Originally Posted by Fishduck
Boykin are fine dogs. The truth is they are smaller than a lab and they don't have a labs undercoat. I almost watched a Boykin freeze to death hunting the timber in Arkansas. The dog only made it because we threw it in the gunbox of the boat with a Q-beam as a heat source.
this we took ours duck hunting in flooded timber one evening. I had to carry him wrapped in my jacket 1 mile out that night or we would have lost him. So just my limited experience duck hunting with him they are not near as able to take the cold as labs. And don’t never take one duck hunting near cockle burrs unless you want to spend hours picking them out lol. He was a great pet. I have seen quail hunters that love them as flushing birds.