National Retriever Championship Blog


2024 National Retriever Championship Blog

9th Series

Series 9
Land Quad


The mat faces Northwest, and there is a 6 mph right to left wind. The field is bowl shaped, with several trees, shrubs, and patchy cover. 

This land Quad is thrown Left Retired, Right Retired, Middle Retired, then Flyer.

Bird #1 is a dead Rooster pheasant, thrown right to left, landing 256 yards from the mat. The throwers retire as soon as the dog is sent. We will refer to this bird as LR for Left Retired. 

Bird #2 is a dead Hen Pheasant, thrown left to right, landing 275 yards from the mat. The throwers retire as soon as the dog is sent. We will refer to this bird as RR for Right Retired. 

Bird #3 is a dead hen pheasant, thrown left to right, landing 206 yards from the mat. The bird lands in a ditch at the base of a shrub. The throwers retire as soon as the dog is sent. We will refer to this bird as MR for Middle Retired. 

Bird #4 is a hen pheasant flyer, shot left to right, landing 173 yards from the mat. We will refer to this bird as F for Flyer.

This test is taking approximately 7 minutes to complete.




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