Chapter 307: When a boar joins a herd, there is bound to be an injury
Porcupines have almost no fat and no fishy smell.
But it is more troublesome to deal with.
The spikes alone take a lot of effort.
So I thought I would eat it at noon, but just thinking about it, I didn’t finish it at noon.
After filling up my stomach, I continued to move towards the mountains.
We arrived at the wetland in the afternoon.
This wetland is naturally the same wetland that Chen Ling and the others visited last year.
There were no migratory birds here last year, but this year it has become the most popular migratory bird habitat besides Yamanakako.
In addition to the cranes, there are also a large number of water birds. The big trees opposite the wetland are all occupied by egrets.
Poke a stick into the reed swamp, and while white reed flowers are flying all over the sky, water birds of all sizes are also rushing out.
“The thorns of this porcupine are so thick and long.” The two young men watched Liu Guangli pick off the thorns of the porcupine by the water. There was nothing visible when the thorns of the porcupine were growing on the body. , but when they were pulled out, they showed that they were unusually thick and long.
"Let's just say that it's not enough to just rely on reading books. The quills of porcupines can also make a fuss. In our profession, we still need to practice more in the wild." Han Ninggui said from the side.
The two laughed, and then asked Chen Ling: "Brother Fugui, have you ever seen a porcupine stab someone?"
"No, but my father-in-law has eaten this Sow the pain, and received three arrows from the porcupine.”
Chen Ling sat on the stone next to him, chewing on two wild persimmons: "When I was a child, I saw someone in our village eating this thing. He was still a little guy, weighing less than twenty pounds. I even went to other people's homes to ask for it several times. The thorns are not as thick as these, and the thick parts are like chopsticks."
"It seems that no one has ever seen a porcupine shoot a person, but only heard it from people or read in books. "
Han Ninggui said with a smile: "For example, the "Compendium of Materia Medica" describes: a porcupine is shaped like a pig, and has a spine on its neck, which is nearly a foot long and as thick as a hairpin. The thorns on the hat are white in color but black in tip. When provoked, they are like arrows that shoot at people.” "Stab people."
Liu Guangli nodded: "It's quite powerful. This thing is just a big hedgehog. Wolves, jackals, and leopards don't like to talk to it. The meat is delicious, but you can’t eat it. If you make it anxious, the thorns on its body will snap and prick you.”
"Good guy, it's so powerful. So, doesn't it mean that if you let it run rampant in the mountains, no one would dare to mess with it?"
"No, leopards can control them. If there are few leopards, there are other nemesis. Take advantage of it. When it was young, its thorns were not strong enough, so it ate them.”
Liu Guangli is an old hunter and has hunted countless prey in his life.
He was the one to deal with the porcupine today, no one else would do it.
Chen Ling said he wanted to use some of his own seasoning, but he stopped him.
"Don't worry, kid. This thing is very delicious as it is. It's full of meat and it will taste delicious no matter how you cook it. Don't rush to add the seasonings yet."
He smiled at Chen Ling: "Try it before you say it. , if you don’t think it tastes good, let it go.”
This porcupine is not small, almost thirty pounds.
It will weigh more than ten kilograms after processing.
The pots brought by Han Ninggui and others were too small to stew so much meat in one pot.
Then bake some and stew some in a pot.
"Okay, let's try the taste of this arrow pork first."
Chen Ling has never eaten this thing before and is afraid that the wild food has a strong taste, but Liu Guangli said so , it really aroused his curiosity.
But he didn’t just wait. He and Wang Lizian and others were nearby to deal with the pheasants and ducks they shot on the road in the afternoon.
If you can’t finish it, you can smoke it and make it into dried meat. When it’s time for dinner tomorrow, you don’t have to cook hungry anymore.
After cleaning up, it got dark.
Under the slightly dark sky, a group of large black birds flew over the wetland. The sound of falling into the water and the chirping of birds were heard together. The cranes returned to their nests and landed on the water and reeds one after another. The scene was spectacular. .
People find this scene beautiful, but dogs are eager to move after seeing it.
Including Heiwa Xiaojin, who grunted and wanted to pounce.
“You greedy ones, didn’t you feel satisfied with all that meat just now?”
Liu Guangli stopped the hunting dogs in his village and looked in the direction of the wetland: "There are quite a lot of cranes here, but they are not as delicious as wild geese. We used to have a wild goose hunting team here. These wild geese, cranes... Yes, you can hunt several geese in a day."
"So are you still hunting geese here?" Feng Yi asked.
"Fighting, why not fight? There are not as many people fighting as before. Now it is basically young people hunting geese."
Liu Guangli said, "We old guys generally Even if you go into the mountains to find some prey, you usually don’t hunt geese or cranes.”
“Why? You guys have been hunting for so many years, but you still can’t catch these wild geese?”< br>
Everyone was curious.
"It's not that you can't hunt, but it's not good to hunt geese. The wild geese and cranes come in pairs. If you kill one, the other will not be able to go home. There are people standing guard when you get to Yanmen Pass. There is a saying that the door is held tightly and the remaining wild goose is not allowed in. "
Everyone understands this. It seems that this old hunter will gradually become soft-hearted as he gets older. He actually felt pity for the remaining lonely swan goose.
But the story is quite right.
The wild geese and red-crowned cranes are monogamous.
In ancient times, when newlyweds got married, there was a ceremony of hugging wild geese. When the groom received his bride, he hugged a wild goose. The wild geese formed a pair, which meant that the newlyweds held hands for a lifetime.
Everyone stood by the fire and chatted, and soon the smell of roasted porcupine wafted out.
Chen Ling smelled the aroma and came up to him, turning it until the porcupine meat was roasted to golden brown with a golden-red sheen, and it was ready to eat.
This way of eating does not require much seasoning. To be honest, Chen Ling has only eaten it when roasting sparrows, roasting cicadas and grasshoppers.
Throw it in the fire and just pick it up.
But this is the first time for this porcupine.
But after taking a bite, he knew he was wrong.
Only to understand what high-end ingredients require only simple cooking methods.
Delicious, so delicious.
It tastes better than badger meat. How many more will we get from now on?
He, the picky one, finds it delicious, let alone others.
Not one of them found it too hot for their hands or mouth. They grabbed the meat and stuffed it into their mouths. While stuffing it back, they shouted vaguely: "It's delicious, it's so delicious." . ”
After finishing the roasted porcupine meat, followed by the braised porcupine meat and a bowl of soybean porcupine soup, everyone enjoyed it.
“Good guy, I feel so good about going into the mountains this time. I ate so much on the first day. If the wild boar comes looking for me again at night, I won’t be able to run away.”
Liu Guangli smiled and said: "It's okay. If the wild boar dares to chase you, just run down the mountain. The wild boar's front legs are short. Once it chases people, it will be difficult to stop if it runs fast. The wild boar's eyes are not easy to use. Maybe just roll down the mountain. Such a pig is easy to deal with.”
My dear, this is unacceptable.
I have had too much experience facing this kind of old hunter, and everyone knows everything I say.
At this time, Chen Ling called his two dogs, held up a torch and said to him: "Uncle Guangli, go for a walk on the dung road, and go with the clip?"
"Let's go."
Liu Guangli quickly patted his butt and stood up, grabbed the shotgun and called his two dogs to follow him.
Raise dogs, raise good hunting dogs, two or three are better.
With less care, good dogs can be produced.
If there are too many hunting dogs, you have to take them to the mountains often, and you are not allowed to make too many mistakes, otherwise the dogs will be easily spoiled.
Liu Guangli’s Tiger Head Yellow was also killed by a wild boar last year.
The two current dogs were re-raised this year. One is a tiger-headed yellow dog, and the other is a green dog, also known as wolf green. They are almost as tame.
“I don’t know if you can tell, but the dung road here is actually not a serious dung road. It is a miscellaneous road that the pigs often walk out of when they come to the water here to drink and bathe.”
< br>"It's because this dung road is too steep and close to the Youshui Mountain Gorge, right?" Chen Ling said.
Liu Guangli also said just now that wild boars have short front legs and can’t bear to eat hard, so they don’t like to walk downhill roads that are too steep.
They are not afraid of going uphill. Their hind legs are strong and they can kick the ground with their hooves. They can easily jump over a wall with half a pull on it. If a person drives the pig up the mountain, they will not be able to catch up.
But if the wild boar goes downhill, it mainly relies on its front legs.
The hillside is too steep, the wild boar’s head is down, its butt is up, and its front legs are short and weak, which makes it uncomfortable for the thief.
They don't like to go this way.
I wouldn’t regard this kind of place as the main beast path.
“Yes, it’s such a difficult road to walk, and you rush down the mountain at night to find someone to help you with. It shows how petty-minded and vindictive these guys are.”
Liu Guangli sighed.
As for why there are pig trails in this place.
It’s because wild boars love mud ponds, and the wetland is very popular with them. When the weather is hot, they like to come here and roll in the mud to cool off.
That’s why I brave this steep hillside to run here often, and there is a main animal path that is not serious.
The two of them were talking, and the tails of Xiao Jin and Hei Wa in front of them stood up one after another, and they made small humming sounds from their noses.
When Chen Ling saw this, he smiled and said: "It seems that there are really unexpected gains on this difficult road."
Then he saw Tiger Head Huang and Wolf beside Liu Guangli who were instantly alert and ready to attack. The green dog nodded approvingly: "These are two good young dogs."
After receiving the signal from the leader dog, he can respond instantly without barking. This already has the qualities of a good hunting dog.
Otherwise, dogs will develop bad habits that will be difficult to change.
After all, dogs can’t talk, so people can’t communicate with them without any barriers.
Unless you make a mistake, you will be beaten.
But that is not advisable. Hunting dogs are partners, not slaves. They cannot be tamed by beating them.
Liu Guangli chuckled: "Sao Lu is still a little bit worse. If I don't compare with you two dogs, I can barely do it with us, and I can be used as the alpha dog..."
Then the two watched the four dogs climb up the hillside, two in front and two in back, and rushed into the forest to sweep away.
An old man and a young man, under the night, knew something was going on and did not panic at all.
This time there is no mention of dogs and guns.
There are clips at key locations on the animal path, so that wild animals dare to come over and get a drink from it.
As a result, the two of them followed the dog up the hillside and walked into the forest. At this time, Xiao Jin actually spoke up from the front.
I don’t know what I heard.
When Chen Ling swept over it with a flashlight, under the light, it suddenly looked up to the southwest, barked, and ran away.
At this time, Hei Wa also reacted. He glanced with piercing eyes, raised his head, let out a low growl, and moved over from the other direction.
Little Jin Heiwa screamed like this.
Liu Guangli’s two dogs immediately followed him, heading straight for Heiwa, following closely behind.
"Something's wrong, I didn't react so big just now." The old man and the young man on Chen Ling's side looked at each other in surprise and hurriedly checked the shotgun. They were not afraid of wild boars, but they were afraid that the one coming was not a wild boar.
After the two of them checked the shotgun and a bunch of things, one of them held a torch and the other a flashlight and chased Heiwa along the ridge.
Xiaojin is the alpha dog, and the hunter will follow the helper dog first, and then it depends on the situation.
Not far away, the two saw Heiwa and Sangou stopping.
I also quietly slowed down, and then with the light of flashlights and torches, I saw a group of wild boars under the ridge and on the gentle part of the mountainside. Among the pigs, the small one was in front, and the big one was in front. Behind him, he was chirping and leisurely digging through weeds and fallen leaves to look for food.
This is a sow and a newly grown piglet.
What made the noise were two other big boars, with a pair of big tusks sticking out, howling angrily and fighting fiercely in the sparse forest.
Liu Guangli's eyes lit up when he saw this situation.
"Good guy, it turns out that a lone pig has joined the herd."
"When two males fight, one of them will be injured. This is a good opportunity."
(This chapter End)