Chapter 156 Bounty
It was smoky weather, with visibility of no more than three meters. The north wind was like a knife, blowing on the unprotected face, and soon a dark red mark was left. Tracking by a naughty dog ​​or looking for footprints were all useless in the face of the cruel nature.

Under such severe natural weather conditions that were beyond human control, the task of hunting down and killing the black bear that had injured people was naturally put on hold for the time being.

Not to mention the forest rangers, even the members of Yue Feng’s team who were so excited the night before couldn’t go anywhere and could only stay at home.

According to the weather forecast for the next day, a cold wave from Siberia was sweeping across the Northeast, with the lowest temperature reaching minus 41 degrees Celsius.

This kind of bad weather lasted for three days in a row. On the fourth day, the wind and snow finally stopped.

Due to continuous snowfall, the thickness of snow outside the village exceeded 30 centimeters. In some downwind ditches, the snow was even more than one meter thick. If you were not familiar with the terrain, the snow might reach your chest when you stepped on it. The entire Changbai Mountains were completely covered by heavy snow.

The news that a black bear attacked a factory on the mountain a few days ago spread quickly to the surrounding villages. For a while, every household kept their doors and windows closed, for fear that the black bear might come down the mountain again and enter the village to hurt someone.

At the forest farm, after the weather cleared up, a forest ranger team was organized to go up the mountain, hoping to track the blind bear to prevent future trouble.

However, several days of heavy smoke, wind and snow had completely wiped out all traces. Even if the most powerful dog was brought from the hunters at the foot of the mountain, no trace of the blind black bear was found.

It had just snowed heavily, and Yue Feng and his friends naturally wouldn’t go up the mountain to show off before the snow crust hardened. Not to mention killing a black bear that had injured people, even if there was a quadriplegic giant paw waiting for them to carry it back home, they wouldn’t be willing to do it.

Some people may complain when seeing this, isn’t it just a little snow? We often make a living in the mountains and forests, so why are we afraid of this?
To be honest, I’m afraid.

And the more experienced the mountain hunters are, the more they fear this extreme weather.

Heavy snow not only covers the mountain paths, but also hides many dangers that are avoidable with the naked eye. For example, the gullies between mountain ridges may even be completely filled with snow after a heavy snowfall. When you step down, the snow is over your head. If you are unlucky and there are branches or something else underneath, you may lose your life if you don’t have a companion to help you.

Just like that, for the next week, the members of Yue Feng’s team took almost no action. Every day they either gathered together to eat and drink, or watched Yue Feng fiddle with the dog and eagle at home. With food and drink, life was not too difficult.

After the big drop in temperature, the weather warmed up continuously. When the snow on the mountain gradually hardened, people began to think about the blind bear who had committed a serious crime but was still at large.

“Brother Feng, do you think that blind bear that hurt people will be frozen to death in this smoky weather?” Xiao Tao asked thoughtfully, holding a thin broom straw in his mouth.

Yue Feng shook his head. “I heard that the bear killed the guard dog of Lengchang. Before leaving, it took the dog away! The old Changtou’s homemade hunting rifle can only injure the bear slightly at best. If the bear had food and water, it would have no problem with withstanding the heavy smoke bombs of the past few days!”

“The forest farm should have organized people to go up the mountain to look for this bear in the past few days, but we haven’t heard any news!” Xiaowen also echoed.

Yue Feng curled his lips and said, “It’s not certain where this bear is hiding! The heavy snow a few days ago covered up its scent and traces. We probably won’t be able to track it! If it hurts someone and then flees to the mountains, then maybe this matter will be over!”

“I’m afraid that even when the weather gets better, it still won’t be satisfied. There are people going up and down the Chaiji Road over at the forest farm every day. If it attacks people again, there will be no way to survive!” Xiao Tao said with a bit of compassion.

Xiao Tao was really fooled. Just after a few days of heavy snow, a snare farmer who was pulling traps near Forest Area No. 27 was attacked by a vengeful black bear when he was off work!

The man was from a nearby village, and he was fine, except that he fell off the carriage and had a scratch on his forehead.

But the big red mule that worked for him suffered.

The black bear used its sharp claws to cut open the mule’s abdominal cavity, ate up all the mule’s internal organs, and then ran away.

That afternoon, another worker who was responsible for maintaining the road along Chaiji Road was attacked by a black bear. One worker died and one was injured. The injured worker’s entire face was licked by the black bear. It was said that his scalp was torn off. Even if he was cured, he would be a cripple.

The three consecutive incidents of injuring people and horses completely angered the top management of the forest farm. They contacted the township security department and passed the news down to the villages at the foot of the mountain by phone.

The forest farm is offering a reward of two hundred yuan, plus one hundred kilograms of food coupons, seeking hunters to go up the mountain to hunt this mad black bear!
After hearing the information broadcast over the village loudspeaker, Xiao Tao and his friends lost their patience.

“Brother Feng, the loudspeaker has been shouting, that’s a 200 yuan reward, plus 100 kilograms of food coupons! Let’s take the dog up the mountain!!” Xiao Tao said excitedly.

After hearing the news, Yue Feng smiled and shook his head: “This battle is not easy to fight! Have you ever thought about it? The forest farm has both the people and the guns, so why would they offer such a high reward for someone to kill a bear?”

“It must be that their people didn’t find the bear! Those guys may be good at target shooting, but they are far from professional hunters!
Don’t we have Gou Zi, Hei Lang and Da Huang? We can find the bear along Leng Sao! I think this money is almost free to us!” Xiao Tao said as a matter of course.

Yue Feng said nothing after hearing this. He turned his head and looked at Xiaowen and Xiaowu beside him.

“Xiao Wen, what do you think?”

Xiaowen also shook his head: “This snow enclosure is not easy to fight! There is such heavy snow, and the No. 27 forest area is halfway up the mountain, the snow will only get heavier! If things go wrong, the snow will be too deep and the dog won’t be able to land!
Not to mention that we can’t find the blind bear, even if we do find it, the dogs have a hard time walking in the snow, and they can’t avoid the bear’s attack. One slap after another, our four dogs can only take four slaps at most. By the time people arrive, I estimate there will only be enough to collect the dogs’ bodies!”

“My brother is right. Two years ago, we followed my uncle and his gang up the mountain. That’s how we killed the two dogs in Li Dapao’s gang! Dapao’s fangs slapped them one by one, and the two good dogs, who were four or five years old, were killed by his fangs in no time. They couldn’t escape at all!” Xiaowu also echoed.

“Then, what if we take the dog with us? The dog is only responsible for tracking, and we can handle the battle with the gun!” Xiao Tao made another suggestion.

“Then a blind bear suddenly came out of a snow cave and hit you out of the blue. Could you withstand it? The bear attacked actively and killed two people!” Yue Feng said meaningfully.

“Uh… forget it! This is a hot potato!” Xiao Tao touched his nose awkwardly after listening to the analysis of several people. “Wait a little longer, wait until the snow crust is frozen harder and the dog can hold it up, then we can go! Everyone wants to make money, but I have to be responsible for everyone’s safety! Don’t be greedy for money and risk your life.

We have been going smoothly from autumn till now, and your dad is injured!” Yue Feng’s words set the tone for the matter, and the other three members of the team no longer mentioned going up the mountain.

Two days later, new news came that the forest ranger team found a few hunters from Xinghua to help, gathered six dogs, and went to hunt the blind bear. The result was almost exactly what Yue Feng had predicted.

Six dogs went up the mountain, and five and a half died. The only dog ​​that survived had its lower back broken and became paralyzed. The entire army was wiped out and it was like we were back to the time before liberation overnight.

The next day, workers on Chaiji Road were attacked by a bear again. This time the noise was even louder. Among the three workers from the Chaiji Road maintenance team, two were seriously injured and one was slightly injured.

The firewood road leading down the mountain from Forest Farm No. 27 has become a restricted zone for life. Not only are log haulers afraid to walk on it, but even workers commuting to and from get off work would rather cross a few more ridges and take the train down the mountain to go home.

During the long period of attacking humans, this vengeful blind black bear accumulated a lot of experience in sneak attacks, including gun misses, dog misses, night attacks, hunting outside the warehouse in the cold winter, wounding and killing people, cub loss, and several large buffs.

If we only talk about the danger level to hunters, this thing has basically full buffs stacked up, and is more difficult to deal with than a 700-800-pound bear in the deep mountains and forests.

The danger of bears lies in two aspects: one is intelligence, and the other is size. If we talk about intelligence alone, it is far more dangerous than size. Because of the existence of firearms, it does not mean that the bigger the bear, the harder it is to deal with. A bear that has all kinds of practical experience in hurting people is far more dangerous than an ordinary big bear, even if it is not big.

The forestry workers went on strike en masse and reported the situation to their unit. Even their normal work and commuting safety could not be guaranteed. In desperation, the forestry farm increased the reward to 300 yuan, plus 200 kilograms of national food coupons.

There will always be brave men when there is a big reward. One after another, fearless hunters went up the mountain to hunt. The news they brought back this time was even more mysterious. The black bear that hurt people actually learned to wear the dog-skin hat that people wear and wave at people, trying to lure people to come forward and launch a sneak attack.

Fortunately, one of the old hunters was experienced and careful, so he avoided the trap. He shot the bear with a barreled rifle from a distance of about a hundred meters, but the black bear ran away again.

Well, now there is one more buff!
For more than ten days, the blind bears active in the hills around Forest Area No. 27 were not killed by anyone. Especially when the news that the bear was wearing a hat spread, many superstitious hunters dared not to deal with the vicious bear. What wisdom did they have?

However, Yue Feng has been paying attention to the situation on the mountain. When the weather is good, Yue Feng would take Black Hawk for a stroll on the familiar ridges behind the village almost every day.

It cannot be said that Yue Feng has gained nothing in recent times. He has never given up on the training of Big Black Hawk, and now the performance of Big Black Hawk has been greatly improved.

As soon as Yue Feng arrived at his home, he took off his eagle hat and let it go. The big black eagle followed Yue Feng’s head up the mountain, then strolled around the mountain for a few times and went down the mountain when it was tired. The whole time it followed Yue Feng in the air was more than three and a half hours.

When the snow crust was almost frozen solid, Yue Feng felt that the time was ripe and it was time to deal with the evil blind bear.

He asked Xiao Tao to call all the team members to gather at his home. After emphasizing a series of precautions, he took the family’s four hunting dogs and, with a big black eagle hovering over his head, went up the mountain in a mighty manner.

After more than ten days of alternating cold and hot weather, the snow on the mountain has changed significantly. The snow crust has frozen hard. Although it will still be crushed if people step on it, it no longer poses much of a hindrance to dogs.

Yue Feng, Xiao Tao and their two brothers had a clear goal when they went up the mountain this time, which was to hunt the blind bear in Forest Farm No. 27, so they kept the dog tied up all the way until they reached their destination, and then they let the dog go.

“Brother, what should we do? Let the dog do something naughty?” Xiaowen asked.

Yue Feng nodded: “None of you are allowed to separate, get your swords and spears ready! We also don’t let the dog search the mountain freely, we should search it piece by piece steadily. As long as it is still moving around, it will definitely leave a scent trail!”

After saying hello, Yue Feng asked Xiaowen to let go of the dog’s leash.

“Da Huang, Hei Lang, stay alert around here and don’t run too far!” Yue Feng had tried this way of giving orders to the dogs the last time he went into the mountains to train eagles.

The dogs raised by Chen Pao are very strictly disciplined. Unless they are given clear commands to find or chase something, the dogs will move around a certain area around their owner.

This kind of dog training subject is actually not very useful in normal times. Dog hunting mainly relies on the dogs’ ability to cooperate and coordinate. The role that humans can play is nothing more than the finale and the end of the battle. Therefore, most hunting dogs will not be trained in this subject of keeping watch and not running around.

However, this subject played a big role when we went up the mountain to look for this killer black bear today.

Dogs will not leave people’s sight and only move within a certain range. So they are both sentinels and naughty dogs. Now that the snow crust is frozen hard, it will not sink the dogs’ legs. Even if they are attacked in an emergency, the dogs at least have the ability to protect themselves.

Just like that, Yue Feng and four other men, accompanied by four dogs, began the tedious task of searching the mountain in Forest Area No. 27. After searching the entire mountain, Da Huang and Hei Lang did not find any useful traces or smells.

Low temperature, heavy snow, and strong winds, these factors will affect the spread and preservation of smells in the air. No useful clues were found on the entire mountain, which at least shows that the black bear did not move around on that day.

So, Yue Feng took the dog and continued to conduct manual screening in the blank areas that had not been searched.

This time, valuable traces were found at the bottom of a ditch away from a hilltop in Chaijidao.

A pile of black bear poop was first discovered by Da Huang, the best sniffer, who shouted loudly at Yue Feng and others.

When Yue Feng heard the dog barking, he immediately took out the safety of his gun and turned on the alarm. After observing around and making sure there was no danger, he led his men towards the place where the dog was barking.

(End of this chapter)