Chapter 38: A stubborn person

Without the restraint of Guaxian’er, Huang Dadan’er’s hunting ability was improved a little bit again.

Although it has not yet performed high-end maneuvers such as the kite flip, which is very spectacular, this bold yellow bird can still perform the special skills of sparrowhawks hunting in the wild, such as chasing, smashing, grabbing the head and bending.

What surprised the brothers most was that when they were passing through a bush area, a big pheasant appeared at their feet.

At that time, the eagle was being crushed in Xiaowu’s hand, and a chicken rose up at his feet. Xiaowu reflexively crushed Huang Dabing and let him go.

Logically speaking, large pheasants would not be an option in the diet of ordinary sparrowhawks in the wild. The most an ordinary sparrowhawk would catch is a pheasant chick weighing a few pounds.

But Huang Dabing was indeed Huang Dabing. He was very angry at the moment. When Xiaowu Bian let go of his weapon, Huang Dabing chased after the pheasant directly.

At this point, the gap in hunting IQ between different falcons becomes apparent.

When the Great Green Kites caught pheasants before, they would simply hold the prey’s head with their claws to briefly control it, and then rely on their eagle-like strength to quickly subdue the pheasant and end the fight.

And although this Jute Kitten was bold enough to chase the pheasant, it was not so lucky in catching it after catching it.

With one claw grabbing the thick feathers on the pheasant’s neck and the other claw grabbing the pheasant’s back, he directly straddled the pheasant as if riding a horse.

The big pheasants at the foot of Changbai Mountain weigh more than two or three pounds. With a hawk weighing more than half a pound hanging on their bodies, it would not have much impact on the short-distance flight. Just like that, the pheasant and the hawk flew towards the opposite hillside.

“Fuck! That pheasant is a big one. Why are you releasing it?”

The elder brother Xiaowen was a little confused. Pheasants were not rare at the foot of the mountain. He had encountered one when he was out on the mountain yesterday, but Xiaowen did not release the hawk. But he did not expect that his younger brother would release the hawk today, and he even threw it out with the bowstring in hand.

“Before I could react, a bird flew up under my feet. I let it go in a fit of rage! The eagle chased it away before I realized it was a pheasant!
What to do, brother! “

“What can we do? Let’s chase it! The eagles in our hands depend on this bold yellow one. What if we lose the eagle? How can we explain it when we go back? Even if Brother Feng doesn’t blame us, we can’t catch many birds with this remaining eagle!”

After Xiaowen said this, he ran towards the direction the eagle flew away.

The other big pheasant carried Huang Dabing and flew nearly a mile away. After landing exhausted, Huang Dabing still held on to the fur on its back and neck tightly.

It is pheasants’ nature to be afraid of eagles. The big rooster carried Huang Dadan on its back and rolled and jumped on the ground, but it was no use.

After struggling on the ground for about thirty seconds, Huang Dabing lowered his head and pecked the rooster’s comb. The rooster, feeling the pain, took off again and carried Huang Dabing towards the next ridge.

The brothers Xiaowen and Xiaowu had not yet climbed up the hill when they saw from a distance that the big rooster took off for the second time and quickly disappeared in front of them.

“Damn it, this big rooster carrying Huang Dabao can really fly! Whoosh… Whoosh… Whoosh.” Xiaowen cursed while breathing heavily.

The younger brother Xiaowu was not much stronger, but he knew he had done something wrong, so he said nothing and continued to chase forward with a stern face.

The two brothers climbed over two ridges from the place where they released the eagle, and then they saw the male pheasant, which had flown out of its wings and was exhausted, struggling frantically on the ground. Huang Dadan was a bit stubborn, holding on to the back of the big rooster tightly and refused to let go.

The more the pheasant jumped, the faster it consumed its energy. By the time the brothers Xiaowen and Xiaowu arrived, the pheasant had completely given up resistance. It buried its head in a bush, not moving at all.

On the other hand, Huang Dabing spread his wings and flapped them from time to time in an effort to maintain his balance. He opened his big mouth to breathe, and his claws still held the prey tightly.

After climbing over two ridges in succession, the brothers Xiaowen and Xiaowu were completely exhausted. When they saw the eagle and pheasant on the ground, they forced themselves to catch up.

“I’ll kill it!”

“No, we finally caught it alive! Brother Feng said that the price of a live one is high!” Xiaowu took out a knife and wanted to kill the pheasant directly, but was stopped by his brother.

Then Xiaowen walked up to the pheasant, grabbed the chicken’s claws with quick eyes and hands, and pulled it out from the bushes.

At this time, the silly Huang Dabing was reluctant to let go of the pheasant. Xiaowen held down the pheasant. This guy opened his mouth and gasped for breath, while trying hard to pluck the feathers from the pheasant’s neck.

From a physiological point of view, it is difficult for the sparrowhawk’s strong beak to break the defense of the big rooster pheasant. Even if the rooster’s neck is twisted off and thrown to the sparrowhawk, the little eagle will have to work hard to tear the pheasant’s skin and eat the meat.

But Huang Dabing seemed to be a bit stupid and had a stubborn temperament. Xiaowu had already taken out the sand chicken from his backpack and covered it with gloves to change food, but Huang Dabing refused to let go of his claws. The stalemate lasted for more than a minute before he let go of his claws and stepped on the sand chicken to show off its meat.

The brothers Xiaowen and Xiaowu still lacked some experience in eagle training at the moment. In this situation, if they caught a pheasant, they should definitely not calculate the value of a live pheasant, but instead focus on training the eagle’s catching skills.

It can be said that Huang Dabing’s success in catching the pheasant this time was due to his brute force and stubborn temper. To be honest, it was not a coincidence at all.

If Yue Feng was there at this moment, his first reaction would not be to change the prey, but to find a way to guide the falcon and let it know where the pheasant’s weak points are, so that next time when it attacks, it will be easier to control the prey by grabbing that part.

Just as Yue Feng had said to his brothers before, being brave and daring to catch is a talent, but being brave alone is far from enough. If you want to grow into an excellent falcon, you also need the correct guidance from the falconer.

Due to the lack of experience of the brothers Xiaowen and Xiaowu, Huang Dabing lost the opportunity to learn and advance.

But it doesn’t matter. Although the guy he caught is a little stupid, the final result is still good.

After finishing such a big job, the eagle’s physical strength was greatly consumed. Although the two brothers were thinking about going into the mountains to catch more prey, they also knew that the eagle’s condition was more important. They were afraid that the eagle would become exhausted and die, so now it was not even noon, they had already given Huang Dadan an 80% full crop and gave it to Xiaowu to carry along the way.

For the next half day, the two brothers focused their attention on the other substitute hawk. Although the success rate of this poor hawk, which the two brothers did not think highly of, was lower, the cooperation between the man and the hawk had improved. They kept carrying the hawk around in the woods until the evening when they finally brought the hawk down the mountain.

At around four o’clock in the afternoon, Yue Feng was the first to return home with an eagle. He had been wandering in the red pine forest all day today and had caught eight squirrels alive, including those that had fallen to the ground and those that had been forced out by smoke and fire. On the way down the mountain, he also caught three flying dragons and two sand chickens.

Half an hour later, the Li family father and son also came back. Today, Uncle Li and Xiao Tao gained much more than yesterday.

There is another chapter in the evening, muah

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