The Top Fishing
Chapter 669 - 285: Starting Food Training_2

Chapter 669: Chapter 285: Starting Food Training_2

The next morning, Lin Yang got up early as usual, took off the falcon’s hood, and stepped out of the house, squatting from the dim dawn until the sun rose high in the sky.

As affinity gradually increased, Little White’s cautious behavior towards people shortened each morning. After a hearty meal, the falcon’s performance was even more impressive the next day, no longer staring blankly at people.

Starting the live stream, Lin Yang, as usual, chatted with his brothers for a while before taking out the prepared food from the house.

"Little White was very eager to eat yesterday, and even began to respond to the whistle. Today, we are going to proceed to the next step of training, everyone watch closely."

After greeting everyone, Lin Yang placed Little White on a pine post standing outside the door. The post was about one meter three in height and as thick as the mouth of a bowl, just the right size for Little White to perch on comfortably.

"What’s the next step, host?"

"Moving from indoor to outdoor, there’s indeed progress."

"I’m still more focused on its eyes, guys, if you look closely, you can see the fear is no longer present in Little White’s pupils."

Lin Yang turned his back, using his body to shield a view of the slices of meat in the rough pottery bowl from his viewers, and said, "In falconry, once the bird starts eating heartily, the next step is called ’jump to the fist.’ I reckon Little White is so smart that it’ll get it in one go."

After speaking, Lin Yang pinched a slice of meat and turned back around, walking to a spot about half a meter from Little White.

As the whistle sounded, Little White immediately started swinging its head left and right, searching for the source upon receiving the command.

The previously established conditioned reflex worked wonders, the sound of the whistle signifying food.

Lin Yang revealed the piece of meat in his hand and deliberately placed the arm with a rabbit-skin-covered sleeve in front of the falcon.

Just as he expected, upon seeing the meat, Little White showed no hesitation and leaped straight from the post to his arm, half a meter away, burying its head to start eating without any fear of humans. The connecting frog leash, which was about five feet long, was almost stretched taut.

"Holy shit? It came over just by listening to the whistle?"

"This is good, it can already interact with people."

"Amazing, so cool, it hasn’t been long, and Little White isn’t afraid of people anymore."

"It feels like the host isn’t doing much, but there’s progress every day, becoming more obedient. Is this the technique of ancient falconry? It’s miraculous."

"It’s not that hard, I feel like I’ve learned it too. Isn’t it just a set of whistling and feeding? It’s simple."

"Everyone thinks they can do it, but when trying, they fail. Not to mention, the host’s daily dedication, getting up early, staying up late, and dealing with Little White for such long hours, ordinary people wouldn’t be able to withstand it."

While continuing to feed the falcon two more pieces of meat, Lin Yang habitually rubbed Little White’s chest, back, wings, tail feathers, and other areas with the back of his hand.

This too was part of the familiarization process; Little White, who previously showed some resistance, now seemed to thoroughly enjoy it. As he stroked it, the feathers on the falcon’s head gradually relaxed.

Lin Yang continued to inform, "In falconry, once you understand the principles, the rest is all in the details. Our live stream is just a showcase and not encouragement for everyone to try it themselves. I want to reiterate that, in China, birds of prey are under special protection, at least second-class, and catching, keeping, and training them without permission is not allowed.

What you just saw was the ’jump to the fist’ I mentioned before. The primary link of affinity between the falcon and humans has been established, and it will spontaneously jump onto an arm or fist to eat. And brothers, did you notice a detail just now? While eating the meat, Little White consciously avoided pecking our hand."

"Yes, I saw it just now."

"This scene seems familiar. When I feed my dog with pet snacks, it’s also afraid of biting me."

"My cat does the same thing."

"Have they developed a tacit understanding? What’s the next step?"

Lin Yang replied, "From the next step on, training a falcon differs from training a hawk. For a falcon, you start to extend the distance, which is called ’flying at altitude,’ but for a hawk, what’s needed is to recognize the lure, the triangular tool sewn together from pheasant wings and rabbit fur that we made before."

"Host, host, what exactly is this lure thing? It looks strange, and I haven’t seen you use it."

"I also want to know; it looks weird, and you haven’t used it."

"Recognizing the lure, is it to associate the food with the lure? I feel like this step is somewhat similar to dog training."

Lin Yang: "Right, some brothers are already able to deduce by analogy. The lure is actually a fake, a training aid, and is used to assist in falconry, in recalling the bird after release. Everyone can think of it as a bowl for eating, similar in function to the whistle. When it’s shown, it signals to the hawk that it’s mealtime. I only fed Little White a bit of meat when it jumped to the fist, we’ll start training it to recognize the lure after it has pooped."

About half an hour later, Little White perched back on the post, and its tail feathers relaxed, releasing a watery poop with a puff. After finishing, it still wagged its tail pensively a few times, appearing quite adorable.

Lin Yang: "Alright, it has pooped. Let’s continue with the rest of the training."

He turned and went back into the wooden house, took down the lure hanging on the wall, and casually tied a large slice of meat to the back of the lure. He then strutted back in front of Little White.

Little White saw this rudimentary lure for the first time and had no reaction whatsoever, mostly focusing on the right hand covered with a rabbit-skin sleeve.

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