We carry between 1 qt. You can't put your hounds back in the car right after they run, and if there are too many hounds per handler, holding and slipping dogs can become a logistical nightmare. Travel time to the hunts can be tiring for both hounds and handlers. Unless you are lucky enough to live close, travel can take as much as 2 days. There can be hounds from several states at a hunt.
Dogs usually sleep all day.
At a hunt, there is the travel time to the event, and also the dog is awake all day during the event. There isn't opportunity to rest between courses as there is at a lure coursing event. The Blacktail Jackrabbit None of the jackrabbits at an event are captive or released from any kind of container, or planted. They are wild, native rabbits who know their terrain and the great majority of them get away. At many hunts no kills are made.