Wow, you're just a regular tater salad there aren't you snowshoe. I guess with 42yrs under your belt that doesn't entitle me to an opinion. If I remember correctly I never said their noses wouldn't be on the ground but I guess you decided to interpret it that way to make a funny...ha ha here's your cookie. That being said, my point was that a good jump dog just has better instint than a hard hunter. Did I say that they rationalize and discuss with each other where a rabbit is? No, but I guess your post was funnier by ignoring what I said so you could belittle someone else's opinion. However, if you go back and read you'll see that my INTERPRETATION (which last I checked I was allowed to have) was a dog that had the INSTINCT to know as much of where NOT to look as where to look. If I take one of your hard hunting nose to the ground hare huntin' Maine livin' jump dogs to a Walmart and he keeps is "nose to the ground" for 2 hours in their parking lot he's not what I'd call a good jump dog. Of course, based on your definition he would be because all it takes is good hunt right? Now if you took that hard huntin dog to a parking lot and he looked at you like you were nuts then he would have the INSTINCT that I'm referring to and you're laughing about. So please don't misinterpret my post as if I said sniffing around in general was "wasting time". Sniffing around in the wrong places IS. But hey, anytime you want to hit up a Walmart just let me know I'd be happy to watch your dogs tear up the asphalt.