Our club has grown to about 30 members, old and young. Many of us are in our early 40s and have a few years left in the sport. A few younger members are getting interested in the sport. Locally it is prospering.
Randy
Randy
Is our sport in danger?
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I think the price of feed and zoning laws dont help either 
TipplerBeni
I was able to address a near by club a week ago and I told the group of about 14 that this was just a hobby that you couldn't get rich racing pigeons . But to keep the sport alive we had to work together. Since 2006 our club that had 3 flyers now has doubled and should triple in YB's with 2 new member coming in this fall. The biggest problem with new members is cost and then when they loose birds . We have got to help each other. I would rather do shorter YB races in order for the new guys to have a few birds to fly in the spring. The youngest member is 15 and the oldest flyer is 75.
I was able to address a near by club a week ago and I told the group of about 14 that this was just a hobby that you couldn't get rich racing pigeons . But to keep the sport alive we had to work together. Since 2006 our club that had 3 flyers now has doubled and should triple in YB's with 2 new member coming in this fall. The biggest problem with new members is cost and then when they loose birds . We have got to help each other. I would rather do shorter YB races in order for the new guys to have a few birds to fly in the spring. The youngest member is 15 and the oldest flyer is 75.
thats the ticket Renee!!!
Helping each other out
so far I have had only TWO people from my club reach out to me and give me a helping hand
a lot of the guys in my club are old sourpuss people
I think that also has a lot to do with why young people are not joining race clubs
some clubs dont make it where people want to join
If I would have followed my gut feeling after the first pigeon race club meeting I went to I would not still be a club member lol
but I figured im not there for those sourpuss people
im there to race my birds... have fun.. and maybe meet a few GOOD people and learn from them
Helping each other out
so far I have had only TWO people from my club reach out to me and give me a helping hand
a lot of the guys in my club are old sourpuss people
I think that also has a lot to do with why young people are not joining race clubs
some clubs dont make it where people want to join
If I would have followed my gut feeling after the first pigeon race club meeting I went to I would not still be a club member lol
but I figured im not there for those sourpuss people
im there to race my birds... have fun.. and maybe meet a few GOOD people and learn from them
LOL.......for some reason, all of the sudden people are getting me and Lovelace confused.........I didn't write the post you are talking about, although I DO agree 100%.thats the ticket Renee!!!
Helping each other out
so far I have had only TWO people from my club reach out to me and give me a helping hand
a lot of the guys in my club are old sourpuss people
I think that also has a lot to do with why young people are not joining race clubs
some clubs dont make it where people want to join
If I would have followed my gut feeling after the first pigeon race club meeting I went to I would not still be a club member lol
but I figured im not there for those sourpuss people
im there to race my birds... have fun.. and maybe meet a few GOOD people and learn from them
I did write a post but don't know what happened to it. That's actually the second time that has happened to me this morning.
Maybe I hit my head harder than I thought..........LOL
Well here we go again I can remember hearing the hobby is dying 40 years ago. I remember reading articals written in old magizines that go back to the 50's. Stop and think about this there are about 350 million people in the USA of these there about 20,000 that belong to the AU,IF,and the NPA there are many that do not belong but do raise pigeons, if you added these to the total, I dare say that we would be lucky to have 50,000. Now you can do the math but I can tell you the we are less then 1% of the people living in the USA and never was a large % in the first place. This thread was started in the Homing and Racing FORUM, now what I an about to say may upset some of you that race but the truth is that most of you look down at those that show birds and here is part of our problem. We must stick together as pigeon people when ordances are written it effect us all RACER and SHOWER. There have been some posts that spoke of the hi cost of race birds and this is true,but I can tell you that show people give birds to young people and these kids compete against their peers and when a youngster has a bird of good quility they are incourage to enter them against the adults Many of these young people leave the hobby as they get older and their intrests change.Many of these kids return to the hobby later when they have completed their education, and are married and own a home,by this time they are in there 50's what I am saying is plant the seed and when it grows it will come back to the hobby. ..GEORGE
OH CRAP LOLLOL.......for some reason, all of the sudden people are getting me and Lovelace confused.........I didn't write the post you are talking about, although I DO agree 100%.
I did write a post but don't know what happened to it. That's actually the second time that has happened to me this morning.
Maybe I hit my head harder than I thought..........LOL
sorry Renee ROFL
honest mistake
I guess what I was trying to say was theres a need for more young people in the hobby.
Im 31 atm about to turn 32 this month
I am the youngest person in my club
what is going to happen to my club say 10 years from now if I am still a member and no young guys have joined in that time
will I be shipping my birds with just a few other guys?
not to sound mean or anything but a lot of the guys in my club probably wont be here in 10 years
just about every meeting I go to I hear about someone passign away recently
Im 31 atm about to turn 32 this month
I am the youngest person in my club
what is going to happen to my club say 10 years from now if I am still a member and no young guys have joined in that time
will I be shipping my birds with just a few other guys?
not to sound mean or anything but a lot of the guys in my club probably wont be here in 10 years
just about every meeting I go to I hear about someone passign away recently
im waiting for my "loft manager" to get older
my daughter turns 2 next month
I take her into the loft with me sometimes and she loves looking at the birds
when ever you say the word birdie she points towards the loft
even if she's in the house
she will go over towards the window that faces the loft and points
my daughter turns 2 next month
I take her into the loft with me sometimes and she loves looking at the birds
when ever you say the word birdie she points towards the loft
even if she's in the house
she will go over towards the window that faces the loft and points
LOL
my daughter is the same way
she likes to try and poke the eyes of any living animal
the dogs run when theysee her
we are working on that though and she is getting a bit better at petting "nice"
my daughter is the same way
she likes to try and poke the eyes of any living animal
the dogs run when theysee her
we are working on that though and she is getting a bit better at petting "nice"
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