For a versatile I would start with The Joan Bailey Book “How to Help Gun dogs Train themselves” . It’s not really a training book but a way to mold the dog in the first year so that training later on goes smother. A vdog/pointer works with the hunter differently than a lab.
There are a number of systems
Perfect start/Perfect finish
Smith Silent system
Gorge Hickoxs
Training with Moe (This one is cheap and a good read regardless of the system you chose)
Joining one if the NAVHDA chapters is highly recommended it really helped me the club members were great and the process of getting my dog through the test got me a solid hunting dog in the end
If you got space get pigeons , homing pigeons are really useful especially during nesting season when you should not be bugging the wild birds
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