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

"Damn! We finally caught him!" Li Wenhu breathed a long sigh of relief after seeing that Old Rabbit had been caught.

These red-haired old rabbits that Ye Jianjun acquired at great expense are truly outstanding in their ability to escape.

Li Wenhu hadn't seen his short, thick, yellow eagle struggle so much to catch a rabbit in a long time.

"Great job, Wenhu! You took the first one, with a time of seven minutes and twenty-five seconds!"

Ye Jianjun strode over, announced the timed results to the public, and then greeted everyone.

"Young Master Ye, where did you get these old rabbits? It's really hard to catch eagles!" Li Wenhu grinned and casually made a sarcastic remark.

"Haha, a friend helped me get these! So, should we let the eagle rest for a bit, or continue fighting?"

This time, Li Wenhu didn't overestimate himself. He waved his hand and said, "I can't go on anymore, I definitely need to rest for a while!"

Just now, that rabbit led me and the eagle around in circles in the wheat field, and it took them a lot of effort!
"If the eagle catches the old rabbit, will it be spared? If not, I'll put it to death!"

Ye Jianjun glanced down at the old rabbit on the ground, who was being choked by the eagle and barely breathing: "If you can keep him alive, try to keep him alive! This old rabbit is not easy to deal with!"

But this one of yours is most likely dead! Your eagle's talons are really vicious; it's got its trachea and carotid artery caught in its throat!

"We have to be ruthless, otherwise the eagle might escape and get hurt. Just now, Xiao Zhou's eagle even had its arm pulled!"

Li Wenhu pulled out a knife and, right in front of Ye Jianjun, stabbed Lao Tu to death.

"That's right! Let Eagle rest for a bit, and when he's ready, call me so we can restart the race timer!"

"okay!"

Li Wenhu responded and continued his work without delay, cutting fresh meat from the side of the old rabbit's neck to feed the eagle.

Li Wenhu's skill in falconry was far superior to Zhou Hongming's, and he knew he couldn't afford to be complacent any longer.

Anyway, each person has a maximum of one hour of competition time. It's only a little past one o'clock now, and Zhou Hongming has already been eliminated. The competition should be over by 5:30.

Li Wenhu leisurely fed the eagle a few pieces of rabbit meat, then gave it some water from the kettle. He then sat on the ridge of the winter wheat field, supporting the eagle, and rested quietly.

This short, yellow pheasant recovered its strength quite quickly; it only took seven or eight minutes for it to loosen its feathers again.

Once the feathers loosened, his strength was gradually recovering. Li Wenhu got up, hoisted his eagle, and swaggered into the competition area, waving his left hand at Ye Jianjun.

Ye Jianjun nodded, then blew his whistle, and the second rabbit was caught!

Having learned from the experience with the first rabbit, Li Wenhu was noticeably more cautious with the second rabbit. It tentatively touched any suspected traps, and released a new rabbit on the second attempt.

Whoosh! A sharp, whistling sound rang out, and the sound of a mechanism being triggered came from the bushes about fifteen meters away.

"what!!"

Li Wenhu looked in the direction of the sound, but the old rabbit he expected didn't jump out immediately.

At this moment, Li Wenhu's mind started racing.

The competition area was filled with numerous traps, but the triggers were only set up in the traps containing rabbits. The traps in the empty cages had no effect whatsoever when stepped on.

This means that the trigger went off and the cage door opened, but the rabbit didn't come out; it must be hiding inside the cage right now.

Having figured this out, Li Wenhu moved very quietly toward the cage.

Li Wenhu was confident that as long as a rabbit darted out like a ball at his feet, his three short, yellow soybeans would have a success rate of at least 90% in catching it with a single wing.

When Li Wenhu reached the foot of the cage, he prepared to stomp his foot suddenly.

*Thud!* A muffled sound.

With a whoosh, the old rabbit, who was hiding inside the mechanism, realized that he had been exposed and suddenly jumped out.

The large, yellow eagle, upon seeing the old rabbit emerge, suddenly leaped forward and plunged down like an athlete diving.

The distance was extremely close, and the eagle was in excellent condition. Before the old rabbit could even take a step, it was slashed on the rear.

The eagle grabbed the rabbit firmly, and the old rabbit turned to bite, but the eagle swiftly extended its other talon to seal the rabbit's mouth shut.

Then, with practiced ease, he flipped the handle over and landed a double-clawed tiger head grab, easily winning the round.

Whoa whoa whoa!
The old rabbit let out a miserable cry, its cleverness backfiring, and it stalled before it could even run!
Li Wenhu glanced at the spot where the eagle-pig-rabbit's claws had landed. This time, the other claw covering the rabbit's head hadn't pinched its trachea, so there was still hope if they wanted to keep it alive!
With a thought, Li Wenhu grabbed the old rabbit's hind legs and flipped it slightly to one side.

The eagle, which was holding its prey, sensed its owner helping to turn the prey over, immediately released its claws and reversed its grip, decisively pinching the vital artery of the trachea.

That did it; the rabbit's cries immediately became hoarse, and it quickly became weak and listless due to lack of oxygen.

By the time Ye Jianjun trotted over, the rabbit was already half-dead again.

"Hey, that old rabbit triggered the trap and is hiding inside! Lucky me, I managed to kick it around like a football!"

Li Wenhu acted as if nothing had happened and greeted Ye Jianjun.

"Sure, we'll take them down in five seconds at most!" Ye Jianjun glanced at the rabbit and eagle on the ground, making no mention of keeping them alive.

Ye Jianjun had seen Li Wenhu flip the rabbit over by its hind legs from dozens of meters away. However, it was not against the rules for a human to assist a falcon in its work. From a regulatory perspective, the other party's action was not wrong.

However, Ye Jianjun is a very shrewd person, even more so than a monkey when he gets his hands dirty. From this detail, one can see the subtle hostility Li Wenhu harbors towards him.

"Tsk tsk, what good luck! Now that we've caught the third rabbit, are you planning to expand our winnings further?"

Ye Jianjun asked with a smile on his face.

"We'll see. If we have enough time, we'll try our luck! By the way, Young Master Ye, there's a question I forgot to ask you."

If I accidentally chased the old rabbit with the wounded eagle out, but failed to capture it!

Besides deducting points, what other consequences will there be? Will our staff arrest it? Or will someone else do it?

Li Wenhu raised a detailed question about the competition rules.

Ye Jianjun replied, "Let the others catch them! On this side of our competition field, only the easternmost corner area doesn't have a fence! I've arranged for people to guard that area!"

As long as that old rabbit doesn't escape from there, everyone else's match counts! We'll call it a day when we catch it!

"Looking at it this way, once the old rabbit has exhausted itself running around, the people who come after it will have a better chance of catching it! The first person to chase the rabbit spirit out will be at a slight disadvantage!" Li Wenhu said quietly.

Ye Jianjun nodded: "That's true! But we're the first to rush out and the first to capture them!"
If the eagle catches it, no one else has a chance, so overall, the rule is fair!

"Alright! I got it! The third rabbit is in the gentle slope area on the east side, right?"

"Okay! Within five meters of the transition zone towards the gentle slope area! The instructions have been given on the field!" "Alright!"

Li Wenhu nodded and examined the old rabbit on the ground again.

This self-righteous rabbit, already barely breathing, is ruined again.

"Oh dear, I was so busy chatting that I forgot to change the rabbit!" Li Wenhu slapped his forehead, looking annoyed.

"It's alright, there are plenty of old rabbits in the cage. It'll only cost a little money! If we can keep them alive, great; if not, then it's just bad luck!"

Ye Jianjun grinned, seemingly unfazed.

Seeing that Ye Jianjun didn't take it seriously, Li Wenhu quickly replaced the second rabbit with the dead one, then rested for a minute with the eagle before continuing the race with the third rabbit.

The location of the third rabbit trap is marked on the field, but there are many weeds on the ground here, so you need to be extra careful when searching to trigger the trap.

Li Wenhu, supporting the three short, dark yellow eagles that already had two old rabbits in his hands, carefully searched forward step by step. When he saw anything slightly unusual, he would poke it with his wooden cane to check.

After searching for at least twenty or thirty meters, I still couldn't trigger the mechanism for the third rabbit.

Patiently continuing forward, I stepped on a slightly discolored mound of earth, and finally, the mechanism for the third rabbit was triggered.

With a whoosh, the rabbit immediately darted out from a pile of tall grass.

"Cat!" Li Wenhu called out, and the large eagle in his hand chased after it again.

Perhaps the old rabbit, having just gained its freedom, was a little disoriented. Faced with the pursuit of the eagle, instead of fleeing towards the flat winter wheat area, it silently climbed up the gentle eastern slope and rushed towards the southeast corner.

"Grass!"

Liu Wenhu's heart skipped a beat.

This is not a good sign. Damn it, I hope they don't get chased by the other rabbits!

The rules say that you have to catch the third rabbit before the rest can even begin. We haven't caught the third one yet, and if we drive away other rabbits, we'll be in big trouble.

Looking at the performance of the three short, yellow eagles on the barren, gently sloping land, it was clearly much worse than in the flat winter wheat fields.

The rabbit's speed is slightly limited as it climbs a gentle slope, which should theoretically benefit the eagle; it's a trade-off.

However, on the gentle slope, the small terrain features such as brambles, tall wormwood, and clumps of grass all affected the eagle's efficiency in chasing rabbits.

The three-short eagle is indeed fast, but it lacks skills such as turning, swooping down, and diving.

Several times it flew over the old rabbit's head, but the rabbit stuck its head into the bramble bushes, and the eagle could only pass by.

Several small terrain features became Old Rabbit's reliance on to evade the falcon's repeated attacks. Before Li Wenhu rushed up, he managed to dodge at least three or four rounds of attacks from the falcon.

It wasn't until Li Wenhu rushed over and put psychological pressure on the rabbit that it abandoned its advantageous positions and continued running outwards.

As they continued running, the southeast side turned into sparse, overgrown grass. Now the rabbit had no terrain to use!
In another rapid pursuit, the large, yellow eagle suddenly reached out its claws to grab the old rabbit's back and rump.

With nowhere to hide, the old rabbit nimbly dodged, turned its head and gave up on continuing forward, running straight down the south-facing wall towards the southwest corner.

Seeing the direction the rabbit fled in, Li Wenhu's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally relaxed.

Running downhill is a gentle slope with acceleration. Once in the wheat field, I'll use my old parabolic obstacle course again. The eagle should be able to create another miracle.

The idea was good, but the reality was far from ideal.

Before the old rabbit could reach the 'dead zone' in the southwest corner, while it was running wildly along the base of the south wall, it suddenly used a small platform protruding from the south earthen wall for leverage.

This mound platform is less than half a meter long and is located about one meter halfway up the earthen wall. Within the several hundred-meter-long earthen wall area, it is quite inconspicuous.

As if suddenly struck by inspiration, the old rabbit used the mound for leverage, then leaped onto the earthen wall and escaped from the kiln pit without hesitation.

"Holy crap! The rabbit climbed over the wall and escaped!!"

Li Wenhu was stunned when he saw this.

The eagle was still in hot pursuit. Because of the height difference of more than two meters, the eagle and the rabbit lost sight of each other immediately after they crossed the earthen wall.

Upon seeing this, Ye Jianjun rushed over.

It's a bit absurd that an old rabbit could leap over such a high earthen wall and escape to such a cunning location.

"Young Master Ye, the rabbit has run away, what should we do?" Li Wenhu asked.

"Catch the eagle back first! There's a locust grove up there, and beyond that is just wasteland! If you lose the eagle, it'll be hard to find! I'll arrange for more people to go with you to look for it!"

Ye Jianjun had not prepared for this before the game; his first thought was not to lose the Eagles.

Whether we count the results or not, the premise is that the eagle must not be lost.

This is his own venue. Others came to compete, but they lost their eagles because of venue issues. Ye Jianjun can't afford to lose face like that.

"Okay!" Li Wenhu was a sensible person, and he responded by quickly taking a running start and climbing up the earthen wall.

After two attempts, I finally climbed up on the third try. I shaded my eyes with my hand and looked around. After vaguely hearing the sound of the bell on the eagle's tail, I quickly chased after it.

Ye Jianjun also hurriedly called on the staff on site to help find the eagle.

In a short time, at least seven or eight strong men chased after the eagle chasing the rabbit.

Jinlong and Yuefeng, who were still on the other side of the viewing platform, saw the rabbit run away and Jinlong immediately called out.

"Damn, the rabbit jumped over the wall and ran away! The eagle followed it too, what should we do? Should we go help look for the eagle?"

Yue Feng glanced at the situation and said coldly, "Let's not go! Are you that familiar with Li Wenhu?"

"We just know each other, we're not really friends! This is just an unexpected situation that happened on our premises!" Jinlong said.

"Do the rules say what to do if the rabbit runs away?" Yue Feng continued to ask.

"I didn't say! You've already seen the rules, why are you asking me?"

Jinlong scratched his head, a little eager; he wanted to join in the excitement.

"That settles it then! The rules don't say that catching rabbits is limited to this area, do they?" Yue Feng said with a slight upturn of his lips.

"What...what do you mean..." (End of Chapter)