Lost Town

[Guest paulrstokes]

you all seem to think the forestry has nothing to do with doo racing forestry has now come on leaps and bounds since they started it in the late 80s planting fast growing Firs and such like, the tree are at full height now, and there are more Bop. If you have had a look at the size of kielder Forrest and that is where the birds got blown to

on saturday, the batch would have been at that time 4,000 strong maybe more but i believe they where hit about there, and this is the case most times any one goes near

longtown, I also believe there are sites there. to watch the Bop in the kielder Forrest, as it comes under a Nature Reserve. there are guys loosing birds from 15 mile tosses every day

even birds, that have came out of the same place 6 times training, now that cant be right,

and we expect our young birds to make it home from all the places, as they pass most peoples training spots, or lines of flight. just now we have a few birds but just don't seem to care about the problem as when we get to the 4th race most have stopped, but what has that achieved absolutely nothing the next year. for what is put by is only cannon fodder for the next old bird races once again. over the winter we here guys say i have about 25 yearlings

for next year, but only 4-6 make it to the yearling open. we are now breeding a team of 40-80- to get 6 races max. as i say trees and bop attacks there is only one looser

our birds i have seen it pigeons will do any thing to get out the way of a bop they even skelp of your own window or shed if they get chased but them fir trees are that dense they would brake your birds wings or legs no problem then they die the slow death

or some fox put them out there misery

 

i do not want to appear thick here, but are all reteurns from the same race, as we see 25 from 28 andf 11 from 12 and then Delboy has 3 from 62????

 

Ii agree with some of Bigdas comments and we are breeding more, I bred 58 thi8s year and have arround 20 left after only 2 races and 6 more to go.

 

Damage was done as we started training lost 9 one chuck then 7 2 days later.

 

Possible breed some latebreds like you gents will be doing i am sure

[Delboy]

you all seem to think the forestry has nothing to do with doo racing forestry has now come on leaps and bounds since they started it in the late 80s planting fast growing Firs and such like, the tree are at full height now, and there are more Bop. If you have had a look at the size of kielder Forrest and that is where the birds got blown to

on saturday, the batch would have been at that time 4,000 strong maybe more but i believe they where hit about there, and this is the case most times any one goes near

longtown, I also believe there are sites there. to watch the Bop in the kielder Forrest, as it comes under a Nature Reserve. there are guys loosing birds from 15 mile tosses every day

even birds, that have came out of the same place 6 times training, now that cant be right,

and we expect our young birds to make it home from all the places, as they pass most peoples training spots, or lines of flight. just now we have a few birds but just don't seem to care about the problem as when we get to the 4th race most have stopped, but what has that achieved absolutely nothing the next year. for what is put by is only cannon fodder for the next old bird races once again. over the winter we here guys say i have about 25 yearlings

for next year, but only 4-6 make it to the yearling open. we are now breeding a team of 40-80- to get 6 races max. as i say trees and bop attacks there is only one looser

our birds i have seen it pigeons will do any thing to get out the way of a bop they even skelp of your own window or shed if they get chased but them fir trees are that dense they would brake your birds wings or legs no problem then they die the slow death

or some fox put them out there misery

 

i do not want to appear thick here, but are all reteurns from the same race, as we see 25 from 28 andf 11 from 12 and then Delboy has 3 from 62????

Ii agree with some of Bigdas comments and we are breeding more, I bred 58 thi8s year and have arround 20 left after only 2 races and 6 more to go.

 

Damage was done as we started training lost 9 one chuck then 7 2 days later.

 

Possible breed some latebreds like you gents will be doing i am sure

 

 

I wasnt racing m8, my birds supposedly collided with 5 low flying jets that were on the same flight path at the same time,from a 28 mile toss.

[Guest TAMMY_1]

I wasnt racing m8, my birds supposedly collided with 5 low flying jets that were on the same flight path at the same time,from a 28 mile toss.

did you get any more back or any reported Del ?

[Delboy]

did you get any more back or any reported Del ?

 

5/62, 4 of them badly hawked the other one must have flown 1000mls, never seen a thinner, flown out bird.Just got another, 6/62, NONE REPORTED

[Guest bigda]

what idiot voted for this race point , on a west wind

http://maps.google.co.uk/

[TheHigg]

got 2 today from longtown great condition i reon someones had them in and libbed closer to home cheers for that

[fastblack]

does this meen the majority o us r idiots every 1 is entitiled to vote ps i respect ur opinion might not agree with it but respect it

[HOMER49]

got 2 today from longtown great condition i reon someones had them in and libbed closer to home cheers for that

 

Hi

William MacAloney libbed 12 Lanarkshire y/bs

at Newhouse today

Courtesy of fellow fanciers in the South

plenty more to come this Friday on LF transporter

Cheers

Homer 49

[Guest bigda]

does this meen the majority o us r idiots every 1 is entitiled to vote ps i respect ur opinion might not agree with it but respect it

 

 

would you have your birds libed out side big flats, well that is the same thing down there there are over 30 hills there all at over 2,000 ft name a few ettrick pen 2,270 ft caper fell, 2,2224 ftballencleuch law 2,260 ft croft head 2,031 feet winday gale 2,100ft geen lowther 2,402. dunrig 2,441 ft cold moss 2,264. then you have about 20 forests there does that no make it hard enough for you and the lib site is only sitting in a valley to boot. i don't mind east or west but i would like to see coastal lib sites used that way it ia all sea level and the birds have a at least a chance to get out at sea if chased with out hitting trees and such like wires before they steady up.

[jimmy w]

would you have your birds libed out side big flats, well that is the same thing down there there are over 30 hills there all at over 2,000 ft name a few ettrick pen 2,270 ft caper fell, 2,2224 ftballencleuch law 2,260 ft croft head 2,031 feet winday gale 2,100ft geen lowther 2,402. dunrig 2,441 ft cold moss 2,264. then you have about 20 forests there does that no make it hard enough for you and the lib site is only sitting in a valley to boot. i don't mind east or west but i would like to see coastal lib sites used that way it ia all sea level and the birds have a at least a chance to get out at sea if chased with out hitting trees and such like wires before they steady up.

theres no where to hide at sea drown or get eaten give me 1 of they big forrests any day

[Guest bigda]

well what is the problem with this race point, there are still doos missing from it and the first race, there seems to be a lib close by on saturday that did not help this is not confirmed as yet but i am sure it will be

[tyson]

midlothian flew longtown last year with our youngbirds think we flew it 3/4 times and had good returns maybe the problem is not the race point but what the birds are encountering further up road

[Guest bigda]

midlothian flew longtown last year with our youngbirds think we flew it 3/4 times and had good returns maybe the problem is not the race point but what the birds are encountering further up road

 

 

yes i belive you have had good racing from it your birds would have been on the east side of it for home, ours have to head into the hills to find a gap, and there is a lot of parts arround that area where an ambush would be most likely we have this place to get by all the time its fine when birds are skeping through it in ones and 2s

they might not get noticed so much but when you lib 3,000 at the foot of a hill and birds in there in there first go will bring plenty in for lunch, that is what is the crutch of the mater. big batches get noticed

[tyson]

at present I dont think it matters where you go now these damm things are everywhere its down to the luck off the draw