Chapter 142 Fist Hunting? No, Disc Hunting!
After Yue Feng got home and warmed up for a while, he immediately got busy.

Draw the sample, measure the black eagle’s pupil distance, mouth height and other data, modify the sample, etc.

After Yue Feng tried it out roughly according to his own understanding, he soon started cutting the material for the first version of the goldfish-eye screw-turn eagle hat and began sewing it.

To be precise, Yue Feng actually still lacks a lot of professional tools for sewing hats, such as triangular needles, cowhide thread, spacing gauges and so on.

However, these things are icing on the cake. Without them, it would just be slower to make things. Yue Feng doesn’t plan to make a living by making eagle caps, so the slightly lower efficiency is not a problem for him.

By around four o’clock in the afternoon, the first version of the popeye eagle hat sample was sewn.

Yue Feng carefully opened the mountain, then took the big black eagle still wrapped in the eagle coat and tried to wear it.

Through the actual wearing test, Yue Feng feels that the overall size of this version of the hat is basically no problem. The only flaw is that the opening angle is a little low, and the leather material at the back of the eagle’s head is a little shallow.

After carefully comparing the records, Yue Feng quickly modified the second version of the sample and repeated the previous sewing process.

Before dark, we successfully finished the second version of the sample.

After another actual wearing test, the effect of the second version is obviously much more suitable after the problems of the previous version are solved. There will definitely be no major problems with this sewn sample for temporary use. If any problems arise during subsequent wearing, Yue Feng can modify it himself. He has skills, and this little thing is difficult for an unskilled person.

While Yue Feng was busy sewing the eagle hat, Xiao Tao, Xiao Wen and others also came back with the eagle.

The wind was light today, so we had a good harvest from falconry in the mountains. The hunting bags of the three of us were filled to the brim.

“Brother Feng, did you catch the eagle?” Xiao Tao tied up the eagle in the greenhouse and went into the house. Before he even lifted the door curtain, he started to care about the big black eagle.

“I caught it. It’s on the kang! The eagle hasn’t even gotten into the trap yet. It’s wrapped in its coat!” Yue Feng was sewing a hat. For this thing, the angle and strength of each stitch had to be calculated. Problems could easily arise if one was distracted, so he just responded without looking up.

Xiao Tao walked in quickly and immediately spotted the big black eagle lying a little inside the edge of the kang.

“Fuck, this eagle is not small! What kind is it?”

“The gyrfalcon, also known as the Saker Falcon, hasn’t had time to be weighed yet! Be careful with its mouth, it just bit a big hole in the belly of your finger!”

“Saker Falcon? Is this the eagle you said you would offer to the emperor? This eagle is really…”

Xiao Tao was at a loss for words for a moment. With his knowledge that he had not even finished junior high school, he couldn’t find a suitable word to praise him.

“Amazing!” Yue Feng added.

“Yes, it’s very handsome! Look at its eyes, mouth, and big claws! It looks so mighty!” Xiao Tao commented on the big black eagle.

“That’s great. Don’t leave in such a hurry. I’ll put on the eagle’s tripwire later. Give me a hand and help me put the tripwire on the eagle first!”

“Row!”

Fortunately, the two brothers were young and had good eyesight. They tied the big black eagle to the eagle with the newly made hand-woven reinforced leg trip wire under the dim window.

Now that the eagle’s foot trip has been solved, the next step is to formally put on the eagle hat.

This eagle hat has a pull-out device at the back of the head, which can fix the hat after the eagle puts it on. Yue Feng asks Xiao Tao for help, and he carefully puts the drawstring at the back of the eagle hat on. After confirming that the assembly is correct, he puts the hat firmly on the head of the big black eagle.

As soon as the hat was put on, the big black eagle stopped struggling instantly, and lay in the eagle coat with its head tilted, not moving at all.

Yue Feng put on his thick work gloves again, tied the two five-foot ropes on his hands, and then signaled Xiao Tao to slowly untie the eagle’s coat.

As soon as the eagle’s coat was untied, the big black eagle’s wings, thighs and claws that were originally bound were all released.

Yue Feng grabbed the five-foot glove with his right hand and gently lifted it up, then he supported the back of the stiff-limbed Big Black Eagle and let the Eagle stand on the glove.

At this moment, the big black eagle was like a suspect who had done something wrong, with its head hung down and its claws gripping the work gloves in Yue Feng’s hands. When it heard the slightest movement, it would habitually increase its strength and clench its claws.

“What’s going on? I put on my hat, but my head is still drooping!”

It was the first time that Xiao Tao saw Yue Feng put a hat on an eagle, and he thought there was something seriously wrong with the eagle.

Yue Feng smiled slightly: “It’s okay, the big eagle and falcon hats I just put on are all in this shape! The hat itself is heavy, and it covers the eyes. It’s normal to feel a little uncomfortable wearing an eagle for the first time! After a little adjustment, you can lift your head up!”

After saying this, Yue Feng turned his wrist out of habit.

The big black eagle standing on Yue Feng’s hand felt its lower body unstable, and immediately struggled and flapped its wings, quickly regaining its balance.

During the struggle, the eagle slowly raised its drooping head.

Yue Feng originally thought that it would not be long before his head would continue to droop. According to his experience, Falcon, who had just returned home and put on a hat, would definitely have his head drooped the entire night on the first day.

But unexpectedly, this big black eagle has a strong ability to adapt. It just drooped its head symbolically for a few minutes. After struggling to regain its balance, it raised its head steadily again.

Yue Feng looked at the big black eagle standing on his hand with a loving face.

This physique, this skeletal structure, these sharp claws, this sharp eagle beak, and these feathers all over the body that are like iron feathers.

Yue Feng was admiring the big eagle in a trance. The big black eagle shook its feathers, and its body became fluffy like a hen that is roosting.

The feathers on his body tighten and loosen, and the rubbing against each other makes a clear rustling sound. The texture is simply amazing!

“Huh! No wonder the emperor wants to use the Saker Falcon as a tribute! Damn, this eagle feels so solid!” Yue Feng exhaled and could not help but sigh in a deep voice.

“It’s really beautiful! Even the movement of the pine needles is different from that of other eagles! I have a question that I can’t figure out!” Xiao Tao muttered as he looked at the big black eagle in Yue Feng’s hand.

“What’s the problem? Tell me!”

“When this big black eagle spreads its wings, its wingspan must be more than one meter. The forest we went to is probably a mountain area that has been cut down, and it can move freely in the forest! If we train it to go hunting, what will its target prey be?” Xiao Tao asked. “Uh…” Xiao Tao’s very practical question really stumped Yue Feng.

The most fascinating thing about the sport of falconry is that its target prey can be inferred from the size of the falcon.

For example, the most representative eagle in falconry (the female goshawk), in the hands of humans, the main target prey is rabbits and some pheasants.

These prey are very common, and you will basically not come back empty-handed if you go out every day.

But what if the eagle is a bigger size? What can it do in human hands?
Letting this big black eagle go out to catch rabbits in the barren hills surrounding the village is obviously a waste of its talent, like using a cannon to kill a mosquito.

But if it wants to catch other prey, it seems that the dense forest is not suitable for the size and natural hunting habits of this big black eagle.

Falcons have relatively narrow and long wings, so it is quite difficult for them to fly in the forest, especially in a relatively noisy forest with many native trees. With a wingspan of more than one meter, it is impossible for them to catch prey in such a forest.

Yue Feng was happy and was still immersed in the life achievement of unlocking the Ultimate Falcon. However, after Xiao Tao asked this, he frowned and felt a little uncomfortable.

If this was not the Northeast but the Northwest, this Saker Falcon would definitely have great potential. Whether it was a fox, a gazelle, or any other prey active in the wilderness, if this Saker Falcon was well trained, it could swoop down and kick, and would have a very high hunting success rate.

However, in the forest area of ​​Changbai Mountain, it is probably only in the forest farms where selective felling and complete felling have not yet planted new seedlings that it can have a certain amount of space for activities.

“Uh…” Yue Feng was speechless for a moment.

“Brother, you also can’t figure out what this big black eagle can do?” Xiao Tao asked again when he saw Yue Feng frowning in thought.

Yue Feng did not express his opinion immediately, but instead sorted out the information about raptor hunting at home and abroad in his mind.

A minute later, Yue Feng slapped his head and got the answer: “If this Saker Falcon is used to catch pheasants with fist hunting, it is really a waste of its talent. If we want it to be effective, we must use disk hunting!”

“Hunting?”

“Yes! Hunting in circles! This Saker Falcon has a very strong ability to hover in the air and glide. For example, when we were hunting pigs before, we encountered one hovering over our heads and it wouldn’t come down! I would say conservatively that if there is a little airflow, this eagle can hover in the sky for a few hours without any problem!”

“Then what? What’s the point of playing for several hours?” Xiao Tao asked again.

“Of course it is useful. We can train eagles and let them cooperate with dogs! The dogs will go out to shoo away the prey, and let the falcons circle in the sky and wait. When the prey such as roe deer and deer are driven up, the eagles can swoop down and attack and kill them!
This is called air-to-ground amphibious three-dimensional combat. A dog cannot catch up with a roe deer, but an eagle can. With this combination, the effect will be great!
But you are right about one thing. In a dense forest, this big black hawk is far less effective than the goshawk or kite at home. The mountain area that has been cut down can be regarded as a preliminary hunting ground!”

After listening to Yue Feng’s analysis, Xiao Tao scratched his head in confusion: “It sounds like that, but is this thing easy to use?

When we train a big eagle, we can hang a string as a safety net. If this big black eagle is trained to fly in circles, what should we do? We can’t hang a string that is dozens or hundreds of meters long, right? “

Hearing Xiao Tao’s question, Yue Feng grinned: “Hahaha, you don’t have to worry about professional problems. Since I said I can train you, I naturally have my own way!

The process of training an eagle is different from that of training a falcon. You will know it when the time comes!”

Xiao Tao: “Okay, I’ll wait for your news! If there’s anything I can help you with, just let me know!”

Yue Feng grinned: “Don’t worry, why am I being polite to you? Just wait and see, I will definitely be able to cook this Saker Falcon in a month at most.”

When it comes to eagle training, Xiao Tao has an almost superstitious admiration for Yue Feng. Since Yue Feng pats his chest and says there is no problem, then there must be no problem.

However, Xiao Tao’s question also gave Yue Feng a reminder.

Fist hunting is naturally a bad idea. Training this big black eagle to fight is a complete waste of resources.

If it is hunting by falconry, then the existing falcon training equipment is not enough, as there is still a crucial thing missing.

Fake bait!

The lure here is not the lure used in lure fishing, but an auxiliary training device used when training falcons to fly in circles.

This fake bait is relative to the real bait. What is the real bait of the eagle? Naturally, it is the prey.

The fake bait is a man-made device that resembles prey. It is based on the same principle as the previous one made of rabbit skin to form an eagle. It is a tool used to assist in the training of birds of prey.

The fake bait used for training falcons to fly in circles can be seen as the bird version of the rabbit bait, which is similar to the pheasant bait. The main body is usually made of cowhide, with sand or other appropriate weights filled in the middle, and a pheasant wing is sewn on each side.

At the front end, holes will be drilled and the line will be threaded through. When training a falcon, a series of techniques will be used, such as swinging bait, throwing bait and calling the hawk.

This thing doesn’t need to be made very finely, but there are some requirements for size and structure.

Fortunately, this time when he went to the city, Sister Li asked for more leather. Yue Feng picked and chose from the roll of waste leather and found a few relatively thick and suitable sized ones. After a lot of hard work, which took him half a night, he finally sewed a fake bait for training falcons.

Just as they had prepared all the tools, it was already past ten o’clock in the evening. Yue Feng felt a little uncomfortable working under the oil lamp. According to his memory, the village would provide electricity to everyone next summer, so it should be soon.

That night, Big Black Hawk stayed in Yue Feng’s room with his hat on all night.

This guy is very brave. Yue Feng used a wooden stake as thick as a bowl as a temporary falconry platform for it, and laid a soft towel on the stake to act as a buffer.

The big black hawk heard the noise in the house and jumped down from the falcon platform at least two or three times in the middle of the night. Yue Feng forced his eyes open in his sleep and helped the falcon back onto the falcon platform, then turned over and continued to sleep.

The roosters crowed outside at dawn, and Yue Feng opened his eyes and got up. He was obviously in a worse condition today, but he was not going up the mountain today, so it didn’t matter.

After breakfast, before eight o’clock in the morning, several other members of the falconry team came to Yue Feng’s house to admire the big black eagle that they had just caught.

No one took this big Black Hawk seriously yesterday, but after a night, it is now obviously much more stable on the falcon stand. Although it has a hat on, its overall temperament is three points better than when it just returned home yesterday.

From the time he brought the eagle home yesterday until now, Yue Feng has only used cotton cloth dipped in water to moisten the big black eagle’s mouth.

However, there was one thing that surprised Yue Feng. From the time the eagle was caught near noon yesterday until now, the next morning, this big black eagle had not pooped at all.

(End of this chapter)