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Re: What to do about BOP?
By: windjammer loft Date: September 27, 2011, 7:56 am
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That a boy J_Star.....hehehe... It sounds like the BOP problem
differs greatly depending on what part of the country you live
in. Here where I am, in mid Ohio, I can put up with the
attacks. They are far and few between. Iam out in the country
where their are plenty of barn pigeons for starters. My
resident Crows are doing their job. Plus, we have many many
Buzzards soarring the airways (March thru Nov). I do lose a bird
every now and then but, nothing I can't live with. I feel
really bad for the guys that get "hit" all the time. But......
sometimes drastic measures have to be taken. Need I say more??
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Re: What to do about BOP?
By: 2y4life Date: September 27, 2011, 8:01 am
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Flying portable does help you get away from BOP. You get to
choose where you fly. If you see a bop in sight, you can choose
to move your portable kitbox to a new location. That's one of
the advantages of flying portable...one of the few lol.
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Re: What to do about BOP?
By: windjammer loft Date: June 26, 2013, 7:56 am
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I have to agree with Roller Man 70 .... we are "NEVER" going to
win in this situation. I have been listening to this TOPIC for
several years now. It all boils down to, a person has to do,
what a person has to do ..... SAY NO MORE :-X Some things are
better left unsaid ..... or get out of flying birds.
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Re: What to do about BOP?
By: slvrollers Date: June 26, 2013, 10:39 am
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When i was training for world cup this year i was getting hit by
bop about every three weeks or so on a regular basis, luckily i
only lost one bird. when i started flying this years young birds
i thought i would try flying ten at a time instead of twenty or
more like i did for world cup training. Its been four months
since i have had an attack by bop. Flying ten birds has change
the amount of attacks by bop. I will see over the summer if
this is really the reason for less attacks or just coincidence.
BOP are just part of it. Their are risk in every sport, hobby
and every day life. I don't like it when i lose a bird to BOP
but their are still fascinating birds. Watching a Falcon on the
hunt is Amazing to me. Good luck with the BOP everyone!
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Re: What to do about BOP?
By: windjammer loft Date: June 28, 2013, 9:39 am
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Hey slvrollers....your statement: [font=verdana, sans-serif]
"Their are risk in every sport, hobby and every day life." Is
correct. Things can be "done" to avoid or correct those
risks... But, in our hobby, our hands are tied against solving
or correcting our BOP problem... So... we are stuck in a "NO"
win situation......[/font]
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Re: What to do about BOP?
By: slvrollers Date: June 29, 2013, 5:52 pm
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Hey Windjammer
To me their is no BOP problem were i live. I have lost three
birds in six years. 99% of the time my birds evade any attacks.
My Rollers are very good at getting back to the kit box or
skying out so they don't become lunch. My young birds only fly
in 10 bird kits and it has minimized attacks on my young
birds. I am breeding 75 birds a year and can replace any bird
that does die to BOP. I have excellent kits and many extra birds
so when i do lose a bird it really does not effect my kits in
any kind of way. Lucky me i guess!! If you pay attention to
what the BOP patterns and habits are you should be able to
figure out when the best time to fly is. Good luck to all those
lofts who really do have a BOP problem and my suggestion to them
is fly smaller kits its working for me. No BOP attacks in four
months now.
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Re: What to do about BOP?
By: donnie james Date: June 29, 2013, 10:01 pm
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i been feeding the wild birds with wild bird seed ain't seen a
bop yet and i got my birds about 4 day i know its late in the
year gotta late start on breeding i'm shoting for 2 rounds if
the weather lets me .......................donnie james
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