How cold is too cold for hunting waterfowl?

[labguy]

I would have to think the biggest factor in terms of whether it was safe or not would be if water was involved. If it was a field shoot there wouldn't be any sheet water at all,,,,it would all be frozen as opposed to an over the water shoot where the dogs need to go into water for almost every downed bird, and then their fur would get frozen from the extreme cold and wind chill.

I'm not particularly worried about temps down to -6 or so,,,,,it's those temps. down to -15 when there is a wind making it feel like it's -25.

If your only hunting fields, I wouldn’t be at all concerned, with any hunting type dog no matter what the temps went down too.....especially in the lower mainland.

Seriously, you boys down there are living in a fantasy land compared to the “real” world.