How were doves used to send messages in past days?

They have a good sense of direction and the primary place where the dove is probably born or trained is it's home place, other than that, you physically take the dove once or twice to the place you wish to send your messages to and feed the dove there and probably let it stay there for a few days to get acquainted, then you set it free and it will return to it's home place. read more

The usual way to carry a message was in a little cylinder attached to the Pigeons leg the message was written on Rice paper as it was so thin and light this was then put into the cylinder,then the Pigeon was released to return to it's Loft. read more

Pigeon post is the use of homing pigeons to carry messages. Pigeons were effective as messengers due to their natural homing abilities. The pigeons were transported to a destination in cages, where they would be attached with messages, then naturally the pigeon would fly back to its home where the owner could read their mail. They have been used in many places around the world. read more