Chapter 189 The style of the old hunter killing Xiong Cangzi
After feeding the red dog, all the preparations before killing Xiong Cangzi were completed. Uncle Zhao put his barrel gun on his shoulder and locked it. After entering the house, he waved his hand and said, "Follow me!"
Starting from Uncle Zhao’s cellar, we went straight to Heixiazi Ridge. The old man led the way, basically walking in a straight line.
On the way, Uncle Zhao spoke very little and mostly hurried on. He is over sixty years old and walking on the rugged mountain road. His foot strength is better than that of young people. He drags a sledge with a slightly heavier load. Xiaowen can't even keep up.
Looking from the map, Heixiazi Ridge is not far from Uncle Zhao’s hometown. It is at most like a seven or eight-mile mountain road, but the surrounding areas are densely covered with large and small ravines and forests. Yue Feng is The gang followed Uncle Zhao for at least an hour and a half before they arrived at their destination.
This is a forest full of thick linden trees. The site is relatively open. The presence of big trees blocks the sunlight from small trees, shrubs and weeds, so there is less vegetation on the ground.
At a glance, you can see at least one or two hundred meters. In the mountains and forests, such bright scenes are relatively rare. Most of them are mixed forests with visibility less than 100 meters.
"The black blind man's barn is not far ahead! This bear has been in this place for at least six or seven years. I haven't touched it. Today you are here, It's a disaster!" Uncle Zhao said angrily.
“The bear must be at least six or seven years old?”
“The bear’s age should be ten years old or above!
When the blind black bear is still a cub, he has to live with the female bear for three years. He will not leave the female bear until he grows to two to three hundred pounds and can survive independently in the wild!
This is a male bear. The place where he squats in the barn is fixed every year! ”
While talking, Uncle Zhao led Yue Feng and the others to a thick linden tree.
Walked half a circle around the linden tree, then raised his head and pointed at the trunk. .
Everyone looked up along the tree trunk, and there was a tree hole about two and a half meters above the ground, facing the southeast.
"This blind black bear usually likes to squat in the sky warehouse. The so-called sky warehouse is in the tree hole in the tree.
This tree hole is equivalent to its house. Every year in autumn, it rings Before the leaves come out, we start decorating and cleaning up. Use our claws to take out the rotten parts of the inner wall of the trunk and clean the tree hole!
Corresponding to Tiancangzi, there is also Dicangzi, if it is! A female black bear with her cubs may spend the winter in a barn, which is usually a rotten and hollow tree hole under an old tree stump or a wind-fallen tree. It is consciously dug and expanded until it can accommodate the hibernation space!
There are more dugongs where bears are squatting. Most of them are in stone caves. There are very few pits, but there are occasionally black bears and brown bears! They are all bears, but they cannot live in harmony in the mountains. If their territories overlap, brown bears will consciously attack and kill black bears!
But this situation is relatively rare, and it only occurs occasionally during good years! ”
“A good year? Uncle, what is a good year? "Xiao Tao asked curiously.
"Every plant, tree, flower and fruit on this mountain seems to be the same every year, but in fact, whether it is lush or withered, there is a certain growth. Cycle, if you have seen the growth rings of big trees in forest farms, you will have a certain understanding of it.
If the rain is abundant and the temperature and light are suitable, the animals and plants will grow well. This is a good year. The trees and plants will bear more fruits and seeds. The mountain animals that rely on these things to survive will give birth to calves. When the time comes, the number of pups will be greater, and if there is enough food, the survival rate of the pups will also become higher.
The growth rings of the big tree this year will be wider than other growth rings in adjacent years!
There are good years, but there are also bad years. In some years, there is little rain, the temperature fluctuates greatly, and the growth of plants is affected. Then various animals on the mountain will be unlucky.
If the situation becomes serious, animals such as wild boars, bears, and blind men will go down the mountain and go to the farmland at the foot of the mountain to catch the autumn wind and gain weight!
Even tigers don’t want to mess with humans, but when the weather is bad, they sometimes have no choice. If they can’t keep up with their autumn fat, they won’t be able to survive the winter, so they can only go down the mountain to fight with humans! "
Uncle Zhao is indeed an old hunter who has been in the mountains all his life. He knows the ecological changes in the mountains and the truths contained in them at his fingertips.
" Put aside the years. Under normal circumstances, do black bears and brown bears live in different places? "Xiaowen continued to ask.
"Yes! Black bears are mostly distributed in low-altitude forest areas, while brown bears are more likely to be found in higher mountain areas!
Black bears are much smaller than brown bears, and brown bears can grow up to a thousand pounds. The above! This determines that brown bears can withstand harsher environments and occupy larger territories!
However, from an economic perspective, hunting brown bears is not as cost-effective as black bears. After drying in the water, the price is much more expensive than the bile of a brown bear.
The higher the mountain, the worse the transportation. Brown bears weighing hundreds or even thousands of kilograms often have a hard time even turning over and disemboweling the bear without people! Not to mention dragging the dead bear body down the mountain!
Look at the entrance of the cave to tell whether there is a bear inside. It is actually very simple. If there is frost, there is a bear squatting inside! Panting, when the hot air rises to the entrance of the cave, it will be frozen by the cold air outside!
After rambling for a long time, let me tell you how this knowledgeable hunter killed Tiancangzi!
After finding Xiong Cangzi, the first thing to do is to leave a way out!
People can kill bears, and bears are also capable of killing. Therefore, no matter how good the hunter is, he must find a way out for himself if he misses.
Be fully prepared. If you fail, at least you won’t lose your life!
There are several common steps.
The first step is to clear the area. Use a knife to clean up all the small trees, shrubs, and vines within a few dozen meters around Xiongcangzi to prevent the bear from stumbling and knocking him down when escaping! Without these obstacles, the hunter's dog will not be easily injured.
The second step is to level the field. After clearing away the miscellaneous trees, use your feet to compact all the surrounding snow bit by bit! Whether it’s a person or a dog, snow will affect movement and increase risks!
When the place is tidied up, the third step is to make a fire or dig a hole!
A bear can run much faster in a straight line than a human. If you miss, it is almost impossible to escape by running in a straight line, so if you want the bear to not catch up, you can only run in an arc!
On the ground, pick up a pile of firewood and build a big fire. If it gets out of control, run around the fire and delay time to create opportunities for your teammates!
If the soil is relatively loose and not frozen hard, you can also dig holes, but the workload of digging holes is relatively large. In most places, the frozen soil layer is hard and difficult to dig. It has been used less and less in recent years!
After the big fire is lit, the preparation of the venue is complete!
The next step is to call Cangzi!
To call Cangzi is to wake up the sleeping bears and let them come out of the tree hole!
Belling Cangzi is divided into Wenming and Wuming! Calling means hitting it with a stick or making noise. It takes a long time and the effect is slower. However, the bear's temper will be smaller after being woken up, and the risk is slightly lower.
Martial arts calls are more violent. Firecrackers, shooting directly, or throwing burning wood into tree holes are all considered martial arts shouts! The bear that was woken up at this time was very irritable and extremely dangerous!
There is an extra step to kill the bear position that I learned from the elders, which is called filling the position!
If this can be done well, it can greatly reduce the risk and increase the safety of Xiongcangzi! "
"What does filling a position mean? Yue Feng asked curiously.
Yue Feng knows the rules for killing Xiongcangzi that Uncle Zhao just mentioned, but Yue Feng has never heard of this filling position. It should be the hunting habits of a small number of hunters, or rather Experience.
"Filling a warehouse means stuffing a wooden stick as thick as a wrist into the bear's warehouse before calling the warehouse!
This stick will not work if it is thick. If it is thick, it will easily get in the way and cannot be stuffed to the bottom. If it is thin, it will not work. If it is too thin, it will not prevent the bear from getting out of the hole.
If it is too short, the bear will move under it and it will not work. If it is too long, it will block the entrance of the hole and the bear will not be able to climb out, but it will waste time!
How to determine the appropriate length of the stick for filling the warehouse? I will show you on the spot!" As he spoke, Uncle Zhao took out a small hand ax from his waist and held it in his right hand. Then walked to the foot of the Xiongcangzi tree.
Start gently tapping the tree trunk from the bottom about half a meter above the ground.
While knocking, he moved the ax upward. As he continued to move, the sound echoing in the tree hole also changed significantly.
In the bottom solid part, the sound is relatively crisp. After reaching the top, the sound becomes much hollower and muffled.
At the critical point where the sound went from crisp to dull, Uncle Zhao made a mark on the tree trunk with the blade of the axe.
“From here down, it is solid, and the bear is squatting in this position now! The distance from the bear’s feet to the upper edge of the hole is the height needed to fill the barn and cut wood!
Are they all carrying assault knives? One person can chop a few sticks over here! "
Uncle Zhao started teaching almost from the principles, and gave practical lessons on the spot. The principles were explained clearly and everyone understood them, and they immediately dispersed and started working.
In this mixed forest, There were fewer thin trees, but they were not absent. Soon, the brothers came back with a few sticks that met the requirements.
Uncle Zhao glanced at the sticks he carried back and picked them. He took out a few thin ones and threw them aside: "The rest are enough, hand them to me, and then start filling the warehouse!" "
Seeing the old man holding a stick, he was about to stuff it into the hole. Yue Feng was also a little confused. Aren't he afraid that the bear would suddenly come out?
"Uncle, if it's so stuffed, won't the bear be awakened?" Xiaowen asked.
"It's okay! After it snows in Xiongcangzi, the black bears sleep more deeply and will not wake up so easily.
Seven or eight sticks should be stuffed into such a thick barn. The stick should be enough! If you operate this thing by yourself, you must remember to stick it to the frontier. The bear will pick up the stick and lean to the side!"
As he spoke, Uncle Zhao had already tied it up for himself. He pricked his feet, then climbed a few steps up the tree trunk with one hand, lifted the wooden stick with his right hand, and stuffed it directly through the tree hole.
Just as he said, stick it down against the inner wall of the tree hole. After the bear feels it, he will subconsciously take it and move it to the side. The stick of suitable size and length will soon be stuffed into the hole. , only less than ten centimeters in length are exposed at the entrance of the hole.
The next seven or eight sticks were processed in the same way, and in less than ten minutes, the filling of the warehouse was completed.
After filling up the warehouse, Uncle Zhao took off the foot braces and put them away, and then picked up his own barrel gun.
"You also turn on the safety of the gun and get ready to work! We have more people and more guns, so we just scream!"
Three seconds later, Uncle Zhao held the The gun exploded at the bottom of the tree trunk.
The next second, the sleeping male bear in the tree barn was awakened by the sound of gunshots. He heard a muffled bear roar, and then the wooden stick with a little exposed root near the entrance of the cave shook.
The inner diameter of the original hole in the tree barn was cleaned by the bear himself, so that it would not be too loose when squatting.
But it won’t be too tight, but after stuffing a circle of sticks, it will be much more difficult for the bear to climb out.
In a relatively confined space, the stick cannot be thrown out, so it can only be gathered to one side as much as possible to make it easier for the bear's claws to borrow strength.
I saw the stick shaking for more than ten seconds, and a bear grunted and climbed up from the tree barn.
After seeing the humans outside the tree hole, the male bear roared angrily again.
Ah~woo...
The low-frequency bear roar sounded at a close distance. Even though Yue Feng had already had experience and mental preparation, he still felt numb in his body as if he had been electrified. Xiao Tao and Xiaowu Xiaofeng next to him had expressions on their faces. They are all transients.
At this time, the benefits of stuffing the stick are revealed.
The bear wants to get out, but the root of the stick is about ten centimeters longer, which is equivalent to reducing the size of the tree hole in disguise.
So it is more difficult for the bear to drill out. After the head comes out of the hole, the body still has to tremble at the entrance of the hole before it can get out with great difficulty.
After the shot, Uncle Zhao immediately opened the handle of the gun and took out the bullet casing. Then the spare bullet held on the ring finger and little finger of his left hand was instantly in place. It only took more than a second at most, and the second bullet was already loaded.
After the bear had crawled out more than half of its body, Uncle Zhao aimed at the bear's head, which was always moving, and fired decisively.
There was a loud gunshot, and the blind bear who was struggling to crawl out a second ago had his Tianling cover opened directly by the bullet, and the huge bear corpse fell down from the tree hole with a thud and fell to the ground.
With just one bullet, the big male bear of at least four to five hundred pounds died on the spot!
As expected of an experienced hunter, he has a strong handle and perfect shooting timing!
If it is too early, the bear will still be stuck in the tree hole, and it will take a lot of time to move out after being killed. After a long delay, the bear's bile will be absorbed by the liver.
If it is too late, the bear's entire body will emerge from the hole. If the bear cannot be killed with one shot, the hunter will be in danger.
Now, Uncle Zhao fired the most accurate shot at the most appropriate time. This method of killing Xiong Cangzi has reached perfection!
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