Return to 1983: Starting from hunting in the mountains

Chapter 176 Mountain Donkey

"I received two more flying dragons."

Then, after collecting two empty traps in succession, Lu Erniu shouted excitedly again.

Flying dragons are gregarious birds. A flock of flying dragons can have as few as seven or eight, or as many as a dozen or twenty.
Seven or eight traps were set to the north of where Lu Erniu was yesterday. Although only three of them caught anything, they were all flying dragons.

"Damn it, I only have a hare here."

After a while, Liu Shengli and Lu Erniu came out carrying the hare and the flying dragon.

"I don't have anything here either, but I was able to catch three flying dragons and a hare which is not bad."

Looking at the flying dragon and hare in the hands of the two men, Lu Jiansheng said with a smile.

"In front, the dozen or so sets set up in the hazel forest have not been collected yet."

Then, Lu Jiansheng and the other two rushed to the hazel forest.

"Brother Jiansheng, Brother Shengli, I remember there should have been a condom here yesterday,"

Lu Erniu was searching in a pile of weeds. Next to it was a small puddle formed by a mountain spring. In this place, the three men had set up four traps last night. The other three were intact, but there was one trap missing on the south side.

"Well, I made this trap. Brother Jiansheng, you see, the small wooden stake that connected the trap has disappeared. Maybe something has pulled the trap away. What a pity. This prey must be big, and it got away."

Liu Shengli said regretfully at this time.

"Woof woof woof~"

At this time, Dabao and the others shouted at Lu Jiansheng and the other two.

Lu Jiansheng knew that Dabao had made a discovery, so he walked over immediately and saw that Dabao and the others were surrounding a footprint.

"Hey! Brother Jiansheng, what kind of footprints are these? Why do they look so much like those of a calf?"

Liu Shengli looked at the footprints beside the puddle next to the trap and wondered.

"This is not a cow. The footprints are much smaller than cow footprints. It looks like a mountain donkey! This is not common."

Lu Jiansheng thought for a moment before he spoke slowly. Although he was knowledgeable, it was still difficult for him to think of it at once.

After all, mountain donkeys are very smart and wary of people and other animals, so they are usually hard to spot.

Fortunately, Lu Jiansheng knew something about mountain donkeys in his previous life, otherwise most people would not be able to recognize it. However, he had never caught one himself, let alone eaten it. You know, this thing will be called a national treasure like the giant panda in the future.

The mountain donkey belongs to the Bovidae family, also known as the four-legged animal. It is a medium to large hoofed animal. It is much larger than the goral but smaller than the takin. An adult mountain donkey has a strong physique and looks like a calf.

Their ears are big and narrow like donkeys, their limbs are short and thick and their hooves are like cows, their heads are like deer, and their horns are like sheep, hence the name "four-legged beast".

As soon as Dabao saw him coming, he sniffed towards the front again.

After a moment, it stopped under another footprint, barked twice, and then looked at it expectantly.

Lu Jiansheng knew exactly what Dabao meant. He was waiting for his order. Without his order, Dabao would not dare to run around.

"Dabao, chase."

Dabao's trip was not far enough, so maybe he could catch up. Although Lu Jiansheng was unsure, he couldn't discourage Gouzi's enthusiasm.

Following Lu Jiansheng's order, Erbao, Sanbao and the other two wolves, led by Dabao, immediately went into the woods.

Lu Jiansheng is not afraid that they will run too far. After his training, now as long as he blows the whistle, the dogs will run back.

Of course, the main reason is that Dabao and the others are familiar with this place. If it were deep in the mountains, Lu Jiansheng would definitely not do this. This is why he didn't even put a leash on the dog.

Afterwards, Liu Shengli and the other man followed Lu Jiansheng without saying a word and went into the woods in front.

After running not far, they saw Dabao and the others gathered around an old crooked tree. Dabao and the others turned around and called out to Lu Jiansheng, Liu Shengli and Lu Erniu.

I saw that under the crooked old tree, there was a thing that looked a bit like a donkey and a bit like a sheep. Its hair was mainly black and gray, with long and fluffy mane on its neck and short, smooth black horns on its head.

"It is indeed a mountain donkey, but it is a little small, like a little donkey."

Lu Jiansheng was delighted. This thing looked really strange, and it was worthy of the name of "four-in-one". At this time, the donkey was limp on the ground, looking like it was dying, so the dogs did not attack.

Lu Erniu was very conscious. He drew out his sharp knife and was about to go forward to cut open the donkey and drain its blood.

"and many more!"

Lu Jiansheng quickly called him.

At this time he also noticed that although the donkey had pulled away the trap, the wooden stick behind it was still hanging on the tree and the wire was still around its neck. No wonder the donkey lay on the ground without any resistance.

"What's wrong?" Lu Erniu looked at Lu Jiansheng in confusion.

"Why kill it? It's a rare thing. I'll take it to Hejiang and sell it when I have time. It could be worth a few hundred dollars," Lu Jiansheng said with a smile.

Mountain donkeys are rare. If sold to a circus, they might be worth more than bear cubs.

It’s not that Lu Jiansheng had never thought about raising one himself, but mountain donkeys are not as easy to raise as red deer.

"Hundreds of dollars! Such a thing is really so valuable."

Liu Shengli was delighted, and Lu Erniu simply put away the knife.

Lu Jiansheng came to the mountain donkey and saw that it was dying. It did not struggle when it saw Lu Jiansheng coming.

If the wire on the donkey's neck was not removed, it would probably die on its own in no time.

Lu Jiansheng then removed the wire from the donkey's neck.

Suddenly, to everyone's surprise, the wire had just been removed.

The mountain donkey seemed to have a last burst of energy and suddenly rushed out.

Lu Jiansheng subconsciously grabbed its hoof, but before he could hold it, he was kicked away by the donkey's legs and rushed out in an instant.

"Nimma! Playing dead!"

Lu Jiansheng cursed loudly. He didn't expect that he would be deceived by the wild beast. However, this thing was not big in size but very strong.

The moment the mountain donkey ran away, a burst of dog barking was heard.

"Woof woof woof~"

"Woof~"

Dabao and the others pounced on the mountain donkey in an instant.

Normally, the speed of the White Dragon Dog is not as fast as that of the mountain donkey, but this mountain donkey is still surrounded by Dabao and his men.

In an instant, several dogs pinned the mountain donkey down.

Lu Jiansheng also ran over immediately. Dabao and the others are very vicious, so be careful not to hurt the donkey.

After the dog was driven away, Lu Jiansheng held the donkey down motionlessly.

"Damn it, you still want to play dead?!"

"Victory, take the rope."

Liu Shengli stepped forward, made a simple halter with a rope, and tied up the donkey.

Lu Jiansheng stood up, looked at the motionless mountain donkey, and kicked it twice. The latter then staggered to its feet.

"This mountain donkey is really smart." Lu Erniu sighed on the side.

When the donkey saw that there was nothing pressing down on it, it immediately tried to escape.

However, after being pulled by Liu Shengli, the mountain donkey had to stop immediately.

(End of this chapter)