Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

Chapter 1018: Squatting for a whole morning
Setting traps and snares, including the current practice of catching people with feet, as well as digging cellars and setting snares, are all considered small-scale hunting in the mountain hunting business.

As for playing small-scale encirclement and suppression, the little skills that Wang An knew were all taught by Feng Chengmin. As for Mu Xueli and Wang Li's skills, they were all taught by Wang An.

Therefore, although this deer hunting was initiated by Wang An, he still had to listen to Feng Chengmin's command and let Feng Chengmin be the leader of the hunt.

Mainly in Wang An's view, no matter what you do, it all depends on who has the ability.

After Wang An finished speaking, Feng Chengmin looked at the deer path, then looked back at the entire saline-alkali land, and then said:

"I think these deer will have to pass through here again next time. We can't destroy the deer trail. If we destroy the trail, these deer will most likely not come here again."

Feng Chengmin thought for a while, stretched out his hand from the east to the south, and then said:

"So, we will place 500 deer traps in a circle outside the saline-alkali land from this side to that side. Then, we will find gaps in the trees outside these deer traps and place all 1050 deer traps there, forming a pocket, leaving only the deer trail in the southwest."

As he spoke, Feng Chengmin pointed to a mountain peak about 300 meters southwest and said:
"After we lay the trap, we will go there and wait for the deer to come in. Then we will shoot. The deer will definitely flee when they hear the gunshots. Then we can just catch the ready-made ones."

After saying this, Feng Chengmin immediately broke into a happy smile, as if this group of deer would definitely be caught soon just as he had imagined.

However, Feng Chengmin's method was basically the same as what Wang An thought, so Wang An quite agreed with it.

They got to work right away. The four men returned to where the horses were tied, removed the foot hooks from the horses, and started working.

It must be said that although 1550 tricks may not sound like a lot, it is not an easy task to set them all.

The reason is simple, mainly because there are too few people.

Fortunately, in this season, deer usually come to the saline-alkali land only once every three to five days, and based on the time calculation, the deer will not come until tomorrow at the earliest.

Therefore, the four people have more than enough time to perform the foot-catching. As long as they can complete all the foot-catching before night, they will be in time.

This saline-alkali land is not too big, only about four or five acres, with only a few very sparse weeds growing on it, but those weeds look like they will die at any time.

And apart from these few weeds, there are no other plants in the entire saline-alkali land.

I have to say that it is because the weeds have strong vitality that they can grow in such a terrible environment.

However, this kind of environment caused great inconvenience to the four people who were catching the enemy.

Because there is no vegetation, it is difficult to camouflage the fish. You can't just pick a handful of leaves from a distant tree, right?

Therefore, before each catching foot, you should try your best to preserve the layer of hard soil on top, and then after the next catching foot, you have to cover the catching foot with that layer of hard soil.

The main focus is to restore it as much as possible to the way it was before the pit was dug.

In this way, time quickly came to noon, and the 500 foot-catching games had just been completed.

That's right, during the entire morning, each of these four people only made more than 100 moves, which was really too slow.

Fortunately, there is an old saying that goes, "Slow work makes fine work."

Because these four people all believed that even with just these 500 catching feet, they would be able to catch all the more than 30 deer.

As the four of them sat together eating pancakes, Mu Xueli said:
"Brother-in-law, are we going to continue playing the remaining tricks after noon? I think these 500 tricks are enough for me." After Mu Xueli finished speaking, Wang Li agreed and said:

"Well, my horns are enough. The traps make us so crowded. Let alone more than 30 deer, I can catch 100 deer with my horns."

To be honest, Wang An also felt that 500 would be enough, but Wang An did not say so. Instead, he looked at Feng Chengmin and said:

"Uncle, can you use these 500?"

After all, Feng Chengmin is the most professional in this area, and Wang An still thinks that he should listen to Feng Chengmin.

Feng Chengmin rolled his eyes at Wang An, then said with some dissatisfaction:
"I think 200 is more than enough. Only you have to be such a clown. I have never seen anyone who is so clown-like in a group."

As he spoke, Feng Chengmin glanced at Wang An with his eyelids.

It can be seen that Feng Chengmin was somewhat dissatisfied and helpless about Wang An's frequent foot-catching behaviors, mainly because when he was foot-catching, he always kept a squatting position or kneeling on one knee.

So these four people squatted in the saline-alkali land for the entire morning, except for occasionally standing up to stretch their thighs that were numb from squatting.

I have to say, this job of catching people's feet is really boring.

Wang An didn't care about Feng Chengmin's dissatisfaction. In fact, he just pretended not to see it and continued:
"Then let's go directly to that hilltop after noon? And then we won't have to go down to catch the remaining feet?"

Unexpectedly, when Feng Chengmin heard this, he shook his head and said:
"Anyway, there are still more than a thousand trappers, so let's take advantage of the opportunities. We will extend this pocket formation a little bit, and place a few trappers around the outside where the deer can walk."

As he spoke, Feng Chengmin turned his left hand palm upwards, clenched his fist and said:

"Let's try to catch all the deer in just one move. Not a single one can escape."

Wang An looked at Feng Chengmin's confident expression and couldn't help but said jokingly:

"Old uncle, didn't you say 200 feet would be enough?"

Feng Chengmin took a bite of the pancake and said confidently:
"We've already brought the fishing rod up the mountain. If we don't use it, won't it be a waste? What if we catch something else? You kid, you don't know anything."

Listening to Wang An being scolded, Mu Xueli and Wang Li lowered their heads at the same time, but their constantly shaking shoulders showed that they were laughing secretly.

After dinner, because they didn't dare to smoke, the four of them didn't stay there and continued to work.

Mainly when people are busy, they will temporarily forget about smoking. As the old saying goes, "A cigarette after a meal is better than being a living god."

If a smoker cannot have a cigarette after a meal, he will feel very upset and it is not a very pleasant feeling.

The four of them were busy until around 5 p.m.

But the four people's work was not in vain, because around the entire saline-alkali land, except for the deer path where there were no deer traps, the deer traps were set up everywhere.

As long as the deer dare to come, it will be unlikely to escape.

(End of this chapter)