Reborn in the 1980s: I made my fortune hunting wild game in Changbai Mountain
Chapter 447: Pig Tracks and Bear Shadows
The sky had just begun to darken, but it was not yet completely dark. After adapting to the light outdoors, people could vaguely see the general situation around them.
However, the location where the sound came from was beyond Yue Feng’s visual range. He stared hard for several seconds but did not find anything suspicious or abnormal.
After being reminded by Yue Feng, Xiao Tao also held his breath and looked around attentively.
After scanning around, he first discovered a black shadow moving next to the vines next to a big tree on the sunny slope below the ridge.
After Xiao Tao found the location, he didn’t say anything. Instead, he gently patted Yue Feng next to him and pointed to the target location with his finger.
After Xiao Tao’s reminder, Yue Feng looked in the direction of the location and soon discovered the black shadow.
It was not yet completely dark, and the light reflected from the mountain beast’s eyes was still too bright to see clearly.
There was only a vague outline of a creature that walked down the ridge and stopped from time to time, and would stop where it was at the slightest sign of trouble.
It was just getting dark. The straight-line distance between the wild boar and the humans was at least forty meters, and there were trees of all sizes all around, so the shooting conditions were not very good.
Besides, Yue Feng and Xiao Tao were both in a tree hole, looking down from a high position. If they hadn’t found the target, they would definitely have to get closer to it and only shoot when they were sure of it.
Yue Feng observed for a while and gestured to Xiao Tao, shaking his index finger back and forth. Xiao Tao nodded and sat there motionless, continuing to observe.
About five minutes later, as the two men completely entered the sneak attack state without making any suspicious sounds, the black shadow below became obviously much bolder.
Slowly, the person who came continued to move down, and came to the feeding point below the tree hole that Yue Feng had arranged during the day.
The stinky meat bones and stinky fish tied to the trunk of the small tree were still emitting a persistent smell. The black shadow approached and reached the area where the corn kernels were scattered.
But it did not lower its head to eat. Instead, it kept sniffing the smell in the air and moved closer to the stinky meat.
When they got a few meters closer, Yue Feng and Xiao Tao saw the appearance of the person coming almost at the same time.
A large, mature boar with tall mane on its back and sharp, long tusks protruding from its snout.
Yue Feng really guessed it right. It was a big boar, weighing at least 350 kilograms. Even when squatting on the tree, he could vaguely smell the foul odor emanating from the boar.
The body odor is so strong that it can’t even cover the smell of rotten meat, which shows that the boar’s body metabolism and glandular secretion are quite strong.
Yue Feng patiently observed for another two minutes. There was only this big boar wandering around the tied up carrion. There was no companion and no other discoveries.
Yue Feng raised the 56 half-gun to his face, aimed at the big boar below, and pulled the trigger without hesitation.
Bang bang bang!
The light was bad and Yue Feng couldn’t aim accurately. He could only shoot at the target below based on his feel.
Chase!!
The wild boar that was hit let out a sharp scream and tried to escape, but it only ran a few meters before it fell to the ground motionless as if all the strength had been drained away.
“Hehe! Hit it! I think my last shot also hit it! This tree hole is so convenient for hunting!
“Brother, what should we do? Throw it here first? Or go down and drain the blood and cut it open?”
Xiao Tao excitedly put down the smoking gun in his hand, feeling quite relieved.
This was not the first time that Xiao Tao had tried hunting with a gun. He had also shot prey such as roe deer by himself.
But it was Xiao Tao’s first time to shoot at a wild boar in the dark at night from a distance of less than ten meters, so he was quite excited.
“We can’t kill such a big wild boar and just leave it there. The temperature is high and it will stink completely overnight!
Go down and drain the blood, open the pig’s stomach, hang the pig’s offal on the tree, and then come up to squat in the toilet! ! “Yue Feng said without hesitation.
“Let’s go! I have a flashlight in my bag, you can help me shine the light and we’ll be done quickly!”
“Walk!!”
The two brothers climbed down from the shooting platform in the tree hole by stepping on the footpaths one after the other, and then Xiao Tao skillfully took out the knife from his waist.
Under the light of the flashlight, they quickly bled the animals, cut open their stomachs and carried out subsequent processing.
It must be said that Xiao Tao is extremely talented when it comes to knife skills. This big boar weighing at least 350 kilograms was gutted and bled without much effort under Xiao Tao’s knife.
The wild boar was taken out of the water, and Yue Feng directly hung it on a Y-shaped tree branch not far away. Then Xiao Tao used a knife to cut the big boar’s front elbows, back hips, torso, head and other parts into pieces that a human could move.
The meat of a boar is also meat. If people don’t like it, they can give it to their dogs at home. But it’s more than 300 kilograms, and you can’t just throw it away after beating it.
Yue Feng and Xiao Tao helped lift the meat into the bucket of the tricycle, then rode the motorcycle to deliver the meat back home. After settling the meat at home, they came back to squat in the tree hole with Xiao Tao.
The freezer in the new house was full to the brim, but there was no room for today’s roasted pork, so the family used a large iron basin to get cold water from the well to soak the meat.
When the temperature is around 20 degrees Celsius at night, soak the meat in cold water and change the water once or twice in the middle of the night, the meat will definitely not go bad.
When daybreak comes, the meat can be preserved by selling it cheaply, smoking it, or salting it.
After a busy work, at around eight o’clock in the evening, Yue Feng rode his motorcycle tricycle back to the ambush site.
The vehicle was put back in its original place. Yue Feng walked back to the tree nest with a gun on his back and whistled. Xiao Tao turned on the flashlight and shone it from above.
“How’s it going?”
“Everything is normal!!” “Oh!” Yue Feng nodded, then stepped on the footrest and climbed up the tree again.
“Brother, do you smell it? The smell under the tree is so strong. It was just a stench before, but now there is a fishy smell! !
Is this thing okay? Will other creatures smell it and be afraid to come over?” Xiao Tao asked a little worriedly.
Yue Feng shook his head: “This is the smell of wild boar blood and offal, it’s okay!
If you are lucky, you might be able to attract a tiger cub or even a blind black bear or other wild animal! You have good eyesight, so observe carefully when you hear any movement!”
“Okay! As long as there is no impact! It’s completely dark now, don’t worry, the animals’ eyes glow at night, I can see!”
“It’s settled!!”
The two brothers whispered a few words, each found a comfortable sitting position, and fell into silence again.
During the first few hours of the night, nothing happened and only the faint chirping of autumn insects could be heard in the woods.
As the night deepened, the chirping of autumn insects gradually faded, dew slowly condensed on the gun body, and the temperature gradually dropped and became colder.
At this time, a faint mountain breeze swept through the woods surrounding the hunting grounds, carrying the smell of blood and decay to a farther area.
Xiao Tao was leaning against a tree trunk with his gun in his arms, nodding his head frequently and feeling drowsy, but Yue Feng had no intention of sleeping.
He had been silently calculating all kinds of intelligence and information in his mind, and passing the time by deducing the progress of events.
So far, Yue Feng doesn’t have any useful cards in his hand regarding Qiao Saner and Zhou Yuanchao.
If the news is spread directly to let the dogs fight each other, it will not be very safe for Yue Feng, as it will be easy for Yue Feng to be dragged into the vortex.
Yue Feng thought about it for a long time but couldn’t come up with a good solution.
Before he knew it, it was already 1:30 in the middle of the night and Yue Feng was beginning to feel sleepy.
The first handmade mosquito coil I brought up the mountain has burned out. From time to time, mosquitoes fly around my ears, making me feel extremely anxious.
Yue Feng took out the second mosquito coil from his hunting bag and lit it carefully. He then inserted it into the upper wind position on one side. He then moved his calf slightly to circulate the blood circulation and prevent numbness in his leg.
Feeling Yue Feng’s subtle movement, Xiao Tao opened his eyes again.
“Brother? What time is it?” Xiao Tao asked after wiping the saliva from the corner of his mouth.
Yue Feng did not turn on the flashlight to check the time immediately. Instead, he looked around to observe the surroundings. When he found nothing suspicious, he covered his face with the flashlight and shone it on the watch face.
“It’s one forty-five! Are you alert? If you are, keep an eye on it for me for a while. I’ll take a nap and it’ll be your turn at three-thirty!” Yue Feng said in a low voice.
“Okay! You take a nap!” Xiao Tao moved his butt and gave the position against the tree trunk, which was more suitable for taking a nap, to Yue Feng.
The job of two people on night duty is to take turns to rest. Yue Feng changed his position generously, leaned against the tree trunk and quickly closed his eyes.
Yue Feng felt sleepy and fell asleep quickly.
My consciousness was empty, as if my perception in sleep had become dozens or hundreds of times sharper.
In the dark forest, bizarre patches of light appeared in Yue Feng’s dream. He tried hard to see them clearly, but no matter how hard he tried, he still couldn’t see clearly.
I don’t know how much time had passed, but suddenly I felt a hand patting my shoulder gently.
Yue Feng suddenly opened his eyes.
“What’s wrong?”
Before Xiao Tao could answer, he heard the sound of a blind bear gushing out breath at close range from below, and Yue Feng woke up instantly.
“Brother, bear! The bear has spotted us, let’s run!!”
Almost at the same time as he was speaking, Xiao Tao raised the barrel gun in his hand and stabbed.
boom!
The dull sound of gunfire echoed for a long time in the dark forest.
The next second, only a muffled groan was heard, and a series of noises of branches being pushed aside, trampled and broken were heard quickly retreating from near to far.
Yue Feng subconsciously raised his gun to shoot, but his right arm became numb from leaning on the side for so long that he failed to raise the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle at the first opportunity.
By the time he slapped it twice and tried again, the blind bear had already run away and disappeared into the night.
“What’s going on? The bear is coming, why didn’t you call me in advance?” Yue Feng kept stretching his right arm and asked with some confusion.
Xiao Tao explained with a lack of confidence: “Uh, I was staring at the shadow in the woods and I was a little distracted!
By the time I realized that the two little lantern-like eyes belonged to a bear, it had already gone under the tree!
This thing is very cautious and has a keen sense of hearing. When I tapped your shoulder, it actually looked up and made eye contact with me! !
But I can be sure that the bullet hit it just now! !
Let’s wait till daybreak, go home, take the dog, and chase him? We will definitely catch him! !” (End of this chapter)