It’s not just hare coursers but all types of dog hunting, the going equipped law just means you either risk everything and keep on or quitting altogether
More for the noise at night as a silenced rifle can still get complaints over here, but early morning with a shotgun and calling in accounts for a few kills a year
Birds should be hunted in winter and left to moult out during the spring and summer. As said depends on the individual bird and what weight it responds to, but feeding wise it should be on quail, rabbit, squirrels amongst others