After listening to Yue Feng’s analysis of the pros and cons, Xiao Tao was no longer hesitant.

“If that’s what you say, then I won’t be in a hurry! We killed a lot of blind bears last winter, and I’m still an expert at finding tree storks!
As long as you dare to wander around the surrounding mountains, I will most likely find you! ! ” Xiao Tao said with a bit of confidence.

“Alright, alright, stop showing off! Come in and eat. When you’re full, go home and take a nap. You still have to go to Brother Zhao Hongbo’s house for lunch. You heard me when I called us just now!”

The two brothers whispered a few words outside the gate of the yard, pushed open the gate and entered the yard.

The first thing I saw when I entered the yard was the wild boar meat that was delivered last night. It was all hanging on the rack. The brothers Xiaowen and Xiaowu were picking the bones with sharp knives.

“Brother Feng! You’re back!” Xiaowen looked up and greeted him first.

“How long have you been here? Have you had breakfast?” Yue Feng nodded and asked casually.

“I’ve eaten. I came over for a walk this morning when I had nothing to do. I saw the pigs you brought back last night, so I gave you a hand with some work!

My aunt has left some dumpling soup for you! Come in and eat first! ! ” Xiaowen replied.

“Brother Hongbo killed six wild boars of different sizes last night. When we entered the village just now, we went to his house to take a look. He was cleaning up the mess. He asked us to go to his house at noon to eat the pig-killing meal, and he specifically mentioned that you and Xiaowu must be there!” Yue Feng reminded him.

“We killed six in one night? All from tree nests?? That’s a good harvest!!!
We injured our dog a few days ago and we were struggling in the mountains, but we didn’t catch many prey in a day!”

When Xiaowu heard Yue Feng mention Zhao Hongbo’s battle record, his eyes began to light up.

“Just six wild boars, a small scene! Last night, Brother Feng and I were in the mountains, and we missed a blind bear!” Xiao Tao couldn’t hold back when he saw his brothers in the hunting team.

“What, a blind bear? What’s going on?” Xiaowen immediately became curious.

“Alright, alright, what good news is this? You’re not even ashamed of yourself! Stop bragging here, I’m going to go into the house and have breakfast!”

Yue Feng was too lazy to complain about Xiao Tao, a guy whose mouth was looser than the waist of his cotton trousers. He waved his hand and went into the house first.

There were still sparks under my mother’s pot, so the rice in the pot was still hot. Yue Feng walked into the house, greeted his mother, then served himself breakfast and started eating.

After a few minutes, Xiao Tao finished bragging to the two Zhang brothers and pushed the door open and walked into the house.

Without Yue Feng’s request, he took a bowl from the cupboard, filled it with rice, and soon began to slurp it.

After eating and drinking, the two brothers picked up the dining table. There was nothing to do in the morning, so Xiao Tao said goodbye and went home to catch up on his sleep, while Yue Feng took off his hat and took the two eagles at home to let them fly in the yard for a while.

He had very little proper sleep last night, but Yue Feng is young and in good physical condition, so he didn’t feel too sleepy even if he didn’t sleep for a while.

After fiddling with the two eagles, Yue Feng said hello, took some of the meat from the cannon eggs and went into the water, and went up the mountain with the four wolf cubs in his family.

I was injured when I went up the mountain with the puppy in the past few days, and I have been recuperating at home. In addition, Wang Dabo comes to give me an IV and anti-inflammatory injections every day.

According to the time calculation, Canglong and Heihu have already completed a course of treatment. They will not need to continue injections or dressing changes in the short term. After a few days, when the scars have healed and the stitches have been removed, everything will be fine.

There was no plan to continue taking the four wolf cubs to the mountains to hunt in the short term, so Yue Feng sent the four dogs back to the farm and handed them over to Uncle Zhao.

Yue Feng rode a three-wheeled motorcycle with the supplies and meat he brought up the mountain in the side bucket, and four strong dogs followed behind him. They left the village in a mighty procession and headed straight for the breeding farm on the mountain.

When they arrived at the farm, Yue Feng saw from a distance that half-human-high Black Coal Ball and Uncle Zhao were chopping firewood in the woods not far from the entrance.

“Uncle!” Yue Feng shouted.

“Woof woof woof!” The dogs nearby, such as Canglong, also barked a few times to greet Uncle Zhao.

When the old man heard the call, he put down his axe, turned around, took off the towel from his shoulder, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and walked towards Yue Feng.

Without waiting for Uncle Zhao to come over, several dogs following the car rushed towards him first.

The dogs circled around Grandpa Zhao and patted everyone on the head, then several dogs surrounded the coal ball next to him, which had changed greatly.

In the spring, the skinny Coal Ball, who was almost starved to death when he was just a few months old, has gained weight after less than half a year of careful care. Now, when he stands up, he is nearly one meter tall and weighs over 100 kilograms.

During the time that these four wolf-blooded cubs were in the mountains, they had always had a very good relationship with Coal Ball. The dog and the bear cubs were very harmonious, playing and fighting with each other like they were coaxing children.

It had only been a few days since they last met, and when they met, Meiqiu was quite excited. He panted heavily and stretched out his bear paw to embrace Canglong’s neck.

Canglong still had stitches on his body, and the coal ball poked the dog, causing it pain.

With a roar, Canglong took a step back, tilted his head and tried to lick his wound.

Meiqiu also discovered that his elder brother was injured, so he went over to lick Canglong’s wound. The other party didn’t dodge, and soon they were playing together again.

The old man saw all these details, walked up to Yue Feng and asked, “What happened? Why is Canglong injured? Was he picked on by a pig?”

“Yes! A few days ago when I went up the mountain, I encountered a boar weighing more than 200 pounds and got hit a few times! It was just superficial injuries, but I’m almost healed now! Meiqiu, come here and stop digging at your brother Canglong!” Yue Feng answered while shouting at Meiqiu.

Hearing the call, Meiqiu came over happily, sticking out her wet bear nose and getting close to Yuefeng. Yuefeng took out a piece of candy from his pocket like a magic trick, and Meiqiu immediately swallowed it with her tongue, chewing it up with a crunch, her face full of satisfaction.

“How have you been these past two days? Have you made any progress on the tree nest protection issue you asked me about last time?”

Uncle Zhao reached out and touched the well-behaved Coal Ball’s head and asked casually.

“It works. I just arranged the stinky meat and fish yesterday, and I saw the profit that evening!
In the tree hole where Xiao Tao and I were on duty, we killed a 350-pound eggshell, and at around two or three in the middle of the night, a blind bear also escaped!

A group of wild boars left the tree den over there by Brother Zhao Hongbo, and only six of them are left!” Yue Feng said truthfully.

“Run away? How could he run away with two guns at such a close distance? He could have hit the target even with his eyes closed!”

“It’s like this, last night…” Yue Feng recounted what happened when Xiao Tao was distracted while on night duty, and Yue Feng’s hand got numb and unexpectedly went numb.

“If there are no injuries to the vital parts, the bear will probably have a chance to come back in three or two days! Be careful when you go on night stand next time!” Uncle Zhao said in an affirmative tone after listening to Yue Feng’s description.

“You’ve already suffered a loss, and you’re still trying? Xiao Tao Meng’s shot definitely didn’t hit the vital part. There are only a few small blood spots on the ground. I guess it just grazed the edge!”

“This season is the critical time for bears to gain weight for the winter. Generally speaking, once they have chosen a feeding area, they will not easily change places unless they suffer a great loss!

These things have their own territory. If you run around recklessly, you’ll start a fight if you run into another of your kind. If you get hurt, you’ll have a hard time gaining weight, and it’ll be hard to survive the winter!”

“Well… I’ll tell the other guys on night duty at the tree den about the bear sighting?
I was afraid that everyone would hear that You Xiong would have evil thoughts and stop guarding the farmers at night, so I kept it a secret from the outsiders!”

“I still have to say this! If this blind bear is smart, after suffering a loss here, it may go around and find food in another tree den!
Those on night duty should be mentally prepared so that no one gets hurt! You are suggesting that your father-in-law take the lead in organizing people to do things, and he should be responsible for everyone!”

Uncle Zhao thought for a moment and then spoke slowly.

“Okay, I’ll listen to you! Brother Zhao Hongbo will kill a pig and treat us at noon, I’ll mention it while everyone is here!”

“Yes! Come on, I’ll take you around the cages! The eagles in the cages have almost shed their feathers. Just wait and see how long it will take for them to be released!”

“it is good!”

Soon, Yue Feng followed Uncle Zhao to the raptor cage area of ​​the farm.

Yue Feng didn’t release the Great Blue Kite, the Iron-backed Red Eagle, and the bold and foolhardy Kitten in the early spring. Instead, he sent them all to the mountain and handed them over to Uncle Zhao to take care of them every day.

It is autumn now. According to what our predecessors said, the feathers will be completely replaced in half a month.

Different from the cages for raising sables, the cages for hawks, including those for sub-adult Saker Falcons, are relatively large.

A cage is about five meters deep from front to back and two and a half meters high. One side is a single-slope eaves covering the sky, and the other half is open to the sky and is reinforced with two layers of wire mesh.

Each cage has an observation hole and a feeding hole, and a water basin for bathing and drinking that is cleaned and replaced regularly.

Yue Feng was not worried at all about the cubs that the big black eagle and the little white eagle bred in the spring.

These falcons have been brought up in an artificially imprinted environment since childhood. They have good food and drink and are strong and durable. They are in good condition in places like the mountains where there is no shortage of food and drink.

What Yue Feng missed most was the big iron-backed red eagle.

This fellow was a top-grade eagle on the list. If Yue Feng hadn’t been so lucky as to have gotten such an unreasonable and rare creature as the Big Black Eagle, this Iron-backed Red would definitely have been considered a main force in the hunting team.

When he arrived outside the cage of the Iron-backed Red Eagle, Yue Feng opened the observation window and took a look inside.

The iron-backed red eagle, which originally had sub-adult fur, had all the rust-red fur on its chest with black eye-shaped spots falling off.

At this moment, the goshawk’s characteristic fine reed-like horizontal stripes have been replaced, and the eyes have also changed from white to the yellow of an adult eagle.

Once it fades, the yellow eagle turns into a broken flower!
The eagle in the cage heard the voices of people outside and became a little nervous. It jumped back and forth on the uneven bars, and its back and wings were exposed from time to time.

Yue Feng patiently observed it a few more times and found that Uncle Zhao was right.

The molting progress of this Iron-backed Red Eagle is at least one month faster than the average progress. Only a few scattered fetal hairs at the bottom of its breast have not fallen off, and all the primary feathers on its wings and tail have been replaced.

Yue Feng looked at the iron-backed red eagle from the observation window and found that the feather replacement rate on its body had reached over 95%.

According to the average standards of older falconers, this eagle is now ready to be released from the cage and trained.

“Hey! I didn’t notice it when I came here a few times before, but this Iron-backed Red Eagle has been molting very quickly recently. It’s done now!” Yue Feng said with great satisfaction.

“Haha, it’s all because they eat live food every day! The feathers of those two kites are in good condition, their backs are covered with frost!”

The father and son were laughing and talking in low voices when they suddenly heard a cackle coming from the cage next door, which was obviously sharper than the sound of the gyrfalcon.

Hearing this, Yue Feng’s heart was shocked. (End of this chapter)