I don't know about hunting, but my YorkiePoodle can catch squirrels. There are a lot of half tail tree rats running around the neighborhood. He's a bullet! But he wouldn't last long in the woods.
Oh I think he'd last longer that you think. A lot of people make fun of the way the fancy poodles are given hair cuts, but that hair cut evolved out of the protection of the limbs for hunting/swimming purposes.
Okay, I have to admit it - I own a Peke-a-poo. AND a Rottador. Out of the two, the Rottie mix is the biggest baby. And he's all like "roof roof roof, I'll eat your face" until you try to give him a shot or put him on a tether, then he just cries.
The Peka-a-poo, on the other hand, is a submissive female who will roll over on a dime - but she'll take on ANYBODY who she thinks is going to mess with my mother.
Both of my babies are smart and well trained, btw!