Scent hounds do not need to be as fast as sighthounds, because they do not need to keep prey in sight, but they need endurance so they can stick with a scent and follow it for long distances over rough terrain. The best scent hounds can follow a scent trail even across running water and even when it is several days old. Most scent hounds are used for hunting in packs of multiple dogs. Longer-legged hounds run more quickly and usually require that the hunters follow on horseback; shorter-legged hounds allow hunters to follow on foot. Hunting with some breeds, such as German Bracke, American Foxhounds, or coonhounds, involves allowing the pack of dogs to run freely while the hunters wait in a fixed spot until the dogs' baying announces that the game has been "treed". The hunters then go to the spot on foot, following the sound of the dogs' baying.
scent hounds do not need to be as fast as sighthounds because they do not need to keep prey in sight but they need endurance so they can stick with a scent and follow it for long distances over rough terrain the best scent hounds can follow a scent trail even across running water and even when it is several days old most scent hounds are used for hunting in packs of multiple dogs longer-legged hounds run more quickly and usually require that the hunters follow on horseback; shorter-legged hounds allow hunters to follow on foot hunting with some breeds such as german bracke american foxhounds or coonhounds involves allowing the pack of dogs to run freely while the hunters wait in a fixed spot until the dogs' baying announces that the game has been "treed" the hunters then go to the spot on foot following the sound of the dogs' baying