Mud Creek Land
The test is a Land Triple with double blind and honor. Bird number 1 is thrown from the handlers left and lands 74 yds away up the side of the hill on the left side of the gun station. Bird number 2 is thrown left to right and lands 75 yds away. This bird is thrown across a marshy area. Bird #3 is the mallard flyer and is thrown from the handlers right side across the same marshy ground and lands approximately 98 yds away. After retrieving the marks, the handler is asked to pick up two blinds. The handler is given the choice on the blind order. The right hand blind is behind the flyer station and is 103 yds away. The left blind is behind gun station number 1 and is 93 yds away. The test concludes with an honor of the next working dog.
Roberts Land 1
This test is a Land Triple, Double Blind, Honor with a Mallard Flyer. Bird #1 is a dead duck thrown from some grass cover on the dogs right side and lands in the stubble of the field. It is thrown right to left and lands 53 yards away. Bird #2 is a mallard flyer thrown left to right and lands approximately 78 yards away. Bird #3 is a dead duck thrown right to left and lands 48 yards away from the line. After the marks are picked up the dog runs two blinds and the order of the blinds is handler choice. The right hand blind at 99 yards is under the arc of Bird #1 and the line is fairly tight to the grass cover lining the field. The other blind is planted by the flyer station and is 107 yds from the line. The test concludes with an honor for the next working dog.
Robert’s Land (2)
This is a Land Triple with Double Blind and Honor. The prominent irrigation pivot plays a key role in this test. Bird #1 is a mallard flyer thrown right to left and lands approximately 104 yds from the line. Bird number 2 is thrown from the base of one of the pivot towers and lands 68 yds from the line. Bird #3 is also thrown from the base of one of the towers and lands 35 yards from the line. After the marks are retrieved the handler is free to choose the order to run the blinds. The right blind runs past station #2 and is 75 yds away. The left blind is planted by the flyer station and is at the base of one of the pivot towers. It is deceptively 115 yds from the line. The test concludes with an honor for the next working dog.
Little Valley Ranch Land
This test is a Land Triple with double blind and an honor. Bird #1, a dead duck, is thrown from the handler’s right side and lands 66 yds away. Bird #2 is thrown right to left and lands 87 yds away. Bird #3 is a mallard flyer that is at the handler’s left side and lands 53 yds away. After picking up the marks the handler is asked to pick up two blinds. The left blind is under the arc of bird #2 and is picked up first at 120 yds. The right blind is 95 yds away and is very tight to the lines of Bird #1 and the left blind. The test concludes with an honor of the next working dog.
