WHAT DISTANCE DO YOU START TRAINING AT

mine i start at about 9 miles then build up to 28 miles .

11 mile up to 30 miles

how many times do you train before the first race i like to get at least 6 or 7
in . come on you lot start talking its to quite .

at least 20 training tosses

Mine get 2 fifteen mile and 5 thirty mile before 1st race
Ken

9 mile then trainin strait across the water

for young birds 25 chucks up to 25 miles no more
old birds 8 chucks at 15 2 at 25
each to there own
ive never trained during racing only when i was on natural years ago

this year i started my ybs off at approx5 mile, then built up to 10 and 15 before eventuslly sending them club training three times a week to 35 miles.

first toss 12 miles

are these training flights on the race route or any direction
and are you training early in the morn or afternoon or in the evening

Every year I start the ybs off from the bottom of our fields about 1/3 mile, then go to 2 miles, then up to 6, 10 then 30 and on. But this year although I did this with the first rounders, I had a second team and the training didnt go to plan because of the weather, so I ran out of time to school and train them so basicailly I went strieght to 6 miles then 15 then 20 then 30 twice 6 tosses, then I jumped them to 125 miles, to my surprise it made no difference and I lost the same amount of birds and they did really well. Not sure if it was luck or if thers a lesson in there somewhere but it turned out quite well.

kev d wrote:

are these training flights on the race route or any direction
and are you training early in the morn or afternoon or in the evening

mine were sent in the morning kev along the route.......

DAVID wrote:

kev d wrote:

are these training flights on the race route or any direction
and are you training early in the morn or afternoon or in the evening

mine were sent in the morning kev along the route.......

hi david , do you train down the M1
i used to when i lived up there i used to take them down to junction 36 to a industrial estate used to meet loads of flyers there . now i take mine down to the dorset coast and the east devon coast as its only 35 mins drive right on the seas front .

yes i think he does kev, they go with the club trainer after ive took them 5-10 miles myself a few times...........then i think he took them about 15 or 20 miles and then to 35 which they seemed to come better from than the shorter training tosses.

For me the Old Birds would start at 10 miles then work to 30 miles 10 tosses in all

Youngbirds would be schooled from 2 miles 4, 6, 8, 10, 15, 20 everytime i moved them was when they were coming straight out of the basket straight home no messing about then would go to 30 miles then 40miles last one is 50 miles then to make them use there head change between 20, 30 ,40 mile stages so they are schooled well for the first race

After the first race train them from 20 miles as and when needed

11 18 and then 30 miles with you and old birds

2 at 5 mile , 2 at 10 mile , 2 at 2o mile 2 at 35 mile then into 1st race 80 miles

i bang mine straight in at 15 miles, personally i think once theyve ranged anythging less is a waste of time and fuel. i do get losses but i get most of them back.

oldstrain wrote:

2 at 5 mile , 2 at 10 mile , 2 at 2o mile 2 at 35 mile then into 1st race 80 miles

Did you do the same when you started off with them Darren?

about 8 at 11 mile 8 at 18 mile and 8 at 30 mile then into the first race at 81 miles

ah i see Ian. our first race looks to be 100 miles

plenty of trainning alex they will be ok

thats what im hoping, dont want to go loosing the lot

i start mine off a mile away i strongly belive the more short ones you do gives the birds convidence and i like to well schooled pigeons.you can always tell people who dont train there birds end up every were

it depends what age group your on about if your talking about yb or yearlings yes your right ,
but i can take mine old birds on a first toss say 20 miles and have them home in half an hour
mine have a open hole before going training for about a month so they a flying well before they go .