Chapter 150 Hunting
Tall and majestic mountains, endless mountains, dense forests, adjacent to streams and river valleys, mostly towering trees, dense and green, layer upon layer upward.
Green grass and shrubs are in a mess. Standing on the rocky beach beside the stream and looking around, you can't see anything except the green. The dense forest blocks people's sight, and the prey cannot be seen. Clearly, you can only hear the sound of gurgling water and the calls of several kinds of birds, lingering in your ears.
Everyone performs their duties according to the division of labor and sits at the intersection.
Chen Ling and Wang Lixian were guarding behind a stone col in the forest not far from the rocky beach. After Wang Lixian's survey, this area belonged to an 'animal path', which is where wild animals often walk. One of the paths for drinking water by the stream.
At this time, the two of them were holding shotguns and holding their breath.
Chen Yuqiang and several young men followed Chen Dazhi and closely guarded the other two intersections.
It is also one of the paths frequently visited by wild animals.
Hei Wa did not follow the dogs, so he lay at Chen Ling's feet, motionless.
But his eyes became rare and serious, and his black eyes stared at the dense forest.
It seems to be sensing the dogs chasing the mountains.
Everything is ready and everyone is ready.
Just wait for the prey to appear.
In the sound of gurgling water, time passed by minute by minute with the flow of the stream...
One minute, two minutes, ten minutes.
Everyone was in a state of nervous tension, and they didn't know how much time had passed.
At a certain moment, I suddenly heard a dog barking from the mountain.
After the dog barked, it was like a hornet's nest was stabbed, followed by a series of dog barks "woof woof woof".
Hei Wa's ears suddenly stood up.
Then he started to moan and call in a low voice, his tail flicking restlessly, as if he couldn't help but want to rush out.
When Wang Lixian saw this, he made a gesture to Chen Dazhi's side, indicating "something is coming."
"Hey ha, hey hey --"
As the dog barked, someone in the forest also shouted loudly, accompanied by "bang bang bang" that was similar to extortion. The sound is the shout of the people pushing out the mountains.
Help the dogs drive away prey.
The sound gradually approached.
Chen Ling could even hear the bushes, weeds, and thick fallen leaves rustling violently.
At this time, there was another shout from the mountain.
“It’s coming, it’s coming!”
“It’s coming!”
“Brother Xian, pay attention, I’m heading towards you!”
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The sound of kicking one's feet comes one after another.
The people sitting at the 'Jiaokou' cheered up.
Accompanied by the shout of kicking one's feet, there was another crackling sound in the dense forest.
Sure enough, some wild animals were forced over.
Chen Ling's sharp eyes could see two animals with horns on their heads, jumping in the forest. One jump would be Lao Gao.
Is it a deer?
The noise is quite loud. Could it be that the deer have been driven out?
Chen Ling suddenly became excited.
My heart became hot, and I stared brightly at the dense forest ahead, ready to throw off my arms and fight.
At this time, someone was heard shouting in a hurry.
"No, no, there is another one who escaped and ran to the west."
"Chase, chase quickly..."
Hearing this, Chen Ling just smiled softly, "Run. No, no one can escape."
Looking in that direction, he kicked Hei Wa next to him.
Hei Wa couldn't wait any longer and immediately rushed out with a loud bark.
Almost the second after Hei Wa rushed out, there was a heavy sound of hooves and the rustling of branches and leaves. He was approaching quickly, almost within easy reach. He saw a frightened and anxious figure, but still light and agile, scurrying through the forest. jumped out.
It is indeed a deer.
“Shoot.”
Wang Lixian shouted, stood up from behind the stone col, raised his gun and started shooting.
Chen Ling, who had been prepared long ago, did not lag behind at all and fired together.
"Bang bang bang..."
A series of gunshots suddenly exploded in the forest.
Several wild animals were so frightened that they had no time to escape. They were hit immediately and fell to the ground with a thud.
One by one, they all stomped on the fallen leaves in the forest with their four hooves, screaming and struggling endlessly.
“Good guy, it’s Caolu, this time you’re here at a good time!”
Chen Dazhi and others who were guarding the other two intersections heard the sound and ran over. When they saw the wild animals knocked to the ground, they suddenly became happy.
After counting, there were five.
Chen Dazhi rolled up his sleeves even more excitedly, spat twice, and stepped forward to apply the blow with great joy. He looked like an old boy at his age.
Pull out your hunting knife, hold down a grass deer and wipe it on its neck. The knife technique is clean and neat. With one cut, the grass deer is killed instantly.
Wang Lixian was also very happy, and his black and red face turned purple.
He smiled and patted Chen Ling on the shoulder, and said: "The style is not bad, the shot is quite accurate."
He walked forward to help Chen Dazhi.
Hearing this, Chen Ling burst into laughter. He participated in hunting for the first time and caught a big prey. He was so excited that he rubbed the hot barrel of the gun back and forth.
Looking at the grass deer on the ground, I feel happy no matter how I look at it.
He had been preparing for this trip to the mountains for a long time.
I can't say that I can't say that I can always hit the target with my slingshot, but my aim is extremely accurate.
Find that feeling.
So after getting the shotgun, it is not difficult to get started. His perception is sharp, and his eyesight, hearing, and reaction are much better than ordinary people. He just needs to continue to practice more.
At this time, Xiao Jin also came back with a group of local dogs. Each dog was arrogantly circling the prey, sniffing here and there, with their ears cocked and their tails wagging rapidly.
From time to time they barked twice, and a group of dogs fought together. They were very proud and complacent about hunting so many prey.
When Chen Ze and his gang came back, Chen Ling had already helped tie up the five grass deer.
Grass deer are both male and female, with gray-brown hair all over the body. The male has horns on his head, which are very long. The female deer has no horns. It is about the same size as a goat, about one meter tall, and its body shape is slightly different.
The roe deer in the Northeast are also called grass deer.
But it is not the same thing as the grass deer here.
At this time, the young man who was kicking his feet came forward.
Chen Yubin gasped for air and said anxiously: "Uncle Li, Uncle Lixian, Uncle Fugui, there is another one? Didn't you chase it?"
This kid is not tall, just over 1.6 meters tall. But among these people, he is the fastest.
The other young people have been chasing after the dog for so long, just relying on the motivation of climbing the mountain for the first time. Now they are so tired that they are holding on to the tree, crouching and panting and not wanting to move.
He can still speak.
This physical strength is very good. Chen Ling raised his head, glanced at him, and said, "Hei Wa is chasing him. Just wait, he won't be able to escape."
He has confidence in his own dog. Even Hei Wa, a fool, is not comparable to ordinary wild animals.
"The one we chased away was not a grass deer, but a muntjac. It was slippery and ran away when it heard the noise. We almost lost it at the beginning..."
"Black Baby, can Heiwa catch up?”
It’s not that Chen Yubin doesn’t believe in Heiwa’s abilities.
The muntjacs are too slippery, especially the muntjacs that often live in the mountains, and are even more difficult to catch.
There is an old local saying called:
“Pigs run across the pond, muntjacs run towards the beams, and leopards run across the rocks.”
It is a legend from an old hunter from the mountain village who often goes into the mountains. came out.
The meaning of this sentence is very simple.
That is to say, if what the Mountain Dog chases out is a wild boar, it will go straight to the intersection. The prey chased out by the Mountain Dog is called "Qitang".
So this wild boar pond is not a mud pond, but an intersection where hunters sit and guard.
What is said is that the wild boar is a 250-year-old who is stubborn and angry. He goes on a rampage, chases after the Huishan dog’s butt, and runs directly into people.
If your marksmanship is not good and you don’t have time to raise your gun to hit it, and you can’t dodge it, you will be pushed out.
The muntjacs are okay. After the Mountain Dogs startle them, they like to jump along the mountain ridges to escape.
The leopards were on the steep cliffs. A few of them jumped up and disappeared. Dogs could not chase them away, and humans could not hit them.
These three are difficult to catch.
"Don't worry, Hei Wa can catch up, even if he is a muntjac, he will definitely not be able to escape."
Chen Ling smiled, but his tone was still very determined.
Sure enough, not even two minutes.
There was the sound of hooves pattering in the forest, and Heiwa, a big man with a body of tendons shaking, appeared with a prey in his mouth.
Everyone immediately looked over.
A group of dogs also gathered around, wagging their tails and barking.
Wait for Hei Wa to hold it in his mouth and place it in front of Chen Ling.
Wang Lixian looked at it and his frown relaxed: "He is really a muntjac."
"No wonder..."
Everyone was very happy that the prey was not lost.
When I heard Wang Lixian's words, I immediately felt strange.
“What’s wrong, Brother Xian?”
“Nothing, I just looked at the hoof prints with Brother Zhi, and we both thought there were a few big deer herds nearby. In the end, we chased them out. These five grass deer..."
"Well, now that there are muntjacs in the woods, don't say anything. The deer herds won't care about them. There are definitely no big deer herds. This place doesn't deserve any more attention."
Wang Lixian He shook his head and stared at the muntjac lying on the ground.
My neck was bitten by Heiwa, and I had already taken in more air and less air.
I drew my knife to touch it up, but the muntjac stopped moving at all.
“Huh?”
"Why is this, Brother Xian?"
Hearing what Wang Lixian said, Chen Ling and the others stopped talking.
Chen Dazhi also felt a little puzzled.
“One muntjac is worth a hundred sheep. Muntjacs are timid and restless. They are very afraid of the slightest disturbance. They have to move to several places to drink water. If you drink in the east, drink in the west, sometimes even though there are many footprints, you can’t see it. It looks like there are many wild animals, but in fact it is often just the hoof prints made by a muntjac. "
"Moreover, it is easy to mess up and confuse the hoof prints of deer and Xiangzi. ”
Wang Lixian said, stood up, put the hunting knife back into its sheath, took a long breath, and smiled: "I haven't gone into the mountains for many years, so I have forgotten this. The handle is unfamiliar, alas..."
In these years, he has been away from home all year round, working with the construction team. Every time he comes home from work, he is too tired to move. Even when he goes into the mountains, he just walks back and forth on a few hills outside. After all, it is because of his hand. .
"Okay, how can you call this a skill? We can't even use it. It's just the first day in the mountain. These gains are not bad. Enough is enough. More is enough. I can’t bear it, hahaha.”
Chen Dazhi smiled and picked at the corners of his mouth, his eyebrows trembling.
“That’s right, if it hadn’t been for Brother Xian, we wouldn’t have known where to release the dogs to chase the mountains. We wouldn’t even know where to sit at the intersection, so it would be an empty pond.”
Chen Ling followed.
Kongtang just didn’t find the right intersection. The dogs in the mountain drove the prey out, and the people sitting in the intersection were empty.
This is a common thing.
Lack of experience can lead to misjudgment. Wang Lixian is pretty good.
Then everyone agreed.
With such a harvest today, it’s really not bad.
Everyone was very happy, especially the few young guys who had never been to the mountain. They were all in high spirits and ready to show off their skills next time.
While packing up the prey and carrying it out of the forest, I asked Wang Lixian some puzzled questions, how to identify the traces of prey, etc., all because I wanted to learn some skills.
Wang Lixian kept nothing secret and told everything he knew. Basically, he could tell you everything he asked.
Chen Ling also listened very carefully.
...Being in the mountains and forests, it gets dark relatively early.
After four o'clock, it was time to find a place to stay for the night.
With Wang Lixian, an old hunter, there is no problem.
The crowd carried the prey on their backs and walked along the stream.
We will not let go of any small prey such as pheasants and rabbits we encounter.
Just treat it as marksmanship practice.
Scattered here and there, I gained a lot.
Gradually, the sun set in the west and was blocked by the mountains. The light dimmed instantly. The sky seemed like paper soaked in oil and became translucent, smudged by the dim red sunlight.
The empty mountain forest, which was originally filled with the clear chirping of birds and the tinkling of water, became a bit eerie after the light dimmed.
Wang Lixian did not dare to delay, so he led everyone to find a place to stay.
You can no longer stay by the water at this time.
Although it is autumn, there are still a lot of mosquitoes in the mountains. Places close to the waterside will attract mosquitoes to the area after lighting a fire at night.
And at night, it is the time for wild beasts to look for food. Wild beasts often drink water by the stream. Wild beasts are very aggressive at night. When recruiting friends, you should be careful with guns.
Low valleys and flat mountainsides are not options.
Every veteran hunter in the mountains knows that the humidity in these places is so heavy that after just one night's sleep, your waist will become useless when you stand up.
In the language of geographical science, it is the same reason that cold air sinks and gathers at night in these places.
When staying in the mountains at night, you must be careful in all aspects, whether there are many people or few people.
Many dangers are invisible.
Finally, Wang Lixian chose an open space next to a ridge as his place to stay tonight. Then the guys put down their prey and their belongings and began to clean up weeds and fallen leaves.
Chen Ling took over the task of collecting firewood and cooking, and took the two dogs to search around, but he wanted to take the opportunity to go back and collect some gadgets found on the road.
He left marks along the way.
Now we will collect the ones that are close to each other first. As for the ones that are far away, we will go there at dawn tomorrow morning.
(End of this chapter)