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Chapter 819: 802 Flight Training

Chapter 819: Chapter 802 Flight Training

After a few more minutes, Xiao Bai returned once again. This time, the flying altitude had reached nearly fifty meters, and the flying radius had exceeded one hundred and fifty meters.

Before receiving instructions, Xiao Bai’s flight circle unconsciously grew larger and larger, turning into a white dot in Yue Feng’s eyes.

Fifty meters,

Eighty meters

One hundred meters!

Feeling that the altitude was about right, Yue Feng then retrieved the Lure and blew the long-awaited whistle!

The tacit understanding developed from fighting side by side made Xiao Bai decide immediately upon hearing the whistle and seeing the Lure. With its wings tucked like a diver, it dived vertically from the sky.

This maneuver was much faster than the usual low-altitude flight with the Lure. Yue Feng hadn’t even reacted to control the Lure when he felt it was tightly gripped. Xiao Bai, flapping its wings, held firmly onto the Lure and landed on the ground.

Xiao Bai looked at the area on the back of the Lure where the clean meat was usually tied and called out with a “caw caw caw,” clearly asking, “Where’s the usual meat? Why isn’t there any today?”

Yue Feng reached into his pocket and took out the rabbit meat wrapped in a moist cloth, which was one-third of today’s total feeding amount.

Seeing the meat, Xiao Bai immediately released the Lure and jumped onto Yue Feng’s arm, which had a rabbit fur sleeve, and started tearing into it with big bites, quickly swallowing the meat chunks.

The crop on Xiao Bai’s chest bulged slightly again, and Yue Feng casually stroked its feathers, sitting on a rock.

The series of unusual movements had already caused an uproar on the public channel!

“Damn! What does that mean? Hiding the Lure? Aren’t you afraid of losing Xiao Bai?”

“It’s flying higher and higher, Brother Feng, be careful! If it goes any higher, you won’t be able to see it!”

“There’s only a small dot left. The drone lens is zoomed in so much, yet it’s still small!”

“What is Brother Feng trying to do? Blow the whistle! Without it, Xiao Bai won’t receive instructions and will move freely!”

Yue Feng grinned and said, “Everyone, were you a bit too excited just now?”

“More than excited; my heart was practically jumping to my throat!”

“Is this the circling flight training Brother Feng talked about in the live stream yesterday? No wonder you said it’s easy to lose the falcon. If bad luck strikes and prey appears somewhere, Xiao Bai would definitely fly out to catch it, flapping away for several kilometers. It’s no wonder the falcon gets lost!”

Yue Feng nodded, “Yes, this is the circling flight training!

I divide the falcon’s flight into several different types. In most cases, our previous short-distance Box Hunting involves an accelerated flight posture with both wings vigorously flapping, which I call Da Fei! It accelerates quickly but is very energy-consuming!

Another type is a flying posture similar to the sparrows at home, where the wings flap once, and there’s an interval for resting. This is called Small Flight! The speed is slightly slower, but it has more endurance!

The last type is the diving flight that everyone just saw!

This is a flight method that uses continuously climbing altitude to exchange for ultra-high speed. The advantage is that it’s incredibly fast, giving the prey almost no time to react. Combined with the kicking attack method, it is extremely lethal to small to medium-sized prey!

I once watched a foreign documentary where a falcon hunted a mallard duck. With one high-speed dive and a kick close to the ground, it directly snapped the neck of the wild duck – beheading it in one swift motion!”

“Uh! Circling flight just means letting Xiao Bai fly high, right? Is that what it means?”

Yue Feng: “Yes! In stable performance, the higher it flies, the better! That’s why I didn’t blow the whistle when I saw Xiao Bai returning and circling around me to gain height!

In fact, I only blew the whistle today when I noticed that Xiao Bai had basically stabilized its flight height over several consecutive circles. Otherwise, I would have let it continue to climb higher!”

“Uh, the height today was at least a hundred meters, right? Was that enough?”

Yue Feng shook his head: “Far from enough! With minimal feeding, rest for a while, and after digesting the food by noon, fly once more! The starting point for the first big circle at a hundred meters is already quite high, but for hunting cygnets, this height still isn’t enough! I estimate that at least a height between one hundred fifty to one hundred eighty meters is needed to have some confidence!”

Near noon, sure enough, Yue Feng employed the same trick to let Xiao Bai circle once more!

This time’s performance was practically no different from the morning. Xiao Bai’s habitual flying height seemed to stay around 100 meters.

After a round of circling, Yue Feng continued feeding the meat. After returning to the camp, he added rabbit fur to the final meal, then placed the falcon back on the stand and took the drone out of the camp to busy himself.

“Brother Feng, why are we out here if Xiao Bai is left at home?”

Yue Feng: “To set up some more Hang Foot Traps for catching ptarmigans! The traps set up earlier haven’t been maintained recently, and they’re mostly destroyed!

For the live prey needed in the upcoming circling flight, pigeons are best, but since they’re not available here, ptarmigans will have to do! The principle is the same!”

After more than an hour of work, Yue Feng set up over a dozen variously sized Hang Foot Traps in areas with ptarmigan activity nearby. The secret stash of the little squirrel was once again requisitioned by Yue Feng, and he took a handful of various seeds and pine nuts.

Before it got dark, Yue Feng patrolled around the traps across the hunting ground. The luck wasn’t great; he only caught a female juvenile ptarmigan that didn’t seem to weigh even a pound. Yue Feng shook his head slightly, figuring that it was its bad luck—tomorrow’s training would involve this one!

Early the next day, Yue Feng brought Xiao Bai back to the hunting ground, but this time, he had a lively ptarmigan in his pocket.

After being caught in the trap, the ptarmigan was a bit unlucky as Yue Feng had sewn its eyelids shut with needle and thread.

The long-distance call before training, along with circling flight, was identical to the day before. Xiao Bai maintained a stable flying height and began circling after reaching about 150 meters.

Yue Feng counted in his mind, roughly estimating the circling flight time, stretching the circling flight as long as possible, which was part of the training content.

After waiting for about ten minutes, the treetops in the distance began to sway slightly.

Noticing this, Yue Feng’s heart started pounding; just like yesterday, as the temperature rose, the wind had begun to pick up over the hunting ground!

Mid- to large-sized birds are adept at utilizing airflow, and once Xiao Bai sensed the breeze, it instinctively began to climb higher.

As it adjusted its wing angle to climb, Yue Feng suddenly blew his whistle, and at the same time, the ptarmigan was thrown high by Yue Feng.

With its eyelids sewn shut and lacking visual assistance, the ptarmigan could only frantically gain altitude in small circles after being thrown, climbing dozens of meters like a helicopter in just a few seconds.

A whistle is an order! Xiao Bai quickly spotted the climbing ptarmigan and dived from a great height.

A strike from the air!