Forest Farm 1985: Raise a bear cub to climb the mountain

Chapter 121 Roe Deer Traces Found

Dai Song didn't know what was going on with Erhan.

How come he was enjoying the fragrance when suddenly turned around and ran back?

However, seeing its eyes narrowed and its mouth squeaked non-stop, it looked like it would crawl onto me if I didn't rub it twice.
He hurriedly responded with a few perfunctory words, and finally patted its head.
"go Go!"

Erhan was so satisfied that for a moment, his steps were lighter than the flower mushroom. When he passed by the flower mushroom, he didn't forget to sneeze, which was full of sarcasm.

Immediately, he no longer cared about the confused flower mushroom and focused on searching for the scent left by his prey.

The continuous heavy snow did make it quite difficult to smell the fragrance.

But it also suppressed a lot of messy flavors.

Following the faint but pure smell, Erhan went into a hazel forest and sat down in front of a small tree with a cluster of dark green leaves growing on its branches.

The snow under the tree was littered with messy roe deer footprints, while red fruits grew among the green leaves on the treetops.

There were two pieces of fruit leather in the small backpack. Erhan was reluctant to eat them and would only lick them when he couldn't help it. Now that he saw the fruits, he was naturally drooling.

"Hoo~hoo?"

It’s so cold, how come there are still green leaves?
Seeing that Dai Song had not arrived yet, it didn't care about the mushroom and climbed up the tree in a few seconds, with its big crotch stuck neatly on the branch of the small tree.

The little tree creaked and swayed.

"call!"

It took a deep breath of the aroma of the berries among the green leaves and then "tucked in" with its mouth, making louder noises than a sow eating food from the trough.

It was greedy for the flower mushrooms under the tree, so it sat there and hummed for a while. Seeing that Erhan ignored it, it had to lower its head and look under the tree for any fallen fruits.

The most satisfying thing in a bear's life is to have enough to eat while his opponent has nothing to eat even the leftovers.

Erhan raised his head and shouted proudly, while he stuck out his tongue and rolled all the fruits in the green leaves into his mouth and ate them.

Just at this moment, Dai Song's voice suddenly came from not far away.

"Stupid! What are you doing on that tree? Come down now!"

"throat!"

Erhan felt guilty, and his bear body trembled violently, and the small oar tree, which could not bear the weight, broke.

The snow under the tree had been trampled down by the roe deer, and although it had only fallen from a height of less than two meters, it was still knocked dizzy, with its four paws facing the sky and all the uneaten fruit in its mouth spilling out.

I have been searching for flower mushrooms under the tree for a long time. Now that I have seen one, how can I bear to let it go?
He jumped forward and ate all the fruits in front of Erhan.

Erhan was just frozen there, unable to recover temporarily. Seeing this, he got so angry that his lips trembled and his whole body shook.

"Fuck! Idiot! What's wrong with you?"

Dai Song saw that the little bear had fallen and twitched, so he was so scared that he quickly slid over. He didn't dare to touch Erhan, so he could only pat its chest gently.

"Why are you going through all the trouble of climbing a tree for no reason? Just to show off that you can climb a tree?

What kind of crappy tree are you climbing? It's so thin, can it support your 200-pound body? This... huh? Frozen green? ! "

Dai Song looked up and saw the cluster of deep green on the tree.

This is a parasitic plant that bears fruit in winter, attracting hungry birds to eat it. It also relies on birds to spread.

There is a sticky gelatinous layer on the surface of its seeds that is difficult to digest. After being excreted by birds, they will stick to the tree, thus starting a new round of growth.

This thing has certain medicinal properties. In the folk remedies of Northeast China, water boiled from its branches and leaves is particularly effective in treating frostbite.

He had also heard from people at the clinic that this thing could help with pregnancy and treat rheumatism, but he didn't know how to use it specifically.

Since all the fruits on it had been eaten by Erhan and Huagu, Dai Song just took a quick look and didn't think much about it.

Fortunately, Erhan, who had been twitching non-stop, stopped after Dai Song patted his chest a few times. Even his lips, which were constantly twitching, quieted down.

It only took a minute in total, and Erhan started running in the snow, shaking his head.

"Ho~ho~"

It knew that its mischief had made Dai Song worried, so it didn't even dare to bark loudly. It guiltily stretched out its claws and scratched the roe deer's footprints on the snow, hoping that Dai Song would quickly turn his attention back to the fencing. It was fine now, so he shouldn't scold it anymore.

Seeing that Erhan was fine, Dai Song frowned and knocked on its head. He then signaled Erhan and Huagu to follow him. After checking the 56 and a half li bullets, he started tracking them.

The traces of the roe deer were found on a sunny hillside. It is estimated that this group of roe deer came for the frozen greens.

Looking at the footprints on the ground, Dai Song analyzed them and put himself into the roe deer's perspective, trying to predict the roe deer's destination.

This is a technique of slipping around.

Without the help of hounds, hunters can only rely on the traces left by their prey.

If it is cloudy and there is no snow for several days in a row, it is impossible to tell whether the footprints are fresh or not, or how far away the prey is.

If you just follow the footprints, you may chase your prey for two days without even seeing a single hair.

Only by trying to analyze and substitute can we have a chance of catching up.

This requires hunters to have a full understanding of the habits of their prey.

And this was not difficult for Dai Song.

Roe deer mate in circles every summer and give birth in March or April of the following spring.

If there are pregnant female roe deer among this group of roe deer, they will definitely need food more urgently than the group of roe deer we hunted last time.

The temperature is several times colder than it was a month ago. Even the felled trees will not sprout new buds.
There were only a few places left in the frozen old forest where you could find food. Apart from a few specific trees that might parasitize the frost green, the only food you could eat was the moss in the ditches and ponds that had not yet frozen.

Roe deer particularly like sunny slopes, whether for feeding or resting.

So just follow the footprints and head straight to the forest where there are frost green on the treetops.

And the situation turned out to be just as Dai Song had expected. He gave up following the trail and soon found five roe deer in a lime forest.

They were gathered under a small tree, nibbling on the frozen grass on the tree.

The largest one among them has a bluish-gray back, and one of the two horns on its head has fallen off due to the season. Such boned roe deer horns are not valuable except for decoration or processing into handicrafts. Only the new roe deer antlers that have just grown in spring have medicinal value.

This kind of male roe deer is called big blue lid in Northeast China.

The rest of the roe deer were much smaller than Daqing, and two of them had slightly sagging bellies, showing that they were pregnant.

Except for the first year when they can only produce one lamb, roe deer produce at least two lambs every year thereafter, and have a very strong reproductive capacity.

Moreover, this thing is similar to a wild boar. When the season comes, it comes down the mountain to eat crops. That is why it has a docile temperament and its reputation is not as bad as that of a wild boar.

Therefore, since he encountered this group of roe deer, Dai Song planned to wipe them out completely.

It's not just for the meat, but also for something on the female roe deer.

That thing might be able to help Dai Bo and his sister-in-law have a baby!

Beside him, Huagu, who had eaten roe deer meat before, was so excited to see a living one that he swung his tail wildly behind him, splashing the snow everywhere.

Erhan also drooled as he fell into the snow. He had been eating wild boars for almost a week, so even if he was given a pile of hickory nuts, he would patiently dig them up and eat them all.

However, Dai Song did not rush to let the two little guys chase them. Instead, he used the old method (killing one at a time) to chase the group of roe deer. He killed them until only the smallest one was left, which was estimated to be only about 60 pounds. Only then did he give Erhan Huagu the order to chase them.

The reason is simply because they are afraid that the two little guys’ first cooperation will fail.

After all, if you step on the fresh snow, not to mention Erhan, even a flower mushroom will sink half a leg into it.

In this situation, Dai Song didn't know whether Erhan Huagu could catch up with the roe deer. If he left it to them to chase it from the beginning, then the whole day would be wasted in the mountains.

Now there is only one roe deer. If you can catch it, then catch it. If you can’t catch it, then you won’t return empty-handed.

Erhan and Huagu could not wait any longer, especially Erhan. He had already thought about dragging the roe deer back to ask for credit from Dai Song, and then giving Huagu a good beating. When he received the order, he burst out at the fastest speed of his life.

But even though Erhan felt like he was about to fly, the inconspicuous little flower dog still surpassed him in an instant.

Erhan's eyes widened in shock at the speed of the flower mushroom:
It struggled to run three meters in the snow, while the skinny and withered little thing had already run nearly ten meters away.

"Hang! Hang!"

Erhan kept yelling unyieldingly, but by the time he caught up with Huagu's place, the other party had almost disappeared into the distant woods.

For a while.

All of Erhan’s pride was shattered, and a feeling of self-disgust arose in his heart.

If Dai Song could understand its heart, he would have used a phrase from later generations to describe its mood: The clown is actually myself.

"Roar~" Erhan's little tail, which was originally sticking up, suddenly drooped down. He pouted his lips and turned his head to look at Dai Song, trying to seek comfort.

I heard Dai Song shouting behind me,

"Erhan! Come on! Huagu's endurance is not as good as yours, chase it! Go!"

"throat!"

Erhan was half-believing and half-doubting, and took a step forward to chase after him.

It wanted to give up several times, but Dai Song's encouragement was effective after all. Finally, it chased past Sanzuogangliangzi with its head covered. It was pleasantly surprised to find that the distance between itself and the flower mushroom and the roe deer was getting closer and closer.

At the same time, it immediately understood the meaning of endurance. Looking at the flower mushrooms and roe deer climbing up to the main peak of Bald Mountain, Erhan's little eyes instantly became firm and bright, and it used its four claws to catch up.

And Dai Song suffered the same punishment.

Although I had the help of skis, there were still more uphills than downhills along the way.

We crossed the woods several times along the way and were able to keep a distance of less than one thousand meters from Erhan. Just seeing its big butt from afar showed that we had tried our best.

At this moment, seeing Erhan rushing towards the main peak of Tuzi Mountain, he rolled his eyes and wished he could slap himself twice.

Why do you have to do such a stupid thing and let Huagu and Erhan chase a healthy roe deer, instead of shooting them in advance, breaking one of the roe deer's legs and then letting the other two chase it?

But as he chased, his pace couldn't help but quicken, and his expression turned ugly.

It’s not that I’m exhausted, but there’s a Siberian leopard on the main peak!

Even though Huagu and Roe Deer could not outrun Erhan uphill, the distance between them had already been too long before that.

Even if it is the same one thousand meters, chasing on one thousand meters of flat land and one thousand meters of mountains is not the same concept.

He hurriedly took out a roll of bullets and put it in his mouth, while firing into the air. He fired nearly twenty rounds in this way. Finally, he saw Huagu and Erhan safe and sound on the mountainside.

To his surprise, the roe deer had fallen to the ground, its body covered in blood.

When the big one and the small one saw Dai Song coming, they immediately greeted him in their own ways;

Erhan: shaking his head.

Flower mushroom: wagging its tail.

The two guys seemed to be competing with each other, shaking their bodies one harder than the other. Erhan was even shaking like he was dancing in a disco, making the little necklace around his neck swing loudly.

(End of this chapter)