Return to 1983: Starting from hunting in the mountains

Chapter 147 Picking up the tiger stack, the human bear

"Hey, who says it's not the case, but the blind bear is so easy to fight. All the remaining dogs in Erlong Bridge are disabled. We searched here from the mountain today and have been looking for them all day, but we haven't even found a single bear fur. "

"I think it's getting late, why don't we go back first!"

"..."

Wang Ergui, Wang Sangui and Hu Sheng kept talking to each other. In fact, Wang Dagui and the four of them went up the mountain this time, which was different from what Lu Jiansheng thought. They had a goal this time.

Because yesterday, the four of them were also hunting in the mountains.

Although Wang Dagui and Wang Ergui had something to do and went down the mountain early, Hu Sheng and Wang Sangui did not follow them down the mountain together, but continued to stay on the mountain to hunt.

They didn't prepare to go down the mountain until it was almost dark. As soon as they came down the mountain, they heard the cry of a blind bear. The two of them were shocked.

But the two of them naturally didn't dare to go hunt Xiong Xiazi, so Wang Sangui returned home and told his eldest brother and second brother,

Several of them were also bold owners, and since they had no money in their hands, they started to want to beat the blind man.

So the three brothers discussed it together.

Early this morning, the three brothers of the Wang family went into the mountains with the remaining tiger.

However, before they got there, they happened to meet Lu Jiansheng. The four of them were a little worried. If Lu Jiansheng also knew about the blind bear, there might really be nothing wrong with their brother.

Although they were grateful for Lu Jiansheng's help, they were grateful because making money to provide the third child with a wife was the real deal.

Fortunately, it was a false alarm. Lu Jiansheng was walking south from here, while they were heading north. According to Lao San and Hu Sheng, the bear roar came from the north.

As a result, the four of them searched around in this direction for almost a day, but found no trace of Xiong Xiazi. They actually shot three pheasants, so they didn't return empty-handed.

"Well, go back first. You can take back one of the pheasants and tigers later." Wang Dagui said.

"Well, Brother Dagui."

Hu Sheng nodded. He and Wang Sangui grew up together, and the two families were relatives, so they didn't have to be polite.

So a few people quickly took a shortcut back and walked for half an hour. There was a rocky beach in front of them. When they were approaching the rocky beach, Wang Dagui's dog started barking crazily.

It was obvious that prey had been found.

On the way back, they encountered prey. How could Wang Dagui and the others let it go?

So Wang Dagui and the other four quickly let go of the dog.

Wang Dagui's lead dog took the lead and ran into the forest, with Wang Dagui and four others chasing closely behind.

Walking through a forest, I saw four dogs gathered together, barking crazily.

The four people ran over quickly and saw the remains of a blind bear on the ground. The body of the blind bear was not big, and four dogs were barking around the remains of the blind bear.

"Brother, what happened to this blind bear? What a pity!" Wang Sangui said.

"Maybe it's a tiger. I heard that there used to be a hunting method in the mountains called picking up a tiger's nest. I think our brothers are also picking up a tiger's nest."

Wang Dagui calculated and said.

Picking up tiger stacks is actually picking up the leftover prey eaten by tigers, but these "tiger leftovers" are not ordinary prey.

Picking up a tiger's stack means snatching food from the tiger's mouth. It specializes in picking up the remains of a blind bear left behind by a tiger. Although picking up a tiger's stack is also dangerous, it is less dangerous than the process of hunting a bear.

Baichang Mountain has deep mountains, lush forests, abundant water and grass, and many wild animals. There are many people hunting in the mountains, and there are also many hunting wild animals.

Therefore, injured beasts fall dead in the woods every day, and there are many leftover bodies of beasts.

Sometimes hunters will encounter these things, then pick them up, clean them, stew them in a pot, and have another meal of delicacies.

Picking up leftovers is also called picking up stacks in the mountains. A stack is originally a place where people pile up goods, and wild beasts in the mountains often hide the remains of wild beasts that can’t be eaten after hunting with weeds, dead branches and leaves, and wait until they are hungry. eat,

The place where prey is buried is like a place where people pile up goods. Therefore, local people habitually call the uneaten things of tigers, foxes, eagles, etc., tiger stacks, wolf stacks, fox stacks, eagle stacks, etc.

If someone is lucky enough to go into the mountains and pick up half a robe or half a deer, he will always say to others: "I am lucky today. I picked up a "wolf's nest". If I pick up half an eagle, I will not eat it or take it away." The rabbit will say: "I picked up an eagle today. "

Wang Dagui heard that an older man once said that the origin of the Tiger Picking Pillar was an old hunter.

You must know that in the mountains, some tigers like to hunt sika deer, red deer, wild boars, etc.

But some tigers just like to dig out bears and eat bears blindly. The old hunter used to be a master of bear hunting, but later he found out that he was following the tigers digging into bears.

Without the use of swords and guns, you can pick up the body of the blind bear left by the tiger for free, so the hunting method of picking up the tiger stack was created.

A tiger usually hunts a blind bear. After killing the blind bear first, the tiger will wolf down the blind bear's intestines first.

Then eat the bear's butt, where there is more meat. Tigers don't have the habit of burying their prey with dead branches and leaves like leopards and wolves.

After the tiger eats these, he will abandon the prey and run away. At this time, the hunter can go up and pick up the leftovers of the tiger. The blind bear in front of him died miserably, but he couldn't tell.

However, in the mountains, apart from tigers, there are probably few predators that can hunt the blind bear.

"I've heard about it too, but I didn't expect that we were so lucky and found the Tiger Inn without any effort."

Wang Ergui said happily.

"Brother, second brother, look, the bear bile inside is still there! There are also bear paws, bear ridge caps, bear noses, these valuable objects are all there." Wang Sangui was even more happy.

I went into the mountain today to find him a wife.

Now, my wife is finally settled.

"It's a pity that the bile is almost absorbed by the bear's liver, but it's still worth a lot of money." Wang Sangui couldn't help but sigh again while being happy.

"Yes! We picked up half a bear for free. This is what the mountain god gave us as a reward."

Wang Dagui was more superstitious and hurriedly called out, "Second brother, third child, and the remaining tiger, please kneel down quickly and kowtow to the mountain god!" "Wang Dagui took the three people and knelt down.

Kowtow to the mountains.

"Thank you, Mountain God, for the gift!" Wang Dagui muttered in a dignified manner.

Since it was a gift from the Mountain God, they would not be polite.

He took out his knife, stepped forward and began to cut into pieces the remains of the blind man.

First cut off the four bear paws, then remove the bear bile and put it in a cloth bag. The bear bile has been almost absorbed, and the rest cannot be absorbed in the gall bladder, so you don’t need to care whether to remove the bear bile first or cut it first. Bear paw.

Then he cut up the remaining bear meat and fed the meat with animal teeth marks to the dogs.

The others were put into backpacks and brought back down the mountain.

Wang Dagui felt happy, "We really went well today, we picked up half a bear for nothing."

"Yes! It would be great if this good thing could happen every day." Hu Sheng said with admiration.

If that's all, it doesn't matter. As long as they hurry up and go down the mountain, they can successfully complete this bear picking trip.

As a result, just as the Wang brothers were preparing to go down the mountain, Wang Dagui's dog barked crazily again.

The four brothers of the Wang family were overjoyed that they had discovered wild animals again. It was really the mountain god who had blessed them and helped them recover.

So the four of them gathered together and shot another wave of wild animals. No matter what kind of wild animals they were, they would go home after the fight.

After the discussion, the four Wang Dagui brothers untied the dog leash.

Wang Dagui's leader, Heizi, took the lead and jumped out. Wang Dagui's three brothers and Hu Cheng followed closely and climbed over a hillside.

I saw two red deer being bitten by four dogs.

Seeing it was a red deer, or two red deer, even if only one could be left, plus half a bear, the money from the sale would be enough to build a yard and get a wife.

The four people quickly approached, and Wang Dagui shot one of the most majestic red deer.

Unfortunately, although Wang Dagui had good eyesight, his shooting skills were not very good. Although the shot hit the red deer, it did not kill him.

The red deer still ran forward tenaciously.

"Hurry up! It can't run far!" The four of them chased the big man closely.

There is a rule for picking up tiger stacks and bear stacks. After you pick them up, you must go down the mountain immediately. Don't be greedy.

Because, whether you are picking up a tiger stack or a bear stack, the most dangerous thing is that the beast turns back.

The beast turns back, which means that the tiger or bear will not finish the first meal of the prey and leave it there. The next day, if they do not catch the prey, they will go back to eat it again.

This is called turning back the beast.

When a beast comes back and prepares to enjoy its prey, but finds that the prey has been stolen by someone else, it will inevitably go crazy.

Dogs know how to protect their food, let alone ferocious beasts.

Now, Wang Dagui and the four of them did not turn around when encountering the beast, but a terrifying roar frightened them.

This turned out to be a human bear. Human bears are very rare. The so-called "human bear" got its name because it likes to walk upright.

Also called Xiong Zong, it is larger than Xiong Xiazi and stronger than Xiong Xiazi.

Wang Dagui didn't know whether he was lucky or bad.

I searched for a long time and didn't find any. Now I'm going home. Not only did I pick up half a bear, but now I encountered a live bear.

"Ouch!" Xiong Zhen was eating beautifully at this time, and was suddenly disturbed, so he was naturally unhappy.

Then, I smelled the most disgusting smell again.

Wang Dagui and the four men divided Xiong Xiongzi, and their bodies were inevitably contaminated by Xiong Xiongzi's scent.

Xiong Yan let out a loud howl and rushed towards Wang Dagui and the other four.

Wang Dagui, who was tracking the red deer, heard the roar when he suddenly saw a very large bear standing up and charging towards them. This bear weighed seven to eight hundred kilograms, and it was even more scary when it stood up.

Wang Dagui immediately tried to shoot at Xiong Zhi, but Xiong Zhi's skin was rough and his flesh was thick, so the shot did not hinder Xiong Zhi's pace at all.

Wang Dagui had no time to reload the bullets, and the bear attacked so fiercely that it scared Wang Dagui out of his mind. He only had time to shout, "Run! Run!"

Wang Dagui turned around and ran away.

The others turned pale and ran away one after another.

On the other side, Lu Jiansheng and the others have not yet come down the mountain. Lu Jiansheng has handed all the Gastrodia elata on his back to Lu Erniu because it is getting dark in the mountain and he needs to follow behind with a gun to be on guard.

Thanks to the full moon tonight, you can still see the mountain road as long as you walk out of the woods.

The three of them walked along the ridge towards their home. It was around 8 o'clock in the evening when the three of them returned to the village.

(End of this chapter)