The Top Fishing
Chapter 667 - 284: Successful Capture_3

Chapter 667: Chapter 284: Successful Capture_3

Compared to bear skin, rabbit skin is much thinner and softer.

After simple tanning treatment, the rabbit fur tube has reached the preliminary standard.

He opened the stopper behind the handle of the Swiss Army knife and took out a sewing needle, then used the knife to split the tanned rabbit fur tube at the abdomen, and with a piece of charcoal, he began to draw lines on the skin.

"Making a hood for the falcon? With rabbit skin? You’re joking with us, right, broadcaster? Such a small head, why make a hood for it? It can’t even wear it, can it?"

"Yeah, yeah, broadcaster, tell us, what’s the point of making a hood?"

"Master Lin said that if he’s making a hood, it must be useful, just watch patiently, he never makes unnecessary preparations."

Lin Yang used the tip of the needle to scratch a mark on the backside of the rabbit skin, then cut off a large piece with the military knife.

He blew on the fire in the fireplace, directly throwing the piece of skin, fur-side down, onto the edge of the fire.

Not until the rabbit fur had almost burned did he take it out, flicked away the sparks, and after inspecting it, was quite satisfied.

"Didn’t I tell everyone before, if a falcon is in a poorly lit place, it will be calmer, the hood we are making is to cover its eyes, and thereby indirectly control the falcon’s mood, preparing for subsequent training. The skin’s burn is passable, it should be usable."

Lin Yang briefly answered everyone’s questions and began cutting the rabbit skin along the marks with the scissors on his Swiss Army knife. Soon, he cut out a piece of skin shaped like a butterfly spreading its wings.

"Technically, making a hood for a bird of prey is quite elaborate, requiring measurements such as the distance between the eyes, the circumference of the skull, the height, and many others. Top-tier falcon hood makers in China can sell an exquisitely made Arab-style falcon hood for thousands of US dollars abroad."

Given our limited conditions and the absence of precise hat blocks used for hat-making, we have to compromise and make a British-Indian style hood that has a higher tolerance for error.

This is a template I sketched based on the falcon’s weight and size. Let’s sew a sample first and see how the size fits. If it doesn’t work out, we’ll adjust it later."

Lin Yang’s explanation opened a new world for the viewers in the live stream chat, with them realizing there was so much finesse involved in making just a simple hood for a falcon.

Soon, everyone saw Lin Yang thread PE line through a sewing needle and start sewing on the drafted template.

The British-Indian style hood was fairly simple to sew. The butterfly wing-shaped template needed its upper and lower edges on the same side to be sewn together along the curved edge. Once both sides were done, it naturally formed two protruding curved corners.

Up to this point, the audience still didn’t understand.

It was only after Lin Yang examined the Spear Falcon’s beak for a while and cut a trapezoidal hole in the middle of the hood that everyone finally understood.

With the hood on the falcon’s head, its beak protruding through the hole, and the previously sewn curved corners covering its eyes, all that was needed was to tighten the back of the hood to secure it in place.

After the hood was sewn, Lin Yang tried it on the little guy, benefiting from the dim environment inside the cabin, plus the softness of the rabbit skin, the fitting was a success at the first attempt.

The Spear Falcon, its eyes covered, seemed like a criminal who’d done something wrong, uncomfortably lowering its head, its feathers changing from being tightly pressed against its body to a fluffed-up state.

The effect of the hood was immediate.

"Ha ha, our craftsmanship isn’t bad, the angle of the hole for the mouth is appropriate, not letting light in, and the size of the sewn model is good enough, not rubbing against the eyes. The rest, just applying some pine resin on the back to stiffen the hood a bit, should make it usable."

Lin Yang carefully examined it and burst into satisfied laughter.

With the hood figured out, the next step was to make a decoy for training. He took a pair of wings from a Thunderbird that had died earlier, sewed them to the sides of a folded triangular piece of rabbit skin, added a little weight at the bottom, and a simple decoy was ready.

After attaching a string and spinning it around, the decoy moved smoothly and was sufficient for subsequent training.

After making the training equipment, the day had unknowingly turned dark.

But today, he didn’t rush to end the stream; instead, he prepared food in the cabin while resting his arm on the falcon, continuing to chat and interact with the audience.

Near the firelight, the falcon’s anxiety noticeably increased, occasionally staring at Lin Yang beside it.

However, Lin Yang was well aware of the bird of prey’s temperament, always keeping his movements within the range it could tolerate.

After holding it for a while, without the hood, the Spear Falcon’s vigilance gradually relaxed, allowing him to occasionally touch the feathers on its chest, back, and tail with the back of his hand.

This falcon was quite heavy and had good energy reserves, so Lin Yang deliberately held it for half the evening until after eleven o’clock before putting it down.

After a whole evening of close contact, the falcon’s wariness towards people had significantly decreased.

After ensuring the cabin door was secure, Lin Yang finally crawled into his sleeping bag to rest.

After many days of perseverance in the cellar, there were finally results, and his mood had also relaxed considerably.