What Can Fanciers Do To Help The Pigeon Racing Sport Grow?

Pigeon Racing GrowthLast weeks discussion of the week we asked what you thought the current state of pigeon racing was? alarmingly the general consensus seemed to be that the sport of pigeon racing was dying and the main reason fanciers felt this way seemed to be cost. The Pigeon Insider has fanciers from all over the globe so it was pretty interesing to see some of our friends from other parts of the world say that the sport was growing. Maybe we can learn from each other and get the pigeon racing sport to grow universally all around the world by learning what each one of us are doing.

So in this weeks discussion of the week we would like to know?

What do you think fanciers can do to help the pigeon racing sport grow?  

Post your comments on what you think each one of us can do to help promote the sport, also let us know if you have any ideas on how to lower costs etc. If your in an area where the sport is on the rise post your comments and let other fanciers know what has worked in your area.

We will be forwarding all of your comments to pigeon racing organizations around the world, Hopefully; together we can help the sport grow universally around the world.

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199 thoughts on “What Can Fanciers Do To Help The Pigeon Racing Sport Grow?

  1. Gents & lady flyers our sport/hobbie is controled by fuel and feed cost at this time.Our main problem is the dollar and where to put it to our benefit, unfortunately pigeon flyers have a hard time agreeing on anything it seems like. The number of birds needed to race is also a question, which leads to feed cost & fuel for training, not to mention bands for each of us. I do know overseas they have alot of birds, but alot of flyers as well, which helps the cost in general.Fururities,1 loft races & auctions are a good thing, but not all want or can afford to do all of them, so each flyer should , in my opnion, pick what they want. Fly for the joy of it or spend the money sending birds out. Myself, I just luv to breed-em & race-em, I don’t care for futurities, and don’t send them out. I am just a backyard flyer and love it.Any new flyer I will breed YB’s for them any time, an yes I win my share.

  2. i dont do it for the money , i dont care how much they cost ,or what i spend on them (my birds ) i love them i do it for the pure purpose of enjoying what they have to offer me , sure if i have a great racer or a great roller ,that makes it just that much better ,but first we need to push the idea that they are the perfict pet , regardless of age ,rich or poor, where you live ,they dont care who you are as long as you care for them ,,, (THEN AND ONLY THEN ) CAN WE SHARE ALL THE GREAT THINGS THESE WONDERFUL ANIMALS ARE CAPABLE OF. the miles they will endure to reach home — (you) ,the wars ; the wheather ;any and all obsticles , then our little community of over exssesive, over compulsive,pigeon fansiers ,will spread like a fire .when i brought my first 2 white belgs home 3 yrs. ago every one around my house complained , 3 yrs. later ive given about 25 whites away to friends in the fancey; time only time and children will spread the sicknss( my wife calls it) that we enjoy so much.

  3. Here’s a contribution to the sport of pigeon racing – http://www.pigeonregistrar.com . All we can add is to promote to everyone we know its free use and take advantage of its convenience.

    *** This site is giving away to the community TECHNOLOGIES that will help expand and introduce our old sport to the younger generation and new comers. Giving up the use of our internet base software free to everyone help keep record, manage every pigeons and track inventories of every member’s birds as well as simply and facilitate showcasing pedigree records for the purpose of comradery, trade and commerce, trace of birds ancestry & descendants in a click. ***

  4. You have TO LOOK AT IT FROM BOTH SIDES, A fanciers ( pigeon racer ) that has been in it for a while invested a lot of time & money to get where he is at today and try` es to improve constantly because of the competition . Where as a beginner wants to have everything handed to them for free or at little expanse . If you want to get involved in pigeon racing do your home work on the sport. Check with fanciers out of your area to get birds ( the ones in your area will not give you good birds because they fear that you will beat them with their own birds ). I know all the above through experience .

  5. BECAUSE OF THE VERY LOW NUMBER OF FANCIERS IN THE USA COMPARED TO MANY OTHER COUNTRIES IT DOESN’T MAKE MUCH SENSE TO HAVE 2 NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AT THIS TIME.
    IF EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY THE OFFICERS OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS CAN PUT POLITICS ASIDE
    AND JOIN TOGETHER TO UNITE ON SPORT PROMOTION PROJECTS THEN MAYBE SOMETHING POSITIVE CAN BE ACHIEVED. FOR THE AU OR IF FANATICS WE CAN COMPROMISE AND CALL THE NEW ORGANIZATION THE “UNITED STATES RACING PIGEON FEDERATION”. I REALIZE THIS WOULD TAKE SOME INTESTINAL FORTITUDE TO ACCOMPLISH BUT WE ARE WAY OVERDUE FOR A CHANGE IN OUR SPORT.RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO HOME FOR OUR SPORT EXCEPT FOR THE WORLD OF WINGS LIBRARY AND MUSEUM WHICH IS THERE FOR ALL PIGEON FANCIERS TO ENJOY. IT DOESN’T MATTER WHERE THIS MUSEUM IS LOCATED PHYSICALLY. WITH THE CURRENT TECHNOLOGY YOU CAN VISIT THE MUSEUM VIA THE INTERNET AND SOON THE KEY BOOKS WILL BE DIGITIZED SO YOU CAN REFER TO THEM IN THE COMFORT OF YOUR HOME.THE MUSEUM ALSO HAS A MOBILE UNIT THAT GOES ON THE ROAD TO CONVENTIONS AND EVENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY.THE MUSEUM CAN ALSO BE USED TO PROMOTE THE SPORT. THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF PLANNING A NEW MUSEUM TO HOUSE AND PRESERVE THE LIBRARY AND ALL OF THE ARTIFACTS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. IF THE USRPF INCLUDED JUST $5 IN THEIR DUES TO GIVE A STEADY INCOME STREAM TO HELP COVER THE MUSEUM’S OVERHEAD THEN THE MUSEUM’S FUND RAISERS CAN BE USED FOR IMPROVING THE 9 ACRE SITE AND PROMOTE THE SPORT VIA THE INTERNET AND PUT THE SPORT IN A POSITIVE LIGHT TO THE NONFANCY PUBLIC.

  6. Hi Chris,
    I think it is not easy to help the pigeon racing sport grow in one country where the price index is high. Just like running a business, market orientation is very important. Try to fix the middle bourgeoisie, the marketing is there.
    Maybe you can try another way, for example, sending your pegion to a friend of Taiwan to compete there because the cost is relatively low but the reward is high.

  7. Hi,
    There is no golden bullet unfortunately. Some suggestions are that we have to get with the times. Nowadays this means electronic communication ie promoting the sport via tv and the internet. Every fancier needs to act as an ambassador(promoter) for the sport and take every opportunity to promote it. We must genuinly help novices with everything they need. Any person of the public who is enquiring after our hobby needs to be encouraged and not discouraged. List our hobby with every information centre. One careful note ie. be humane with your birds as bad publicity is worse than good publicity.

  8. hello there,
    for me, we should know what kind of breed we need to use or need to pair
    for the race season, select properly and limit the number of birds that we are going to race in accordance of our budget and time, good day to all.

  9. I watched a DVD called the most dangerous men and interesting enough these top fanciers all agreed that they have helped a lot of young fanciers around them by suplying them with reel good pigeons to start of there career in the sport. I think if everyone woud think more towards promoting the sport and helping beginners with decend pigeons to start of with everyrhing will already be costing less. Everything these days revolve around money but where is our neigbourly love gone to. This is only my personal feeling towards helping young fanciers and promoting yhe sport instead of selling it. I also started a short while ago after a absence of about 6 years from the sport and unfortunately i had to go and buy pigeons to try and get something deacent to start of with.

    Greetings JHA Grobler, Pretoria, South Africa

    1. sir, can you send me a copy of that video…i love watching videos from the papolar men i pegion racing….can you just compres the video and send it via email..my eamail add is [email protected]…..
      thanks..

  10. Thanks for all the ideas and comments brother and sisters in the sport. I’ll keep you informed with what i’m doing to help.

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