Chapter 261 The correct way to catch a sable
"Then what are you waiting for? Let's go back and start looking from the beginning!!!" Xiao Tao was the first to turn around and prepare to go back.
Others are also very excited. If this method can be used to find the cave where the sable hides under the snow shell, then the fire attack method can be used to capture the little sable.
Seeing this, Yue Feng called Xiao Tao repeatedly: "Don't go back. The place we walked through was originally an edge area, and we left footprints and other smells. The effect of turning back will not be good.
There are so many gorges and ravines around Xiatuozi Mountain that we can’t finish them all in a day and a half, so we can just start from the front!”
"It seems so! Then listen to big brother and start searching from the feet!" Xiao Tao scratched his head and turned back.
Soon, Xiaowen took Da Huang and started a new round of alternative hunting.
The difference in dogs' sense of smell is really obvious. In the actual performance of the two dogs, Rhubarb and Black Wolf, I don't feel that there is much difference in the actual performance of the two dogs. When looking at the sable cave under the snow shell, there is an obvious difference.
Rhubarb can clearly identify the unique smell of sable, and then after some searching, it finally determined the location of the cave under the snow shell.
But Black Wolf obviously worked very hard, but he couldn't even achieve stable scent locking, let alone distinguish the subtle scent gap under the snow shell.
From this point of view, the olfactory talent of Dahuang, the head dog, is even better.
Once you master the method, you will soon make new discoveries.
Dahuang and his men searched along the bottom of the ditch less than 500 meters away, and found another cave entrance hidden under the snow shell.
Woof woof woof! !
After Dahuang located the source of the smell, he barked and kept picking up the snow shells on the ground with his front paws.
Seeing this, Xiaowen pulled out the knife from his lower back and joined in the work of cleaning up the snow shells.
In just two minutes, the snow shell was peeled away, revealing a hole with a side door.
Yue Feng walked to the entrance of the cave and observed the surrounding situation. Soon the second uncle's previous statement was verified.
These earthen caves, which are not deep on the surface, should have existed originally. On the low side of the cave entrance, if you look carefully, you can also find the traces left after the water washed away.
The old method is to continue to collect some hay, gather it into a ball, light it and stuff it into the cave. Soon, white smoke came out of the snow shell on the gentle slope five or six meters away.
"The hole has been found, but it doesn't seem to be effective if it is smoked like this!
Such a close distance, could it be the area where the same sable has been moving before? If the density of this thing is so high, How can I catch him with so much effort?"
After observing for a while, the second uncle said with a frown.
Yue Feng nodded: "Indeed, the feeding range of sables should be quite large. It is difficult for another sable to survive within these hundreds of meters. There is not so much food for them to eat!"
"Then you have to smoke it! There is a smell in these caves. Who knows which cloud has rain! I don't see any pine trees around. It would be nice to get some pine trees. Just a small piece will help you get older. So smoky!”
Xiaowen said as he looked around, trying to find a pine tree.
At this time, Yue Feng recalled how he went up the mountain to look for sables not long ago. He lowered his head and rummaged through his bag, and soon took out a bunch of firecrackers.
"It doesn't have to be so complicated, there is this thing! This earth cave is not too deep, just two firecrackers are enough, look at me!"
I saw Yue Feng hanging a whip from He picked off two firecrackers, opened one of the seals behind his buttocks, buried the fuse of the second one in the black powder exposed behind his buttocks, and then stuffed the firecrackers into the hole.
The fuse of the first firecracker was lit, and then there was only a "shine" sound, the gunpowder burned, the smell filled the air, and a large amount of pungent white smoke was instantly generated.
The burning gunpowder ignited the second normal firecracker, and then there was a muffled bang. Everyone felt that the snow shell under their feet shook slightly.
After the two firecrackers, yellow and white smoke suddenly appeared near another exit not far away.
Now, if there is a sable hiding in the cave, it will 100% be frightened out by the smell and sound. If it doesn't come out, you can be sure that there is no sable.
"Hey, brother, you're doing a good job! Let me set off the cannons!" Xiao Tao saw Yue Feng come up with this practical trick and immediately joined in.
There was no need for anyone to chase the stick, and it would be fine for everyone to follow Gouzi. Yue Feng simply gave Xiao Tao the matches and the whole bunch of firecrackers.
"Here, you are responsible! Be careful with the cannon when lighting it, don't jump!"
"Don't worry, before I lit the cannon I could do it with my eyes closed without taking the chain off! Dahuang continues Search, if there are any new discoveries, look at mine!”
Xiao Tao put the firecracker into his bag, then took out a match, stood next to it and held it with his middle finger. , and then flicked the match head with the other hand, and the match flew out burning.
Nearly all the children in the village can play this little trick, but not many are as skilled as Xiao Tao.
Of course, practicing this thing is not without cost. When Li Wentong found his son playing with matches, he whipped him for half the night with a whip hanging in the courtyard.
The direct result was that Xiao Tao was kept away from the kang for three days by his father, and his buttocks and back were severely beaten.
After confirming that there was no sable in this cave, Xiaowen led Dahuang and continued to search ahead. Because the dog's route was almost all at the bottom of the ditch, the search speed was not slower than before.
I successfully found the rhubarb in the hole under the snow shell through my sense of smell twice in a row. I was extremely excited at the moment. I lowered my head and hummed to search for the smell molecules in the snow layer in the air, doing the same thing as the breath I just fixed. Once the comparison reaches a certain degree of similarity, it will lock the position and start barking.
Everyone’s previous judgment was relatively accurate. Only the sable lived in this ravine. Xiaowen led Rhubarb and searched for the sable at the end, but no new discoveries were found.
However, no one was discouraged. After the second uncle led the people over a dustpan rip, they came to another new ditch and pond.
After moving to a new place, Rhubarb made another discovery in less than twenty minutes.
Woof woof woof!
Rhythmic cries sounded, and the rhubarb began to dig again.
Soon, everyone worked together to dig out the hole under the snow shell.
There are also many traces of sable activity at the entrance of this cave, so Xiao Tao quickly arranged the firecrackers in place.
歘~~~
Bang!
After a muffled sound, yellow smoke soon appeared from under the snow shell more than ten meters away.
Just when no one reacted, they saw a small brown-gray beast emerge from under the snow shell in twos and twos, and then ran away along the bottom of the pond. "Come out! Sable!!!" Xiaowu noticed it first and immediately shouted a reminder.
When Yue Feng saw this, he chased for a few steps, and then a loud whistle blew.
Same recipe, same taste.
The big black eagle was like a magic weapon descending from the sky. It swooped down and flipped the sable over with its wings. It turned in the air and dived again, flipping the sable over for the second time.
This sable is at least one size larger than the female sable in the pocket, and its ability to withstand blows seems to be much stronger. After being hit by the big black eagle with a "dizziness package", it swayed Youyou struggled to get up and wanted to continue running, but Yue Feng rushed forward quickly and grabbed the back of Destiny's neck.
"Big male mink! Look at this fur, this brightness! So beautiful!"
Yue Feng determined the gender of the sable as soon as he controlled the big male sable. Without him, the size difference between the male and female sables was too obvious.
Soon, other teammates also ran over.
"This leather is so beautiful. The long hair on it should be called silver needles, right? There are so many, does this count as a starry sky?" Xiaowen couldn't help but asked excitedly after reading it.
Yue Feng nodded: "This is the quality of the top male mink's fur. These slightly longer hairs are called silver needles in the lingo. In fact, it is a bit inappropriate to call this mink's fur guard hairs silver needles. It is most appropriate. It’s called Jinyincuo. Look, about one-third of the long hair is glowing with golden light.
The supply and marketing cooperative will not charge extra money when purchasing this kind of leather! But when it reaches the hands of a second- or first-level large leather buyer, it will be picked out and sold at a high price
Bring a bag over here, take this big male ferret back alive and clean it up together! "
"Oh! ”
Soon, another bag specially for sables was brought over. Yue Feng stuffed the big male sable into the pocket, tightened it tightly and sealed it, and got the second sable!
“Come on, come on, the big black hawk is awesome! I caught another beautiful sable, you are so awesome! ! ”
After loading the prey, Yue Feng took out the meat from the satchel and continued to touch the fur of the working eagle and feed the rainbow fart three-in-one meal.
Today, the big black eagle is particularly excited. He usually goes out hunting with his master. The work is tiring and he gets few compliments. Although he is full every time, he does not hear more praises from his master.
Today is different. I just help the owner catch a few gadgets that are not much bigger than mice. I pinch the handle for one or two rounds to end the battle. There is no fighting pressure at all, but it can be done. He received a lot of praise from his owner and was petted again and again.
Some arrogant big black eagles took the pieces of meat fed by Yue Feng and swallowed them in one gulp. They even took a snow bath in the snow foam like an old hen nesting in a nest.
A large amount of snow foam rubs the shiny black feathers. After a snow bath, the fine stains are cleaned up by the snow foam, and the feathers of the big black eagle become more beautiful.
"Hehehehe, brother, we are going to get rich this time! If we lead rhubarb around the ponds, how many sables will we catch!
Just like the big male mink you said you caught just now and said it was the best. The fur bag was packed up and sold to the purchasing point. Isn’t it worth a thousand yuan? "Xiao Tao came up and said excitedly.
Yue Feng nodded, shook his head, and said in a complicated tone: "Catch him if you can, but don't do it to death!
Everyone remember not to tell anyone about this trick to catch a sable! If word spreads, it won't take long for the sables here to be caught and extinct! "
Hearing what Yue Feng said, the second uncle also echoed: "Xiao Feng is right! The traditional way of catching sables with a wallet is definitely not as efficient as our current way of catching sables.
Don’t look at the wallets of the Qian brothers who are occupying the place over at Jindingzi. After working hard all winter, they can only make three or five big leather bags to survive!
But look at us, in just one morning, we caught two completely unharmed!
However, high efficiency is not necessarily a good thing. If we sweep a ditch and pond in this way, there will basically not be many fish left that have slipped through the net!
This thing is not fertile like a mouse. It has a litter of three or four cubs a year, and it takes several years for the cubs to reach adulthood!
If we focus on sweeping and arresting them all in a short period of time, there may not be any more in the future!
Xiaotuozi Mountain is a natural place. If we catch them every year in a controlled manner, the profit will definitely be much greater than catching them all at once! ”
After all, the second uncle is older than Yue Feng and the rest of the gang, and his perspective on problems is slightly longer.
While he was saying this, he was also observing the expressions of Yue Feng and several other people from the corner of his eyes.
Old-school hunters are still in awe of the mountains and forests, and they know that going too far is not enough.
Wild boar, a mountain animal that is harmful to people, would not worry if all species were exterminated, but sable, a creature that was originally rare in the mountain forest, would be a bit unbearable if greed led to their extinction.
He is right. The natural market is there. As long as a certain size of population can be maintained, mink skins can be collected regularly every year.
As long as this method of catching sables is not leaked, within a certain period of time, the sable resources on Blind Tuozi Mountain will almost belong to Yue Feng and the others.
“The threshold for using top-quality hunting dogs to find holes and falcon hunting is a bit high! Most people probably don’t have this qualification!
Let’s just come here and complete the predetermined target plan. Counting all the large and small ditches around Xiantuozi Mountain, catching eight adult female minks will end the work. As for how many male minks can be caught during this period, they will be considered unlucky."
Yue Feng will soon! The plan of going into the mountains to catch minks was determined.
The special terrain environment here has resulted in the number of sables spending the winter in this area far exceeding that in other mountain forest areas.
The radiation range of the warm springs around Blind Tuozi Mountain, including the branches below, is at least a hundred miles in radius. The plan to catch eight female minks is definitely within the environmental carrying capacity.
The natural resources of the mountain forests have not been damaged. The ecological niche resources vacated in the second year after the capture of sables will soon be filled by the remaining sables. As long as the foundation of the population is not harmed, this moderate wild species The negative impact caused by this behavior is not that big.
"Listen to Brother Feng! We will take it when you say! This sable is a big fortune, we can't take all the benefits, otherwise, the Mountain God will definitely not agree!" Xiaowen kept saying it! Take a stand.
“Listen to the captain!”
“Brother, you have the final say!”
The Zhang brothers and Xiao Tao also expressed their opinions immediately. There was no dispute or even disagreement between the two brothers as they saw the big interests that the second uncle was worried about.
Yue Feng was also very satisfied with the attitude of the brothers: "Then it's settled! From here onwards is our mink farm seed collection base, and every year we come to catch some pregnant female minks for use. After a few years, the number of breeding minks in the family will increase. By then, we won’t have to worry about food and water even if we play at home every day!”
4000 words! Chapter 1, there will be more later, but I have to go out at noon, the time may be late
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