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

"This... Old Rabbit Tiger and Greyhound's teamwork is amazing! Incredible!"

Jinlong took a few deep breaths and practically squeezed the words out of his throat.

Li Fulin grinned: "Not bad, right? Based on our eagle and dog's actual combat performance, do you think we have a chance if we go for the prize?"

Jinlong nodded repeatedly: "There's a chance, there's a great chance! No wonder those princes, nobles, and high-ranking officials all liked to play the rabbit-falcon game before!"

That performance was incredibly entertaining!

However, there's still one thing I don't understand. Although the soil in the wheat field below is soft, when the eagle kicked it, dust flew high into the air, so why wasn't it injured at all?

Li Fulin did not rush to answer immediately, but waited quietly for the greyhound to return with the prey and the eagle.

Within seconds, two dogs returned, carrying a dead rabbit in their mouths, along with a rabbit-tiger hanging upside down on the rabbit's carcass.

At Li Fulin's call, the dog brought a rabbit to them, while the two eagles, still not letting go of their claws, continued to pluck their feathers and try to eat in front of the group.

Li Fulin squatted down and pointed to the short, thick, and strong talons of the hairy-footed sea hare tiger, saying, "Look at the eagle's shaft and talons. Apart from the feathers, what's different about them?"

Jinlong frowned slightly and examined it closely. He found that the claws and exposed shaft of this hairy-legged sea hare tiger were indeed quite remarkable.

"The shaft is thicker, and the claws seem stronger and more powerful!"

"That's right! Eagles are birds with unusual shapes, so they must have special abilities! Eagles with feathered feet have much stronger bones and muscles than normal individuals!"
When tigers hunt rabbits in the wild, they also use the paw pads on their hind legs to attack their prey. With a swooping, accelerated attack, this kind of attack is quite powerful!
Animals the size of wild ducks and rabbits, if kicked in a vital spot, will be seriously injured even if they survive!

You saw my eagle kick miss and hit the ground, and you thought it would get hurt, but that's just an illusion!
For it, the difference in force between kicking its prey with the thick pads of its talons and kicking soft ground is negligible! The vast majority of the force is cushioned and absorbed by its strong muscles and pads!

After listening, Jinlong made a series of clicking sounds and nodded repeatedly.

After listening to Li Fulin's explanation, Yue Feng asked with a smile, "Uncle Li, I also figured out a bit of what was going on just now!"
Is the efficiency of our two eagles at work determined by the actions of the dogs behind them?
If you want to play longer, whistle to slow the dog down; if you want to end the battle quickly, speed up the dog!
This increases the pressure the dog puts on the prey, thus significantly increasing the accuracy of the eagle's sneak attack! This indirectly improves hunting efficiency!

Hearing Yue Feng's words, Li Fulin nodded with a smile.

"Those who don't know how to appreciate it just watch the spectacle, while those who do understand it appreciate the details! Xiao Yue, you're a connoisseur!"

My two dogs can spot swarms, retrieve nests, understand whistles to chase quickly or slowly, and will catch animals alive or dead according to my requests!
Their practical teamwork with these two old rabbits and tigers has been honed to a high level!
Frankly speaking, as long as the space isn't too restrictive, with an eagle and a dog working together, 99% of cats would have a hard time escaping!

It's one thing to draw your own conclusions through practical observation and analysis, but it's quite another to hear it from the person in question.

Even though Yue Feng was a master at falconry, he had to give Li Fulin a thumbs up in genuine admiration.

"Impressive! This trip to the capital has really broadened my horizons!" Yue Feng exclaimed sincerely.

Li Fulin squatted down and touched the pelt of his eagle, asking, "Stop praising the old man! We caught that rabbit just now, what's next? Continue searching for that old rabbit that Lao Liu mentioned?"

If we need to catch them alive, we'll have to feed those two old rabbits some meat! Otherwise, if that hairy-legged stomp lands hard, even the old rabbits probably wouldn't be able to withstand it!

Jinlong replied without hesitation, "Of course we should catch them alive! If the old rabbit here is captured alive and released, isn't it highly likely that it will still be active in the vicinity?"

Little Eagle Liu nodded: "That's right! Old rabbits all have their own territory. Their territories are quite large, and they generally don't change territories easily!"

In an area like the brickyard and wheat field, I estimate that under normal circumstances, there should be at most three to five rabbits lying around! Most of them are offspring of older rabbits born in the spring and summer!
As for how many rabbits are still hiding in the overgrown area near the cemetery, it's hard to say!

Every autumn, falconers bring their large eagles here to mature, and they make dozens of trips over the autumn and winter seasons to plunder them!

Jinlong looked at Li Fulin: "Uncle Li, then feed the hawks, and try to catch any rabbits alive when you encounter them down there!"

"it is good!"

After confirming the situation, Li Fulin pulled out a short, wide-bladed knife from his lower back and cut open the rabbit's skin at the spot where the rabbit's fur had been trimmed.

Looking at the two old rabbit-tigers, after seeing the fresh rabbit meat, they didn't rush to eat it, but symbolically pecked at it a few times, and then looked up at their owner.

Yue Feng understood perfectly; this meant they were waiting for their master to feed them.

The old man's rabbit and tiger are quite interesting; they seem to subconsciously have a concept of hierarchy.

The performance of this one item alone is on par with the Black Eagle and White Spear in Yue Feng's hands.

Li Fulin easily sliced ​​off the still-steaming rabbit hind leg meat with his knife, then fed it to the rabbit by taking turns with his two falcons.

The two falcons didn't fight or compete at all. Whichever one was fed by its owner, it would open its mouth to receive the evenly sliced, fresh rabbit meat, saving them the trouble of tearing or ripping it.

After the two eagles each ate seven or eight pieces of fresh rabbit meat, Li Fulin used a knife to cut open the rabbit's abdominal skin and took out its internal organs.

"Chasing the Wind, Treading the Snow, come here!"

The old man divided the few rabbit organs in half, and the two dogs divided them almost equally.

Rabbits don't have many internal organs, and each dog only gets one bite's worth. But look at these two dogs; they don't fight or compete for the food their owner distributes.

After finishing his reward, the dog obediently lay down and rested.

In the short time it took to feed the eagle, both dogs had calmed down.

The chase that lasted less than ten minutes wasn't too exhausting for them.

"Hey, Uncle Li, how did you train your two dogs to share food evenly and not fight over it? Don't they have a hierarchy between them?" Yue Feng asked curiously when he saw this.

Li Fulin nodded: "When the dogs are first grown up and training begins, they will definitely fight over them!"
Not only would it fight with its companions for food, it even dared to steal meat from eagles! After getting beaten up many times, it stopped doing it!

"Uh, purely from beatings?" Yue Feng was a little surprised by this answer.

Li Fulin shook his head again: "It was beaten up, but not purely beaten up!"
To be precise, the current result was obtained through a series of screenings and corresponding training!
In the "Rabbit and Falcon" game, choosing the eagle is difficult, and choosing the dog is not easy either!
After I chose these two rabbits and tigers, one fast and one slow, I ended up having a total of five dogs that ate, drank, and relieved themselves with the eagle!
Even dogs from the same litter can have these obvious differences!
Some dogs are stubborn, some are gentle; some are smart, some are silly!

My two rabbits and tigers have become very close to the five dogs I used to have.

The eagle can land anywhere on the dog, and the dog won't get nervous or attack even if the eagle rests on one leg!
However, when it comes to food, the dog's true nature comes out!
Some are domineering, stealing meat from their companions, and even fighting several times over it, yet they remain incorrigible!
Some were timid and dared not fight after being beaten, but their teamwork and performance did not improve during subsequent training, so they had to be eliminated!
After a hunting season of adjustment and selection, these two dogs were finally chosen!

Chasing Wind and Snowwalking Snowwalking – one is fast and accurate at retrieving nests, while the other has a strong sense of strategy and demonstrates good obedience and cooperation! By simply varying the tone of my whistle, I can get them to complete my designated tasks in actual combat!

The dogs we use for hunting rabbits and falcons are quite different from the hunting methods you use in Northeast China.

The combat pressure here is low, the attrition rate is low, and once the technology matures, there will be very few hunting dogs lost in actual combat!

Both dogs are five and a half years old, at the peak of their experience, and their physical fitness has not declined significantly. They are also quite health-conscious when working, rarely running or chasing after things recklessly!
I reckon we can easily last another two or three hunting seasons!

After hearing Li Fulin's answer, Yue Feng nodded: "The dogs that work in the mountains over there are lucky if they have a peak period of five or six years!"
Once they get older, their physical abilities decline drastically, making it impossible for them to become the main force in mountain combat.

They might have performed well in the last hunting season, but after summer and autumn, when they go up the mountain again, they might fall behind the group after just a few steps!
When they go hunting in the mountains with their pack of dogs, they usually hunt black-haired animals.

Wild boars and bears can be very dangerous to hunting dogs. Once their physical strength declines significantly, they are very vulnerable to injury or even death when facing prey!

My dog ​​is the head of a litter of four. He's over two years old this year and is still in his prime.

However, of the other old dogs, one was lost, and the remaining ones were no longer able to work on the mountain. They had to be kept at the mountain farm. My master took care of these old dogs, letting them roam the woods during the day when he had nothing to do, and setting them aside to guard the area at night!

"We don't have the same good game resources as Northeast China. I've never seen wild boars or anything like that!"

The biggest prey they could hunt would probably be something like a badger, since eagles don't need their thick hides and meat!
Every autumn, I'm lucky if I can catch a few rabbits to play with! I don't ask for more!

"Hehe, if there's a chance in the future, you and Uncle Liu can come to our Northeast for a stroll. I'll take you into the mountains to hunt roe deer, deer, and wild boars and have some fun!"
My two main falcons, in terms of hunting skills and combat capabilities alone, have a much higher potential than the Rabbit and Tiger!

However, when it comes to the philosophy of taming, I'm still quite a bit behind you, Uncle Li! I'd appreciate your guidance later!

"Haha, I wouldn't call it guidance. I've seen your performance of falconry in the documentary, it's much more advanced than our falconry!"
However, if I have the chance, I'll definitely go to Northeast China! The wild animals and forests there are so tempting!

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After a brief exchange, the dog finished eating all the rabbit entrails in its mouth.

After feeding the eagle and the dog, Li Fulin bent the rabbit's leg and stuffed it into the satchel behind him.

"Shall we take a short break and continue the search?" Jinlong asked.

"The dog has rested enough, no need to rest any longer! Chase the Wind, Tread the Snow, go search around that wasteland and bushes!"

As Li Fulin spoke, he continued to give commands to the dog.

The two greyhounds obediently followed the area designated by their owner, and soon rushed to the wasteland buffer zone below to search.

Compared to the flat winter wheat fields, the terrain on the gentle slope on the other side of the brickyard is a bit more complex.

There is a drop of about one meter from top to bottom, forming a gentle slope, with some low-growing plants such as brambles and jujube trees scattered around.

After the two dogs rushed into the arena, they sniffed around for a while, and then began to carefully search the area, expanding their search in circles.

Originally, Yue Feng and his group had planned to join the cane-chasing team, but seeing how professional the two greyhounds were, they stayed on the high ground and didn't join in.

The presence of bushes and wormwood of varying heights significantly increased the difficulty of the search.

There are many small paths and animal trails here, and the scents are distributed in a very mixed way. There is a lot of heat and odor left by rabbits when they are active at night.

Since they weren't professional scent-tracking dogs, the two dogs had limited ability to follow scents, and it took them several rounds to finally find one.

Zhui Feng circled a half-fallen bramble bush several times before lowering his head and burying it under a shrub.

The next second, there was a whooshing sound as the tree trunks were touched, and a red-haired old rabbit, at least two sizes larger than the young rabbit from before, emerged from under the brambles and quickly fled down the gentle slope toward the boundary between the wasteland and the winter wheat field.

Wang Wang Wang!
Chasing Wind spotted the prey's tracks and immediately barked to warn it, while it and its companions gave chase in the direction the old rabbit had fled.

To be honest, this old rabbit is almost a spirit.

Even though the hunting dog had just located less than half a meter away, it remained lying motionless in its hiding place, displaying an astonishing level of composure.

If it hadn't been chasing the wind and burying its head under the bushes, it probably wouldn't have come out.

After being precisely located and found to be completely out of hiding, the escape route of this red-haired old rabbit is quite intriguing.

Instead of blindly fleeing through the wheat field, he quickly ran along a small path worn into the ground beside the field.

This path is relatively firm, making it more efficient and less strenuous to run on.

Once the old rabbit started running, its huge strides and each leap covered a distance of more than a meter, quickly leaving the two hunting dogs behind it dozens of meters away.

"That must be that old red-haired rabbit! Old Li, the rabbit's running away!" Little Eagle Liu warned after seeing the direction the rabbit was heading.

Li Fulin was also keeping an eye on the movements below.

The furthest point in the direction the hare fled was an area of ​​earthen walls formed by soil extraction, which was steep and difficult to move. However, it was possible to climb up the gentle slope on the east side.

By keeping the hounds far enough away, you can offset the speed loss from climbing the gentle slope and escape before they catch up and bite you.

These rabbits, which had become quite intelligent, were naturally very familiar with the surrounding area, so Li Fulin didn't dare to be careless and immediately started to greet them.

"Tread through the snow, take the gentle slope and shortcut to intercept them ahead!"

Old Li shouted at the top of his lungs, and Ta Xue, hearing the new instruction, gave up chasing after him and strode up the gentle slope with her long legs, then took a shortcut to outflank him.

The slight drop in elevation on the gentle slope has a minor impact on rabbits, but a negligible impact on greyhounds.

After taking a shortcut through the snow, they directly cut off the red-haired rabbit's retreat.

At this point, the wisdom of the experienced and cunning old rabbit came into play.

Upon discovering that hunting dogs had circled around to intercept it, it turned around without hesitation, leaped down from the wheat field, and charged towards the four people watching from above. (End of Chapter)