Can you dirty trick from range?

[ColbyMunro]

Dirty trick seems pretty open ended from the way it's written on the SRD. If I wanted to throw sand or mud at someone to use the blinding dirty trick on someone, could I do that at range? Would it be an improvised weapon or a ranged touch attack roll to determine if it even hits?

[James Risner]

I'm pretty sure it's melee only, but I didn't look it up before posting.

[John Murdock]

nope you can't do a dirty trick with a range attack a dirty trick say you must do it in melee and doing so demand a standard action.

''You can attempt to hinder a foe in melee as a standard action.''

and since its a combat maneuver you roll your CMB vs the opponent CMD and it provoke and AoO unless you have improved dirty trick feat

[Dr. Dre]

You can if you are a shield champion brawler. it works as if you were in melee range though