Acting like who? Don't push your luck here buddy. I'm all for shooting a limit of ducks, but I'm not for wasting money and time. By the way, you don't want that "moocher" getting in any deeper with you do you? [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img] When you talk to the contact let me know about ...

Limit6
As bad as you shoot you don't need to worry about an auto loader. You might as well use a single shot. [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]

What has been your limit this year? Tell all of these good people how many duckies you've killed this year.

When you shoot them on the water you ...

goose,
No I would not do it like that again. I would spend $500.00 and get a pup with a proven pedigree. I would, however, use the same 2 books.
You've had some great points.

Genetics? Great, a must. If I have a German Shep. that retrieves do I breed him to have a duck dog? Of course not. Labs are born and bred to retrieve. Some better than others? Sure. Some faster than others? Sure. Therefore, my conclusion is... All labs are retrievers, some better, but it is always ...

Thrasher,
1. Find any litter that has the color puppy you want
2. Decide on male/female (both make good hunters and companions)
3. Make sure the parents are good hunting dogs or have some field trial blood close(which means although they may not be hunting dogs, they would be darn good one's)
4 ...

I was not saying that color was the most important. I will say this: I would not want to pay good money for a puppy, spend hundreds of hours training pup, and spend the next 13 years with a dog that I didn't like the color of. Each has a preference as to our favorite color lab so just get what you ...

I have been there and done that; and after putting that one to sleep at age 13 1/2, I have tried twice to reproduce that. Sir, to my regret I have been unable to do so. I always heard that a man has 1 GOOD dog in his lifetime. I'm afraid mine has passed.

Thrasher,

I have had several labs. Males, females, black, yellow, and choc. We used to run field trials in the 80's but have headed in a different direction now. I currently have two females of a different type breeding. We have gone with "bench and hunting test" type due to the temperament and ...