(Baonghean.vn) - Every year, from the end of September to the first half of October, the weather begins to change from autumn to winter, when the cold air comes to the villages of the mountainous district of Tuong Duong, it is the time when villagers in some villages of the mountainous district of Tuong Duong such as Tam Lien, Bai So, Bai Xa... invite each other to catch quail.
This is a long-standing tradition of the people. In the past, when the fields were planted with a lot of dry rice or some crops such as peanuts, sesame, etc., the number of quails was high. Nowadays, the villagers mainly grow some short-term industrial crops such as sugar cane, cassava, etc., so the number of quails in the fields has decreased. Hunting birds has affected the environment.
Images of quail hunting that we recently recorded during quail season…
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| From early evening, when darkness began to fall, the mist fell lightly, in the mild cold of late autumn, the villagers prepared their luggage for their quail hunting trip. |
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| These days, many people go catching quail. |
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| Most people use flashlights and their bare hands, while a few more professionals use homemade rackets to take pictures. |
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| In the past, in the fields along the Lam River or in the valleys, people grew dry rice and other crops, so there were many quails and they were easy to catch. Nowadays, people mainly grow raw materials, and the number of quails is gradually decreasing. |
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| People use socks or some kind of homemade bags to put quails in after catching them. |
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| People use socks or some kind of homemade bags to put quails in after catching them. |
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| People use flashlights and electric lights to catch birds. |
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| The quails caught are usually used as food for the family, a few are brought to the market to sell, each quail caught sells for 20 thousand dong. However, hunting birds has affected the environment. |
Ho Phuong
