Daleh,
My PL does it all. Does he cover as much ground as your pointer? Nope, I certainly doubt if he does. Does he find as many birds per hour as your pointer? Yup, he probably does.

A few weekends ago, I decided to just have a "fun hunt" and see how long it would take to get one each of the four species of birds we were hunting that day.

It took 24 minutes of hunting to get a Goose, a Duck, a Pheasant and a Quail. There are probably only a couple breeds of dogs (DD/GWP and Pointing Labs) that can consistently bring home a mixed bag like the one in this pic.

BTW, we hunt ONLY Wild Birds here -- no "released" birds at all.