How far...?

[tango_kid]

Hello,

Just had a question, was reading on a website that the guy who owned the website took his birds out 40 miles twice a week for training sessions. Now just woondering how far people  drive per week for training purposes. For instance this guy drove 40 miles and back twice a week so would drive 160 Miles a week. Or do clubs train all their birds together in a trailor or somthing to save rising fuel costs? Just internested.

Thanks,

Mike.

[Guest slugmonkey]

Several guys here go 60+ 3 or more per week most train alone as they are worried about getting pulled

[terry mccarthy]

before racing starts young birds 2 weeks from racing will go 65 miles 80 miles 120 miles then drop bk to 65 which is huntingdon weather permiting of course week of racing will be 80 miles 80 miles 80 miles 65 miles then friday rest ready for basket

[tango_kid]

thats alot of miles. Do most people use speialy bought trailors or do you just puyt them in the back of your car?

Sorry for my ignorance.

Mike

[Guest slugmonkey]

in the back of the pickup truck

[whiteracer]

thats alot of miles. Do most people use speialy bought trailors or do you just puyt them in the back of your car?

Sorry for my ignorance.

Mike

 

In the boot of car mate, then once home hoover out to get all the wood shavings out the boot > learnt my lesson now tho i just put a old sheet down,shake it out in garden then job done

[terry mccarthy]

mine go in the van training but wouldnt go with other peoples birds again so just my own

[ChrisMaidment08]

was daily 30 milesyoung and old

[tippler1]

only 60 miles for 3 days a week

[OLDYELLOW]

i have a geraldy roof top box to train mine , but if transporter there i use him alot cheaper

[rednyellow]

train the birds myself 30-40mls 3-5 days a week, will need a new plan for season 2009 as the cost of fuel is a joke!!!! :'( :'( :'(

[peterpau]

Mine used to go all points of the compass on my cement truck. 50/60/70 mile at a time, when the weather was reasonable, now they hardly get a chuck. Got my 1st bird from Palamos and my 1st from Lamballe young bird, this year. Old birds had 2 chucks at 10 mile then went racing every week, young birds had 6 at 10 mile then raced every week.  

[tango_kid]

So how much is the minimum/Maximum amout of training advisable before the season and during?

[john niko]

on training widowers 3 10 milers and one 30 miler 2 weeks before first race on last toss make sure widdowers see hens when come home from 30 miler then after that they will get them selfs fit around the house

[peterpau]

So how much is the minimum/Maximum amout of training advisable before the season and during?

So how long is a piece of string mate ?

 

 

[ally mac]

The roads up here mean I have to drive 25 miles to give a 15 mile toss. 90 miles for a 55 mile toss. Makes things a bit difficult and expensive!

[ChrisMaidment08]

The roads up here mean I have to drive 25 miles to give a 15 mile toss. 90 miles for a 55 mile toss. Makes things a bit difficult and expensive!

 

take um on the life boat over middle channle

[ally mac]

Might come to that Chris!

 

I am hoping to get organised with one of the local carriers for next year if I can.

[Guest]

best year i had i trained oldbirds 5  20 milers before racing started

gets them back into the habit of comming home

youngbirds first toss 15 miles 2nd 25 miles then

25 miles every morning 15 miles every teatime for 3 weeks

prior to first race (weather permitting)

did this with annother fancier

he did morning toss while i was working and i did

teatime toss after work

[tango_kid]

Don't know if it makes a difference but are the distances people have said for sprint, long distance or doesnt it matter?? I think if i were to hopefuly get into pigeons i would be interested in the sprint aspect.

mike

[mark croker]

we have a transporter that takes them 15,25,35 miles every day if ya want, i train upto 25 miles myself then they go on the wagon twice aweek, normally tuesday and thursday depending on the weather

[ChrisMaidment08]

we have a transporter that takes them 15,25,35 miles every day if ya want, i train upto 25 miles myself then they go on the wagon twice aweek, normally tuesday and thursday depending on the weather

 

and would that be to seven bridge

[jimmy white]

Hello,

Just had a question, was reading on a website that the guy who owned the website took his birds out 40 miles twice a week for training sessions. Now just woondering how far people  drive per week for training purposes. For instance this guy drove 40 miles and back twice a week so would drive 160 Miles a week. Or do clubs train all their birds together in a trailor or somthing to save rising fuel costs? Just internested.

Thanks,

Mike.

 

hi mike,, theres a lot of fanciers spend a lot on petrol  getting their birds race fit, ,, this would be enough to frighten anyone off, with the price of petrol now, ;D, but allways remember of the great albert babbington saying "races are won at home" off course if you think deep enough into this saying , its very true, in more ways than one,,    sometimes there is no need for this travelling at all , i,e keeping w,hood cocks ,say,[ as long as theve been well trained as yb,s ] will not, or rather shouldnt need this type of forced training, as the less road training   they get,, the more they will fly,not only around the loft , but range very far away  if managed correctly, most fanciers talk of" training" but very few of" rest " you can take it from me,  that without proper rest they wont get the proper excercise, i,e if your w hood cocks will fly a solid hour in the morning say from 6am till 7am , then gotten in and fed [a hungry bird wont fly], then had perfect peace in their loft during the day [possibly in a dimmed loft] then let out at 6pm , if you can see them do another hour, ranging far away,,these birds would not need road trained [allthough its a bit of an art  to get them to do this] if they can do this of their own fee will ,,,theyll win and win well , and save you a lot of time and petrol,,,,,,,,so dont let anyone frighten you by having to drive 40 mile every day,,,,let the birds fly themselves, over 40 miles per day ;D it takes a bit of doing at first ,but with a little patience , this can be acheived in the height of the summer ,,,,,when all the road training pigeons [usually since early april] are finished ,, so you can save on petrol and watch your birds "winning at home"    good luck

[Lennut Tar]

 

hi mike,, theres a lot of fanciers spend a lot on petrol  getting their birds race fit, ,, this would be enough to frighten anyone off, with the price of petrol now, ;D, but allways remember of the great albert babbington saying "races are won at home" off course if you think deep enough into this saying , its very true, in more ways than one,,    sometimes there is no need for this travelling at all , i,e keeping w,hood cocks ,say,[ as long as theve been well trained as yb,s ] will not, or rather shouldnt need this type of forced training, as the less road training   they get,, the more they will fly,not only around the loft , but range very far away  if managed correctly, most fanciers talk of" training" but very few of" rest " you can take it from me,  that without proper rest they wont get the proper excercise, i,e if your w hood cocks will fly a solid hour in the morning say from 6am till 7am , then gotten in and fed [a hungry bird wont fly], then had perfect peace in their loft during the day [possibly in a dimmed loft] then let out at 6pm , if you can see them do another hour, ranging far away,,these birds would not need road trained [allthough its a bit of an art  to get them to do this] if they can do this of their own fee will ,,,theyll win and win well , and save you a lot of time and petrol,,,,,,,,so dont let anyone frighten you by having to drive 40 mile every day,,,,let the birds fly themselves, over 40 miles per day ;D it takes a bit of doing at first ,but with a little patience , this can be acheived in the height of the summer ,,,,,when all the road training pigeons [usually since early april] are finished ,, so you can save on petrol and watch your birds "winning at home"    good luck

 

Jimm !!!!!!!! I call it "pigeon madness"  ;D ;D Toss Toss Toss & you will never stop certain flyers doing it, on their way to glory etc ???????, so to speak. Not me thou  ;D ;D ;D I'm to old/lazy I'm afraid.

True story !!!!!! Local toss merchant etc here, some call him a guru "LMFAO" You know !!!!!!!!! Toss Toss Toss type, didn't race this week etc  ;D ;D ;D, said they were knackered   :) he has only 138 left I was told, out of his 800 that he started with  :'( :'( :'(.

Enjoy.

 

 

[pigeon pete57]

  last season went 25 times to 30 miles before 1st youn bird race an d came 2nd club. this year with cost of fuel they had 2 from 15 miles and 4 from 30 miles .took 1st and 2nd fed and won 5 out of 8 races in club and was 2nd in all of them . this shows that training iwas not the only answer