Xing'an Mountains 1984: Starting from climbing mountains to support the family

Chapter 163 Tracking, Pregnant Doe
If you go in knowing that there are unforeseen dangers in the forest ahead, isn't that just courting death?
What's more, others have already marked it, and if you still go there, even if nothing goes wrong, it will cause trouble for others.

Some rules still need to be followed.

Shitou followed Chen Weidong with the dog, walking south behind him.

Chen Weidong and his companion had not walked for long when a little bird flew out from a snow nest not far away. This little bird looked like a quail, but was two times fatter than a quail, and its feathers were slightly more gorgeous than a quail.

This is none other than the sand chicken hiding in the snow nest!

Soon after, sand chickens flew out from the snow nest not far away.

"Shabanji!"

Shi Tou shouted in surprise.

In winter, the sand chicken, like the flying dragon, likes to burrow into the snow. As long as someone passes by, the sand chicken hiding in the snow nest will be scared out.

The best time to capture them is the moment they fly out of the snow.

Chen Weidong immediately took out his pistol. At the moment, he was fighting with the chickens in the sand, so a pistol was the most suitable weapon.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"..."

Chen Weidong quickly pulled out the pistol from his waist, loaded it, and then quickly fired a burst of bullets, shooting down four sand chickens.

Shitou immediately ran to pick up the sand chicken happily.
Chen Weidong took the opportunity to pull out a handful of shiny bullets from his pocket and filled the magazine. In the mountains, it is best to make sure there are bullets in the gun at all times, especially this kind of self-defense pistol.

"Brother Weidong, your shooting skills are really accurate. This roasted sand chicken is also very delicious!"

After picking up the sand and half chicken, Shitou quickly ran to Chen Weidong and grinned.

"If you like them, take some back when you get back!"

Chen Weidong smiled.

"Yeah!"

"Let's go forward! I guess no one comes to this area, so the Sand Chicken is hiding here!"

"Ok!"

The two men hunted for two or three hours in the woods south of Laoyu Valley and caught six or seven sand chickens and three or four wild rabbits.

Going further ahead, there is a hill. Chen Weidong plans to rest for a while and then climb over the hill to take a look at the forest inside.

"Shi Tou, go find some dry firewood and light a fire." Chen Weidong instructed Bingzi.

"Yeah!" Shitou agreed and turned around to look for firewood.

Chen Weidong also went forward to look for dry firewood.

After a while, the two came back with some dry firewood, and then started a fire. They roasted the buns they brought with them in the fire, and when they were hot, they could eat them after wiping off the ashes.

The three dogs, Black Tiger, White Tiger and Big Yellow, were panting and lying on the snow. They had exhausted a lot of energy chasing the rabbit just now.

After about half an hour, the black tiger suddenly barked, followed by the white tiger and the big yellow tiger.

As soon as he heard the dogs barking, Chen Weidong stood up alertly, quickly picked up the Hanyang-made rifle that was leaning against a tree not far away, and ran towards the three dogs.

Shitou was also quick to react. He had learned a lot from going hunting with Chen Weidong in the mountains. Hunting dogs generally don't make sounds easily.
He knew something was wrong when he heard the sound, so he took off the rifle he was carrying and quickly approached Chen Weidong.

"Brother Weidong, what's going on?"

Stone asked cautiously as he got closer.

Before Chen Weidong could answer, he faintly heard the sound of several people shouting and dogs barking coming from the direction where he had seen hitting the tree bark.

"Those people should be hunting! Some of them are coming towards our direction." Chen Weidong said slowly.

"Brother Weidong, how about we go over and see what they can get?"

Shi Touqing's face was burning with anger.

"Well!"

Chen Weidong nodded. He had nothing to do anyway, so he might as well go and take a look. Besides, these people were usually experienced hunters and might also be good gunners, so it was also a good learning opportunity.

"Let's go! We can't see it from here. Let's go to the hill."

Chen Weidong immediately picked up his gun and climbed up the post. Shitou, Heihu and the three dogs followed immediately.

The two men walked quickly and soon reached the top of the mountain. There were dense trees on the top and it was impossible to see what was on the other side. Chen Weidong looked around and saw a tall and easy-to-climb lime tree.
He ran over, threw the gun over his shoulder, and then climbed up nimbly.

The stone also climbed up.

This lime tree is about seventeen or eighteen meters tall. As long as you reach halfway up, you can almost see the other side.

The linden trees don't have many leaves in this season, so you can see the other side clearly through the gaps between the branches.

It's very lively on the opposite mountain now.

Seven or eight hunting dogs were running at lightning speed through the trees, and behind them four or five men were running towards the mountain path from all directions, shouting and yelling.

What they were chasing was a small group of wild boars consisting of three wild boars, among which there were also a few silly roe deer.

Roe deer are very fast. When they really run, even hunting dogs cannot catch up with them. They can easily jump over low bushes. This is their secret weapon to save their lives.

Although the wild boars are not as big as roe deer, each one weighs about 200 pounds. Among them is an old sow weighing about 300 pounds. They are quite fast when running wildly, and the dogs can hardly get close to them because of the wild boars' rapid charge.

The hunters were obviously well aware of this, so they arranged personnel in various places to intercept in advance.

I watched the wild boars and roe deer running to the right. However, in that direction, a man suddenly rushed out with a dog. The men and dogs barked. The roe deer, which were already running in panic, were suddenly startled and plunged into the snow, thinking that the hunters could not see them. The stupid roe deer in the snow-covered mountain were really stupid and were easily hunted down by the hunters.

But the wild boars were not so stupid. They were suddenly frightened and turned around, soon heading towards the forest path.

These people cooperated well with each other, and every time they deviated, they were intercepted in time.

There was nothing wrong with the coordination, but the more Chen Weidong looked at it, the weirder it seemed.

More and more people appeared, and soon there were more than ten people. In addition to the roars of men and the barking of big stupid dogs, Chen Weidong even heard women's voices. You know, there are very few women in the hunting industry.

These were not the hunters from Uncle Mancang and Lijiatun, but a group from Liujiatun. In fact, most of them were not hunters. Because Chen Weidong had hunted wild leopards with Uncle Mancang before, he had a basic understanding of the famous hunters in the surrounding villages.

Shitou asked, "Brother Weidong, why are there so many people hunting?"

"It is estimated that after Zhou Daba killed the wild boar, someone else discovered a herd of wild boars. After returning home, they told others about it and became interested. Someone took the lead and invited several families to come up the mountain to hunt together."

Chen Weidong explained with a smile. You know, the most exciting stories that mountain people have heard since childhood are probably stories about hunters hunting various prey.

Some of these are true and some are false, and some are very exaggerated, but not to mention the brave men, even women will think from time to time: no matter what happens, I can fight.

Most of them know some ways and methods, and sometimes they can come up with some strange tricks that even experienced hunters have not thought of.

In addition, almost every household had an old foreign cannon or something, and everyone was a half-baked hunter. They often went into the mountains to set traps and try their luck at catching pheasants, rabbits, etc., which was not a big problem.

But these things are not easy for them to get. If someone finds a group of wild boars or roe deer, they will find someone who knows more, join forces with a few relatives, and have men and women go out to hunt.

Judging from the arrangement and the barking, it seems likely that the leader is a relatively knowledgeable person.

The wild boar rushed left and right in the encirclement formed by the crowd. As the encirclement gradually narrowed, it was driven to flee along the mountain path on the hillside.

According to the direction they were driving, Chen Weidong could estimate the approximate location of their ambush.

Because he had already seen two or three people waiting in the tree with Hanyang-made rifles in their hands.

There should be traps set up among the trees in front of them.

There were more than a dozen men and women, and seven or eight dogs. Although many of them were ordinary big stupid dogs, they should have no problem dealing with three wild boars.

Rush into the trap area. As long as the trap is not too useless, it will be difficult for the wild boars to rush out. Even if they manage to escape, there are still Hanyang-type guns waiting. With three guns loaded with bullets, as long as the wild boars don't rush out all together, it should be no problem to kill them.

Chen Weidong was not interested in watching any further and called Shi Tou to leave.

"Brother Weidong, let me watch it for a while!" Shitou was very interested.
"Then you watch, I'll go and roast some fire!"

Since they were not hunting at the moment, Chen Weidong didn't bother with him. He gave some instructions and was about to get down from the tree when he suddenly heard a dog barking in the hunting team over there, followed by the screams of a man and a woman.

Hearing a strange sound, I looked up and saw a sika deer jumping out from nowhere.

He broke through the obstruction of a man and a woman in front of him and rushed out quickly. In a moment, he climbed over the ridge and disappeared.

Even the man who tried to stop the attack but was pushed away could only take a chance and aim his gun at the deer without a chance to shoot.

Seeing that he gave up directly and continued to participate in the hunting, Chen Weidong knew that he had a chance.

Shitou also clearly saw the escaping sika deer and immediately exclaimed: "Fuck, there's a deer..."

He suddenly turned his head to look at Chen Weidong and called out, "Brother Weidong!"

Needless to say, Chen Weidong also saw the passion in his eyes and understood what he meant by calling him "Brother Weidong".

Chen Weidong smiled. How could he let the deer go now that it had escaped? Especially this group of people, they couldn't care less about the escaped sika deer!

Chen Weidong was not in a hurry to get down from the tree and chase the deer. Besides wanting to see what other wild animals would be chased out, it made no difference whether he chased it early or late. Given the speed of the sika deer, the hunting dogs would not be able to catch up with it even if they chased it now. However, it would naturally stop when it got tired.

As the group of people continued to narrow the encirclement, the wild boars were soon forced into an ambush, and the screams of the wild boars were immediately heard. These were three little wild boars without eggs, and they had no effective resistance at all.

As a burst of gunfire rang out, the 300-pound old sow was quickly shot dead, not to mention the two injured wild boars.

Until all the wild boars were captured and no other things were found, Chen Weidong carefully identified the direction in which the sika deer had just escaped. Then he called Shitou down from the tree, put the dog leash on, led the dog, and then led Shitou to chase in the direction of the sika deer's escape.

"Wang! Wang! Wang!"

Arriving at the approximate location, Chen Weidong untied the leashes of Black Tiger and White Tiger, and Shitou also untied the leashes.

I saw three dogs sniffing the ground here and there and running forward.

After running a short distance, they saw three dogs barking at Chen Weidong and Shitou.

Chen Weidong knew that the dog had found the footprints of the sika deer that had just escaped.

"This looks like a pregnant doe!" Chen Weidong came to the footprints and took a look. The gestation period of sika deer is relatively long. They usually get pregnant in winter and give birth in spring. Only in this way can they ensure sufficient food for their offspring. Therefore, it is very normal to encounter pregnant doe in this season.

"Brother Weidong, how do you know this is a pregnant doe? Why can't I see anything?" Shitou looked carefully at the footprints on the snow.

“Could it be that because the doe is pregnant, her body has become heavier and her footprints are deeper?”

"Stupid, what changes will happen to a pregnant doe?" Chen Weidong guided.

"Of course, it must be like a dog, with a big belly and milk coming out!"

After saying this, Shitou was stunned for a moment, then suddenly laughed: "Brother Weidong, I think I understand!"

"What do you understand?" Chen Weidong looked at Shi Tou's honest face and asked curiously. You know, Shi Tou has never been very smart.

"With such a big thing between the deer's hind legs, its walking posture must have changed, right?" Shitou looked excited.

"Yes!" Chen Weidong nodded with a smile: "In the future, pay more attention to observation and comparison. Details are very important when hunting... Don't talk. The most taboo in hunting is distraction. You must concentrate. If the deer was nearby just now, it would have been scared away by you."

But the sika deer had just been frightened by the hunters. Sika deer are timid by nature, so they will definitely go far this time when they go out.

Led by the dogs, Chen Weidong and Shitou followed the footprints and crossed several hills. The chase lasted for two hours.

"Damn, this sika deer can run so fast!"

Stone said impatiently.

"Don't worry! Since it's a pregnant doe, she won't be able to get far!"

Hard work pays off. After half an hour, the footprints became fresher and fresher, and the movements of the two people became slower and slower.

I was very careful, trying not to make any noise, and finally when I was halfway up the gentle slope opposite the ravine, I heard the call of a sika deer.

When we found the doe, it was sitting in the snow pile to rest and eating the bark nearby.

"Brother Weidong, how do we fight?"

Stone asked.

"What are you beating? Wouldn't it be better to take it back and raise it?"

Chen Weidong smiled slyly. This sika deer was relatively easy to raise, and he even encountered a pregnant doe.

Chen Weidong had already planned to get some valuable and easy-to-raise wild animals to raise.

Chen Weidong knew that hunting would be banned in a few years and he could not hunt forever. If he could raise some sika deer, it would be a way to make money in the future.

Thanks to my book friend for giving 5000 Qidian coins to Shu Kuang

Thanks to the Book Friends Village Intelligence Officer for the 5000 Starting Point Coins reward

Thanks to the book friend Long Wu Ai Kan Shu for the 100 Qidian coins reward

Regarding updates, I have updated less recently because I have been busy during the holidays. I will make up for the lack of updates, at least 180,000 words a month.

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