I havent duck hunted south of northeast arkansas. I guess that is too far north because Ive never seen a boykin in the field. Poodles and water spaniels are the oddballs ive been around. But mostly labs and several chessies (like mine).
My chessie really wants to be an upland dog and was pointing out birds when he was young without training. Too bad there arent any quail around anymore because I think I could have made him into a good upland dog.