Chapter 99 An Independent Observer

When Yue Feng returned to his room and tossed and turned, unable to sleep, the lights on the kang in the east room were still on.

After cleaning the table, Meng Yulan did not rush to turn off the lights and rest. Instead, at Yue Lei’s request, she packed things for her son to use in the mountains tomorrow.

Leggings, matches, dry food, water bottle, knife, bullets, ropes, these things are necessary for going up the mountain.

In addition to these, Meng Yulan also took out two leg plugs from under the cabinet in the warehouse.

When everything for going into the mountains was counted and prepared, Meng Yulan pushed open Yue Feng’s door. Yue Feng, who had not yet fallen asleep, was dragged to the east room and given a lot of instructions.

“Going into the mountains is not a joke. You must listen to your Uncle Li’s instructions! Keep this leg plug as a backup. If your Uncle Li doesn’t have one, give him one tomorrow! Safety is the top priority. Do you understand?” Meng Yulan kept nagging.

Yue Feng nodded: “Don’t worry, Mom. My uncle Li is a very good shooter. He can fire ten rounds with a 56 semi-automatic rifle fully loaded. He can take down a blind bear if he encounters one!”

“How can I be at ease when this is your first time going into the mountains? A gun is not omnipotent. You must be more careful when encountering problems!” Meng Yulan glanced at Yue Feng with a reproachful look, and then continued to remind him.

“Okay! I will definitely perform well!”

Under the continuous bombardment of maternal love, Yue Feng finally finished counting all the preparations for going up the mountain, and then went back to his room to rest again.

He tossed and turned and woke up several times that night. When it was just dawn, Yue Feng got up early, dressed neatly.

Meng Yulan also got up very early and started making breakfast before 5:30. By the time the few people who had gone into the mountains arrived at Yue Feng’s house, it was time for them to open the lid of the pot and eat.

After eating and drinking, the five-man team split into two groups, one releasing the eagles and the other going into the mountains.

When he was about to go out, Li Wentong personally checked Yue Feng’s personal belongings and various preparations, and even carefully checked how to tie his leg wraps.

After all, Yue Feng was an old hunter, so there was no way he would make the same mistakes as a novice. He packed all the necessary things and was ready.

After leaving the village, Li Wentong pointed to the Hutou Mountain in the distance and said, “Let’s go to the Wild Boar Ridge southwest of Hutou Mountain today!

In previous years, the first stop of the winter hunting was basically there. If we go early, we should be able to get some bargains. If we go a few days later, the wild boars there may have been taken by other hunters first!”

“Okay! Then let’s go to Wild Boar Ridge!” Yue Feng nodded repeatedly with his bag on his back.

After simply determining the direction, the two began to move forward along the mountain path.

At first, there were obvious mountain paths along the ridges, but as we went deeper, the roads available for us to stay soon disappeared.

Li Wentong led Yue Feng along the ridge. The thick snow crust was strong enough to withstand the feet, and after a simple adaptation, it was not difficult to walk.

After passing a few familiar ridges near my home, we gradually saw more and more traces of various animals along the way.

In the eyes of hunters, these are all called traces. Some are left by pheasants and hares, and some are left by small mice, squirrels, etc. However, overall, they are all traces of small animals. Yue Feng did not even find the footprints of a roe deer.

After entering the mountain, Li Wentong became very quiet and spoke very little from beginning to end. However, his leg strength was excellent and Yue Feng, with his physique of twenty years old, could only barely keep up.

After walking in the mountains and forests for more than an hour, Li Wentong slowed down and began to look down for possible traces of prey as he walked.

Soon, he stopped in front of a hoof print.

This is a very obvious wild boar hoof print. The mark at the front is deeper and the hoof is divided into two parts. The outline near the edge is slightly irregular, but the overall shape is roughly elliptical.

Judging from Yue Feng’s own experience, the owner of the hoof print was quite big, probably weighing about 300 pounds.

“Uncle, do we want to follow this trail?” Yue Feng asked in a low voice.

Li Wentong squatted down and observed carefully, then shook his head: “This is the track from at least two days ago. We don’t have a dog, so chasing it is like gambling, and there is a high probability that there will be no results!
The traces on the ridge are somewhat different from those in the ditch!
Under the premise of ensuring safety, pigs also like to walk on mountain ridges when traveling. There are only footprints of this pig, and no footprints left by other pigs, big or small. This kind of trail is difficult to follow. Let’s walk forward!”

“it is good!”

Yue Feng also understood the principle of tracking. He could tell at a glance that these were the footprints left by a wild boar. It would be better not to chase it. Even if he caught up with it, the meat of a wild boar would not taste good, as it was smelly and tough.

The father and son crossed a ridge and then stopped near the hillside. Li Wentong made a gesture to Yue Feng to keep quiet.

Yue Feng stood still and looked around. He soon discovered a large and disorderly area of ​​wild boar footprints on the sunny side of the hillside.

These were traces left by a herd of pigs. Judging from the footprints, Yue Feng estimated that there were about seven or eight pigs in the herd. Among them, one could clearly see the small hoof prints of a few little yellow-haired wild boars.

After looking around and not finding anything suspicious, Li Wentong squatted down and observed carefully, and then determined the direction in which the wild boars left.

“This is the trail they left yesterday. The pigs shouldn’t have gone far. Let’s follow them and see if we can find them!”

“Yeah!” Yue Feng nodded, agreeing with Li Wentong’s judgment.

The two men crouched down, making as little noise as possible with each step, and slowly followed the pig’s trail through the ditch below, then headed southeast.

After chasing for about an hour, the road ahead suddenly became clear. The mountain ridge that originally ran east-west suddenly turned an L-shape in the middle and became almost north-south.

In the field of vision, a large grove of kiwifruit trees appears at the bottom of the ditch near the sunny south slope.

Autumn nuts are also called hickory nuts. The hickory nuts will fall to the ground in autumn.

Pecans are rich in oil, and wild boars love to eat this kind of food. After the snow, there were signs of the ground under the trees being turned over. It can be confirmed that this autumn forest should be one of the feeding areas for this group of wild boars.

Li Wentong discovered traces of disturbed snow a few dozen meters away, but he did not go closer to check immediately. Instead, he picked up a handful of snow particles and scattered them directly on the ground.

The snow particles were blown downwards by the wind, and it was obvious that I was upwind.

Not to mention not encountering a wild boar, even if they did, with those guys’ terrifying sense of smell, they would probably have smelled the scent of humans a long time ago.

“This area at the bottom of the ditch should be one of the feeding grounds for wild boars, but we are upwind now, and I am afraid that if we get too close, the wild boars will be startled by the smell.

Otherwise, we can split into two groups. I will set up the gun here, and you will go to the top of the mountain ridge and be my observer!” Li Wentong said to Yue Feng in a low voice.

Yue Feng nodded: “Okay, I’ll go to the ridge and continue walking forward to observe the blind spot behind the sunny slope?”

Li Wentong nodded: “Yes! That’s also a sunny and sheltered place. The wild boars are full in the Qiuzi forest and may be resting there!

The forest below the ditch is too noisy, and our vision is limited. You should be careful when you are on the ridge! ! I will be watching you here. If you are unsure, retreat immediately! “

Yue Feng nodded: “Okay!”

When hunting for wild boars, the most taboo thing is to stand in the windward side. There is no way to follow the pigs, but when faced with a situation where the bottom of the ditch has changed direction and blocked the view, you must observe carefully to make sure there is no problem before taking action. Otherwise, if you are not careful and alarm the pigs, the wild boars will run around in the woods. Even if Li Wentong is an excellent marksman and is hundreds of meters away, it will be difficult to get any results.

After Yue Feng communicated with Li Wentong, he bent over and slowly climbed up the south slope towards the ridge. Once he reached the ridge, Yue Feng moved carefully step by step, his eyes fixed on the valley at the bottom of the ditch in the distance.

According to Li Wentong’s suggestion, Yue Feng should have continued to go around the ridge until he could see the situation in the valley clearly before stopping or turning back. However, Yue Feng felt that this idea was a bit risky.

Yes, Uncle Li is holding his gun at this moment. Even if the wild boars are startled, Li Wentong will have at least one or two chances to shoot them.

However, the distance was only about three or four hundred meters, and there were many small trees and shrubs at the bottom of the ditch, so the actual hit rate would definitely not be very high.

Therefore, Yue Feng made a safer choice.

He would rather walk a longer way and waste more time. Instead of walking directly on the ridge, he went around to the shady side of the ridge, walked about a hundred meters away, drew an arc-shaped movement trajectory on the map, and then climbed up the ridge again, bent down and looked at the situation in the valley.

It was amazing to see three big pigs, two two-year-old pigs, and three yellow-haired pigs from that year, currently resting on a pile of grass on the other side of the valley.

After seeing the situation in the valley clearly, Yue Feng immediately retreated back the same way. After returning to the ridge where he could see Li Wentong, he waved at him.

Yue Feng’s gesture was easy to understand. His forearm was pointed vertically toward the sky, his palm was facing himself, his four fingers were put together, and then they were bent continuously toward his face, which meant “come here”.

After seeing the gesture clearly, Li Wentong pointed to the valley area which was a blind spot, and Yue Feng nodded quickly.

After getting a positive answer, Li Wentong climbed out of the snow pile, carrying his gun and carefully climbed up the ridge to meet Yue Feng.

“A group of about ten wild boars are sleeping in the meadow over there! There are three or four bigger ones, and a few cubs!” Yue Feng lowered his voice, pointed in the direction, and then spoke in a low voice.

“Let’s go and take a look!” Li Wentong nodded and slowly followed the footprints left on Yuefeng Road.

While following in Yue Feng’s footprints, Li Wentong quite agreed with the investigative path chosen by his nephew.

I asked him to go for reconnaissance, and said that I would let Yue Feng take the mountain ridge. The main consideration was that the ridge was at the highest point and would always be out of Li Wentong’s sight, so there would be no unknown dangers.

However, walking on the ridge is not the best solution for getting close to wild boars. After all, the more exposed you are, the greater the probability of being discovered by the wild boars.

When Yue Feng was performing reconnaissance missions, his subjective thinking ability was very good. He would rather walk a few more steps to reduce the possibility of startling the wild boars in advance as much as possible.

This shows that Yue Feng was not scared by the idea of ​​acting alone when he made the decision, but instead thought it through.

When the father and son climbed up the ridge again along the shady slope, Yue Feng pointed towards the place where the pigs were resting. Li Wentong nodded, crouched down and continued to observe carefully.

Yue Feng’s observation is mainly to see the size of the pig herd, individual information and other information.

But Li Wentong is different. As the main shooter, in addition to watching these, he is also observing the surrounding terrain as much as possible.

Which direction is the bottom of the ditch facing? If a gun is fired, how many ways can the pigs escape? Which is the first escape route? Which terrain is unsuitable? All these detailed factors need to be figured out in advance.

Many people understand that going hunting in the mountains means carrying a gun, shooting whatever you see, and then dragging the prey back home, and that’s it.

But the prey is alive, and their hearing and sense of smell are generally much stronger than humans.

It is not easy to find the traces of prey. When conditions permit, maximizing benefits is what hunting masters pursue.

From this perspective, hunting and fighting have a lot in common. In this regard, Li Wentong, a veteran who has participated in real wars, has absolutely good military skills.

After a careful observation, Li Wentong pulled Yue Feng back down the ridge.

“If these pigs were handed over to you, how would you plan to fight them?” Li Wentong asked in a low voice.

Yue Feng roughly recalled the shape of the valley, and then said: “The smoothest direction of the valley floor is toward the southeast, which should be the first direction that the pigs run away after being frightened.

If the pig runs away from there, we will be at a disadvantage if we shoot from our current position!

If it were me, I would take a longer route, go to an area close to the downwind, find an area with good sight and no obstructions, and move sideways! “

Yue Feng’s idea coincides with Li Wentong’s.

Even if the shooting skills are accurate, the hit rate in sports shooting will be greatly reduced. At this time, the impact area is a very important consideration.

The pig is running away with its back turned, and only half of its butt is in the crosshairs. However, if you can shoot from the side, the whole side of the pig will be within the shooting range. At this time, with the same shooting accuracy, the probability of hitting the target may increase a lot.

Li Wentong nodded in approval: “Let’s go, go around the shady slope one more time, I’ll load up ten rounds of bullets, and we’ll try to save one or two more pigs!”

“it is good!”

The two of them walked along the shady slope for a long time before they slowly emerged from a ridge with a better shooting angle.

Maybe the wild boars heard the sound of people stepping on the snow. Several big pigs that were originally lying there grunting suddenly climbed up on all fours, with their ears erected, looking somewhat alert.

Li Wentong made a gesture to Yue Feng to keep quiet, then slowly bent down and lay in the snow pile.

After waiting for about five minutes, Li Wentong looked up and saw that the wild boars had lay down again, and the crisis was over.

Seeing this, Li Wentong pointed to the place in front of him where he was climbing, and then pointed to the snow next to him.

Yue Feng knew that he wanted to use the snow to build a shooting platform, so he decisively pulled out the leg plug from his leg and handed it to Li Wentong.

The so-called leg plug is a double-edged dagger with a blade length of about ten centimeters. This thing is mostly used for self-defense. It is an object passed down from the older generation. The steel is very good and it is sharpened very well. Having this thing as a tool is much more convenient than digging snow with bare hands.

Li Wentong took the leg plug, then used a dagger to break the snow shell bit by bit, slowly piled the surrounding snow in front of him and compacted it lightly, and soon built a prone shooting platform.

The shooting platform was ready. Li Wentong stretched out his right thumb and squinted to observe the pigs. Then he opened his left eye and immediately made an accurate judgment of the actual distance between the pigs and people.

He set up his gun and selected the first target to fire at. Then Li Wentong whispered, “There’s a 200-pound bludgeon among the pigs. If the gun goes off and it comes towards us, don’t panic!”

Yue Feng nodded: “Well, I’m fine, we’re so far away!”

“Well, I’ll shoot!”

The next second, two consecutive gunshots were heard at very short intervals, and the wild boars that were lazily lying on the meadow a second ago immediately exploded and fled in all directions.

However, Li Wentong really guessed it right. The big boar in the herd did not run away in panic, but rushed towards the place where the gun was fired.

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