Reborn in the 1980s: I made my fortune hunting wild game in Changbai Mountain
Chapter 478: Lessons from the Past
The moment the hat was taken off, the little pigeon tiger squatted in the man’s hand without moving, and the pupils of its eyes slowly adapted to the change from darkness to light.
In less than half a minute, the size of the pupil has adapted to normal light.
The next second, the little guy began to observe the surrounding situation and the owner who landed there.
If it were an ordinary eagle, when its hat was taken off for the first time, it would be so scared that it would struggle desperately and scream loudly, using up all its energy.
But the little pigeon tiger seemed to know that the person in front of it had no ill will towards it, and it squatted on Yue Feng’s arm steadily, without even flapping its wings from beginning to end.
As for struggling, hanging upside down and other situations that often occur when a new eagle is caught, there are none of them.
“Hey, this little guy is really brave! Look, this first time he took off his hat, he didn’t even move!!”
Yue Feng was very satisfied with the performance of this little pigeon tiger. Its character was just like the legendary dream eagle.
“Indeed, look at its eyes, they are more stable than the purple eagle that Xiao Tao held before!” Brother Jun couldn’t help but agree.
“Xiao Tao, do you dare to touch it again?” Yue Feng joked with a smile.
“I dare to do it, but I just need to hold it tightly so that it can’t lift its claws and then it can’t catch me!”
Xiao Tao suffered a loss once and learned from experience, so he spoke with confidence.
“Let Brother Jun hold Ziying, why don’t you try to touch him? I think you will suffer a loss, believe it or not!” Yue Feng deliberately provoked him.
“Let’s try it! Brother Jun is helping me hold the eagle, but I still don’t believe it. It’s not enough to grab me with one hand, I’ll grab both hands tightly, how can it catch me!”
While they were talking, the provocation took effect and Xiao Tao grabbed Xiao Gehu’s feet and started to touch him.
In a flash, the little pigeon tiger that was squatting firmly on the hand lowered its head and bit Xiao Tao’s left hand wrapped in toilet paper.
“Shit!! I forgot this thing bites! That was a close call!!”
The toilet paper was white, which attracted the little pigeon tiger’s attention, so the bite was not solid. Xiao Tao’s face, which had been unconvinced a second ago, turned pale with fright.
“Hahahaha! Xiaofeng, why are you digging a hole for Xiaotao? It must hurt when he bites you!” Brother Jun laughed out loud when he saw this scene.
Yue Feng didn’t laugh, but looked at Xiao Tao meaningfully: “People can’t teach people, but things can teach people, and they can be taught once!
How about it? Are you still showing off now?
If you want to learn how to train eagles, you must always be aware of the taboos involved!
In close combat, the most lethal part of an eagle is its claws. You have all experienced its sharp claws with blood grooves. A solid grab will create a bloody hole!
The claws of falcons are much less lethal, but their notched beaks are extremely lethal!
Taking this pigeon falcon as an example, if it catches pigeon-sized prey that it can carry in flight in the wild, the first thing it will do is to lower its head and use its beak to bite off the spine of the prey bird.
When training a falcon, you must pay close attention to the fact that falcons can bite people, otherwise you will suffer if you are not careful! “
After he finished speaking, Jun Ge, who was still smiling a second ago, also stopped smiling.
It was not true that Yue Feng deliberately tricked Xiao Tao. His real intention was to take this opportunity to give them a reminder.
“Brother, you should have told me earlier. Fortunately, I was lucky, otherwise, I would have been bitten again!” Xiao Tao stopped showing off after hearing this, and there was still a hint of fear on his face.
“Haha!! I scared you this time. From now on, you will know to beware of eagle’s claws and falcon’s beak. Not to mention that you are not injured, even if you are injured and the skin is broken, you will not lose anything! Your uncle was bitten by a big black eagle when he was first brought home. Did you forget it?”
“Uh, I remembered it!!” Xiao Tao scratched his head and responded.
“Okay, the purpose of making it remember has been achieved! There’s nothing else to do next, let’s mount the hawk and go out for a walk together! If we want this little pigeon tiger to get up quickly, we have to walk the hawk more and get into trouble more, so that it can lose all its fat!!”
“Let’s go! Where to?” Xiao Tao asked.
Yue Feng turned his head and looked at Ye Jianjun: “Brother Jun, there should be a confidential place at our airport, right? Where can we go? As long as we can see the sky and see people, it’s fine!”
Ye Jianjun waved his hand and said, “Just go to the playground. There are soldiers doing physical training there during the day! I have prepared your ID cards. Bring them with you when you go. If someone asks you, just look at the cards!”
While speaking, Ye Jianjun took out two tags with lanyards from his pocket.
Special raptor training technical instructor Yue Feng, special raptor training technical instructor Li Mingtao.
Yue Feng had seen many of these ordinary-workmanship plastic-coated signs in his previous life, but at this point in time, they are still a rare thing. When Xiao Tao saw the sign with his name printed on it, he was quite excited and hung it directly on his chest.
Yue Feng also hung up his own sign, and then the two brothers each carried an eagle and walked out of the house. After closing the door of the guesthouse, they followed Jun Ge and walked towards the playground.
Indeed, with the sign hung up, the road was unobstructed, and even the patrolling guards only had to conduct a simple inspection before letting them pass. Brother Jun took the Yuefeng brothers for a stroll in the conventional non-confidential area, and finally returned to the rest chairs next to the playground.
Many soldiers were training hard on the field, it was already autumn weather, and they were only wearing hurdle vests, shouting slogans loudly.
Such a venue is indeed very suitable for an eagle to confront. There are many people, loud noise, wide view, and exposed sky. Occasionally, the roar of military aircraft taking off and landing can be heard from the airport runway behind.
Brother Jun stayed with the two brothers Yuefeng and Xiaotao from morning until almost noon.
The soldiers on the playground were replaced wave after wave. People who were off duty would occasionally come over curiously to see the eagles in the hands of the two men, but more people were quite awed when they saw Jun Ge standing next to them. It was obvious that Ye Jianjun was quite successful in his small territory.
While holding the Eagle Face in the morning, Yue Feng would turn his wrists and arms every once in a while, and the obedient little pigeon tiger squatting on his hands would be forced to constantly raise and lower its legs to adjust its position and maintain balance because of the movement of its arms under its feet.
This is what Yue Feng meant by extra intensity. By keeping the eagle in a certain state of motion at all times, its body consumption will naturally increase, and the goal of losing weight and controlling fat will naturally be achieved.
While the two Yue Feng brothers were chatting and watching the soldiers in the playground with eagle-like faces, Li Wenzhe and his father completed a 25-meter long-distance training in the small square behind the guesthouse.
“Dad, this eagle performed well today. It should be able to come down to the ground and become a eagle, right?” Xiao Lei asked as he collected the eagle training rope.
Li Wenzhe touched the eagle’s tail with his hand and said, “It’s almost done! Cut off half of the food for today’s feeding, and then fill it with a hemp shaft. Tomorrow morning, we will go to raise the eagle! !
There is a large area of wasteland outside the airport fence, and there are many rabbits, pheasants and other birds! Let’s go and give it a try! “
“Catch rabbits? Didn’t my cousin’s husband say that the purpose of training this eagle is mainly to catch pheasants, pigeons, doves and other birds near the airport?” Xiao Lei continued to ask.
“What do you know? This eagle can kill any pheasant, rabbit or pigeon!
We have the eagle ready, and when it catches a rabbit, we can give it to your uncle-in-law. Isn’t that a favor? And we can save money! ! “
While speaking, Li Wenzhe touched the eagle’s head feathers with his hand. The eagle showed an obvious reaction of avoiding his hand, but Li Wenzhe, who was feeling complacent about completing the 20-meter run, did not notice this detail at all.
“So, when we go to release the hawks tomorrow, will we call those two kids? If there are only two of us releasing the hawks, the range of the driving stick is a bit small, and it will not be easy to drive the prey out! More people will also provide more strength!” Xiao Lei continued to ask.
Li Wenzhe hesitated slightly when he heard his son’s question: “Let’s see, if we can meet, then we can go together, if we can’t, forget it!!”
The job of calling people to drive the stick does directly affect the chance of finding prey. It hasn’t snowed yet, and there is no way to track prey through footprints on the ground. It all depends on one person hitting the prey with the stick in his hand.
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On the other side, brothers Yue Feng and Xiao Tao went to the cafeteria to have lunch with brother Jun near noon.
When they were about to start eating, a middle-aged officer with the rank of lieutenant colonel strode straight towards Ye Jianjun.
“Xiao Ye!!”
Hearing the greeting, Ye Jianjun immediately spotted his leader, put down the food tray in his hand, and saluted with a standard military salute.
“Uncle Wang! Have you eaten? If not, you can eat my portion and I’ll go get more?” Ye Jianjun asked very politely.
“No need, I’ve eaten. I came here specially to see you! Are these two guys the eagle training experts you found?” Uncle Wang waved his hand and looked at Yue Feng and Xiao Tao.
Yue Feng and Xiao Tao were not soldiers, but facing the middle-aged man in front of them, they could still feel an indescribable pressure from him. They immediately put down their chopsticks and stood up.
“Yes! This is my younger brother, his name is Yue Feng, and he is Li Mingtao!! They are both well-known hunters in Fengcheng, and they are masters of falconry in their family!!
Xiaofeng, Xiaotao, why don’t you call someone? This is Uncle Wang! My old leader! ! ”
“Uncle Wang!”
“Uncle Wang!!!”
The two brothers greeted each other respectfully.
Uncle Wang nodded, looked up and down at the eagle in the brothers’ hands and asked, “This is the eagle you said can be used to drive away birds at our airport, right? It looks good and energetic. How long will it take for the initial combat evaluation to be carried out?”
Ye Jianjun replied hurriedly: “It will take at most half a month to twenty days, don’t worry, we must not delay anything!!”
“It’s a bit slow, but there’s still time! I heard from Lao Qian that the eagle trainer he found in Yingtun will be able to go out in the field in a day or two! You guys hurry up and don’t fall too far behind, otherwise, I can’t speak for you!!!”
Hearing this, Yue Feng finally came to his senses. Coming to the airport to do the job of driving away birds also involves competition in other dimensions! (End of this chapter)