Chapter 120 Ten peach tips, nine to the sky
The ceremony of claiming names is also very simple. Yue Feng took a few more pieces of meat and fed whoever’s name was called a piece of diced meat with his own hands. After feeding three times, when the name is called again, the corresponding pup already knows that it is calling him. If he strengthens it several times a day, it will soon be consolidated.
With the addition of a dog to the family, the stone that had been hanging over Yue Feng's heart has been finally settled. The strength of the team is steadily improving. As long as everyone is working normally, they will make a lot of money every day.
For the next week, Yue Feng had a very fulfilling life. For one consecutive week, he rested in the first half of the night and stayed up in the second half of the night. After having breakfast at dawn, the slow peach tip was handed over to his father. The fight continued, while Yue Feng had to go out with Tiebeihong to herd hares and pheasants, and would not come back until the afternoon.
Being unable to sleep in the middle of the night every day had a huge impact on Yue Feng, but there was nothing he could do about it. Who made this slow-moving eagle have a tough temper?
For a full seven days, changing people without changing eagles continuously day and night, it can be said that this slow and peach-tip eagle has survived.
Early on the eighth day, Man Tao Jian spit out the hair shaft on Yue Feng's arm on time. Yue Feng walked around the yard with the eagle for several times. The big eagle soon got out of shape.
After a series of manipulations, the big eagle, which was 2.3 kilograms round and fat, now only weighs 1.86 kilograms, which is basically equivalent to losing 20% of its fat.
In autumn, when the temperature is still cold, this kind of fat condition is not a big problem, but now that the outdoor temperature has reached about minus 20 degrees, this weight is already a little risky.
Different eagles have different personalities. Some eagles are soft-tempered, just like the milk eagle at home. If they lose a little weight, they will immediately show strong obedience and affection.
But this slow Taojian is the type with a very tough temperament, and will not easily give in to sex unless the heat is at that critical moment.
This feature may be useful in other eagle handle styles, but in front of a master like Yue Feng who has trained eagles for hundreds of times, the persistence of these raptors is actually meaningless.
No, the fat condition continues to decline, and with the continuous staying up day and night, I can still regulate the slow Taojian.
It happened that several members of the team were off work at home today (after the heavy snowfall, they went up the mountain every other day). Yue Feng called Xiao Tao through the back window after breakfast.
"Xiao Tao! Are you okay during the day? Come with me to help this slow peach tip become an eagle?"
"Okay, I'll come over!!" Xiao Tao immediately became energetic when he heard the magnifying eagle.
After a while, Xiao Tao neatly packed up his leggings and arrived at Yue Feng's house.
“Let’s go, brother, where can we put it?” Xiao Tao asked.
"I have almost caught all the rabbits in the small vegetable garden. Let the place rest for a while. Today we will change places and go to the south of the village!!" Yue Feng waved his hand and chose Cheng Ying. Place.
“South of the village? There aren’t any good places there?”
"Just follow me. There is a place where I have never been willing to carry a big red eagle to cause trouble. I just keep it for the eagles at home to use!"
"Let's go! Look at this slow peach tip. How good are you at catching cats?”
The two brothers chatted briefly, and Yue Feng took Daying and Xiao Tao out.
There is indeed no good place like a small vegetable garden in the south of the village, but there is one thing that is incomparable. The Muling River flows close to this side. There are a large number of weed stalls and wattle trees on the riverside. Trees and other low plants.
Because the terrain is relatively noisy and overgrown with all kinds of weeds and thorns, people from the surrounding villages don't like to come here even if they are tricking.
The conditions of the field are indeed not as good as those of a small vegetable garden, but they are still much better than going directly into the mountains to fly eagles.
Many people think that the mountains and forests in the Northeast are filled with open woodland with an unobstructed view of hundreds of meters away. However, the actual situation is not like this. There are clean areas, but most of them are just trouble spots.
In winter, the visibility in the woods is up to 100 meters, which is considered good. This is still the current situation of the mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forest. If you go further into the mountains, the plant density of the forest will be even greater.
Why is it that, while writing about eagle release, it suddenly involves the current situation in the mountains and forests? There is a connection here.
Goshawks are forest-dwelling raptors that have lived in the woods since childhood. In terms of hunting habits, they are not afraid of this relatively complex hunting environment.
But the fact that the eagle is not afraid does not mean that there will be no problems. Complex terrain will also reduce the eagle's hunting success rate, especially like the slow peach tip in Yue Feng's hand today. In order to let the eagle get out of shape, he puts down his body weight It's relatively low, and you can't become an eagle in an overly complex environment.
Many people say that eagles cannot fly in the mountains and forests. This is just nonsense and unrealistic.
I want to say that whether it works or not depends on objective conditions and subjective abilities. The problem cannot be viewed in a one-size-fits-all manner.
If you want the hawk to work in the old forest, the falcon must be in peak condition, with its self-confidence and hunting ability at a very high level, so that it can achieve better harvests.
For example, if the current newly born eagle goes directly into the mountain to become an eagle, the success rate will be greatly reduced. If you use new soldiers to fight tough battles and gnaw hard bones, a smart eagle will not do such stupid things. Son.
Although the area by the Muling River in the south of the village is not too clean, it is mostly filled with low plants, which has little impact on the eagle's work of catching rabbits.
In addition, another consideration is that Yue Feng has certain expectations for the actual combat performance of the Mantaojian.
As the old saying goes, out of ten peach tips, nine will reach heaven!
The so-called peach tip is the black pattern on the tail of the big eagle. It is not an ordinary pattern, but a shape similar to the peach heart of a playing card.
Almost 99% of the large eagles with peach-tip patterns on their tail feathers are three-long eagles. It belongs to a different subspecies than the iron-backed red three-short eagle at home.
What is the three-long eagle? It has long legs and claws, a long tail, and a long body.
For this type of eagle, hunting is not characterized by short-distance explosive power, but by another style.
Then what is heaven? The word "go to the sky" here does not mean that they are easy to die or lose, but that when they are hunting and pursuing, their flying altitude will suddenly increase.
In jargon, San Changying likes to make mistakes when working and smash piles.
Why is it a crime to break a pile? When chasing prey, it does not just stick to the ground and pursue it. Instead, when encountering obstacles or special terrain, it will fly to a slightly higher position, and when the time is right, it will dive down and subdue the prey.
This kind of hawk hunting is highly ornamental. Some outstanding individuals will even climb to a higher altitude and then chase around obstacles like a falcon. This is called hunting in circles.
In his last life, Yue Feng tied such a big eagle with a heart-shaped tail. The net weight was 2.2 kilograms, and the fat index dropped to 1.75. After a few months, the fat index had increased to about 2.1 kilograms. At this time, , Ying Yiyi's abilities began to slowly emerge.
There is a large cemetery outside Fang'an Village. Yue Feng took the eagle to fly there, and accidentally shot out a rabbit. As a result, the peach tip started a chase with the rabbit in the graveyard of the cemetery. Once Once again, the rabbit was thrown away by relying on the terrain and movement, and then the eagle flew up into the air again and again to adjust its position before smashing down.
After catching up to a wonderful place, the rabbit circled around the cypress tree next to the grave. The eagle raised its altitude and flew around the cypress tree and then smashed down again and again. Finally, the rabbit was exhausted and was captured by the eagle. , the whole chasing process lasted for at least five minutes, and Yue Feng was hooked. Today, Yue Feng has high expectations for the slow peach tip. In a place with many thorns and grasses, there is no risk of hurting the eagle with thorns and jujube trees. As long as the eagle dares to hit it, it will definitely be captured.
The two brothers each held a stick in their hands and strolled to the falconry field selected by Yue Feng.
At a glance, a large area was covered with snow, and there were no individual footprints.
"Brother, is there a rabbit here? It's so close to the village, and there's not even a trace of someone coming here! If there is a rabbit, no one should be here to trap it!"
Yue Feng listened. Wan grinned: "There must be rabbits, but not on this side."
"What?"
"Go to the river! The rabbit must be waiting near the river bank!" Yue Feng said with certainty.
"Why? I don't see any problems with the terrain here?"
"You'll know it if you go there! Follow me and go straight through!"
< br>Yue Feng carried the eagle and took Xiao Tao with him. The two brothers walked straight through the snow-covered field.
As we walked further, there were fewer wattle trees and grass in the field. When we reached the area near the river, large rabbit footprints were clearly visible on the snow.
"Do you understand?" Yue Feng pointed to the area extending from his feet to far away, and asked with a smile.
“Damn it, the rabbits are all moving along the river bank! The footprints are all in a row! No wonder no one came to trap them. In that large area outside, there are no traces at all. Rabbit activity! "
Xiao Tao took a look at the reality and quickly understood what Yue Feng meant when he said he would know it when he saw it.
Rabbits are actually quite interesting. They like to go back and do things like trapping because of this habit.
Seeing that Xiao Tao roughly understood what he meant, Yue Feng smiled and shook his head, pointing to the other side of the river and saying: "Actually, there are few rabbits lying down here. The real scene is on the other side of the river! Look over there. , crossing the river back and forth at night, the snow on the ice was all broken out!”
Xiao Tao looked in the direction pointed by Yue Feng, and sure enough, on the ice that had completely sealed the river, the scattered snow had been trampled away, and there were footprints everywhere.
"What's going on? Rabbits don't stay in such a large area? Do they run to the other side of the river every day?"
Yue Feng explained with a smile: "Rabbits are not stupid either. They are comfortable. The place is definitely not a comfortable place! This large area is facing the south entrance of the village.
The wind has been blowing from the northwest recently, except for the small thorns and thorns. Cao Kezi, there is no shelter from the wind! Do you like to stay here?
These footprints are made by rabbits wandering around occasionally at night! That gentle slope facing the sun!
When looking at the hawking scene, you need to make a comprehensive analysis. Those who set traps also know this, so they don’t set traps here!
But they don’t know that the rabbit’s nest is on the other side of the river. Over there is Ci Lao Ya ditch, which is steep and has a steep bottom. It’s not easy to get across. If you want to get across, you have to go around the river here! "
"Then let's go! ! "After Xiao Tao listened to Yue Feng's explanation, he took the driving stick and walked towards the river first.
At this moment, the Muling River had long been frozen solid, and the two brothers held the eagle straight line After crossing the river bank, we came to the field on the other side.
The gentle slope facing the sun here is similar to the environment on the other side, with thorns and thorns mixed in, but because of the difference in the river bank, it is obviously more beautiful than the other side. Wo Feng, when I first came over, I saw traces of various rabbit footprints, and after walking a few steps, I could see scattered rabbit daddy on the ground
"Catch them all from the beginning? I feel like there must be a lot of rabbits here, and there are so many dumplings!" Xiao Tao asked.
“Well, we’ll start from the east. I’ll stand on a high place and you’ll chase from below!”
Yue Feng greeted him and climbed up a gentle slope of about ten meters with his big eagle. Stand on a piece of dirt.
This is the high point of the surrounding terrain, and you can see any trouble at a glance.
After hearing the arrangement, Xiao Tao started beating the stick and hurried away. Before he had gone twenty meters, a rabbit emerged from under the fluffy grass and ran wildly from east to west.
"Cat!" Xiao Tao shouted immediately.
Seeing this, Yue Feng turned his head and looked in the direction Xiao Tao pointed.
The big eagle that was already in love in his hand used his legs to push on Yue Feng's arm, spread his wings and immediately chased after him.
From the first sight of the cat eagle's posture and flying height, the experienced Yue Feng saw the difference in details. This slow Tao Jian is also an eagle that can "go to the sky".
The iron-backed Red Eagle at home likes to fly close to the ground when working. This slow peach tip will fly twenty or thirty centimeters higher when chasing after leaving the hand.
The eagle flew very fast, and within five seconds it had followed the rabbit.
At this time, the experienced rabbit suddenly stopped and turned and plunged into the wattle tree next to it.
I saw this big eagle grab the air, only a little hair was pulled down, it suddenly spread its wings, and flew to a height of about two meters with the inertia of the impact. It adjusted its flying attitude in the air, and all its tail feathers spread out and turned back. He came back and hit the rabbit that got into the thorn tree again.
“What an eagle!!” Seeing the eagle’s habit of smashing piles, Yue Feng shouted, “What an eagle!”
Now it dares to smash piles when its weight is still relatively low, which shows that this eagle has a very hard base of muscles and bones and has a lot of hunting experience.
The eagle and the rabbit entered the thorn tree, and Yue Feng's sight was temporarily blocked, but within five seconds, the rabbit immediately got out of the thorn tree, followed closely by the eagle.
Another beautiful mid-air turn and smash, this time it worked!
I saw the big eagle grabbed the rabbit's buttocks. Before the rabbit's hind legs could exert force, it directly overturned the rabbit with the force of swooping sideways and smashing the pile. With the other paw, it He dug into the rabbit's crotch.
The crotch is the key point of the rabbit. The fur itself is soft and thin. If it is grasped firmly, the rabbit will immediately lower its head and bite. At this time, the big eagle, which has already completed the inversion, uses its other talon to wrap around the rabbit like lightning. , a double flag came directly.
(End of this chapter)