Who dares wins OLR

[Bowbroom]

1651 entrants, 332 made it to the final 20 home from 250 miles at the end of day 3, how is this defensible? I’m amazed that PETA and the other rights groups are not making more of results like this, we are asking for the game to be shut down and those that support OLRs will have stuffed it for the rest of us

[Anthony webster]

The uk one lofts are a joke n pure rubbish
Only good ones are run by pro out fits not by 2 and 1 gangs like the ones here ,
Patatye
Africa pro
Victoria falls
Seem to be class compared to others

[Bowbroom]

If we face restriction or banning because of OLR disasters, those that choose to support them will have denied the choice of the rest of us to enjoy the sport, the world is full of selfish people.

[Bowbroom]

At the moment there are 1632 birds missing from the original entry or 98.8% carry on choosing to risk to destroy it for everyone else

[goose1]

The blame game, does any member wish to bring us up todate on losses alone this year in club, fed, combine races. ? or do we not have the data.

It'll be nothing near 98% I can assure you of that.

[Winfort Lofts]

That is it, precisely.

One Loft pigeons are trained to a schedule, or more to the point they should be. That's what the big entry fees are for. If I paid up for pigeons and saw that they had been send to the races off a few 10 and 15 mile tosses I would be demanding my money back.

Some pigeons sent to OLRs are perhaps not the ideal type. Highly strung inbred youngsters, with perhaps not the toughest constitution, do tend not to cope so well. Small, strong youngsters, probably cross breds, and often hens, seem to be the way to go.

We are all big boys. We go into these things with our eyes open. Our pigeons are not going to be given a day off because it's a head wind or a tail wind or they've dropped flight or it's girlfriend just dumped it or something.
They go when it's training day. If they can't deal with it they don't last long.

From what I've read on Facebook, that very much seem to be the case in this one in particular!

The birds were jumped a big distance after only a handful of short tosses!

There is still a super final to go, and from what I read only about 20 or so birds back to compete!

[Bowbroom]

The figures aren’t generally available but I can guarantee it won’t be 98.8% losses, if you bred 100 young birds and ended up with 1 what would you put it down to? I know what I’d call it and have done so you are trying to defend the indefensible

[Bowbroom]

I always assumed it was about the money, will they be paying out all the 29,900 dollars? Not deducting anything for costs?

[Bowbroom]

I used to get all the fun I could handle from looking after the birds preparing them and watching them home on a race day win lose or draw, without the need for proxy cheap thrills in the faint hope of seeing my name in lights or chasing the distant hope of copping money through somebody else’s efforts, perhaps that’s a Yorkshire thing

[Bowbroom]

Thought you were a kiwi?