The Top Fishing
Chapter 662 - 283: Preparing to Capture

Chapter 662: Chapter 283: Preparing to Capture

Lin Yang’s breathing was somewhat rapid as he said excitedly, "Uh, did everyone just see that footage?

"We saw it, what bird is that? A raptor? It flew so fast, like a bullet, in the footage it looked white, does the host recognize it?"

"It looks like an eagle, or a hawk, totally white, could it be an albino? I’ve seen a completely albino magpie at a bird market, with white feathers, red eyes; at the time, the seller was asking for ten thousand yuan, not a penny less, legend has it that it was later bought by a player from the capital."

"Could it be a falcon? The diving flight posture looks similar to the peregrine falcon from the Animal World series, but I don’t think peregrine falcons come in white!"

They say fishing and hunting go hand in hand, and among the audience who like fishing, quite a few know a thing or two about the pelts of raptors.

No one got it right, but they were already not far from the correct answer.

Lin Yang organized his knowledge about raptors and said, "This is a medium-to-large raptor from the falcon family, scientifically called the Spear Falcon. In certain regions of our country, it is also known as Hai Dongqing. In ancient times, presenting a Spear Falcon could grant amnesty to a death-row convict—that’s the one we’re talking about."

"Damn! Is that Hai Dongqing? Could it be wrong?"

"The hunting action just now was so cool; no wonder even emperors loved it."

"Is it that precious? Compared to those falcons raised by Arab princes, which is more valuable?"

Lin Yang chuckled, "I’m not sure which is more valuable, but as far as I know, in terms of hunting ability, the Spear Falcon is stronger than the Falcon.

The average weight of the Spear Falcon is heavier than that of the Falcon; the average weight of the males is 1.8 kg and the females 2.3 kg. They also have a wider range of prey in their diet. An adult female Spear Falcon can even hunt swans."

I guess the reason why it is not as famous as the Falcon is not only historical but also climatic. The Spear Falcon lives at higher latitudes and is the national bird of Iceland, whereas the Arab region is mainly dry desert, and their living habits may differ.

To put it simply, as our local saying goes, ’the water and soil don’t agree,’ but now in the circle of Arab nobility, there are already many who keep hybrid-bred Spear Falcons. The value of a well-bred Spear Falcon isn’t any less than that of a Falcon."

After this bit of education, the audience in the live stream were mesmerized. Having watched a lot of martial arts dramas featuring majestic birds, which boy hasn’t fantasized about raptors in his youth? And now they had stumbled upon one during the fishing and hunting wilderness challenge.

"Holy moly, the host knows so much, you’re aware of all this?"

"I just looked it up on Baidu; the Spear Falcon really is Iceland’s national bird. The photos on Baidu match the bird we just saw in the footage."

"I love it, I wonder if we can see it again; it’s pretty nice to come out to the wild to watch this beautiful big guy hunt, and speaking of which, we helped scare up that wild chicken earlier."

"This kind of raptor should have its own territory, right? Maybe we’ll run into it again."

Lin Yang laughed, "I’m on the same page as everyone. Since we have enough supplies now, it’s not like we can just sit around all the time, we have to find some fun.

Otherwise, I might try and see if I can catch this Spear Falcon and give traditional Eagle Hunting a shot?"

"What? Are you planning to catch this Spear Falcon?"

"If I could get this big fellow to hunt in a human’s hand and perch on it, it’d be really impressive."

"But is that legal? It’s not a special protected animal that we aren’t allowed to capture, right?"

Lin Yang shook his head, "Before coming here, the production team gave all the challengers a list of protected animals, and the Spear Falcon wasn’t on it. Thus, in our current challenge zone, it is legal to trap and train Spear Falcons for hunting.

However, I want to remind everyone that all medium and large raptors are protected in our country and capturing or privately keeping them is not allowed. Now let’s head back to camp to get ready; I can’t wait."

Once back at camp, he immediately got busy.

To train hawks, one must first capture hawks, and for capturing hawks, a lure is required.

The best bait for trapping a Spear Falcon is the Thunderbird that we encountered today.

Now, the plan was clear: acquire the bait, use the bait to set up a suitable trap, a two-step approach.

After finding some PE line in the shelter, Lin Yang once again took the audience to the wilderness.

Capturing Thunderbird is not very difficult. He went back to the squirrel tree’s storage, took a handful of pine nuts and berries, and then set up four noose traps in the area where Thunderbirds were active.

Using seeds and berries as bait, one can catch Thunderbirds, and then use live Thunderbirds as bait to capture the target prey, the Spear Falcon.

It’s like baiting a fishing spot; to get something, you must first give something.

After setting up the noose traps, Lin Yang hurried back to camp, picked up an ax, and went to the area where the pine forest and the wilderness intersected.

"The trap is set, what are you up to now, host?"

"Yeah? Weren’t the noose traps already arranged? Is there more preparation?"

"The host’s thought process jumps too fast; I can’t keep up."

Lin Yang explained, "The noose traps I just set are for catching Thunderbirds, like the bird similar to a wild chicken that suddenly flew up today, and now I’m cutting down some thin pine trees to bring back to camp to weave a net, for catching hawks!"

"What? You can weave nets too?"

"That’s pretty awesome. You can even weave nets? I’m very curious; apart from not being able to give birth, what can’t you do?"