You know.......sometimes these things just happen with no REAL explanation. If birds were held every time there's a little wind, or high K factor or a little rain or very little sun........well, we wouldn't get very many pigeon races in. Very seldom is there PERFECT weather and even if it IS perfect, as far as we can tell, that doesn't mean that there won't be a bad race.Sorry to hear the news. We really need to figure out the cause(s) of this smash race thing. There are explanations, but I can't find scientific articles on them.
Hi ROD, I was told many years ago by a old racing pigeon flyer "DON'T GET TO SCIENTIFIC stick with the basic's". In most cases these smach races are weather related Wind or Rain or both along the race course. Many times when a person has a bad race to him/her its a smash,this may not always be true for the rest of the people flying that race.If I shiped 10 birds and got 9 back and they were late this to me is not a smach but insted it was most likely a tuff race.At what percentage of loss does a race become a smash ??? 25%,50%,75% Think about it. .........GEORGESorry to hear the news. We really need to figure out the cause(s) of this smash race thing. There are explanations, but I can't find scientific articles on them.
Thanks. You fly in the Heartland Federation too? Cool! We will have to meet one day soon. Anyhow, yes, you are right. There was a small front near Mason City, IA.Hi Kal-EL
I fly in the same federation that you do. Two other flyers from my club GRR, had birds back on the day at 3:30 or so. I like you didnt get any birds until Saturday morning. If you checked the weather on Friday there was a small front that moved through northern Iowa around 3pm or so. I was flaying all yearing hens so I can expected them to be late. I shipped 8 hens and have all of them back except 1 as of last evening.
Hi allI checked the "K" factor for your race on Friday and it was only at a 1 so that was not part of the problem. We had a lot of blue skies throughout our area which I assume you did to. The blue sky days can make for a smash alot of the time. Sorry for your loss and I hope all the birds come home from this race.
Ken