bigwilly
664 posts
Oct 06, 2008
6:40 PM
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How many of you guys and girls are still flying? Just curious. Let my birds out yesterday and got hit by a cooper, falcon, and then a redtail. Gladly everyone made it home safely. No more flying for me
BIG WILLY
TOPP FLIGHT/NCRC
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sundance
814 posts
Oct 06, 2008
6:54 PM
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i flew 5 kits today. No BOPs in sight. Maybe they`re only after "good" rollers LOL
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Butch @
Sundance Roller Lofts
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Snake Doctor
318 posts
Oct 06, 2008
6:59 PM
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I flew my young Ruby's this morning, no BOP sighted here yet! but I got an eye out for them.
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"Semper Fi"
SD
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Canspinners
163 posts
Oct 06, 2008
6:59 PM
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I flew 3 kits no bop
2 weeks ago a bop chased them up and down for 4 hours... the birds did not want to land.
A couple of close calls and tail feathers missing. I took six of the best and put them in the breeding coop for lock down the rest i figure i will continue to fly .
you know on that day the hawk gave up and flew away after several failed attempts
Two weeks no attacks . IT was probably a baby cooper.
I am sure as winter arrives and food supplies narrow he will be back to get them.
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smoke747
1294 posts
Oct 06, 2008
7:06 PM
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I'm still flying
smoke747
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Keith London
ICRC
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Indy
15 posts
Oct 06, 2008
7:09 PM
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I was also hit by a cooper today. That was the first one I have seen this fall. It made two passes through and really scattered my birds all over the sky but I got them all back. I tried to call them down and some of them came down but some of the others just went up higher and I had to wait them out but after about 30 min. they all came back in. This was my younger kit and I had just turned them out when it happened. My birds really need some my fly time so I think I will lay them up for a couple of days and then try to fly them again. I hate to give up this soon but do not want to loose all of my birds either. This is my first year to really breed and be able to put some some kits up so it has been a big learning curb for me.
JohnL
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ROBERT RODRIGUEZ
13 posts
Oct 06, 2008
7:33 PM
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AM STILL FLIYING 24-7 TILL THE WINGS FALL OFF
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George R.
1058 posts
Oct 06, 2008
8:01 PM
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Good luck Guys
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spanky
597 posts
Oct 06, 2008
8:06 PM
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MY # ONE IS ON LOCK DOWN. BUT STILL FLYING THE YOUNG BIRDS TILL THEY COME IN THEM THEY WILL BE ON LOCK DOWN TO. OR IF THE BOP GETS BAD.
SPANKY
SGVS
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Santandercol
3130 posts
Oct 06, 2008
9:48 PM
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I'll still fly my Orientals and Homers and Donek but the BRs are locked up.Cooper on the wire today scarin' the shit outta my birds.It's a real drag when the birds are bouncing off the walls when ya go to feed em.Cut down on the flying that is sure.
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Kel.
Rum-30 Lofts
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gabe454
1277 posts
Oct 06, 2008
11:01 PM
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Me too still flying getting hit as well by the Falcon,Cooper
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454
TRIPLE "G" LOFT
L.P.R.C
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cr250
137 posts
Oct 06, 2008
11:21 PM
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Still flying,flew 2 kits today and no problems.1 kit is 18 and the other is 6 babys.Saw a cooper in the tree after flying though.
Brian
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gotspin7
1881 posts
Oct 07, 2008
5:11 AM
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Bigwilly, I am still flying and so far I have lost a few, but got to give it a shot at this fly bro! I am getting hit daily now. (not good)...LOL
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Sal Ortiz
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Huey
70 posts
Oct 07, 2008
8:54 AM
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One BOP attack since last year and it was last week. Had a pigeon that kept landing early, A Cooper took it as it landed. Haven't seen the hawk or pigeon since.
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maxspin
282 posts
Oct 07, 2008
9:19 AM
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Locked down the old birds 3 weeks ago. Gave up flying they young birds a week ago. Coopers down low Falcons up high.
Keith
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Indy
17 posts
Oct 07, 2008
4:34 PM
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I went ahead and flew the birds today but did hold back a few of the more promising young birds. No BOP's in sight today but the second kit got rained out early so they only had a short fly. I decided that most of the young birds still need to prove themselves to me yet and since this was really my first year to do much breeding I need to know what breeders are producing for me so until some of these young birds prove something to me or the BOP's start hitting me and not just passing through I will fly my young birds.
JohnL
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fhtfire
1582 posts
Oct 07, 2008
4:49 PM
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I am still flying...I have been hit one time by a cooper since Feb...and my dog at that cooper...it bounced off the loft chasing the bird and my Min Pin...well....ripped the BOP's head off when it hit the ground messed up. I have had two Falcon attacks......one during my young bird fly and never got a bird...the flacon hit one time and then flew off...and that was both occasions.....
I flew three teams every day for the last two weeks and nothing during training.
rock and ROLL
Paul
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mario
113 posts
Oct 07, 2008
5:01 PM
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YOU GUY S ARE LUCKY....FOR THE FIRST TIME THEY START TO ATTACK ME EVERY DAYS FOR 5 FIVES DAYS IN A ROW AT THE END OF AUGUST ,AND I LIVE IN A SMALL CITY WITH A SMALL WOOD NEAR MY PLACE ,I GIVE UP AND LOCK THEM UP ,BUT THEY DIDN T GET NOTHING FROM ME ,IT S ABOUT THE ONLY GOOD THING ABOUT IT ,...............MARIO
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sippi
581 posts
Oct 07, 2008
5:15 PM
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I got hit for six days straight. Coopers, merlins, sharp shin, red tail. No losses. All were hits on my Orientals or Fireballs. No hits on my Birms that I fly after four oclock in the afternoon. I fly every day at least six or seven kits.
Sippi
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kcfirl
504 posts
Oct 08, 2008
12:22 PM
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Hi Will,
as youknow I live about 10 miles from you.
I have lost three birds to a Cooper in the last 2 weeks. the a team is now locked down and will only be flown twice a week between now and our final club fly on nov 1. Those that I want for stock are pulled out.
I am still flying the yong birds every day and will shut those down immediately following our last club fly, only to be flown on weekends perhaps through Nov and then completely locked down till mid feb or March.
Regards,
Ken
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quickspin
855 posts
Oct 08, 2008
12:31 PM
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I'm still flying except for 2 birds that I think will help me out in the stock loft.
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SALAS LOFT
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tou2son
49 posts
Oct 08, 2008
9:39 PM
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like i always heard "there's a season the BOP hits like crazy!" if ya flyin everyday all year round. like i always joke and say "if ya gonna feed good rollers to BOP's might as well just hand em this way no extra charge"...LOL
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mrartg
56 posts
Oct 08, 2008
9:55 PM
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Still flying till it gets too bad with bop. I lost two birds to the falcon so far. I still have a young bird kit that needs to get some air time, so ill keep flying them.
good luck with the bop
Art Gaona
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Square
526 posts
Oct 09, 2008
10:46 AM
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Dont really want to speak to soon, But there was a post, a few months ago, about how the wildfires will effect the B>ad O>nes P>laying. And I havent really had much of a problem.. I have one kit of 19 hens one ket of 11 cocks and I am hosting 10 from one of my club members.. I have been flying everyday, without incident.. Hope all goes well we are gonna be flying on the 19th of this month for the fall fly in our new region 9I. Really looking foward to the future,, good luck.
Square.
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"Home of the Ghost Town Roller"
K.C.R.C
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Huey
71 posts
Oct 09, 2008
12:24 PM
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Had a Cooper make and attempt this morning. It missed and departed as if something was chasing it. Flew a second kit and the Coop never showed back up.
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Ballrollers
1530 posts
Oct 09, 2008
12:34 PM
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I'm flying eight kits a day, plus a comp kit, and will all winter most likely. Things may get a little dicey for the qualifiers before they are ready for finals, though.
Cliff
Last Edited by on Oct 09, 2008 12:35 PM
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az-je
24 posts
Oct 09, 2008
3:09 PM
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hey guys,
this roller girl is flying some here in AZ but the birds are still molting and most only have half a tail. had a prarie falcon sitting on the breeding loft at 7:15 am this morning trying to find a way inside for breakfast. it's here everyday, usually in the early morning. comes in real low to the ground, up and over the lofts and if the rollers are out it waits until they land and then tries to force the birds down from the top of the kitbox to the ground... and they always flush and fly up,up,up. the rollers are a little panicky but no losses....yet.
haven't seen the redtails for awhile. earlier in the summer the redtail pair raised 1 youngster in a tree down in the wash...freaked the rollers out but never really bothered them at all. fascinating to watch as the mother redtail was teaching the youngster to fly and hunt...she got underneath the baby and actually lifted it up and up. it cried all the way.
Last Edited by on Oct 09, 2008 3:11 PM
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pigeoncrazy
58 posts
Oct 10, 2008
1:30 PM
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I would still be flying daily if the sun didn't go down so early. I leave for work just after the sun comes up and get home as it is setting, or after dark. So weekends are the only option right now.
Keeping fingers crossed about the BOPs though. Haven't been hit but have seen some in the area. If I start getting hit I may lock down for winter, but my plan is to fly throughout winter weekends.
I just got my first YBs end of Summer and we've hardly logged any fly time together.
~Karen
Last Edited by on Oct 10, 2008 1:31 PM
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black_hawk_down
154 posts
Oct 10, 2008
3:08 PM
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i dont really fly my birds anymore so no coopers creeping around the hood but got hit last week by a sky shark. dive bombed the kit, viciously targeted a kit bird but that BR flew like there was no tommorow. then went straight sky rocketing for another kit bird right into the sun like a missile missing it by an inch or so. tried really hard but wasnt good enough. it was a sight to see. my BR kit was diving like doneks and manuvering like Orientals scattered everywhere across the sky. not to mention kitting too. lol. it was a good one. no birds where harm. safe and sound.-joe v.
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Indy
19 posts
Oct 10, 2008
6:27 PM
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No more BOP sightings here so for now I will keep them flying. I have two kits of yb's that I have been flying almost everyday.
I will Be going to Southern IL. for a pigeon show this weekend and taking a dozen rollers to show along with a few Homers, Archangels and Damascenes. I am looking forward to visiting with some real nice roller breeders at the show should be a nice show.
JohnL
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RO
180 posts
Oct 10, 2008
6:37 PM
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Got hit 2 times in 2 weeks by a sneaky falcon he came in slow both times and they didnt suspect it he didnt spook them at all..Guess which 1 he got Smoke,,,No not him(Redcheck) but his nest mate.
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Ro
Last Edited by on Oct 10, 2008 6:38 PM
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Dark Roll
35 posts
Oct 11, 2008
4:51 PM
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I haven't had any bop attacks here in the O.C. There's a lot of these wild doves around that
the falcons & hawks are feeding
on. Fortunately for me, I can still keep flying my birds.
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