most of mine came out the west to ,if yi can remember when we flew from carlisle the pigeons were getting chased up the west side of the country and that was one of the reasons why we went east and that was about the middle of the nineties if my memory is right so nothing has changed they are still coming out the west in a west wind the ones thats getting through anyhow and the rest well look at reports on here they seem to be getting chased all over the country ,why and with what