The Top Fishing
Chapter 687 - 291: Dealing with the Swan_2

Chapter 687: Chapter 291: Dealing with the Swan_2

On the yellowish skin surface, a bruise the size of an adult’s fist was apparent, and though the prey was dead, the bruise persisted, with a very obvious blood halo effect.

"Damn, such a big spot, was that just from a kick?"

"The spots where the grouse and rabbits got kicked didn’t look this terrifying, did they?"

"Is this the damage caused by a high-speed, fatal strike? It’s terrifying."

Lin Yang nodded and naturally extended his right arm across Little White’s chest, and feeling the proximity, Little White instinctively climbed up his arm with her eyes covered.

Lin Yang gently touched Little White’s left talon, and feeling the touch, Little White lifted her whole left foot, revealing the structure of her foot sole to the camera.

He pointed to a raised area in the palm of Little White’s foot and explained, "The talon structure differs slightly among birds of prey, with eagles having the greatest gripping strength, followed by hawks, and falcons thereafter.

But the structure of falcons differs from that of other birds of prey; beneath their foot pads, they have a very thick muscle pad, which I don’t know the technical term for, but many old hunters like to call it ’tiger’s palm.’ It’s connected to the entire leg bone, so it doesn’t get injured when striking at high speeds.

Frankly, a dive from two hundred meters up in the air can deliver a blow as powerful as a punch from an average adult."

"Little White easily gains the upper hand in ground combat, which is directly related to the prey being severely injured by a kick. Unfortunately, the strike wasn’t very precise, so there’s room for improvement," he added.

"I get it and have learned something, but there’s something I didn’t understand. Why didn’t you go over and help Little White quickly finish the fight when the swan was on the ground?"

"I noticed that question above too, the host should address it."

"I also want to know, when you were catching the old rabbit on the ground before, you assisted in subduing it quickly."

Lin Yang: "That’s a good question. Since everyone wants to know, let’s talk about it.

The principle is quite simple; first, we need to have a basic understanding of the principles behind birds of prey hunting. In the wild, birds of prey’s main food sources are not large birds like swans. At most, the conflicts arise from territorial invasions, leading to a skirmish that ends as soon as the intruder is driven away.

Fighting carries the risk of injury, and in the wild, injury means a loss of competitive edge."

But in a hunter’s hands, it’s different. We need to utilize the birds of prey’s abilities to hunt, and the larger the prey within their capacity, the better. Even though there are risks, human intervention can compensate.

For example, even if Little White were injured, we could still provide food so its survival wouldn’t be affected. Therefore, natural hunting differs slightly from when people use birds of prey to hunt."

Once we understand this premise, we come to the core of the question, why let Little White fight independently without helping? It’s mainly to foster Little White’s courage and will in battle.

Though birds are not highly intelligent creatures, they also possess a combat will; fiercer birds of prey have aggressive combat styles and strong confidence, while gentler ones hesitate and avoid high-intensity battles, even fleeing in special circumstances.

Using Hai Dongqing to hunt swans, even in ancient times when eagle hunting skills were very advanced, was a very difficult technique, because swans’ size exceeds that of Spear Falcons by more than double, and they are avian and gregarious, making the success rate very low.

Just like Little White’s first rabbit catch, it gradually learns the weaknesses of the prey and accumulates combat experience through battle. My reason for not assisting promptly is to let the injured swans serve as a sparring partner, aiming to help Little White improve more rapidly."

"Just like the fight that just ended, Little White quickly realized that the swan’s neck is its fatal weakness. Next time in a similar situation, it will surely attack the neck first to win."

"Wow, so the host has put a lot of thought into it."

"Awesome, looking beyond the surface to see the essence. You explain it so well; watching your stream not only entertains but also educates."

"I’m more curious, what are we going to do next? Head back and stew the goose in an iron pot?"

"Yeah, yeah, stewing a big goose in an iron pot, and it’s a pure wild Little Swan, a delicacy money can’t buy in China."

A group of foodies saw the words ’big goose in an iron pot’ and immediately started to get off-topic, spreading the buzz at an alarming rate.

Lin Yang chuckled and shook his head: "It’s still early, we will eat, but there’s no rush. It’s not every day that we catch a target prey, and I want to collect this precious swan down.

There should still be some time before the weather changes and it gets colder. One swan should yield at least a few ounces of top-grade down. We can’t bring back other things, but we should be able to take the down."

I plan to use the effort from this time to collect some swan down, a top-tier material that’s hard to buy with money."

Down jackets, a winter essential.

But how exactly is this down collected, 99% of ordinary people probably have never seen it, and Little Swans’ down is even more precious.

As soon as Lin Yang said he wanted to collect swan down, the live comments expressed their interest in watching.

"Since everyone wants to see, let’s head back. I now announce that today’s hunt has ended, time to return to base."

After making the announcement, he carefully packed the prey into his backpack, gathered his equipment, and headed straight for the camp.