Looking into possibly getting a pup. An acquaintance of mine used to have 2 Chessies he hunted pheasants with and they did quite well. I'm aware that there are better choices for upland but I really like retrievers. Very limited waterfowl hunting here locally so would be mostly preserve chuckars and state stocked pheasants. Anybody hunting them for upland? He would of course be spending time on the couch with the wife and carousing with the other dog(s).