Chapter 238 Sit back and wait for the leopard
The meat of the half-sized deer calf is very good, fresh and tender yet chewy. It is just stewed in water and a small amount of seasonings, and the taste is already very good.
Compared with adult moose, wild boar, black blind meat, etc., the muscle fibers of this young deer meat are thin enough. After being stewed into paste, even if your teeth are injured, you will not be delayed in chewing the meat.
The five gentlemen ate half a pot of meat at once. One person ate at least two or three kilograms. It was really delicious.
After filling their stomachs, Uncle Zhao and Yue Feng discussed how to deal with the leopard at night.
After a brief discussion, the two decided to hang the hung half-sized leopard cub on a pole with a rope, and then adjusted the position of the cellar window for shooting. As long as the leopard dared to show up, three shots would be fired. Greet the gun together, making sure it comes back without a hitch.
After discussing the plan, Yue Feng and his people got busy.
First go to the nearest forest to find a pine tree that is about one size thinner than the mouth of the bowl, then cut off the top of the tree and carry the straight trunk back.
After the tree trunk is finished, outside the fence, about 20 meters farther than the last time the leopard cut off its tail, I use a small pickaxe on hand to dig out the soil in turn, and dig out a tree about five years old. A pit of sixty centimeters deep.
It is worth mentioning that in Changbai Mountain this season, there is permafrost under the snow on the surface. It is really difficult to dig a hole. Yue Feng took three friends and the four of them took turns wielding pickaxes. , it took nearly an hour to dig a hole that met the requirements before it was completed.
After digging the pit, bury the pine pole about three and a half meters into the pit, then carefully step it down, and finally hang up the dead leopard cub at a position less than two meters away. The preparations outside the underground cellar are initially completed.
After finishing the outside part, the windows of the cellar also need to be adjusted in a small range.
The main reason why Uncle Zhao missed the shot that night was that the window needed to be opened with the muzzle of the gun before aiming and firing. If this operation was omitted, it would not be possible with Uncle Zhao's marksmanship. It's so easy to break a leopard's tail.
After suffering the losses last time, this time I must prepare in advance and not make the same mistakes again. After a simple calculation, Yue Feng and Uncle Zhao decided to move the small window of the cellar closer to the upper side of the window frame. At the position, a wooden stick was temporarily nailed with foreign nails, so that the small window could be opened at a certain angle without the need for people to actively push it.
Based on the height of the buried wooden pole and the height of the fished leopard cub carcass, the angle of the window opening is sufficient.
Of course, this simple little adjustment needs to be restored to its original state immediately after use. Otherwise, at night of minus 20 to 30 degrees Celsius, if you sleep with a window open for ventilation, even if there is firewood burning in the room, you will not be able to keep the temperature.
From this perspective, there is nothing wrong with Uncle Zhao saying that it was a tough battle at night.
In less than two hours in the afternoon, Uncle Zhao and Yue Feng repeatedly tested the details of the ambush in the cellar at night several times, and considered almost everything that could happen before finalizing it. .
Everything is ready, just waiting for nightfall.
From three o'clock in the afternoon until it got dark, the five people in the cellar all caught up on their sleep and repaired in advance. It was not until the full moon rose that Yue Feng and others got up to have dinner.
Dinner was stewed venison at noon, plus the steamed buns he had brought to Uncle Zhao when he went up the mountain. The old man also cooked big ballast porridge in an iron pot. The five of them were warm and full after eating and drinking. They turned off the lights early and took turns sitting at the window. Observe.
Today is a day with the bright moon hanging high in the sky. In the first half of the night, except for the whistling wind, there is almost no useful sound outside. There is a fire burning under the stove in the house, but because the window is open, the room is closed. The temperature inside was not too high, and everyone was wrapped tightly in thick clothes.
After being frozen for a long time, there was no movement outside. Just when Yue Feng thought that his calculations were wrong and his work was in vain, around one o'clock in the middle of the night, there began to be movement outside the cellar.
The four dogs tied outside the main entrance of the underground kennel did not bark. Instead, the red dogs locked in the semi-underground kennel began to bark.
"Uncle, didn't the red dog feed the deer into the water? Why did he start barking at this time! Isn't he hungry?" Yue Feng leaned against the window and asked in a low voice.
"It's not that they're hungry. The injured red dogs are holding on to their food. They won't finish until they're full! I guess the leopard is here! It's wandering outside the red dog's den!"
< br>“It’s a blind spot from the window over there, and you can’t see anything! Is the small wooden cover at the door of the kennel strong?”
“Don’t worry, no matter how brave the leopard is, he won’t dare to get into trouble. Go to the dog's den! Without the advantage of agility, the five red dogs can tear the leopard alive! Wait and see what happens!"
After another twenty minutes, the red dog snorted. The shouting became louder and louder, and Uncle Zhao, who had not slept next to him, frowned when he heard it.
This movement is a bit familiar to Uncle Zhao, it seems...
It seems that the dog smells the smell of blood and makes a grunting sound when it wants to eat.
"Smell carefully, is there a smell of blood outside?" Uncle Zhao held his breath and smelled for a while, almost putting his nose to the window.
Yue Feng tiptoed and put his nose up, holding his breath and smelling it.
Not to mention, there is indeed a faint smell of blood. This smell feels a bit familiar to Yue Feng. It is not the smell of large animal blood, but like the smell of rabbit blood. When Yue Feng was an eagle, he had to deal with this stuff every day, so he was a little sensitive to the smell of rabbit blood.
"It smells like the blood of a wild rabbit! There is an earthy smell in the smell of blood! How about we go out with a gun and take a look?" Yue Feng suggested.
"No, we can't go out! If something goes wrong, there must be a monster! We are already invincible in the house! What can we do even if we find the source of the smell when we go out?
The location and status are exposed, and the The leopard was scared away, but there will never be such a good chance again!
Every beast that can survive in the deep mountains and old forests is extremely smart. What if the tiger is lured away from the mountain? "< br>
"Then I'll listen to you!" Yue Feng clenched the somewhat cold 56 and a half in his hand, and reaffirmed his belief in staying in the house and not going out if anything happened!
The next few hours were spent slowly amidst the sound of the red dog snoring. The sound of the red dog snoring behind seemed to also affect the four hounds tied at the door.
These four hounds also behaved abnormally. They must have smelled the smell of blood and did not sleep well. They snorted a few times after a while, which made people a little annoyed.
The night on the mountain was extremely cold and long. Every once in a while, Yue Feng would secretly glance out from the cracks in the window to make sure that the leopard dared to show up, and then wake up everyone to shoot and cuddle it.
I kept staring until about 4:30 in the middle of the night. The moon had faded and the sky was dim. At this moment, the entire mountain cellar was completely shrouded in the boundless night. Even if Yue Feng had adapted to this kind of The light, looking out the window, still has a hazy feeling.
Yue Feng stayed up almost the whole night, but the silence made him a little sleepy. He dozed off unconsciously, his eyelids slowly sank, and he tried to open them again after a few seconds. Open, endless loop of this extremely uncomfortable state.
Just when Yue Feng drooped his eyelids and forced them open again, he discovered that two small lanterns suddenly lit up beside the fence outside the yard.
The next second, Yue Feng tensed up and woke up.
How can there be a small lantern in this deserted mountain and wilderness in the middle of the night? Those are eyes. Felines’ night vision reflects light to give people a feeling like a small lantern.
"Uncle! Xiaowu! The leopard is here!" Yue Feng lowered his voice and whispered. Even though he had kept his voice to a minimum, the extremely cautious leopard still seemed to hear it and immediately lay down motionless.
Uncle Zhao has always been wrapped in a sheepskin coat and pretending to be asleep. After hearing Yue Feng's greeting, he immediately stood up carefully. He did not push Xiaowu who was lying next to him awake, but moved closer to Yue Feng. In front of me, the two of them were almost face to face, with a straight line distance of no more than ten centimeters.
"The leopard is lying on the ground outside the fence. Just now I saw two eyes as bright as small lanterns. As soon as I remind you, it immediately lay down!" Yue Feng continued to say in a low voice.
Uncle Zhao nodded in the darkness: "Don't move. This beast suffered a big loss last time. This is a direct manifestation of his cautious nature to the extreme!
The first plan is invalid. Xiaowu and I won’t shoot any more. You should set up your gun and hug the leopard when the opportunity comes.”
“Three guns are better than one by myself.”
"No, listen to me, the leopard is already frightened now. If we make any big noise again, it will definitely turn around and run away, and you won't even have the chance to shoot yourself!"
An old hunter is an old hunter, and he has a thorough understanding of the beastly mentality of these prey.
“Okay, let me give it a try!”
Yue Feng responded, and then even his breathing slowed down a lot consciously, suppressing all possible movements as much as possible. Come down.
The wait lasted for fifteen minutes. The female leopard lay in the snow without moving for a full fifteen minutes. If Yue Feng hadn't seen it so clearly before, he would have even suspected that he was being deceived.
After a long time, the vague outline slowly climbed up from the snow, moving bit by bit towards the pine pole as if in slow motion.
The half-sized leopard cub was hung about one and a half meters away, with its two front paws tied with ropes, swaying gently with the whine of the northwest wind.
From the perspective of the small window of the cellar, Yue Feng could only vaguely see the looming ghostly figure of the female leopard. At least two-thirds of the area was blocked by the fence pole.
In this case, Yue Feng was not sure of hitting the target. The bullet could indeed penetrate the wooden pole, but when the line of sight was unclear and the angle was extremely small, the hit rate was not even 50%.
So Yue Feng chose to continue to wait and see, waiting for the best opportunity.
While burying the pine pole during the day, Uncle Zhao had actually predicted the possible situation at night, so he tied the leopard cub's body to a height of one and a half meters.
At this height, the mother leopard wants to approach the leopard cub at eye level, but the distance is still a little out of reach.
If you want to get close contact, the most appropriate choice is to stick your head and front body up. At this time, from the perspective of the window observation port, you can see the leopard's entire head, plus half of its upper body. As long as a solid shot is fired, the battle will be over.
This is also the best shooting opportunity designed by Uncle Zhao.
Yue Feng had the idea of pulling the trigger several times, but he still held it back and watched with his own eyes as the female leopard approached the tree stump little by little, then tilted her head and sniffed herself The smell of children.
The leopard cub must have died, but the mother leopard licks her calf so affectionately that she has to confirm the child's condition before she gives up. This ambush site also takes advantage of the animal's maternal nature.
But at this moment, Yue Feng didn't feel any burden about shooting the leopard. He was not the Holy Mother. Once any wild beast threatened the people close to him, there would be no room for negotiation.
Not to mention a female leopard with cubs, even a mountain king with big paws is the same.
After a few minutes, the female leopard had reached the bottom of the pine pole. She tried her best to raise her head, but she was still about thirty or forty centimeters away from the height of the leopard cub.
There was no movement in the cellar, which made the female leopard, who had been lurking all night, relax her vigilance slightly. She slowly raised her forelimbs while holding on to the wooden pole.
Yue Feng's heartbeat was a little fast at this moment. He saw the female leopard drill her head into the aiming star little by little.
Breathe steadily, aim intentionally and fire unintentionally.
Let’s go!
Bang bang!
In the silent night before dawn, two gunshots rang out at a very short interval.
The female leopard that had just raised her head and leaned out felt as if she had been hit hard on the head by a hammer. Her head was instantly bleeding and she fell backwards.
"Hit!!" Yue Feng roared excitedly, all the emotions he had suppressed all night were released at this moment.
“Ah? Did you hit it?”
“Let’s go out and take a look!”
The sound of gunshots killed several companions who had not slept well all night. They were all completely woken up. Xiao Tao immediately stood up and shouted to go out and take a look!
Soon, everyone emerged from the underground tunnel with a dim flashlight and guns in hand, and walked straight towards the location where the pine pole was buried.
Seven or eight meters away, you can see a large leopard with colorful fur lying on its side on the ground. The place where the leopard's head used to be was almost completely shattered by a 7.62mm medium-power bullet. A large pool of blood on the ground will The surrounding snow foam was wet.
"Brother, your shooting skills are really amazing. You can hit the head accurately at night! Another complete piece of skin! The fur of this big leopard is even more beautiful than that of the half-sized leopard cub!" Tao bent down directly, pinched the leopard's neck and tried to pick it up.
However, the weight of this thing was much larger than expected, and I was stunned and couldn't lift it.
Yue Feng knew he had hit the target the moment he fired. His concern was not that, but that he took the flashlight and scanned the leopard's tail.
The leopard's tail, which was originally quite long, is now shorter.
It was now proven that the leopards that were roaming around Uncle Zhao's cellar and threatening the old man's daily life were completely eliminated.
Ten thousand words have been completed. During the National Day period, I will update as much as possible as long as I have the conditions. Only after the 7th can I guarantee that the previous update rhythm will be completely restored.
(End of this chapter)