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Chapter 808: 792: Taking the bait, calling from afar (large of 4000 words)

Chapter 808: Chapter 792: Taking the bait, calling from afar (large chapter of 4000 words)

Actually, when it comes to eagle training and dog training, there are a lot of similarities in principle; the core idea is simply to establish a stable conditioned reflex using food after achieving initial affinity, thereby gradually advancing to achieve the ideal effect of effective interaction!

Yue Feng discovered that the conditioned reflex of blowing a whistle and giving meat had initially formed, and he felt more relaxed, as if he had crossed the first hurdle! Little White was not only bold but also quite smart.

He had prepared about 100 grams (two liang) of rabbit meat in advance, soaking the blood out with clear water. Yue Feng fed half of it on the spot and used the remaining half to reinforce the effect by feeding a few pieces at a time until it was finished.

The next morning, Yue Feng got up early as usual, took off the falcon’s hood, and hurried outside; from the dark morning sky, he stayed until the sun was high.

With the gradual increase in affinity, Little White’s time being wary of people each morning became shorter and shorter. After enjoying a hearty meal, the falcon’s performance the next morning was even better, no longer staring blankly at people.

Starting the livestream, Yue Feng chatted with his buddies for a bit before taking out the prepared meal from the house.

“Yesterday, Little White ate heartily and has started responding to the whistle; today, we’ll move on to the next training step! Guys, watch closely!”

After greeting everyone, Yue Feng placed Little White on a pine log standing outside the door, about 1.3 meters in height and as thick as a bowl, which was just right for Little White to perch on.

“What’s the next step, Brother Feng?”

“Moving from indoors to outdoors, that’s progress!”

“I’m more focused on its eyes; everyone, look closely, it seems like there’s no fear in Little White’s pupils anymore!”

Yue Feng turned his back and used his body to block the coarse pottery bowl filled with meat pieces, showing it to the water friends and saying, “Eagle training, after it’s comfortable eating, the next step in jargon is called Jumping Punch! I guess, Little White is so smart it can succeed in one go!”

After speaking, Yue Feng pinched a piece of meat, turned around, and walked to a spot about half a meter beside Little White.

A whistle sounded, and Little White, following the cue, immediately shook its head left and right to search.

The conditioned reflex established earlier took effect; the whistle sounding meant it was feeding time.

Yue Feng revealed the piece of meat in his hand, deliberately placing his hand with the rabbit-skin sleeve cover in front of the falcon.

Almost exactly as Yue Feng expected, Little White, seeing the meat, didn’t hesitate and jumped directly from the stump to the arm half a meter away, not afraid of humans at all, burying its head and starting to eat! The five-foot string connecting to the falcon was almost taut!

“Damn? It came to eat just by hearing the whistle?”

“This is great, now it can interact with people!”

“So amazing, so impressive! This didn’t take long, and Little White isn’t afraid of people anymore!”

“Feels like Brother Feng didn’t really do much, yet there’s progress every day, it becomes more obedient day by day! Is this the traditional eagle training technique? So incredible!”

“Nothing special, I feel like I’ve learned it too! Isn’t it just feeding with a whistle? Very simple!”

“It looks easy, but learning is a different story! Not to mention, Brother Feng gets up early and stays up late, spending so much time with Little White every day, the average person wouldn’t persist!”

Continuing to feed the falcon a couple more pieces of meat, Yue Feng habitually used the back of his hand to stroke Little White’s chest, back, wings, and tail feathers.

This is part of the process of becoming familiar and building affinity; what Little White resisted before is now something it thoroughly enjoys, with the feathers on its head gradually relaxing under Yue Feng’s caress.

Yue Feng continued to explain: “Eagle training, once you understand the principles, the rest is all in the details! Our livestream just demonstrates, but we do not encourage everyone to try themselves! Once again, it’s important to emphasize that birds of prey are key protected animals in our country, all at least Second Level protected, and capturing, raising, or training them privately is not allowed.

What I just demonstrated was what we call Jumping Punch! It means the affinity between the falcon and the human is initially established so that it can voluntarily jump onto your arm or fist to eat! And did everyone notice a detail just now, that while Little White was eating meat earlier, it consciously avoided pecking our palm!”

“Yes, I saw that too!”

“That seemed familiar! When I feed treats to my dog, it’s the same way, afraid to bite me!”

“My cat does the same!”

“Getting in sync, huh? What’s the next step in the process?”

Yue Feng replied: “Starting from the next step, falcon and eagle training will have differences! For eagle training, you gradually increase the distance, called ‘ranging!’ But with falcons, what’s needed is recognizing the lure! It’s the triangular tool we made before using pheasant wings and rabbit skin!”

“Brother Feng, what exactly is that lure for?”

“I’m curious too; it looks weird, and I haven’t seen you use it!”

“Is recognizing the lure about connecting the meal with it? It feels a bit like dog training!”

Yue Feng: “Yes, one of you is already drawing analogies! A lure is essentially a fake bait! It’s an auxiliary tool for training, guiding circular flights, and retrieving the raptor post-release!”

You can simply think of it as the bowl used for meals, similar to the whistle’s function; when it’s shown, it signals to the falcon that it’s time to eat! While Little White was jumping the punch, I only fed a bit of meat; after it relieves itself in a while, we’ll start training it to recognize the lure!”