cheers for that it wasnt i was gutted sunday lot of blood sweat n tears gone into them but you cant just show the Good times thats easy anyone can do that 👍🇬🇧
@@neilpratt43 We fly in West Cumbria where racing is always difficult but this year has been horrendous. I would say almost everyone has lost 50% or more of their youngsters and we are only at 90 miles!! Our issues haven't been clashing just BOP. The sport is going to die unless we can either receive some help or take control ourselves. When you think all that carrier/homing pigeons did in the war to save others, its awful we get no support....even the king has dropped us like a hot potato!! (No longer patron of RPRA) Well done again mate and keep your chin up 👍
It's grim Neil, we had the same this weekend too! All the effort to get these smashes certainly pull the heart strings! Hope they get the reporting and get them home! Onwards and upwards is the only thing for it! Best of luck pal 👍🤝
cheers for that i saw your latest video about same thing its happening to much ive been lucky todate but this season seems to be hitting me hard but agree gotta keep moving forward 😊👍
Dont believe its a smash personally. I talk to a lot of fanciers who this year have lost large numbers of young birds when they have only taken them 10 miles down the road. Some weeks back now I witnessed a perigrine falcon going into a batch of pigeons. They scattered like crows some hitting trees and heading off in all different directions. This is happening now on a daily basis. A farmer i talked to last year told me he was walking across his field last year with his dog And there where arond 15 pigeons in trees and under hedgrows .All of which had rings on.
ohh yes for sure alot can be ut down to the Perergrines i agree their where not as jumpy or spooked as would have been with a hawk attach on a training toss but at this time of year in such big batches you dont know for sure
Sorry to hear about your losses…..where are they all going? Not sure how many I would send next week as you will need a reasonable team for next year but good luck
yes thats the worry i cant really afford to lose anymore for that reason but uneducated yeatlings not going to get me far so ive just got to keep going well for the time been
Sorry to hear of the numbers missing Neil shocking mate hopefully during the week they come back during the week mate. Good luck on your training this week and look forward to your videos fingers crossed you go the racing next week, well done on your results this week mate
Well done for doing a video mate, It can't have been easy.
Hope some more tow in 👍
cheers for that it wasnt i was gutted sunday lot of blood sweat n tears gone into them but you cant just show the Good times thats easy anyone can do that 👍🇬🇧
@@neilpratt43 We fly in West Cumbria where racing is always difficult but this year has been horrendous. I would say almost everyone has lost 50% or more of their youngsters and we are only at 90 miles!! Our issues haven't been clashing just BOP. The sport is going to die unless we can either receive some help or take control ourselves.
When you think all that carrier/homing pigeons did in the war to save others, its awful we get no support....even the king has dropped us like a hot potato!! (No longer patron of RPRA)
Well done again mate and keep your chin up 👍
It's grim Neil, we had the same this weekend too! All the effort to get these smashes certainly pull the heart strings! Hope they get the reporting and get them home!
Onwards and upwards is the only thing for it!
Best of luck pal 👍🤝
cheers for that i saw your latest video about same thing its happening to much ive been lucky todate but this season seems to be hitting me hard but agree gotta keep moving forward 😊👍
Tough race mate…hope you get more back👍🏾
cheers hopefully so but not holding out been 2 days since last one see if any are reported
Sorry to hear about your losses it seemed a bad race day for everyone from worksop keep going fella 👍
Thankyou for that yes its been a bad one all round highs and lows of young bird racing
thats the WDA big losses 2 wks ago now the combine.this happened about 3 year ago.hope a few more turn in for you mate.
yes hopefully it doesnt happen again to mamy been lost sport has enough problems 👍
I race at Staithes’s my lofts on the cliffs there was hundreds coming over low and heading out to see 😮
yes thats what a few have said now thanks for the update if they did the lucky ones be in holland 👍
Dont believe its a smash personally. I talk to a lot of fanciers who this year have lost large numbers of young birds when they have only taken them 10 miles down the road. Some weeks back now I witnessed a perigrine falcon going into a batch of pigeons. They scattered like crows some hitting trees and heading off in all different directions. This is happening now on a daily basis. A farmer i talked to last year told me he was walking across his field last year with his dog And there where arond 15 pigeons in trees and under hedgrows .All of which had rings on.
ohh yes for sure alot can be ut down to the Perergrines i agree their where not as jumpy or spooked as would have been with a hawk attach on a training toss but at this time of year in such big batches you dont know for sure
I don't think they clashed with our north roaders. we had two libs from Bubwith Selby 6.05 and 9.00 both excellent races with near 100% returns.
im thinking whats already been suggested and they wrnt out over north sea but wont know till they start showing up reported
It's sad to hear of all these losses, i hope some more have returned or been reported.
Do you have an Archangel sitting in the loft there?
hopefully a few turn in if not fingers n toes crossed i dont drop anymore the bronze is a bokhara x exhibition fantail cross i bred for droppers 😊
@@neilpratt43 The cross is lovely, so you've bred a bird with stunning plumage and placid nature 🏆
@amyesworldcatherinesminime7945 yes very much so 😊
Sorry to hear about your losses…..where are they all going? Not sure how many I would send next week as you will need a reasonable team for next year but good luck
yes thats the worry i cant really afford to lose anymore for that reason but uneducated yeatlings not going to get me far so ive just got to keep going well for the time been
Sorry to hear of the numbers missing Neil shocking mate hopefully during the week they come back during the week mate. Good luck on your training this week and look forward to your videos fingers crossed you go the racing next week, well done on your results this week mate
Thankyou much appreciated hopefully get a few more back 👍
So disappointing neal hope they work back in mate i no ther was a lots of yb missing in that race tack mate
Thankyou its been a tough weekend hopefully few more drop in
Wen will pigeon men ever learn ,you need to be in contact with all the other feds around you ,it's not rocket science
this is true we are our own worst enemys at times