National Amateur Retriever Championship Blog


2022 National Amateur Retriever Championship Blog

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

6th Series – Land Blind - Scrapped

The 6th Series is a Land Blind back at TJ Lindbloom's property. (the same site as the 5th Series) 

The mat has been moved down the hill. The handler comes to the line and calls for the birds. Two gunners stand from the simulated flyer station used in test five. They shoot twice. Then, the handler proceeds with the blind. 

The line to the blind takes the dog down the first Terrace onto a flat. Then he goes through the right corner of the marsh, staying close to a line of small evergreens running in the line from near to far. 

After the second evergreen there is a small marsh pond. When they exit this pond, they go through a shallow line of bullrushes. The dog must keep close to a small evergreen bush. Proceeding across the flat, the Drake Mallard is located in front of a pile of sticks approximately 277 yards east of the mat. 

Decoys have been planted in the left side of the first marsh.

The test is taking approximately 3 minutes per dog.

6th Series – Land Blind – 277 yards