Chapter 352 Big Man

“Brother, look! There are so many traces! What left these footprints?” Xiao Tao, who was walking in front, was the first to discover the traces and immediately shouted loudly.

The other few people were a little slow and followed behind and came to the footprints on the ground.

“Are these wild boar footprints? Judging from the situation, there are quite a few of them!!” Guo Jianfeng lowered his head and looked at it for a while, then asked curiously.

“They look a bit similar! Boss, what do you think?” Xiaowen also looked around and looked up at Yue Feng.

Yue Feng took off his gloves, used his fingers to measure the depth of the footprints, and estimated the length and width of the hoof prints. He shook his head at everyone and said, “This is not a wild boar’s hoof print! It’s a big guy’s!!”

“Big guy? Red deer??”

Yue Feng nodded: “Yes! It is difficult for a wild boar’s hoof print to grow this big. Even if there is a hoof print of this size, the weight will not match!

Look how deep the big hooves are stuck in the snow! They must be grown animals! Judging from the footprints, there are quite a lot of them, probably seven or eight!”

Red deer and wild boars are both even-toed ungulate animals. If the footprints are clearly outlined, it is relatively easy for experienced hunters to distinguish them.

However, the traces left on the snow crust have unclear edges, and with the snow foam covering them, it is understandable that people who do not have a deep understanding of the situation would make mistakes.

“We have guns with us, how about we follow the trail? From what I see, these trails were left behind only a day or two ago at most!” Xiaowu asked, patting the gun on his shoulder.

Yue Feng also had some ideas about this big guy. This was a good thing. A sika deer weighed several hundred kilograms.

Now we have all the manpower and means of transportation. If we can really catch up with them and kill one or two of them, we can complete one-fifth of this year’s annual gift plan.

Even if I didn’t catch up, it’s okay. I came here to scout the area and prepare for the official practice of going up the mountain to fight tomorrow. Taking a walk around the area is a way of killing two birds with one stone.

“Okay, then let’s follow this trail and try our luck! But there’s one thing, if we plan to chase, we have to be quiet. We don’t have the dog with us, and if it makes too much noise, it will run away and we won’t be able to catch up even if we die of exhaustion!”

“Whatever you say, we’ll do it. Everyone will follow your instructions!”

After a few brief discussions, they reached a consensus, and then Yue Feng led everyone to follow the trail.

It can be seen that this group of sika deer are moving quite comfortably in the ditch near the wild boar den. Their walking steps are not too big, and they must be foraging for food while walking.

During the tracking process, Yue Feng and his team found several traces of tender branches and leaves that were suspected to have been eaten by red deer.

Following the footprints and turning two corners at the bottom of the ditch, two hours had passed unknowingly.

One good news, one bad news.

The bad news is that the elk was not found, not even a trace of its hair.

The good news is that this group of elk did not seem to use the road to cross the ditch on this side, but were moving in circles in several surrounding ditches and ponds.

During the tracking process, in addition to fresh red deer footprints, many more and older footprints were also discovered.

After not seeing the main person for more than two hours, Yue Feng’s excitement gradually cooled down.

Since we didn’t bring the dog with us in order to take the train, tracking the elk was a bit of a stretch. Even though the five of us didn’t say a word, the sound of our panting and panting was quite loud as we walked.

Unless they are lucky enough to encounter the deer head-on, or if the deer are hiding on purpose, in their current state, they will be exhausted but will not be able to find a chance to shoot.

“Forget it, we’ve already been through this area, so let’s not continue to compete with them!
As long as they haven’t run away, they are most likely still moving around. When people come to the mountain and start to drive them around, there will always be a chance to catch them!
We are heading straight towards Shidingzi now. Brother Guo, please try to remember the landmarks along the way. You will have to arrange the staff accordingly when we go to Zhangwei tomorrow!”

Guo Jianfeng usually patrols and does a lot of activities every day. He followed Yue Feng up the mountain and performed well all the way. When he heard Yue Feng’s reminder, he nodded and said, “Okay, I’ll take a rough note!
You should also take note of it. When we get back, we can check with each other and draw a simple battle map. Then when we assign tasks to our brothers, we can get to the place quickly!”

It must be said that this man with military training is very organized when it comes to hunting.

Director Du, who followed Yue Feng to the mountains to hunt before, was like this, and Captain Guo today is also a type of person.

“Okay! Let’s go to Shidingzi first. The terrain there is the highest and we can overlook most of the surrounding terrain!

If it’s not really bright, let’s take another look at the site and we will be familiar with the basic terrain of the place!

I got some useful information from an old hunter. We should try to find the area of ​​​​Yangjing forest where the wild boars feed, and focus on it when arranging the troops, so that the battle will start tomorrow!”

“Let’s go! It’s only a few hours now, there’s still plenty of time!”

A group of people were busy walking in the ditch and pond, and they climbed up Shidingzi Mountain along an almost vertical path from the bottom.

It really made sense that Uncle Chen asked Yue Feng to come here. The altitude of Shidingzi Mountain was at least 100 meters higher than the surrounding areas. Standing on it and looking around, you could see almost all the gullies, big and small.

Standing on such a small hill and looking around at the towering snowfields and vast forests, I suddenly feel a sense of heroism.

“Brother, look over there! There seems to be a large group of wild boars!!”

At this time, Xiao Tao pulled Yue Feng’s clothes again, pointed to the sunny slope of a mountain ridge in the southeast direction and said. Everyone looked in the direction indicated, and it was true. In the vast white forest, a gray patch suddenly appeared.

Yue Feng put his hands on the pergola and carefully observed the “grey scars” on the ground. He found that there were some living creatures smaller than ants moving on the scars.

“Fuck! It really is a wild boar. Let’s try our luck by shooting it twice!” Xiaowu pretended to raise his gun.

Yue Feng shook his head: “Don’t shoot, it’s so far away. Even if we hit it, it will be difficult to drag it back! It will be ours sooner or later anyway, there is no need to rush.”

While speaking, Yue Feng used the saccadic method to roughly estimate the distance between the top of the mountain and the prey.

The straight-line distance of the special cat is more than one kilometer. The probability of an ordinary person shooting a wild boar with mechanical aiming in this situation is about the same as winning five million by buying a lottery ticket with two dollars.

Even if you are equipped with the most advanced optical sight (assuming there is one), it is not worth it to be able to hit a wild boar with one shot!
Wild boars are notoriously stubborn. If they are frightened or leave the mountain area, it would not be worthwhile to fight them tomorrow.

Hearing the captain’s order not to fight, Xiaowu put down the gun in annoyance.

Yue Feng: “If I’m not mistaken, the mountain field that was dug out from underneath the soil should be the place where Uncle Chen told me about the large area of ​​Polygonatum sibiricum growing!

Such a large area of ​​snow has been turned into mud. It is definitely not a job that can be completed in a day or two!”

“There seems to be something over there!” Xiao Tao looked around and found an area where a group of prey were active in the northeast direction.

This time it was not so conspicuous. Yue Feng squinted his eyes and concentrated hard, but he could hardly make out the outline of the prey.

In the team, after Xiao Tao finished speaking, only Captain Guo could see clearly in the direction, while the eyesight of the others was not so good.

“Those could be the big guys or some other deer or roe deer, they’re even farther away than the wild boars!
Otherwise, why don’t we go over and try our luck?” Yue Feng asked the team members again for their opinions.

“What are you waiting for? The mountains here are really thick. Standing on the top of the stone, you can see almost everything around you!
Hehe, my eyesight is pretty good, right!” Xiao Tao said proudly.

Yue Feng pouted unhappily: “Well, it’s really good. If you get into trouble and can’t stay at home one day, I will find a way to get you into the army! You probably have the eyes of a pilot!”

“I don’t want to be under that control! It’s so strict in the army, there’s no freedom at all! It would be so nice to be with you and be free all day long!” Xiao Tao shook his head like a rattle.

“Hahaha”

……

When everyone saw Xiao Tao being humiliated, they immediately burst into good-natured laughter.

After making up their minds, Yue Feng and Captain Guo noted down the general topography of the surrounding ditches and ponds, and then led their men to chase the group of mountain animals that were suspected to be sika deer.

After coming down from the stone roof, he started chasing again.

The sika deer were not seen, and just after they crossed a ridge, several roe deer on the sunny side of the slope suddenly appeared in front of Yue Feng and others.

The straight-line distance was less than a hundred meters, so the field of vision was fairly wide. There were six roe deer in the field of vision, four large and two small.

“Don’t move. There’s a group of roe deer on the sunny slope at three o’clock! I’ll shoot the first and second ones on the left!”

Yue Feng didn’t dare to shout loudly. He just said hello in a low voice and immediately took off the Type 56 and a half from his shoulder.

Xiaowu immediately followed the direction to lock onto the prey’s location, skillfully activated the safety, and put the gun to his face.

“I hit the right one, right two! Locked up!”

“beat!!”

At the order, Yue Feng decisively pulled the trigger.

boom! Bang bang bang!
Six consecutive gunshots were heard, and both men’s first shots hit the target with all their shots. Two bullets were used to hit the second target, and the one Yue Feng was locking on also hit successfully, but Xiaowu’s shot missed.

The roe deer lived up to its nickname of Flying on Snow. After being startled by the gunshots, the small white heart pattern on its butt exploded instantly. The survivor took off running, and in a few leaps, he climbed over the ridge and disappeared from everyone’s sight.

“Hit!”

“Let’s go, chase them! We can at least get a shot!”

Yue Feng put his gun on his back and ran forward with big strides. As he ran, he whistled at the big black eagle in the sky.

Along the way, they went down the shady slope to the bottom of the ditch, and then climbed up the sunny slope on the opposite side. Yue Feng didn’t need to worry about the fallen roe deer, as other people in the team would definitely help deal with it.

After hearing the order from its master, the big black eagle in the sky immediately folded its wings and dived down from a high altitude.

(End of this chapter)