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Article: The best breeds.(hunting dogs)
- Article from:
- Field & Stream (West ed.)
- Article date:
- September 1, 1998
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If you're been wondering who's top dog in America's hunting community, look no further.
I'VE CRISSCROSSED AMERICA REPEATEDLY, talked and hunted with both accomplished and beginning bird hunters, hunted the fields and marshes known for producing the best of each gamebird species, hunted over every conceivable breed of gun dog, and can now rank America's gun dogs as the hunters call them and as I see them.
The top hunting dog in America today--bar none--is the Labrador retriever. He can outhunt, outproduce, and outclass any other gun dog Americans cast for game. The other retrievers can duplicate him--the Chesapeake Bay retriever, the flat-coat, the ...