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

Soon, Ye Xiaojun entered the shack and took out the simple carved helmet and the two-foot-long cowhide cloth that Yue Feng had prepared in advance.

Yue Feng commanded the two men, carefully took off the hunting bag covering the golden eagle's head, and then put the eagle helmet on the golden eagle's head.

Yue Feng covered the golden eagle's eyes with an eagle hat, greatly reducing its aggressiveness.

Afterwards, Yue Feng directed his companions to equip the golden eagle with a complete set of eagle training equipment, including two-open and five-foot tools.

After everything was dressed up, Yue Feng finally breathed a sigh of relief.

When handling such a top-notch device, safety is the most important thing.

Cutting a hole in the net is not a big loss. You can take it home and repair it with a shuttle.

After the golden eagle was caught, the few people were relatively calm and no one rushed forward. Under Yue Feng's supervision, everyone "armed" the golden eagle without any injury.

After all the equipment for training the eagle was ready, Yue Feng dared to release the restraints on the eagle, holding the eagle firmly in his hand, and let the eagle escape.

The first reaction of the eagle wearing a hat to break free from its restraints was to struggle, and the wind pressure was extremely high when its wings flapped.

Yue Feng stretched out his arms and moved sideways to avoid the flapping range of the golden eagle's wings.

The wings of the golden eagle are like iron wings. If you can't dodge and get hit by its wings, there will be a bloody mark on your skin wherever it is hit.

The eagle struggled for more than ten seconds after breaking free from its restraints, and ended up hanging upside down in the air due to exhaustion.

Yue Feng carefully supported the golden eagle's back with his left hand and gently turned it over so that it stood on his arm.

As strong as a golden eagle, it still gasps violently after the controlled struggle.

The big baby felt Yue Feng's left hand supporting him from behind, and he stood stiffly on his right arm, very nervously, his whole body in a state of extreme stress.

After a few more seconds, the highly stressed golden eagle relaxed a little and was finally able to stand firmly on Yue Feng's arms.

At this time, the full appearance of the golden eagle was truly revealed to the three people.

First look at its skeleton posture.

He has a strong physique, a solid frame, and even some stress. You can already see that he has a strong character and a very solid foundation.

Looking at the body proportions, the female eagle is shorter and thicker than the male, with a broad chest and well-developed muscles.

The proportions of the head, neck, body trunk and tail are very moderate, giving a very strong feeling.

This kind of body structure, according to the traditional eagle posture description of the rabbit eagle, should be classified as a three-short eagle.

A bird of prey of this size has plenty of energy and great explosive power.

Finally, let’s look at the eagle’s legs and claws. The thighs are hidden among the feathers and are difficult to observe, but the fur on the calves is very evenly distributed and lush, and the eagle claws at the bottom are extremely developed.

Even the three-layer thick cowhide gloves that Yue Feng was wearing could only barely resist the destructive power of the eagle claws.

The two eagle claws have eight claws, except for the slightly weaker side claws, the remaining six claws all dug into the cowhide to some extent.

To put it bluntly, with these big claws, even if the prey is the size of an ordinary hound or a wild wolf, if it is gripped tightly, it can pierce four bloody holes in the skull.

Yue Feng carefully looked at the newly-armed golden eagle and said with great satisfaction, "Master Ye, Master Jin, what do you think of this big treasure? Is it enough?"

At this moment, all of the Golden Dragon's attention was attracted by the Golden Eagle's agile posture.

He stared at the golden eagle in front of him without blinking, and nodded repeatedly: "It's enough, it's damn enough!

Before this, I thought my blind carved body grid was considered big!

Compared with the one I caught today, it's nothing compared to this one!"

Ye Xiaojun also sighed: "Look at this eagle claw, it's like a dagger. If I were to be grabbed by it, my scalp would go numb just thinking about it!"

Yue Feng grinned and said, "Okay, since both of you like this sub-adult female eagle, let's pack up and go down the mountain!

This eagle has no shortage of food in the mountains, and its fat is quite thick. It will take a lot of effort to clean it up later!
I have to take care of the eagle nets and eagle hooks here myself, who is going to hold them?"

Jin Long took the lead and said, "I'll do it! I'll carry this big baby every day from now on!"

"Hey, okay, wait a minute, I'll take off my gloves!"

Yue Feng carefully took off the gloves and handed them to Jin Long.

Both of them were very careful during this process. If the claws loosened and then clenched again, without the protection of the leather gloves, they would get injured even through the cuffs of the cotton jacket.

After the handover was completed, Yue Feng took a moment to check the tied decoy.

Fortunately, Yue Feng had a good grasp of the timing of pulling the net, and the swooping golden eagle was caught in the net without touching the common buzzard, so the common buzzard was not injured.

Now that the target falcon has been caught, there is no need to keep this common buzzard.

Yue Feng immediately took off his vest, held the eagle in both hands and threw it into the sky to set it free.

The unfortunate common buzzard, which had been in human hands for several days, flapped its wings desperately after being freed and soon disappeared from sight.

The next step was to sort out the nets, dismantle the net frames and other rough work. Yue Feng quickly and tidyed up everything, tied the broken net into a knot and stuffed it into the hunting bag.

After tidying up the dragnet, Yue Feng said hello, turned around and moved towards the area where the self-trapping nets were set up at the rear.

Now that we have caught the eagle, there is no need to keep the self-trapping net and the black owl here any longer.

According to the rules of catching eagles, the falconer must collect all the eagles before going down the mountain to prevent the falconer from losing his life if a bird of prey falls into the net while he is away.

The straight-line distance from the location where the net was set to the eagle field was only about thirty meters.

But the mountain is quite steep and you can't climb up straight. You need to go around half a circle like a winding mountain road to get over it.

If you calculate the actual distance, it would probably be around half a circle on the top of the mountain, about a few hundred meters.

Yue Feng crouched and climbed up slowly. When he was less than halfway to the trap, he heard a sharp and loud eagle cry above his head.

The next second, another black shadow dropped from the sky and swooped towards the location where the net was located.

It flashed by, leaving just a glimpse of Yue Feng's silhouette.

Seeing this shadow, Yue Feng, who was very familiar with the calls and behaviors of birds of prey, couldn't help but say "WTF" and swung his long legs to run towards the self-trapping net.

Yue Feng rushed over at almost full speed for the remaining hundred meters.

From more than ten meters away, I saw the net of the trap being knocked down, and another golden eagle was holding the black owl tied in the middle with its claws tightly.

The trapped golden eagle had its wings almost fully spread, and it lowered its head and pecked desperately at the feathers on the body of the black owl.

Seeing this scene, Yue Feng's first reaction was that this golden eagle was a bit silly, the legendary foolish and brave one who would rather sacrifice his life than his money!
It had already hit the net, and not far away was Yue Feng, a living person. It neither struggled nor fled, but was still plucking the owl's feathers with its head down.

In an instant, several plans flashed through Yue Feng's mind, and Yue Feng began to take off his outermost sheepskin coat without hesitation.

The temperature on Changbai Mountain is low in winter, with daytime temperatures exceeding minus 20 degrees Celsius.

Yue Feng wore a lot of clothes when he went up the mountain. He wore an autumn shirt over a close-fitting vest, and over the autumn shirt he wore a close-fitting velvet small jacket, and over the small jacket he wore a large sheepskin coat.

Now Yue Feng didn't have any useful tools in his hand, and he never thought that he would be caught for the second time and the goods were delivered right in front of him.

If it was an eagle that was caught in the net and was struggling violently, Yue Feng would not be worried.

The eagle catching net is actually quite interesting. The more the prey hits the net, the tighter it gets entangled, and the smaller the space it has to move around in, until it finally gets entangled itself.

The eagle did not struggle violently after hitting the net, and at most only two or three net cables were wrapped around the eagle's torso or claws.

If the eagle is lucky, it may be able to get out of the net by itself by taking a few steps forward on the ground.

In order to minimize the possibility of the second eagle escaping, Yue Feng's best solution was to take off his sheepskin coat and control the eagle as quickly as possible.

In no time, Yue Feng took off his sheepskin coat, held up the front of his coat with both hands, and rushed forward like an eagle swooping down on a chick.

When Yue Feng was about three to five meters away, the silly bird finally reacted. It raised its head and jumped hard, trying to take off and escape, but it was bound by the eagle net and couldn't break free.

Yue Feng walked quickly forward and covered himself with the sheepskin coat.

Chirp, chirp, chirp~~~
Sensing the danger, Silly Hanhan had no choice but to be wrapped under the sheepskin coat.

Yue Feng found the right position and held the black owl caught in the net and its claws in his arms through his sheepskin coat.

This is a male golden eagle, slightly smaller than the first female golden eagle.

After wrapping the eagle with his coat, Yue Feng didn't bother to clean up the net he had caught. He took a big step and ran towards the shack.

At this time, you can see that the velvet jacket has a good thermal insulation effect.

The wind was freezing on the mountain, and Yue Feng only felt a little cold around his waist and ribs where the wind hit them. He could still bear it without his sheepskin coat for a short period of time.

"Master Ye! Come on, come and help me!! Take out an eagle coat from the hunting bag, the largest one!!"

Yue Feng returned to the shack holding the sheepskin coat and the second silly kid who was still chirping. He started shouting at them from a few meters away.

"what's going on?"

"Hehe, we had a good idea today. When I went to remove the net, I saw this eagle hit the net.

People were right up to it, but this idiot was still pulling its fur with his head down! ! I took off my sheepskin coat, wrapped it up and brought it back!"

Yue Feng was very excited at the moment and talked about what he had just done.

Soon, the largest size eagle coat was found, but Yue Feng was worried about how to take the carving out.

He only brought a temporary eagle helmet when going up the mountain, and he didn't have a second hat at all. Jinlong was wearing thick cowhide gloves that could withstand the force of the golden eagle's claws.

The golden dragon held the female golden eagle and did not dare to let go.

A living person cannot be allowed to die from holding his urine, so Yue Feng quickly came up with an idea.

Since there was no eagle helmet, they could use something else as a temporary substitute. Yue Feng asked Ye Xiaojun to take out a small white cloth bag that he always carried with him when he went up the mountain from the compartment on the side of the hunting bag.

This pocket is used to hold bear bile to prevent the newly picked bear bile from getting dirty and causing damage or affecting its appearance. There is a drawstring at the top of the bag, which can be tightened to seal the bag to prevent dirt from entering.

Under Yue Feng's command, the two of them worked together to slowly open the sheepskin coat, revealing the golden eagle's head, and then put the cloth bag directly on and tightened the drawstring.

The golden eagle can no longer see anything, and the threat of attack is significantly reduced.

Yue Feng and Ye Xiaojun carefully loosened their sheepskin coats, cut the mesh cables on their bodies, and then waited for the right opportunity to attack the eagle from behind, grabbing its two claws and directly putting on the eagle's coat.

Even the largest eagle jacket is a little small for this male golden eagle.

But it is better to have something than nothing. In an emergency, we have to take temporary measures. The cloth bag is already on my head, so what is there to worry about?

Just make do with this for now, and then go back home to make new equipment to equip this golden eagle.

After a busy work, Yue Feng finally breathed a sigh of relief after tying the eagle's coat around a full circle and tying it tightly.

"Phew...that was too weird! I almost let it run away!"

Yue Feng picked up his sheepskin coat, shook it off, and then quickly put it on.

"This is so amazing! I caught one with the net, and I caught another one with the net! Is this also a Yacheng eagle chick?"

Although Jinlong was holding the eagle and couldn't help, he was the most excited.

After all, Ye Xiaojun likes eagles but doesn't fiddle with them himself, and Yue Feng already has the Black and White Devils, so he won't have any ideas about this sub-adult eagle chick.

These two eagles were within his range of choice. As long as he wanted, both eagles were his.

Yue Feng nodded: "This is a male eagle, and it should be from the same nest as the female just now!

After these two kids left the nest, they haven't pursued their own careers yet!"

Ye Xiaojun looked at Jin Long and asked, "Are you going to take both eagles back?

The one with bad eyesight is still at home. It’s useless to bring so many back!”

Jin Long scratched his head with his left hand and was a little unsure about what to choose: "This..."

From an emotional point of view, the golden dragon definitely wants to take both the male and the female back home.

How proud it would be to have two golden eagles, a male and a female.

But reason told him that having too much of this thing would be useless.

I learn how to tinker with it just because I like it. Even if I train it well, I don't want to rely on falcons to work in the mountains to make a living like Yue Feng.

After hesitating for two seconds, Jin Long turned his head and looked at Yue Feng: "Xiao Feng, what do you think we should choose?

I can afford to raise them, but if there are too many, I won’t be able to take care of them. Isn’t that a waste? "

Hearing this, Yue Feng grinned and said, "I shouldn't have said this originally. Since you said it yourself, I just said a few words based on the conversation. It's just for your reference!
This golden eagle is large in size, powerful in killing, and indeed mighty and majestic.

However, when training and raising hawks, one must consider the actual application scenarios!
Let me put it this way, I knew there were golden eagles here before you came, so why didn't I catch one myself and train it for use in hunting in the mountains?

In fact, this thing is not practical for working in the fields!
Before I give you a final answer, let me ask you a few simple questions. How about we make a judgment based on your thoughts? "

"Okay, ask!"

Yue Feng asked: "In your plan, where will this golden eagle be mainly active? What do you plan to catch?"

"Catch... I heard that this thing can catch big creatures like foxes and wolves!" Jinlong said after a brief pause.

Yue Feng curled his lips and said, "Catching wolves? Is there a suitable place in Yanjing?
There are almost no traces of wild wolves within dozens of miles around our back mountain forest farm.

I guess it would be very difficult to see wolves in the mountainous area outside your home!

In addition, wolves usually move in groups, and we only have one eagle. How can we ensure the safety of both people and the eagle?

People in the mountains cannot run, and it is almost impossible to catch up with the wolves, unless dozens of people surround them.

It is only feasible to go to southern Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia, form a team on horseback, and use golden eagles to hunt prairie wolves!
Do you have the energy to travel thousands of kilometers to do those things?

In terms of lethality, the claws of a female golden eagle can cause fatal damage to prey as large as a wolf.

But the young eagle, which is less than one year old, certainly has no practical experience in hunting wolves in the wild!
Unless prey resources become scarce to a certain extent, they will have no choice but to risk challenging these large animals!
If you do as I say, you will definitely be able to train an eagle.

However, if you want to accumulate practical experience, you need to find designated prey to hunt as eagles, so as to increase your confidence in actual combat!

Golden eagles are very proud animals, and their confidence and experience in hunting are very important for their actual performance!
Without the objective conditions of accumulating experience and cultivating confidence, even if the golden eagle is trained, it will not dare to attack the wild wolf. This is a very realistic problem!"

After Yue Feng's series of objective analysis, Jin Long became a little hesitant.

There are indeed mountains around Yanjing, and there may be wolves in the mountains, but the feasibility of using a golden eagle to hunt wolves is too low.

"Then...what if we want to catch a fox? Or prey as big as a raccoon dog, roe deer, fawn or mountain cat?" Jinlong continued to ask.

Yue Feng nodded: "This is not difficult to find! There are foxes near the pheasant field we went to a few days ago!
An ordinary fire fox weighs only a little over ten kilograms, which is no problem for the golden eagle!
If you would be satisfied if you could train an eagle yourself to catch a fox or something like that, I suggest you keep this male eagle!

Female eagles are heavy and have high reserves of physical strength. It takes a lot of time to train them, and they are more aggressive and difficult to tame!
In actual combat, its speed is not as fast as that of the male eagle and it is relatively clumsy.

In addition to the objective analysis, my first impression of this young male eagle was also very good.

Just now I went to dismantle the nets, and it was not afraid of people at all even within ten meters. Even though it was caught in the net, it was still lowering its head to pinch the black owl's feathers and eat its meat!

I just felt its body and found it was fat and strong and had no shortage of food, which shows that it is greedy and honest by nature.

Courageous, good-tempered, and greedy, such eagles are easy to train and are willing to work very hard. Moreover, after being trained, they are not likely to become rebellious!
Let me put it this way, as long as you don't insist on using a golden eagle to take on such a difficult challenge as hunting wolves, this male eagle can meet all other requirements!
Having said that, the nest of that group of old eagles is in Yingchoujian, and under normal circumstances they would breed and hatch young eagles every year.

You can practice with this male eagle first. If you need it in the future, we can just come to the mountain to catch it. It only takes a few more days!"

After saying all the above, Jin Long was hesitant, but when he heard Yue Feng say that he could come back to catch him if needed in the future, he was completely relieved.

"Then I'll listen to you! Let this beautiful female eagle go, and we'll only keep this male eagle!
But I have to take some photos! I've got my camera. Can we take the eagle back to our place and release it? "

Yue Feng: "No problem! It's only a short distance from the village to here. For an eagle, it can fly with just one wing, relying on the power of the wind!"
You guys come to my place and you bring a camera with you, which is a rare thing, something you can’t buy even if you have money!”

Jin Long was very happy: "It's just a camera, a little gadget, you really want it, I'll make one for you later!!"

"Then I won't be polite with you. In our small place, even if we have money, we have nowhere to buy it! Even the film for the camera can only be bought in Iron City!"

"It's nothing! Let's go back. I think this male eagle is a little uncomfortable being wrapped up. Let's not get it hurt!"

"Let's go, grab your stuff and go down the mountain!!"

……

After finalizing the follow-up plan, Yue Feng and his three companions went down the mountain happily.

In one trip, he caught two sub-adult golden eagle chicks and brought them down the mountain. For Yue Feng, this was a piece of luck that he could brag about for the rest of his life.

The three brothers went down the mountain, returned to where they parked the car, started the engine, and went down the mountain along the firewood road.

More than an hour later, the car stopped at the door of Yue Feng's new house.

Yue Feng got out of the car, opened the gate, and drove the car directly into the yard.

After returning home, Jinlong got out of the car and couldn't wait to go into the house to take out the camera he brought from his luggage.

While the other party was fiddling with the camera, Yue Feng took a look at the model and parameters.

The Seagull DF series is considered a high-end domestic 135 SLR camera at this point in time.

"Wow, a seagull! This is a rare thing!!" Yue Feng said casually.

“Have you ever played this?”

Jin Long was a little surprised to hear Yue Feng mention the brand. After all, this thing is difficult for ordinary people to get access to.

“I played with it a few times at a friend’s house. You need a special ticket to buy it, and even if you have money, you can’t buy it anywhere.

The one in his hand seems to have been bought with foreign exchange coupons or something!"

"Will it work?"

"I know the basics! Manual focus and manual exposure, right?"

Jin Long nodded: "Come, help us take the photo! Xiaojun, come here too, let's take a photo with this female eagle!!"

"Row!"

Yue Feng took the camera, fiddled with it a bit and adjusted the parameters, then Ye Xiaojun and the Jin Long brothers held the huge female golden eagle.

Click, click, click, I took many pictures at different angles.

The two people in the camera are in high spirits. A golden eagle is mounted on the golden dragon's arm, and it is equipped with a full set of eagle helmets, five-foot leather foot straps and other special falconry equipment for training eagles.

Even for those who know the business, it is still quite intimidating at first glance.

After taking the photos, the brothers worked together to take off the falconry's equipment, picked up the unarmed golden eagle from one side of its back, and carried it to the yard by its claws.

He raised his arms and threw the eagle into the air with all his strength. The golden eagle, which had regained its freedom, flapped its wings vigorously and flew straight to the vast forest at the back of the mountain without looking back.

If you want to catch this thing, you need all kinds of preparations and it's very time-consuming.

If you want to release the eagle, it is simple, rough and direct. It will take less than a minute to release it back into the mountains.

After releasing the female eagle, several people turned their attention to the other male eagle.

Yue Feng took the lead and dressed the male eagle with a complete set of equipment used for falconry training, including two pieces of cowhide and a five-foot-long toad.

After arming the male eagle, Yue Feng turned around and went to the old house to rummage through the drawers and found a hollow blowpipe made from the thickest primary feathers on a swan's wings.

If you want to train an eagle, this blowpipe can be very useful! (End of this chapter)