Chapter 133 The Science of Eagle-beating
The pheasant feathers were still on the chicken’s buttocks and had not been plucked off, but in this case, observing closely, it was estimated to be at least 80 to 90 centimeters long.

“After feeding the eagle, let’s go down the mountain and go home! It will probably be past eleven o’clock when we get home. Let’s have a meal and warm your cotton shoes!” Chen Pao asked.

“Okay, I’ll listen to you! But when feeding the eagle, I can’t just let it feed on blood to fill its crop. It still needs to eat the food I prepared for it in advance!

You do this, wait for the eagle to tear the chicken’s skin apart, dip the meat roll in blood, and feed it to the eagle. Remember to hold it firmly in both directions and give it a higher angle!”

“Don’t worry, I can’t fall into the same pit twice! Show me how to get blood on your hands, and don’t worry about the rest, I’ll do it!”

Yue Feng took out a meat roll wrapped in cabbage leaves from his bag, dipped it in the pheasant’s blood, and then handed it to Ying, who swallowed it in big gulps.

The operation was very simple. Chen Pao understood it immediately. He followed the instructions and quickly fed the eagle with meat rolls.

When the eagle reached its crop, Yue Feng signaled Chen Pao to use his sleeves to cover his claws and take the pheasant down.

This thing would be just right for cooking when he got home at noon, so Yue Feng turned around and blocked Daying’s sight with his body, cut the carotid artery with a knife, and bled the pheasant directly on the spot.

The father and son carried the beautiful long-tailed pheasant and the eagle and headed home contentedly.

In the course of most of the morning, Yue Feng and Chen Pao caught two rabbits and a long-tailed pheasant.

In terms of the harvest, it can only be considered average, but climbing the hill and chasing eagles, the amount of activity is not small.

When the father and son came down the mountain and returned to the village, both of them had red faces.

This is not a sickly red, but a very natural complexion, as if the blood vessels in the whole body are relaxed after sufficient exercise.

When they returned to Chen Pao’s house, they entered the north room and took off their hats. Steam was coming out of their foreheads.

The half-morning release of the eagle was not in vain, from the perspective of stretching the muscles and invigorating the body, it was absolutely effective.

“These are your brother’s shoes. You can wear them for now. Take off your own cotton shoes and I’ll take them to the fire wall to dry. They will be dry after lunch!”

After Chen Pao came in and took off his belongings, he first found a pair of shoes that would fit Yue Feng.

“Okay! You should take a break too! You’ve been out and about for most of the morning without stopping! I had a late breakfast, so I’m not hungry now. We can have lunch a little later!” Yue Feng felt sorry for the old man, so he said it very honestly.

“That’s right, now that I have my own piece of land, you don’t have to worry about it! Your aunt has gone to the market in the next village, and she will cook for us when she comes back! Let’s have a couple of drinks at noon!”

“Row!”

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Just like that, after the father and son warmed up quickly, they took off their shoes and got on the kang. The old man held the big eagle in his right hand and rolled a pipe with his left hand. He chatted with Yue Feng about some details of raising and releasing eagles while drinking tea. It was quite comfortable to feel warm and cozy.

Not long after, Aunt Chen came back from the market, carrying a basket full of shopping things. It was obvious that Uncle and Aunt Chen attached great importance to entertaining the young man Yue Feng.

There was a lot of busy work in the kitchen outside, but Uncle Chen just got off the kang to take a look. After coming back, he continued to chat with Yue Feng and fiddle with the eagle. The old man’s status in the family was quite amazing.

It must be said that Yue Feng’s idea of ​​giving the old man a hawk really touched Chen Pao’s heart. Ever since Yue Feng demonstrated how to release a hawk to catch rabbits and then handed the hawk to Chen Pao, Chen Pao was still reluctant to let it go even after returning home.

While drinking tea on the kang table, Daying made an inappropriate mistake and sprayed poop directly onto the kang mat. Chen Pao did not mind that Daying’s poop was dirty, and directly pulled out a pair of work socks with holes in them from under the kang mat to wipe off Daying’s poop.

“Tsk tsk, this eagle is so powerful that it can spray poop so far!” Chen Pao couldn’t help but sigh as he wiped it.

Hearing Uncle Chen say this, Yue Feng knew that this was just like a grandfather not minding his grandson being dirty, this was true love from the bottom of his heart.

“There is a saying about eagle poop, which is called “da tiao” in the jargon. When you are raising and releasing eagles, you should also pay attention to some details, which will help you judge the condition of the eagle.

Under normal circumstances, a healthy eagle poop in the wild will be in this shape, with powerful, clear black and white poop!

The white stripes are in the near section, relatively concentrated and not scattered, and the main component is uric acid. The black part is in the back section, which is generally the food residue left after digestion and is relatively scattered. This thing seems to be a rare Chinese medicine!

If the eagle’s strikes are weak, sticky and short, it means that the eagle is lacking water, and lack of water will cause the eagle to dry out easily!

If the color of the eagle bar turns green, it means there is no food in the stomach, and it is lacking in food and has a burning sensation in the chest!
If the color of the eagle’s hair is similar to that of a green apple, then you have to be careful. In all likelihood, it is Newcastle disease, or fowl plague in our local dialect. This is a manifestation of liver damage caused by a virus. Generally, an eagle with this symptom is unlikely to survive!

After an eagle dies, it must be landfilled with quicklime and disinfected multiple times. Otherwise, if you keep the eagle, it will easily die!

As for other parasites, or in certain cases, if the eagle’s feces have other symptoms, you should also be vigilant! “

Hearing Yue Feng talking, Chen Pao nodded repeatedly: “I didn’t expect that there is so much knowledge in the poop of an eagle!
I will definitely observe the changes every day. If there is anything wrong, I will go to your house to find you. This big eagle is hard to come by, you can’t destroy it in my hands!”

“Haha, you don’t have to overreact! As long as you follow the method I told you to feed it scientifically and lift it normally, this big eagle is still very hardy and can withstand any hardship! You don’t have anything else to do anyway, so just play with it to pass the time!”

“Then tell me more about this cooking method!”

“Okay! Now we have to control the food that the eagle has just put on the ground. Clean and fresh rabbit meat or bird meat will do. The amount should be different. Too much or too little is not good!

After being fed, the eagle should not lose weight when it goes out to work in the fields the next day!
If you are really unsure, you can prepare a scale. After the eagle is unloaded every morning, weigh it at a fixed time and place to accurately control the weight of the eagle!
Of course, after a long period of taming, you will be able to see the eagle’s condition without weighing it, and then you can be bolder!

This eagle is very skillful in catching rabbits. As long as it doesn’t run out of energy, it can easily catch eight or ten rabbits a day!

As the eagle’s weight gradually increases with hunting, the upper limit of the number of prey it can catch in a day will be even higher. I estimate that with the addition of bedding, it will not be a problem to catch 17 or 18 rabbits a day!”

“Do I need to weigh my eagle? All right, I’ll ask your brother to buy me a scale from the city! We’ll do it according to the regulations!”

“As the old saying goes, if you are too fat, don’t take it; if you are not good at craftsmanship, just avoid it!
You have experienced the reality of eagles when you fed them meat today. The principles of training and releasing eagles are the same. In addition to the affinity, the most important thing is to control the fatness of the eagle. After you become proficient, you can make judgments based on the feel of holding the eagle, or you can evaluate by touching the keel of the eagle’s chest. However, these are somewhat subjective, so it is better to weigh it directly, which is more objective and easier to grasp! “

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The two of them were sitting at the table on the kang, with Yue Feng talking most of the time while the old man was learning humbly, but both sides really enjoyed this communication process.

Yue Feng’s skill of training and raising eagles is inherited from his family, but he is not the kind of person who keeps his skills to himself. The people in his team have already learned all the skills of releasing eagles.

As for Chen Pao, Yue Feng had no intention of hiding anything from him. Even if it was the most crucial falcon training, as long as the other party asked to learn, Yue Feng would definitely teach him.

However, these old-school hunters all know the value of a skill, so if Yue Feng does not take the initiative to express his opinion, they will definitely not ask about the key techniques and skills of falcon training.

After returning home, the father and son drank tea at the kang table for more than an hour, and then Chen Pao’s wife prepared lunch.

There were only three people in the family eating. Chen Pao’s wife made a big pot of red and fragrant braised pork, a plate of fried peanuts, and a pot of stewed radish with the rabbit she caught in the morning.

Chen Pao must have given special instructions for cutting the long-tailed pheasant into appropriate-sized pieces and stir-frying them directly in a pan. After the skin was fried until golden brown, hazel mushrooms, potatoes, dried beans, vermicelli and other ingredients were added to the whole pot. When the pot of long-tailed pheasant stewed with mushrooms was served, the aroma made Yue Feng almost drool.

Three people, four main dishes, the grandfather and the grandfather chatted while eating and drinking slowly, and finished lunch around 1:30. After drinking half a catty of white wine, they felt a little tipsy but not drunk. This feeling is the best.

Thinking about having to go to the city to deliver food in the afternoon, Yue Feng stayed at Chen Pao’s house until about three o’clock, then said goodbye and left. Uncle Chen, who was also a little tipsy, carried a big hawk in his hand and accompanied Yue Feng to the entrance of the alley before going back.

For the next two days, Yue Feng did not go anywhere. He reported to Chen Pao’s house on time at around seven o’clock every morning. The father and son mounted their hawks and raided several places suitable for hawking around Fang’an Village.

Yue Feng’s idea was very simple. Since he was sending the Buddha, he naturally had to send it to the west. Since he had sent the eagle, he naturally had to let Uncle Chen learn the skill of flying the eagle.

For three consecutive days, Yue Feng basically acted as a coach and caught a total of 16 rabbits, five pheasants, and three long-tailed pheasants.

Chen Pao has also basically learned all the normal precautions for releasing hawks. From now on, as long as nothing unexpected happens, there will be absolutely no problem in releasing hawks outside his home.

During the time when Yue Feng was busy fulfilling his contract and going out with Chen Pao to fly the eagle, the black wolf that Yue Feng brought home gradually became familiar with the pack of dogs.

These dogs at home have undergone preliminary practical tests and their performance is quite good.

Xiao Tao had been honestly releasing hawks to catch chickens to make money in recent days, and he had been feeling very frustrated. On the afternoon of the second day after Yue Feng came back from Chen Pao’s house, Xiao Tao could no longer hold back.

“Brother! Every day we either release hawks to catch chicks or catch rabbits. Is our dog sociable? Otherwise, let’s find some time tomorrow to go up the mountain and hunt pigs!

Now we have four big dogs at home, plus the black wolf, so we can definitely catch any ordinary pig!”

Indeed, Yue Feng hasn’t been into the mountains for almost a week since he came back from hunting two blind bears a few days ago.

With guns in hand and ready-made hunting dogs, it would be a waste of resources if we didn’t go into the mountains for such a long time.

Yue Feng made a quick calculation and nodded as he had nothing to do tomorrow. “Okay, let’s go up the mountain together tomorrow morning and have a formal dog hunting. Let’s see how these four dogs perform when hunting wild boars!”

“Great, I’ll go talk to brothers Xiaowen and Xiaowu right away! What time do we meet tomorrow?”

“The old time, six in the morning!”

“Okay, I’m going home first. I’m going to bed early today. Hehe, let’s go!”

Watching Xiao Tao humming a tune as he left, Yue Feng also grinned. Young people have a good mentality. They don’t feel tired or exhausted at all about such adventurous things. Instead, they find them quite challenging.

After returning to the house, Yue Feng said to his mother, “Mom, prepare the dog food early tomorrow. We are going to go to the mountain to hunt dogs tomorrow! Feed the dog half full, and add some offal and bear oil!”

“Okay, are you going to join forces with these four dogs at home? Why don’t you try to untie them all? Don’t go up the mountain, or the dogs will start fighting again!” Meng Yulan also gave her son a special reminder.

It is not uncommon for several hunters to go up the mountain together and their hunting dogs to fight with each other.

Dogs are actually very socialized, somewhat similar to wolves.

If there is no serious fight or the team level sequence assessment is completed normally through other means, once they get on the mountain and start fighting, they will fight to the death.

Especially since the black wolf was a lone outsider, if a fight really started, it would almost certainly be the three dogs from Chen Pao’s family biting it.

At home, you can call for help and think of ways to pull the dogs apart. But if you go up the mountain, you won’t be able to do anything when you see the dogs fighting. Several dogs will tear each other apart and you won’t be able to pull them apart.

Thinking of this, Yue Feng nodded: “I will close the gate and let the dogs go and see what happens! This black wolf has been very stable since he came back. These dogs haven’t been quarreling in the past few days, so there shouldn’t be any problem!”

Thinking of this, Yue Feng came out of the north room and closed the gate, then untied the rope that tied Heilang.

Due to the high-standard meals in recent times, Black Wolf has gained at least several pounds compared to when he first returned home, and his black fur has begun to shine. Whether it is activity, excitement, or stability, according to Yue Feng’s own evaluation standards, they are all very good.

After peeing, the black wolf walked around the yard, sniffed there, and finally began to lift its legs and urinate in the corners.

For dogs, peeing is actually a form of territorial declaration, which means declaring sovereignty over the area where they pee.

When they saw the black wolf peeing, the two tied dogs, Dahuang and Dahei, got angry.

Yue Feng, who was enjoying the fun, patted the windows in front and behind his neighbors, called Xiao Tao over to help prevent any accidents, and then untied Da Huang.

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