ORIGINAL: laufer303
ORIGINAL: AlaskaMagnum
Any breed will do you right if you seek the right breeder that produces pups that work for you. Eastern Colorado hunting and Western Kansas is taylor made for big running dogs. Big milo, wheat, and CRP grass. It does not get terribly cold. My first choice would be a NAVHDA bred shorthair or a Deutsch Kurzhaar. Maybe even an English pointer.
I disagree with the lab thing as I lived and hunted in eastern colorado for many many years. It is not like hunting in the midwest. Unless you hunt river bottoms strictly, that is pheasant hunting made for dogs that will run wide open.
So you would prefere pointer to flushers, but not pointing labs?
Thanks for your comments.
I think you would be happiest with a dog that runs rather big in that country, at least 100 yards out but more (within reason) is better. I don't think too many PL naturally have that kind of range. If you could find a breeder who produces bigger running PL's, it would probably work great.