BilletHead Posted June 2, 2023 Posted June 2, 2023 @Ketchup, Hey buddy I ran upon this at a garage sale this morning. Very interesting and in great shape. You are the only one that I thought of that might be interested in it. Thought I would pass it on. "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
Ketchup Posted June 2, 2023 Posted June 2, 2023 That’s an oldie for sure. Some of the older racing pigeon guys still have them as nostalgia. Pretty cool find at a yard sale. Thanks for sharing. Us roller guys just use our stopwatch on our phone. BilletHead 1 TinBoats BassClub. An aluminum only bass club. If interested in info send me a PM.
BilletHead Posted June 2, 2023 Author Posted June 2, 2023 25 minutes ago, Ketchup said: That’s an oldie for sure. Some of the older racing pigeon guys still have them as nostalgia. Pretty cool find at a yard sale. Thanks for sharing. Us roller guys just use our stopwatch on our phone. I figured you might like the share. Vintage is always good. "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
Ketchup Posted June 3, 2023 Posted June 3, 2023 A buddy of mine from KC is over in England judging that country’s roller fliers for a few weeks. Today they had some down time so released some homers 250 miles away. Here is the updated version of the one you posted. You can see todays date and the time they were released and the time they made it back home and trapped. BilletHead 1 TinBoats BassClub. An aluminum only bass club. If interested in info send me a PM.
Gumboot Posted June 5, 2023 Posted June 5, 2023 Math wasn't my best subject, and I must be reading that wrong. 1 hour 23 minutes 8 seconds to go 250 miles?
Ketchup Posted June 5, 2023 Posted June 5, 2023 34 minutes ago, Gumboot said: Math wasn't my best subject, and I must be reading that wrong. 1 hour 23 minutes 8 seconds to go 250 miles? Sorry about that, those english use kilometers, so 155 miles in just over an hour is correct. TinBoats BassClub. An aluminum only bass club. If interested in info send me a PM.
Gumboot Posted June 5, 2023 Posted June 5, 2023 That's like 112 mph??? Holy cow...if they ever bred with mourning dove my birds per shot ratio would go to hell. BilletHead, Ketchup and curtisce 1 2
tjm Posted June 7, 2023 Posted June 7, 2023 Quote Pigeons can fly at altitudes up to and beyond 6000 feet, and at an average speed of 77.6 mph. The fastest recorded speed is 92.5 mph. Quote Some racing pigeons have been known to sustain a velocity of 93.75mph over distances as far as 420 miles! 112mph sounds wrong, or a new record? that time would be pretty good for 200km
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