Chapter 130 Reminder
“Although the bell is not big, it is made of ringing copper. A good bell can transmit sound across mountains!
This set of bells on this big eagle , is a Meng-shaped bell passed down by the elders in our family. The bell plate at the bottom is made of tortoise shell, which is considered an old item!
It just lacks a beautiful white pheasant tail feather, if there is one! , dress the eagle next to the bell board, the effect will be more beautiful!”
Hearing that the bell is still an old object that has been passed down, Chen Pao was slightly startled: “Since it was passed down by your ancestors, then this bell is passed down from generation to generation! I can’t have it with the bell board!”
Yue Feng shook his head with a smile: "I still have several sets at home! This set is given to you, just keep it for fun! We men don't talk about these things!
But there is one thing you can do Please note that this big eagle bell is sewn on the base of the tail. You should never hang it up. If you are unlucky, the hair on the big eagle's tail may be pulled out!
The normal way to release an eagle is to put bells on the eagle before training in autumn. After the hunting season, when the eagle is released, or when it is put into the cage to moult, the set of bells must be put on. Take off the board!”
“This is a big eagle that you worked so hard to train for me, and it works so well, I don’t want to let it go in the spring!”
How many do Chen Pao have? He touched the slow peach-tip claws childishly and said.
"Just keep it if you like it! When April or May comes, when it's time to put the eagle in the cage and moult, I'll help you tie up another pine nut, so that when you have nothing to do, you can catch a sparrow as big as a sparrow in front of your house with the small pine nut.
A big eagle weighing about three pounds can eat eight to ten sparrow-sized birds a day, which is basically enough to molt!”
“That’s it! Although the hawking is not big prey, it is still fun! Just do as you say, and you can help me when the time comes! "
Squat! After chatting for a while, the eagle lost its feathers, and Yue Feng stood up: "The eagle has rested, let's continue!
I'll chase the stick, and when I find a rabbit, I'll call out "cat". When you hear it, you'll see the right moment and let go of the two guns in your hands!
It is best to give the eagle a support when it takes off.
Don't be nervous. When you are nervous, the eagle rushes out. The eagle is pulled back without letting go of the two guns in your hand. This is a mistake in lowering the head, which affects the success of the eagle's shot. Rate! "
"Okay, let me try it! When I hear you calling me Cat, I just let go of the two pieces in my hand! "
"Well, yes! This eagle has a way of running around. Don't worry in this kind of open space, the eagle won't be lost! ”
The instructions are good, but the ideal is very full, and the reality will always be more skinny.
What seems to be a simple thing may not be so easy if someone else does it.
Yue Feng walked around the ground with a stick, and in less than half an hour, another rabbit came out.
"Cat!"
Chen Pao heard Yue Feng's reminder and used his arms to prepare for the eagle to take off, but he forgot to let go.
The big eagle, which was about to rush after the rabbit when it saw it, was restrained by the two wings on its legs and bowed its head.
“Let go, let go!” Yue Feng reminded him immediately upon seeing this.
Uncle Chen finally reacted and let go of the two games he was holding.
The eagle hung upside down in a very awkward posture and escaped from the restraints of Chen Pao's right hand. When it was about to hit the ground, its tail was fully opened and its wings suddenly exerted force to change the momentum of its fall. , Kankan flew out.
The takeoff was wrong and the chase was at least two seconds later than normal. However, the slow Taojian was very angry after being adjusted by Yue Feng. After stabilizing the flying attitude, he still ran towards the distance of more than 20 meters. The rabbit chased after him.
At a distance of twenty to thirty meters, for an eagle, it only takes the blink of an eye to catch up. The tip of the peach slowly flew to the top of the rabbit with its tip close to the grass. It tentatively took out a handful of rabbits. butt.
This rabbit should be a little rabbit in the spring of that year. It weighed only two pounds by visual inspection. It was picked up by the slow peach-tip eagle and knocked to the ground. When he turned over on the ground and stood firm, the eagle's talons had already grabbed the head.
This Slow Taojian Eagle has rich practical experience in catching rabbits. This kind of little rabbit weighing more than two pounds does not need the high-end surrender technique of double planting flags. One claw is holding the head, and the other is He pinched the neck and pinned the rabbit down easily.
“I’ve caught you, I’ve caught you!”
“You’re just a little brat from back then, don’t be nervous!”
Yue Feng kept his mouth shut and didn't mention the fact that it was too late to let go of the eagle and bowed his head.
"I originally thought it was quite simple, but I didn't expect that I got scared on the first try! I still need to practice more. The big eagle just made me almost plunge to the ground when I hit it!" Chen Pao was right. He doesn't shy away from his mistakes.
“Just get familiar with it and get used to it! This eagle has a lot of skills in catching rabbits. When he sees a little rabbit like this, he will scratch his head and pinch his neck!
The neck and trachea are like rabbits. If we don't intervene, the rabbit will be strangled to death by the eagle in a short time!" Yue Feng said very relaxedly.
"No, it would be nice to take it back alive. If you strangle it to death, you have to bleed it, otherwise the rabbit meat will be spoiled!"
"Then use the trick I told you to change the rabbit back from under the eagle's talons! I still have meat!" Yue Feng did not do it, but gave Chen Pao a heads up and asked him to change it according to the method taught before. The eagle's prey.
Chen Pao learned these routine details quite safely. He followed Yue Feng's example and covered the eagle's talons with the cage sleeve in his hand, and then took the meat handed over by Yue Feng with his right hand and fed it to the eagle.
“Be careful!”
Yue Feng immediately warned Chen Pao when he saw Chen Pao grabbing the rabbit with his left hand, taking the meat with his right hand and directly feeding it to the eagle.
But it was still a little late. After seeing the meat that Chen Pao handed to his feet, the big eagle loosened its talons and grabbed Chen Pao's right hand with lightning speed.
Fortunately, Chen Pao is usually either busy with farm work at home or hunting in the mountains, so his hands have developed a thick layer of calluses.
The eagle's claws grabbed it, and only the side claws caught the back side of Chen Pao's hand. The other more lethal claws were all caught on Chen Pao's calluses.
"What's going on? I saw you pick the prey for food. The eagle is quite good at eating meat. Why don't you do it for me? This flat-haired beast immediately gave me a blow. What! Can it still understand what others are doing?" Chen Pao did not rush to break away from the eagle's claws, but looked at the eagle's claws in his hand calmly.
The old man has often seen blood when hunting. This situation is a small scene for Chen Pao.
Yue Feng explained: "When I feed the eagle, I put the food directly near the eagle's beak. When I trained the eagle before, I gave the eagle a big food. I clenched the food tightly to prevent the eagle from raising its talons. After two attempts, the eagle failed. , it will swallow the meat directly!
When you feed the eagle meat, you pass the meat close to the eagle's talons. At this time, the eagle will habitually step on the meat with its talons and try to tear it apart. It’s not as smart as a dog, and it will be careful when taking meat from a person’s hand. The eagle just grabs it with its talons.”
After Yue Feng gave a simple explanation, the old man quickly understood that it was his own operation! Something went wrong and his hand was caught by an eagle.
“No wonder the elders say that eagles are flat-haired beasts. This guy is really not well-raised!” Chen Pao said with emotion.
"Indeed! Don't move now, I will take off the eagle's talons!"
Yue Feng covered the eagle's talons with the cage sleeve, and took out another piece of meat to guide it. The eagle's talons covering it were soon released, and he pushed hard towards the meat in Yue Feng's hand.
Chen Pao took out his hand, while Yue Feng held the two openers, letting the eagle raise its head to swallow a piece of rolled eagle food.
"How is it? Is it serious?" Yue Feng asked with concern.
"It's okay, just make a small cut! The claws are really sharp. Fortunately, I spread my palms with my palms facing up. The eagle's claws scratched the calluses on my palms. It would be uncomfortable if I scratched the back of my hands!" Chen Pao wiped the small gap and said.
“If you catch it, there will be four bloody holes! Don’t let your children provoke this big eagle!!”
"Well, it is indeed dangerous! This thing is more dangerous than dogs. At least the dogs that are well-raised at home know not to bite the family members!
By the way, after you take those three dogs back, How is it doing now? Did you take it up the mountain?”
While the big eagle was being groomed, the two of them talked about the dog they had taken away last time.
“Yesterday, I took the dog up the mountain with me the day before yesterday. I was looking for someone the day before yesterday. I kept holding the dog until it was let go. I couldn’t tell how bad it was!
Yesterday was different. Uncle Zhao from our village They found my house and asked me to chase the blind bear up the mountain to avenge his nephew. I took the three dogs up the mountain with my men!
The big yellow dog was very steady, following the blind bear's blood trail, it chased him for at least seven or eight miles!
The blind bear was trapped once in the middle, but we were still separated by a mountain ridge and couldn't catch up. When we arrived, the three dogs forced the blind bear into a cave where he jumped into a stone pond!
Sounds like we had a good idea, but the process was a bit dangerous. This cave is a hibernating barn for brown bears. There is a big brown bear weighing more than 500 kilograms inside. We found fresh branches and pine trees. Use smoke to smoke out both bears, and kill them with guns! ”
When talking about leading a team to hunt bears in the mountains, Yue Feng became even more excited. Two bears were found in a cave. Such small-probability incidents have happened, and they have escaped unscathed. There are many The old hunter would never come across this once in his life.
However, if you brag about the same information to people who don’t know how to do it, everyone will just lament their good luck. However, after Chen Pao listened to the whole process, he frowned slightly. Dew dignified.
"You guys were able to shoot down the two bears intact just because of good luck and the high performance of the firearms! This is not possible!" Chen Pao said quietly.
"Uh, what do you say?" Yue Feng saw Chen Pao's unkind expression and asked humbly.
“Whether it is Tiancangzi or Dicangzi, there are not necessarily several bears in it! Most of the time there is only one bear, but there are also cases of a mother bear with a half-grown cub!
The mother bear takes her cub with her. The cub needs to stay with the mother bear for three years before it can live independently. By the time it leaves, the cub weighs more than two hundred kilograms.
Such a big cub, It's easy to kick an ordinary person, but if you're unlucky, it's just a matter of knocking him down
If you don't take precautions at this time, you may be at great risk of injury or even death!
I have followed my father up the mountain since I was 17 years old. I have killed not one hundred but eighty bears in my life. I have to kill several bears every winter. I have seen a lot of strange things.
I have encountered three bears in a barn!
To kill a bear, you must be like a master playing chess. You must always think one more step and predict the risks, otherwise it is only a matter of time before something goes wrong!
Now that you have 56 and a half in your hand, it will be better. Back then, I encountered three bears squatting in a barn, but I almost lost my life on the mountain. It was the dogs I brought with me that died. I just ran away! ”
Yue Feng was quite excited about killing two bears in a cave just now, but after hearing Chen Pao's reminder, Yue Feng's excitement was replaced by fear.
It's not that Yue Feng is not confident in his marksmanship and hunting skills, but he reflects that when he lit a fire to smoke the bear on the mountain, he didn't even consider other possibilities in the cave.
Chen Pao said it very aptly. Killing Xiong Cangzi is like playing chess. Always think one more step and prepare emergency records to escape safely. Otherwise, if the bear barks out and escapes your control, you will be killed. The only choice is to take the life of a dog or a human being.
After pondering for a few seconds, Yue Feng nodded: "You're right! I was on the mountain at the time, and I really didn't think so long-term!"
"Okay! The old man is just reminding you! Among the younger generation of hunters, you are already considered a leader!
Although there are countless treasures in the mountains and forests, there are also unimaginable dangers. You must be in awe of the mountains and forests!
Logically speaking, for an old hunter like me who has been in the mountains for most of his life and still has to wear all his tail, is there no risk in going into the mountains?
There are still risks. You saved me last time, wasn’t it an unplanned incident! After all my calculations, I felt that pinching the snail with three fingers was a sure shot.
Who would have thought that on weekdays, I would load my 16-gauge gun without any delay with my eyes closed, but when I got sick, my hands were so trembling that I couldn't load the bullet!
Your brother has reminded me several times in the past that I never accept old age, because I feel that I have enough experience to deal with any emergencies, but what about the reality? It’s impossible to refuse to accept the old age!
A bear can make countless mistakes, but a hunter cannot.
Behind you are your companions, your family, relatives and friends!
So, I am old now! "
"Hahaha, Uncle Chen, you are serious! With your family's conditions, no need to go up the mountain and no shortage of food and drink, it's better to be safe! If you have nothing to do, you can fly hawks and stretch your muscles in front of your house without any risk! When you are too busy, just come out and have fun! ”
Yue Feng knew that the old man was in a hurry and had a bad temper at this point, so he could only laugh and did not answer the previous words. This is a kind of basic respect for the senior hunters of Wuthering Mountains.
"Huh... I've been holding back these words for a long time. Now that I've said them out, I feel much better! It's better to be young!" Chen Pao also took a long breath and looked at Yue Feng intently.
(End of this chapter)