I’ve always been a oddball but yeah I know what you mean. I only know of a couple of lads that hunt with lurchers and a few that walk a lurcher (pet) but when we were younger everybody hunted one way or another….. Times have changed.
It’s f****n ridiculous Fred , a animal/ bird makes a move it’s photographed and stuck on one of 15 local farcebook groups. My pup has a tendency to push larger things from wood to wood and I’m just waiting for a few ( nice) pics of him doing it ?.
I bought one from Jim chick years ago and as he said it’ll cut out ( bleeping) when you get nearer the collar, it did at 10” and was a right feckin pain… if these pick up inches away from the collar then I’ll buy one.