Chapter 141 Boxing Hunt? No, panhunting!
After Yue Feng arrived home and simply warmed up for a while, he immediately got busy.
Draw the sample, measure the interpupillary distance, bill height and other data of the Great Black Eagle, modify the sample, etc.
After Yue Feng tried it out based on his own understanding, he quickly cut out the materials for the first version of the goldfish-eye screw-turned Eagle hat and started sewing.
To put it more seriously, Yue Feng still lacks a lot of professional tools for sewing hats, such as three-edged needles, tendon threads, and spacing gauges.
However, these things are the icing on the cake. If you don't have them in your hands, it will just make them slower. Yue Feng doesn't plan to make a living by making eagle hats. Slightly lower efficiency is not a problem for Yue Feng.
By around four o'clock in the afternoon, the first version of the Goldfish Eyed Eagle Hat was finished.
Yue Feng carefully opened the mountain, then got the big black eagle still wrapped in the eagle coat and tried to wear it.
Through the physical wearing test, Yue Feng feels that the overall size of this version of the hat has basically no problem. The only drawback is that the angle of the mountain is slightly lower, and the skin left on the back of the eagle's head. The material is slightly shallow.
After Yue Feng carefully compared the records, he quickly modified the second version of the sample and repeated the previous sewing process.
Before dark, I successfully finished the second version of the demo.
Another physical wearing test. After the problems in the previous version were solved, the effect of the second version is obviously much more suitable. This sewn sample can be used temporarily and there will definitely be no big problem. I will wear it later. If there is any problem in the process, Yue Feng can still modify it by himself. He has the craftsmanship in his hand, so it is difficult for a craftsman to deal with such a trivial matter.
While Yue Feng was busy sewing eagle hats, Xiao Tao, Xiaowen and the others also came back with their eagles on their backs.
The wind is light today, and the harvest of hawking on the mountain is very good. The hunting bags of the three of us are bulging.
"Brother Feng, have you caught the eagle?" Xiao Tao tied the eagle in the greenhouse and entered the house. Before he even opened the door curtain, he first paid attention to the big black eagle.
"He's caught. He's on the kang! The eagle hasn't gotten on the trap yet, and it's wrapped in the eagle's coat!" Yue Feng is sewing a hat. Every stitch in this thing requires calculation of angle and strength. It's easy to cause problems if you're distracted. So I just responded without raising my head.
Xiao Tao quickly walked in and took a quick look at the big black eagle lying on the edge of the kang.
“Damn, this eagle is not small! What kind of species is it?”
“Gyrfalcon, also called sea eagle, I haven’t had time to give it a name yet! Be careful with it Oh, your uncle just got a big bite on his finger!"
"Hai Dongqing? Is this the eagle you offered to the emperor before? This eagle is really..."
Xiao Tao was at a loss for words for a while. With his knowledge that he had not finished studying in junior high school, he could not find a suitable word to praise him.
"Shenjun!" Yue Feng added.
"Yes, Shenjun! Look at these eyes, mouth, and these big claws! It looks so powerful!" Xiao Tao commented on the big black eagle.
"That's right, don't leave in a hurry. I'll tie up the eagle trap later. Please help me put the eagle trap on the eagle first!"
“Okay!”
Thanks to their young age and good eyesight, the two brothers tied the big black hawk to the eagle with a newly made hand-knitted strength-enhanced version of the stumbling block under the dim window.
Now that the stumbling block holding the eagle is solved, the next step is to formally dress up as an eagle hat.
This style of eagle hat has a pull-out device on the back of the head, which can play a fixed role after the eagle puts on the hat. Yue Feng asked Xiao Tao for help to pull out the strap at the back of the eagle hat. He also put it on carefully, and after confirming that the assembly was correct, he fastened the hat firmly on the big black hawk's head.
As soon as the hat was put on its head, the big black eagle stopped struggling instantly and lay motionless in the eagle coat with its head tilted.
Yue Feng put on his thick labor protection gloves again, tied the two-foot-five-foot gloves on his hands, and then motioned to Xiao Tao to slowly untie the eagle's coat.
As soon as the eagle coat was untied, the wings, thighs, and talons of the big black eagle that were originally bound were released.
Yue Feng grasped Wu Chi with his right hand and gently lifted it up. Then he supported the big black eagle, whose limbs were somewhat stiff, on its back so that the eagle could stand on the gloves.
At this moment, the big black eagle is like a suspect who has done something wrong. His head is drooped and his claws are grasping the labor protection gloves on Yue Feng’s hands. He will hear the slightest movement. He clenched his paws with force as a habit.
"What's going on? Why is your head drooping after you put on a hat!"
This is the first time Xiao Tao saw Yue Feng put a hat on an eagle, and he thought the eagle was there. There's a big problem.
Yue Feng pursed his lips and smiled slightly: "It's okay, the big eagle and big falcon that I just put on the hat are all in this shape! The hat itself has weight and covers the eyes. It's normal to feel a little uncomfortable wearing the eagle for the first time! You can get used to it a little bit. Once you get used to it, your head will rise!"
After saying this, Yue Feng turned his wrist habitually.
The big black eagle standing on Yue Feng's hand felt that its lower body was unstable, and immediately struggled to flick its wings, quickly regaining its balance.
During the struggle, the eagle's drooped head slowly lifted up.
Yue Feng originally thought that after a while, he would definitely continue to droop. According to experience, the Falcon who had just returned home and buckled his head would definitely have drooped his head all night on the first night. .
However, I didn't expect that this big black hawk has extremely strong adaptability. It only lowered its head for a few minutes as a token. After struggling to regain its standing balance, it actually raised its head steadily again.
Yue Feng looked lovingly at the big black eagle standing on his hand.
This body grid, this skeleton structure, these sharp claws, sharp eagle beak, and these feathers that are like iron feathers all over the body.
Yue Feng was admiring the big eagle in trance. The big black eagle shook its feathers, and its feathers became fluffy like a hen reporting its nest.
The feathers all over the body are tightening and loosening, and the feathers rub against each other and make a clear brushing sound. The texture is simply amazing!
"Huh! No wonder the emperor wants to use Haidongqing as a tribute to the royal family! Ma Dan, this eagle feels so solid to people!" Yue Feng exhaled and couldn't help but sigh in a deep voice.
"It's really beautiful! Even the movement of the pine feathers is different from other eagles! I have a question, I can't figure it out!" Xiao Tao looked at the big black eagle held in Yue Feng's hand. muttered.
"What's the problem? Tell me!"
"The wings of this big black hawk are spread out, and the wingspan cannot be less than one meter? In the forest we go to, it is probably selective cutting. After passing through the mountain farm, it can freely travel through the forest! If you train it to go hunting, what is its target prey?" Xiao Tao asked. "Uh..." Xiao Tao's very pragmatic question was immediately stopped by Yue Feng.
The most attractive part of the sport of falconry is that its target prey can be inferred from the size of the falcon.
For example, the most representative large eagle (the female goshawk) in falconry, the main target prey in human hands is rabbits and some pheasants.
These prey are very common. Basically, you won’t be empty-handed when you go out every day.
But what if the eagle was one size larger? What can be done in human hands?
Letting this big black hawk go out to catch rabbits in the barren hills around the village is obviously an inferiority complex to using cannons to kill mosquitoes.
But if you want to catch other prey, it seems that the dense forest is not suitable for the size and natural hunting habits of this big black hawk.
The relatively long and narrow wings of falcons make it difficult to fly in the forest, especially in noisy forests with many native trees. The wingspan of a falcon that often exceeds one meter is impossible in such a forest. Catch prey.
Yue Feng was happy, still immersed in the life achievement of unlocking the ultimate falcon, but after Xiao Tao asked, he suddenly frowned and felt a little uncomfortable.
If this is not the Northeast, but the Northwest, then this Haidongqing will definitely have a lot of potential. Whether it is a fox, a yellow sheep, or any other active prey in the wilderness, if this Haidongqing is trained well , swooping down and kicking, all have a very high hunting success rate.
But in the forest area of Changbai Mountain, I am afraid that it can only have a certain space for activities in forest farms where selective felling and full felling have not yet planted new saplings.
"Uh..." Yue Feng was speechless for a moment.
"Brother, you can't figure out what this big black hawk can do?" Xiao Tao asked again when he saw Yue Feng frowning in thought.
Yue Feng did not express his position immediately, but combed through the information in his mind about raptor hunting at home and abroad.
A minute later, Yue Feng patted his head and had the answer: "If this Haidongqing hunts with human hands to catch jumping cats and pheasants, it would be too much of a talent. If you want it to play its role, you must have Play pan hunting!”
“Pan hunting?”
"Yes! Panhunting! This Haidongqing's ability to glide in the air is also very strong. For example, when we were hunting pigs before and it hovered over our heads, it just wouldn't come down! I would say conservatively, if there is a little bit of airflow, this eagle will be able to fly. It’s not a big deal to hang around for a few hours!”
“What’s the point of hanging around for a few hours?” Xiao Tao asked again.
"Of course it works. We can train the eagle and let the eagle cooperate with the dog! The dog goes out to blast the prey, and let the falcon hover in the sky and wait until the prey such as roe deer and deer are driven up. The eagle can swoop down to attack and kill!
This is called a three-dimensional amphibious operation in the air. The dog cannot catch up with the roe deer, but the eagle can. This combination will be very effective!
But you are right about one thing. In a forest that is too dense, this big black hawk is not as good as the goshawk kite at home. The mountain range that has been cut down can be regarded as a preliminary hunting ground! ”
After listening to Yue Feng's analysis, Xiao Tao scratched his head in confusion: "It sounds like that, but is this thing easy to play with?
When we train the eagle, we can also hang a string as insurance. If this big black eagle is training it to fly in circles, what should we do? We can't hang a string that is tens or hundreds of meters away, right? "
Hearing Xiao Tao's question, Yue Feng grinned: " Hahaha, you don’t have to worry about professional issues. Since I said I can train, I will naturally have my own method!
This falcon training is not the same process as training a falcon. You will know when the time comes. "
Xiao Tao: "Okay, I'll wait for your news! If you need my help, just say hello!"
Yue Feng grinned: "Don't worry, am I being polite to you? Just wait and see. I'll definitely be able to cook this sea green in a month at most."
In training Above the eagle, Xiao Tao has an almost superstitious admiration for Yue Feng. Since Yue Feng pats his chest and says there is no problem, then there must be no problem.
However, Xiao Tao's inquiry also gave Yue Feng a wake-up call.
Fist Hunter is naturally the last resort. Training this big black hawk Quan Hunter is a complete waste of natural resources.
If it is pan hunting, the existing falconry equipment is not enough, and there is still one crucial thing missing.
Bait!
The fake bait here is not the fake bait used in lure fishing, but an auxiliary training device used when training falcons to fly.
This fake bait is compared to the real bait. What is the real bait for the eagle? Nature is the prey.
The fake bait is a man-made device similar to the prey. It has the same logic as the rabbit skin used to make a large eagle. It is a tool used to assist in training raptors.
The fake bait used for training falcons can be regarded as the bird version of rabbit bean, which is similar to pheasant bean. The main body is usually sewn with cowhide, with sand or other appropriate ingredients filled in the middle. Heavy, sew a pheasant wing on each side.
At the front end, holes are drilled and threads are threaded. When training the falcon, there are a series of techniques such as waving the bait and throwing the bait to call the hawk.
This thing doesn’t need to be very detailed, but there are some requirements for size and structure.
Fortunately, when he went to the city this time, Sister Li helped to ask for more leathers. Yue Feng picked through this roll of scrap leathers and found a few that were relatively thick and of suitable sizes. After a lot of work, It took another half of the night to sew a fake bait for falcon training.
We were preparing all the equipment. It was already past ten o'clock in the evening. Yue Feng was a little uncomfortable working under the oil lamp. According to memory, the village would be connected to everyone's electricity next summer, which should be soon.
That night, the big black eagle stayed in Yue Feng's house all night with his hat on.
This guy was very courageous, so the place Yue Feng gave him as a temporary falcon platform was a wooden pile as thick as a sea bowl, with a soft towel spread on top of the pile to act as a buffer.
The big black hawk heard the noise in the house and jumped down from the falcon platform at least two or three times in the middle of the night. Yue Fengqiang, who was sleeping, opened his eyelids and helped the falcon onto the falcon platform, and then continued to turn over and sleep.
The rooster crows outside at dawn, and Yue Feng also opens his eyes and gets up. His condition today is obviously a little worse, but he won't go up the mountain today, so it doesn't matter.
After breakfast, before eight o'clock in the morning, several other friends from the falconry team came to Yue Feng's house to see the big black eagle they had just caught.
No one paid much attention to this big Black Hawk yesterday. After a night, it is obvious that it is much more stable now squatting on the falcon platform. Although the hat is buckled, the overall temperament is better than yesterday. Go home and be three points better.
From yesterday when he brought the eagle home until now, Yue Feng has only moistened the beak of the big black eagle with a cotton cloth dipped in water.
However, one thing that surprised Yue Feng was that from the day when the eagle was caught near noon yesterday to the morning of the next day, the big black eagle has not been able to poop.
(End of this chapter)