He knew something was there, just didn't know what really. Just as he pointed it flushed and he retrieved it almost to hand without a blink. Didn't take him long to catch on to the game. He's far from good, but that many wild birds was a great teacher and seems to have really improved his pointing.
First place we stopped at he just ran and ran in circles sniffing and peeing on everything. I can't blame him, the 17+hr drive was long for me too!
'flave- He hunts more like a lab than he should so does that count?