Chapter 148: An Exciting Idea (Additional Update for the Leader of Breeze Past)
“I’ve thought of one thing, but I’m not sure if it will work. This is beyond the scope of ordinary falcon training!”

“Tell me about it, maybe if everyone helps out with some ideas, we can solve the problem!”

“Just now I was thinking, if this big black eagle could help us search the entire forest in the sky and send us a message when it finds prey, that would be great!

No matter how clever the dog is, the forest area is huge after all. If the dog is allowed to run aimlessly searching the mountain, the area it searches in one day will be extremely limited!
But if we let the eagle find prey, our hunting efficiency will be greatly improved!”

Yue Feng spoke out all the thoughts in his mind.

“Let the eagle find prey! Hiss…”

Xiaowen just thought about Yue Feng’s thoughts for a moment and then took a deep breath.

This idea is really shocking. The eagle discovered the herd of wild boars and then went to inform its owner. The man and the dog chased them directly to the area where the wild animals were active and quickly resolved the battle with the help of guns and the dogs’ fighting power.

If this idea could really succeed, then there would be no place for wild animals to hide in such a vast forest. Wild animals such as wild boars and roe deer would be shot to death and dragged back home sooner or later if people wanted to.

“The eagle can’t speak, and doesn’t understand people’s thoughts! How can we let it know that we want it to go out to find prey? Even if it finds prey, how can it tell us?” Xiao Tao scratched his head and frowned.

Faced with questions from his friends, Yue Feng was unable to give an answer for the time being.

He was sure that in ancient times, there were skilled falconers who could achieve Yue Feng’s vision, but this thing was not passed down by their ancestors. If he wanted to continue to improve it, he could only try by trial and error, but there was no ready-made solution so he could not just copy it.

“For the time being, let’s consolidate the existing eagle hunting experience, and then study the rest slowly!” Yue Feng’s words concluded the previous discussion.

“So, what should we do next? Go back?” Xiao Tao asked as he kicked the cold and frozen roe deer with his toes before going into the water.

Yue Feng pulled the shoulder strap and said, “Why are we going back so early? Let’s continue chasing the two roe deer that just escaped! Xiaowen has the eagle on his head. If I’m not mistaken, we can still get a few shots at the roe deer that escaped. If we’re lucky, we can bring back all three roe deer today!”

“Okay, then let’s listen to Brother Feng and continue chasing the roe deer! Now I can just pull this roe deer! Our detachable wild boar skin sled can easily pull this roe deer!”

While Xiao Tao was talking, he took out the rolled wild boar skin from his bag, cut a few pieces of wood for support, and quickly stretched out and fixed the wild boar skin sled designed by Yue Feng and others.

It is easier to get things done when there are more people. This roe deer weighs at least 50 kilograms. Several people took turns dragging it, crossing mountains and ridges, climbing ditches and cliffs, and it did not affect their journey.

Yue Feng led the way with the black wolf in front. Although this kind of single-dog tracking job was not very efficient, the dog was relatively stable and was following a hot wolf who had just walked past, so there was almost no mistake.

After chasing the roe deer for a long time and crossing two ridges, the remaining two roe deer appeared in front of Yue Feng again.

At the same time when Yue Feng saw the roe deer on the opposite shady slope, the black wolf also discovered the roe deer. This guy only barked once, and Yue Feng covered his mouth.

However, the dog only barked once, which was enough. The roe deer on the opposite side was frightened and immediately spread out its four legs and ran wildly, and soon disappeared in front of Yue Feng again.

“Damn! Who told you to bark, Black Wolf? If you bark like that, you’ll scare the prey away!” Yue Feng covered the dog’s mouth and muttered to himself.

At this moment, the black wolf and the dog had looks of grievance on their faces. They didn’t bark when they found the prey, so how did their owner find the prey?
Although the dog is smart, his IQ is not as high as that of a human. He did something wrong with good intentions and was scolded by Yue Feng, looking very aggrieved.

“Keep chasing you. Once you catch up with me, don’t yell! If you yell again, I won’t take you up the mountain next time!” Yue Feng patted the black wolf’s head twice as if he was scaring a child, and then signaled the black wolf to keep chasing.

The remaining two roe deer seemed to have been frightened by the attack of the big black eagle from the sky. Even the ancestral curiosity in their blood was mostly extinguished. Yue Feng and his four men and one dog tracked for more than half an hour before they finally caught up with the roe deer that had slowed down its pace.

This time, Dahei learned his lesson after being scolded. After spotting the roe deer, he did not open his mouth to scream, but bit the hem of Yue Feng’s cotton coat and scratched twice in the direction of the roe deer with his left paw.

Upon seeing this, Yue Feng immediately took the gun off his shoulder, held it to his face, and slowly searched for the location of the roe deer through the crosshairs.

Soon, Yue Feng discovered the roe deer next to the bushes at the bottom of the ditch. Leaving a little lead time, Yue Feng pulled the trigger towards the target.

Boom!

Boom!

Four bullets were fired in a very clear rhythm. The two roe deer, which were almost standing sideways with their feet in front and behind, with a distance of no more than ten meters between them, were easily shot dead by Yue Feng with a 56mm rifle.

The big black eagle heard the gunshots and immediately started screaming. Judging from its body movements, it was not afraid after hearing the gunshots. Instead, it was quite excited.

Yue Feng knew that the gunshots had triggered this guy’s memory of being a wandering eagle in the mountains.

So he did not forcibly ignore the normal reaction of the big black eagle, but asked Xiaowen to take off the eagle’s hat.

“Xiao Wen, take off your hat. If the big Black Hawk takes off, scatter! Everyone else, follow me to the bottom of the ditch to collect the prey!” Yue Feng called out, and took the lead with a gun in hand.

When Big Black Hawk heard the gunshots, he knew there were delicious foods nearby. He took off his hat, squatted on Xiaowen’s hand, and looked around.

Soon, it found two roe deer that had been shot dead and lying on the ground. It cackled twice, borrowed strength from Xiaowen’s hand, and flew towards the roe deer at the bottom of the ditch.

Yue Feng asked Xiaowen to take off the eagle’s hat. It seemed that this was to indulge the big black eagle in free movement, which seemed a bit irrational, but it was not in vain.

The big black eagle has already associated the sound of gunfire with food in the wild, and will inevitably fly over when it hears gunfire within a certain range. This is actually an extra insurance for Yue Feng when releasing the eagle.

If the big black hawk gets lost accidentally due to force majeure during its flight, Yue Feng only needs to fire a shot into the sky, and there is a high probability that he will call the hawk back.

How could Yue Feng deliberately suppress this kind of conditioned reflex that is very difficult to train? Of course he would encourage it, and it is a great encouragement.

What is the encouragement? It’s very simple. When the black eagle is already 50% full, the meat rolls brought are dipped in the blood of the dead roe deer at the bottom of the ditch, and the black eagle is fed with 80% of its full crop.

The big black eagle, having eaten its fill, was in a very happy mood at the moment. His crop was full of food, and he hadn’t felt so fulfilled in a long time.

From the perspective of an absolutely neutral and objective bystander, the progress made in today’s one day of actual training in the mountains is much greater than that of the usual four or five days of training.

The big black eagle was also very satisfied with today’s trip. Following his master up the mountain, he not only ate fresh roe deer meat, but also ate fresh roe deer blood. He also heard the long-lost sound of gunfire and ate a lot. Today was a really fulfilling day. The black wolf that followed him up the mountain today also had a good meal. He dug out the roe deer entrails and ate them with his dog. They also had a round belly.

During this trip, I caught three roe deer, two large and one small, so it can be considered a complete success.

The brothers found a sunny valley sheltered from the wind to hide in, picked up some dried branches from the surrounding area to make a fire, and then used a knife to remove the lean meat from the roe deer’s legs, pierced it with pine branches, and roasted it in the fire.

When the tender roe deer leg meat is roasted and sizzling with oil, sprinkle it with a little salt and take a bite. It is so delicious!

The four brothers, after having their fill, rested on the mountain until about 1:30 in the afternoon, then went down the mountain, pulling two detachable wild boar-skin sleds carrying three roe deer.

Overall, today’s trip went quite smoothly. The Black Hawk was successful. The ancients were right. The Saker Falcon performed exceptionally well in actual combat.

Four people and a dog went into the mountains and harvested three roe deer, which weighed about 140 pounds in total. After returning home, they skinned and boned them and cleaned them up, and they could get at least to pounds of clean meat.

Each of my brothers got some, and the leftovers were sent to the second canteen, where they could be sold for 80 cents per pound. The price of roe deer meat was comparable to that of a big fat pig raised at home, and a single roe deer could fetch dozens of yuan. My brothers shared every cent and were very happy.

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Just when Yue Feng and his companions returned home with a full load today, happily drinking tea and waiting for dinner, on the other side, Yue Feng’s friend, Chen Pao, went out to fly hawks, but his luck was very bad today.

Ever since Yue Feng handed the slow-flying peach-pointed hawk to Chen Pao and flew hawks with him for a few days, Chen Pao’s enthusiasm for flying hawks to catch pheasants and rabbits has become uncontrollable.

As the old saying goes, if you let the eagle have a fire, you would rather not eat and go up the mountain to chase the stick. When you run after the eagle, you don’t feel cold or hungry.

Chen Pao is indeed an old hunter who has been hunting all his life. After getting this very good slow-flying peach-pointed hawk, he would mount the hawk and go out to catch rabbits and pheasants every day, no matter if it was windy or the weather was bad.

Chen Pao kept his promise to his son and did not go to the mountains. He strolled around the villages near his home every day. The daily harvest was not bad. He caught rabbits and pheasants. If he could not finish them at home, he could sell them at the market. Overall, he could earn about 10 to 8 yuan a day by playing and selling.

However, if you walk by the river often, you will get your feet wet. Chen Pao’s knowledge of falconry skills was just learned from Yue Feng, so many of his understandings have certain limitations.

Look, the big eagle had been released safely for less than a month when it ran into problems.

When the slow-moving eagle was chasing a long-tailed pheasant, it flew out of Chen Pao’s sight. The old man followed the direction and searched from around noon until nearly dark. He ran all over the surrounding area, but he couldn’t find the big eagle.

The eagle is lost.

This is one of the risks of using eagles to release pheasants. Even if pheasants have poor flying abilities, they are still wild birds with wings that can fly.

When using hawks to catch pheasants, the pheasants will basically have one or two wings to escape and fly. If this distance is quantified, it is roughly within two feet off the ground on average.

In terms of overall quality, this slow-moving peach-pointed aircraft can score at least 70 or 80 points out of a full score. The probability of failing to catch a pheasant is not high, but it can’t do it like the iron-backed red eagle of Yue Feng’s family, which can shoot down a pheasant quickly within one wing of takeoff.

This laid the seeds for the loss of the eagle.

Those who have been training eagles for many years will inevitably lose an eagle in their lifetime. In his previous life, Yue Feng also lost an eagle when he went out to release it. This has little to do with the training skills of the falconer. Most of them are small probability events that occur occasionally when a large number of eagles are released.

However, different people value eagles to different degrees. For example, if the people in the Yuefeng Eagle Hunting Team accidentally lost their eagle, they would certainly feel sad, but after trying their best to find it without success, they would definitely accept this reality in the end. At worst, they would just train a spare eagle and continue to release it.

But Chen Pao is different. His hunter nature makes him very fond of eagles. He had no way to get one before, but now, through his relationship with Yue Feng’s family, his eldest nephew gave him a top-quality eagle, which the old man treasures very much.

Ever since Eagle came home, I have been holding him in my bed every night, all day long, even when he goes to the toilet, I have to hold him in my hands.

Now that the eagle is lost, the old man can’t bear it for a moment.

Starting from noon, the old man searched the area around the mountain where the hawk was released several times, but he couldn’t find any trace of the hawk. He didn’t even have lunch and kept looking for the hawk until dark.

After dark, there was nothing else to do, so the old man went home with a grim face.

The old man’s wife at home saw that the old man had a bad expression on his face, and after asking, she found out that the eagle was lost. After hearing this, she immediately went to look for her son.

Although Chen Pao had separated from his son, he was still the head of the family and had the final say. When his son heard that his father’s eagle was lost, he was extremely anxious.

Recently, Chen Pao has been flying his hawk in and out of the village every day, and his family has been relieved. They don’t have to go into the mountains, so there is naturally no risk. He can also bring back wild game such as pheasants and rabbits every day. The old man is in a good mood and gets enough exercise every day, and even his complexion has improved a lot. All of this has been seen by his son.

Now that the eagle is lost, it is the Chen family’s top priority.

That evening, Chen Pao’s eldest son Chen Hongjun mobilized all the relatives and friends in the village, and offered a bonus of 50 yuan through the village office’s loudspeaker.

Whoever helps the old man find the eagle will get the fifty-dollar reward.

In those days, fifty yuan was a lot of money. Anyone who helped find an eagle could get fifty yuan. Everyone was mobilized, from children in their teens to strong laborers in their forties or fifties.

For the next two days, there was chaos around Fang’an Village. The villagers who were supposed to stay at home for the winter all helped Chen Pao find the eagle for the sake of the 50-yuan bonus.

After searching for two days in a row without any useful information, Chen Pao was so anxious that his mouth was full of ulcers and he felt as if all his energy had been drained away.

On the third day, I finally got some useful information.

Some villagers seemed to have found the big eagle that Chen Pao was looking for in the woods outside the village on the beach of the Muling River.

Fellow villagers and family members, I have made it! I have also received rewards from the leader for my writing!
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After the release of the book, I have been updating 12,000 words every day. My stock of manuscripts has been exhausted. I wrote this with gritted teeth. If I want to continue to update 12,000 words tomorrow, I will probably have to work overtime tonight!

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