how much money.

Yes, but you have to find that fancier first

funny really don, when you consider the two extremes.........one man will help in any way he could, whereas another wouldnt help if they could.......

Don Webb wrote:

Yes, but you have to find that fancier first

theres some top ones on here Don, i found that out, on forums they say ask i havent i got nothing, i didnt ask here but i got a lot

you cant do pigeon racing by halves its got to be all in or nothing iam afraid it is exspensive but a worth while hobby cant moan about the cost just get on with it and enjoy them

will agree with you on that one Steve

This is a top site and getting better

we can still moan and do, but we have to get on with it like you said ian

as i only fly in the NFC my first race is st, malo it,s about 180 to me but i
have to pay £ 3.50 abird i was helping put the birds through one year in exeter
marking station and one local flyer to me sent 30 birds pooled 3 or 4 birds and his total
was nearly a £ 1,000 and his words were it,s only money . good luck to him i say , i must say ive
beaten him on a few ocations with 4 or 5 birds .

thats right kev take his money........ did he ever do much sending all these birds? i know pigeon racing isnt cheap nowadays but with that sort of money you need a return on it dont you

DAVID wrote:

thats right kev take his money........ did he ever do much sending all these birds? i know pigeon racing isnt cheap nowadays but with that sort of money you need a return on it dont you

yes david he,s a top flyer he gets in the top ten in the open result on a regular
basis when the winds in our favour ie east wind .

suppose the money will be of secondry importance if hes doing well then,is it good prize money if/when he wins......?

DAVID wrote:

suppose the money will be of secondry importance if hes doing well then,is it good prize money if/when he wins......?

the open prize money in the NFC is not that good , but if you get your pool pigeon well up in the open or section then depending how much you put on it in the first place you can win big money but to win big money it means putting big money on your birds so you have to be supper confident to do that you can pool up to £40 and to pool to the £40 will cost you £65 for one pigeon .

Hi Kev welcome to the site, hope you enjoy

Must say for a national win is good but when you look at the money won it is really poor

When Trevor Durrow won the saintes NFC his pigeon had no pools the total money won for 1st national was with open and section money was only about £35

Very poor when you consider in gold ring races you can win £6,000 for 1st prize and that is with no pools

I remember starting in 89 with a few young uns, I was on the dole so the birds kept me busy and I sent a few, nowadays think the cost all round has gone up too much, if it was the same in 89 would have ended up 'lending' the child benefit to pay for the birds no wonder the sports struggling to attract new blood

yes i agree paul but you cant stand still you have to keep up with the so called big boys unfortunately your right its not a cheep hobby anymore

Paul wrote:

I remember starting in 89 with a few young uns, I was on the dole so the birds kept me busy and I sent a few, nowadays think the cost all round has gone up too much, if it was the same in 89 would have ended up 'lending' the child benefit to pay for the birds no wonder the sports struggling to attract new blood

i think there are a lot more reasons why pigeon racing has gone down in popularity over the years, not just because of expence but due to the general running of the country.....what with do gooders and the likes of the rspb protecting these bop/hawks etc the whole uk has gone mad, plus our traditions and values are being destroyed every day...........

Your right there David

you cant be blaming the bop its down to money and lack of interest with kids today thats all

ian wrote:

you cant be blaming the bop its down to money and lack of interest with kids today thats all

maggie thatcher started downfall in pigeons, closing pits majority of pigeon men were miners

never thought of that

men working in docks and fishermen up north a lot were same pigeon men, still very big with pigeons up north but not like it was before maggie got in

ian wrote:

you cant be blaming the bop its down to money and lack of interest with kids today thats all

you only need to read in the bhw and rp weeklys every week to see how sickened off some fanciers are because of their pigeons being slaughtered on a daily basis, these are the sort of comments the rspb love people to think as it coveres up the destruction of not only pigeon racing but birds in general........this is the sort of lies they tell the general public telling them the hawks are not desimating the wild bird population, and with the pulic thinking pigeons are rats with wings its not hard to convince them,

this is only my view david bop have been here all the time it never stopped people racing birds in the 70s and 80s,

steve1952 wrote:

ian wrote:

you cant be blaming the bop its down to money and lack of interest with kids today thats all

maggie thatcher started downfall in pigeons, closing pits majority of pigeon men were miners

theres a lot more to the destruction of our way of life and communities than maggie steve, she was the tip of the iceberg........plus the thieving lying scum who are all fighting for power at the moment are worse than maggie ever was.

ian wrote:

this is only my view david bop have been here all the time it never stopped people racing birds in the 70s and 80s,

true ian, but never on this scale.............and never given nesting boxes and a license to do what they want.....and also, never employed gy the local councils.