>>444659They are both tools durung the hunt. It's like asking "fishing pole or bait?" I'm not going to swim out in a marsh or pond or lake in the Autumn to retrieve a duck I just shot, and I'm not going to crawl around in the grass to flush out upland birds.
Dogs have the added bonus of being an important and loved part of your family. Guns have the added bonus of versatility like self defense, target shooting, or big game hunting for animsls a dog can't tree.
Pic is my Llewellyn Setter, perfect bird dog, great friend.
