Chapter 215 Lynx Meat is Very Useful
After a preliminary inspection of the prey, Yue Feng pulled out the leg plug from the calf and started working without waiting for Xiao Tao and the others to come over.

This tiger cub is a rare creature. Everyone knows that this thing can be found in Changbai Mountain, but ordinary people rarely see it with their own eyes. Even ordinary hunters who have been making a living in the mountains for many years have few chances of encountering one.

A mature male lynx like the one Yue Feng shot today is even rarer. The lynxes near human settlements are generally females or sub-adult cubs that have just left their mothers’ protection. Their overall strength in the group is relatively low, and they cannot occupy territories with rich resources in deep mountains and old forests. They can only make a living in the marginal territories close to human activities.

This precious male lynx cannot be bled by simply cutting a horizontal cut on its neck. The fur is carefully collected, and making a cut will reduce the quality of the fur.

Yue Feng used the wide-blade leg stick in his hand to cut a vertical cut along the angle of the lynx’s head and the central axis to cut the hide. Then he used the blade to carefully separate the skin from the muscles underneath. After the fur on the neck was peeled off, Yue Feng found the blood vessel and made a cut. He lifted the lynx’s hind legs and hung it upside down, letting the blood flow out under the action of gravity.

During this process, the big black eagle was quite obedient to its master’s movement of the prey. After discovering that Yue Feng hung the prey upside down, it calmly jumped off the lynx’s head.

There was soft snow foam under his feet. When the lynx fell down after being shot in the head, a lot of brains and other meat scraps were scattered around his feet. Big Black Hawk knew that his master would definitely reward him after dealing with the corpse, so he hopped around to pick up the meat scraps and brains that fell on the snow foam.

Not long ago, when facing the lynx, it was still an extremely ferocious bird of prey, but now next to Yue Feng, this guy behaves a bit like a common native chicken in the countryside, which is so harmless to humans and animals.

While the lynx was draining all the blood in its body, Xiao Tao and his two brothers were a little slow in catching up.

More than ten meters away, I saw a huge lynx with its head down stuck on a tree branch. Its graceful curves and shiny fur made it obvious that it was a top-notch product.

“Brother! Did you kill him? That’s awesome! What a character!!” Xiao Tao walked up quickly and touched and looked at the prey.

“Why is this tiger cub so big? It’s almost as big as a real tiger. The last time I saw a lynx skin, it was at least two sizes smaller than this one!” Xiaowen next to him also showed joy on his face. This big lynx was so rare to look at.

Yue Feng grinned, “This is a big male lynx, it’s definitely not as good as a real tiger! Judging from the wear on its teeth, it should be around four or five years old! It’s the strongest and the fur is of the best quality! I’ve almost bled it out, who among you will be responsible for skinning and gutting it?”

After being asked this question, the three brothers, who usually competed and betted on skinning and gutting animals, now all became cowards.

The lynx fur is too valuable and requires a high level of skinning skill. If your hand slips and the tip of the knife makes a hole, it would be a sin.

Yue Feng glanced at the three brothers and said with a smile: “What? You have no confidence in your skills? Xiao Tao, why don’t you give it a try? Normally you are the best at peeling skins!”

Xiao Tao shook his head like a rattle: “Forget it, last time I was skinning a badger, I accidentally poked a hole in it! I finally hit the head without damaging the skin! You should do this yourself, brother. If you poke a hole here, the grade will definitely be lower!”

“Okay! Then I’ll do it. My life is so hard. I’ve never heard of a boss who has to be responsible for skinning and gutting a person!” Yue Feng joked with a very happy mood.

“Hehe, those who are capable should do more work! Normally skinning is rough work, no matter how much harm it causes, I won’t feel bad, but this lynx skin cannot be damaged!” Xiao Tao knew that Yue Feng was joking with him, and he was not angry.

When Yue Feng saw that the lynx had bled out, he lifted it off the branch. Then, using the tip of the knife with the tip of his thumb, he carefully cut open the lynx’s belly and took out its internal organs.

Compared with omnivorous mountain animals such as wild boars, black bears and blind bears, the lynx has much fewer internal organs. Yue Feng carefully used the tip of the knife to cut the fascia ligaments in the key parts, and then took out the entire set of internal organs.

When the big black eagle saw the owner taking out the internal organs that he loved to eat, the big black eagle that was squatting obediently beside him immediately became excited.

I saw it spread its two strong wings and flapped vigorously a few times, and then it made a rattling sound towards the internal organs on the ground.

“Okay, okay, stop yelling and come over here to eat meat! You’ve been a great contributor, so you’ll eat first today and you’ll be full!”

While responding to his beloved Black Eagle, Yue Feng casually took out the delicious heart, liver, lungs and internal organs of the lynx.

The blade cut the meat into slices of moderate fat, which were then fed into the big black eagle’s mouth one by one.

Today, the big black eagle seemed to be very satisfied with the lynx’s internal organs, and his appetite was much larger than usual.

It was not enough to eat the whole heart, so it ate half of the liver and half of the lung, until the crop on its chest was so high that it was difficult to lower its head, and then it reluctantly stopped eating. It jumped onto a branch nearby and began to bend its neck to press the food into its crop.

After Big Black Hawk finished eating, it was the turn of the four dogs. Yue Feng first called the team’s main dog Dahuang to come over and fed him half of his liver. He then called Black Wolf over and gave him half of the remaining lungs.

The remaining intestines were divided between Dahei and Hua Gou.

The four dogs and the big black eagle were still not full after eating the whole set of lynx organs. Yue Feng didn’t care whether the lynx meat was precious or not. He peeled off the fur on the abdomen with a knife and started to cut the meat from the bottom of the lynx’s belly one by one until the four dogs had full bellies. Only then did he end the feeding phase. After the eagle and the dogs had finished eating, it was time for Yue Feng to get down to business.

He picked up the lynx from the blood-stained first scene and moved it about four or five meters away. Then he took a knife and carefully peeled off the skin bit by bit from the parts that had not yet been separated.

At this time, the other three members of the team discovered that their captain’s skinning skill was not much worse than Uncle Zhao’s. They only knew that he was good at skinning, but they didn’t expect him to be so good.

It took more than forty minutes for Yue Feng to successfully peel off the perfect lynx skin. The fur surface was dragged back and forth in the snow foam several times. The occasional blood stains on the fur were rubbed off by the snow foam. The texture details of the fur were perfect.

“Okay, the skin is finally taken off! Let’s see how it looks.”

Yue Feng lifted the fur and shook it in the air. The fresh skin was still a bit heavy, but it was already obvious that it was of good quality.

“This leather is great. If ordinary lynx leather can be sold for 800 yuan, this leather must be worth more than 1,000 yuan. Look at the texture and size!”

“I’m not worried about the skin, I just want to know whether the lynx meat tastes good.

Look at its red flesh, no wonder it is so strong, it can climb walls and trees with its muscles!” Xiao Tao did not focus on the fur, but instead showed great interest in the flesh.

It is said that the meat of meat-eating beasts is not tasty, has a strong smell, coarse fibers, and can even have a sour taste if not cooked properly. In fact, there is a misunderstanding here.

These shortcomings do exist objectively, but if adjustments are made to the food processing and cooking techniques, there are still some unique features.

For example, if this lynx was shot to death by an ignorant person, the blood would not be drained and the stomach would not be opened. The person would skin it when he got home and then chop it up and stew it in the pot.

The meat produced is absolutely not tasty, has a strong fishy smell, has coarse muscle fibers, and is difficult to cook. It is far inferior to beef, mutton, and even pork.

But what if you drain all the blood right away when you kill the prey? What if you completely empty the chest?
The fishy smell buried in the blood will be reduced by more than 90%!

At this time, if you add various spices to remove the fishy smell and enhance the flavor, you can completely cover up the smell.

Combined with appropriate cooking methods, the meat dishes will have a chewy texture, and the remaining slight fishy smell will not only not affect the taste, but also increase the taste level of the ingredients. It is difficult to understand the details if you have not tried it.

Yue Feng had eaten lynx meat in his previous life. It was the only lynx he hunted at that time. After the fur was handed over to the hunting team as required, the meat belonged to him.

There was a cook in the hunting team who was good at cooking. After a few people made a plan, they took the meat to the other party’s house. After eating a meal of lynx meat, these guys said that the taste of this meat was different from ordinary dog ​​meat, pork, and even bear meat, and they shouted that the rumor that it was not delicious was nonsense.

Yue Feng had only eaten this rare thing once in his previous life.

Unexpectedly, the information Yue Feng bought for 150 yuan was successfully used to complete the task. Not only did he obtain precious lynx fur, but also at least dozens of kilograms of lynx meat.

“This meat tastes good after being processed. I heard an old hunter mention it. I gave it to my father-in-law when I took off one leg and returned the skis. As for the rest, we can cook half of it ourselves and send the other half to the second canteen!” Yue Feng stated his processing plan in public.

When it came to distributing the prey, none of the four brothers in Yue Feng’s team took it too seriously. Yue Feng, the team leader, seemed to be fair in everything he did. Even if he sometimes used the team’s profits to do favors, he would bring it up with everyone during meetings or when dividing the money.

Normally, when everyone goes out, whether it’s before leaving in the morning or celebrating at Yue Feng’s house after catching prey, the captain is responsible for all the expenses, so this is not pretentious at all.

“Brother, doesn’t our uncle want to move up a bit? We are not short of the money from selling meat. Let’s keep some for ourselves to try, and let him give the rest as a favor?” Xiaowen also took the initiative to say at this time.

It must be said that among the three people in the team, if Xiao Tao is the one with the highest fighting power, then Xiao Wen is the representative of the think tank.

Nowadays, there is no shortage of game in the mountains, such as wild boars, roe deer, deer and even bears. Because of the relatively high density, you can always get them if you want.

But this tiger cub is different. Compared with the several types of wild game mentioned above, this lynx is much rarer. Many hunters with less skills and luck may not come across a few in their lifetime.

(End of this chapter)