This weeks discussion of the week is…
What do you think the current state of pigeon racing is?
For example do you think pigeon racing is growing or dying and why, express your views and share with others your opinions on the current state of pigeon racing by placing your vote in the poll below then posting a comment in the comment section below this post.
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I am not sure what the state of Pigeon Racing is in the USA. I have been out of Pigeons for almost 25 years and am just getting back into them. I was hoping racing is still going strong because I’m definitely interested in racing my birds.
We’ll see what happens I guess…
No, I don’t think the sport is dying but there could be a lot more fliers or members , if the government and local council would acknowledge this as a national sport. If it was not for pigeons in our wars what would our fate be now. Myself , I would love to fly again but our Ontario bylaws has restriction against pigeons in most towns and cities.When l decided to get back into birds,the size of my loft had to have a building permit,Once the ball got rolling , the town questioned what we were building and doing with the building.that was when i found out there was a bylaw on pigeons.so l went to council to override it.they decided if we meet all their requirements and has all our neighbors agree to it ,than they would allow us to have the loft.We were hoping our local pigeon club would back us up ,but they never showed.so how do you get more people interested in pigeons if the local club will not even help.To make a long story short, the council took a vote and we were turned down.As about the rich taking over the sport ,that is not true. they have the money to compete with the best, and to get up and moved to wherever the competitive clubs are.As for the money races,these do great things for the sport and to see who has the best birds,and as far as charity’s go, they raise a lot of money for them.Maybe the pigeon unions and clubs, and the rich fliers should get someone in their back pockets that is in government.What do you think,fellow fliers
P.S- Thirty years ago ,there were more than a hundred flies in this town, now there are none.
I do believe there are fewer numbers of pigeon fanciers, and the numbers are dropping at this time in history.
However, this will pass just as long as we do not let our PASSION for fun die.
It is up to each one of us to pass on passion! For those of you who fill big money and corporations are controlling our sport then don’t support those who aren’t giving back to help build A fun time for all:-)
BE PASSIONATE !
Sadly i think it is a dying sport, very few kids of today are willing to put hard work and dedication into any sport.
We need to target the newly retired persons, that are looking for a new intrest to use up their time.
Hi Chris, Just to let you know the Racing Pigeon formula you sent me is working fine now and I am quite happy with it. I race my pigeons in Northern Ireland and I would say the sport here is in decline, mainly I think because most of the fanciers are like myself from the older generation. There doesn’t seem to be many young people coming into the sport. I think they are more interested in the things you have already voiced.
Robert
YES I THINK PIGEON RACING IS A DYING SPORT,I JUST CANNOT BELEAVE WHY THE ENGLISH PIGEON FANCIERS ARE SO BEHIND THE DUTCH &BELGIUM FANCIERS, MY OWN VIEW IS TO RACE MORE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL,INSTEAD OF HAVING SO MANY SPECIALIST CLUBS IN OUR COUNTRY,WHY NOT HAVE ONE BIG ENGLAND NATIONAL CLUB TO RACE IN INTERNATIONAL RACES,THIS WAY WE WOULD BE ON THE SAME TERMS AS OTHERS, YOU COULD STILL HAVE YOUR LOCAL CLUB RACES FOR THE ONES THAT DONT LIKE FLYING THE INTENATIONAL RACES, IN THIS WAY WE COULD BE SENDING SOMETHING LIKE THOUSANDS TO ALL INTENATIONAL RACES INSTEAD OF A FEW HUNDRED, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE CHEAPER THIS WAY FOR EVERYBODY.
I think in certain areas in the world it is declining , but when you take the like of China its growing at a massive rate which must be good for our sport throughout the world, Its a fantastic sport that brings the millionaire’s and and the man on the street together , and on any given day it makes no difference how much money you have, if you cant motivate, feed right , ect ect your money will never buy you success.
Peter Dempsey is 100% correct it near seems impossible for fellow fanciers to congratulate their fellow winners, the sportmanship is dieing in our sport and i think that is one of the factors why our sport is dieing.
Regards
Paul
I think its time to ask our selves is the sport dying, or are we as fanciers KILLING the sport< have we forgot how to say well done to the guy that beats us on a regular basis this sport? is IMO the greatest sport in the land and the only thing that will bring it to its knees quickly is us the fanciers? lets all look for the positive side and work toward promoting whats great about pigeon racing
forget about the backbiting
and shake the hands of the winners
regards
peter
yes bal not in the philippines i think here in our country it is not dying before in year 80’s there is just only few clubs now when i’m back in this hobby i found out that there are small and big clubs now rising but you must be a competitive now in this sports.
and big name fanciers here in the philippines are helping beginner fancier as with my experience when i visited a famous PHA fancier in our area
I SENT TO MY FIRST RACE IN 1962 AND THERE WAS THOUSANDS OF PIGEONS ON THE TRANSPORTER,I STARTED RACING AGAIN IN 1977 AND OUR COMBINE WAS STILL SENDING THREE OR FOUR THOUSAND EVERYBODY WAS AIMING FOR THE 550 MILE RACE AND THEN IT STARTED TO GO DOWN AND THEN OUR COMBINE STOPPED GOING ACROSS TO FRANCE ON THE COMBINE LORRY BECOUSE THE NUMBERS WERE GOING DOWN,WE STARTED GOING ACROSS WITH Another combine
AND THEN WE STARTED HAVING A INLAND RACE THE SAME SATURDAY AND NOW I HAVE SEEN OUR COMBINE GOING TO A SHORT INLAND YOUNG BIRD RACE WITH ONLY 200 BIRDS ON BOARD.
I STARTED TO SAY A FEW YEARS AGO THAT I WOULD HAVE PLENTY OF RACES IN MY LIFETIME
BUT IT WOULD FINNISH IN MY SONS LIFETIME I CAN NOW SEE IT FINNISHING IN MY LIFETIME,I THINK IT WILL SOON BE ONLY NATIONAL RACING