Chapter 162 Catching Duozi
By the time Yue Feng arrived at Chen Pao's house, the old man was already fully armed.
Catching Duozi is different from catching other eaglets. Although this little guy is not big, his temperament is somewhat different from ordinary eaglets.
I mentioned the migratory habits of eagles before. Spring is a breeding migration. The time is very short and the migration is very concentrated. The migration from the wintering place to the breeding place is very short and disappears after it passes.
Autumn is a seasonal migration. The migration cycle from the breeding ground to the wintering ground is relatively long, and there are also some resident birds in the low forest.
These Duozi rarely breed in the Northeast. Most of them breed in the wilderness areas of Inner Mongolia and Ningxia. They will only migrate with the flocks of birds in late autumn. Among the small raptors, they are almost the latest to migrate. one.
It is a typical winter migratory bird in areas such as Northeast and North China, that is, it flies away when it gets warm and spends the winter in this area.
Most eaglets are afraid of the cold, but this Duozi is one of the few raptors that is not so sensitive to temperature and is not afraid of the cold.
During their migration, they will choose a terrain environment with relatively rich food as their winter territory, so if Duozi’s activities are found in the wild in winter, then this area is probably in its territory Within the territory.
In addition to having its own territory, Duozi is also one of the few eaglets that has a very biological rhythm in hunting.
In an environment where food is relatively abundant, Duozi's hunting time is fixed every day. They are small in size and have great hunting skills. Therefore, as long as food resources are relatively abundant, they rarely go hungry.
After catching food, they will eat on the spot or on the trees in the nearby woods with the prey in their mouths. After eating and drinking, they will wander around the territory. It can also be understood as patrolling the territory to prevent others. of passing raptors taking up territory.
Because of its habit, many people who are new to catching eagles and do not understand the habits of stacks have clearly discovered the existence of stacks on a certain film set, but they have repeatedly used various tricks to catch eagles. The success rate was extremely low, and even exaggerated to the point where the eaglet flew over Bai Zi's head several times and remained indifferent.
In fact, apart from a few problems with the layout of the netting equipment, the most likely main reason is the placement of the net or the wrong time.
Think about it, if you go out to catch eaglets in the net this season, you will basically go there on the same day and not be able to return overnight. When you go down to the net, the eaglets will have already eaten and drank enough. Of course, your net and lure will be indifferent.
In addition, Duozi himself is also a very smart bird of prey. If the net gear used to catch the eagle is too dense and the net rope is too thick, Duozi may be discovered. After the probabilities are superimposed, people who know how to catch eagles may be able to catch them easily, but those who don’t understand clearly know this. There were stacks on the side, but I couldn't catch him despite several attempts.
As a veteran driver, Yue Feng knew the habits of Duo Zi very well. He went to meet Chen Pao before dawn, not even bothering to eat the breakfast made by Aunt Chen, just to be in time. Duozi, who got up early in the morning, laid out the netting equipment before hunting for food.
The place where the net was set this time was near the grove where the escaped eagle was caught last time.
It’s just that the net used today is not a self-falling net, but another piece of single-sided cross net used to catch eaglets.
Speaking of which, the principle of catching eagles using a cage net is basically the same as using a cage net to catch kites in autumn. The only difference is that the place where the net is lowered is not in the woods, but outside the woods.
There are no trees to use as heels for hanging the net, so you must bring two bamboo poles or other thin and straight wooden sticks for hanging the net.
What Yue Feng brought was two bamboo poles less than two meters long. He stepped directly on the ground with his feet to fix them, and then hung up the single piece of netting.
This net is also very particular. It uses a three-finger wide net used for catching kites, but the thread is indeed a thinner black single strand.
After the mesh was hung and arranged, Yue Feng placed the wire cage containing the sparrows on the ground near the shade of the mesh. After all preparations were completed, he simply cleaned up the traces under his feet and took Chen Pao with him. After finding a shelter from the wind, the cat got up and waited for dawn.
Catching birds on Duozi is also very ornamental.
Most of the captured birds, such as the pine nut sparrowhawk, are small birds that like to sneak attack on the ground to eat food. The main focus is on unexpected high-speed sneak attacks, and the targets are mainly the old, weak, sick and disabled in the bird group.
Duozi, who are strong individuals, are quite confident in their flying abilities. When they catch birds, they like to chase small flocks of birds, and most of the birds they chase are those with the strongest stamina and the fastest flying speeds. individual.
If there are no flocks of birds in the habitat, Duozi likes to lift the birds up from the ground, and then use the super high speed to catch the birds. They don’t even wait for the birds to land. They lower their heads and hit the back of the bird’s neck. There was a bite on the spine, so almost none of the birds caught in the stack survived, and they were all killed in one blow.
In his last life, Yue Feng set a net to catch Duo Zi in the depression in the winter. He saw with his own eyes the wild female Duo Zi (Ma Lian) chasing the skylarks flying in the sky. The chasing posture of flying high in the sky and the earth was enough to It can last for more than ten minutes before the dust settles. Most of them are won by Duo, and the success rate of preying is extremely high.
After Yue Feng and Chen Pao finished setting the net, they came to a haystack to take shelter from the wind. This land belonged to Chen Pao's own village collective brigade, and Chen Pao could cover it.
The two men lit a small fire and chatted while warming themselves while waiting for the sun to come out.
"Xiao Feng, how long should we wait to check the Internet? What if this little blue eagle doesn't come here to get food today?"
Chen Pao's expression and mood are different from those of the past few days. The big eagle who called Yue Feng to help catch the escaped prisoner was almost exactly the same, slightly worried and full of expectations.
Yue Feng grinned, added a few straws to the fire, leaned against the haystack and said, "It shouldn't be a big problem. There is no wind today, and the temperature has been relatively stable in recent days. You saw it yesterday. There are traces of them, they must still be active in this area!”
“That’s good, that’s good! I’m already sixty years old, and I’m still doing this kind of work of getting up in the middle of the night to catch birds. If you tell them, they will definitely make those old guys laugh!" Chen Pao laughed at himself after hearing this.
"What does this mean? When you were young, didn't you have a cellar on the mountain? That wouldn't be any crazier than having a fire in the haystacks in the village and waiting for dawn!"
"I want to talk about it. Zhenzi, I was really beaten in the mountains twenty years ago! I came from a poor time and suffered all kinds of things.
Sometimes I went far to hunt in the mountains and couldn't come back on the same day. I was able to spend the night on the mountain. Later, together with a few old friends, I spent a week building a cellar on the mountain. If everyone couldn't come back on the day of going up the mountain, they would spend the night in the cellar!
< br>The conditions were poor at that time. We had a lot of children in our family. The boys were growing up and had big appetites. Even if they were sparing the food distributed by the production team, they would not be full. So we had to go up the mountain to recruit children and hunt livestock for us. Improve the food at home!
I remember clearly that in 1963, the Muling River flooded, the land was flooded, the food harvest was poor, and the people in the village did not have enough food.
As the New Year approaches, the family can’t open the fire.
I decided to go up the mountain and take a gamble. It takes two and a half hours to walk from home to the chosen spot on the mountain.
Before departure, your aunt gathered together all the edible food in the house and helped me cook a large bowl of cornmeal mixed with rice bran and dried sweet potatoes.
Only this bowl of paste, I drank two sips and fed the rest to the old dog at home at the time!
There is no way, hunting and tracking in the mountains depends on dogs. Dogs usually can't get much food and water at home, and they are as thin as a knife beetle. If they work in the mountains without food in their stomachs, they can't walk at all.
The earthen guns used at that time only had ammunition for three shots in total. If they couldn't kill the prey, they wouldn't even be able to get the money to buy the ammunition and buy saltpeter later!
Drinking those two mouthfuls of porridge in the morning, I felt hungry halfway up the mountain. I came across some dried wild grapes on the edge of the ditch that were not rotten. When I saw them, I picked them up and stuffed them in my mouth. I felt hungry. After a while, I no longer feel like a human being. I want to stuff everything I see in my mouth to fill my stomach!
But I had a good idea that time when I went up the mountain. Xiaohua led me on the trail for most of the day, and finally tracked down a large red deer with a half-grown calf.
I gritted my teeth and stuffed two portions of gunpowder into the gun, and all the lead bullets were filled in.
It's a gamble whether you live or die!
With one shot, a hole bigger than a fist was made on the side of the red deer's chest.
The big red deer was knocked down by me.
My ears also suffered from tinnitus due to this shot.
This big red deer was killed. I was not very happy. Instead, I lay on the deer’s body and cried loudly!
I thought to myself, deer, deer, don’t blame me, I still have a wife and children at home, I have to live!
Only by relying on this deer, our family did not go hungry all spring, your aunt's bloated condition was cured, and the family of five managed to survive in these famine years.
From then on, every year when I went up the mountain and I encountered a deer, I never shot it again. That deer saved the lives of our whole family. Now that we can live a better life and have enough to eat, I only hunt the ones that cause harm to others. Black hair (both wild boars and blind bears have black hair, and the corresponding ones also have yellow hair. Deer, roe deer, and musk deer all have yellow hair, which is a loose collective term for hunters)
This is a hunter, Sometimes it's quite evil, it depends on God whether he will let you make this fortune!
Autumn is better. Even if you can't catch any prey, you can still pick some mushrooms, pick some soft dates, and collect some mountain products to take home.
The most difficult thing is winter, with nine days of cold weather, ice and snow, and the animals in the mountains are hiding tightly. Sometimes, even if you walk in the mountains for a whole day, you won't see a single living thing!
Sometimes I run out of dry food I brought up the mountain, and if I can’t catch anything after running around in the mountains for a day, I have to go home hungry. If I can’t bear the hunger, I grab a handful of snow and stuff it into my mouth! ”
Mentioning the old memories of hunting in the mountains when he was young, Chen Pao opened up the conversation, and Yue Feng was immersed in it unknowingly. Although the conditions are still not that good in 80 years, people have starved to death. It’s almost impossible to see anymore. It’s just that the food is not as good as the oil and water, but it still satisfies my stomach.
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Chen Pao, who was caught up in the memories of the past, was chattering. He talked about many things from his youth, and Yue Feng leaned against the haystack and listened quietly
Before I knew it, it was dawn and the sun came out.
The two of them stayed like this for more than two hours in the field. When Yue Feng remembered to pee, he realized that his cotton shoes were completely frozen and his feet were numb from the cold.
Yue Feng pulled Chen Pao up to move around. Seeing that the time was almost up, the two of them walked towards the place where the fork was lowered.
From a distance, I saw that the mesh was turned off by the trigger, and the sparrows in the cage were so frightened that they kept fluttering.
Yue Feng was overjoyed: “I caught him!”
After saying this, Yue Feng took long strides and ran over.
When I walked closer, sure enough, I saw an orchid with blue back and wings and rusty red breasts. It was wrapped tightly by the network cable and could not move on the ground.
When the orchid man saw the person, he opened his mouth in fright, and the pupils of his big, smart eyes dilated slightly because of fear.
The eagle is not big, only one size bigger than the swallow. It is estimated that it does not weigh more than three or two, but based on the initial visual inspection, the shape and appearance are really iconic.
Yue Feng put on gloves to control the eagle first, and then patiently untied the net wrapped around the eagle. After straightening everything out, Yue Feng took out a small goldfish eye from his pocket. Turn the screw eagle cap to buckle the little blue eagle.
I made the little eagle hat based on the size in my memory. The overall proportion is not a big problem, except that the position of the mountain is a little low. As a result, after putting the hat on the eagle, the whole mouth cannot leak out.
This small problem is not a big deal. After returning to the house, Yue Feng used a knife to repair the opening of the hat and then repaired it upwards to solve the problem.
Putting on the hat, Ying obviously became much more stable after losing sight of things. Yue Feng asked Uncle Chen to help him and put on the two pieces at once.
After the two-open toad-five-foot set was tidied up, Yue Feng let go of his hand and let Xiaoying stand on the back of Yue Feng's hand with his hat on.
Now, the various body details of Little Orchid Duozi, proportions and qualities, were all clearly displayed in front of the two of them.
It is not big, and it only weighs about three ounces with the hat and other bits and pieces on the upper hand. The wings are very thin, and when folded, the wings are almost invisible from the front.
The head shape is very good, with a round head and a delicate mouth, he must be smart, unlike some individuals who have a big toad head, which is not only unsightly, but also has a much worse temper.
The color of the wax film on the nose is green with a slight yellowish tint, which is a characteristic only found in one-year-old eaglets. This means that this little eagle hatched last spring and is less than a year and a half old.
Except for the peach blossoms that did not moult that year (the sub-adult males were called peach blossoms before moulting, and after moulting, they turned blue and changed into orchids), the most ideal age.
Looking at the body proportions of this eagle, the chest is broad, the upper part is thicker and the lower part is narrower. When standing on a human hand, the body is upright, and the overall body shape is like a small mallet.
The eagle is not big, but its claws are not small among its kind. They are dry and thin, and their nails are sharp, giving people a feeling of muscles and bones. The little eagle has a crotch width of more than two fingers, and it looks stable when standing on the hand.
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