel, Rabbit, bascially any kind of game animal.
The use them to pretty much just hunt and small game animal like Raccoon, Squirrel, Rabbit or basically any annoying animal in your backyard :)
Traditionally, they were used for fox hunting. They could also be used for raccoon. The hunters could follow, on foot or on horses, by listening to the beagles baying.
Most farmers don't use beagles they would use herding does like Australian Shepherds. If they do have beagles they use them for hunting since beagles are awesome for hunting. Or they could have the beagles as a protector for livestock which probably isn't what they use em for, since for example I use a Rottweiler to protect livestock from coyotes because they are a lot more tough and aggressive . Also they could just have the beagles as a pet, which a lot of farms have because it's nice to have a companion with you when doing some chores.
As natural trackers/hunters, beagles revert to wolf instinct believing they have to consume as much as possible because they don't know when the next meal is coming. Wolves commit to the same behavior in the wild.
Penny Angel's Beagle Rescue P.O. Box 175 Brookside, NJ 07926-0175 We rescued our 2 beagle puppies from this organization. They rescue beagles from all over the country, especially the South where there are beagle auctions. When hunters are "done" with their beagles, they can be sold at auction. If no one buys them, they are destroyed. Penny Angel Beagle Rescue swoops in and saves many of these beagles. They can always use donations.
Beagles run 20-30 miles per hour.
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