Beagle hunting training question, please look if you are familiar with training beagles.?

I would really like to get a beagle, and i love to hunt all game. Is it possible to train a beagle to hunt: rabbits,Pheasants, and ducks? I know that they dont do well with cold water, but i have a friend who we normally use, that can handle bad weather. But is it possible to train a beagle to hunt all those. I have lots of patciance and will try anything. ThanksBeagle hunting training question, please look if you are familiar with training beagles.?
Rabbits and Pheasants should be okay but not so sure about the ducks. Here in Virginia, we use them for deer and they work great.Beagle hunting training question, please look if you are familiar with training beagles.?
My three (3)* Beagles will hunt %26amp; retrieve rabbits, pheasants, grouse %26amp; woodcock.* They let me know what they are working %26amp; hunting by watching their tail.* Hunter of small game with Beagles for more years than I can count.* Good luck with the Ducks, however it is highly unlikely you will succeed pursuing them with a Beagle.* DUCKS= Labrador Retriever.*
Beagles are natural trackers, so they are good with ground game. They were specifically developed as a breed for rabbits, and pheasants should work well also. Ducks, I don't know. Probably not so much since they are not quiet when they track. You haven't heard anything 'til you've heard a beagle on the trail of a rabbit.
why try to change what the dog was breed for if you want a bird dog get a lab
I've hunted rabbits with beagles for years. There's not a better dog for it. We normally will take new dogs out on hunts with experienced ones. It usually takes about a season of hunting with experienced animals for the newby to really get into the game. It's best to find a dog with good hunting parents. Sometimes it's just in their blood and they become proficient very quickly. Take them out and let them run! After a kill, always show the dogs what they accomplished. This not only is great motivation, but also lets them know that they're done running this particular rabbit, and it's time to find a new trail. The new dog will smell the rabbit and get a better idea of what's going on and recognize the scent they were following on the trail. The more this is reinforced the better it will learn what to do. Good luck
Beagles are great rabbit dogs that's what they were bred for, none are better. I've actually had pretty good success with my beagle on pheasants, she's won't hold a point on them, but she is great at flushing them. It's kind of embarrasing if you happen to be on the field with another bird dog, she won't honor their point and just flys by them barking her head off. But if you hunt on a leash and keep her limitations in mind, you should be ok. Ducks, give it up. No chance in the world would she ever retrieve a duck. If you are primarily interested in bird hunting, go with a lab or golden retriever, much better choice.
I own a few beagles and enjoy http://forums.huntingboards.com/ and use it as a great reference for training beagles. I have not thought about using a beagle for duck hunting. The differnce I see is duck hunting is a different type of situation than upland hunting. Duck hunting you sit and call to get the ducks to come to you. Upland hunting you go to find the spot the game is at. A beagle will sometimes retreive but it is breed to follow a scent. Beagles will go in cold water to chase game such as in hunting a swamp rabbit. A swamp rabbit will go into to water to escape and swim a pretty good ways. Pheasents or quail are to me a bonus to me when hunting with my beagle yet to some people it is a very negative to thier hunt. To each his own. If you go to http://forums.huntingboards.com/ and ask the same question you will get responses from some very good beagle trainers.