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

Zhou Hongming's method of releasing the eaglets was completely the half-baked skill taught by his master's wife.

However, despite the poor technique, the flight posture of that clean-feathered pine cone was quite good.

After a slightly awkward first strike, the eaglet quickly adjusted its flight posture and grabbed the base of the holly tree.

Indeed, Jingmao Songzi was quite good at catching sparrows. He was fast and skillful at bending them, easily pinning a sparrow to the ground in one round.

"Hahaha, how was it? How was my clean-feathered bird's work? It caught the bird in one go, without even giving it a chance to escape!" Zhou Hongming was quite smug when he saw that his clean-feathered bird had caught a bird.

Jinlong curled his lip and muttered unhappily, "Tch, what's so great about it? These birds are all greenhorns who haven't been eagles before. It's not like other eagles are so hard to catch!"

"The next one's on me! Let me show you how my eagle catches birds!"

Zhou Hongming jogged quickly to the spot where the clean pine cones were being used to stomp on birds, and roughly picked up the sparrows and eaglets from the grass.

They didn't even feed the eagle any meat. They just roughly snatched the sparrow away, then took the dead sparrow out of their pocket, pinched off a bit of sparrow breast meat with their fingernail, and fed it to the little eagle.

Throughout the entire process, Yue Feng kept a close eye on Zhou Hongming's operational details out of the corner of his eye.

Through observation, it was discovered that this guy not only had a poor technique for handling the eaglet, but also lacked attention to detail in areas such as changing food and picking birds.

This practice of forcibly taking the prey and then feeding a small portion of its flesh to the eagle is extremely foolish, clearly demonstrating a lack of understanding of the underlying logic.

Let alone a swan with clean plumage, even a young eagle with a very stable temperament will completely lose its affection for its owner and become wary after its prey is roughly snatched away by its owner several times after a successful hunt.

Of course, it's better to see through things than to say them outright. Yue Feng has no intention of being a know-it-all to this kind of idiot. Letting the idiot continue being idiotic is what Yue Feng expects.

Seeing that Zhou Hongming's eagle caught a sparrow without much effort, Xuanxuan, who was watching from the side, immediately became excited.

"Oh my, so that's how hawks catch birds! Little Lan's hawk caught it so well! It caught it in one go! Brother Hongming, your hawk is really amazing!"

Zhou Hongming nodded smugly: "That's right, this little eagle is clean-feathered. I bought it for a high price of one hundred yuan at the bird market this weekend. It's the only one of its kind in the entire eagle market, you can't find another one like it!"

Oh, right, I forgot to ask you, Young Master Jinlong, how many pine nuts are in that trellis you're holding? You didn't just throw together a bunch of cheap, mass-produced ones with eight or ten nuts, did you?"

Jinlong curled his lip: "You talk as if you can afford it but I can't! Let me tell you, my eagle is also clean-feathered! And it's just as good at working as yours! I'll show you with the next bird later!"

"Hehe, you're not going to hang the strings again, are you?"

Zhou Hongming looked him up and down, and after noticing the thread-winding stick in his other hand, he asked sarcastically.

“You…” In an instant, Jinlong thought of retaliating.

Yue Feng pulled him back just in time, and Jinlong realized he hadn't gone overboard.

"I haven't had this eagle for long, and today is its first day working in the field, so it's understandable that it's still on its string."

A true master of falconry, if he wants to release the falcon without stringing it, needs to catch a hundred or so birds to test its temperament. This is what Liu, a veteran falconer with decades of experience in the bird market, said!

We had drinks at Senior Liu's house over the weekend!

Jinlong, having just learned something, misattributed it to Xiaoying Liu.

"Haha, I refuse to believe that catching something with a string hanging on it can be better than catching it with a snapped string? Try it if you dare!"

"Let's go find some more birds! My eagle will catch the next one!"

Jinlong strode ahead, continuing to pluck the eagle.

There are many small birds in the greenery of the park. Jinlong spotted several sparrows on the ground before he had walked more than fifty meters.

From the roadside to the location of the prey, it was about twelve or thirteen meters away. There was a clump of forsythia less than half a meter away from the bird.

Jinlong knew that his eagle was good at sneaking around corners, and this terrain was perfect for his clean feathers to work their magic.

"It's my turn. Don't say I'm bullying you. I'm not moving forward. I'll just stay here and run wild!"

Jinlong, at least 15 meters away, whispered a greeting, twisted his waist, pushed his hips, and extended his forearms to smoothly release the eagle in his hand.

The next second, the clean-feathered eaglet, like a butterfly on a forsythia branch, nimbly circled halfway around, slipped through the gap under the forsythia branch, and pinned the sparrow on the ground to the spot.

"Haha, beautiful!!" Jinlong exclaimed with delight upon seeing this.

Yue Feng was right. The pine eagle that Jinlong had was a smart and capable one.

It will use any terrain advantage it has without hesitation when hunting. The way it folded its wings and sneaked through the narrow gap to ambush its prey was so beautiful to watch!
How to describe it? On one side are the laborers who do mindless, stupid work, relying purely on their innate talent and brute strength.

On the other side are the clever people who are good at using their brains to get things done. The difference in strength will be clear after just one round of comparison.

"Damn, you must have just gotten lucky! There weren't any forsythia branches around when I released the hawk!" Zhou Hongming immediately started nitpicking and arguing when he realized he was at a disadvantage.

Jinlong sneered, "Hmph, what do you know! Even if we compete a hundred more times, you'll still be a loser! Don't believe me? Let's have another round! I'll make you admit defeat wholeheartedly!"

"One more round it is! Let's go!"

"Let's go!"

They were clearly two adults in their early twenties, but at that moment they acted like arguing elementary school students, eager to fight until their faces turned red, afraid of losing face in front of the girl.

Yue Feng didn't say anything, silently following behind, constantly scanning the surrounding area. He could vaguely hear the calls of black magpies in the distance, but after searching for a long time, he couldn't see any individuals on the ground.

Damn, these black magpies are so rare in Yanjing! If this were the Northeast, you could probably run into three or five of them after traveling this far.

Zhou Hongming and Jin Long continued their search for the landed bird, each trying to outdo the other.

They hadn't gone far when a white wagtail's tail gradually appeared not far away.

The white wagtail's flying ability and alertness are much better than those of a sparrow.

When there is no danger, its flight pattern in the air is wave-like.

This flying method, called "flying with wings tucked in," is more energy-efficient. If you're really being chased, you can spread your wings and fly at full speed, at which point your speed will increase significantly.

Yue Feng stole a glance at Zhou Hongming, secretly thinking that if he chose the white wagtail as his target, the eagle's chances would be slim. He wondered if Zhou Hongming dared to make that choice.

Seemingly spurred on by Jinlong's plucked eagle's sneak attack and bird-catching, Zhou Hongming, seeing a few forsythia bushes not far from the white wagtail on the ground, threw out his own eagle without hesitation.

Zhou Hongming used his clean-haired pine nuts to strike, then adjusted his posture and chased after his prey.

Unexpectedly, the white wagtail was far more alert than the sparrow; the bird was already startled before the eagle even made a move.

Seeing the eaglet chasing after it, the white wagtail chirped sharply twice before spreading its wings and fleeing. The pine needle bird followed closely behind. The bird and the eaglet darted back and forth under the trees in the nearby green belt, like butterflies flitting among flowers, making for a truly spectacular sight.

After chasing each other for about seventy or eighty meters, the pine needle with the clean feathers had the better flying ability. It seized the opportunity, suddenly accelerated in a straight line, grabbed the white wagtail by the wing root, and slowly landed.

When Zhou Hongming saw the eagle catch its prey, he was overjoyed: "Hahaha, how about that? Isn't my clean feathers amazing?"

"You managed to catch it from this far away! That's a white wagtail, much harder to catch than a sparrow!"

As he spoke, he scurried off to pick up the eagle and its prey from the ground in the distance.

Indeed, the performance in this chase was excellent and deserves high marks.

But the good times didn't last long.

When Zhou Hongming was about five meters away from the eaglet on the ground, Songzi on the ground suddenly raised his head, grabbed his prey, and took off into the air.

The eagle with a chin and swan's fin is inherently a very neurotic and sensitive type. Now, it was startled by the rapid approach, and Zhou Hongming made a stupid move by stealing the prey from the eagle. The debuff stacked up several times and was instantly maxed out.

The eaglet took flight with its prey and instantly swooped down towards a nearby green tree less than three meters tall, landing near the top of the canopy and watching its owner warily in the distance.

"Damn it, what are you trying to do? I'm not going to hit you!"

Seeing this, Zhou Hongming couldn't help but complain, and took out a dead sparrow from his pocket, intending to use the food to lure the eagle down.

He was so flustered that he forgot that the eagle already had live prey in its talons, and it didn't care about losing a piece of meat in his hand.

"Brother Hongming, why is the eagle up in the tree? Quickly call it down!" Xuanxuan became a little nervous when she saw this.

"It's alright, my eagle is obedient, it's been trained to fly far away!" Zhou Hongming forced a smile, held up the meat, and kept whistling at the eagle in the tree.

A whistle was blown from below, and the eagle in the tree glanced down, showing no intention of coming down immediately. After a brief pause, it began to pluck feathers from its prey and eat.

Seeing the eagle lower its head to eat and ignore his commands, Zhou Hongming became a little anxious.

"Damn it! I just praised you, and now you're trying to make me look bad. Get down here!"

When Jinlong saw this, his mouth stretched almost to the back of his head, and he slyly urged, "I told you that you have to hang the bowstring on a newly trained hunting eagle to prevent it from getting lost, but you didn't believe me. Now you've got what you deserve."
There's a half-brick here; try scaring it a bit, and maybe it'll come down! With a live bird with it, it won't fly far!

In his desperation, Zhou Hongming kicked the not-so-thick tree trunk several times.

The eagle was perched on the treetop. When its owner kicked it, it flapped its wings twice to maintain its balance, then kept its head down to eat and refused to come down.

At this point, seeing that kicking the tree was useless, Zhou Hongming gritted his teeth and picked up half a brick.

There's some truth to that: an eagle carrying a bird can't fly very far!
But once it's full, it's a different story.

Zhou Hongming took a few steps back to help, then suddenly threw half a brick, which smashed hard into the tree canopy.

Wow

The tree stump trembled violently. Startled, the feathers of the clean-feathered pine nut tightened, and it kicked off the branch with one leg, grabbing the white wagtail with one claw and flying towards the tall trees in the distance.

The eagle was indeed affected in its flight by the weight, but the effect was extremely limited. In the blink of an eye, the eagle disappeared from everyone's sight.

"Hurry up and chase them away, the eagles have already flown away!!" Jinlong, never one to miss a good show, added another word of encouragement.

Zhou Hongming stopped arguing and immediately chased after Ying Fei in the direction he had gone.

Seeing this, Jinlong felt incredibly comfortable in every one of his 36,000 pores!
Great!
"Tsk tsk tsk, this show-off has really gone too far! Hahahaha!" Jinlong burst into laughter.

Zhou Hongming hadn't gone very far when he must have heard Jinlong's taunts, but now he had completely lost his confidence and only hoped to find Ying safely.

Yue Feng muttered to himself, "This eagle is hard to find. Even if we do find it, it'll be difficult to get it to come down!"

"It's good that he can't bring it down. He still treats that piece of trash like a treasure. It's only a matter of time before he loses the eagle!"

That was awesome! That falcon release this morning was fucking amazing!

Jinlong grinned, his joy and anger clearly written all over his face.

"Shall we go check out the excitement? Or should we head out and look for other places where big black magpies have landed?" Yue Feng suggested from the side.

Jinlong thought for a moment and said, "Well, the show's over. That bastard Zhou Hongming is like a dog; if you push him too far, he'll probably turn on you! Let's retreat; it's not worth getting bitten by a dog!"

Zhou Hongming is tall and strong. If things were to break down and they fought one-on-one, Jinlong might not have the upper hand. If Wen Dong also got involved, things would escalate and it wouldn't be worth it.

"Then go!"

Yue Feng nodded and continued walking, intending to explore a more distant location.

The two brothers had barely walked ten meters when they heard a loud, screeching sound from the distant woods.

"Holy crap, there's a black magpie!" Yue Feng immediately perked up.

The next second, the calls of the magpies became more and more noisy and dense. Within a few minutes, at least seven or eight more magpies flew over from a distance.

Upon hearing this, Yue Feng immediately realized what was going on.

It must have been that clean-feathered pine needle of the swan that caught the bird and landed it on the big tree, where it was spotted by a nearby black magpie.

Black magpies are a highly social species of bird. They are territorial and will call on their flock to attack and drive away any birds of prey or owls that are found in their territory.

Let alone a lone, clean-feathered pine nut, even a medium-sized bird of prey like a goshawk or a falcon would likely have to avoid a magpie attack.

Yue Feng glanced a few times in the direction the magpie was calling, and said with a smile, "I searched high and low without finding it, but it came to me without any effort!"
"Let's not rush off. The black magpie spotted that clean-feathered pine cone and started whistling and shaking its wings. There's only one thick tree over there, not very tall. If the other magpies come and help, we might have a chance to land!"

Upon hearing this, Jinlong said, "Then let's go take a look. Is our eagle alright facing the flock of magpies?"

"It's alright, I'm carrying a string, what's there to be afraid of! Besides, the big black magpie is bigger than a pine cone, if the magpie wants to bully me, it'll pick on the weak first! As long as the big black magpie dares to land, I'm pretty confident!"

The hawk in my hand, hearing the magpie's call, was getting restless and wanted to escape!

Upon hearing this, Jinlong's eyes lit up.

Now, Zhou Hongming needs to be taught another lesson.

Your little eagle boasted so loudly, only to fly out and get ganged up on by magpies. My brother Feng's tattered feathers are flapping wildly; if he could take down one of the black magpies, the scene would be incredibly impressive. (End of Chapter)