Chapter 59: The pigeon caught in the net was eaten
Although it sounds very enjoyable to go up the mountain to hunt big eagles, in fact only those who have been there know how boring it is. It takes less than nine o'clock from the time the net gear is set up. , and stayed there until 12:30 noon. In the crisp autumn sky, not a single big eagle was seen.
At this time, there were no entertainment devices such as mobile phones. Yue Feng looked outside through the gap in the roof made of pine needles. After confirming that there were no raptors around, he got out of the shack.
Stretched his arms and legs, then went to put some water in the haystack behind. After solving his personal problems, Yue Feng put on his bag and strolled around to check on the other four self-caught arrests.
There was no movement in the first three places where the net was caught. The last place where the net was caught was far away, and something happened.
After Yue Feng walked in, he found that the netting near the south side had fallen down, but there was no hawk in the net pocket. The pigeon tied in the middle of the net had been eaten by someone who didn't know what. The pigeon's head, neck, and breast meat were all eaten. It was completely eaten, leaving only pigeon feathers all over the floor and a spine with no flesh and blood.
This is also the disadvantage of using a self-falling net to catch an eagle. People are not around, which saves trouble but also has a price. In addition to birds of prey, bobcats, foxes, and other small predators can also cause harm to traps.
Yue Feng took out another spare pigeon from his backpack and tied it, hung up the net again, added some water to the trap in the middle of the net, and then returned to the shack.
At this time, there was no movement in the middle of the afternoon.
The time came to 4:30 in the afternoon unknowingly. Just when Yue Feng thought that there was no chance for the day, suddenly the tiger on the pole at the entrance of the shack became nervous.
The relaxed tiger is actually a very lively and active bird. When nothing happens, it stretches its arms and feathers. When it is bored, it will lower its head and peck the rope around its neck a few times. These reactions are all normal.
But at this moment, the tiger was not pulling back. One second it was normal. The next second, it suddenly clamped its wings and shrank its neck. As if it had encountered some natural enemy, it squatted on the pole and became motionless.
Yue Feng just glanced at Hubula and knew something was going on, so he looked overhead through the gap in the shack.
About seventy or eighty meters in the air, a black shadow can be seen hovering overhead.
Because of the backlight and the distance being too high, it is normal to not be able to see the pattern and color of the eagle clearly. Let alone human eyes, even with a mobile phone camera, unless the professional mode is adjusted, there is a high probability that the image will be good. Not ideal either.
Upon seeing this, Yue Feng immediately pulled the lure in the middle of the net with one hand, and grasped the rope in his hand with the other hand.
The tense state lasted for about ten minutes. Hubula went from a nervous state of shrinking his neck to be on guard, and returned to a relaxed demeanor.
Yue Feng knew that the eagle in the sky should have flown far away.
This situation is very common when hunting eagles. The goshawk is actually a forest-dwelling bird of prey. It usually lives in the forest. Only during the migration season will it start to fly on the air current. To high altitude.
When hungry, goshawks high in the sky will swoop down to hunt, but after all, it is not their main way of hunting, so the number of times they can target prey and launch attacks is far less than the total number of raptors passing through.
The sun began to set in the west, and around five o'clock, Yue Feng decided to go down the mountain. The mountain wind was cold at night, and there was still a long way to go home, so he had to go down early.
Yue Feng took off the lures and then took out the lures from two of the nets.
There are many animals in the mountains at night, ranging from weasels to mountain raccoons, which can cause harm to the traps, so Yue Feng will not let all the pigeons spend the night in the mountains.
Leave two lures and take away two. This will not only ensure that the risk is controllable, but also try your luck early in the morning. After all, the first daybreak is the window for raptors to hunt. If you are lucky and just go up the mountain, you may find that you have caught the eldest eagle in the net. Then Yue Feng will complete the task ahead of schedule, pack up and go back down the mountain to go home.
At around four o'clock the next morning, Yue Feng got up early and went up the mountain. He didn't even eat breakfast. He picked up a few steamed buns of Erhe noodles from the pot table and a few pieces of pickles, which he used as his lunch for the day.
Waiting all the way to Hutou Mountain, it was already bright. Across the mountain peak more than ten meters away, I could see the ground where the self-trap net was confiscated last night. The nets hanging on all sides were not triggered, but the ones tied inside were Baizi was eaten again!
The 'murder scene' was exactly the same as yesterday, with large areas of pigeon feathers on the ground and the remains of food.
Rub! What the hell did this thing actually recognize my lure?
The net fell and nothing was caught. The lure was in trouble. Yue Feng could accept it. After all, self-catching was not a panacea. It was normal for him to be unable to hold some things after being triggered.
But the nets on all sides were well surrounded to form an iron barrel formation, but the trap in the middle had the same shape, which caused trouble!
With the five-finger-wide grid, small animals such as weasels can barely get through, but the possibility of going in and out without being triggered is too small.
Yue Feng cleaned up all the feathers and debris on the ground, took out the last spare pigeon from his backpack and tied it again. After checking to make sure there were no omissions, Yue Feng moved towards the next place where the bait was confiscated. Arrested and walked away.
From a distance, Yue Feng saw that the net was triggered, and there was an eagle on the ground entangled in the net.
Yue Feng felt happy and walked quickly forward.
Walking in, Yue Feng found a big old leopard, which was over three and a half kilograms in weight and whose feathers had turned yellowish brown, was entangled in a net.
The scientific name of this big old leopard is the giant buzzard. It is a similar species of raptor to the common buzzard that Zhu Erhai exchanged for a big goose. It is one size larger than the common buzzard. Judging from the color of its feathers, Yue Feng judged that this It's just a big baby, he should be over five years old.
As an eagle handler, Yue Feng knows how difficult it is for these raptors to survive in the wild.
Later Yue Feng read a foreign statistics. The probability that sub-adult raptors that left the nest could survive the first winter and shed their feathers was no more than half. They could live for more than three years and have their own lives. territory and find a permanent spouse, no more than 10%.
The vast majority of raptors have been eliminated in the face of cruel nature. Those who survive to be four or five years old are the best of the best of the same species.
It was also because of his deep love and awe for these beautiful creatures. Even though the giant buzzard weighed three to four kilograms and could be slaughtered and packed up to provide a meal of meat for the family, Yue Feng had no intention of killing it and taking it home.
This kind of adult baby, if released into the mountains and forests, can give birth to a nest of eagle chicks every year. The death of every adult bird is a loss to the natural ecology.
Although Yue Feng loves money, and although life at home has just begun to get better, his original intention of loving birds of prey has never changed. He only takes what he needs without causing any additional damage.
Wearing gloves, he took off the eagle net from the giant buzzard's body, and then checked to make sure there was no injury. Yue Feng pinched the two talons of the giant buzzard, then picked up the eagle and threw it violently. Towards the air.
There will be another chapter at 8pm, keep asking for votes, spoilers in advance, we will catch a serious eagle tonight!
(End of this chapter)