Chapter 32 The Bold One
Yue Feng pointed to the obviously different lines on the abdomen of this sparrow and said: "Look at this pattern, other places have vertical lines, but here they become horizontal lines! This is the Asian pattern. The adult feathers unexpectedly fell off, and new adult feathers grew on the back!
Look at the tail feathers, there are two of them that are darker! This is because they have lost their fetal feathers and replaced them with adult feathers! br>At that time, it was impossible for the eagle to moult in its natural state within a few months after it had just left the nest! It was 100% caused by external interference, which caused the eagle to lose its feathers and re-grow its feathers!
Do you think, when will the eagle lose its hair unexpectedly?" Yue Feng looked at the three people and asked.
Xiaowen, who had been silent all this time, guessed uncertainly in his tone: "Could it be that he was injured while hunting?"
Yue Feng nodded: "Yes! He was slightly injured while fighting with the prey during hunting!
It is not certain if the moult occurred in other parts, but if the abdomen and tail feathers were injured, it can be inferred that the prey caught by this eagle must be a big one. During the fight with the prey, the eagle's abdominal feathers were accidentally removed! The tail is also damaged!”
As if to verify Yue Feng’s guess, Yue Feng soon discovered new details on the third claw of the eagle’s left talon.
This eagle has old wounds on the side of its left talon and no eagle nails.
Eagle nails are weapons derived from bone. They have a curved tip, a slightly thin edge, and a groove on the inside. They are shaped like the bleeding groove on a dagger. When magnified, it looks like a special-shaped dagger growing on the finger.
The eagle's talons are divided into four fingers, three in front and one in the back. Starting from the shortest finger on one side, they are called the big ring, the middle finger, the side claw and the back claw.
The big ring is like a human thumb, the shortest, but the thickest and most powerful, and the eagle's nails are also the longest. Most of the damage caused by eagle talons to prey is due to the nails on the large rings.
The middle finger is the longest and has moderate strength, which can expand the range of the eagle's grasp.
The side claw is like a human’s little finger, with the smallest strength and the shortest nail tip.
The back finger is as important as the big ring and is the second most powerful finger in the eagle's claws.
Now the nail on the side of the left talon of this eagle is gone, which also confirms Yue Feng's previous judgment that this eagle has done big jobs before.
“Having done big jobs doesn’t necessarily mean you have outstanding strength, right?” Xiao Tao continued to ask.
Yue Feng nodded: "This is true. Being brave does not mean being strong.
A hawk that is strong enough will have no injuries on its body.
As the saying goes, those who are good at fighting have no great achievements!
Just like this Big Blue Harrier, there was no damage at all from beginning to end! Even if I fucked a pheasant and a weasel last time, I didn't get hurt!
However, other skills can be trained day after day. Courage is innate and can only be met by chance. This is what makes it so precious!
The best falcons are courageous and smart enough to subdue their prey without getting hurt!
We also keep this Ma Yaozi! Put the net here, roll the cage and take away the lure. I'll come back early tomorrow morning! If you are lucky, you should be able to catch all the eagles early tomorrow morning! ”
"Okay!"
After making plans, Yue Feng went down the mountain with everyone and went home with today's results.
A purple kite, a linen kite, and two eagles were given to my father Yue Lei. The old man happened to be playing with one hand and one at home. The time was staggered, which actually improved efficiency. If my son wants to do something serious, I will naturally support him 100% unconditionally.
That night, Yue Lei lit an oil lamp and flattened the two eagles. During this period, he untied the eagle coats and let the birds strip (the eagles pulled the eagles, sprayed out of the body, leaving traces after landing) The shape is like a white strip, so when an eagle poops, it is called a strip!) He never slackened off and stayed up until about 11 o'clock in the middle of the night, then he went to the kang to rest.
The next morning, just as the rooster crows, Yue Feng and Yue Lei both get up. Yue Lei goes to the yard to look at the sky with his crutches, while Yue Feng picks up the rolling cage from the barn and goes out to the small yard to lower the net. The woods set traps for the cage net.
Should I say it, morning is indeed the prime time for raptors to forage. Yue Feng strolled by the river and at the foot of the mountain until eight o'clock to patrol the nets. Three pieces of nets were all shipped.
A thin-breasted (adult male sparrowhawk) with red eyes, and two average-looking earth-yellow sparrow hawks.
The old boy has a small chest and can only catch prey the size of sparrows, gray magpies, quails, which are not Yue Feng’s target eagle species. In addition, the eyes are red, at least eagles over five or six years old. Yue Feng decisively lets go. Lose.
The remaining two sparrows are of average quality, with no major advantages, but no obvious flaws.
At this point, the five main falcons of the Yue family's falconry team have all returned to their positions. Even five people, including Uncle Li, have one falcon each.
Yue Feng put away the cage net used to catch eagles, and then returned home with the two newly netted kites.
When the eagle comes home, there are also considerations in how to place it. If it were just an eagle, Yue Feng could just tie it to the back of a chair to fool him at night.
But there are five sparrowhawks and one autumn-flowering pine nut at home. With so many hawks together, there can be no ambiguity.
Birds of prey will also fight with each other, and the eagle will occasionally struggle after being tied. It cannot simply be tied to a horizontal bar and fool around, so Yue Feng specially placed himself in a sunny position outside the window of the main house in the yard. , dug a hole and buried three pine stakes, two vertical and one horizontal.
Two vertical stakes were buried and fixed, and a crossbar was covered with native pine bark. Under the wood, a curtain stretched with sacks was hung to completely fill the space below.
If the tied eagle struggles, it may hang down and be unable to return to the bar. This sack piece can ensure that the eagle will not turn on the bar. If it accidentally hangs up, its talons can also borrow force from the sack piece. Then stand back on the bar.
In the next few days, the Yue family became busy.
Dads Yue Lei and Li Wentong are responsible for playing with these eagles. Yue Feng takes the main battle Big Green Harrier up the mountain every day. The other three apprentices go up the mountain with Yue Feng to catch the stick. On average, there are A dozen or so prey were obtained. Some of the prey is deducted and used to feed the eagles, and the rest goes to the city every two days to continue supplying to Niu Fusheng.
Five days later, the conditions of the four newly caught kites were adjusted to the right position by Yue Feng and his son.
When the eagle got mad, Yue Feng directly took the sand-and-half chicken stick he caught on the mountain the day before and put it in the open space under the tree outside the courtyard to create a chance for the new eagle to successfully hunt.
After the new eagle has rolled over the prey that was tied there a few times, the step of becoming an eagle is completed. It only needs to hang up the string and let it fly for a few days. When the eagle is free, the work of training the eagle is over. It’s come to an end,
The entire training process of the new eagle lasted for eight days, and the last new eagle was also trained in place by Yue Feng.
The four new eagles were given to Xiaotao Xiaowen and others who had graduated from Yue Feng's practical training on the mountain. As a result, the five members of the Falcon Brigade officially started flying eagles to make money.
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