we belive that 2days pigeons are far better than the yesteryear birds, heres an example.
we fly around 450 miles to bergerac, when speaking to some of the older fanciers in my club they tell me back in the day if u got a pigeon on the day from bergerac or even real early next morning u was a "superstar" and most proberbly won the combine or so on, now day's if u dont get a pigeon on the day u got a problem.
but theres are only my views