Get a dog!
Guys be very very careful with the wader or canoe solution! I stepped of a shelf in lake Erie with waders on in November and that was 40 years ago and I've had a dog ever since.
You'll love the dog and she will love you. You'll get all your ducks and those of the guys with no dogs.
There was no mention of cripples in the post but given that one day last fall before I fired a shot the dog had 6!
Not to preach without a dog you will not get all the birds that you shoot and some non dog retrieving methods are very dangerous.
Bye the way just about any breed will do the job for most hunters. The dogs are better bred than we are!
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