Chapter 300 Capturing the Leopard
The leopard’s footprints are in the shape of plum blossoms.
There are some similarities with the plum blossom prints of dogs and wolves, but when compared carefully, there is a big difference. When wolves and dogs walk in the mountains and forests, their feet are heavier than those of leopards, leaving behind The footprints are deep.
Moreover, the wolf's footprints have traces of the tips of its claws, and the tips of its claws generally do not retract.
The leopard has none at all.
In addition, leopards do not leave dung on the ground.
Like cats, they will dig holes and bury their poop when they poop, so they are very particular about hygiene.
A few days ago, Chen Ling took the dog specifically to find the place where it pooped and buried its feces. Based on its fresh footprints, which are heat trails, it determined its range of activities.
As for why we need to look for places where leopards poop, instead of just looking for them based on heat trails.
This is because although there are many footprints near the water, leopards often go to Yamanaka Lake to drink water and hunt, but the effect is not as good as a place like defecation.
First, when leopards drink water and hunt, they often change places and directions, and errors may occur depending on the heat trace.
Secondly, some of the leopard’s habits are the same as those of cats. The place where it poops is the place it thinks is the safest, and it is also very relaxed when pooping.
In this state, it is not very defensive, so Chen Ling can take action.
Because Chen Ling wanted to capture the leopard alive instead of killing it.
If you just kill and hunt, you definitely don’t have to go to such trouble.
So in order to catch it alive, Chen Ling set up special baits near several of the leopard's defecation locations.
This special bait uses the birds raised in the cave, which are live bait.
He applied veterinary medicine on each bird, and the leopard would have an attack if it ate it.
This veterinary drug is stronger than any other means.
Chen Ling has already done experiments in the cave.
Just like when weasels ate raw meat with rat poison, it took effect very quickly.
And...even though you will be poisoned after eating it, as long as you take the spiritual water of Dongtian in time, you will slowly recover.
But there is a saying that goes well: God’s calculation is not as good as man’s calculation.
Just when Chen Ling felt that everything was ready, all he needed was the east wind.
This morning, an accident happened.
At that time, he was very careful not to take the dog up the mountain.
This is because Leopard had a fight with Heiwa before and suffered a loss at Heiwa's hands, so he has a deep memory of Heiwa's scent and is very sensitive.
In addition, he is also very sensitive to Xiao Jin who lives with Hei Wa.
If you notice Hei Wa’s scent, you will stay away from him.
So Chen Ling simply stopped taking both dogs with him.
Anyway, he wasn't afraid of facing the leopard head-on.
Just use the spiritual water of the cave to place live bait in several places to stimulate the growth of patches of grass.
His own hiding place also gave birth to some dense and tall grass as a place to hide his smell and body shape.
The time is close to noon, above the Western Mountain.
Chen Ling lay down in the grass behind the stone ridge. This grass was the strong-smelling grass that he eliminated when he was selecting mosquito repellent grass. Now growing here, it can suppress his smell very well.
He came here after eating in the morning. This is the place where leopards urinate and bury their dung to mark their territory. No wild things in the mountains will come, so the live bait will not be eaten by anything else.
Until then the leopard appeared.
The leopard appeared southwest of Chenling, deep in the mountain forest.
In the mountain forest with dappled sunshine, a leopard with a length of about 1.5 meters, a golden body and covered with black copper coin markings slowly appeared with a broken tail.
The wound on the shoulder is gradually healing, and the broken leopard tail makes it look extremely ferocious and terrifying.
But Chen Ling was secretly happy.
What he expected was right. Although this leopard was fierce, it had a relaxed gait, rather like a leisurely stroll.
Even digging holes and defecating is a bit elegant and lazy.
It can be seen that its vigilance is not strong here.
"Eat, go eat, don't just poop." Chen Ling thought to himself.
The leopard was not even twenty meters away from him.
At this time, it finally smelled a special smell, lowered its body and slowly approached the nearest grass.
The birds in the grass had their wings clipped by Chen Ling, and their feet were tied with grass blades, so they could not fly.
For the leopard, it was really easy to get. As soon as it jumped out with its bare wings, it was eaten by the leopard in one bite.
Chen Ling smiled and secretly encouraged the leopard: "Eat one more, go and eat one more, one is not enough?"
Of course, the more veterinary medicines taken by birds, the faster they will take effect.
Under his expectant eyes, the leopard actually turned around and went to the next place after eating a bird in one bite.
But just when the leopard turned around, the sound of whips and voices rang out in the forest, and they floated into Chen Ling's ears.
"Da, please go back. Can't we go down the mountain to herd the sheep? Why are you running up the mountain?"
"Huh? Are they Fourth Grandpa and Uncle Yongsheng?"
Chen Ling was shocked, and the steel fork and shotgun stored in the cave immediately appeared in his hands.
He reacted quickly enough.
But the leopard is faster.
As soon as he stood up with the steel fork, the leopard's eyes had widened, with a fierce look in his eyes. He quickly lowered his body and rushed towards Chen Gannian and Chen Yongsheng under the cover of the grass.
This is where the leopard defecates. It is its territory and cannot be violated.
When powerful opponents like Heiwa and Xiaojin come over, it will retreat.
But humans, it doesn’t take it seriously at all, and has even been harmed by humans.
The leopard became jealous due to its hatred of humans and the anger of having its territory invaded.
Just like Chen Qiannian said when he woke up before.
The leopard was able to knock the old hunter down and sit on him despite his full defense.
Let alone ordinary people.
Chen Ling quickly shouted, "Fourth Grandpa, Uncle Yongsheng, get away quickly, there is a leopard."
While speaking, he had already rushed towards the leopard with a steel fork.
"Aww~"
The leopard was only three or four meters away from Chen Gannian and the two of them. It only had one leap to jump on them. Unexpectedly, there was another person behind it. .
This man was also very ferocious, very fast, and he came towards it in a menacing manner.
The leopard was suddenly startled.
In fact, if this leopard still has a tail.
At this time, he had already pounced on Chen Gannian.
Unfortunately, it didn’t, and the shoulder was still injured by Hei Wa.
These have a great influence on it.
It is not in peak condition.
On the other hand, Chen Ling, in his eagerness, was like a boiling engine. He had a good body raised in Dongtian and unleashed all his potential. He carried the steel fork and chased after him.
I felt a vicious aura approaching from behind. The leopard's hair suddenly exploded, and it gave up on the two people in front of it. It was like a frightened tabby cat, its back arched, the leopard's eyes opened angrily, its body jumped up, and a pair of big claws scratched Chen Ling behind him.
These claws are so big.
It is a pair of strong and plump fleshy palms.
The foot pads are surprisingly big compared to its legs.
The fleshy palm is already very big.
I didn’t expect the claws to be even more powerful.
It was exactly the same as what Chen Gannian had said before. It was really like an iron and steel hook, sticking out from the flesh pad, as long as half a hand.
There is no doubt that if this falls on a person, a large piece of flesh will be dug out immediately.
Seeing this, Chen Ling quickly raised his steel fork to parry.
He is very strong, and although his reflexes are a little worse than those of the beasts in the mountains, they are still very fast.
Just listen to the sound of "mist".
The leopard's fierce and sharp claws were stopped by the steel fork.
Man and leopard met for the first time, and the outcome was inconclusive.
But how quick the leopard reacts.
How could he fight like some martial arts master, using each move one after another?
While its claws were blocked by the steel fork, it had already opened its big mouth full of fishy smell and gnawed at Chen Ling's neck.
"Ah!"
Leopards are ferocious, and Chen Ling is not bad either.
The steel fork in one hand held the leopard's front paw, and the shotgun in the other hand stabbed the leopard's bloody mouth.
With a "click" sound, the leopard bit the gun.
“Wealth!”
The man and the leopard had already exchanged two moves. Only then did Chen Gannian and Chen Yongsheng react. They exclaimed worriedly.
Chen Ling didn't care to respond to them. Taking advantage of the leopard's two attacks being blocked, he let go of the shotgun that was bitten by the leopard. He stretched out his hand to grab the leopard's front legs, turned around and threw the leopard hard over his shoulder. Thrashed to the ground.
An adult leopard weighs more than 100 pounds.
But this weight is nothing to Chen Ling.
I saw him flying on the leopard, stepping on the steel fork to press the leopard's front legs to the ground, sitting on the leopard, and grabbing the fur on the back of the leopard's neck with one hand. He pushed its head to the ground and punched it down with one hand.
It's like Wu Song fighting a tiger, trying to subdue a leopard.
But reality is not a novel.
Leopards are not easy to subdue. Chen Linggang gave it two fists.
It struggled and roared.
Although the leopard weighs over a hundred kilograms, its strength is not limited to that.
The tender tendons all over the body cannot be underestimated.
At the critical moment, Chen Ling was surprised by how powerful he was.
"Fugui, Fugui, get out of the way."
I saw Chen Ling riding on the leopard and beating it. The leopard was like an unruly and fierce horse, with its tail broken off and its buttocks Struggling and twisting around, the grass and soil on the ground were crushed into a mess.
The birds in the forest were frightened and flew around, and the sheep were also bleating.
The confused Chen Gannian woke up with a start.
In desperation, he and his eldest son found two big rocks from nowhere and were about to hit the leopard on the head.
At this time.
Chen Ling suddenly felt that the leopard riding under him suddenly felt like a deflated ball.
The intensity of the struggle is far from what it was just now.
Chen Ling immediately knew that this was the bird eaten by the leopard, and the medicinal effect was exerted in its belly.
This is like a martial arts master who is poisoned.
The more you fight with others and the more you circulate your Qi, the faster the poison will take effect.
This leopard ate a piece of live bait. The poisoning was not too serious and would not occur too quickly. It is only because it wanted to attack people after being disturbed by others, and it caused such a fuss.
This is the consequence.
But Chen Ling wanted to capture this leopard alive.
Now that the veterinary medicine has taken effect, it is naturally impossible for the fourth grandfather and the two of them to smash the leopard and do bad things.
He quietly let go of the leopard. The leopard seized the opportunity and jumped out from under him.
Seeing this, Chen Gannian and the other two quickly threw stones at him.
But wherever he could hit it, the leopard had already run away.
The two people stared anxiously: "This stupid leopard..."
Then he quickly walked to Chen Ling and looked at him worriedly: "Fugui, are you okay?"
"It's okay. , It’s okay, Fourth Grandpa, Uncle Yongsheng, I injured this leopard just now. I’m going to see where it went and kill it if I can. Otherwise, we won’t be able to go up the mountain until it stays on the mountain.”
Chen Ling picked up the shotgun and hurriedly chased the leopard without waiting for the two of them to say anything.
"Wealth, hey, wealth...",
"Fugui, come back soon."
The two wanted to chase Chen Ling and stop him.
But Chen Ling had already grabbed the shotgun and quickly disappeared through the fallen leaves and weeds in the forest.
The father and son were so anxious that they could only wipe the cold sweat from their foreheads and stamp their feet on the spot.
……
The West Mountain is not as steep as the North Mountain, but it is still very sloped.
Chen Ling chased the leopard, and it took a lot of effort to catch up to a dry stone ditch covered with weeds.
The leopard was lying next to the grass in Shitigou, motionless.
I don’t know if the leopard was out of fear or what happened. When Chen Ling saw it, it had already collapsed in the grass, panting heavily, defecating and peeing, and had sex behind it. A big piece.
Chen Ling couldn't care less about this now. He waved his hand and took the leopard into the cave. He fed it some spiritual water in time and stopped caring about it.
Then he came out of the cave and looked at the surrounding environment.
“Oh, it turns out this is this place. Why does it look so familiar?”
This is actually the fox hole from before. This fox hole was spotted by badgers before. Don’t The hole may not look big from the outside, but it's actually not that small inside. It's more than enough for a leopard to live in this hole.
And under the trees on the Shitou Valley side, the rocks and intertwined roots of the trees make the cave very strong and reliable, providing a natural environment for shelter.
It is normal for the leopard to regard this place as a short-term residence.
"No matter what, I finally caught it."
Chen Ling lingered around the fox hole for a while, and then returned the same way after finding nothing special.
I thought, this is a male leopard. When will I catch a female leopard and make a pair?
(End of this chapter)