hunting
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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.
Labrador retrievers are exellent hunters. Beagles, I highley recommend beagles.
Beagles are scent hounds. They function well in hunting situations where the quarry leaves a scent trail to be followed but the animal is rarely seen. As a hunter and trainer I have 25 years experience with beagles and rabbits. Rabbits are most often the prey hunted with beagles, however I have seen beagles hunt and flush many species of game bird.
Some Beagles are particularly attentive to little yellow birds, e.g., birds named Woodstock. These types of Beagles like to feed these birds and offer companionship. Other Beagles prefer less involved activities and like to sleep. A favorite hobby of all Beagles, like other scent hounds, is sniffing.
Mild, not really sunny weather.
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.