Hi El Gringo, Just for you, I have two wonderful German Shorthaired Pointers and am starting a third. I love the breed, wouldn't have another type of dog. But I am not a dove hunter and my dogs and the way they are trained would not serve your purpose. As much as I hate to say another breed would be better, but it would in your case. You might be a two breed man. A lab for dove & duck and GSP for some of the really cool covey birds down there. For what I do, upland birds, my GSPs are perfect. Have a great time and Merry Christmas!
Gselkhunter
And P.S. I will take good care of Beretta686, I let him tell the stories.

You gotta love an honest man, especially a hunter. They're probably almost as rare as honest fishermen!

In all honesty Gselkhunter, I'm probably going to go with a lab. I always wanted a GSP, but also want to find the dog best-suited for my particular style of hunting, and I'm thinking the lab is going to work out best.

I may try to find one from hunting stock in either S. Texas, or S. Florida where the winter temps seem to be milder and perhaps the coats of the parents/grandparents etc have been somewhat lighter....if that's even the case. Having said that, I'm confident that if I buy a puppy and its reared in these conditions, it'll adjust nicely and won't ever be pushed to the limit heatwise. I'm a hard hunter, but I bet I won't be hunting that hard.

Merry Christmas to you and yours as well! Let's hook up one day, watch some dogs work, kills some birds, eat, drink, and tell some lies.

El Gringo

El Gringo, I can live with that plan!
Gselkhunter