I just had this conversation lat night. A guy told me, "labs aren't good in the field." Now , I have hunted with great labs and chessies. I can say that a good labs can do everything a pointer does. It's a matter of prefrence. I like retievers, but I do think that pointers are good at hunting. Check put Shadow Mountain and Black Forest Kennels out of Colorado. The blood lines and titles should tell you something.