Why do people use help dogs?

   You may as well ask the question why do people use them "Yappy old Hounds" or why poeple use dogs with "tons of bottom" or why "Yella" dogs. It is all a matter of what you like and how you like to hunt. The way I learned to hunt was with one sometimes two "find" dogs and two or three "help" dogs and a catch dog. I liked this style of hunting so I adopted it. When hunting this way, the "help" dog is just as much important to the pack as the "find" dog. Over the years and hunting with about three maybe four other people along the way I have come up with a hunting style and dogs that suit my personal preference. Are my dogs better than anyone elses dogs? Probably not. Hell, they aren't even as good as my wifes.
   I understand the reasoning behind your question. The way you prefer to hunt is to have your whole pack "gone and looking." That's great! If this is what you like, hunt that way and post many pictures and stories of what your dogs have done. I have even read stories on here where trail barking hounds have caught hogs. If that's what a man wants to feed, then by all means feed em (just don't bring em if you're gonna hunt with me!).
   With all of this being said, I have never bred for the purpose to get a help dog. They are usually accidental breedings. So, in my scenario, "help" dogs are not culls they are a part of my hunting style.