DISTANCES FOR RACING

[Guest TAMMY_1]

With racing not too far in the distance where do individual federations start their birds from, young and old, [ distance wise ] and do you think your birds get started  too short or too far to begin with  ?

[DUBLINFLYER]

race in the south road fed in Dublin! 1st race is thurles county tipperary its around 75-85 miles depending on where you're located. that's for old & young birds i'd say it's bout right for us well i'm happy enough with it in anyway

[carlsberg]

our first race is from stoneleigh which to me is 55mls

[Guest]

young and old 43 miles,  3 times 43 miles with the y/birds to start off.

[Guest TAMMY_1]

young and old 43 miles,  3 times 43 miles with the y/birds to start off.

 

that will really test them george  ;D ;D ;D

[sammy]

think they get started to short and start to early first weekend in may at 100 miles then onto 50 mile stages every week  

[Lennut Tar]

 

that will really test them george  ;D ;D ;D

 

 

;D ;D ;D :D Do you think ?????, George might struggle a wee bit   ;)  to get them home do you  ;D ;D ;D Tammy 1.

 

"Now" Depending on which line we are on etc  it's usually around 150 - 165 miles for me,

But many flyers (Myself included at times), dont bother to start them, till the next stage around 240 + miles etc here. Remember also George  ;D ;D ;D if you happen to read this !!!!!, these are babies 6 to 9 months old & it's the middle of winter, so to speak. So you may like, after reading this ??????. To be a bit more adventurious in the future   :P .

Enjoy.

 

[Guest]

 

 

;D ;D ;D :D Do you think ?????, George might struggle a wee bit   ;)  to get them home do you  ;D ;D ;D Tammy 1.

 

"Now" Depending on which line we are on etc  it's usually around 150 - 165 miles for me,

But many flyers (Myself included at times), dont bother to start them, till the next stage around 240 + miles etc here. Remember also George  ;D ;D ;D if you happen to read this !!!!!, these are babies 6 to 9 months old & it's the middle of winter, so to speak. So you may like, after reading this ??????. To be a bit more adventurious in the future   :P .

Enjoy.

aye...well mine are not paired up yet :-/ it is the middle of winter bloody freezing.

how can i be abit more adventurious than sending to palamos 1,000 miles

 

[billy wilson]

our first race is from selby 81 miles quite happy with that old,and young birds

[Guest]

You can only race from the racepoints your organisation give to you in your program. 43 miles is a training toss to me, and i bet theres plenty of people who are having to race this that are unhappy about it. I know I would be! I doubt if I would race these actually! I feel for the lads (and lasses) in this predicament, 43 miles for a race in my opinion is an insult to the pigeons, never mind the people forced to race it! Its a bit harsh to tell him to be a bit more adventurous, especially as the lad says, when he's having a go at the 1,000 miles Palomas type of races! Thats a test only the ardent few get to, and only the absolute best will come from! 1000 mile racing, I take my cap off to you!!

 

Credit where credit is due, some of the hardest and best long distance pigeons are currently in and/or originate from Scotland.

[Guest casbri]

our first race withold birds and young birds are from kettering 75 miles

[Guest spin cycle]

agree with dicky darky.can't help where you live/race programme.i think i may be shortest flyer in my 'fed'. boston is mere 43 miles to me but at the other end the longer flyers are doing nearly 80. i'm thinking of starting a support group for those of us that suffer overfly.have you noticed how we short flyers are told 'don't worry about overfly, if you've the best bird on the day it'll win' however it allways seems to be longer flyers that tell us this. seriously though  i'm not complaing ,i'm just glad to have a club/'fed' to fly with(not a given around here) .

[Guest MBpigeonguy]

we start at 90 miles, then increase b 50 miles each time  when we get to 500 we go back to 300 and go to 650, by increasing 50 miles at a time,

at the 500-650 mile races some guys hate the long races then they decided the last few years, that they dont make enought money to pay the driver then they came up with a cool plane to have 2 races on one day,

the driver will let the birds for the 650 mile race go at 650, they quicly drive to 350 and let the birds go that are for the short race, and most of the times when he lets he short distence birds go the 650 mile birds fly over, then its kind of cool becouse if i were to enter both races my birds from both races would come home within seconds of each other.

[johno]

must take into consideration location of loft.in scotland our temperature is around 6 degrees lower than lincolnshire or sussex. we have completely different conditions. there is even a marked difference between east of scotland and west.ask the farmers the difference in harvesting times.

[Taylorsloft]

68 miles to 587 thats with the fed i think its 650 with s n f c

[Guest TAMMY_1]

must take into consideration location of loft.in scotland our temperature is around 6 degrees lower than lincolnshire or sussex. we have completely different conditions. there is even a marked difference between east of scotland and west.ask the farmers the difference in harvesting times.

 

Fail to grasp here Johno what this has got to do with asking about distances birds are flying from, :-/ :-/

[johno]

the starting distance seemed to be under discussion. when we start racing it is usually cold very cold. the birds often struggle to get home. at least mine do. the baskets say that many others do also. so 43 mile in teh middle of april can often be a severe task so to go any further would not be advisable at this time. most of us fly out to around 600 miles. by the end of june.

[Lennut Tar]

Its not your fault if thats the race programme you been given clockman means you either have to miss out on quite few races until they at the distances you want send yours to or you send them to those first few races which do seem bit on the short side  ;D  

 

"Now" Depending on which line we are on etc  it's usually around 150 - 165 miles for me,

But many flyers (Myself included at times), dont bother to start them, till the next stage around 240 + miles etc here. Remember also George     if you happen to read this !!!!!, these are babies 6 to 9 months old & it's the middle of winter, so to speak. So you may like, after reading this ??????. To be a bit more adventurious in the future    .

Enjoy.

 

Guess that one Lennut would depend on what birds you got and what you do with them lot of top distance fliers dont even bother to race their ybs and plenty will see the sort of distance you are on about as yearlings what sort of racepoints are you looking at for doing this with your ybs mine go across the channel for their first race as a yb

 

Rose !!!!!!! You have to remember now I'm a bit of an outcast here  ;D ;D ;D & a bit of a misfit   :D , also I'm at the other end of the world to Hogni, so to speak  ;D ;D.

Because of this ????? we do many things somewhat differently to most of you here. But to answer your question re my post etc 500 & 600 miles for me & it is not unknown or out of the ordinary as such, for pigeons bred february/march to in september fly 700miles. We love to race what we call "late breds" here & if you get them fit & fired up etc, the old folk  ;D ;D ;D 2-3-4-5 old pigeons are just not in the same league. They are just to damm slow or smart ?????? which ever way you wan't to look at it .  

Now!!!!! Re "The Pond" We also have a wee little bit of water here :D & we will wack these same pigeons of mine across it  ;D ;D ;D, for their 1st race without blinking an eye so to speak & its 200 miles of water & depending on the angle etc, in other areas, its much much longer over the water  when they race over it, & it has been known ????? to get somewhat rougher than "The Pond"  ;D ;D & to give you a small clue ????.  It's called

"The Bass Strait".

PS. This has turned out, quite an interesting topic don't you think. Re other posts etc.

Enjoy.

 

[Guest TAMMY_1]

 

 

PS. This has turned out, quite an interesting topic don't you think. Re other posts etc.

Enjoy.

 

And I enjoy reading your replies, so keep on at it.   ;)

[jimbobboy]

Our OB and YB races start for us at 100 miles and we're on the short end of the Combine.  We/I like to get our YB andOB  to at least 60 mile before the 1st race at least once.  I don't think we fly a 600-mile station anymore.   jimbobboy  usa

[Simeon Turner]

In one fed we start at 73 miles, both old and young birds.

 

The other fed this year we are starting at 108 miles, again for both old and young birds.

[Lennut Tar]

 

And I enjoy reading your replies, so keep on at it.   ;)

 

Tammy 1 !!!!!!  ;D ;D ;D You want to go  have a good look in a mirror so to speak, along with your good women  :K) :K) :K)  Because you have a  "Big" "Big" problem I'm afraid, as sad as it is here   :D , Because my mate ??????, keeps telling me etc, that  my posts have nothing of any content which would be of any value to anyone. So lift your game  ;D ;D ;D etc, & what do you say !!!!!! we both change our attack here   :) & become 2 grumpy old men together as an example.   :D . Just to make life that bit more enjoyable so to speak, for some  we know   :P.

Enjoy.

 

 

[DUBLINFLYER]

 

 

;D ;D ;D :D Do you think ?????, George might struggle a wee bit   ;)  to get them home do you  ;D ;D ;D Tammy 1.

 

"Now" Depending on which line we are on etc  it's usually around 150 - 165 miles for me,

But many flyers (Myself included at times), dont bother to start them, till the next stage around 240 + miles etc here. Remember also George  ;D ;D ;D if you happen to read this !!!!!, these are babies 6 to 9 months old & it's the middle of winter, so to speak. So you may like, after reading this ??????. To be a bit more adventurious in the future   :P .

Enjoy.

i didnt think you were into racing young birds, maybe i picked you up wrong! its just the other tread bout "pairing up" when u said u weren't into racing young ones.

if i picked you up wrong then i do apoliges :-/