Your ducks were reduced to possession and you enjoyed hunting with your dog. That is what matters. Congratulations!!!
Since Marsh was sharing stories of the "field trial dogs", I will share a guide dog story. Called the guide to ask if I could bring a dog. Answer was "Sure but don't bring a bad dog". Showed up that morning and they had 2 dogs. Unloaded the guns at the bank of the slough and leaned them on a tree. While they set decoys in a boat both guide dogs peed on the guns. They then disappeared but by legal shooting time one had returned and the other was running on the other side of the slough. Shot into the first group of teal and both dogs broke about the time the safety clicked off. We sat back and watched the one dog fetch and eat 3 teal. They cranked and used a boat to get the long ducks and mine picked up the close birds that the other 2 dogs didn't see. I have hunted with guides that had very nice dogs but these were not.
