Chapter 404: Hunting, the Role of the Overlord
"What is it? Can't it be done tomorrow?" Lin Yue asked as he walked away.
“It’s possible, but it’s best to do it today.” Lin Heng said.
He was holding two things in his hand, one was honey and the other was ointment.
This ointment is a gray ointment formed by mixing minced meat, butter, and fish fat in a ratio of 10:4:1 and then fermenting it in a hot place for ten days.
Now it doesn't smell bad when it's put in a glass bottle, but it stinks to death when you open it.
“Ointment can lure most carnivorous animals, while honey can lure bears. Let’s arrange the ointment and honey today. I also prepared bait to lure roe deer and other herbivorous animals.”
< br>Lin Heng took something and explained to his elder brother.
"Where did you learn this from?" Lin Yue was very curious.
"There are books, hunting books, try to see if they are effective." Lin Heng said with a smile.
In the 1980s, you needed to exchange furs and other items from wild animals for foreign exchange. Many professional books were published to teach you how to hunt and lay traps.
Lin Heng is not an old hunter. He has been learning. He has prepared a lot for this long-term hunting.
"I thought you had been busy recently, but I didn't expect you to learn such a skill." Lin Yue gave a thumbs up and said in admiration.
"This thing can't be placed near our territory. Let's go to some places below to arrange it." Lin Heng smiled and pointed forward.
It was getting dark now, and they walked forward with flashlights on. They could walk very boldly at this time, because there were no poisonous insects or snakes.
After walking for about ten minutes, when they arrived at the place, Lin Heng removed the clamp and applied some ointment on the tree.
“It stinks so much, holy shit!”
The two of them almost vomited when they opened it, and even pinching their noses didn’t work.
After finishing this, I smeared honey on a nearby birch tree and set up a bear trap.
After finishing the work, the two returned to the shelter. Here, his uncle and uncle were helping his uncle to surround his small square house with film paper.
Lin Heng didn't say much. He took an iron kettle and boiled water. After boiling it, he poured some tea leaves into it, then added milk powder and sugar cubes to make a pot of milk tea.
The cups are several large bamboo tubes. They were obtained from Yuanbao Village today, where many small tools for eating and drinking were replaced.
Use a saw to trim the large bamboo, which is suitable for making bowls or cups.
Everyone drank a cup of milk tea and ate some toasted buns, and that was it for tonight.
After eating, Lin Heng counted the steamed buns made by Xiulan and found that there were thirteen left. He roasted the thirteen buns by the fire and sterilized them before storing them. for a long time.
The wind was very strong at night, and the leaves were blown by the wind. Lin Heng put out the fire after baking the buns, otherwise it would easily cause a fire to burn the mountain.
It will be much better if we surround an earthen stove with mud tomorrow.
There are no stars to be seen tonight. Lin Heng slept against Xiongba. The bath he gave him just two days ago had no smell.
After a long day of walking, everyone fell asleep and there was not much communication. There was no need to worry if the dog was keeping watch at night.
Early the next morning, at six o'clock at dawn, everyone was woken up by the birds on time.
"What should we do today?" Lu Honghai looked at Lin Heng and asked.
This hunting team is obviously led by Lin Heng.
Lin Heng thought for a while and said: "Leave two people to set up here first, set up the stove, and tidy up the area. The others can explore nearby. It will take a long time, so we are not in a hurry."
"Then your uncle and I will make a clay stove, and you can go explore and hunt." Lu Honggang said.
"Then let's just eat dry food in the morning and make rice and noodles for lunch." Lu Honghai said.
Lin Heng and his eldest brother had the same idea. They had just arrived and had a desire to explore everything.
Lin Heng divided the buns into several and went out. After eating, the three of them set off to explore.
"I will explore alone, you two stay safe together." Lu Honghai said.
"Uncle, let Fengsheng follow you. It will be safer if you have a dog."
Lin Heng said.
"It doesn't matter, nothing will happen." Lu Honghai waved his hand, shouldered the gun and left.
My uncle has always been so stubborn, Lin Heng didn’t try to persuade him, so he took the two dogs and set off with his eldest brother.
Today they mainly explored the surrounding area, looking for traces of prey, and then used bait to set up some traps.
Looking at the direction, they first walked towards the high mountains to the west, and first went to the top of the mountain to take a look at the surrounding environment.
After climbing for more than half an hour, the two reached the top of the mountain. Now, except for a few trees such as cotinus, which are still standing strong, most of the trees in the forest are bare.
Therefore, the view from the top of the mountain is very wide and it is easy to see the specific situation.
Going to the west and north, there are mostly shrubs and low mountains. Walking to the east and south, the forests are getting taller and taller.
Of course, this is only approximate, not absolute.
"Where do you want to explore, brother?" Lin Heng turned around and asked.
"In the northwest, there are many people drilling through the forest. Such an environment is still relatively rare." Lin Yue said with a smile.
"Then let's go there." Lin Heng nodded, and he was ready to explore there.
"Brother, there are wild boar footprints here."
Lin Yue discovered something just a few steps down the mountain.
“Hey, it’s still new wild boar shit.” After a while, Lin Yue shouted again.
Lin Heng brought Xiong Ba over to have a look. After tracking for a while, he found that he was going south, so he was relieved for the time being.
They don't want to go that way just yet.
"There are also oyster mushrooms and enoki mushrooms, which are pretty good." Lin Heng said while picking up mushrooms. You can occasionally pick up a few in the forest.
He was not in a hurry, walking slowly forward on the leaves. Sometimes he saw a kiwi fruit tree, so he went to pick up two under the tree to eat.
After finding a suitable place, he took out the ointment and smeared it on the tree, and then set the trap.
The mountains and forests are so big that finding prey by yourself is a matter of luck. Bait can make the prey come to you.
The rancid ointment is used to trap predators. You need to get a little bit at intervals. The trap will not be placed in every place, but only in the right place.
It is also very simple to lure herbivores, that is, use salt. Generally, you sprinkle a little in the soil where they often hang out, and set traps nearby.
Another way is to look for natural salt mines, which are also places where animals must go.
Salt minerals usually appear at the bottom of cliffs and rocks. This is what Lin Heng is looking for along the way.
Unconsciously, it was already noon, and they came to the edge of a relatively low forest, not far from the bush mountain over there.
The two of them sat down and took some steamed buns to eat, as well as the wild hawthorn and wild kiwi fruit they picked up today.
Lin Heng took two bites, tore a little and threw it to Xiongba, who squatted half-crouched, wagging his tail and licking his tongue.
After eating, the two continued to explore. "Woof woof!!"
Suddenly, Xiongba called from the front.
Lin Heng glanced at it and walked over slowly. When he saw what it found, he was instantly shocked.
"Brother, come here, a big discovery!" Lin Heng shouted to his brother who was exploring in the distance, and then started to investigate carefully.
“What is it?”
Lin Yue walked over quickly.
Lin Heng pointed to the marks on the ground and said excitedly: "Look, there are black bear footprints, and there is also feces here. Judging from the feces, it is undoubtedly a black bear."
The excrement of black bears and pandas can be distinguished by ordinary people at a glance because they are so easy to distinguish.
Lin Yue saw this trace and said happily: "It is indeed a black bear. It seems that the black bears here are real, but this feces has been there for a while."
" It's okay, the presence of feces shows that this area is indeed its range of activities, so the ointments we made will definitely attract it," Lin Heng said with a smile.
Lin Yue nodded: "That's true. It is said that black bears can smell blood from dozens of miles away. Let's arrange a few more clamps."
"Okay, I'll bring the honey with me too. , Black bears like to eat sweet things." Lin Heng took out honey from the bag and said.
After finding two suitable locations, they spread honey on the trees and set traps under the trees.
Creatures like black bears are very courageous, especially now that there are no tigers in this area. They have no natural enemies except humans, and they will not hesitate too much when they smell something delicious.
Unlike herbivores who have to stop and observe the movement after taking a bite of food, they are vigilant and run away as soon as there is any movement.
So black bears are easier to deceive, but at the same time, they are also very dangerous.
Ordinary hunting rifles are difficult to cause damage. If you fail to kill them and are caught up, you will probably die. The hunters in Chenjiaba and Yuanbao Village do not dare to provoke black bears because they are very dangerous.
You have to be careful with lead-tipped bullets in professional hunting rifles. Missing the vital point is very dangerous.
The two set up the trap and continued walking northwest. After walking for a while, they came out of the forest and came to a barren mountain covered with bushes.
“Look here, fresh wild boar footprints.” Not far away, Lin Yue discovered new prey traces with Fengsheng.
Lin Heng came over and took a look. The fresh pig manure seemed to have been left just in the morning. He touched Xiongba’s head and said, “Try following it, Xiongba.”
“嘤嘤! ”
Xiong Ba made a sound, lowered his head, sniffed and followed forward.
Following the tracking of the two dogs, they first followed it down the ditch, and then followed it up the mountain. The wild boar had traveled too many roads.
“This wild boar can really run. I don’t know if I can track it before dark.” Lin Yue sighed.
Lin Heng was about to speak when he saw a figure on a slope in the distance.
"Brother, look over there, there's a sika deer there." Lin Heng pointed to the mountain over there and felt excited.
When Lin Heng was talking, the sika deer seemed to have noticed them. They looked up, but the distance was too far, so they didn't pay attention and lowered their heads to eat grass again.
“Where?”
“On the left side of the cotinus tree at the bottom of the mountain...”
After identifying Lin Yue, he finally saw it. At this time, the sika deer also got into the forest and disappeared. Gone.
"Damn, there are two heads, not one. How about we chase it now." Lin Yue said excitedly after seeing it clearly. Sika deer are large herbivores. Even if they don't have antler now, they can still do it. Worth a lot of money.
Lin Heng shook his head: "It's too far. Let's go there and look for it tomorrow. There's a high probability that we won't find it if we go now."
It looks close, but after walking down the mountain, it's still five or six kilometers away. , the terrain is complicated and requires detours.
The tracking of this wild boar is already obvious, and the distance should not be far, so there is no need to worry about one thing and lose the other.
"Yes, it's still a long time. Let's not be in a hurry and continue chasing the wild boar." Lin Yue nodded.
After deciding, they continued to track the wild boar. This two-meter-long shrub barren mountain was much more difficult to walk than the forest, but in order to track the wild boar, they had to walk.
I kept tracking along the difficult animal trail, but the clues were broken several times, and Xin Quanfeng Harvest became completely confused.
But Xiongba sniffed the air and finally found the right path again. At this time, Lin Yue was a little frightened. He thought this was amazing, because sometimes the clues were broken for more than a hundred meters and Xiongba found them.
Lin Heng is not surprised by this. Generally speaking, as long as the scent clues are not too long, Xiong Ba’s tracking will not go wrong. He can hit his prey at least 60 to 70% of the time. of credit.
Finally the harvest stopped on a hillside.
Lin Heng and his eldest brother also stopped because they also found very fresh traces. The ground had just been turned over, and it was definitely very close.
The two listened quietly for a while, but there was no movement. Lin Heng was a little surprised. Logically speaking, they were upwind and should be able to hear the noise.
But the fresh traces were unmistakable. Lin Heng gestured to his elder brother to check the gun and get ready. He also took out the compound bow from the bow bag.
After getting ready, the two of them nodded and walked down, one on the left and the other on the right. They were careful not to make any noise. Wild boars are also animals with very sensitive hearing.
Then what surprised the two of them was that after walking down for more than fifty meters, they saw many traces of wild boars digging up the ground to eat turmeric and yam, but they did not see any wild boars.
Having no choice but to go down, the two of them continued to walk down. The road here was difficult to walk. They walked down another thirty meters and passed through this thorny area and came to a relatively open area. zone.
Below is a temperature of more than 40 degrees, with some green shrubs growing and many dead leaves, not far from the foot of the mountain.
Humph! ! !
Suddenly, four wild boars grunted and ran down the mountain.
The Lin Heng brothers had no idea why this scene suddenly appeared. Lin Heng took the arrow and shot it without much aim.
Bang!
Almost at the same time as he fired the arrow, the elder brother also fired the shotgun.
Although the distance was only more than thirty meters, Lin Heng's arrow was completely empty and passed by the wild boar.
And his eldest brother was shot. One wild boar ran significantly slower and was separated by the other three.
"Woof woof!!"
Having often followed each other in hunting, Xiongba and Fengshou had already understood that they were charging when the gun went off or Lin Heng made a sound, and now they rushed forward, one on the left and the other on the right. It's like chasing the wind.
"It's still difficult to hit a moving target." Lin Heng shook his head and smiled. These wild boars were hidden deep and ran too suddenly.
"You're good enough. If it were me, I wouldn't even have time to shoot the arrow, and thanks to Xiong Ba, the clue would have been lost long ago." Lin Yue said with a smile.
The two of them are not in a hurry now, because the wild boar is injured, even if the dog cannot catch it, it can still track it.
“Let’s go and take a look at the situation. I feel that these four wild boars are not small.” Lin Heng said with a smile.
It is also a good thing to catch a wild boar. It can be made into bacon and you will have meat to eat for a while.
"Well, it looks like it weighs more than a hundred pounds."
Lin Yue also nodded, and the two of them chased the dog in the direction it ran.
As for the wild boar that escaped, don’t even think about it, there is no possibility at all.
(End of this chapter)