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

In terms of intelligence, no matter how clever a wild animal is, it is definitely no match for a human.

The mutated beast might be able to see through a conventional trap, but if a series of traps are used, it might not be able to avoid being fooled.

Upon hearing Yue Feng's instructions, Xiao Tao immediately took a rope from his waist, tied the female roe deer's four hooves together, and carried it on his back.

"A series of traps? How do you plan to set it up?"

Xiao Tao, carrying a 40-50 pound female roe deer, didn't even pant heavily and asked very easily.

As Yue Feng dragged the carcass of another roe deer cub, which had already been fed to the dogs and falcons, he said, "This mutated animal is extremely vigilant. It definitely won't fall for a regular trap! Let's go for something more intense!"

I want it to find this live roe deer on its own, choose it as its target, and then jump into our ambush!

"Huh? Can you be more specific?" Xiao Tao's curiosity was piqued when he heard about this plan, and he pressed for details.

Yue Feng smiled and shook his head: "Let's go back first, you'll know when we get back!"

"All right!!"

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The two brothers, carrying the spoils they had hunted that morning, quickly returned to their camp along the ridgeline.

Everything was normal at the camp, and there was no disturbance in the surrounding area.

"Xiaowen, Xiaowu, wake up! Get up and get to work!" Yue Feng called out to the Zhang brothers.

"Huh?" Xiaowen rubbed his eyes and sat up, and Xiaowu had a similar reaction.

"What's up, Brother Feng?" Xiaowu asked.

"Xiao Tao and I went out to look for clues and used an eagle to hunt down two roe deer! I want to do something with this still-alive female roe deer!" Yue Feng said.

"What should we do? Just give us the instructions, and we'll get to it!" Xiaowen nodded and said.

"First, put the leftover roe deer into the water and make two traps with hanging legs! This is an obvious trap, meant for the animal to see!"

As for the mother roe deer cub, that's the real killer move!

I'm planning to play a game of dragging a live sheep!

"A live sheep being dragged along?" Upon hearing these words, Xiao Tao and the Zhang brothers' eyes lit up.

This isn't some advanced technique; on the contrary, the principle is actually very simple.

Often, top predators are highly vigilant and wary of fixed traps. They can identify them by smell and perception, ensuring they won't step into them.

If a live bait is tied to a fixed location, predators will hesitate to show themselves due to caution.

At this time, the live sheep dragging stick came into being.

Use a live bait, usually a sheep or similar animal, blindfold it, tie a rope around its neck, and drag a stick behind it. Throw it into the area chosen by the hunter.

Sheep treated in this way will move slowly within their designated area, but not too far, which can, to some extent, reduce the vigilance of predators.

At this point, if the hunter uses the range and field of vision advantage of the gun to set up an ambush, the success rate will be much higher than using fixed traps or simply waiting for the prey to come to them.

Yue Feng continued, "Before setting up the sheep trolleys, we need to adjust the position of the tents first!"

Visibility is limited in the forest. If we continue to clear the view by removing the miscellaneous trees on site, we will definitely be discovered. So we need to move to the dead pine forest that was just cut down!
It would be even better if we could take advantage of the terrain to increase our field of vision!

"Then why don't we just take the tent we brought up the mountain and pitch it again in a suitable spot in the dead pine forest?" Xiao Tao said.

Yue Feng nodded: "Yes! That's my plan! Everyone, get busy!"

Soon, all four people in the camp were busy.

First, choose a suitable place to pitch the tent. After selecting the location, set up the tent you brought up the mountain, and then move some supplies into the new tent.

Choosing a spot to pitch tents is actually quite simple. The dead pine forest has been cut down and burned, and the vegetation in the surrounding mountains has been severely damaged, so the view is much better than the workers' dormitory tents.

Yue Feng chose to camp at the edge of a dead pine forest that had been cut down on three sides, with only the southeast corner offering a limited view.

This area connects to the previous workers' dormitory area, and the new tents are about 400 meters away from the old location.

With many hands making light work, the 'moving' was completed in less than two hours.

Yue Feng then used oil-soaked ropes and fresh roe deer entrails to make two trigger-type slings about a hundred meters outside the camp. He then tied the roe deer, which was neither blind nor dead, to a thin wooden stake.

Yue Feng considered the trap of the live sheep dragging a stick a step further, putting himself in the predator's shoes to think about the problem, which added another layer of credibility to the trap.

The roe deer was temporarily restrained by being tied to a stick. As it struggled and pulled, it pulled off the stick and escaped, dragging the stick away from the camp area.

In this way, the predator hiding in the shadows is more likely to be fooled.

Throughout the day, the members of Yuefeng Hunting Team took turns catching up on sleep in the new tent, while only one person was assigned to keep an eye on the traps and the live sheep drags.

Everything was normal. The mutated animal that had injured the person had not shown up, as if it had moved to a different area.

While Yue Feng was busy outwitting his prey, Lei Laohu, along with Xiao Shan, chased after the mutated tiger for a long distance along the area where it had fled after injuring someone the previous night.

This mutated tiger is very cautious. It leaves footprints as it escapes, but after following the tracks for a distance, it loses its trail again.

The footprints disappeared on the snow again, and the hunters escaped by using the tall trees to conceal their tracks. Although Lei Laohu and Xiaoshan knew the principle, they still couldn't track them down in the actual situation.

They can disappear more than 100 meters away in a short time. For a hunter to guess the escape route by blindly is almost like winning the lottery.

After several unsuccessful attempts, he left behind a large number of footprints in the woods from repeated walking.

At 2:30 p.m., Lei Laohu and Xiaoshan took the dog back to the camp and started a fire to cook again.

At this moment, the mutated tiger, which was hiding in the hollow of the fallen tree, shrewdly poked its head out of the hollow and listened for a while. Then, it sneakily crawled out of the hollow and easily climbed down the tree in a few quick movements.

After eating about ten pounds of frozen meat last night and having a good sleep, it has regained its energy and is in pretty good condition overall.

After it climbed down the tree, it ran towards the direction of Lei Laohu's tent for less than a mile. When it noticed many new hunters' footprints coming and going in the forest, it alertly stopped and decisively turned around and changed direction.

This mutated tiger was very intelligent; it could tell from the footprints in the forest that the hunter was tracking its location.

Being naturally wary, it never put itself in danger, and would detour along familiar paths until it made a new discovery. After circling the area for a good while, the mutated tiger wasn't attracted to Thunder Tiger's tent; instead, it caught a whiff of fresh offal from a distance.

Its nose twitched slightly as it carefully analyzed the active ingredients in the scent. After thinking for a few seconds, it changed direction and headed towards the area of ​​the trap set by Yue Feng.

This guy's sense of smell is much more sensitive than a hunting dog's; he can pinpoint the location of the trap's water source almost a mile in advance.

Of course, despite the discovery, the mutated tiger did not act rashly. It circled the perimeter several times, secretly figuring out all the changes.

The hunters and hounds from the workers' quarters have all moved to the Dead Pine Forest area.

The area where the roe deer were placed in the water was about 100 meters away from the camp tents.

The mutated animals could even smell the odor emanating from the oil-soaked ropes.

It was obvious that these two underwater food spots, which were equipped with slings, were traps set by the hunters.

The mutated tiger, which wasn't particularly hungry, moved away from the area after assessing the situation.

As it prepared to escape, it noticed a live roe deer tied to a short stick in a clearing in the logging area.

There's a high chance that the live roe deer tied up here is also a trap!
The mutated tiger loved to eat roe deer entrails, but they were nowhere near as delicious as the entrails of a hunter. The mutated tiger licked its front paws, took no risks, and avoided the trap area at a distance, lying in ambush in a snowdrift about a kilometer away from the new camp, waiting.

After consuming a large amount of food, the mutated tiger can go for several days without eating, so it has plenty of patience.

The hunter and the prey were now locked in a brief stalemate.
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On the other side, Lao Wu and Xiao Shui'er led Lao Si down the mountain, finally getting down around 1 p.m.

Following Lei Laohu's instructions, they led a group of people to Hongxing Forest Farm to seek help.

In those days, state-owned enterprises took such matters seriously when hunters were injured and needed medical attention. They immediately arranged for vehicles to take the wounded hunter down the mountain to the nearest hospital.

The group went hunting in the mountains but had no money on them, so Xiao Wu got off the bus early and went back to his lodgings to get some.

No sooner had they left than someone who had been watching from the shadows quietly followed them.

After Lao Si finished his surgery and settled down in the hospital, the person who had been keeping an eye on him also learned about the experiences of the Lei Laohu hunting team members.

Now that the mutated tiger's tracks have been discovered, it means that the other party must have followed Yue Feng's hunting team to the correct location.

The next step is to get it running.

That evening, a phone call reached a hidden contact point on the border. Members of the Black Tooth poachers organization, who were waiting on the border, immediately crossed the border smugglingly according to the original plan and headed towards the back mountains of Fengcheng.

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On the other side, the four members of Yuefeng's hunting team took turns resting in the newly pitched tent, quietly waiting.

The short stick used to tether the roe deer was temporarily secured by burying it in snow. After repeated movements, it slowly fell down, and the live sheep dragged the stick into the second stage.

The blind female roe deer, having broken free of her restrictions 'purely through her own strength,' began to wander aimlessly through the dead pine forest, dragging a wooden stick along her back.

Inside the tent, Yue Feng carefully observed the live roe deer's movements through the observation hole, making sure it didn't stray too far.

To be honest, this female roe deer was seriously injured after crashing into a tree after going blind. Her neck was clearly injured, making it difficult for her to lift her head when walking. She had to move in the dark and had to lie down and rest for a long time after taking only a few steps.

In the middle of the afternoon, they hadn't moved more than a few dozen meters; they were only moving within the controlled area designated by Yue Feng in the dead pine forest.

The sound of dragging a wooden stick, along with the scent of the roe deer's body and the blood from its injured eyes, drifted far away on the mountain wind.

The mutated animal, hiding in the shadows, twitched its nose slightly and quietly stood up from where it had been lying down.

As darkness fell and the sun's rays disappeared, the mountains and forests became its domain.

Go sneak around the campsite again.

This observation quickly led to a new discovery.

The roe deer that had been tied to a stick during the day to restrict its movement somehow managed to escape, pulling on the stick and moving from its original location to a place at least a hundred meters away from the logging area near the dead pine forest.

Now, the mutated tiger's heart began to stir.

The prey that had been delivered to the hunter's tent was at least two hundred meters away. All he had to do was sneak up quietly, bite the roe deer's neck, and then turn and run away.

Then, it will be another fresh and delicious offal feast!

Having made up its mind, the mutated tiger crouched low and slowly approached its prey, lying in ambush less than four hundred meters from the camp.

In the camp, the faint snoring of Xiao Tao and Xiao Wen could be heard. Yue Feng squatted on a simple wooden stool, carefully observing the situation within a certain range around the trap through the observation port.

At this moment, the big black eagle, which had eaten and drunk its fill early in the morning and was squatting in the house with its wings folded, spread its wings and flapped them a few times, then cackled a few times.

Hearing the noise, Yue Feng reached out and stroked the eagle's back to comfort it. The big black eagle immediately fluffed up its feathers into a ball, and its eyelids covered its eyes, looking very comfortable.

The mutated tiger, which had been lying in ambush, was already planning to launch an attack when it heard the cawing of the black eagle. It decisively abandoned the hunt and fled far away without looking back.

There's no logic to the concept of rank suppression. No matter how powerful a tiger is, it can't fly, so when facing top-tier predators like raptors in the air force, the king of beasts is naturally destined to be bullied.

Therefore, from the moment the black eagle first discovered its hiding place, the mutated tiger became very resistant to Yue Feng's falcon.

The existence of this thing made the mutated tiger quite wary, fearing it might threaten its life.

Yue Feng had no idea that his entire day's preparations, waiting for his prey to fall into his trap, were ruined by the black eagle's casual hooting and flapping of its wings, which startled the nest.

As darkness fell, Yue Feng stretched his arms and legs and took the cooked roe deer meat dinner off the stove.

"Wake up, everyone! Get up and have dinner!" Yue Feng called out.

Soon, Xiao Tao, Xiao Wen, and Xiao Wu all got out of bed.

"Hey bro, any new discoveries?" Xiao Tao asked.

Yue Feng shook his head: "That mutated animal seems to have vanished; it didn't even show up! Everything's normal over at the trap!"

"Damn! Could it be that it was scared away by the firecrackers last night?" (End of Chapter)