Reborn in the 1980s: I made my fortune hunting wild game in Changbai Mountain

Seeing Xiao Shui scratching her head with a timid tone, Lei Laohu muttered in a serious tone, "What? Are you afraid of getting into trouble carrying a gun up the mountain alone?"

The reason it took us so long to get here today is because we were dragging supplies and sleds, which slowed us down. If we had traveled light, we could have covered this distance in half a day at most!
"Xiao Shui, you've been a gunner for several years now, you have a gun, how could something happen to you in broad daylight?"

Little Shui scratched her head: "I'm not afraid of other mountain animals. Even if a bear blocks my way, I dare to take it on by myself!"

But that mutated tiger that injured Lao Si today was terrifying! My pistol can only fire one bullet! I'm not very confident!

Seeing that Xiao Shui'er had changed the subject to firearms, Lei Laohu pouted and said, "Forget it, when we go down the mountain, you and Lao Wu carry my double-barreled shotgun! No matter if it's a tiger or something, it'll be down after taking a bullet!"

"What about the dog? Why don't you come down the mountain with Big Head too?" Little Water asked about the dog after seeing that the eldest brother had agreed.

Upon hearing this, Lei Laohu was immediately displeased.

"Why don't you stay at the hospital with Lao Wu to take care of him? Xiao Shan and I will handle the hunting!"

The reason we're not going down the mountain is to chase after that mutated tiger. If you've taken the lead dog, how will we catch it? You've never been this timid before, but you've become cautious today! You guys wait down the mountain, we don't need you anymore!

Upon hearing that the hunting team leader was in a panic, Xiao Shui quickly tried to smooth things over: "No, I was just saying it casually, no dogs, no dogs! Da Tou still needs to find tigers! Just give me a double-barreled hunting rifle for self-defense! I'll come back as soon as I'm settled!"

Lei Laohu nodded: "That's more like it! If we're lucky this time and can shoot down this mutated animal, we can sell it and use the money to get another Type 56 semi-automatic rifle for our hunting team. That will make our firepower much stronger!"

"Then it's settled. We'll carry them down the mountain at 3 a.m. It's getting late, so you should all get some rest. Xiaoshan and I will take turns keeping watch over the fire!"

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On the other side, the mutated tiger that had failed in its ambush and fled darted into the distant woods like a gust of wind.

As it ran, it listened to the sounds in the forest. Once it was sure there were no pursuers behind it, it leaped over a ditch and then nimbly jumped over the ridge twice, stopping beside a leaning but not completely fallen tree.

The mutated tiger was very cautious. It lay in the spot under the fallen tree for at least half an hour, and when it did not find any pursuers, it got up, shook its fur, and like an extra-large cat, it leaped onto the trunk of the fallen tree. Then it quickly climbed up and, when it was about three or four meters above the ground, it ducked into an inconspicuous tree hole.

This fallen tree is one of the mutated tiger's several hiding places, and according to the map, it is the furthest from the two hunting team tents.

The reason is simple: it ambushes and injures people, and it also guards against being tracked down and retaliated against.

The mutated tiger crawled into the tree hole, and after crawling less than two meters in, it dragged out a roe deer that hadn't finished eating.

The roe deer carcass was frozen solid, its internal organs already removed. This mutated tiger seemed quite picky about its food; having not eaten any fresh internal organs, it hesitated for a few seconds before crunching away at the frozen roe deer meat.

The sharp canines cut and chewed the frozen roe deer meat with remarkable ease, as if slicing tofu with a knife.

In just over half an hour, after eating at least ten kilograms of roe deer meat, the mutated tiger finally lay down in the tree hole and closed its eyes to rest.

In the middle of the night, a mountain wind rose up, making a whooshing sound as it blew through the branches. The mutated tiger, who was sleeping in a tree hole, twitched its ears from time to time, and continued to rest and recover its strength with its eyes closed.

Around 3 a.m., everyone at Lei Laohu's camp got up.

They spread the roe deer hide blanket that Lao Si had used on the sled, then lifted the wounded man and the stretcher that had just been wrapped up onto it. Lao Wu tied a rope to his shoulder and dragged the sled, moving with the wounded man down the mountain.

Little Shui'er, who came down the mountain with him, was clutching the back of Lei Laohu's double-barreled shotgun as they followed him down the mountain.

On the other side, Yue Feng's hunting team split into two groups of four and didn't close their eyes to rest all night.

The mutated tiger that had injured people had vanished without a trace, and the vast camp was unusually quiet.

Azure Dragon and his hounds spent the night lying at the tent entrance, and when they woke up in the morning, they were covered with a thin layer of frost.

That night was quite agonizing for the Yuefeng hunting team; they waited all night without catching anything.

After daybreak, Yue Feng woke up his sleeping companions, and the four of them ate breakfast together while it was still hot.

"Brother, what are we going to do during the day? Catch up on sleep, wait for that mutated animal to move around, or do something else?" Xiao Tao put down his food bowl and looked at Yue Feng as he asked.

After a moment's thought, Yue Feng said, "After you've eaten, Xiaowen and Xiaowu, you two stay in the tent and watch over the place while you catch up on some sleep!"
Xiao Tao, come with me and let's go around the camp again to expand the search area and see what that mutated tiger did last night and where it went!
It's very difficult for us to catch or catch it by tracking; it's basically impossible. However, we can analyze its activity radius and escape strategy from its footprints!

These things are equally important!

Xiao Tao nodded after listening. This kid was exceptionally energetic. He only slept a few hours at night and was full of energy during the day, in better condition than the other three members of the hunting team.

“Okay, I’ll go with you! Do we need to go and check around the hunting camp next door? I don’t know if this is considered scouting the area! I guess most of the tracks should be around their camp!” Xiao Tao continued to ask.

That is a problem. There are advantages and disadvantages to marking out territory. The disadvantage is that you also have to abide by the rules.

Yue Feng scratched his head: "They must have gone down the mountain early this morning. I wonder if they left anyone to guard the place! If we run into them, we'll just pretend we thought they went down the mountain! We'll just stay vigilant and avoid contact!"

"All set! What time do we leave?"

"Let's go now! We haven't fed the big black eagle and the little white spear yet. Let's see if we can hunt some fresh prey for them!"

"Alright!" Xiao Tao immediately slung the AK47 over his shoulder and took out two fully loaded magazines from his satchel.

The two brothers each had an AK47 fully automatic rifle; that kind of firepower was more than enough to take on a tiger head-on.

As long as they are not ambushed or shot in the back, they have an overwhelming firepower advantage over other hunting teams.

Soon, the two brothers were ready to go out. They took Canglong with them and left the camp. They circled half of the camp's perimeter before heading towards the direction where they had heard the sound of firecrackers the night before.

Once they reached the ridge, they soon spotted the tent where the other party had spent the night.

The chimney on the tent was still smoking, indicating that there might still be people inside.

"Brother, look!" Xiao Tao pointed to the chimney of the other tent.

Yue Feng shook his head: "Their leader dog isn't home! I guess either it's an empty tent, or they took the dog out to look for clues!"

Someone was injured last night, so the hunting team leader definitely needs to analyze the prey's condition! It's hard to see clearly at night, so they'll need to double-check during the day!

"What should we do?"

"Let's head southeast along the ridge and see if we can find any new traces! We won't go near the tents!"

"it is good!"

Following the direction chosen by Yue Feng, the two brothers moved along the ridge, managing to avoid encountering Lei Laohu and his companion who were pursuing them southwest. Meanwhile, Lei Laohu, after arranging for his team to take the wounded away in the middle of the night, hurriedly got up at dawn.

He couldn't figure it out even after thinking about it for half the night. Why were there suddenly no footprints last night, and why did the dog lose its pheromones?

Now that it was daylight, he retraced his steps to check the specific details.

Upon further investigation, he indeed discovered something amiss.

There were indeed no footprints on the snow crust on the ground, but judging from the direction the prey moved, there were two large trees that were as thick as several people could hug.

Lei Laohu pondered for a long time, then walked to the base of a large tree trunk, bent down and picked up a few pieces of fresh pine bark from the ground.

Suddenly, Lei Laohu slapped his forehead and began to examine the tree trunk carefully.

Soon a new discovery was made: there were claw marks on the tree trunk left by the tiger climbing the tree.

Lei Laohu was also an experienced hunter. After sorting out his thoughts, he searched along the faint traces on the tree trunk and figured out how the tiger had escaped.

That mutated tiger not only had an incredibly exaggerated jumping ability, but its tree-climbing ability was also top-notch.

As it ran at high speed, it leaped up a tree, then used the height of the trunk to climb higher, jumping from one pine tree to another before landing on the other side, dozens of meters away. It then circled back to the tent.

Lei Laohu looked up and observed for a long time before leading Xiaoshan to a foothold down from the tree. He then let out a frustrated sigh: "Damn! This isn't a mutated tiger, it's probably a mutated leopard! It's too agile at climbing trees!"

Xiao Shan looked down and carefully examined the footprints on the ground: "A leopard wouldn't have such big footprints! And the weight doesn't match up either!"
I knew it! There's nothing supernatural about the mountains. We're just scaring ourselves!
What do we do now? We don't even know if it's gone far after it hurt someone and set off the firecrackers!

Lei Laohu frowned and thought for a moment: "Go back to the tent and follow the footprints left by the failed ambush to search again!"

"We're not aiming to subdue it; let's figure out its habits first!"

"Ok!"

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On the other side, Yue Feng and Xiao Tao, the two brothers, walked around the ridge with their dog, but did not find any trace of the mutated animal.

Before he had even walked a kilometer, Yue Feng knew he had definitely chosen the wrong direction.

However, this trip wasn't without its rewards.

As the two brothers turned back, they saw three roe deer on the shady side of the slope, their heads down, eating dry leaves in a snowdrift.

Xiao Tao pretended to put the rifle pistol to his face in preparation to fire, but Yue Feng forcibly stopped him.

"Don't shoot!"

"Huh? What's wrong? Aren't we supposed to be feeding the eagles fresh meat?" Xiao Tao asked, looking puzzled.

Yue Feng looked around at the surroundings and pointed to the relatively sparse northeastern area of ​​the forest.

Over there was a gently sloping ditch with only scattered low shrubs and small trees, where the big black eagle and the little white spear could easily maneuver and work.

Yue Feng explained in a low voice, "The gunshots might scare the mutated beast away, so let's avoid firing if we can!"
We'll split up and, when you hear my whistle, both of you will drive the roe deer northeast! Let Big Black Hawk help hunt them!

Xiao Tao nodded: "Okay, whatever you say! Do you want to go forward, or should I go?"

"I'll do it. You wait for me to blow the whistle so we can move together!"

Yue Feng gave a shout, crouched down and moved to a blind spot in front of the roe deer, then moved in the predetermined direction.

After walking about seventy or eighty meters with his head down, Yue Feng felt that was enough, so he put his fingers in his mouth and whistled a long, whistling note with a curve.

The next second, Xiao Tao suddenly appeared from behind the tree and chased after the roe deer below, waving his arms and shouting to drive it away.

The small group of three roe deer turned and ran without hesitation at the sound of the noise. Their short tails burst open into white heart-shaped patterns, and their agile figures could run several meters forward each time they landed on the snow.

Once Xiao Tao had driven the roe deer herd together, Yue Feng made his appearance at the crucial moment, guiding the roe deer, which had been moving in a straight line, toward the designated area.

Hunters were lying in ambush in both directions, and the roe deer herd did indeed escape according to Yue Feng's plan, heading straight down the gentle slope and into the ditch.

At this moment, the big black eagle and the little white spear, who had already heard the whistle, descended from the sky like divine warriors, kicking the lead female roe deer on the back of the neck with a whistling sound.

The mother roe deer staggered a few steps, then struggled to her feet.

At this moment, Little White Spear caught up, its steel claws gripping the mother roe deer's neck, frantically attacking her eyes.

The blinding surgery was completed quickly. The blind mother roe deer ran around for more than ten meters before crashing into a tree and collapsing to the ground, exhausted.

"Hehe, caught one!" Xiao Tao exclaimed, bent down to pick up a branch, and threw it in the direction the other two roe deer had fled.

Yue Feng glanced around and figured that the last lone, half-grown roe deer cub should also have a chance.

"Azure Dragon, go and circle the last roe deer cub!"

Yue Feng shouted, and the Azure Dragon chasing behind immediately changed direction. Instead of chasing the one in front, it turned around and circled the other one that Yue Feng had chosen.

Taking advantage of this moment, the big black eagle took off again and swooped down, kicking the half-grown roe deer cub over and standing on its back, waiting quietly.

With three roe deer in the small group, and two left behind by the eagle, it was enough for Yue Feng.

"That's settled then, we won't chase the one that ran away!"

Yue Feng called out and came to the roe deer cub that had been kicked to death by the eagle.

The process of bleeding and gutting was second nature to Yue Feng, and soon the two eagles and the Azure Dragon were eating the still-warm roe deer entrails.

Xiao Tao also dragged the other female roe deer, who had crashed into a tree and become unconscious, back with her.

"Brother, this female roe deer seems to still be breathing. Should we kill it directly? Or take it back alive?" Xiao Tao asked.

In an instant, a thought flashed through his mind, and Yue Feng said with a smile, "Don't kill it, take it back alive!"
We'll use this thing as bait to set a trap for that mutated beast! (End of Chapter)