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

Chapter 30: It’s always better to be cautious (seeking follow-up reading tomorrow)

You have to know that the blind bears have not yet entered hibernation. Any slight movement might alarm the blind bears in the cave.

Of course Chen Weidong had a gun in his hand, so as long as the blind bear didn't suddenly attack him,
It’s not that there is no chance of winning, and this is also the confidence in his heart.

Moreover, this place is about 20 meters away from Xiongcangzi. As long as we can delay the speed of the blind bear's attack,

If he has the chance to shoot two more times, the probability of killing the blind bear will be greatly increased.

Looking at the large tree stump on the tree next to him, five or six meters above the ground, Chen Weidong suddenly had an idea. This was an excellent shooting position.

So he picked up two stones from the side, and then quickly climbed to the fork of the tree.
This distance is on the tree again.

Even a blind bear can climb a tree, it would not be able to climb up for a while, which gave him enough time to shoot the few remaining bullets in his hand.

Chen Weidong acts cautiously. He will not rush over to see if there is a blind bear in the cave, but he can use stones to lure the blind bear out!

Climb up the big tree and adjust your position.

Snapped……

Chen Weidong stood on the tree stump, holding the trunk with one hand and throwing stones with the other hand. The stones hit the trunk of the poplar tree, making a crisp sound.

Then, Chen Weidong immediately adjusted his posture, pointed the muzzle of the gun in his hand at the hole, and aimed carefully.

Strive to kill with one shot.

Chen Weidong took a deep breath. This was the first time he wanted to hunt a blind bear. In his previous life, Chen Weidong had hunted with some old hunters when he was doing mountain goods business.

But they only hunted small prey, the largest of which was wild boar. They had never hunted ferocious beasts like blind bears.

call!call!call!
A cold wind blew from the mountains, and the trees swayed.

Chen Weidong had a blank expression on his face, and was very calm. In his previous life, he had heard about hunters going into the mountains to hunt.
Among them, there are many experienced old hunters who died in the mountains and learned a lot of experience, especially that one must not panic when encountering wild beasts in the mountains.

After a while, it was still very quiet, and there was no movement in the bear warehouse.

"Ok?"

Could it be? This empty warehouse! I am fighting wits and courage with the air!
Empty warehouse - not every bear warehouse in the mountains has blind bears. You have to know that due to hunting every year, many blind bears in the mountains are hunted and killed, or the original blind bears have settled in other places.

This kind of bear warehouse is also called an empty warehouse, but this kind of empty warehouse does not always remain empty.
Often, a tree hole is occupied by a blind bear this year. After the hole is dug out, or even if no blind bears live in it this year, after one or two years, another blind bear will move into the tree hole again.

Therefore, once you find a Tiancangzi or Dicangzi in the mountains, you can eat it for many years.

You can go there and take out some money every one or two years.

As long as blind bears do not become extinct in the mountains, and as long as the country does not ban hunting, this source of wealth will not be cut off.

Chen Weidong did not go down immediately, but threw the remaining stone over.

Yelled twice more...

Chen Weidong is not a coward. He has a wife and six children to raise at home. If something happens to him, it will be like a bolt from the blue for this family that can barely get enough food for a few days.

Chen Weidong was hunting alone now, so it was always better to be careful. After a while, there was still no movement, so he felt relieved and climbed down from the tree, then touched the target.

Just as Chen Weidong expected, this was a bear warehouse.

But looking at the traces inside, this bear barn has not been visited by a blind bear for at least a year! Looking at the empty bear barn, Chen Weidong did not feel too disappointed, as there are not many blind bears in the mountains.
Hunting in the mountains will eventually lead to encounters, and it might be a good thing that you haven't encountered one now, after all, many hunters don't have time to hide.
Moreover, everything in the mountains is full of unknowns, and you might even encounter a big claw (tiger) in a while.

Although the country has now banned the hunting of big claws, who knows what's left in the mountains?
Chen Weidong was very familiar with the process of skinning and removing tendons, secretly taking the animals home, and selling them on the black market.

Of course, if this really happens, it’s hard to say who will survive!

However, Chen Weidong knew that it would be difficult to meet him in Laohei Mountain.

Seven or eight years ago, in the village, you could occasionally hear the cries of Big Claws coming from Laohei Mountain.

However, we have basically not heard of them in recent years, and no one has seen them either. They may have run away into the mountains.

~

This empty warehouse is also a gain. As mentioned above, if you wait for a year or two, blind bears will move into the empty warehouse.

Chen Weidong memorized the location of the cave, as a blind bear might come to hibernate in the cave soon.

Then, Chen Weidong continued to hunt carefully. Of course, he did not encounter the big claws, but he found a beehive in the lime forest in front.

After discovering the beehive, Chen Weidong naturally thought of the honey in the hive.

When Chen Weidong thought of bees, his eyes lit up. Honey is a good thing.

In these years of material scarcity, honey is definitely a top nutritional supplement.

In the Northeast, lime trees are everywhere. Even in later times, lime trees are the largest nectar source plant in the Northeast, and the lime honey made from nectar collected by bees is the best honey.

I just don’t know whether this swarm of bees are Chinese bees or Northeast black bees.

Both are bees, but they are not the same species. Compared with the Chinese honey bee, the Northeast Black Bee is darker in color and is much larger.

The distribution area of ​​Chinese bees in China is very wide, but it is mainly concentrated in the south. The Greater Khingan Range is the boundary of its distribution. Because of the long and cold winter, there are Chinese bees in these mountains and forests, but they are very few.

Another is the Northeast black bee, but in China, the Northeast black bee, which is considered a national treasure even in later generations, is mainly concentrated in the Raohe area, which is not close to this place.

However, it is still very possible that the Northeast black bees can migrate and escape.

It would be better to use Chinese bee honey, because Chinese honey is scarce and expensive, and has high nutritional value.

Of course, Chen Weidong didn't expect to make much money from the honey. The main thing was to give it to his wife and children, which was good for their health.
Especially Xiaoliu, this little one was weaned early and died due to lack of nutrition. She is the one who needs supplementation the most.

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This beehive is in the hole of a linden tree. It is almost November in the northeast, the temperature in the mountains is relatively low, and only a few bees are active outside.

The entrance of the tree hole is about one or two meters from the ground, and there is a pile of bee droppings under the tree.

Some people may say, isn’t bee poop just honey?
This is wrong. Bee poop is not honey, but a substance produced by body metabolism during the process of collecting pollen or honey.

Therefore, there will be a very obvious accumulation of bee droppings on the ground near the beehive.

Generally, beekeepers also use this method to find and lure bees.

Seeking advice...

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(End of this chapter)