What is your favorite hunting dog and why ?

[rooster715]

My personal favorite hunting dog is the German Shorthaired Pointer. They are the most versatile breed in my opinion their style and grace are topped by none in my opinion. The only con I could ever complain about is the hyper fits of non stop energy. I operate a small kennel in Illinois and have a great success. I breed for results not $. The dog below is Rooster my male. Check out our facebook @spoonrivershorthairs
















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[Conroy]

I have always loved Coonhounds. I have had Blueticks, Plotts, Black and Tans, Redbones and Walkers. Treeing Walkers were my favorite as the last 2 were excellent pets as well as hunters. If you have ever heard a good dog strike a track and end at the tree, you would understand why I loved them. Nothing like the sound of a hound chopping at the tree. Unfortunately it has gotten to a point where it is hard to find open land here to run the dogs without them ending up on private property somewhere. I haven't had one in almost 10 years

 

[Dadof3]

For upland birds a GSP is hard to beat. They will hunt nearly every other breed of dog into the ground but remember as a pet they are seriously OCD about hunting. It’s literally all they want to do 24/7.

 

[HuntInWild88]

I prefer the deutch drahthaar!! In my opinion best all around dog any one could ask for. Great family dog, Literally can be trained for any hunting situation even cold and wet. Where the GSP fall short in my opinion, the GSP just isnt much of a duck dog. Do people use gsp for ducks..yes.. But really shouldnt. In Germany the drahthaar is the most bread hunting dog for a reason!

 

[colter8113]

Love my little Lab so far! She learns quicker than I can teach her. Shes also great at going from bird crazy to asleep on my feet on the couch in an instant.

 

[TraderMike]

Pointing lab..
All I had to do with the two I owned was teach them their names and to come when called. Everything else was hardwired in. It makes the owner part simple and limits the possibility of screwing them up...

 

[Wellsdw]

Malinois,
Great on deer recovery and trailing,
Also great on terrorist retrieving

 

[mcr-85]

I had labs for a long time. I used to love to go duck hunting and there's nothing quite like hunting roosters. Both were supposed to be pointing labs. My chocolate would point, my black never did. We didn't hunt enough upland game. My labs got old, I got married, got a little boy and I didn't hunt many ducks after that. I loved my labs, they were good dogs.

I have dogs that go trapping with me and I'm planning on using them for decoying coyotes. I had a little success with my female decoying last year. My female is a kemmer leopard cur cross. My dad has a male airedale jack russell cross. I have 2 male dogs from a litter from my female and my dads male that are almost a year old. They are good dogs and fun for what I do now.


This is my female, Sophie. My oldest boy lays claim to her.


This is my dad's dog, Gus.


These are my pups. Gator is the blue leopard one and Uno is the tan leopard.

 

[Crowmangler]

+1,000 on the GSP...Agree with everything you said & the energy is a plus when you have kids & plenty of room for them to run. Meet Kana...

 

[BigWoods]

Field Bred English Cocker Spaniel


Compact, fast dog that hits well above its weight. Well trained, they work close and give plenty of clues that a bird is about to launch.
They are great with kids and since he's less than 30lbs, my wife doesn't mind him in the house (and even on the couch).

 

[longspeak74]

Our GSP, great pup with a ton of energy and definitely her own personality!

 

[MidwestElkHutner]

Oh that is a tough question!! I can and do appreciate every working dog...from the style of an English pointer with a covey of quail pinned down, to the loyalty and drive of a well bred lab, to the tenacity of the hounds when trailing game, and the courage of the police and protection dogs. I don't have much experience with hounds, but have trained and hunted over English pointers and setters, GSP (field trial and true versatile German imports), golden retrievers, wirehair pointer, Brittanies, and labs. For me the versatile breeds are good at a bunch of tasks, but not true experts of any one specific type. And the specialized pointers and retrievers are great at a specific trait and lacking in some other aspects of the hunt.

That's just a long winded way of saying that I don't have a favorite breed, and appreciate any and all quality working dogs

 

[TraderMike]

The best pheasant dog I ever had the pleasure of hunting over was a little GSP bitch. That little girl was simply amazing on late season birds. I read somewhere that a man is truly lucky if he gets one really good bird dog in his life.... I tend to agree with that sentiment.

 

[IdahoElk]

I like Small Munsterlanders because they are great family dogs,point,retrieve,track,intelligent,not hyper,hunt hard and hunt close.

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Duncan

 

[bigv]

Cool pics 85! I have 3 labs. Tough to beat them for all around hunting situations. Here in SD they pound the cattails to flush and find pheasants and also retrieve a couple hundred Canada geese/ducks each season on land and water. They made a couple rabbit retrieves this year as well. A well bred lab is as good as it gets. I just wish they weren't so popular. Obviously deservedly so. However I like all sporting breeds.

 

[Codyrayh]

just brought home my first GSP pup last week!!! Hoping to make him my new shed hunting partner.

 

[WCB]

Grew up with Springers...never had one quit and they were always fun to watch work. They would hunt in 90+degree heat down to single digits without a problem. Great family dogs.

Currently have French Britts. Not as well suited to cold is the main down fall. Great house/family dogs but lots of energy. Hunt everything from Grouse and Woodcock to snow geese with them and the actually do great early season water retrieving ducks.

I think most dogs are as versatile as what you expose them to and use them for.

 

[Ross]

Labs simply love the endless drive and desire to please most times....and the defiant look they can giveSadly all our dogs not here long enough and break our hearts

 

[bowieknife50]

I love my little red Plott. I think he would run a bear until his heart exploded. Here he was too tired to stand by the time we shot this one so he just barked from the ground.


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[Muddler]

I'm partial to labs. Mine was bred a pointing lab but doesn't point, mainly my fault. Just didn't have the time and resources to get her consistent bird exposure. She's still bird crazy though, waterfowl or upland. Her temperament around the house can't be beat. Had 3 toddlers lay on her this past weekend while she napped and barely opened an eye.