How far for your first chuck

Hi lads how far do you go for first training Chuck for yearling .... I went 15 miles for two and they beat me home so 25 miles tomorrow keep them there till next week then to 30 mile then into first race for 56 miles

Depends on what obstacles they have to fly around or over. Here in the open countryside first shot is 30 miles. Then another there. Will be open loft usually so into the first race. 150 miles. If they are flying around good. Different locations different methods.

20 miles

15 miles

Always start old and young at 3 miles then 12 miles up to 28 miles first race 96 miles

Had mine out nearly every day over the winter so might not take them down the road. Any thoughts?

if their experienced and flying well around the loft I would just give 2 or 3 at 15 miles to tune them into the game that's about to start ...don't see the point hammering old birds early season just my thoughts though cow and chicken atb fer 2017

think along the same lines oldstrain thanks for the advice and good luck for 2017

oldstrain wrote:

if their experienced and flying well around the loft I would just give 2 or 3 at 15 miles to tune them into the game that's about to start ...don't see the point hammering old birds early season just my thoughts though cow and chicken atb fer 2017

For me O/S it all comes down to the roof/flying trick & if your birds are not in the right mental frame as such when giving them the first toss, one more than likely will get a hiding sadly at times at 2 or 20 miles etc I suspect.
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Last year had the young to the 30 mile station. They had been slow from there 3 times. Was speeding and made it back in good time. I was getting out of the van then seen them. Way down near the lake shore almost a mile away. 15 minutes later they came back from the West and still flew. Guess was not long enough for them.

halcanada wrote:

Last year had the young to the 30 mile station. They had been slow from there 3 times. Was speeding and made it back in good time. I was getting out of the van then seen them. Way down near the lake shore almost a mile away. 15 minutes later they came back from the West and still flew. Guess was not long enough for them.

107 mpm Hal for the last mile etc . No chance of being picked up for speeding by the radar gun I suspect there at the time .
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hi phil, I think for me it would depend on how much racing experience they had had the season before, if they had raced the full yb program I would start them off around 10 - 15 miles, and that's also providing they had been regularly exercise around home during the off season. JMO

About 14 with the old uns ...about 5 if that with ybs

David wrote:

hi phil, I think for me it would depend on how much racing experience they had had the season before, if they had raced the full yb program I would start them off around 10 - 15 miles, and that's also providing they had been regularly exercise around home during the off season. JMO

1 2 3 5  why bother young or old, an insult to there intelligance factor from my perspective. Just imagine our beloved Ray basketing up all his scrubbers & the effort & taken them1 2 or 3 miles.  

We basket 80 to 100 ybs every day weather permitting to take them 5 mile on first training tosses...distance makes no difference to me its about getting them to go straight home without flying around liberation point for 20 mins..we all know races are won by those that leave first