Hunting 81: Gathering Goods in the Mountains, I Spoil My Ex-Wife to the Extreme

The story of the tiger killing people at Hongxing Forest Farm dates back to about two weeks ago.

At the time, a forest ranger was on a routine patrol, but he didn't return by nightfall, and the forestry authorities didn't take it seriously.

By the evening of the following day, the forest rangers who had gone to patrol the mountains the day before still hadn't returned. Only then did the forest farm realize the seriousness of the problem, so they sent some of the forest rangers deep into the mountains to search for them.

At that time, the forest farm sent out twenty people with eight hunting rifles, divided into four teams to search for the missing forest ranger. One team found human remains and the hunting rifle that the missing ranger was carrying deep in the mountains.

After confirming the identity of the missing ranger, the five rangers in the team looked at each other in bewilderment.

What kind of ferocious beast could have ravaged a ranger with a hunting rifle to the point where he was reduced to this state?

Is it a bear, or a tiger?

Just as the forest rangers were trembling with fear, a roar shook the mountains and forests, and a huge tiger appeared in their sight.

It was only then that the forest rangers learned that the missing ranger had been killed by a tiger.

A young forest ranger, daring enough, raised his hunting rifle and fired at the tiger. However, the effective range of the rifle was only fifty or sixty meters, while the tiger was more than a hundred meters away, and the bullet could not hit it at all.

But the loud gunshots enraged the tiger.

And so, a game of cat and mouse began.

Ultimately, the five-man ranger team suffered heavy losses when they ran out of ammunition and were slaughtered by tigers. Two were killed and three were injured.

Three forest rangers were killed by a tiger, and naturally, they were unwilling to let the matter rest. So they offered a reward: whoever could kill the tiger would not only keep the tiger, but also receive an additional 500 yuan.

Hunters from several villages surrounding the Hongxing Forest Farm quickly sprang into action upon hearing the news.

This is a tiger! Although this beast is dangerous, if you can kill a tiger, you can make a fortune and become famous, becoming a tiger-hunting hero. It's killing two birds with one stone!

Some experienced hunters formed teams and went into the forest to hunt.

Some hunters with only rudimentary skills, who usually only hunt wild rabbits and pheasants and set traps, also joined in, hoping to try their luck and win the huge reward of five hundred yuan offered by the forestry bureau.

Over the next few days, the hunters searched the mountains and fields for the tiger's tracks, but they found nothing. Instead, several of the hunters, who were only amateurs and had no hunting rifles, were killed by the tiger.

At this point, some hunters who had gone into the mountains to hunt realized that this tiger was a murderous beast that they could not kill, so they quickly retreated.

Some experienced and daring hunters, seeing others gradually withdrawing, began to waver and refused to go into the mountains.

The forestry authorities realized the situation was dire; no hunters were willing to go into the mountains to hunt tigers anymore. What were they going to do?

If this tiger isn't eliminated, will the forest farm's production tasks and daily patrols continue?

Therefore, the Hongxing Forest Farm raised the reward to a sky-high amount of thousands of yuan, and also offered the hunter who killed the tiger a Phoenix brand bicycle and a job as a forest ranger.

So when Li Yunshan heard the news, he felt his adrenaline surge and his breathing became much heavier.

A bonus of 1,000 yuan and a Phoenix brand bicycle would be enough to make people work their lives away these days, not to mention a forest ranger job, which was a secure job in the 1980s, a job that could be passed down to the next generation.

Li Yunshan wasn't particularly interested in the secure job of a forest ranger, but he was interested in the 1,000 yuan bonus and the Phoenix brand bicycle.

What interests him even more is that if he can kill this tiger, he will be a tiger-slaying hero.

Li Yunshan also knew that because he used to hang out with Yu Ergou's gang, his reputation wasn't good.

But if he becomes a hero for fighting tigers, who will remember that he used to be a street thug?

He immediately went home to get the Mosin-Nagant. Although it was an old gun, it could hold five bullets. As long as he pulled the bolt fast, its shooting range and penetration were better than the Tiger Head brand shotgun, which could only hold two bullets.

"Why are you carrying two guns?"

Lin Xiulan was puzzled when she saw him take another gun.

"I'm going to fight a big guy."

Because he was afraid of scaring Lin Xiulan, Li Yunshan didn't tell her that he was going to fight the tiger.

He packed up the two guns, took the remaining ten 7.62mm bullets, and also brought two extra boxes of shotgun shells.

When he arrived at the headquarters of Hongxing Forest Farm, he found that the entire headquarters was filled with a suffocating atmosphere.

Just then, a forest ranger saw him carrying two guns and came over to ask, "Comrade, are you here to hunt tigers? Where are your companions?"

"I'm here to fight tigers. I have no companions, I'm all alone."

Li Yunshan told the truth.

"You've come to hunt tigers without any companions or hunting dogs. If something happens, we can't afford the responsibility. You have no idea, our forest farm has already..."

The forest ranger glanced at Li Yunshan and kindly offered some advice.

It was at this moment that...

"Xiao Li, who is he?"

A middle-aged man who looked like a leader parked a sidecar motorcycle in front of the venue.

"Director Zhou, this comrade said he came to see the tigers, but I saw that he had no companions and no hunting dogs, so I advised him to leave," the forest ranger explained.

Director Zhou glanced at Li Yunshan and said in an annoyed tone, "Comrade, you have no companions and no hunting dogs, yet you want to go hunt tigers? Aren't you just being ridiculous?"

As we all know, when hunting, companions can look out for each other, and hunting dogs have a keen sense of smell and can smell the prey in the air.

In Director Zhou's eyes, Li Yunshan had neither of these qualities; he was simply playing with his life.

Because several hunters who went into the mountains to hunt tigers had failed and were killed by the tigers themselves, their families came to the forest farm in tears, demanding compensation. As the head of the forest farm, he was under a lot of pressure.

If he lets in people with little hunting experience again and causes a death, his term as head of the prefecture will most likely be over.

Therefore, Director Zhou dared not risk other people's lives or his own official position.

Upon hearing that the person driving the sidecar was actually the director of the Hongxing Forest Farm, Li Yunshan said, "Director Zhou, although I have no companions or hunting dogs, my hunting experience is unmatched by ordinary hunters. You can try it if you don't believe me."

Seeing that Li Yunshan was unyielding, Director Zhou said, "Alright, since you insist on going into the mountains to hunt tigers, then go to the headquarters first and sign the waiver of liability."

As he spoke, he gestured for Li Yunshan to follow him inside.

Upon arriving at the farm office, Farm Director Zhou handed him a piece of paper with five large characters on it: "Letter of Exemption from Liability".

The main contents of the waiver of liability are: if a hunter enters the forest area to hunt a tiger, the forest area will not be held responsible for any injuries or deaths, and the hunter shall bear the cost of weapons and ammunition.

The reason the forest farm issued the exemption letter was because several hunters who had entered the forest farm to hunt tigers had died, and their families came to the forest farm crying and demanding a large sum of money in compensation, as well as a job for the families.

Therefore, in order to prevent such incidents from happening again, Director Zhou created this waiver of liability, which is essentially a death warrant.

If any hunters who go into the mountains to hunt tigers later get into trouble, the forest farm will not be held responsible.

"Director Zhou, if we really catch a tiger, the reward is a thousand yuan, a Phoenix brand bicycle, and a job as a forest ranger?"

Before signing, Li Yunshan confirmed with Director Zhou.

"It's absolutely true. Our forest farm is a state-owned enterprise, and we've always been a firm and reliable entity," Director Zhou replied confidently.

After getting the answer he wanted, Li Yunshan quickly signed his name on the waiver of liability.

After signing the document, Li Yunshan was told the exact location where the tiger had previously injured people. He then took a map, stepped through the snow in the forest, and headed into the deep mountains.

As Director Zhou watched Li Yunshan walk into the deep mountains, he couldn't quite believe that he could have caught the tiger. He even secretly prayed that Li Yunshan would return safely.

……

Once inside the forest, Li Yunshan's thermal imaging ability came into play. Almost no animal in the forest could escape his eyes as long as it could still emit body heat.

Along the way, Li Yunshan discovered three rabbit nests, seven or eight roe deer, and pheasants, but to avoid alerting them, he didn't fire a single shot.

From Zhou Changchang's description, Li Yunshan knew that the tiger was extremely intelligent. It never attacked hunters with firearms easily, but instead sought out hunters who only carried bows and arrows or muskets and had little hunting experience. This was also the reason why the tiger was able to kill several people.

It knows who it can bully and who it can't.

But Li Yunshan felt that the tiger was playing a game of hunting humans.

Therefore, even though his thermal imaging capabilities were in full swing, he remained extremely cautious as he walked through the mountains and forests, with the Mosin-Nagant bullets pressed directly against the barrel and his finger always in a trigger-pulling position.

At that moment, a group of hunters came into Li Yunshan's view.

The hunters consisted of four men, each armed with a Mosin-Nagant rifle and an I-44 hunting rifle. The other two men carried bows and arrows and wild boar spears, and two hunting dogs roamed around them.

When the hunters saw that Li Yunshan was alone, carrying a rifle and a hunting rifle, and probably a considerable amount of ammunition, looking like he had a lot of firepower, they couldn't help but show their greedy eyes. The leader of the hunters warmly invited Li Yunshan to join their group.

However, Li Yunshan saw the greed in the eyes of the group and, since he didn't know them, he declined the invitation and left alone.

He would never entrust his safety to a group of strangers.

"He's really bold. If he had run into that tiger, today would probably be his death day."

A young hunter watched Li Yunshan leave and couldn't help but sneer.