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
