RE: English Setter or German Shorthair?
I think the Irish can do both, I do not duck hunt but do bird hunt.
My Irish has a stylish point and loves retrieving as well. And water
is not a problem for him. Where they came from they hunt birds and
ducks with them as well as sled dog racing. Cold water is not any
kind of problem for them either. As on more than one occasion they
have to be pulled out of the water in the dead of winter. And mine
is no exception to this, after pulling him out onto the ice in temps
running 10 degrees out. Even grouse hunting he loves to jump into
a brook or pond that we may come across. I have little doubt that he
would retrieve a duck if shot. The history of the Irish says they have
been known to do both. The only sad part is they are so hard to find.