Chapter 396: Male Musk Deer
After they had left the Shizigou area with the dog and the sled, Yue Feng and Xiao Tao finally spoke to each other.

Xiao Tao was walking in front of the sled with great energy, and asked as he walked, “Brother, does this tiger hunt for food during the day?
If the water at Tiger Leaping Cliff also moves, how long will we stay there in ambush? Until dark?”

Yue Feng discussed the question of how long to squat with Uncle Zhao and Chen Pao last night.

Seeing Xiao Tao asking, Yue Feng replied: “Tigers prefer to hunt in the morning, evening and night, and the hunting success rate is higher at these times!
As for how long we will squat, that depends on the situation during the day!

If there is no movement during the whole day, then stay there until night!”

“But at night, we can’t see clearly!”

Yue Feng nodded: “This is indeed a bit tricky, but there is nothing we can do!
Before I came here, Uncle Zhao and Uncle Chen reminded me about this.

It’s just past the 15th. If the weather is good and there’s a moon, you should be able to see it clearly!

It’s minus thirty degrees at night, and it’s a tough job to fight a tiger in a pit!”

After Yue Feng said so, Xiao Tao scratched his head and said, “Okay, it’s a bit better to have wolfskin mattress and roe deer bedding!
Otherwise, the tiger won’t be able to be hit, and people will be frozen into popsicles!”

Yue Feng’s lips curled up slightly: “If you want to be respected in front of others, you have to suffer behind their backs! If tigers were so easy to beat, they would have been killed long ago!

Let’s keep a calm mind and do what we should do. Whether God is willing to let us make this fortune depends on God’s will! “

“That’s true!”

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The two brothers dragged the sled and led the dog, and leisurely left the Shizigou area.

There was a nest at the junction with Tiger Leaping Cliff. Yue Feng went to take a look and found that the nest had been dragged, but it should have been done by small animals such as foxes and bobcats, as there were footprints of small animals on the ground.

Yue Feng took the launch directly and threw it onto the sled, then continued to move towards Tiger Leaping Cliff.

After crossing another ridge, they arrived at Tiger Leaping Cliff. Standing on the ridge and taking in the surroundings, Yue Feng couldn’t help but sigh.

This is the standard jumping stone pond terrain.

The opposite side was originally a ridge of earth slope, with a large number of blue-gray rocks exposed. Looking at the bottom of the ditch, there was almost no big tree to be found.

Stones of all sizes densely covered the surrounding ground. The small ones were completely buried by the snow, and many were only half buried, like enlarged versions of mushrooms popping out of the snow.

“There are two nests, one in the south and one in the north. Which one should we go to first?” Xiao Tao asked.

Yue Feng narrowed his eyes and looked around: “The northwest wind blew last night, let’s go to the nest in the north first!”

“go!”

Soon, the two brothers walked towards the nest in the north.

Yue Feng did not place the nest at the bottom of the ditch at the bottom of the valley, but arranged it at the south and north ends according to the suggestions of Uncle Zhao and Uncle Chen.

The logic is very simple. There are too many small terrains in mountain areas like Tiaoshitang for wild animals to hide.

Any large rock can completely block the view. It is not safe to go down rashly. This is also a terrain that tigers and other cats like to stay in, so it is not worth taking the risk.

Yue Feng followed the mountain ridge all the way to the northernmost end of Tiger Leaping Cliff. From a distance he saw the wild boar hanging on a tree branch going into the water.

“The pig offal is still there! I guess the tiger hasn’t come yet! Go pick it up and take it away?” Xiao Tao has good eyesight and he noticed it early and said.

Yue Feng nodded: “Take it down! Take it here first!”

Soon, Xiao Tao put down the sled and trotted over.

They put the frozen wild boar into the water, lifted it out, and carried it back.

“At least there are some footprints of mountain cats, foxes or something over there, but there is not even a mouse footprint on the snow crust over here. It’s nonsense! Should we take it back with us?” Xiao Tao asked casually.

Yue Feng thought about it and realized that if he brought the water back, it would still have a smell, which would not be good for setting an ambush in the pit.

“Forget it, I won’t take it back. Do you see that big rock at the bottom of the ditch? Try your best to throw it onto the rock! Just think of it as offering sacrifice to the mountain god in advance by beating the tiger!”

Yue Feng pointed to a huge bluestone at the foot of the mountain ridge and said.

“Okay, that’s easy! I can definitely throw it over!”

Xiao Tao grabbed the frozen water firmly, waved his arms to get a feel for it, then swung his arms and combined his strength with his waist and horse, and swung the water out like a discus.

puff!
The wild boar fell into the water and hit the bluestone roof, and immediately snow foam overflowed.

Just when the two were excited about their successful attack, they heard a few muffled sounds of rubbing against each other.

A little deer, one size smaller than a roe deer, suddenly emerged from some unknown crevice in the rocks. It used the rocks to gain leverage like a master of martial arts and in the blink of an eye it jumped out more than ten meters.

“Hey! Musk deer!!”

I just caught a mother musk deer and two cubs yesterday, but I didn’t expect that when I just threw them away today, it would do something completely out of character and actually scared out another musk deer from the crevice of the rock on the Tiger Leaping Cliff.

Wang Wang Wang!
The black wolf barked immediately when it saw the musk deer.

This was interesting stuff, and Yue Feng had no choice but to let it go. He immediately loosened the rope and blew the whistle.

The big black eagle and the little white eagle that had been following in the sky took off their hats and followed their master since dawn, waiting for orders. When they saw the musk deer tied in place, they didn’t know what their master wanted to do.

But now, the owner of the musk deer that accidentally escaped blew the whistle and let the dog go.

Two eagles immediately swooped down from the sky.

Tiaoshitang is the territory of the musk deer. There are many rocky places for them to gain leverage. If you were to hunt with a dog, you really wouldn’t be able to do anything to it, as the dogs’ jumping and climbing abilities are far inferior to those of the musk deer.

But now with two falcons it was another matter.

There are no decent big trees around to block the view. It is the territory of musk deer and the home ground of birds of prey.

I saw Xiaobai dived faster, falling from the sky in an almost straight line, but he missed the target and was dodged by the musk deer.

“Huh! Interesting! This musk deer seems to be quite clever!!” Yue Feng couldn’t help but exclaim.

The next second, the big black eagle caught up, half a beat slower.

puff!
There was a dull sound, and the eagle’s attack was almost certain to hit the target, but at the critical moment the musk deer leaned sideways, and the eagle’s claws only grazed the edge of the animal’s fur, but missed the target.

It was normal for an eagle to fail, but the fact that both eagles failed to achieve any results in the first round instantly cheered up Yue Feng.

“This must be a male musk deer! Its reaction speed is so fast! It can even dodge the eagle’s dive attack!” Yue Feng couldn’t help but sigh.

Xiao Tao curled his lips and said, “Tsk, what’s the point of dodging once! The Black Hawk is so smart. We took it to kick rabbits before, but it missed sometimes! We can catch it if we adjust ourselves!” There is truth in this statement. The Black Hawk is not only fast and strong, but also has a higher IQ. After suffering a loss once, it will adjust its tactics and the advance time of its dive attack in time.

Look, the two eagles raised their altitude again, and Xiaobai took the lead and smashed down again.

The running yellow musk deer accelerated again to dodge, using its four hooves to briefly fly into the air to avoid Xiaobai’s dive attack.

At this time, the big black eagle’s second kick came again.

Snapped!
The yellow musk deer had no way to take advantage of the attack while in the air, let alone dodge, and was hit hard by the black eagle’s mid-air kick.

The kick was quite strong. When the yellow deer landed on the ground, its front hooves softened and it rolled several times before falling down the hillside.

The balance during movement was destroyed, and the rhythm of the battle was completely controlled by the Falcon. Xiaobai turned over again to adjust his posture, and suddenly kicked again.

This musk deer was in great misfortune. In an instant it became the target of two falcons.

The big black eagle kicked once, and the little white eagle kicked again. After several kicks back and forth, the prey was kicked directly and suffered serious internal bleeding.

The battle here was almost over when the black wolf joined in, pounced forward and bit the musk deer’s neck, delivering a fatal blow.

Having completed their hunting mission, the Black and White Devils folded their wings and landed on a large rock at the bottom of the ditch.

quack quack
Both eagles were calling proudly, looking so proud.

Yue Feng and Xiao Tao placed the sled on the ridge, then slid down the shady slope a beat slower.

Yue Feng lowered his head and glanced under the belly of his prey: “It’s really a male musk deer! Xiao Tao, don’t you want to pick out the musk? This job is left to you!”

“Is it really a male musk deer? Let me take a look!”

Xiao Tao came closer, lifted the musk deer’s hind legs and took a look between its two legs.

Many documents describe the location of this sachet as the two-piece set of a male musk deer, which is actually a completely wrong statement.

If I have to describe it in a more understandable way, the two-piece set is a two-piece set, and the sachet is a sachet, and they are not placed together.

To describe it more specifically, the male musk sac is located on the abdomen, between the navel and the two pieces of clothing. There is a tuft of hair here, and in the middle of the hair, there is a naturally formed small opening.

The musk of an adult male musk deer is actually a secretory gland. The musk secreted can mark the territory and attract female musk deer during the estrus period.

Xiao Tao did find the location of the naan, but he had no experience on how to make it. He held the knife in his hand and tried for a long time, but still didn’t dare to cut.

“Brother…what should we do? Just use a knife to cut it open?” Xiao Tao scratched his head and looked at Yue Feng for help.

Yue Feng smiled and shook his head: “Alright, alright, give me the knife, this thing is precious, don’t ruin it!”

“profound!”

Soon, the knife was handed to Yue Feng. He pinched the tip of the knife and drew a circle around the musk deer’s belly.

Soon, a lump of flesh with blood on it was cut off.

“There’s musk in here. You can’t open it now because it’s sticky inside. If you open it, everything will fly out! Seal it with beeswax and let it dry naturally in the shade!” Yue Feng said, pointing at the fragrant naan that had been cut.

“This… is this the end?” Xiao Tao scratched his head as he looked at the bulge in front of him which was slightly larger than an egg.

He thought there was still a lot of stuff underneath, but he didn’t expect that there was only this little bit of useful stuff. And this was when part of the abdominal skin and flesh was attached.

From the fragrant naan of an adult musk deer, at most a few dozen grams of musk can be extracted at one time. This is only for a male musk deer in its prime. If the individual has a weak constitution, the amount may be even less.

Yue Feng took out a pocket from his bag and put the sachet in it, then held the knife upside down and returned it to Xiao Tao.

“Drain the blood and open the chest! The two eagles are still waiting to be fed. You are so grown up, but you still have high expectations and low skills!!”

“Oh, let me do it. Hehehe, let me do it!” Xiao Tao took the knife swiftly and started bleeding and disemboweling the male musk deer quickly.

The number of musk deer is limited. Even a larger male musk deer weighs no more than 30 kilograms, which is about the same as a half-grown roe deer.

What’s more interesting is that although this thing is not big in size, the male musk deer has two fangs on its upper lip that are slightly curved and extend downwards and protrude from the lips.

Xiao Tao quickly drained the blood of the prey and took out its internal organs.

Then, he aimed the base of the knife at one of the fangs and knocked it off, knocking out a relatively intact tooth.

“Look, the fangs of this male musk deer are quite long! But they are a bit thin!!” Xiao Tao said as he fiddled with them.

Yue Feng took out the leg plug and took out the heart, liver, lungs and other tender meat of the original musk deer. While feeding it to the eagle, he said, “This tooth is not far away.

I like this thing. When we kill the tiger, we will remove its canine teeth! Then we can make a pendant and hang it around our neck to look impressive!”

This was just a casual remark, but Xiao Tao’s eyes lit up immediately after hearing it.

“Yes, a tiger’s fangs must be thicker and longer! Let me make a deal, when you kill the tiger, give me one of these fangs! I’ll make a hole in it and hang it around my neck!”

This thing was hyped up by some people who deal in cultural relics in later generations, but Yue Feng was not interested in it. He was still calm about tiger teeth, wolf teeth, claws and so on.

“Okay, okay, I’ll kill the tiger later. You can knock out any teeth you like in its mouth!
If it’s not enough, we still have the leopard skull at home, and the tusks are not small, I’ll give them all to you, string them together and hang them around your neck!” Yue Feng said with a smile as he cut meat to feed the eagle.

Soon, Yue Feng had cut up the male musk deer’s internal organs and fed them to the two eagles. The two eagles ate most of it, and he also cut a lot of strips of meat from the belly for the black wolf. The wolf ate until it was 60% full before they stopped.

“I’ve heard from an old man that there are musk deer here before. There should be a nest in the cracks of the rocks! Let’s not look everywhere. We’ll find out when we have time! Let’s go to the south end and take a look. If the tiger doesn’t move, we’ll go back to the pit.”

“it is good!”

The two brothers slowly climbed up the ridge along the shady slope and took a look at the south side of Tiger Leaping Cliff.

There were still no signs of eating or passing by, which meant that the tiger most likely did not come.

Now, Yue Feng felt 70% to 80% confident.

That male tiger is most likely hiding in some remote corner of the mountains in Shizigou.

After checking the nest, Yue Feng and Xiao Tao hurried back humming a tune.

No trace of the tiger was found, but a musk deer and a plump and fragrant naan were harvested. If 30 grams of musk can be extracted from this thing, its value will be no less than that of killing a small herd of wild boars.

Musk has been a precious Chinese medicinal material since ancient times, with a value comparable to gold, and even more than that in many cases. At this point in time, the price of musk is already very high, at least several dozen yuan per gram.

Based on the compromise price of 50 yuan per gram, this plump and round fragrant naan is worth more than a thousand yuan!
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