Discussing the best hunting dogs for various game is kind of like arguing whether a Chevy or Ford is better: No one ever changes camps because they’re happy with what they’ve got. Still, we’re going ...

CHEYENNE - I had a bird dog for about 24 hours last week. I have wanted to get a German shorthaired pointer, a Labrador retriever or just about any other breed of bird hunting dog for quite a while.

My four-year-old Labrador had been on dove duty for a full week. Hatchet marked and retrieved mourning doves shot in the decoys, but mostly he was locating birds eager shooters had sailed among the ...