Chapter 260 The secret of sable wintering
Xiao Tao was stunned, pointed at the shadow that had run seven or eight meters away and shouted: "Brother, is that a sable?"
Several people immediately looked towards Looking in the direction where the little beast was escaping, Yue Feng took a closer look and saw that it wasn't a sable.
“Don’t let the dog loose!”
Yue Feng warned loudly, and then he chased after him with his long legs.
After he rushed seven or eight meters away from his teammates, he blew the whistle half a beat later.
The big black eagle that had been circling and following in the sky had already spotted the little beast the moment it was blasted out.
It’s just that last time it was too clever to find five yellow-throated martens, but after eating half of them and whipping them into trouble, it was somewhat unsure of the owner’s attitude towards this thing.
So the big black hawk immediately took a wait-and-see attitude towards the little guy escaping below.
Now that the owner is chasing after him and whistling to warn him, he must be telling him to go to work and capture this little guy.
Therefore, after the whistle, everyone heard the familiar sound of diving through the sky, and the big black eagle dived down like a black lightning.
It still tastes the same as the recipe used to catch the little female mink last time. Such a small thing cannot resist the kick of the big black eagle.
The big black eagle swooped down and only carried it slightly with its wings, causing the fleeing sable to lose its balance and fall several times in a row.
When the little sable barely managed to stabilize its body and continued to escape, it dived down for the second time, and its wings flapped again. The little sable felt that its vision went dark, and its head was spinning and it was momentarily confused.
Yue Feng had already caught up with him at this time. He didn't even bother to wear leather gloves and pinched the back of the little sable's neck with his bare hands.
Someone pinched his vital part, and the little guy screamed and struggled. His little claws easily opened a few small cuts on Yue Feng's hand, but Yue Feng didn't feel any pain at this moment.
After a long effort, I finally caught one.
Pinching the skin of his neck and lifting it up, Yue Feng naturally looked under the little sable's tail.
Good luck, a female mink!
"Xiaowen, bring me a cloth bag! I caught a little female mink!!" Yue Feng said excitedly.
Soon, several other companions came over. It was the first time for these people to observe a living adult sable up close.
Although the fur of female minks is not as gorgeous as that of male minks, when facing the sun, the long guard hairs still shine with a dreamy lavender color.
Everyone was busy touching the back hair of the little sable, feeling the unique and delicate texture of the sable skin.
Xiaowen hurriedly took out the sable cloth bag specially made by Meng Yulan from his satchel.
In order to make this thing more sturdy, the outer layer of cotton is lined with a layer of pebbled lambskin. Yue Feng pinched the sable's neck and accurately stuffed it into the bag, and immediately locked the bag. Shut up.
There was almost no light in the cloth bag. The little sable struggled inside for a few times and soon regained its composure.
Quack, quack, quack! !
A group of people focused their attention on Sable. The main worker, Big Black Eagle, felt that he had been left out and even quit working.
"Okay, okay! The big black eagle is awesome! Thanks to you just now!!"
Hearing the dissatisfied squawk of his own falcon, Yue Feng instantly transformed into a PUA master, put away the prey and Start taking out the meat to feed the eagle from your pocket.
Big Black Eagle may not care much about other people's attitudes, but as a master, you must give feedback after doing your work.
Yue Feng's compliment, coupled with meaty material rewards, immediately wiped out the dissatisfaction of Big Black Eagle without a trace.
After eating three pieces of meat in a row, Yue Feng stroked his fur and coaxed him a few words like a child. The big black eagle's mood soon became visibly happy.
Quack, quack, quack
There was another series of calls, but the sound changed significantly, and the rhythm and tone revealed joyful emotions.
"Okay, okay! We haven't finished our work today yet. Let's rest for a while and continue looking! It's still the little sable who wants to live! What you did just now was great!!"
Yue Feng continued to comfort him. The big black eagle, this arrogant guy squatted on Yue Feng's arm and trimmed his hair. After resting for less than a minute, he took off again and hovered in the sky.
"Xiaofeng, your black hawk is quite smart. I just watched it swoop down and flap the sable with its wings. How did it know to catch the sable alive?"
< br>The second uncle also became very interested in Yue Feng, the precious eagle.
Yue Feng shook his head: "The act of catching people alive was not taught by me! It is its own subjective behavior!
At that time, I took the big black hawk and another big green kite with extremely hard bones into the mountains to catch sables.
The big green kite is small, and its claws are not easy to damage its skin. It encountered a big male mink.
The kite caught him, but was scratched by the big male marten. As a result, the big black hawk felt superior! !
Later, a small female marten came up in the distance. The big green harrier was injured, so I didn’t let it take action, so I whistled for the big black hawk to catch it.
This guy was just like the fan with his wings, and he was caught alive by the little female marten in two rounds!
When I saw it, this guy actually took the initiative to catch it alive, which showed that it was better than the big blue harrier, so I took advantage of the situation and gave it some meat to encourage this behavior.
So now when it encounters a sable again, it knows it can be caught alive!
Speaking of this, there is another little episode. After receiving my praise, this guy volunteered to increase the flight altitude, and then discovered a group of yellow-throated martens!
Maybe it thought that the yellow-throated marten looked similar to the sable, so when it came back to report the news, it took the black wolf and chased it.
Fortunately, the black wolf was smart and ran back all the way when he realized something was wrong. Otherwise, the dog would have been killed by those yellow-throated martens! ”
After hearing my nephew talk about the interesting stories about falconry before, my second uncle continued to ask: "What happened next?"
"What happened next? Five yellow-throated martens chased the black wolf and came to me, about seventy or eighty. They were all killed by me with a gun at a distance of 300 meters!
Now those five skinned bastards are all in my cellar, or they may have turned into the father-in-law of the family! !”
“The yellow-throated marten is not easy to mess with. It’s smart and holds a grudge! If you want to kill them all, if they are left behind, it will be a disaster!
There was one in the east of our village last year! Orion, because his dog went up the mountain and was disemboweled by a yellow-throated marten, he shot it with a cannon. As a result, within a few days, all the pigs and sheep raised at home were killed by the yellow-throated marten in the middle of the night! "Two! Uncle muttered.
"These things are really not easy to mess with, so I killed all five of them.
Usually when I go up the mountain, even if I encounter them occasionally, I try not to provoke them, but they want to hunt black wolves, so It’s another matter.
Don’t worry, second uncle. Although your nephew doesn’t like to cause trouble, we are never afraid when trouble comes.”
Yue Feng made a pun. He expressed his attitude by talking about the yellow-throated marten taking revenge.
"Haha, I've been watching you since I was little!" The second uncle understood Yue Feng's words, and the two men understood each other tacitly, and laughed.
While chatting, several people rested for a short while and then continued to pick up the poles and move forward. Yue Feng, who was walking in the middle, suddenly thought of a question and immediately turned around and went back.
He didn't run very far back, he just came to the bush where Xiao Tao blasted out the little sable just now.
Everywhere is covered in silver. Logically speaking, the sable is hiding under the bushes, so there should be traces around it, but Xiao Tao didn't notice it.
Yue Feng wanted to confirm whether there were no traces or if the traces were subtle and Xiao Tao didn't notice.
Compared to Xiaowen and Xiaowu, Xiaotao's level of meticulousness is indeed disappointing, but the sable's distinctive paw prints shouldn't be invisible.
Returning back the same way, Yue Feng patiently lowered his head and observed the circle. Apart from the footprints left by someone who just passed by, he really didn't find any traces of sables on the snow outside.
"Second uncle, come and take a look! This is not right!" Yue Feng couldn't figure it out for a moment, so he called his second uncle over.
"What's wrong?" The second uncle walked up and asked curiously.
“This little female mink just came out from under the snowdrift in this bush!
But I searched around and found no traces of footprints, let alone footprints, not even any suspicious traces!
Do you think it can fly? "
When he mentioned the word "can fly", Yue Feng looked up and saw that the surrounding area was relatively empty. Except for the slightly taller shrub, there were no taller plants or terrain within ten meters. .
“There should be a hole underneath! If there is no road above, there must be a road below! Let's look under this bush! "
My second uncle has a lot of experience going up the mountain. After looking around and finding no traces, he gave his own opinion.
Yue Feng took out his knife and carefully plucked the snow foam, and after searching under the bushes, his second uncle was really impressed.
Under the snow shell of the bush, there is a hole as thick as the mouth of a bowl. The soil at the entrance of the hole is quite smooth. At a glance, you can tell that this is a sign of frequent comings and goings.
"There really is a hole! Are you moving under the snow shell in the winter?" Yue Feng said.
"Normal! One of the staple foods of these sables in winter is little mice under the snow!
It's freezing outside, but they stay warm under the snow. They only need to catch one little mouse a day. Just survive the winter!
Xiao Tao must have been lucky just now, and he happened to catch up with the sable hiding outside the cave entrance. The little guy was frightened and ran out without choosing a way, and was caught! "
"Then, is it possible that our rush of sticks in front of us was in vain!
Even if there are holes under the snow and we chase them above, there is nothing we can do if they don’t come out! Can this sable still burrow? "
The second uncle scratched his head and recalled the sporadic memories before and said: "I'm not sure whether sables can dig holes, but in these ditches and mountain streams from Dalong Stream downwards, there are many places underground. The holes are real.
After a rain in summer, spring-like water mouths will appear in many places. After a short period of time, the water dries up again. It may be connected to other areas! ”
Hearing what his second uncle said, Yue Feng's mind instantly recalled the scene in the animal world that he had seen before, in which a Tibetan fox relied on its hearing to catch mice under the snow.
I saw Yue Feng slap his head: "Damn it, if you put it like that, is it possible that many sables hide in these caves below the surface to spend the winter!"
Animal Habits It will change with the living environment.
Sables also live in the Changbai Mountains, and they may spend the winter sleeping in the open air.
The sables living in the areas around Xiatuozi Mountain may have found a better survival strategy.
Winter is the dry season, and they may live in shallow caves below the ground, relying on seeds, mice, young leaves and grasses on the surface under the snow shells as food for the winter.
The second uncle's breathing also became rapid: "It's very possible!
Now I know why those gangs of people beat their heads into dogs to rob this place!
Those hunters must also know the secret of sables spending the winter here, and they are secretly making a fortune!” Can you catch them?" Xiao Tao asked curiously.
Yue Feng frowned and went through the available methods in his head.
Then he didn't say anything, but took out a box of matches from his pocket, gathered some hay under the tree, balled it up, lit it, and then threw it into the hole he just discovered.
Soon, white smoke came out from an inconspicuous snow shell seven or eight meters away.
"There is a door! These caves should have different exits, not long and continuous underground tunnels!" Yue Feng said excitedly.
“You mean, we find a similar hole in the ground and attack it with fire? Then how do we find the hole under the snow?
Just now I just tried my luck and found out that I can't open all the snow shells at the bottom of the ditch, right? "
Xiaowu also thought about it.
At this time Xiaowen said: "Idiot, we are not bringing a dog with us. Let the dog recognize the coquettish girl and see if we can find it. Another hole!
These gadgets don’t live in groups. The cave must be gone, but the dog should be able to smell it if it exists elsewhere. "
As the old saying goes, the Three Stooges are better than Zhuge Liang. The ancients did not deceive me. The brothers talked all over the place, and they quickly came up with a strategy to deal with it.
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Yue Feng took out the bag of the little female mink that he had just put in it, and carried the bag to Dahuang, the first dog.
"Da Huang, Black Wolf, come here and smell it!"
After hearing the instruction, Da Huang and Black Wolf immediately smelled the scent on the bag.
Sable is a very clean animal. Its body can hardly smell anything in front of the human nose. However, the human sense of smell is not very good. If humans can't smell it, it doesn't mean that dogs can smell it. Less than.
At this time, it was obvious that the difference in smell ability between the two dogs came. After Dahuang smelled the smell for a while, he barked twice soon.
Although the black wolf was sniffing very hard, he did not show that he had memorized the smell.
“Remember this smell, search!!!”
Yue Feng did not wait for Hei Lang and directly gave Da Huang a search order.
I saw only rhubarb, with my nose pressed against the snow-covered ground, my head almost fell down, and then I sniffed here and there along the bottom of the ditch.
After going around in a circle, Dahuang returned to the cave entrance area under the bush just now.
"Woof woof woof!!!"
Rhubarb has identified the source of the smell through his sense of smell, and the black wolf next to him is a bit like a headless fly at the moment. He is obviously working hard, but But nothing was found.
“It works!”
Seeing Rhubarb finding the entrance of the cave through smell, Yue Feng suddenly became excited.
Chapter 4 of a 4,000-word chapter, today’s real-number update of 16,000 words has been completed, of which 6,000 is considered to be the repayment of debts during the National Day!
I just want to ask my brothers, am I fierce?
Asking for votes! ! ! (Be confident and loudest!!)
(End of this chapter)