Chapter 98 An observer who is good at independent thinking
When Yue Feng went back to his room and tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, the lights on the kang in the east room were not turned off.
After cleaning the table, Meng Yulan did not rush to turn off the lights and rest. Instead, at Yue Lei's request, she packed her son's things for going into the mountains tomorrow.
Leggings, matches, dry food, kettle, knife, bullets, rope, these are essential items for going up the mountain.
In addition to these, Meng Yulan also dug out two leg plugs from under the cabinet in the warehouse.
After all the things going into the mountain were inventoried and ready, Meng Yulan opened the door of Yue Feng's room. Yue Feng, who was not yet asleep, was dragged into the east room by my mother and gave instructions.
"Going into the mountains is no joke. You must listen to your Uncle Li's greetings! Keep this leg insert as a spare. If your Uncle Li doesn't bring it, you can give it to him tomorrow! Everything is about safety. Do you understand?" Meng Yulan rambled tirelessly.
Yue Feng nodded: "Don't worry, Mom, my Uncle Li's marksmanship is very good. The 56 can shoot ten rounds with half a full load of ammunition. I can even knock down a blind bear when I encounter it!"
"It's your first time entering the mountains, can I rest assured! Even a gun is not omnipotent, you must be very cautious when things happen!" Meng Yulan glanced at Yue Feng angrily, and then continued to warn.
“Okay! I will definitely perform well!”
Under the continuous bombardment of maternal love, Yue Feng finally took stock of all the preparations for going up the mountain, and then went back to his house to rest again.
That night, I woke up several times. When it got dark, Yue Feng got up early and got dressed.
Meng Yulan also got up very early and started making breakfast before 5:30. When several people from the mountain arrived at Yue Feng's house, they were just in time to take off the lid and eat.
After having enough food and drink, the five-man team divided into two groups, flying eagles along the way and heading into the mountains.
When he was about to go out, Li Wentong personally checked Yue Feng's belongings and various preparations. Even the leggings were carefully checked.
After all, Yue Feng is also an experienced hunter. How could the mistakes made by a novice happen to him? Everything he should bring is neatly packed and everything is ready.
After leaving the village, Li Wentong pointed to the distant Hutou Mountain and said: "Let's go to the Wild Boar Ridge to the southwest of Hutou Mountain today!
In previous winters The first stop is basically there. If we go early, we should be able to get some advantage. If we are a few days late, other hunters may have caught the wild boar there first."
"Okay! Then go to Wild Boar Ridge!" Yue Feng nodded repeatedly while carrying his bag.
After simply determining the direction, the two began to move forward along the mountain road into the mountain.
There were obvious mountain trails in the first few ridges, but as we went deeper and deeper, the roads for landing quickly disappeared.
Li Wentong led Yue Feng along the ridge. The thick snow shell was already strong enough to hold his feet. After a simple adaptation, it was not difficult to walk.
After passing a few familiar mountain ridges at the door of my home, there were gradually more traces of various animals along the way.
In the eyes of hunters, these are all traces, including those left by pheasants, hares, and small mice, squirrels, etc., but overall, they are all traces of small animals, not even the footprints of a roe deer. Yue Feng didn't even notice it.
After entering the mountain, Li Wentong became very quiet and rarely spoke from beginning to end. However, his foot strength was extremely good. Yue Feng, who was twenty years old, could only barely keep up. .
After walking in the mountains and forests for more than an hour, Li Wentong slowed down and began to lower his head to look for possible prey traces as he walked.
Soon, he stopped in front of a hoof print.
This is a very obvious wild boar hoof print. The front end mark is deeper and the hoof is split. Near the edge, the outline is slightly irregular, but the overall shape is roughly elliptical.
Judging from Yue Feng's own experience, the owner of this hoofprint is quite big, weighing about three hundred pounds by visual inspection.
"Uncle, do you want to follow this trail?" Yue Feng asked in a low voice.
Li Wentong knelt down and observed carefully, then shook his head: "This is the trace from at least two days ago. We don't have a dog. Chasing it is like gambling, and there is a high probability of no results!
On the mountain ridge The footprints are different from those in the ditch!
On the premise of ensuring safety, pigs also like to walk on mountain ridges. There are only the footprints of this pig and no traces left by other big and small pigs. This kind of trail is not good. Chase, let’s go forward!”
“Okay!”
Yue Feng also understands the principle of this kind of tracking. He can tell at a glance that this is a lone cannon egg. It doesn't matter if you don't chase the footprints left by the wild boar. Even if you catch up, the meat of the male wild boar is not delicious, it's slutty and raw.
The two of them crossed a mountain ridge again. Near the hillside, Li Wentong stopped and made a silent gesture towards Yue Feng.
Yue Feng stood there without moving, looking around, and soon discovered a large and messy wild boar footprint on the sunny side of the hillside.
This is the trace left by the pigs. Looking at the footprints, Yue Feng estimated that the number of pigs was about seven or eight. Among them, several small yellow-haired wild boars can be clearly seen. Hoof prints.
After Li Wentong looked around and found nothing suspicious, he squatted down and observed carefully, and then determined the direction in which the wild boars were leaving.
“This is the trace left yesterday. These pigs should not have gone far. Let’s follow it and see if we can find it!”
"Yeah!" Yue Feng nodded and approved Li Wentong's judgment.
The two of them hunched over, making as little noise as possible with every step, and slowly followed the pig trail through the bottom of the ditch below, and then headed southeast.
After chasing for about an hour, the road ahead suddenly became clear. The mountain ridge, which originally ran east-west, suddenly turned an L-shaped bend in the middle and became nearly north-south.
In the field of vision, near the bottom of the ditch on the south slope of Xiangyang, a large forest of Qiuzi trees appeared.
Qiuzi is also called pecan. The pecans produced in autumn will fall to the ground.
Pecans have a high oil content, and wild boars like to eat this kind of food very much. After the snow, there are signs of being turned under the trees. It can be determined that this Qiuzi forest should be one of the feeding areas of this group of wild boars.
Li Wentong found traces of the snow being turned over dozens of meters away, but he did not immediately get closer to check. Instead, he picked up a handful of snow particles and scattered them directly on the ground.
The snow particles were blown downward by the wind, and it was obvious that they were upwind.
Not to mention not encountering wild boars, even if they did, with those guys' terrifying sense of smell, they would have smelled human scent long ago.
“The area at the bottom of the ditch should be one of the places where wild boars graze, but now that we are upwind, I’m afraid that if we get too close, the wild boars will be frightened by the smell.
Otherwise, we divide our troops into two groups. I will set up my gun on the spot, and you go to the mountain ridge and be my observer! "Li Wentong lowered his voice and said to Yue Feng.
Yue Feng nodded: "Okay, I'll go to the mountain ridge, continue walking forward, and observe the blind spot area behind the sunny slope? "
Li Wentong nodded: "Yes! There is also a place facing the sun and sheltered from the wind. The wild boars may have a rest there when they are full in the Qiuzi Forest!
The forest at the bottom of the ditch is too noisy and our sight is limited. You should be careful from the ridge! ! I'm keeping an eye on you here. If you're unsure in any way, you'll step back immediately! "
Yue Feng nodded: "Okay! ”
When wandering around to find wild boars, the most taboo thing is to stand in the wind. There is no way to follow the traces of the pigs. However, in the face of such a situation where the bottom of the ditch temporarily changes direction and blocks the line of sight, you must carefully observe and make sure there is no problem before taking action. , otherwise the pigs will be disturbed by accident, and the wild boars will run wild in the forest. Even if Li Wentong's marksmanship is excellent, it will be difficult to gain anything from a few hundred meters away.
After Yue Feng communicated with Li Wentong, he climbed up slowly along the south slope towards the ridge. When he reached the ridge, Yue Feng moved carefully step by step, keeping his eyes fixed on it. Looking at the mountain col at the bottom of the ditch in the distance.
According to Li Wentong's suggestion, Yue Feng should keep going around along the ridge, and only stop or turn back until the situation in the col can be seen clearly. But Yue Feng feels that this idea is a bit risky.
Yes, Uncle Li is holding a gun at the moment. Even if the wild boars are startled, Li Wentong will have at least one or two chances to shoot.
But the distance is three to four hundred meters, and there are many small trees and shrubs at the bottom of the ditch, so the true hit rate will definitely not be too high.
So, Yue Feng made a safer choice.
He would rather walk a longer way and waste more time. Instead of walking directly to the ridge, he went around to the shady side of the ridge and drew a line on the map a hundred meters away. After an arc-shaped movement trajectory, he climbed up the ridge again, lowering his head to observe the situation at the mountain col.
This is incredible to see. Three big pigs, two two-year-old pigs, and three yellow-haired pigs are resting on the meadow on the other side of the mountain col.
After seeing clearly the situation in the mountain col, Yue Feng immediately shrank his head and retreated back the same way. After returning to the ridge where he could see Li Wentong, he waved to him.
Yue Feng's gestures are easy to understand. His forearms are pointed vertically toward the sky, his palms are facing him, his four fingers are close together, and then they are constantly bent toward his face. That means he is coming here.
After Li Wentong saw the gesture clearly, he pointed to the mountain col area in the blind corner of his sight. Yue Feng nodded quickly.
After receiving the affirmative answer, Li Wentong climbed up from the snowdrift and carefully climbed up the ridge with his gun to meet Yue Feng.
"A herd of ten small wild boars is sleeping in the meadow over there! There are three or four larger ones, and a few cubs!" Yue Feng lowered his voice, pointed in the direction, and then whispered said.
“Let’s go and take a look!” Li Wentong nodded and slowly followed the footprints left on Yuefeng Road.
When stepping on Yue Feng's footprints, Li Wentong quite agreed with the investigation path chosen by his nephew.
I asked him to conduct reconnaissance. I asked Yue Feng to walk on the ridge. The main consideration was that the ridge was at the highest point and would never be out of Li Wentong's sight, so unknown dangers would not easily arise.
However, walking on the ridge is not the optimal solution for getting close to wild boars. After all, the more exposure you have, the greater the chance of being discovered by a group of wild boars.
When Yue Feng was performing the reconnaissance mission, his subjective thinking ability was very good. He would rather walk more trails to reduce the possibility of startling the wild boars in advance as much as possible.
This shows that when Yue Feng made a decision, he was not frightened by acting alone, but went over his head.
When the two men climbed up the mountain ridge again against the shady slope, Yue Feng pointed towards the resting place of the pigs. Li Wentong nodded and continued to observe carefully while bending his waist.
Yue Feng’s observation is mainly to see clearly the size of the pig herd, individuals and other information.
But Li Wentong is different. As the main shooter, in addition to looking at these, he is also observing the surrounding terrain as much as possible.
Which direction is the bottom of the ditch facing? If a gun is fired, how many ways can the pigs escape? Which side is the first escape route? Which side is not suitable for terrain, and other detailed factors, etc., all Think it through in advance.
Many people’s understanding of hunting in the mountains is to carry a gun, shoot something when you see it, and then drag the prey home, and that’s it.
But the prey is alive, and their hearing, smell, etc. are generally much stronger than those of humans.
It is not easy to find the traces of prey. When conditions permit, maximizing profits is what hunting masters pursue.
From this perspective, hunting and fighting have great similarities. In this regard, Li Wentong, a veteran who has participated in real wars, has absolutely passable military qualities.
After observing carefully, Li Wentong pulled Yue Feng back down the mountain ridge.
"If this group of pigs is handed over to you, how do you plan to fight it?" Li Wentong asked in a low voice.
Yue Feng roughly recalled the shape of the lower mountain col, and then said: "The smoothest part of the valley is to the southeast, which should be the first direction for pigs to escape after being frightened.
If the pigs run away from that way, we Shooting from the current position is a bit of a disadvantage.
If it were me, I would take a longer route to an area close to the downwind and find an area with an unobstructed view and shoot! Turn sideways! "
Yue Feng's idea coincides with Li Wentong's idea.
Even if the marksmanship is accurate, the hit rate of sports shooting will be greatly reduced. At this time, the bullet impact area is a very important consideration.
The pig is running away with its back on its back, and only half of the pig's butt is in the crosshairs. If it can be shot sideways, the entire side of the pig will be within the shooting range. At this time, with the same shooting accuracy, the hit probability may increase a lot.
Li Wentong nodded with great approval: "Let's go around one more circle along the shady slope. I'll load up ten bullets. Let's try to keep one or two more pigs!"
" Okay!”
The two of them followed the shady slope and made a long circle, and then slowly revealed their heads on a ridge with a better shooting angle.
Perhaps the sound of people stepping on the snow crust was heard by wild boars. The big pigs that were lying there and humming all got up on all fours, their ears stood up, and some alert.
Li Wentong made a silent gesture towards Yue Feng, and then slowly leaned down and lay in the snowdrift.
After waiting for about five minutes, Li Wentong looked up and saw that the wild boars were lying down again, and the crisis was over.
Seeing this, Li Wentong pointed to the crawling position in front of him, and then pointed to the snow next to him.
Yue Feng knew that he wanted to use the snow to build a shooting platform, so he decisively pulled out the leg plug from his leg and handed it to Li Wentong.
The so-called leg dagger is a double-edged dagger with a blade length of about ten centimeters. Most of the time, this thing is used for self-defense. It is an object passed down from the elders. It is extremely steely. OK, sharpened. Having this thing as a tool is much more convenient than picking up snow with bare hands.
Li Wentong took the leg insert, then used a dagger to break open the snow shell bit by bit, slowly piled the surrounding snow in front of him and compacted it gently, and quickly built a lying shooting platform.
After the preparation of the shooting platform, Li Wentong stretched out his right thumb and squinted at the pigs, then opened his left eye, and immediately made an accurate judgment on the actual distance between the pigs and people.
Set up the gun and choose the first target to fire. Then Li Wentong whispered: "There is a 200-pound cannon egg in the pig group. If the gun goes off and it comes towards us, don't panic." !"
Yue Feng nodded: "Well, I'm fine, it's so far away!"
"Okay, I'll shoot!"
The next second, only two consecutive gunshots with very short intervals were heard, and the wild boars that were lying lazily in the meadow a second ago immediately exploded into a group. Running around.
But Li Wentong really guessed. The big boar in the pig group did not run away in panic, but immediately rushed towards the side where the gun was fired.
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