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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: drums4money on September 03, 2015, 05:51:19 PM
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Anyone race pigeons?
We've had one camped out at our place for a few days now. Wife was able to get a photo of the leg band close enough to make out "SLI".
That'd be the Salt Lake Pigeon Club as best we can tell from the American Racing Pigeon Union.
That's a hell of a long way from Salt Lake to Eastern, PA. OR, do folks box up their birds, ship them cross-country to be released, and hope for the best?
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u171/ssasser/Mobile%20Uploads/FB_IMG_1441320153303_zpsnrbnpfep.jpg)
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That bird's GPS failed . I knew this didn't look like Colorado :laugh:
Dusty
He may just be acquiring additional satellite info.
I found a phone number from the American Racing Pigeon Union website for the club secretary in SLC, and rang him up. He's a completely nice older sounding man who confirms they're often shipping birds out to race locations where they're released in groups. Its' got one band on the left leg that's a frequency chip (RFID) that will automatically log its' arrival time when it gets home.
I wish we could get the full sequence of #'s on the band. The gentleman says that would allow him to identify the owner.
Sounds like an interesting hobby.
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Sounds like an interesting hobby.
For the people, I'm sure it is. Wonder if the pigeons are down with it .... ? Sounds like a lot of work.
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Pigeons are probably just winging it. For the people, I'm sure it's as exciting as golf. Or checkers.
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Seems that when all of our modern communications systems suffer their inevitable failure , these pigeons might become really important , probably more effective than smoke signals or runners :grin: Hmm , Wildpigeon might replace WG :laugh:
Dusty
Plus, if you didn't like the message, the messenger would go down well with a nice marinade, slow roasting, and hoisin sauce ....
Lannis