First field on the first hunt I took my Lab on was in SD. The dog took off right out of the truck flushing every rooster in the field while 20 not so pleased hunters watched. blush

Over the years since, she's made up for that with most of those hunters. Turned out to be a good pheasant dog and good at chukar and quail since thats most of what we hunt.

I expect what'll happen will be somethin 'tween Mike's story and my story. After a season on quail and chukar in CA, I think I'll have a dawg.