Return to 1983: Starting from hunting in the mountains

Chapter 188 Chicken Thief, Pure Red Fox
After preparing the sand chicken, he carried it back to the pine tree and asked Lu Erniu to put the earthenware jar he carried with him on the shelf and prepare to make soup.

Then he took some seasoning from his backpack and returned to the pond.

When Lu Jiansheng returned to the pond, he was stunned. The pheasant he had placed by the pond was gone in the blink of an eye.

He remembered clearly that he had shot three pheasants, but now there were only two left. So it was obvious that something had stolen his pheasants.

Lu Jiansheng looked around and soon found the trace of the chicken thief.

This pond is where animals in the deep mountains drink water, and there are many footprints of small animals around the pond.

However, one of the footprints was clearly wrong, with signs of dragging and blood.

I walked over and observed carefully for a while.
Lu Jiansheng immediately realized that the chicken thief was a fox from the mountains.

It is normal for foxes to steal chickens.
Although this pheasant is not very big, it is not small compared to a fox.

So, the fox could only drag the pheasant along with it in its mouth.

As for why it wasn't a yellow fox, the footprints of the two are similar.

This is because, when yellow foxes steal chickens, they usually bite the chickens to death and suck their blood. Therefore, many chickens have their heads cut off but their bodies are still there when they encounter yellow foxes. In some cases, yellow foxes steal chickens by biting the skin on the chickens’ necks and chasing them away.

The yellow fox is smaller than the fox, so it cannot drag the pheasant.

So a dead pheasant like this,
When you encounter yellow skin, you usually eat it directly.
It won’t be taken away.

Moreover, the yellow fox has a strong sense of revenge. If you provoke it but don't kill it, it will run to your home to take revenge.

He bit all the chickens and ducks in the house to death.

Lu Jiansheng continued to follow the fox's traces, tracking it all the way.

This fox is very smart. It can play maze games, turn around from time to time, and use its tail to sweep away its footprints.

Unfortunately, no matter how cunning the fox is, it cannot defeat an experienced hunter.

The fox's self-righteous action of sweeping away all traces of footprints made the traces more obvious in the eyes of experienced hunters who are good at tracking traces.

After a while, Lu Jiansheng arrived in front of a cave.

Through tracking, Lu Jiansheng found out that the fox lived in this cave.

It's less than 500 meters away from the pool.

No wonder he would steal his own pheasant.

This was when I went to drink water and stole a pheasant to eat.

Originally, Lu Jiansheng was reluctant to hunt the fox, for one reason being that foxes were difficult to hunt, and if he had the time to track them, he might as well go hunt two pheasants.

Foxes are not social animals, and tracking a fox may take several days.

I have a few days to kill two wild boars in the mountains.
Of course, the most important thing is that most of the foxes on the mountain are mixed-hair foxes, which are not worth much! !
Therefore, hunters in the mountains usually don't bother to take action when they encounter those mixed-hair foxes.

Of course, if I encounter a pure-colored fox, I will definitely not let it go.

It's just that one is harder to hit.

Moreover, it is very difficult to encounter. Some professional hunters often spend one or two months tracking the traces of pure-colored foxes, and they may not necessarily find them.

For Lu Jiansheng, the cost-effectiveness is very low.

There has always been a legend among hunters that hunters who hunt foxes or yellow foxes will never have a good ending.

Either someone in the family gets sick, or someone has misfortune in old age, or even dies a tragic death.

Lu Jiansheng naturally didn't believe this. He was unwilling to fight, mainly because the cost-effectiveness was too low.

However, now that the fox has stolen his chicken, he naturally will not be polite.

After all, it was a good idea to not miss an adult fox that came to your doorstep. Lu Jiansheng found some dead wood and prepared to light a fire to smoke out the fox first and then kill it.

Just finished lighting the fire.

After a while, some smoke was seen rising from the back of the cave.

Lu Jiansheng immediately sighed and said,
What a dog!
This fox den has more than one cave exit.

At this moment, there was a sudden noise from a cave entrance, and suddenly two foxes jumped out from a cave at the back.

When Lu Jiansheng saw the two foxes, he was stunned and his heart was beating fast.

These are two pure red foxes, their fur is like a sunset glow, very beautiful.

This kind of fox fur is worth at least a thousand dollars each.

"Damn it, too careless! If he had known it was a pure red fox, he would have called Li Dazhu and the others over long ago!!"

But at this moment, I can't care anymore.

Lu Jiansheng quickly took out the pistol from his waist, took off the safety, and shot at the fox.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

After a burst of bullets, the fox was long gone! !

"His grandma's!"

It’s not that Lu Jiansheng’s shooting skills are inaccurate, but there are too many exits in the fox hole. By the time he found it, the fox had already jumped out!
By the time he fired his gun, it was already a step too late.

If this shot can be made, it is purely luck! Seeing the two pure red foxes slip away, Lu Jiansheng couldn't help feeling a little annoyed.

However, at this moment, a squeaking sound was heard again from the fox cave.

Lu Jiansheng was immediately delighted. He originally thought that there was still a pure red fox in the cave.
Six fox cubs came out of the cave. These six fox cubs completely inherited the genes of the two adult foxes. Their fur was fiery red. The six fox cubs rolled on the ground like six balls of fire.

Damn, these two big foxes,
He abandoned his wife and children, but you are abandoning your children and running away?

Aren’t they said that foxes are very intelligent and protective of their cubs?
This is nothing like what is said in the legend!

However, the two escaped foxes moved very quickly, and now Lu Jiansheng had no choice but to pick up the six foxes and carry them under the old pine tree.

"Brother Jiansheng, where did you get this fox?"

Lu Erniu, who was picking pine cones, saw Lu Jiansheng coming and immediately noticed the fox cub in his arms.

The main reason is that the fox cubs are too conspicuous. Holding six fox cubs is like holding six little balls of fire, which attracts a lot of attention.

"I just encountered two foxes trying to steal chickens. I went to look for them, but they ran away, leaving behind six fox cubs."

Lu Jiansheng smiled and handed the six fox cubs to the old pine tree. He took off his coat and made a simple nest for the six foxes.

"Fox?" When the others heard the conversation between Lu Jiansheng and Lu Erniu, they stopped picking pine cones and ran over to see the curio.

Living in the mountains, foxes can be seen frequently, but this kind of pure red fox is rarely seen.

Even Li Dazhu and Dashan, who grew up in the mountains, had only seen a pure red fox a few times.

It is even rarer to catch a litter of pure-colored red fox cubs like Lu Jiansheng.

Not to mention, they had never even met Lu Erniu and Liu Shengli.

(End of this chapter)