Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

"What is it? Can't we do it tomorrow?" Lin Yue asked as he walked out.

"Yes, it is possible, but it is best to do it today." Lin Heng said.

He held two things in his hand, one was honey and the other was ointment.

This ointment is a gray ointment formed by mixing minced meat, butter and fish fat in a ratio of 10:4:1, and then fermenting it in a hot place for ten days.

Now it is in a glass bottle and there is no odor, but it will stink to death once it is opened.

"Ointment can attract most carnivorous animals, and honey can attract bears. Let's arrange ointment and honey today. I also prepared bait to attract herbivores such as roe deer."

Lin Heng took the things and explained to his elder brother.

"Where did you learn this from?" Lin Yue was very curious.

"In books, hunting books, try to see if it works well." Lin Heng said with a smile.

In the 1980s, you needed to exchange foreign exchange with fur and other things from wild animals. There were many professional books and brochures published to teach you how to hunt and how to set traps.

Lin Heng is not an old hunter, he has been learning all the time, and he has prepared a lot for this long hunt.

"I thought you have been busy recently, but I didn't expect you to learn such a trick." Lin Yue gave a thumbs up and admired.

"This thing can't be put near our territory, let's go to some places below to set it up." Lin Heng smiled and pointed to the front.

It was dark now, and they walked forward with flashlights. At this time, they could walk boldly because there were no poisonous insects and snakes.

After walking for ten minutes, they arrived at the place. Lin Heng put down the trap and applied some ointment on the tree.

"It stinks, damn!"

When they opened it, the two almost vomited, the kind that pinching their noses didn't work.

After this was done, honey was applied to a nearby birch tree, and another bear trap was set up.

After that, the two returned to the shelter, where his uncle and uncle were helping his uncle-in-law to surround his small square house with film paper.

Lin Heng didn't say much. He took the iron kettle to boil water. After boiling, he poured some tea leaves into it, added milk powder and sugar cubes, and it became a pot of milk tea.

The cups were several large bamboo tubes, which were obtained from Yuanbao Village today. Many small tools for eating and drinking were exchanged there.

The large bamboo was cut and trimmed with a saw, which was very suitable for making bowls or cups.

Everyone drank a cup of milk tea and ate some baked steamed buns. That was how they made it tonight.

After dinner, Lin Heng counted the steamed buns made by Xiulan. There were thirteen left. He put these thirteen by the fire and baked them. After sterilization, they could be stored for a long time.

It was very windy at night, and the leaves were blown down by the wind. After baking the steamed buns, Lin Heng put out the fire, otherwise it would easily cause a fire to burn the mountain.

It would be much better tomorrow if we built a mud stove.

There were no stars tonight, so Lin Heng slept against Xiongba. He had just bathed him two days ago, so there was no smell.

After walking for a day, everyone fell asleep immediately, without much communication. There was no need to worry about the dog keeping watch.

The next morning, at six o'clock, everyone was woken up by the birds on time.

"What should we do today?" Lu Honghai looked at Lin Heng and asked.

This hunting team was obviously led by Lin Heng.

Lin Heng thought for a while and said, "Leave two people to set up here, build the stove, and clean up the surrounding area. The others will explore the surrounding area. It will take a long time, so we are not in a hurry."

"Then your uncle and I will build a clay stove, and you go to explore and hunt." Lu Honggang said.

"Then eat dry food in the morning, and make rice and noodles for lunch." Lu Honghai said.

Lin Heng and his elder brother had the same idea. They had just arrived and wanted to explore everything.

Lin Heng distributed a few steamed buns to others, and after eating, the three of them set out to explore.

"I'll explore alone, it's safer for you two to go together." Lu Honghai said.

"Uncle, you let Fengshou follow, it's safer with a dog."

Lin Heng said.

"It doesn't matter, nothing will happen." Lu Honghai waved his hand and left with his gun.

Uncle has always been so stubborn, Lin Heng didn't persuade him much, and set off with the two dogs and his elder brother.

Today they mainly explored the surroundings, looking for traces of prey, and then set some traps with bait.

Looking at the direction, they first walked towards the high mountains in the west, and went to the top of the mountain to see the surrounding environment.

After climbing for more than half an hour, the two climbed to the top of the mountain. Now, except for a few trees such as Cotinus coggygria, most of the trees in the forest are bare.

Therefore, the view on the top of the mountain is very wide, and it is easy to see the specific situation.

Going to the west and north, there are mostly shrubs and low mountains, and going to the east and south, the forest is getting taller and taller.

Of course, this is just a rough estimate, not absolute.

"Where do you want to explore, brother?" Lin Heng turned his head and asked.

"Northwest, we've been in the forest a lot, and this kind of environment is still relatively rare." Lin Yue said with a smile.

"Then let's go over there." Lin Heng nodded, and he was also ready to explore over there.

"Brother, there are wild boar footprints here."

Lin Yue found something a few steps down the mountain.

"Hey, it's still new wild boar shit." After a while, Lin Yue shouted again.

Lin Heng brought Xiong Ba over to take a look, and after tracking for a while, they found that it went south, so they farted for the time being.

They didn't want to go there for the time being.

"There are also oyster mushrooms and enoki mushrooms, which are pretty good." Lin Heng said while picking mushrooms. Occasionally, you can pick a few in this forest.

He was not in a hurry, and walked slowly forward on the leaves. Sometimes when he saw a kiwi tree, he would go under the tree to pick two to eat.

When he found a suitable place, he took out the ointment and smeared it on the tree, and then set a trap.

The forest was too big, and it was completely a matter of luck to find prey by yourself. Bait could make the prey come to you.

The rancid ointment was used to lure carnivores. A little bit was applied every certain distance, and not every place would set a trap, only the right place would.

It was also very simple to lure herbivores, that is, to use salt. Generally, a little bit was sprinkled in the soil where they often appeared, and traps were set nearby.

Another method was to look for natural salt mines, which were also places where animals must go.

Generally, salt-containing minerals would appear at the bottom of the cliffs and rocks, which was also the target that Lin Heng was looking for along the way.

Before they knew it, it was noon, and they came to the edge of a relatively low forest, not far from the shrub mountain over there.

The two sat down and took steamed buns to eat, as well as the wild hawthorn and wild kiwifruit they picked up today.

Lin Heng took two bites, tore off a little and threw it to Xiongba, who half-crouched and wagged his tail and licked his tongue.

After eating, the two continued to explore.

"Woof woof!!"

Suddenly, Xiongba called out in front.

Lin Heng glanced at it, walked over slowly, and was shocked when he saw what it found.

"Brother, come here, a major discovery!" Lin Heng shouted to his brother who was exploring in the distance, and then carefully investigated.

"What is it?"

Lin Yue walked over quickly.

Lin Heng pointed to the traces on the ground and said excitedly: "Look, black bear footprints, there is also feces here, and it is undoubtedly a black bear from the feces."

Ordinary people can distinguish the feces of black bears and pandas at a glance, because they are too easy to distinguish.

Lin Yue saw the traces and said happily: "It is indeed a black bear. It seems that there are many black bears here. It's just that this feces has been there for a while."

"It's okay. The feces show that this area is indeed its range of activities. Then these ointments we made will definitely attract it." Lin Heng smiled.

Lin Yue nodded: "That's true. It is said that black bears can smell blood from dozens of miles away. Let's set up a few more traps."

"Okay, I'll bring honey with me. Black bears like to eat sweet things." Lin Heng took out honey from his bag and said.

They found two suitable locations, smeared honey on the trees, and set traps under the trees.

Creatures like black bears are very brave, especially now that there are no tigers in this area. They have no natural enemies except humans, and they will not hesitate too much when they smell delicious food.

Unlike herbivores, they will stop and observe the slightest movement after eating a bite of food, and run away at the first sign of movement.

Therefore, black bears are relatively easy to deceive, but at the same time, they are also very dangerous.

Ordinary homemade hunting rifles are difficult to cause casualties. If they fail to kill and are caught up, they may die. The hunters in Chenjiaba and Yuanbao Village dare not provoke black bears because it is very dangerous.

Be careful with lead bullets on professional hunting rifles. It is very dangerous if you can't hit the vital parts.

The two set up the trap and continued to walk northwest. After walking for a distance, they came out of the forest and came to a barren mountain covered with bushes.

"Look here, fresh wild boar footprints." Not long after walking out, Lin Yue found new prey traces with Fengshou.

Lin Heng came over and saw that the fresh pig manure seemed to be left in the morning. He touched Xiongba's head and said, "Try to track it, Xiongba."

"Yingying!"

Xiongba made a whimpering sound, lowered his head and sniffed and tracked forward.

Following the tracking of the two dogs, they first followed down the ditch, and then tracked up the mountain. The wild boar ran too many ways.

"This wild boar can really run. I don't know if it can be tracked before dark." Lin Yue sighed.

Lin Heng was about to speak, but he saw a figure on a slope in the distance.

"Brother, look over there, there is a sika deer." Lin Heng pointed to the mountain over there and was a little excited.

When Lin Heng was talking, the sika deer seemed to have discovered them and looked up, but they were too far away, so they didn't care and lowered their heads to eat grass again.

"Where?"

"Just to the left of the cotinus coggygria tree at the foot of the mountain..."

After pointing it out, Lin Yue finally saw that the sika deer had also entered the forest and disappeared.

"Damn, two of them, not just one. How about we chase them now?" Lin Yue said excitedly after seeing clearly. Sika deer are large herbivores. Even if they don't have antlers now, they can still be worth a lot of money.

Lin Heng shook his head: "It's too far. Let's go over there to look for it tomorrow. It's highly likely that we won't find it now."

It looks close, but it's five or six kilometers away from the mountain. The terrain is complicated and we have to take a detour.

And the tracking of this wild boar is already very obvious. The distance should not be far, so there is no need to lose sight of one while focusing on the other.

"Yes, there is still a lot of time. Let's not rush. Let's continue chasing the wild boar." Lin Yue nodded.

After making the decision, they continued to track the wild boar. This kind of two-meter-tall shrubbery was much more difficult to walk than the forest, but in order to track the wild boar, they had to walk.

Following the difficult animal trail, the clues were broken several times, and the dog Fengshou was completely confused.

Xiongba sniffed the air and found the right way again. At this time, Lin Yue was a little shocked and thought it was amazing, because sometimes the clues were broken for more than a hundred meters, but Xiongba still found it.

Lin Heng was not surprised by this. Generally speaking, as long as the scent clues are not too long, Xiongba's tracking will not go wrong. Xiongba has at least 60 to 70 percent of the credit for his ability to kill prey.

Finally, Xiongba Fengshou stopped on a hillside.

Lin Heng and his eldest brother also stopped because they also found very fresh traces. The ground was just turned over, and it was definitely a very close distance.

The two listened quietly for a while, but there was no movement. Lin Heng was a little strange. Logically, they were in the upwind and should be able to hear the movement.

But this fresh trace would not be wrong. Lin Heng gestured to his eldest brother to check the gun and get ready. He also took the compound bow out of the bow bag.

After getting ready, the two nodded and walked down one on the left and one on the right, carefully not making any sound. Wild boars are also animals with very sensitive hearing.

Then what surprised the two was that after walking down more than 50 meters, they saw many traces of wild boars turning over the ground to eat yellow ginger yam, but they did not see wild boars.

Helplessly, the two continued to walk down. The road here was difficult to walk. After walking another 30 meters down, they passed through this area covered with thorns and came to a relatively open area.

Below was a 40-degree slope with some green shrubs and many dead leaves. It was not far from the foot of the mountain.

Hum! ! !

Suddenly, four wild boars ran down the mountain with a humming sound.

The two brothers Lin Heng had no idea how this scene suddenly appeared. Lin Heng put on the arrow and shot without aiming.

Bang!

Almost at the same time as he shot the arrow, the eldest brother also fired the hunting rifle.

Although it was only more than 30 meters away, Lin Heng's arrow was completely empty and passed by the wild boar.

And his eldest brother was shot, and one wild boar ran much slower, and was pulled away by the other three.

"Woof woof!"

Having often followed the hunting, Xiongba and Fengshou knew that they would charge when the gun went off or Lin Heng spoke. Now they rushed forward one on the left and one on the right, like chasing the wind.

"It's still hard to hit a moving target." Lin Heng shook his head and laughed. These wild boars hid deep and ran too suddenly.

"You're good enough. If it were me, I'm afraid I wouldn't have time to shoot the arrow. And thanks to Xiongba, otherwise the clue would have been cut off long ago." Lin Yue laughed.

The two were not in a hurry now, because the wild boar was injured and even if the dog couldn't catch up, they could still track it.

"Let's go and see the situation. I feel that these four wild boars are not small." Lin Heng said with a smile.

It's also a good thing to kill a wild boar. Make it into bacon, and you will have meat to eat for a while.

"Well, it looks like it weighs more than 100 pounds."

Lin Yue also nodded, and the two chased in the direction where the dog ran.

As for the wild boar that ran away, forget it. There is no possibility at all.