We are having a Wincompanion issue. I have a call in to Terry

We will fly the first race today due to weather forecast changes.  They really don't know from day to day. The forecast for tomorrow is now chance of rain NNE winds 10-25.  Thanks to Mike Haffner for text to show the change. Good luck. 

We had a very good toss today from 70 miles. We plan on having the 100 mile race on Friday. To say the weather has been very unstable is a major understatement. We are hosting the AU Convention, and we have gone from 5 days of rain to 25mph NE winds.  Other OLR's have also had difficulty training here in the Midwest. The birds are locked on now, so we will see what happens.    Thanks for your participation, it's been a tough year for most OLR, and we are no different. If any of your OLR birds finish a series, you might want to put it in your breeding loft.

Birds were trained to 60 miles yesterday. I went to post to Wincompanion and got a message that it was not available.  Birds were screaming, they beat me home. We will go to 70 tomorrow. Birds are doing very good now, have finally found the line. Looking at first race-100 later in the week. 

I backed the birds up today, as we had 10-25 SUSTAINED WINDS, from the NE right on their nose. Worked today folks. It is important to note there was a group piddling on the roof and got spooked by something and off they went and just kept flying.  Sometimes it not the distance but how hard they have to work, and they worked today.  Needless to say I didn't see anyone else training.  Down the road we go.

Rain forecasted for next 5 days. Will go hard after that. 

Birds went to 20 miles today. Did very good. My youngest son is getting married late this afternoon. Been running crazy with relatives from all over the country coming in. 

After 5 days of rain, I took the birds 10 miles and for once they arrived good. I'm going to stretch them out now. We did a hands on inventory yesterday. I forgot to hook the antenna up today since we use it for hands on. It's hell to get old.

Today I took the birds 12 miles, swinging them to the SW. 12 freaking mile!!  A hawk or falcon got into them, and the birds are scattered hell west and crooked. The birds came one at a time. Tim Sandborn, a club mate was waiting with me, while we were sitting there, a female Cooper showed up. WHAT A SHIT SHOW. WHEN DID THE DAMN BIRDS BECOME SO FRAGILE. I've been flying birds for 35 years, I have never seen this kind of nonsense. Look at the losses in the OLRs. My falcon guys tells me Cooper hawks stay down low in the woods and rob the songbird nests, the songbirds are no longer breeding, and the hawks are hungry, so they are after anything that flys.  Here's what I do know, the birds that get lost, I will never get a call from someone that has them.  Where the hell are they going?....  Folks, something is not right, it's confusing our birds. Wincompanion and the clock will be on.  This is bullshit. 

Birds went 10 miles today.  I had to shut Wincom off as Terry and I were working on my section. There were 191 birds on the clock. Going again tomorrow and every other good day. Going later in the day as dove season opens tomorrow.