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Anybody into homing pigeon messaging as a hobby
Posted on 1/5/25 at 8:27 pm
Posted on 1/5/25 at 8:27 pm
The google machine tells me there’s 18 pigeon racing clubs within 100 miles of me. Sounds fun.
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Posted on 1/5/25 at 8:29 pm to Gee Grenouille
my uncle used to be the president of the Arkansas county pigeon racing confederation 
they gave out trophies and shite
we still raise them, all banded and tracked
they gave out trophies and shite we still raise them, all banded and tracked
Posted on 1/5/25 at 8:29 pm to Gee Grenouille
I sent a pigeon to your mom but she hasn’t sent it back yet.
Posted on 1/5/25 at 8:32 pm to Gee Grenouille
The losers end up in gumbo.
Posted on 1/5/25 at 8:33 pm to Codythetiger
How far do these things operate?
Posted on 1/5/25 at 8:35 pm to Gee Grenouille
Mike Tyson has raised them since he was a kid.
Posted on 1/5/25 at 8:37 pm to Ghost of Colby
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Mike Tyson has raised them since he was a kid.
Yeah I think the birds were his only solace while enduring a very difficult childhood.
Posted on 1/5/25 at 8:44 pm to Gee Grenouille
He lives south of me here in little rock and he's driven them down to Monroe, with a cover over the coups btw, and they all made it back. Haven't lost nearly as many as you'd think when flying.
Posted on 1/5/25 at 8:44 pm to Gee Grenouille
Does sound interesting
Posted on 1/5/25 at 8:45 pm to Gee Grenouille
My hoping pigeons have been a crucial part of our courier department and as a way of my seedy henchmen being able to discretely send messages.
Posted on 1/5/25 at 8:46 pm to Ghost of Colby
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Mike Tyson has raised them since he was a kid.
Yeah, but it is hard to decipher the messages his birds send due to to lisp.
Posted on 1/5/25 at 8:47 pm to Gee Grenouille
I would imagine hawks and owls definitely love finding pigeons flying. That’s were i would say the ones that didn’t return went
Posted on 1/5/25 at 8:53 pm to The Torch
quote:Me too! But I did get a reply from an old buzzard. The message was hard to read, looked like an extremely illiterate person wrote it. Best I could decipher was, Walgreens had Astroglide on sale.
I sent a pigeon to your mom but she hasn’t sent it back yet.
Posted on 1/5/25 at 8:54 pm to LegendInMyMind
Posted on 1/5/25 at 8:57 pm to Gee Grenouille
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Anybody into homing pigeon messaging as a hobby
Isn't everyone?
Posted on 1/5/25 at 9:06 pm to Gee Grenouille
Sure, flying street rats, but if your into that, go for it.
Posted on 1/5/25 at 9:06 pm to Camijoe
It’s very interesting,I almost got into it.Much more to it than one would think.
I went to a guys house that was into it.There is a Spring Racing season and a Fall,4 races a week apart
Five weeks before the races he would take his pigeons 25 miles 5 days in a row first week of training,2 days to rest.
2’nd week he would take them 50 miles,2 days rest.3rd week it was 75 miles,4th week it was a hundred miles then they got a week rest before then 1st race.
He raced about 25 birds.He would weigh each bird every week during training and adjust,their food intake.He kept detailed records on all those birds he raced-how much they weighed,how many ounces a food each one got daily.
Lot’s of people don’t do all that but they’re not very successful.
This guy was pretty successful but he wasn’t married,had no kids,didn’t hunt or fish.Pigeons was his only hobby.
I went to a guys house that was into it.There is a Spring Racing season and a Fall,4 races a week apart
Five weeks before the races he would take his pigeons 25 miles 5 days in a row first week of training,2 days to rest.
2’nd week he would take them 50 miles,2 days rest.3rd week it was 75 miles,4th week it was a hundred miles then they got a week rest before then 1st race.
He raced about 25 birds.He would weigh each bird every week during training and adjust,their food intake.He kept detailed records on all those birds he raced-how much they weighed,how many ounces a food each one got daily.
Lot’s of people don’t do all that but they’re not very successful.
This guy was pretty successful but he wasn’t married,had no kids,didn’t hunt or fish.Pigeons was his only hobby.
Posted on 1/5/25 at 9:09 pm to Gee Grenouille
My maester uses a raven
Posted on 1/5/25 at 9:10 pm to LSUA 75
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This guy was pretty successful but he wasn’t married,had no kids,.
I wonder why?
Posted on 1/5/25 at 9:15 pm to Gee Grenouille
I read this as 'homing pigeon massaging' and thought this thread was going in a totally different direction.
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