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

Seeing this, some people may be confused. What is this tube used for?

Reveal the answer!

The first step for the eagle to get home is to fetch water! ! The feather tube I brought back from my hometown is used to fetch water for the golden eagle.

After Yue Feng simply rinsed his mouth, he filled his mouth with warm water and used a blowpipe to directly reach into the male eagle's crop to pour the warm water into the eagle's mouth.

The eagle struggles violently after being released from the net, and the intense stress makes it very easy for it to get irritated. The larger the raptor is, the more it cannot tolerate a dry chest and lack of water.

After the arrangement of 'fetching water with mouth' was completed, the eagle, with water in its crop, stopped smacking its lips.

After untying the eagle's restraining coat, Yue Feng placed the eagle on the eagle bar.

After fetching water, the male eagle stood firmly on the eagle pole with its hat on, its head drooping like a primary school student who had made a mistake, and was obviously much more stable.

Seeing Yue Feng's rough operation, Ye Xiaojun and the Jinlong brothers were full of question marks.

"What were you doing just now? I see the tube has poked into the crop!" Jin Long couldn't hold back and asked.

Yue Feng put away his feather tube and explained: "This is fetching water, also known as scooping water, which is a step that cannot be skipped when catching an eagle!
If it is a small or medium-sized eagle, you can use cotton cloth dipped in water to supplement it.

For a bird of prey as large as a golden eagle, dipping water to replenish water is too slow. The most convenient way is to use the feather tube to draw water directly into the crop!
An eagle that has experienced intense struggle is likely to suffer from stress-induced dehydration symptoms.

For example, in the most typical dry-chamber case, the poop will turn green, which means there is fire in the chamber!

At the very least, it will affect the progress of training, and at worst, the eagle with a bad temper may even risk its life, and it won’t stay still even when standing on the bar!"

"Won't it cause damage if you poke such a long tube in there?" Ye Xiaojun asked with concern.

Yue Feng smiled and shook his head: "This is just the beginning!

It's just a thin swan feather, no problem at all.

Haven't you ever wondered what large birds of prey like golden eagles eat in the wild?"

"What to eat? Isn't it all kinds of meat?"

“If there is meat, we will definitely eat it. But if there is no meat?
They can eat all kinds of bones, tendons and other small pieces!

It’s like a pheasant’s leg bone with claws attached, which is so long and thick that you can swallow it whole in one bite!”

Jin Long and Ye Xiaojun looked at each other and said in unison: "Fuck..."

Yue Feng waved his hand: "Okay, don't worry.

We have worked so hard to get this treasure back, how can I harm it?

Go inside and take a rest first, and let the eagle rest on the bar!

Take a day off today, and weigh the eagle once the hair shaft is out, record its weight, and don’t worry about anything else! ”

"What's the next plan? Start training the eagle from tomorrow?" Jin Long continued to ask.

When Yue Feng heard this, he knew that Jin Long had been purely fooling around when he had been training his eagle before, and there was no method at all, otherwise he would not have asked this question.

"There's no rush to stay awake. Come inside and rest for a while. I'll set the swing inside later!"

"What? A swing? Isn't it for hawk training? What does it have to do with a swing?"

Hearing the word "swing", Jin Long and Ye Jianjun became even more confused.

They both knew that they needed to keep the new eagle trained if they wanted it to be obedient, but there was no way that the eagle could be kept near the swing.

In their minds, swings are something that Yue Feng's younger sister Jingjing plays with at her age.

Yue Feng waved his hands: "I'll explain it to you later! Why are you still so impatient!
The swing I'm talking about is not the one you use to coax children!
Take a break and drink some water first. I'll go to the old house to prepare the things and bring them back to you, then I'll tell you in detail!"

Having said that, the two brothers stopped asking questions and went into the house to light the stove, then took off their thick military coats.

After a while, Yue Feng came back carrying a pine pole with skin about one and a half meters long and two hemp ropes.

The diameter of the pine pole is about ten centimeters, and the two ends have been simply processed with a saw to make the cut surface smooth.

Near the two ends, a charcoal-black hole was drilled with a red-hot fire awl.

The subsequent arrangements were also very simple. The hemp rope was passed through the hole on the pine pole, and a big lump was tied at the bottom to block it. Then Yue Feng stepped on the ladder, tied a knot at the upper end of the hemp rope, and hung it on the beam.

After completing the simple debugging, Yue Feng rubbed his hands and was very satisfied with his work.

At this time, Ye Xiaojun and Jinlong brothers had also warmed up, and their faces were still full of curiosity.

Yue Feng did not continue to keep the secret and explained: "This golden eagle is not an ordinary eagle that chases rabbits.

I estimate that this male eagle weighs about 8 or 9 kilograms. Even if a person is physically fit, it would be difficult to hold a eagle for a long time!
The fresh eagle that just returned home has abundant energy reserves and is extremely wild, so it needs the help of some equipment to consume its physical and mental strength!

This swing hanging from the beam is the specific tool to deal with it!"

While speaking, Yue Feng gently pushed the pine wood swing to the opposite side.

Under the action of gravity and inertia, the swing begins to swing.

After this explanation, Ye Xiaojun and Jin Long's eyes lit up: "You mean, let the eagle stand on it and swing?"

Yue Feng nodded: "Yes! Compared with the traditional method of raising the eagle to stay awake, this swing method of staying awake saves more than half of the physical strength and energy!

But don't be too optimistic. Even with this thing, it will still take a lot of hard work to completely grind down the eagle's temper!

Since you want to learn the skill of training eagles, then you are the only one who can operate the main force!

Young Master Ye and I will take turns to take over for you as appropriate, but most of the time, you have to do it yourself!

I will tell you how to deal with it when the time comes!

The most taboo in training eagles is to fish for three days and rest for two days. Tonight is your last chance to rest comfortably for the next half month.

I will start training the eagle from now on, and I won’t be able to get a full night’s sleep!”

Upon hearing this, Jin Long glanced at Ye Xiaojun, gritted his teeth and said, "I'll be the main force. I'm a living person, and with the support of you two, I can't deal with this flat-haired beast!"

“Hehe, that’s all you need to have the determination!” Yue Feng smiled, his eyes full of meaning.

If there is something to say, the conversation will be long; if there is nothing to say, the conversation will be short. After returning home, nothing unusual happened that day.

The male golden eagle, with a hat on and water on, squatted peacefully on the eagle pole in the outer room all night.

Yue Feng, Ye Xiaojun and the Jinlong brothers chatted for a while after dinner. Before eight o'clock, Yue Feng said goodbye and went back to the old house to rest.

The next morning, Yue Feng arrived at the new house early.

It was still dark, a little after five o'clock, and Yue Feng, wearing leather gloves, placed the sculpture on his arm.

The reason why Yue Feng came so early to serve the eagle was not because he wanted to show off in front of the two yamen, but because it was really necessary.

A newly caught eagle will most likely have undigested feathers and bone residues in its stomach from the previous day's meal.

This thing is actually the prototype of the feather shaft given to eagles during training. Healthy eagles will spit out this thing by themselves in the wild.

The eagle wears its hat on, and the lower edge of its helmet is pressing against the upper part of its throat. If there is a food ball that needs to be spit out, it must loosen the hat or take it off directly.

Otherwise, the throat will be strangled and the hair shaft cannot be spit out, which can easily cause suffocation. In serious cases, some people struggle to jump off the bar and hang upside down, or simply suffocate themselves to death. It is not uncommon.

Yue Feng is an experienced driver and would never make such a common sense mistake.

Yue Feng held the male eagle next to the stove for less than half an hour. As expected, the golden eagle's stomach moved and began to shake its head consciously.

Seeing this, Yue Feng immediately pulled the drawstring of the eagle's helmet on the male eagle's head to the loosest position, leaving room for spitting out the food ball.

After the male eagle shook its head several times in an attempt, the feathers mixed with some bone residue turned into a hair shaft slightly thicker than a thumb and was spit out from its mouth.

After spitting out the food ball, Yue Feng didn't mind the dirtiness. He picked up the hair shaft food ball, broke it open and roughly checked the contents.

Lots of pheasant feathers, a few bone stumps, no parasites, no blood or unusually colored mucus or anything like that.

The food ball is slightly longer than a silk cocoon. Except for the unpleasant sour smell of digestive juice, all other indicators are normal.

Yue Feng's guess was indirectly verified by the vomited hair shaft food ball.

The main food source of this male golden eagle is probably the pheasants in the pheasant meadow. With the protection of its parents, this eagle probably has not suffered any hardship in the wild.

After the eagle stood on his arm and returned to normal, Yue Feng carefully tightened and secured the drawstring of the eagle's helmet again, and then placed the golden eagle on the weighing scale.

Wearing a full set of equipment including a five-foot-two-inch carved helmet, the weight shown on the scale was nine pounds and one ounce.

This weight is basically consistent with the weight predicted by Yue Feng.

Yue Feng directly wrote down the first day's weighing results and the inspection of the hair axis in a blank exercise book, which can be regarded as a first-hand carving training note.

In the early stage of eagle training, the eagle has not yet started to eat, so this hat is the key to training the eagle.

If you take off the hat now, the eagle will be able to see things and will struggle violently or even attack out of fear.

We have already talked about the condition of the golden eagle's claws. Even wearing leather gloves is not safe.

Even for an experienced falconer like Yue Feng, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not get hurt.

After serving for about an hour, it was dawn outside.

The mother-in-law brought breakfast on time, and Yue Feng called Ye Xiaojun and Jin Long.

After the three brothers finished their breakfast, the golden eagle training officially began.

In fact, the early stages of golden eagle training are very simple.

In front of the two brothers, Yue Feng placed the male eagle directly on the swing that he had prepared yesterday.

At this time, after seeing the eagle's reaction after it got on the swing, Jin Long and Ye Xiaojun finally realized how domineering this thing was.

The simple swing is only fixed by two hemp ropes and is very unstable.

After the eagle stands on it, wearing the eagle helmet and without the support of vision, it will subconsciously lift its tail up and down, or flap its wings in a small range to maintain balance.

In this process of constant movement and adaptation, the golden eagle consumes a lot of physical strength and energy.

The first time the eagle was on the swing, Yue Feng only let it stand for about ten minutes before taking it down.

"Fuck, who came up with this? The eagle is exerting force the whole time!"

After watching the first performance on the swing, Jin Long couldn't help but sigh. Yue Feng curled his lips and said, "In fact, birds have very good balance. This eagle is just blind and not used to it!

After a few times, it will be able to adapt initially. This is a matter of constant adjustment and gradual progress! "

"Well, what should we do after the eagle gets used to standing on the swing?" Jinlong asked again.

Yue Feng didn't say anything, but used his left hand to push the temporarily balanced swing.

Jin Long slapped his head when he saw this and said, "Oh, oh, oh, that's right! We can also add power manually to make the swing swing!

The eagle has to adapt to the different strengths, and before it knows it, its strength is wasted!"

"Haha, that's what I mean!
However, one thing to note is that although this hanging swing for falcon training is easy to use, it also has disadvantages.

You must always keep an eye on the eagle's condition. If it shows signs of exhaustion, you must end the exercise early.

Otherwise, if you overexert yourself during eagle training, you will have to gain weight all over again if you want to recover! "

"Yeah, I understand! Too much is as bad as too little!"

“Also, while the eagle is on your hand, you can do some preliminary trial affinity.

Grasp the eagle's claws, breast flowers, back feathers, and tail feathers. "

As he spoke, Yue Feng gave a live demonstration.

I gently brushed the male eagle's tail feathers with my index and middle fingers, and his feathers tightened slightly, as if he was a little nervous.

The corners of Jin Long's mouth curled up slightly: "Now he's still quite alert! Look, just touch his tail lightly and his fur will stick to him!"

Yue Feng: "Yes! Slowly break the sense of boundaries, let it get used to the presence of people, and wear down its defenses and wildness bit by bit! That's probably what it means!
The only point you need to pay special attention to is that you must hold it firmly when touching it, and hold it as short as possible without letting it lift its feet!
Otherwise there is a risk of injury, like this!"

While speaking, Yue Feng slightly loosened the length of the cowhide that tied the eagle.

Then he gently rubbed the golden eagle's right claw with the back of his left index finger, and the eagle immediately dodged like lightning (probably similar to the situation where an experienced electrician tests 220V household electricity with the back of his hand with his bare hands, and retreats immediately and remains highly vigilant).

There was only a snapping sound, and the golden eagle felt its talons being touched. It raised its claws without any warning and grabbed the air.

Of course Yue Feng couldn't catch anything with his claws as he was extremely alert. However, this sudden attack by the eagle claws scared Jin Long and Ye Xiaojun.

"Fuck! This guy is so fierce, and there is no sign at all!!"

Jin Long shrank back in fear.

Yue Feng nodded: "Yes! The reason why raptors are so powerful is that their super strong nerve reflexes are the key!

When you are hawking with your own hands, you must always be vigilant and respectful of it, otherwise if you are unlucky, you may be caught by its claws and there will be four bloody holes!

Okay, that's about all the precautions, I'll give it to you, eagle?"

"Okay, let me do it!!" Jin Long was already eager to try.

Yue Feng put the golden eagle back on the swing bar, and then handed the leather gloves he was wearing to Jin Long.

After this handover, Yue Feng never got the hang of it again on the first day.

According to Yue Feng's arrangement, Jin Long intermittently let the golden eagle go on the swing bar, and the time was gradually extended from the initial ten minutes.

In less than half a day, the male eagle was able to stand on the swing bar on its own in a short period of time.

Therefore, in the afternoon, we added a manual push bar to make the swing swing slightly.

It's another gradual adaptation process starting all over again.

Overall, the first day of training was very boring.

It's nothing more than people staring at the eagle's performance and using equipment to continuously consume the eagle's physical strength. When the eagle is tired, he takes a break, and when he's rested enough, he continues.

This process repeats infinitely.

In the morning, Yue Feng kept an eye on Jin Long's manipulation of the eagle for fear that he would make a mistake and get injured. After discovering that Jin Long had a high level of comprehension and there was no problem, Yue Feng went about his own business in the afternoon.

Jinlong and Ye Xiaojun have arrived in recent days, and Xiaowen and others have been in charge of delivering game to their restaurant.

Now that the eagle has been caught, Yue Feng can't let his younger brother do everything.

In addition, Yue Feng was still concerned about Uncle Chen, so he cleared out a group of troublesome hunting team members and recruited other people.

So, after lunch, Yue Feng said hello to Jinlong Ye Xiaojun, then rode his motorcycle straight to Uncle Chen’s house.

At this time, Uncle Chen had just finished his lunch and was drinking tea with his orchid bush at home.

"Uncle! You're busy!" Yue Feng rode his motorcycle directly into the yard, pushed open the door of the north room and shouted.

"Xiao Feng is here, come in and warm up!"

Uncle Chen stood up and welcomed Yue Feng in. He immediately picked up the thermos next to him, rinsed a cup of tea, and took out the jasmine tea from the corner of the table and brewed it.

"Hey! Have you been quiet these days? Two friends came to my house, and I was busy entertaining them, so I haven't had time to come over!"

Yue Feng didn't bother to be polite with Uncle Chen. He sat down confidently and took the tea that the old man made for him.

"I heard your brother Xiaowen say that when he came to get game! How about going up the mountain to catch eagles? Do you understand?"

"It's necessary!

You may not believe this, but yesterday we went into the mountains to catch eagles at Bijia Mountain. We used hand-drawn nets in one place and self-drawn nets in another. In one morning, we caught two young eagles, one male and one female!!

Later, the female eagle was taken home, a photo was taken, and then it was released!

The remaining male eagle took a night off to rehydrate and start training! "

"It's fine as long as everything is ready. Bijia Mountain is not far from Xuanyingjian, so the cub must have been born there!"

“I guess so!
By the way, after driving away Wang Defa’s group of people a few days ago, have these people behind them been quiet?
How is the new candidate being selected?"

After a few pleasantries, Yue Feng still mentioned the issues that he was concerned about.

"I haven't heard any new news from Wang Defa. I have recruited a few more candidates. I'll let Lao Wu and the others take them to learn for a few days first!

I estimate that it will take about a week for me to be able to work independently!
Why, the current amount of game seems a little insufficient?"

Yue Feng smiled and shook his head, then picked up the teacup and took a sip: “That’s not the case.

In addition to the people from your falconry team, Xiao Tao and the Zhang brothers from my family also go into the mountains to release hawks and hunt when they have nothing to do!
I’m just asking…”

"Are you worried that Qiao Saner, that bastard, might do something behind your back again?" Uncle Chen asked pointedly.

The old man really hit the nail on the head. Although Yue Feng didn't mention it, this was what he was worried about.

Yue Feng's model of organizing an eagle hunting team to go into the mountains to catch wild game has been polished to maturity.

As long as you find the right sales channels and organize the right people to fly the hawks, you can create a steady stream of sustainable profits.

At this stage, most ways to make money are state-owned, and ordinary people have very little choice.

Since Qiao Muzhou had stabbed him in the back last time, it meant that he also saw the benefits of it.

What Yue Feng was worried about was whether his grandson would cause trouble again.

After what happened with Wang Defa last time, Yue Feng asked Xiaowen and the others to ask around among their friends about Qiao Muzhou.

There is no good opportunity to retaliate against the other party at the moment, but Yue Feng is always vigilant.

Facing Uncle Chen's gaze, Yue Feng nodded: "I'm worried about this. I asked Xiaowen and the others to contact their friends and ask around, but they haven't found any opportunities yet!"

Uncle Chen comforted him: "Don't worry too much about this!
It is the coldest time of the year and the eagles have flown south for the winter. Even if Qiao Muzhou wants to pry them apart, he has no room for maneuver!
Even if Wang Defa and his traitors learn the basics of hawking, it’s useless without hawks. We just need to take good care of the hawks at home! "

Yue Feng nodded: "You are right!
Even if they have an idea now, they can’t catch a spring eagle until the beginning of next spring at the earliest. The spring eagle still needs to molt, so it can’t be used! In addition, they don’t know the technology to catch and train eagles! "

"I've also asked someone to keep an eye on Qiao San'er! The old man isn't old enough to keep silent when someone nags him. If we get a chance, we'll give him a hard time!"

"Hey, okay, tell me if there's anything going on and I'll arrange for someone!"

……

The father and son drank tea and played at home for half the afternoon until the members of the hunting team who went into the mountains to release eagles came back one after another. Yue Feng then counted and handed over the day's game and went into the city to deliver it to the restaurant.

While Yue Feng and Uncle Chen were plotting against Qiao Saner behind the scenes, Qiao Saner was not idle either.

Wang Defa, who had lost his job in the falconry team, went to look for Qiao Muzhou with a few people.

Coupled with Fu Qinghe's complaints about his loss of power and his demand for fresh game during the chat, the active-minded Qiao Muzhou really came up with some ideas.

In this era, there are very few ways for ordinary people to make money. In the business of falcon training and releasing, as long as you understand the technology, the entry threshold is low, the returns are high, and you can also organize a hunting team to form a scale.

The channels for selling prey are ready-made. Coal mine canteens, small kitchens in government agencies, and even morning markets all have a great demand for these fresh game.

From an outsider's perspective, Yue Feng organized people to make money by flying hawks. In less than a year, he had built a new house, opened a big restaurant, and bought two motorcycle sidecars.

It would be a lie for Qiao Muzhou to say that he was not jealous, otherwise he would not have instigated Wang Defa and others to lead the trouble and establish a stronghold to act on his own.

After Wang Defa and his men were kicked out of the falconry team, Qiao Muzhou became more active. He took advantage of his wide network of friends and asked people everywhere to find technical talent who knew how to catch and train hawks.

As long as they can learn the tricks here thoroughly, they can quickly set up a new falconry team with the help of backbone members like Wang Defa, and then make a lot of money by selling game.

This temptation is too great.

After asking friends for a while, Qiao Saner finally got in touch with someone who knew the business.

Speaking of which, this person's twists and turns are somewhat related to Yue Feng.

who is it?

After the fall, Li Wenzhe's uncle, Li Xiaochang, was invited to the Air Force Airport to serve as a technical instructor for eagle training.

Li Wenzhe and his father were punished for stealing an eagle. After being driven away, they were so angry that they went home and gathered their relatives to attack and ambush Yue Feng and his men. In the end, they were all beaten up by Xiao Tao.

Later, the main culprit among these people was directly sentenced and is currently still in prison.

Li Xiaochang escaped the disaster because he was already 65 years old and did not participate in the previous incident.

Now, Qiao Muzhou contacted Lao Li through a friend. (End of this chapter)