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

Yue Feng felt the change in the feel of the plants under his feet, kicked the snow crust with his toes, took a look and said, "The grass is starting to grow under the snow crust.

Let the dogs go, we will spread out side by side, rush over in one go, and try to drive out all the pheasants nearby!"

"Alright!! Let's get started!!"

Xiao Tao responded and untied the ropes of all eight dogs.

Without the restraint of the dog chains, the eight dogs immediately started to have fun in the snow.

The dogs were barking and running in the snow, exerting their energy.

At the same time, the noise produced by the dogs' frolicking activities also causes certain pressure on the small animals living around them.

Just look, the dog gang had not been out for a minute when a big pheasant rooster with a very long tail was blown up from a haystack not far away.

huh~~~
Yue Feng blew a long whistle, and the black and white evil spirits that had been flying in the air with him started to work.

In one round, the big black eagle swooped down and kicked the big rooster down with one kick.

The nearest dog barked a few times, and after getting Yue Feng's authorization, it rushed over and brought the prey back.

The first long-tailed pheasant was caught.

A two-year-old rooster weighs about three and a half pounds, almost four pounds. One chicken can make a full pot.

Yue Feng took the fat long-tailed pheasant from Canglong's mouth, looked at it carefully, and nodded with satisfaction.

Afterwards, Yue Feng stepped on the chicken's wings and plucked some of the hair on the pheasant's neck with his hands.

While the pheasant was still breathing, the leg cutter quickly cut the carotid artery and trachea.

With one hand pinching the base of the wings, and with the other hand grabbing the rooster's head, the body was suspended upside down in the air.

As the pheasant's blood flowed, the rooster soon kicked its legs. Then Yue Feng cut a knife into the chicken's abdomen and took out its internal organs.

In a very short time, the pheasant was cooked.

Yue Feng wiped the blood off his hands with chicken feathers: "Put them together! The first one is a big rooster, very fat!"

Xiao Tao took the pheasant, plucked the longest pheasant feather from its tail, and stuffed it into a snakeskin bag.

Xiao Tao temporarily fixed the bag on the plow behind him, and then said, "Brother, what do you think about us coming back to Yejidianzi and bringing the Tiebei Red Eagle from home?

Such a good pheasant cannot be brought back alive. Although it is slaughtered and bled on the spot, the quality is not too seriously affected, but it still feels a little worse than a live one!"

"Yes, Brother Feng, when we went to the restaurant to deliver goods a few days ago, I also heard Master Niu mention it!
It would be great if I could bring this thing back alive!

When the time comes, we’ll raise them in cages, and when customers come, they can pick whichever one they like. It’ll be more classy, ​​and they’ll even give them two pheasant feathers as a gift!" Xiaowen also echoed this.

After the two brothers said this, Yue Feng reacted instantly.

"Oh, I forgot about that! I've been using Big Black Hawk and Little White Spear to hunt in the mountains lately, and I've been busy saving myself the trouble!!"

Seeing Yue Feng’s statement, Xiao Tao continued, “Well, let’s continue like this today, and come back later to bring the Iron-backed Red Eagle with you, okay?
The Purple Eagle I trained in the fall is pretty fast! It should be able to catch this chick, too!"

Yue Feng waved his hand: "Don't bother! Hunting pheasants with Pingfeiquan is still too inefficient.

I'll try to see if I can get Black Hawk to change the position of his hunting feet!"

"Can this thing be modified?"

Yue Feng grinned and said, "Hehe, it's hard to say about other eagles, but the big black eagle is smart enough, we can give it a try!
Let's keep going forward. When another pheasant comes out, I'll give it a try!"

After saying this, the crowd dispersed and continued to move forward.

The further we go, the flatter and more open the terrain becomes. Apart from a few bushes, there are very few tall trees to be seen.

After walking less than a hundred meters, Tan Lang quickly chased out another pheasant from a bush nearby.

Yue Feng blew the whistle again, and the big black eagle in the sky swooped down swiftly again.

Whoosh!
Snapped!
There was a crisp sound, chicken feathers flew everywhere, and the injured pheasant spun and fell from a low altitude.

The nearest dog immediately ran over, happily brought the pheasant back, and its tail wagging like a propeller.

Yue Feng took a look at the second prey.

A young hen that year, only a little more than half the size of a big rooster, had a bald spot slightly larger than a coin on the middle of its back where it was kicked.

The pheasant had been kicked to the point of vomiting blood, and it was obvious that it had internal injuries. In this case, there was a high probability that it would not survive if it was taken back.

Yue Feng bled the chick again and cut its throat to kill it, then he stretched out his arms and called the big black eagle down.

When the two eagles saw their owner stretching out his arm and blowing the whistle, they landed on their front and back feet.

quack quack
The big black eagle eats well and has plenty of energy. After flying for such a long time, it doesn't seem tired at all.

Yue Feng squatted down, placed the two eagles on the snow shell, and then used a knife to cut a slit in the wing of the hen to expose the wing muscle under the skin.

"Big Black Eagle, Little White Spear, you two did a great job! Eat some chicken wing meat, and when you encounter prey later, just look for its wings! Let's catch it alive!"

The big black eagle seemed not to understand what his master was saying.

He lowered his head and took two bites of the meat from the wings and stopped eating. When he went out in the morning, he was half fed and there was still some meat in his stomach that had not been fully digested.

In comparison, the little white spear had a much stronger desire for food. When it saw its owner feeding it, it started to eat the chicken wings with a crunch.

The wing bones, which are difficult for adults to chew, are broken into pieces in the mouth of the gyrfalcon like melon seeds in a few seconds, and then the flesh and blood are easily torn off and swallowed into the stomach.

Yue Feng symbolically repeated his needs twice, then stopped feeding the eagle, released it into the air again, and the hunting team continued to move forward.

Ten minutes later, another long-tailed pheasant rooster was driven out from under the snow where he was hiding.

Yue Feng immediately blew the whistle, and the big black eagle took the lead and kicked the chicken down.

The moment he saw the pheasant being kicked, Yue Feng felt that the two eagles did not understand his thoughts.

This time the big black eagle landed on the neck, which was also the place where the fatal blow was made.

After being kicked, the pheasants fell vertically without even struggling.

The third chicken was quickly picked up by Gouzi, and Yue Feng took a closer look at it.

I was not mistaken. This one had its neck broken, but still no one was left alive.

"Brother, this won't work! Big Black Hawk ate the chicken wings and didn't understand what we asked!"

Xiao Tao scratched his head, took the pheasant, bled it, killed it, cleaned it, and stuffed it back into the snakeskin bag.

Yue Feng frowned slightly and thought for a while before saying, "Humans are smarter than eagles. It's not that the eagle can't do it, it's that we didn't tell the eagle exactly what we need! Let me think about it!"

In the previous life, foreigners used falcons to hunt, and a peregrine falcon could only catch one or two pheasants at most, and would stop working after it was full.

Now Yue Feng's two eagles are working endlessly with almost zero loss. This is a rare working state in itself.

As a result, Yue Feng actually wanted to have the high efficiency of hunting and capture the enemy alive!

This is somewhat difficult for Eagle.

Yue Feng pinched the stubble on his chin and pondered for a few seconds, then blew the whistle again and called the big Black Hawk down.

It is difficult to catch an animal alive in this form of hunting.

Since the eagle had eaten the chicken wings, it didn't understand what its owner wanted it to do, so Yue Feng simply tried to hold the big black eagle in his hand and hunt with his fists like an ordinary goshawk.

Let’s see if we can catch it alive without the high speed advantage of diving.

Yue Feng made up his mind, put a piece of meat on the fallen little white spear, put a hat on it and handed it to Xiaowu to hold.

The big black eagle was placed on his arm, and after briefly comforting it, he continued to chase forward with the eagle in his arms.

"You don't want the Black Hawk to work? Why is it put up?" Xiaowen asked curiously.

Yue Feng smiled and said: "The dive speed of Panlie is fast and efficient, but it can kill with one kick!
Try fist hunting and let the hawk catch a prey.

As long as we can catch them alive, we will give them enough rewards. Big Black Hawk is smart and should understand what we want to do!"

"This idea seems to work! This guy Black Hawk is actually quite smart!"

Yue Feng touched the black eagle's breast feathers and said, "Give it a try! If it doesn't work, adjust it again.

It’s really hard work. Next time I go into the mountains, I’ll bring my eagle with me. I’m sure I can catch a pheasant alive with it!”

Just like that, Yue Feng carried the big black eagle and led his men forward.

As they continued to move forward, a huge lake appeared in front of everyone.

All the grass under the snow crust was gone, and after digging it open, there was a thick layer of ice.

Yue Feng: "We have arrived at the lake upstream of Yejidianzi!
Let’s walk sideways, go to the east and come back to the west, one round trip is just right!
"Tell the dogs to stop wandering on the lake and go to the grass on the shore!"

After a simple adjustment of strategy, the hounds quickly followed orders and focused their search on the sedge and bushes near the lake.

Soon, more pheasants were driven out.

Upon seeing this, Yue Feng immediately loosened the tripwires on the black eagle's legs and blew a whistle to signal the black eagle to chase its prey.

The big black eagle was somewhat uncomfortable squatting on its owner's arm and starting the chase for the first time, but when it heard the urging whistle, it still spread its wings and chased after the owner.

The location where the pheasant took off was about thirty meters away from Yue Feng. This distance was not a problem for the gyrfalcon, which was good at level flight and had great explosive power.

The big black eagle spread its wings fully and relied on its physical fitness to fly level in pursuit. It caught up with the prey in front of it after only about sixty or seventy meters.

A pheasant that stretched out its claws, flapped its wings desperately was caught by the black eagle.

After catching the prey, the falcon's other instinct of hunting is immediately activated. The big black hawk, with its claws pinching the prey, lowers its head and bites it.

When the eagle landed with its prey, it was found that a big pheasant was killed again.

This time he was not kicked to death, but a flush cut was made at the back of the neck at the cervical spine, it was so clean and quick.

Seeing this scene, Yue Feng felt a little uncomfortable.

Is it impossible to successfully train a gyrfalcon to catch a live pheasant?
In the past, catching sables and the like was easy with simple guidance and rewards, but why is it so difficult today?

The big black eagle landed and cackled to show its achievement. Yue Feng touched its back fur.

"You can't catch them like this, Big Black Hawk. All the chickens are dead! I want them alive! Alive, you understand?"

Yue Feng, who was a little emotional, gestured with his hands to flap his wings, trying to tell the falcon his thoughts through his body language.

The big black eagle tilted its head and looked at its master's strange movements, becoming even more confused.

Yue Feng just didn't believe it and thought that there must be no problem with the Black Hawk's IQ.

It must be that my approach is not right.

He plucked the feathers from the pheasant's wings again, but this time he did not cut the skin with a knife. He blew a whistle to signal the big black eagle to eat the meat on the wings.

The big black eagle lowered its head and bit through the skin to eat a few bites of meat, then stopped eating. "Next time, just attack the pheasant's wings. I want it alive!"

When Yue Feng said this, an idea suddenly occurred to him, and he took out the spare bag containing sable from his hunting bag.

When the big black eagle saw his owner take out the pocket, he understood it instantly.

When we caught sables before, we put the living prey into this bag.

The place where the master asked me to eat the chicken wings just now should be the place where I was asked to attack!
I saw it spread its wings and flapped a few times in place, then it cackled and nodded, and there was no longer that confused look in its eyes.

"Did you understand? Give it a try!! I need to pack it alive and take it back!!!"

Yue Feng repeated it again, then raised the eagle, exerted a little force with his arms, and threw it into the sky.

The big black eagle circled overhead for several times to increase its altitude, then quickly spread its wings and entered standby mode.

"Go, go, go, keep looking! Black Hawk should understand this time!"

Hunting with fists will bite the target to death, hunting with discs will swoop down at high speed and kick the target to death.

As long as the big black eagle does not understand the owner's thoughts, the end result will be a failure to capture it alive.

Yue Feng had done everything he could, and now it looked like the big black eagle had understood, so he simply continued hunting.

With this somewhat helpless mood, the members of the Yuefeng hunting team continued to drive the animals with sticks through the bushes by the lake and the piles of snow shells of the sedge grass.

Five minutes later, another pheasant was driven out.

Cack, cluck, cluck!
The frightened long-tailed pheasant left behind a series of rapid calls and ran forward desperately.

Yue Feng blew the whistle, and that charming swooping low-frequency whistling sound sounded again.

puff!
There was a dull thud, and feathers flew everywhere again, but the pheasant kicked by the black eagle was not injured in the vital parts. It struggled and glided a few more meters before falling down at an angle.

Yue Feng was very excited when he saw it.

“Fuck, there’s a play!

Canglong, go ahead and bring the pheasant back alive!"

Upon hearing the order, Canglong spread his four long legs and ran away before the pheasant even landed on the ground.

When he caught up to the pheasant above his head, he suddenly exerted force from his lower back and jumped nearly one meter on the spot, and caught the pheasant in his mouth in one bite.

After biting the pheasant, Canglong walked back happily. After bringing it to Yue Feng, he held it in his mouth and raised his head.

This was asking him to catch the prey. Yue Feng understood the dog's body movements and immediately reached out and grabbed the big rooster's claws.

The dog loosened its mouth, and the pheasant began to struggle hard in Yue Feng's hands.

Cluck~~~
The injured wings flapped hard, but one side of the wing was plucked by the black eagle when it swooped down, and at least seven or eight main flight feathers were lost, so the air was leaking a little when it was fanning.

Yue Feng pulled apart the feathers on the rooster's back and examined it.

There is no injury on the back. When the big black eagle dived, its foot landed on the right chicken wing. There is a scratch by a fingernail in the middle of the wing, but the bone should not be broken.

A live chicken, intact!
This saves trouble.

"Hahahaha, I told you that our method was wrong! Now we've caught him alive!!!"

Yue Feng was very excited as he pinched the pheasant. He immediately blew the whistle to call the eagle and cut a piece of fresh meat from the breast of the dead chicken.

Give rewards, and then reinforce and praise the Black Hawk's behavior just now.

quack quack quack

The big black eagle landed back on Yue Feng's arm. Seeing its master giving it some hot meat, it seemed very happy. It held its head high and chest puffed out, appearing quite confident.

"You did a good job just now. That's how we catch him! We need him alive! We need to bring him back alive!"

Yue Feng fed him some fresh meat, and then praised and touched him and gave him a one-stop PUA small meal.

After feeding the eagle with the meat, Yue Feng handed the chicken to Xiao Tao, and asked Xiao Tao to tie up the chicken alive in front of the eagle, and then stuff it into another snakeskin bag.

The big black eagle understood his master's request, and his efficiency in catching long-tailed pheasants alive began to steadily improve.

The advantage of hunting is that it can hover in the air continuously and has an absolute height advantage.

When it swoops down, the fleeing prey has no way to escape.

The big black eagle received Yue Feng's reward, and it became more and more courageous as the battle went on. Every time it attacked the pheasant's wings or main feathers, it would strike.

The attacked pheasant lost its ability to fly, but the attack was not fatal. After it glided to the ground, there were already smart hunting dogs waiting below.

How should I put it? After a short period of adjustment, the hunting process became very smooth.

Basically, as long as the pheasant is driven within 50 meters, the black hawk's success rate in the first attack is over 80%.

Occasionally, they would miss, but they could still shoot down their prey by chasing it for several dozen meters in horizontal flight.

After the big black eagle and the dogs that followed it cooperated more and more tacitly, Yue Feng asked Xiao Tao to release the little white spear.

The little white spear has a strong hunting instinct, but its ability to understand its owner's thoughts is slightly worse than that of the big black eagle.

Now that the big black eagle has learned new skills, it has become a ready-made training eagle.

Little White Spear only needs to learn from Big Black Hawk, and then strengthen it after success, and then he will be able to master it.

The following expectation soon became a reality.

After a few brief practical teaching sessions, the little white spear also understood his master's desire to catch the prey alive, and the occasional finishing blows were mainly by attacking the prey's wings instead of killing it with one bite.

As the group moved towards the area downstream of the pheasant meadow, the density of pheasants became increasingly higher.

It is no exaggeration to say that pheasants can be shooed out by just taking a few steps, and sometimes even a small flock can fly up at one time.

A flock of pheasants took off like small helicopters, and the buzzing sound of their wings flapping made people feel excited.

At this time, a whistle sounded, and two eagles, one black and one white, fell from the sky.

With two eagles, they can at most shoot down two pheasants in one swoop. Yue Feng is actually very satisfied with this performance.

But for the big black eagle, catching one at a time is not enough.

He hunted and shot down one, then immediately turned around and chased another one.

Combining dive attacks with level flight pursuits, every time the black eagle encounters a group of three or five pheasants fleeing together, it can use its powerful pursuit ability to leave behind one more prey.

In comparison, the performance of the Little White Spear is slightly worse.

Its hunting desire does not seem to be as strong as that of the black hawk. Usually, the black hawk swoops down to attack, and it lags behind to make the final move.

When encountering a flock of pheasants taking off, the little white spear can basically guarantee to catch one at a time. As long as it shoots down a prey, it will briefly land in front of its owner to ask for credit and food.

In Yue Feng's words, this little white spear is a bit cunning in his work.

I have ambition, but not much.

Before I knew it, the morning had passed.

With the cooperation of two falcons and eight dogs, the Yuefeng hunting team reaped a lot of rewards after a morning of hard work.

There were eight dead pheasants. In addition to the first few that were manually bled and slaughtered, there were also a few that were accidentally bitten by dogs when they were trying to bring them back and bled.

There were 47 live pheasants, most of which were adult roosters, and less than pullets.

Why are there so many roosters and so few hens?

Yue Feng also discussed this phenomenon with his friends.

Actually, it’s easy to explain.

Although the long-tailed pheasant rooster is large and beautiful in appearance, its flying ability is far inferior to that of a smaller hen.

The young chicken is light in weight, flies fast, and is more flexible in changing direction while escaping.

Occasionally a nimble individual would dodge the falcon's first attack, but large roosters, by contrast, were almost completely defenseless.

In addition, the long pheasant feathers on the long-tailed pheasant's butt are extremely decorative, but they can only have a counter-effect on flying and escaping.

Both the big black eagle and the small white eagle are very smart falcons. When choosing prey, they are naturally aware of certain priorities.

You have to pick on the weak. If you fail once or twice in actual combat, it will be natural for you to adjust your first target in subsequent battles.

This also meets Yue Feng's demands.

This pheasant meadow is a good place where long-tailed pheasants can breed in large numbers.

In the absence of other hunters going deep into the mountains to catch falcons in large numbers, this hunting ground is basically Yue Feng's private hunting ground, which owns the falcons.

The hens can be kept and reproduce new populations after the spring. As for the roosters, they will only start to leave the flock and divide up their territories in March. One rooster can mate with many hens.

Catching more big roosters when hunting in winter will cause relatively less damage to the entire wild population.

What's more, Yue Feng has some deeper thoughts.

Otherwise, wait until the spring thaw comes and take some time to bring a few large sacks of soybean seeds or something and scatter them in suitable areas around the pheasant meadow.

In this way, when the seeds germinate and take root, and grow into beans, they can also supplement part of the pheasant's food source.

……

At twelve o'clock in the morning, the brothers dragged the sled to a small gentle slope and stopped.

"Brother, there are some dry branches and firewood here. Let's take a break and have some food. I can't walk anymore!" Xiaowu said, leaning on the wooden stick he used for driving.

Yue Feng’s stomach had actually been growling with hunger for a long time, but he was so excited about releasing the falcon that he knew he would catch prey after walking a short distance, so he didn’t stop.

Yue Feng nodded: "Okay, get some firewood to start a fire, and pick up a few more dead hens, and we'll stew some chicken! This time, I brought some seasonings, it will definitely be better than the chicken soup I stewed last time!"

Xiao Tao volunteered to put down the sled: "I'll go collect firewood!"

Xiaowen opened the bag of dead chickens and took out the smaller hens.

There are four grown men here, and if there is less food, there won’t be enough to eat.

Soon, the brothers were busy. Yue Feng called the eagle down from the sky and gave it another meal of meat.

The two eagles were almost busy throughout the morning and consumed a lot of energy. They needed to eat more meat to avoid losing weight.

The two eagles were fed until they were 60% full. After feeding them, Yue Feng put hats on them and let the eagles rest on the sled for a while to recover their strength.

The hens had not been cleaned up yet, but Xiao Tao, who had gone out to collect firewood, started shouting at the top of his voice.

"Brother, look! There are four big eagles in the sky!" (End of this chapter)