Reborn in the 1980s: I made my fortune hunting wild game in Changbai Mountain

Chapter 474: Secret Food Selection

After listening to Yue Feng’s explanation, Jun Ge nodded and said, “Okay, okay, I’ll go get some beef. We can’t get tenderloin, so let’s buy a live cow and kill it now! We’ll tear down the house and play with crickets. The main goal is to not care about the cost!”

Yue Feng smiled and waved his hands: “That’s not necessary! Didn’t I tell you that beef leg meat, shank meat, etc. will also work!

Can you find some meat for me in the cafeteria? After dinner, I plan to go back and see if I can get some secret food with the four eagles at home!”

“How about frozen meat? We definitely don’t have any fresh meat! They’re all in the freezer!”

“Row!”

“Then I’ll go get some! How much is enough?”

“A full half pound is enough. During the weight loss phase, I can’t feed much!”

“Alright! Wait, I’ll get it done!”

I saw Brother Jun get up from the stool and stroll into the kitchen. After a while, he took out a piece of beef weighing about half a pound.

“Hindle meat! Is that enough?”

“That’s enough!! I’ll just melt it when I get back!”

“Are you all full? If you are, let’s retreat. I want to see how you feed the eagle!”

“I’m full, let’s go!”

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Soon, the three brothers left the cafeteria carrying a piece of unthawed beef. The first thing Yue Feng did when he returned to his residence was to get a scoop of water to thaw the frozen meat.

The temperature is high in this season, and the meat thaws quickly. In a short while, the meat is thawed.

Yue Feng pinched the surface of the meat and was very satisfied when he saw the faint traces of blood oozing out.

Although it is frozen meat, it is very fresh and of good quality.

Yue Feng took out a pair of beef chops from his bag and simply cut the beef into slices. While preparing the food, he explained, “The next step is to try to feed the eagle!
This eagle is just like a human being. Different people have different tempers, and the same is true for eagles!

Among the raptors of the falcon family, some are naturally courageous. Such eagles can eat openly when they return home for a day.

Some eagles are not like that. They are cautious and timid, and will not eat until they are extremely hungry!

This is actually an opportunity to analyze the eagle’s natural temperament. There are four eagles. Let’s pick the one with the best temperament to train and save some extra time!”

“Okay, go ahead and do it! I’ll watch!”

After listening to this, Brother Jun nodded. There was nothing mysterious about what Yue Feng said. Even people who didn’t know how to train eagles could understand it.

Soon, the four eagles were untied from their eagle coats and placed on the backs of chairs wrapped with cotton towels.

Suddenly freed from their restraints, the four eagles all showed some stress reactions. They shook their heads while standing on the bars, then stretched their wings in the dark and shook their tails.

Eagles are very careful about their feathers. They are wrapped in eagle coats and cannot move, which makes the small burrs on their wings messy. Although the eagle cannot see it, it can feel it to varying degrees when it stretches its body.

The most vain little pigeon tiger even tried to groom his fur with his eyes blindfolded.

Yue Feng let the four peregrine falcons stand on the backs of the chairs and move freely for more than ten minutes. During this process, he just sprayed two mouthfuls of water on the eagles with his mouth.

After the four eagles had initially adapted to the state of unbuttoning their eagle coats and standing on the backrests, Yue Feng took a piece of meat from the bowl and came to the side of the first little pigeon tiger.

The meat rubbed the little pigeon tiger’s paws twice, and the little guy immediately made a threatening sound, and his feathers all over his body pressed tightly together.

Yue Feng didn’t care and continued to rub. The little guy felt the touch of the foreign object and immediately lowered his head to bite it.

The piece of meat was originally meant for it to bite, and it took one bite of the beef slice and pulled out a strip of meat.

The little fellow tasted the blood on the meat, smacked his lips, and actually lowered his head to look around.

Seeing this step, Yue Feng felt relieved. The little guy had a good temper and was brave enough. As soon as he tasted the blood, he started to look for meat with his head covered.

shhhhh!

Yue Feng whistled twice, and then immediately repeated the action of rubbing the eagle’s claws with the piece of meat.

The little guy lowered his head and pecked at his feet again. This time Yue Feng did not pull back the piece of meat, but let him hold it in his mouth.

shhhhh!

He continued to whistle, allowing the little pigeon tiger to step on the slices of meat with its claws and lower its head to nibble on the beef bit by bit.

The texture fibers of beef are relatively coarse. Before eagles start to eat a lot, they like to tear the meat into small pieces with their curved hooked beaks with notched teeth.

Now is not the time to change its habit, so Yue Feng let it finish the piece of meat.

The little fellow finished eating a small piece of meat, and seemed to be still unsatisfied. He smacked his lips, lowered his head and pecked at the tip of his claws with his curved hook to clean it briefly.

shhhhh!

Yue Feng blew the whistle again, and then gave the little paw a piece of meat to rub.

The little pigeon tiger lowered its head again to look for food.

I quickly finished the second piece.

After eating two small pieces of beef, when Yue Feng whistled for the third time, before he could rub its paws with the meat, the little guy had already cleverly lowered its head and kept trying to find meat by touch around the soles of its feet.

Seeing this scene, Yue Feng grinned: “This little pigeon tiger is brave and smart, and he performed very well!” It was the first time that Jun Ge saw the operation of putting a hat on the eagle and secretly eating it. After hearing Yue Feng’s good evaluation, he said: “This is the second pigeon tiger that was netted! The fur color is lighter, I remember it!”

Yue Feng nodded: “Yes! How about trying the one that has been hungry the longest?”

While speaking, Yue Feng continued to repeat the previous operation, holding the piece of meat and rubbing it against the feet of the second pigeon tiger.

There is no harm without comparison. The first pigeon tiger performed very smartly, while the second one was obviously much worse.

This guy was much more timid. No matter how Yue Feng rubbed him, he would respond by breathing out continuously, and his whole body was in a posture of retreating and escaping.

Yue Feng patiently tried a few more times. Finally, this guy was forced into no way out and bit hard with obvious aggressive intent.

He took a bite of the meat, but without eating it at all, he turned his head and threw the meat to the ground.

Yue Feng was not angry. He picked up the piece of meat with a frown and put it back into the bowl, then took out another piece that was slightly thicker.

Pinch the meat slice between your thumb and index finger and stroke it from one end to the other, pushing a little blood bead to one side of the meat slice.

He continued to repeat the process of rubbing feet and teasing, then lowered his head to bite the flesh again, tasting the blood, and still threw it away without hesitation.

Seeing this, Yue Feng shook his head and gave up decisively: “This is just bullshit. It will have to starve for another one or two days before it can have any hope!!”

The same method was used to test the third and fourth peregrine falcons, two males and two females.

Among the four eagles, the second little pigeon tiger to be netted performed the best, with the most timely and accurate submission feedback. Even after eating only two pieces of meat, it had already shown preliminary whistle-like feeding feedback.

The big Puya that was caught on the last day also showed signs of eating, but it was the last one to be caught and had a lot of energy left. It just smacked its lips to taste the piece of meat and then threw it away.

Seeing it smacking its lips, Yue Feng squeezed a little bit of blood onto the meat again. However, this guy was quite picky and smacked the blood with the tip of his tongue, sending the meat flying again.

“This puya was just caught this afternoon. It has shown signs of trying to eat, but it’s not very hungry. It’s still a little hungry!
From this perspective, the preliminary judgment is that this little pigeon tiger and this big Puya have the most suitable temperament for training!

Brother Jun, can you give one as the main attacker and one as the backup?”

Brother Jun watched Yue Feng’s entire operation from beginning to end, and had a clear understanding of the different personalities and reactions of raptors.

He looked at the largest and most beautiful Da Puya and said, “If we choose this Da Puya, shouldn’t we be slower than the pigeon tiger? After all, this guy just came out of the net and is still fat! The other one has been hungry for three days!”

Yue Feng nodded: “In theory, that’s right! If you want to make this falcon obedient, the first thing is to reduce its weight, and the second is to clean its stomach. Under the same circumstances, the pigeon tiger is more trainable!”

“Then let’s take care of this Pigeon Tiger first! Do you need anything else? Tell me what you need and I’ll get it fixed!”

“Um, something else… let’s get another scale! I forgot to bring my own scale! When training falcons, you have to weigh them every day to accurately grasp their condition.” Yue Feng said, scratching his head.

“Okay, I’ll bring it over tomorrow! Is that all the work we have today? Do you have any other projects?”

“No more. Fill them up with water one by one. When the water bar comes out, you can turn off the lights and go to sleep without any worries!”

“Then go ahead and drink it! I’ll leave after you’re done with your work! I’ve been busy since I came back, and I haven’t even gone to report for leave yet!”

“That’s it!”

Yue Feng dipped a cotton cloth in the blood in the bowl and sprinkled water on each of the eagles.

No matter whether they were brave or timid, after tasting the blood drops in the clear water, the four eagles all drank a lot of it with a slap of their lips.

Yue Feng will give the eagle in this state as much water as it wants. Only when the eagle’s body fluid balance is restored to normal will subsequent training be meaningful.

The main task tonight is to complete the food testing, and the main purpose of the remaining night is to make adjustments.

He fed water to all the eagles until they shook their heads and stopped drinking.

This is the second time I have refilled the eagle’s water since returning.

According to Yue Feng’s prediction, the water bar will be hit within an hour or so at most. As long as there is nothing abnormal with the eagle’s poop, today’s official work will be completed.

After about forty-five minutes, the first eagle quickly raised its tail and pooped a white poop that contained little uric acid and was mostly clear water.

A standard water bar, good health, and no problem with the condition, passed!

Next came the second, the third, and the fourth.

In an hour’s time, all four eagles had shed their eggs. Except for the pigeon that was the hungriest on the first day and had a slightly greenish poop, everything else was normal.

After watching the entire process from beginning to end, Jun said goodbye and left, leaving only Yue Feng and Xiao Tao in the room.

“Brother Jun is really interested in our eagle training! He seems to want to learn this skill too!” Xiao Tao glanced at the car going away and muttered softly.

Yue Feng grinned: “Normal, if he wants to take the lead in this matter, then he must understand the business and be willing to learn, so just tell him!

Anyway, once the assessment is passed, we will definitely teach these soldiers the details of how to train and raise them!”

“We’ve already taken care of the four falcons, so why not take care of the purple eagle? We don’t have much else to do anyway.

Otherwise, why don’t we take turns to take care of this Purple Eagle as well?”

When Yue Feng heard Xiao Tao’s suggestion, his heart moved.

Indeed, it’s better to be idle than to be idle.

It’s a good idea to tinker with this Purple Eagle while we have nothing to do.

Even if you don’t need it at the airport, you can train the eagle and take it with you when you leave. When you get home, you can simply pack it up and it will be ready for combat, which can save a lot of time! (End of this chapter)