Chapter 5: The iron kite weighing seven and a half taels is taken off the net
This kite is a dark-colored subspecies and is very large. When Gui Luoyuan picked it off the net and held it in his hand, it weighed about seven and a half taels. .
The front page is a bit sculptured, with an open chest, thin arm hair, and a tight grip. The four fingers of the claws are in the shape of a cross. The grip is good. At first glance, the thickness of the claws can almost catch up. The talons of a chick hawk (male goshawk).
What makes Yue Feng most curious is that this kite not only has the appearance of a big eagle, but the feathers all over its body also have something to say.
The feathers on the back do not have the golden edge of the sub-adult sparrowhawk, the back hair is pitch black, and the chest has the kind of blue-grey horizontal stripes that only appear after the eagle sheds its feathers in two years.
From Xiang Ying's professional point of view, this big green kite has a very solid body, smooth hair and a beautiful frame with excellent structure. Coupled with the body structure of about seven and a half, after training, it can be anything from a sparrow to a turtle dove, a half chicken, a greyhound. The prey such as the child is not a problem.
Using the terms in the eagle tree to describe this eagle, it is a serious iron kite.
Carefully taking off the hanging net, Yue Feng took out a sock with a hole in his pocket and wrapped the big green kite directly. The head poked out from the hole, and the entire eagle seemed to be wrapped in a cloak.
This sock has a certain amount of elasticity, and is suitable for temporarily restraining an eagle that has just come off the net. The wings are folded close to the body, and the talons are stretched out against the tail feathers. Yue Feng took out a cotton strip and simply tied the legs to the tail. After going around twice and tying it up, the little eagle was completely captured.
After catching the kite he wanted, Yue Feng simply packed up the riding cage net and rolling cage, held the little eagle in his arms and rushed towards home.
Logically speaking, the eagle that had just come off the net was in an extremely frightened state of stress. If there was any slight disturbance, it would scream rapidly to release its panic. However, this big green kite performed well on the way home.
It just screamed a few times when I first took it in my hand. For the second half of the time, Yue Feng held it in his hand without saying a word, his eyes looking everywhere.
When they got home, it was just 9:40. Yue Feng called his mother for help. The two of them joined hands to dress up the eagle with the three-piece eagle suit prepared in advance. The big green kite was going through this. After a brief stretch of his body, Yue Feng once again wrapped him up in a torn sock and held him flat in his hands.
As the old saying goes, the big eagle is afraid of being boiled, and the little eagle is afraid of being flat. What does flat mean? It's very simple to say, just hold it gently in his hand.
When the eagle gradually adapts to this state of being restrained and is no longer afraid, it means that the familiarity between humans and the eagle has increased to a higher level.
The kite flying method is to fly flat, that is, after discovering the prey, use your hand to flatten the eagle's arm and throw it out. The eagle will fly out quickly to capture the targeted prey with the help of the eagle handle.
In this method of flat release, because there is an extra human action of throwing it out, the initial speed of the falcon when it attacks is very fast, which greatly improves the success rate of hunting.
After putting together the two pieces and the five-foot toad, Yue Feng dipped some water into the little eagle and adjusted it a little, and then started walking around the house with the eagle in his left hand.
The eagle was lowered into the net dozens of meters away in front of Yue Feng. The time from lowering the net to being fastened was no more than five minutes, so the damage caused by the net to the eagle was minimal. Yue Feng was repairing it. After the water, there is no need to think about anything else in the next short period of time.
When the eagle is lowered from the net, the fat is round. The breast of this big green kite feels very thick. As long as the chest is not dry and lacks water, there is no fear of starvation in a short time.
Yue Feng's plan is very simple. The three sparrows in the rolling cage are the food reserves for the eagle before it goes hunting. If everything goes well, it should be able to recognize its prey in three or four days. After the first hunt is successful, the eagle can then feed itself on its own prey.
For the next whole day, Yue Feng spent the whole day in a hawk-like state. His father, Yue Lei, was very interested in the big green kite that Yue Feng had caught. After lunch, he helped Yue Feng lay down for a while. After Yue Feng took over again in the afternoon, he stayed wrapped in his socks until the evening. After the sky slowly darkened, Yue Feng had dinner and untied the kite that had been wrapped up all day.
I saw that Yue Feng was wearing a thickened labor protection glove on his right hand. The five feet were wrapped around his fingers several times. He grasped the two parts of the eagle's legs and spread them out. Palm.
The big green kite, which was originally lying motionless in his hand, slowly straightened up under Yue Feng's slight shaking of his palm, and then stood up smoothly.
In falconry jargon, this is called getting started!
As long as the eagle can get started, even if the affinity has reached the primary level, it means that the eagle has initially become accustomed to the presence of humans and is no longer in such a state of extreme panic and struggle.
Of course, it was Yue Feng's trick that allowed the eagle to stand firm here. It was dark and the room was only illuminated by oil lamps. The eagle could not see its surroundings clearly, so it naturally became more courageous.
I saw Yue Feng adjust the angle of the hawk on his arm, and the kite smoothly stood at the position of Yue Feng's thumb. The thickened labor protection gloves have a thicker patch of skin at this position. If the kite's claws suddenly become weak, The force will cause less harm to people.
Soon, the big green kite stood firm, and the fur all over his body quickly became fluffy, and then immediately clung to it again.
Yue Feng turned slightly sideways with quick eyes and hands, and saw Xiaoying stick his butt out, swipe, and shoot a white water arrow to the rear with great force.
The eagle is ticking!
Because I replenished the water several times during the day, this eagle daddy is in very good condition.
Actually, Yue Feng's main purpose of untying the eagle was to make the eagle stripe. There is no problem with the eagle flat in his hand, but the eagle that just got off the net that day must not have cleared its belly yet. It has been holding it in for too long. Small problems are prone to occur.
The big green kite, who had made a cup of cake, was in better condition than before. His two long legs stood upright on Yue Feng's hand, and his tail was gathered into a stick, tightly pressed against the back of his hand. The position of the entire Eagle in the hand is very domineering.
"Hehe! The green kite you tied today doesn't look bad!" Yue Lei, the father, tilted his head and glanced at the falcon in his son's hand, sighing while smoking his pipe and pot.
"It's really good. It's big, has thin arms, and a big handle. Look at the big rings of this eagle. It's almost as good as the chicken eagle!" Yue Feng's evaluation of his father felt very useful. Some show off in front of dad.
Yue Lei is not as proficient in falcon training as Yue Feng. When his grandfather asked him to learn it when he was still alive, he always felt that hunting hawks in small areas is not as satisfying as hunting large areas with dogs and guns. But even if you are not proficient in it, you still know the basics even if you are exposed to it in daily life.
Yue Lei nodded and asked: "How many days do you plan to go out? Do you want to change shifts in the middle of the night and I can help you fight for a few hours? I remember the older generation said, don't you have to stay up in the middle of the night to train eagles? "
Yue Feng shook his head: "The little eagle doesn't have to endure it. If you have nothing to do, just tighten it with socks and hold it in place. Tomorrow you will have a day at home and there will be a big gathering in Wangzhuang Village the day after tomorrow. I will take you there for a day and come back. Let's eat at home and wait until midnight.
If everything goes well, it will be almost time to have sex after the penis is released the morning after tomorrow! When the time comes, hang up the string and try to make an eagle out of a live sparrow! Try to use up these three sparrows and put them for the eagle! ”
(End of this chapter)