Xing'an Mountains 1984: Starting from climbing mountains to support the family

Chapter 19 Golden Eagle
It didn't take long to catch the second greyhound, but there were times when I failed. During the process, I found a greyhound and just as I shot a bullet, the greyhound was startled and ran away, and the bullet hit the tree trunk.

Then, after a long while, Chen Weidong finally shot the third greyhound.

This time, he was luckier and found the tree hole where the greyhound was hiding.

Climb up and take a look.
Wow, there are actually quite a few hazelnuts, pine nuts and pecans in the cave.

But this is normal.

Winter is coming to the Northeast soon, and these squirrels must prepare food for the winter. However, this is also a good thing for Chen Weidong.
He took out all the nuts in the tree hole without hesitation. According to preliminary estimates, there were more than one pound of nuts.

When I go home in the evening, I wash them and fry them in an iron pan. They become a very delicious snack.

Now the little ones at home will have a treat again!

Chen Weidong wandered in the pine forest for the entire morning.

Probably because of the fine weather, these little creatures that like to be active during the day all rushed out to move around, which gave Chen Weidong a good opportunity. In one morning, he shot six greyhounds, dug out two squirrel nests, and harvested about three kilograms of nuts.

This morning was quite fruitful, with these few intact greyhound skins.
It would be worth at least a few dollars at the county purchasing station! This is not a small amount. You have to know that these days, even in big cities, one person can hardly earn one dollar a day by working hard.

Hearing his stomach growling, Chen Weidong decided to take a break and eat some greyhound food.

When I was hunting greyhounds just now, I also found a small pond in the pine forest. The pond was not shallow. Under the flushing of spring water, there was a big puddle, and the spring water was clear and you could see the bottom.

When he arrived at the pond, Chen Weidong carefully peeled off the greyhound skins one by one with a knife. After peeling the skin, he cleaned the giant squirrel's internal organs and blood, cut off its head directly, and washed it in the spring water.

Then Chen Weidong simply built a fire pit, picked up some hay and wood, and started to make a fire.

After the fire started, Chen Weidong used a knife to cut three branches, sharpened them and peeled them.
Use branches to string three clean greyhounds on and roast them over the fire.

While roasting the squirrels, Chen Weidong simply processed the skins of the six squirrels.

In the northeast, small animals like squirrels and rabbits are usually treated by removing the entire skin in a cylindrical shape.
After hooping it around a log stake and scraping off the oil skin with a blunt knife, stuff it with hay to support it and dry it in the shade. After drying in the shade, it can be sold.

While Chen Weidong was roasting the greyhound, he was rubbing the fat off the greyhound's skin on a large rock next to the pond.
When it is almost processed, wash it several times and there is no dirty water, put it into bags. The rest can only be dealt with when you get home.

Three greyhounds were roasted on the fire. Before long, beads of oil began to sizzle, slowly turning golden and emitting a rich and tempting roasted aroma.

cooked!

Chen Weidong had sprinkled some salt on this thing before it was baked. He gently tore off a piece and put it in his mouth.
A scent of pine nuts fills the air, the food is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, not at all woody.

This is a rare delicacy among wild game.

Three greyhounds, enough to fill my stomach.

Chen Weidong ate with gusto, but he did not forget that he was still in the mountains and it was necessary to be alert at all times in the mountains.

"Snap!" Just as Chen Weidong took a bite of meat, an eagle's cry suddenly came from the sky.

Chen Weidong raised his head and looked over.

"It's actually a golden eagle! I didn't expect to see one here,"

The golden eagle belongs to the family Accipitridae. It is a well-known large bird of prey and the overlord of the sky. It has a dark brown head, and the feathers from the back of the head to the back of the neck are long and pointed, willow-leaf-shaped. The base of the feathers is dark reddish brown, the tips of the feathers are golden yellow, and have dark brown feather shaft patterns.

Golden eagles are already very rare in Northeast China even at this time, and will be even rarer in a few decades.

Judging from the golden eagle's cry, Chen Weidong occupied the golden eagle's foraging area. The golden eagle wanted to come down to hunt, but when it saw someone below, it was disturbing its hunting, so it made an unhappy cry.

However, looking at the golden eagle circling in the sky, Chen Weidong's heart was slightly disturbed.

Not to mention holding a yellow eagle on the left and a blue eagle on the right, hunting with an eagle is the dream of every hunter.

The fact that the golden eagle is a natural hunter and tracker alone makes Chen Weidong excited.
Having a golden eagle was a great help to him in hunting, especially since golden eagles were very intelligent.

He had heard that the Kazakhs still maintain the tradition of taming golden eagles!
From ancient times to the present, Kazakhs hunt on horseback, with a golden eagle and two hunting dogs following behind, and that's enough!
Moreover, before liberation in Northeast China, many hunters rode on horses, held hawks, and were followed by dogs. Just thinking about this scene makes you feel cool.

However, Chen Weidong doesn't even have a good hunting dog now, let alone a golden eagle, especially an adult golden eagle. They are very arrogant and difficult to tame, so the golden eagles tamed in the eagle training technique are all underage.

As for Chen Weidong, he naturally doesn't know the art of taming a golden eagle. If he wants to tame a golden eagle, he can only rely on good luck to come across a golden eagle's nest and get two golden eagle cubs!
The golden eagle cried twice in the distant sky and then disappeared.

Chen Weidong also put down his gun. He sighed and said, "After I sell all the badger oil and have enough money, I'll raise a hunting dog first."

Of course, it is not easy to raise a good hunting dog. Not only does it need to be of good breed (talent), but it also needs to eat well. Dogs that grow up eating shit, even if they are of good breed, can only catch rabbits at best. If they encounter wild beasts in the mountains, they can only run away.

After Chen Weidong finished eating the greyhound, he rested for a while and then put out the fire.
Be careful to prevent fire in the mountains. He eats this bowl of rice, so he can't smash the pot.

Then, Chen Weidong continued hunting greyhounds.

After two or three hours, Chen Weidong caught five more greyhounds and dug another squirrel hole.

It's already late. It will take one or two hours to walk back from here.
Chen Weidong was walking back with his full harvest, but he didn't know that halfway along the way he startled a pheasant with long tail feathers. It didn't fly far before landing on a branch not far ahead.

Chen Weidong immediately took out the bullet and put it in the bullet bag. Chen Weidong, with another snap, hit the pheasant's wing.

The pheasant screamed, flapped its wings and flew up, but soon fell down again.

For birds like these, hitting them with a black rubber slingshot will not cause much damage.

Flapping its wings can temporarily make it lose the ability to fly, but once it lands, it can run very fast, flying through grass and bushes, making it difficult to catch.

Originally, Chen Weidong wanted to hit the head, but the chicken's head moved, so the hit went a little off and ended up hitting the wing.

(End of this chapter)