Chapter 277 The Suspicion of the Beast
"If you lose, you lose. Who knows where the pig has gone and whether it can be found."
Wang Lixian said and glanced at Chen Ling.
"That's true."
Chen Ling nodded and understood the meaning in Wang Lixian's eyes.
He was worried that the half tail on the clip just now was really left by a leopard.
If it is really a leopard, this means that the leopard that disappeared before has reappeared.
Then it’s definitely not the only one.
It would be too risky to rush into the mountains if you can’t figure out the reality.
Some people definitely don’t understand.
What are you afraid of when there are leopards in the mountains? Can't we bring guns?
Indeed, you can bring a gun with you.
But if you are targeted by a leopard, it will be useless even if you bring a gun.
Because leopards are different from tigers and bears.
It usually does not confront people head-on, but comes face to face.
But a sneak attack from behind.
Or sneak attack in the tree.
Quiet and hard to detect.
Even though there are so many native leopards, the hunters in Kinmen Village don’t dare to enter the mountains just to be on the safe side.
Not to mention a real leopard.
This thing is cruel and slippery, you can use a clamp to deal with it, or you can use some veterinary drugs to poison them.
As for using a gun, if you are not an experienced hunter who specializes in this bowl of food, you will not be able to hit them with a gun.
Leopards can run very fast. They can walk on flat ground in high mountains and low valleys. Facing steep rocks, they can only do a few leaps. People have no chance to aim.
Once ordinary people go into the mountains and encounter leopards, in most cases they cannot see where they are, and the people are gone.
In other words.
In the wilderness, humans have a low chance of winning against any wild beast.
What if you can see a leopard face to face? At most, you will panic and fear out of instinct. It is difficult for a panicked person to escape.
They rule the world in the mountains and forests, and no one can escape them.
Jackals, wolves, tigers, leopards and bears are all extremely aggressive towards humans.
They are different from wild boars, which can be scared away by people.
And these ferocious beasts will gradually be tempted.
As long as you find out clearly that you are strong on the outside but weak on the inside.
That's when they look for opportunities to strike.
Unless it’s like last year, a team of ten or twenty young people went to the mountains together.
Bring a few more guns and a bunch of dogs.
Even if the tiger and the blind man came, they would not be afraid.
There is only one pig running away right now, so it is not worth the effort.
Besides, the crops have been good this year. Even if someone wants to organize hunting, no one has the motivation to go into the mountains.
Chen Ze didn't know what the two of them were thinking at this time. When he heard that Wang Lixian had given up chasing the pig, he immediately said eagerly: "Why don't you go find it and bring it back, Brother Xian? If not, let's just Ask a few more people to go into the mountain and look for it. Look at the ground, it's bleeding like this and it's still running away. It must be a big pig. It would be a pity not to catch it."
Wang Lixian said. I didn't know how to explain it to him, so I frowned and didn't say anything in the end.
Chen Ling was holding the half of the tail and looking at it.
When he heard what he said, he smiled and said: "Don't be anxious, Shui Wa, Brother Xian's dog is useless. If you urge him to chase away the pigs, he can only be anxious. There’s no way.”
“Let me do it. Let me show you where the pig went.”
As he spoke, he hit two of them in the direction of the farm. Loud whistle.
After a while, a splendid yellow-clawed hawk flew from a distance, slowly flapping its wings, and landed at Chen Ling's feet.
The kites would not fall on Chen Ling unless he had shoulder and wrist guards on him.
Now the kite's claws are getting tougher and sharper, and can really penetrate human skin.
Chen Ling didn't dare to let it fall directly on him.
“Oh, it’s a kite.”
Chen Ze exclaimed. His sister’s family of three, including Da Nier and Si Nier, were dumbfounded. They thought Chen Ling I wanted to call the dog over, but who knew a kite would be called over?
Many people know that Chen Ling's family has this thing, but they have never seen it with their own eyes.
“Well, kites can fly and are faster than dogs running on the ground, so they are more convenient.”
Chen Ling said, walked to the blood stain left by the wild boar, dipped the blood in it and wiped it on his forehead. The bald man's nose allowed the second bald man to feel the smell of prey.
Seeing Er Baldy's eyes become sharp instantly, he knew that he had discovered the trace of the escaped wild boar.
He immediately grabbed it, held it in his hand, and raised it to the sky.
The two bald men spread their wings and flew into the sky. After hovering in the sky for a while, they suddenly flew in one direction.
"My mother, isn't it? Dogs can find sex, and kites can also find sex? Don't eagles and kites rely on their eyes? Why do you still rely on your nose?"
When Chen Ze saw what Chen Ling was doing, he immediately shouted.
Chen Ling raised his head and looked at the direction where the two bald men were flying, and said with a smile: "Why isn't there an eagle relying on its nose? You have never trained an eagle, so you probably don't know how to train an eagle and let the eagle remember it. Does it smell like you?”
An important part of falcon training is to let the eagle remember the smell of its owner.
Most people train eagles to make it easier for the eagle to accept them.
You can spit on the meat with your own saliva and then feed the meat to the eagle.
You can also combine sweat and saliva and apply it on the eagle to make the eagle familiar with the smell of its own body.
Over time, the eagle will treat you as one of its own.
Therefore, the eagle's sense of smell is not as powerful as its vision and hearing.
But when it comes to distinguishing smells, it's quite powerful.
Fed by Chen Lingling water, Erbaldie can track prey even with his nose alone.
Otherwise, I will have to look for medicinal materials in the mountains in the future. What can I do without a good nose?
“Good guy, I’m just an eagle, do you still have these methods?”
After hearing this, everyone was stunned, and then thought to themselves: I’m afraid that this kid Fugui is free. Those who are obsessed with these things, dogs and eagles, are almost spoiled for choice. Others may never know what is going on here.
A few people chatted together, and waited for about ten minutes before Erbaldy flew back.
"It seems that this pig is indeed not small. It has run so far with a clip. It seems that it will take a lot of effort to catch it back. Anyway, it will definitely not work today..."
Chen Ling touched the kite and said.
It took about ten minutes for the kite to go back and forth, that is, when it flew over, it took five minutes of flying in the sky to find the pig.
If it were someone walking in the mountains and forests, climbing up and down, some high and some low, it would take at least half an hour.
And even if a pig is found, it is difficult to get a pig that is too big down the mountain. After a while, the sun will set.
This is nonsense.
Even Chen Ze was discouraged, stamping his feet and saying it was a pity.
Wang Lixian patted him on the shoulder: "What a pity, there are still little wild boar cubs here. Fugui invited people to eat soup a few days ago. Those of you who went out to work didn't get it. I'm here this time. Come on, I’ll treat you to it.”
Chen Ling was excited when he heard this: “Okay, the piglets are tender and will be delicious in a big pot.”< br>
But Chen Ze waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no, no, I don't dare to drink your wine. People in the village say that a jar of your wine can replace a tractor. If I have a drink with you, I will drink up the tractor wheel by myself." Yes." This made everyone laugh.
Of course, Chen Ze was also joking on purpose.
He hasn't come to play with Chen Ling much recently, and Chen Yuqiang and the others haven't seen him for a long time.
They have been doing nothing else these days. They just go out early and come back late every day to work in the factory over there in Huangni Town.
Some go to the moon cake factory, some go to the feed factory, there are all kinds.
Although I don’t earn much, I am still relatively close here, and I can take care of the autumn harvest at home, so I can earn a little bit.
A few people went down the mountain together, talking lively on the way.
After getting excited, Chen Ze yelled that if he finished the meal tomorrow, everyone would choose a day to go play in the mountains together. It happened that the corn was not ripe yet, so there was nothing busy recently.
When Wang Lixian heard this, he knew it was hard to persuade him, so he slowly expressed his guess.
He said there might be leopards in the mountains again.
If nothing happens, if there are few people, don’t run to the mountains. The harvest this year is quite good, and it’s not like you can’t uncover the pot without hunting.
It’s better not to go into the mountains.
Even if we go up the mountain to harvest fruit, it is best to walk together.
"Brother Xian, why didn't you make it clear just now? I thought you had other things to do and were unwilling to go into the mountains. It turns out you were afraid of a leopard. There's nothing you can't say about this leopard."
Chen Ze was quite puzzled. Is it okay to just let go of something?
“It’s not that I can’t say, I’m just not sure.”
Wang Lixian shook his head: “The footprints next to the clip just now were all messed up and couldn’t be seen clearly, and there were no traces anywhere else nearby. What footprints are there? I’m not sure whether this thing is a leopard, but I’m just telling you to be careful when entering the mountains.”
There are a lot of weeds and fallen leaves in the mountains.
In autumn, the ground is also dry, unlike after rain. If the soil is soft, animals can step on it and leave clear footprints for people to distinguish.
So Wang Lixian didn't dare to talk nonsense based on only half of his tail.
Otherwise, if it were told to the outside world, three people would become a tiger. If word spread, I don’t know what it would be like.
“Oh, so that’s it.”
The Chen Ze brother and sister now knew what was going on.
Then he took the tail in Chen Ling's hand and looked back and forth. Naturally, they couldn't see anything. It was just a curiosity.
He had to give it to Wang Lixian and ask him to look for the old people in the village after he returned to the village.
At the foot of the mountain, several people separated and went back to their homes.
But in the evening, Wang Lixian came to the farm again.
He said that after he went back, he asked some old people in the village, and everyone said it looked like a leopard's tail.
But to say specifically whether it is a leopard or not, no one dares to say for sure at once.
There is no way, the leopard has not appeared in front of people for too long.
Since the 1950s and 1960s, tiger killing campaigns have been carried out continuously across the country.
When it comes to hunting tigers, leopards and wolves are also included in the hunt.
Playing against tigers and wolves was very popular at that time.
So by the 1970s, leopards had become extinct in the local mountains and forests.
Only the native leopard is left, showing its head from time to time to make its presence felt.
"Uncle, do you think this is a leopard's tail? I heard that there were leopards in your Lutou Mountain area ten years ago."
After Wang Lixian sat down in the courtyard, he didn't say After saying a few words, he took out the leopard's tail from the basket and showed it to Wang Cunye.
Wang Cunye took a look, took a breath, and muttered: "Don't tell me, this tail really looks like a leopard's tail, just a lot thinner. I have seen this thing when I was young. , Some of our villages still have leopard skins, and the leopard's tail is as thick and long as a whip."
After that, he warned: "Leopards, please be careful. , from now on, more people will go up the mountain during the day, but don’t go up the mountain at night.”
"As the old saying goes, a leopard can travel hundreds of miles at night and never leave its mouth for delicacies. This thing is so ferocious that even a wild boar weighing more than a hundred kilograms cannot defeat it."
"Especially at night, catching a half-sized wild boar is enough. It’s just like playing, it’s even easier to kill someone.”
The two of them became cautious after saying this.
Gao Xiulan and Wang Susu were frightened when they heard that there was a leopard.
“It’s okay, don’t panic.”
Chen Ling comforted and said: "We have dogs and kites on the farm. If something sneaks into the orchard, it is indeed difficult to prevent it, but if you want to sneak into the farm, it is simply impossible."
< br>"Relax, there are so many edible wild animals in the mountains, and there is no need to go down the mountain even if there are leopards."
Afterwards we chatted for a few more words, and when he saw that Chen Ling's family was about to have dinner, Wang Lixian stood up and left. ,
Chen Ling sent him outside the farm.
Thinking of what his father-in-law just said, he reminded: "Let’s not talk about whether it’s a leopard or not. This thing was definitely attracted by the little wild boar cubs on your clips, or it smelled of wild boars. The smell has been following the wild boars.”
The beasts living in the mountains are very smart.
When they hunt, sometimes they are not much different from humans.
For example, if a person wants to set a trap to catch a wild boar on a mountain, he will definitely not be able to just find a place and set the trap. He will follow the traces of the wild boar or simply follow the path they took down the mountain, which is the animal path. Remove the clamp.
When this slightly larger beast hunts, it does the same thing, specifically finding the beast's path where the beast often hangs out.
Ambush near the beast's path, or directly follow it, looking for opportunities to launch an attack.
Let’s just say wild boar.
When there are many wild boar cubs, it is most likely to attract the prying eyes of various wild beasts.
Even the mountain raccoons dare to provoke the wild boar herd. They often pick up a small wild boar calf from the wild boar herd and jump up the tree and escape.
The mountain raccoon can climb trees, run, jump, and slip away very fast, even the wild boar can't do anything about it.
And when the wild boar cubs first started, they were no bigger than a human palm.
Only bold beasts in the mountains can break into a herd of wild boars and snatch them away in one go.
It doesn’t matter if there are only a few sows forming a herd without boars to protect the herd.
Drive the piglets away directly, the old sows can't control them at all.
Chen Ling thought of this, and Wang Lixian soon realized it.
"You're right. Let's finish drinking tomorrow and then go to the clamp. We will bring two little piglets to put on the clamp to see if we can hook them out."
He has been hunting for so many years, but he has never caught a live leopard. When he saw this half of the tail today, he suddenly felt itchy.
"Okay, I'll also replace the clip with a new one, and let's remove the clip together."
Chen Ling agreed.
But deep down in his heart, he felt that it didn't matter whether the beast was a leopard, or even that there were leopards in the mountains.
Only when there are more wolves, tigers and leopards in the mountains can wild boars and the like not overrun.
Looking at it broadly, no matter which area there is, as long as wild boars are overflowing, it must be because there are no natural enemies of the large beasts.
That’s what I think.
But the premise is that these large beasts do not interfere with people's lives, otherwise it will be bad if they hurt people.
"There are fewer and fewer tigers and leopards in the mountains. It is not good to kill them. If we really catch them, if not, we can first capture them in the cave and raise them."
Chen Ling's plan He stood and watched Wang Lixian leave.
The two of them also agreed that after drinking tomorrow, they would take people to the mountains to put out clippers, and each family would put out a few more.
But what Chen Ling didn't expect was that something happened to the idiot Hei Wa the next day before he even started taking action.
(End of this chapter)