Reborn in the 1980s: I made my fortune hunting wild game in Changbai Mountain

Chapter 471 Purple Eagle

“Okay! We are on good terms, so you will be fully responsible for the production and breeding in the rear.

Again, if you need to expand the venue and make subsequent hardware investments, I will give you the money!!
When we have a certain population base of minks and eagles, I will start to make arrangements, and we will make a lot of money together then! ! “

“Haha, Jun is steering the ship, so it won’t go off the track!”

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The brothers chatted for a while, then it got dark and it was time to go down the mountain.

“These self-trapping nets can be placed on the mountain, but I want to take the decoys back with me. This Gudingzi Mountain is exposed, and there may be raccoons and yellow foxes active at night. Don’t let the decoys harm them!” Yue Feng said in a low voice after coming out of the eagle shed.

When Jun heard Yue Feng’s concerns, he said without any emotion: “Let them cause trouble, aren’t there seven or eight more in the car?

If we take the bait away, we will have to go up the mountain early tomorrow morning, so we won’t be able to catch the morning wave, right?”

This is the truth. In fact, Yue Feng didn’t want to take the bait down the mountain, but when dealing with people like Ye Jianjun, it still makes sense to think one step further.

Now that I’ve said this in advance, when the other party finds out he’s been harmed tomorrow morning, he won’t have any psychological fluctuations.

On the contrary, if this was not mentioned, the other party might label Yue Feng as unprofessional.

Although Yue Feng usually looks harmless and cheerful, he still has to be careful about boundaries and propriety when dealing with people like Ye Jianjun, a kid from a big courtyard.

The more courtesy you give, the less blame you will get. It is always better to consider it in advance than to be passive afterwards.

“Okay then, let’s listen to Brother Jun! Let’s go and find a place to rest in town!!”

Yue Feng responded, then he checked the three self-trapping nets one last time to make sure that no nets had accidentally fallen off. He did not remove the tied lures, and then went down the mountain.

When they returned to the car on the roadside at the foot of the mountain, it was already completely dark. Ye Jianjun turned the car around and took Yue Feng and Xiao Tao to Dawang Town.

In this era, places like guesthouses were mostly government institutions. After driving around the town and asking some locals, we soon arrived at the only guesthouse in the town.

They were driving a military vehicle and had an officer’s certificate and a letter of introduction from their unit. The guesthouse accommodated the three of them without any hesitation.

Compared with the double rooms in the guesthouse at the air force base, the conditions here were not a bit worse. The three brothers chose a four-person room with a large kang (a heated brick bed) and brought the unused pigeons in the car into the room.

At this time, the three brothers didn’t want to go out to find a place to eat, so they simply asked the front desk for three bowls of hand-rolled meat noodle soup to fill their stomachs.

After eating and drinking, the three brothers chatted for a while in the house. Ye Jianjun put on gloves and admired the little pigeon falcon he had just caught in the afternoon. Before 8:30, the three brothers felt a little sleepy.

We fetched some water to wash our feet, then each of us got into bed, as we had to get up early the next day. After chatting for a few minutes, we fell asleep early.

The next morning, when it was just dawn outside, Yue Feng opened his eyes early when he heard some noise in the backyard.

Leaving aside the trivialities of getting up, washing faces and eating breakfast, the three brothers packed up, took the falcon they caught yesterday and the pigeon bait in the cage, and drove to the eagle catching site.

Fortunately, only the pigeon on the south side of the mountain top was bitten to death by an unknown thing, while the other two decoys in the self-trapped nets were safe and sound.

What was even more fortunate was that we caught something in the two self-trapped nets on the east and west sides early in the morning.

On the east side is a two-year-old big leopard (Common Buzzard), and on the west side, there is an old kite with purple-red feathers on its head hanging in the trap.

“There are quite a variety of raptors here! What the hell is this?”

Ye Jianjun stared at the common buzzard that weighed at least two kilograms. Compared with the big eagle and the gyrfalcon, the appearance of this common buzzard was obviously inferior.

Whether it’s the chicken-claw-like fleshy claws or the terrified look in the eyes, they all reveal a petty and useless spirit.

Yue Feng carefully unpacked the network cable on the eagle while wearing gloves, then said with a smile: “This thing is called a big leopard, its scientific name is common buzzard, it is not a working eagle.

Now it seems that someone in Tiecheng is collecting the specimens, and each one is worth a few dollars!
This is an old guy. Look at the lines on the breast, they are all white! We have no use for this thing, let it go!!!”

While speaking, Yue Feng raised his arm and released the common buzzard, then picked up the pigeon lying on the ground to examine it.

It’s OK, the pigeon was just scared, no external injuries!!

After rechecking all three traps, the three brothers retreated into the eagle shed and waited patiently.

Speaking of which, catching eagles in the mountains is not a comfortable job. In that era, there were no mobile phones or computers and the like. All you had to do was squat in the shed and wait.

Fortunately, the three brothers could always find some topics to chat about, from family matters to the airport and military camp. Overall, Jun Ge didn’t seem like the top red children in Yue Feng’s impression.

The elders in the family are indeed quite powerful, but when it comes to educating the next generation, the rules are quite strict and many red lines are explicitly prohibited.

The three brothers stayed in the shack for another hour or so. From the east side of the trap, they heard the chirping sounds of birds of prey hitting the net again.

After several consecutive experiences of raptors crashing into the net, Xiao Tao and Jun were obviously not as excited as they were when they first arrived yesterday.

The two followed Yue Feng slowly towards the location where they were caught in the trap. Soon, the shape of a bird of prey appeared in front of everyone.

Yue Feng could clearly see the prey in the net from about seven or eight meters away.

Well, I was lucky today and actually caught a big eagle of the year.

“Fuck, we caught a big eagle! It’s an old guy, right, bro?” Xiao Tao also saw the eagle in the net and asked curiously.

Yue Feng put away his calm demeanor, put on his gloves quickly, walked over in two steps, squatted down, and directly controlled the eagle.

“This is not an old guy! He was the little eagle back then! And a rare purple eagle!” Yue Feng said excitedly.

“Purple eagle? What is that? It’s not the same as the big eagle we have at home! At first glance, the color of its back fur is slightly lighter than that of the broken flower, but the color of its breast fur is a bit similar to that of the eagle!”

It was the first time that Xiao Tao saw a large eagle of this color. He stretched his head and looked up and down and left and right to see more details.

Yue Feng was not in a hurry to explain the difference to them, but quickly took off the eagle net from his body.

The bones of this purple eagle are extremely hard. When you touch it, the large feathers on its wings make a crackling sound similar to metal friction. The quality of its feathers is comparable to that of the big black eagle in Yue Feng’s home.

After the eagle was taken down from the net, Yue Feng took out the eagle coat and tied up the eagle, leaving its head on one end and its tail on the other. The eagle coat wrapped the big eagle tightly.

After restoring the self-trapping net mechanism, Yue Feng took the second eagle back to the eagle shed.

“Xiaofeng, do you have any explanation for this Purple Eagle?” Brother Jun couldn’t help asking at this time.

Yue Feng smiled and nodded: “Of course there is a saying, this purple eagle is not common.

Eagles from different origins and subspecies have certain differences in feather color, living habits, and hunting abilities.

Here, the more common eagles are generally the bean-colored eagle and the large red-haired eagle that breeds in the local pine forests.

This purple eagle is somewhat similar to the purple kite, and is a separate color!
Look at the color of the feathers on this animal’s face, red with a hint of purple, the color is rich yet not vulgar, it gives it a different spirit!
You have just seen the color of the breast flower. The base of the bean yellow eagle is bean yellow with vertical black stripes! The lower part becomes a black spot the size of a bean.

Looking at this eagle again, the base is almost white, and the vertical stripes are black with a hint of purple, especially at the crotch. The black spots are even as big as grapes. This is a very typical feature!
Looking at the feathers on its back, the young eagle has an iron back, and there is no light golden halo around the feathers of the eaglet!

The color and quality of this eagle’s feathers are among the best in the eagle catalog, comparable to the iron-backed red eagle at home!
We made a lot of money this time. This eagle is worth keeping in a cage for a long time!
The only drawback is that the weight is a little small. I estimate that this eagle weighs about 2.5 jin!”

After hearing Yue Feng’s very professional comments, Ye Jianjun nodded slightly, and then continued to ask: “Apart from the yellow eagle, red eagle, and purple eagle, are there any other names for this eagle that catches rabbits?”

“Yes! Yellow, red, purple, green, and white. We can encounter individuals of these five colors in our country.

I won’t mention the yellow eagle and the red eagle. You must have seen them before. They have breeding grounds in China, so they are quite common.

This purple eagle is relatively rare, and its notable features are its hard bones, thin wings and fast flying speed.

The color of the blue eagle is somewhat similar to that of the blue kite. Individuals are generally larger than ordinary eagles. Females can easily weigh over two and a half kilograms. They are strong but not lacking in strength. They are calm and hardworking. After becoming an eagle, they are not likely to rebel!
Finally, there is the white eagle. The white eagle we generally call is called the grass white eagle. This is a subspecies that is more common in the Russians in Siberia.

It is larger than a blue eagle, weighing 270-800 kg or even more than 300 kg. Its chest feathers are yellow with white, and its back is covered with reeds. After two years old, its eyes turn red.

But it is not very useful in our country to catch rabbits and pheasants. The old eagle masters called it a big fool, it was slow in flying and turning, and it was not easy to catch birds.

But occasionally there are individuals with great talents, and they are the best of the best.

They are fast and powerful. After a few hunting seasons in human hands and accumulation of experience, they can even catch prey as big as red foxes and badgers, which are rare.

Apart from these five color systems, the rest are exotic species. Melanization and albinism are actually all species. However, most albino eagles have vision problems and weak constitutions, making it difficult for them to survive in the wild. Occasionally, some of them survive, but it is difficult for them to stand out.

In comparison, the blackened individuals are much stronger. The big black eagle at home is a blackened gyrfalcon. These things exist with a low probability in nature, and their individual abilities vary greatly. We cannot generalize based on feather color alone. “(End of this chapter)