My 1995 Small Farm.

Do pheasants suffer from snow blindness?

It's hard to say, but after an autumn, especially this warm winter, their bodies have fattened up.

If they suddenly encounter snowfall, they will indeed be frozen stupid.

In the past winter.

It usually takes four or five people to catch pheasants.

At least four people, to be exact.

Chasing pheasants requires a small number of people. A hoe pole 2 to 3 meters long can be used as a command post in the wild where the snow is half a foot deep.

Four people need to open up in three directions.

Each person was two or three hundred meters apart, scattered on the snow.

They were walking in the snow. If anyone saw or disturbed a pheasant in the grass, they would shout loudly to scare the pheasant out.

Yes.

After the pheasants adapt to the snowy weather, they will slowly recover. They will not freeze to death with their butts facing the outside, like the pheasants we found in the morning that only cared about their heads and not their butts.

However, they won't move easily when it snows.

They will just huddle in a warm place, avoid the wind and snow, and basically spend their time sleeping to reduce consumption.

After people figured this out, they waded through the snow to drive them away.

For hunters, this job only requires bringing hunting dogs.

However, when Chen Ling was a child, he liked to form a group with his friends and follow the adults to chase pheasants.

Pheasants fly very fast.

But it can't fly very far in one breath.

Five hundred meters at most is not enough.

At this time, people scattered around and looked to see if the pheasants were flying towards them.

Just go and intercept it in advance.

There is no requirement to catch them right away, it is often just a matter of scaring them a few times.

The frightened pheasant took off again.

This happens two or three times in a row.

The pheasants, already starving in the snow, were exhausted.

It can't fly and can only run on the ground.

At this time, adults and children alike all started chasing after it.

Until the pheasant ran out of energy in the snow.

They will once again implement the ostrich policy, burying their heads in the snow without caring about their buttocks, struggling with their wings, with their entire bodies exposed, allowing people to catch them.

It sounds like it shouldn't be difficult.

But in fact, this method of catching pheasants is limited by terrain.

For example, around Chenwangzhuang, most of the land is relatively flat. Although there are steep slopes and gullies, they are relatively rare.

Like the small villages around the township.

Yangtougou, Majiaao...

Just by listening to the names of these villages, you can tell that there are definitely a lot of ditches and bumps.

It is very difficult to catch pheasants in a place like this even if it snows heavily.

“I know your difficulties, but flat hair cream is really not good… I didn’t enjoy eating meat during the New Year. In a few days, I will start construction on the deer farm, cattle farm, and sheep farm in the East City Forest Farm.

There is meat for lunch every day. If you are idle at home, go and work."

Chen Ling chuckled, left the excited young people alone, and said no more to them.

Snowing.

Many people went out hunting in the snow and wind.

Generally speaking.

It is difficult to find prey when it first snows.

That is to say, on the first day of snowfall, they will just shrink into their nests facing the sudden snowfall.

Only after the second or third day, when they can no longer bear the hunger, will they come out to look for food.

What’s different this time is that it’s warm throughout the winter.

It snowed so heavily suddenly at the beginning of spring.

The wild animals in the mountains were caught off guard.

This is the easiest time to find a bargain.

"Uncle, they have a lot of prey. It seems that they picked them all from the ditch over there. The old man in the hat is holding a fawn."

Little Lizi opened his eyes wide, watching with curiosity and envy. Ruirui even got up from Chen Ling's arms, shouting that he wanted to go down and play.

"Okay, let's go out at night and pick up more. Don't be jealous of them."

Chen Ling waved his hand and quickly let the little green horse pull the plow away.

Otherwise, people in the distance are basically familiar with him, and when they see him going out dressed like this, they will probably say hello.

After all, he killed a wolf and became very famous in the villages near Changle Township.

Fortunately, the journey to Tenghe Township was relatively smooth.

The creeks and rivers were frozen, but the two big rivers in Tenghe Township were still surging and boats were still sailing.

The surrounding green mountains are covered with snow and the rivers are flowing.

The snowflakes dancing in the air gradually became fewer, and the journey back became smoother.

After the mountain road snows, it is very suitable for sledding.

There were many people out hunting today, picking up prey.

Many sections of the road have been trampled, and some have been driven by sleds, so the snow has been compacted to the ground in many places.

The little green horse pulled the sled on the mountain road. It ran fast, steady and very smoothly.

"Dad, go there and play there."

Ruirui was sitting in Chen Ling's arms giving orders, but Heiwa and Xiaojin had already run over there.

It was a small lake, or rather a small puddle in the mountains.

The ground was frozen, and the children who had come out hunting with their parents were playing on it, sliding back and forth on the ice, looking very happy.

This means that the lake is small and the water is very shallow.

Otherwise, even if there is a sudden heavy snowfall, it won’t be freezing cold.

Of course, that's what it says.

Because the winter was warm and dry, the water levels of rivers and lakes inevitably dropped a lot.

Once the temperature drops further, it is normal for the whole thing to freeze.

Only the Jinshui River and the big rivers outside Tenghe Township were not greatly affected.

Compared with the Nansha River in the county town, it is far inferior.

"There are too many people there, you won't have fun. Dad will find a good place for you. Go back and call mom and some aunts to come out and play together, okay?"

When Chen Ling saw a lot of people, he felt that there were too many people talking and he would start chatting endlessly.

"Yes, call mom, call aunt."

Ruirui pouted and nodded, his eyes full of anticipation.

In fact, he had no idea in his little head that Chen Ling still had to guard the greenhouse today.

Because everyone is very enthusiastic about working.

He didn't care about hunting or playing anymore.

On such a snowy day, everyone came to ask for work and each family took out quilts, even if they had to pay for them.

Chen Ling also felt that everyone gave him enough face.

So back to the village, while the children's attention was drawn to something else.

He immediately led a group of people who had already pulled out quilts on carts, and started carrying baskets, into the greenhouse to start picking vegetables.

"Fugui, one sled is not enough. We need to borrow a few more. Once we have picked the vegetables and covered them with quilts, we can drive the sled directly to Tenghe Township."

Wang Lixian followed Liang Yuemin out and shouted.

Liang Yuemin wanted to help, but the work in the village was sometimes really difficult to start, so Wang Lixian had to take the lead.

"Got it. I'll go borrow one right away. There are not many sleds in the east of the city, so I have to go to the countryside to borrow one. I just happened to meet a few, so I can borrow them back soon."

Chen Ling responded and turned to borrow a sled from another village.

There are only two or three sleds in the village, which is definitely not enough.

It’s better to borrow it from another village.

So he drove the donkey, his own pack horse, and the young green horse, making a total of five animals.

One brought two, and in total they brought back ten sleds.

Enough for transporting vegetables today.

There are many bad things about snowy days, but there is one good thing: there will be no more roadblocks or robberies.

There are few pedestrians on the road when it snows. Thieves can’t stand waiting for a day or half a day without seeing anyone.

If you can endure this kind of hardship, you would rather not do this unprofitable business.

So when it was almost noon, not long after Chen Ling returned to the village, these sleds were loaded with baskets of vegetables, covered tightly with quilts and set off. (End of this chapter)