Chapter 84
My Ranch Chapter 84
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This pheasant, commonly known as the flying dragon, is also known as the tree fowl and tree hazel in the northeast of China . It is currently a first-class protected animal in China . (1)
They belong to the Galliformes, Grouse family, and there are three types in the world namely, Hazel Grouse, Chinese Grouse and Pigeon Pheasant .
In fact, in ordinary times, the flying dragon refers to the hazel grouse, which is the most widely distributed, from the western end of Eurasia to the Navia Peninsula of Stan, Spain, Russia, Northeast China, and Northern Japan .
The flying dragon bird refers to this kind of hazel, Chinese grouse . It is only distributed in several provinces such as Shu, Gan, and Qing . Although it is in the same order, the taste is completely different .
In fact, the flying dragons that Jiang Hai is catching now are also pseudo flying dragons, because this bird is not a hazel grouse, but a Pigeon pheasant, also known as a shawl hazel . It is a specialty bird in the US and Canada, but obviously, this There is no one to hunt birds in these two places, the number is still very good . (2)
The taste of this bird, to be honest, is not as good as a real flying dragon, but it is almost the same . Jiang Hai who was previously poor would naturally find it delicious .
The birds were tied together and strapped on their backpack, and the crowd continued to walk deeper into the woods .
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As they walked deeper into the woods, Jiang Hai discovered that there aren’t a lot of animals here .
Looking at the footprints in the snow, one can see that there are many pheasants, hares, and Jiang Hai even saw fox footprints, but they don’t have to worry about this kind of creature that needs to be removed like in other farms, Because Jiang Hai mainly raises cattle and fish, it is inevitable that the young calves are stronger than foxes even when they are just born .
That is why the fox poses no threat to everyone . After all, before Jiang Hai came, they did not raise chickens here .
Speaking of that, After buying a few native chickens and returning, it has been pretty good recently .
Because he was too lazy to kill the chickens, he just raised the chickens instead . The coop was very sturdy and the fishnet was tightly tied so that these guys could not get out, and after adapting to their new home, a while ago, Jiang Hai discovered that they had already laid eggs . The eggs of the native chicken that he was too lazy to kill and eat, were not bad .
The most important thing is that these are free-range chickens, they have not been fed anything . Their main food is grass seeds and insects in the grass . These grass seeds and insects are transformed by Jiang Hai’s blood . Resulting in the chickens being a bit special .
They lay bigger and larger eggs and they even taste better .
This made Jiang Hai too reluctant to kill these chickens, it was good to just let them lay eggs .
As for the fox hunting the chicken? Don’t even think about it . Don’t think that the dogs in the Jianghai Manor are just for cattle . If it’s large animals . They may not be able to beat them . But dealing with foxes and weasels? They are good hands, so seeing these things, Robbins and Bell have no intention of shooting .
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These foxes are more useful alive than dead, because they will maintain the ecological balance in this forest .
If they die, the rabbits, pheasants and the like will multiply and proliferate . Although the raptors among the seabirds can also help kill some of them, these raptors can only catch adult ones . While they can kill one or two adults there are plenty more cubs and this is where the foxes come in, they will be the one to kill these cubs .
As for hunting rabbits and ordinary pheasants, although Jiang Hai is very interested in these things, it is obvious that Robbins and Bell are not interested in these games . As I said before, the American people do not eat some of these animals, because they are afraid of parasites inside them .
And because they don’t eat rabbit, since rabbit meat doesn’t taste good .
In Jiang Hai’s memory, the place that serves the best rabbit dishes in china is in Sichuan . The rabbits made there are the best . The rabbit itself has no taste, what makes it delicious is the spices mixed in giving it a spicy and delicious taste and making it fragrant that’s why dry pot rabbits and soup pot rabbits taste very good, unlike Ice City, where the rabbits are either smoked or stewed . To be honest, the taste is very average and Jiang Hai is not willing to eat these things . But seeing them now, Jiang Hai can’t help but want them anyway but he is embarrassed to ask the others to help him catch some since it’s snowing and cold now so he could only say goodbye to the rabbits for now .
Along the way, Robbins and Bell kept watch for prey . Not long after, they finally found their goal in coming here, Turkeys . When Jiang hai looked at them, his brows couldn’t help but wrinkle a bit .
At this time, a group of turkeys were strolling around in the open space in the forest . They could be seen, just like the hazel hens caught by Jiang Hai, this thing is also in groups, but these turkeys really are not good-looking .
The black, fat and short body, like a tank and that neck . He felt a bit sick when looking at it .
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The turkey looks very similar to a vulture, and just as ugly, but americans are very fond of this thing, which made him a bit speechless . Jiang Hai had only seen dead turkeys before . This was the first time he saw a live one, but once he saw it, he didn’t want to see it for the second time .
Robbins and Bell didn’t know Jiang Hai’s thoughts at this time . Since they saw the turkeys, they were ready to bring home two . They were going to eat the big one that Jiang Hai bought at his home during Thanksgiving . As for today’s prey, it can be eaten by night . Although turkey is not as good as beef, it is relatively delicious for cowboys who are not picky eaters .
Thinking of this, the two men glanced at each other, then took the guns from behind their backs .
The guns used by these two are shotguns, and use buckshot . You only need one shot to kill, not to mention turkeys . The pellets cannot be dug out when hit, so generally speaking, unless dealing with some large-scale prey, such as elk or bear, they will not use slugs to hunt .
Now they are using ordinary small lead bullets . There are only three lead blocks in a shot . Such bullets are not powerful, but they are better for hunting turkeys . These two , aimed at different turkeys, both adjusted their breaths and both pulled the trigger at almost the same time, *bang* *bang* The two turkeys instantly fell into a pool of blood, and the rest of the turkey ran away like ostriches flapping their wings all the way . In addition to them, the sound of the gunshot alarmed more birds nesting among the branches . With the sound of piercing birds cries, the flock of birds escaping from the sky flew straight from the branches . Jiang Hai couldn’t help but open his mouth wide, but then remembered something, and immediately closed his mouth .
If there is bird shit at this time, and you open your mouth…well, it is better to keep your mouth closed .
Just when Jiang Hai looked at this shocking scene, he suddenly saw two birds flying up and down from a bush in the distance . Needless to say, they knew what the two guys were doing just now, but because they took off on the ground, so it was difficult to balance when flying . When flying near the canopy, they were still flying crooked, on accident, one of the wings, scraped heavily on one of the big trees above a nest, the big tree’s nest fell off the branches at once, but fortunately the nest was very fluffy, and there was a lot of snow in the place where the bird’s nest fell .
So it was just a little impact, and the nest did not break . Seeing this scene, Jiang Hai couldn’t help but walk over .
As for Robbins and Bell, they were dealing with the turkey they had hit . Jiang Hai arrived at the side of the nest . What made Jiang Hai surprised was that there was something in this nest . There are two egg shells that have been broken, and a bird with gray-white fluff on the body, which resembles a black chicken, but it is much smaller than a black chicken .
Jiang Hai looked at the bird in front and couldn’t help but freeze for a moment, not because he recognized the bird’s breed, but because…
“It’s ugly!” Jiang Hai picked up the bird from the nest and squatted down . He looked at the frozen, trembling bird with a pair of appraising eyes and couldn’t help but comment on its appearance .
“What’s the matter? Boss!” And at this time, Robbins and Bell had finished tying up the turkey and walked over happily . When approaching Jiang Hai, Robbins couldn’t help but take a look at Jiang Hai as he smiled and asked him .
Bell behind him had no problem, but looked directly at the thing in Jiang Hai’s hands .
“Boss, did you get this thing from this nest?” Bell asked, surprised, at the baby bird in Jiang Hai’s hand, and Robbins was also stunned when he heard him . A moment later, he looked at the baby bird in Jiang Hai’s hand . He didn’t take a closer look just now . At this look, he was also taken aback . How did the boss get this bird down?
“No, when you shot just now, didn’t you scare away a lot of birds, two birds flew out of the grass over there, but when they flew up the tree, they accidentally knocked this bird’s nest off, I Just came over and found this thing inside . What kind of thing is this? Why is it so ugly?” Holding the bird in his hand, Jiang Hai asked Bell strangely .
“This is… a symbol of the US . ” Robbins said with a helpless face when he heard Jiang Hai’s words .