1st and 2nd Series Test Description
Welcome to the first test of the 2026 National Amateur Retriever Championship!
82 dog/handler teams will start this morning, after having traveled from all over the US to compete here in Junction City, Oregon.
Land Double and Land Blind
This test uses a hen pheasant and rooster pheasant for the land marks and a hen pheasant for the land blind.
Test 1 finds us sitting on the side of a hill facing South. There is a broad grass field just below us with a narrow winding pond.
Bird # 1 (LR) is a Hen Pheasant. This gun station is located to the left of the mat. The line is down the hill, across a narrow corner of the pond, over a large piece of land and then back across another channel of water. The gunner shoots and then throws their hen from left to right, landing approximately 165 yards from the line across the ditch, so it lands on the near side towards the line. The gunners then retire when the dog is sent. We will refer to this bird as LR for Left Retired.
Bird # 2 (F) is a Rooster Pheasant Flyer. Three gunners and a thrower are located to the handlers right and will throw and then shoot this bird to the right. The dog will travel down a short hill across a grassy field to locate this rooster, which lands approximately 170 yards from the mat. We will refer to this bird as F for Flyer.
Test 2 is a Blind.
Bird # 3 (B) is a Hen Pheasant located to the left of the mat and parallel to bird 1 in test 1. The line out to this bird will bring the dog down the hill, across a finger of the pond, over a point where they will re-enter the channel, make their way across the water and then out and across the field. They will cross a road on their way to the brush pile and find the bird. The bird is planted 210 yards from the mat. The bird planter will retire behind a mound. We will refer to this bird as B for Blind.
These 2 combined tests will take approximately 8-10 minutes per dog to complete.
Dog #48 will Start this Series
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