RE: Specific Dog for the purpose
I'm a sentimental guy. My first pup was a setter so my current dog is a setter. Actually, she's a Llewellin setter strain, fairly close working. The closest fields near my house are pheasant release sites. The terrain is several acres divided by bramble hedgerows with some cornfields. So, it actually works pretty good for me, a dog that can run in the open and small enough to work the hedgerows.