Mite,
I know I am not going to change your mind. However the things you are talking about I have seen NAVHDA dogs Do wonderfully. If a NAVHDA tested dog isn't what you want then nothing I am going to say will change your mind. And I can see how Geographical area could be a problem. But like I said Duck work is only one part of the NAVHDA test and to be honest with you I don't Duck hunt. Of course my dog is not HAVHDA tested either. I have how ever helped train a few dogs that tested with NAVHDA, pudelpointers and Braque Francais. I have hunted over them too. They prized well and were very good to excellent hunters. They pointed Birds 15 feet away. Both, force broke to retrieve, retrieved reliably to hand. And they worked out and quartered a field very well.

Now that you have me thinking about it, if a setter is what your are set on, or you are looking at a Llewelyn (I have never heard of), perhaps NAVHDA is not standard of dog you want to look for. I would encourage you to at least humor the possibility of getting another breed of dog. A GSP, or one of the many other versatile hunting breeds. If you can get the chance to hunt over the parents of a dog you are interested in that is maybe the best test of all to determine how well the pups will hunt.

Good luck you to in what ever you decide to do!

Keep me posted I am interested to see what you end up finding.