i've hunted and owned labs that will point better than most pointers...
I've hunted pointing labs too. They are fun and work well enough on pheasants.
For out right pointing qualities, though, I'd be willing to stack 90% of good pointing dog stock up against pointing labs. A good pointer will not only find birds, he'll hold 'em too.
it depends on the lab...my late fathers late old buddy gene who pretty successfully trialed his english pointers declared outright that there was no such thing as a pointing lab, when i asked him to hunt with us in the early 90s... after a half dozen pheasants pointed and held, and one covey of hungarians, he changed his tune...
my old peet was a bird knockin fool of a dog... he was tall, long legged and lean, and he could hunt hard all day long... he'd do it for a week at a time, too... tail high and charging hard til he was back in the truck, and halfway home...
i've known one other lab like him, and one half lab/half golden... otis and reb, they were called by...
