My last two male yellow labs spent there entire hunting lives chasing pheasants on Pelee and Scugog Islands in Ont. All the birds were pen raised and released though. Never had the opportunity to hunt wild pheasant as none ever survive one year to the next here. At least not in any appreciable numbers.
In the group of fellas I hunted with, we had Yellow Labs, Britney's, and a Wiemeraner. They all did a fine job, and loved it. We always told our wives it was the dogs hunting trips and we just had to do the driving and shoot the pheasants for them.