RE: 3 year old yellow lab, is he trainable to hunt?
Does he listen to commands like come and sit. I would make sure he is birdy by taking him to a preserve, or seeing how he acts around some pen raised pigeons or quail. Then I would see if he has some fetch in him. If your lab is birdy, and is eager to fetch, they have the possibility of being a good hunting dog. If you introduce him to the pen raised birds, and all he wants to do is catch them. I mean bouncing off the walls jumping in the air trying to get his mouth on one, that is a good sign. If he does it half heartedly or not at all, keep him as a pet, and start over for a hunting dog. Don' t let anybody tell you that labs as a breed are' nt good at upland game hunting. There is a scientific name to describe this way of thinking. Its called " Hogwash"