Build a farm from the mountains

Chapter 323 Bang Bang Chicken

250 miles deep in the woods to the south of the pasture, a truck is driving slowly. There are small slopes on both sides of this newly opened mountain road.

The old dog slid on its stomach as the carriage swayed, and the great pyrenes and Caucasus were running around and slithering just as they were shopping.

Wu Hao waited for the terrain ahead to be flat before speeding up. There is no need to bring Hei Feng over if there is a ready-made mountain road.

When driving this mountain road, he used two dynamite packs, and later fired a gun. The animals were scared away, and he needed to drive another forty miles to the south.

There is a large meadow over there, and a small one to the west, surrounded by pine forests.

The grass will attract deer, the woods will attract wild boars, and there will be small animals such as pheasants and hares. There will be many herbivores and predators.

If you encounter a wolverine, you can also fight two.

The grassland is two hundred miles away from Xinxiang, and the snowstorm has just stopped for two days. No one will come to disturb it at present, so it is suitable for hunting here.

By the way, I trained the two little minks on the co-pilot, and Ermao led them to climb over trees and pick out birds in the woods behind the house.

I have learned to swim in the canal, but now I am short of actual hunting. The little mink is five months old, and he can chase rabbits with his parents.

The truck turned off after driving for half an hour, and Wu Hao got out of the car to look at his watch. It was only [-]:[-] in the morning, and he still had to walk a section of mountain road to the south to reach the grassland.

The truck was too loud, so he wanted to walk there, drain the water from the water tank, open the rear compartment to let the dog out, and then start to set up the tent.

He went into the woods to collect firewood, cut pine branches to pave the ground, lit the stove, and when he was warm, he led the dog and mink to the south.

Put extra things on the truck, holding a gun, a shovel, a grenade pinned to his waist, and a large bag on his back with a net bag and a holster inside.

If you only use dogs and net bags, you can't stop all the hares at all, and you can catch more rabbits by arranging covers nearby.

There are many animal footprints on this trail, foxes, wolverines, and weasels all pass by here.

The big brown in front stopped and went, looking at the dense footprints of pheasants and hares on the ground, he was a little confused, and the smell of predators was very weak.

The scent of the prey was too strong, and it was still walking scattered. It didn't know which one to chase.

"Continue." Wu Hao pointed to the south to make it go straight.

The old dog Da Brown quickened his pace when he understood what it meant.

An hour later, we came to the front of a forest. If we passed through directly, we would only be 300 meters away from the pasture.

Big Brown stopped to listen, and the other dogs followed suit to distinguish the sound.

By observing them, Wu Hao knew that there were a lot of prey in the forest, which should be groups of herbivores, otherwise the old dog would lie down and prepare to fight.

The terrain of this forest is a bit high, and you need to go a little further to see the target clearly, leading the dog down the slope and walking forward.

The ditch formed by this slope is one meter deep, and at the end it diverges to the southwest and southeast, and it becomes shallower and shallower.

He squatted down at the fork in the road and slowly climbed up the slope, hearing the noise and screams of many animals.

There was a very clear sound like popping popcorn, and it was not far away.

Wu Hao had a guess in his heart, he poked his head out from behind the tree and saw that it was indeed a "bang bang chicken".

There was a male bird standing a hundred meters away. It was tall and beautiful. Its coat color was mainly dark brown, and its neck had a blue-purple metallic luster.

The chest is glowing green, and there are large white spots on the shoulders and wings.

The scientific name of this kind of bird is: black-billed grouse, which is a walking bird like a pheasant. It is not good at flying and has strong legs and feet.

When you think of a pheasant, you think it is about the same size as a domestic pullet, but the black-billed grouse in front of you is more than 80 centimeters tall.

The tallest can be close to one meter, and can reach the shaft of a human's crotch, which is not comparable to ordinary birds.

This male bird dances while throwing his head up and chirping, which is a bit like popcorn popping.

The black-billed grouse is good at dancing and can dance continuously for 40 days, which is also very impressive.

The disadvantage is that it attracts predators. Even a sable can catch it, but it is a waste material.

Not far to the south of the black-billed grouse, there are more than a dozen pheasants calling while looking for food, and a few meters to the south is the grassland.

There were dozens of rabbits fighting in groups. Some stood up and jumped and pushed each other, and some lay on the ground hugging each other and kicking each other with their hind legs.

Wu Hao found it interesting that rabbits fight, and those who are anxious to bite each other will scream.

It should have been fighting for many days, otherwise the pheasants would have been scared away, and now they are used to it.

Even if predators come occasionally, these animals will come here to look for food in two days after they run away.

I guessed in my heart that the reason for the rabbit fights was that the local households fought outside households, and the rabbits scared off by the sound of the explosion came here to rob others' caves.

It would be strange not to fight.

There should be many similar things in the southern forest.

He didn't shoot the black-billed partridge with a gun, he pointed at it and looked at Big Mao and Ermao. The two guys slipped down the slope and led the cubs along the ditch.

Wu Hao asked the big brown and little brown-collared dogs to surround them separately, in order to catch more prey and save them for lunch.

Dogs may not be able to catch up with rabbits, but they can kill pheasants. He set up a gun on the slope and aimed at the black-billed grouse.

If this guy flies, shoot him.

Da Mao and Er Mao walked along the small ditch for a while to listen to the direction of the grouse. They looked at each other and separated at the fork of the small ditch.

Lead a cub each and walk forward slowly.

The grouse stopped dancing and lowered its head to look for food. There were many animals nearby, which made it relax its vigilance, and the noise would cover up the sound of its footsteps.

Da Mao climbed up the slope and poked his head out. When he saw the grouse was five meters away, he rushed over in no hurry.

Yellow-throated martens often hunt in groups, and they also have tactical cooperation. When the young minks are learning from their parents, they are quite obedient.

Also lying next to its father to watch the grouse's back.

Da Mao leaned out some more, and when he saw Ermao in the southwest showing his head, he climbed up the slope and rushed forward. After running two meters, he jumped up and rushed towards the grouse three meters away.

The black-billed grouse saw it as soon as it tilted its head. It clucked in fright, kicked its hind legs on the ground, spread its wings and flew up to a height of more than two meters.

Ermao jumped up with the strength of his run-up, hugged the grouse's neck in the air, and opened his mouth to bite.

The black-billed grouse tilted its head to avoid it, and landed on the ground to stabilize its body and turn around without shaking off Ermao.

He ran for two steps, suddenly his back sank, and then his right leg also sank, Da Mao jumped on its back, a little mink was also very fierce, hugged its thigh and bit it.

The black-billed grouse screamed, the other pheasants ran away, and even the rabbits stopped fighting and ran into the hole one after another.

As long as there are foreign enemies, they will let the same kind temporarily hide at home.

The eight dogs scattered to catch the prey, and Dabai caught up with the black-billed grouse that was still running and jumped straight up. It weighed 120 catties and crushed the chicken.

Big Mao jumped away when it came, and the little mink was also scared away, and Er Mao was pinned down by one hind leg and tail.

It raised its other leg and kicked Dabai's abdomen vigorously. It stretched out its claws and was about to scratch. At this moment, Dabai got up slightly and let it out.

The prey was snatched, and Er Mao rushed forward with bared teeth, raised his little claws, and was just about to hit, when his head sank and was pressed to the ground.

The old dog is used to it, and understands that this kind of dog who is looking for it will be fine if it doesn't take the initiative to clean it up. Let go of its paw and pull it to the right, and Ermao will fall all over.

The yellow-throated marten was very gregarious, and the other three came up together. Dabai just used his two front paws to pull back and forth.

Wu Hao ran over to separate them, first gave the four minks a mouthful of honey to calm them down, and pulled out the grouse from Dabai's body and found that it was still alive.

Grab its neck and walk two miles north to find a small hole to let the blood out, disembowel it and hang its internal organs on a tree, leaving only a chicken heart.

While peeling the skin, throw the meat on the ground to feed Dabai and the four minks, and then the other dogs will return one after another with their prey in their mouths.

Only two rabbits were caught, and the rest were all pheasants.

All these animals were disembowelled, the dogs were fed, and the grouse, which still weighed more than three catties, was hung on the tree.

After the dogs have finished eating, use a shovel to throw the underground residue into a small pit and bury them before leading them to the pasture.

It's quiet here now.

Leading the dog around in a small circle, I found the footprints of two foxes and a wolverine, and there were leftover bones on the ground.

With these guys coming to hunt, no wonder no deer and wild boar are seen, and there is a large pine forest to the east.

Walking in for more than 50 meters, the road was blocked by bushes. This bush was three to four meters wide, and it was more than two miles long to the south and then turned west.

There are also many small animal footprints on the edge.

The first snowfall this year was nearly [-] centimeters thick, and the wind-blown snow on the edge of the bushes was [-] centimeters high.

Let the dog and the mink rest on their stomachs, take the shovel to the broken path in the middle of the bushes, and clear the snow away.

Leave a small snow wall [-] centimeters high at each end, and buy a few iron drills from the store, which are [-] centimeters long.

The top end is in the shape of a Y, and the ax is pulled out from the back waist, and the chisel is inserted into the snow and nailed down until only a little Y is exposed.

Take off the backpack and take out the wire rope to make a ten-centimeter-diameter loose buckle, tie one end to an iron drill inserted into the snow, and then fix the loose buckle on the upper end of the Y shape.

The path was half a meter wide, and he nailed more than one drill, and made the covers on both sides of the path similar to the five rings.

There are so many rabbits in the pasture, there may be seven or eight rabbits in one hole, and some holes are still interconnected, which cannot be seen by net bags and dogs alone.

Start catching from the west, and most rabbits will run east, rushing to meet the snow wall, and they will fall into the trap as long as they jump.

There is more than one trail in the bushes, all these places are covered, and when you encounter places where you can drill back and forth under the bushes, some are covered, and some are blocked with snow.

In winter, the branches have poor elasticity, but the shrubs have good elasticity, so he arranged several spring sleeves.

This is used to catch deer and wolverines. The mouth size of other sleeves is different. If the wild boar runs with its head down, it will also be covered.

When it feels cold, use a cage fire to keep warm. When the sky is getting dark, arrange the bushes from north to south.

I didn't have time to do it and didn't want to do it in the west, so I went back to the grass and covered a few holes with a net to let the dogs disperse.

Da Mao Er Mao was also a little hungry, and led the cubs into it. After a while, all seven rabbits ran out and were caught in the net bag.

These were enough for the animals to eat, so Wu Hao let the dogs kill the rabbits and carried them in their mouths. He picked up the shovel and led them to the north to pick off the grouse and return to the tent.

The rabbits are cut open and fed to the animals, and the remaining rabbit legs and heads are kept, and there is no time to peel off the skin on them.

Carrying grouse to the tent to stew and eat, and eating barbecue every day in the mountains is definitely a very painful thing.

He has a stove and a pot, so he cooks rice.

In the middle of the night, there was a breeze, and there was a truck next to the tent, and ordinary animals did not dare to approach it, and nine dogs accompanied it.

Wu Hao slept well that night. When he got up in the morning, he took out the pork that had been thawed in the water basin, cut it into small strips and fed it to the animals.

After reheating and eating the leftover chicken from last night, he led the dog and mink to the grass, and when the distance was tens of meters away, the big brown-collared dog rushed over.

Rabbits screamed from under the bushes, and nine dogs surrounded the rabbits in two teams to watch them kick their legs.

Wu Hao didn't go to the dog's side. He took four minks to look south from the north of the bush, put away the hares and rearranged the cover.

These hares not only came out to look for food, some were driven out after fighting in the hole, and some were frightened yesterday and wanted to escape.

After finding all the traps, a total of fifteen were harvested, most of them were frozen and hard, and only two were alive.

Kill these two, the rest don't need to be disembowelled, put them all in woven bags, and carry them to the west.

Passing through the grassland and a small piece of woods, you can see rabbits running away in the small grassland.

This grassland is about 20 meters wide, 700 meters long from north to south, and a 45-degree slope more than ten meters long on the west side.

Wu Hao remembered that the forest above was seven or eight miles long, and it was safe to catch rabbits here, with a good view from north to south.

The east side is full of traps, and the wild beasts running from the west will definitely get stuck on the slope.

Take ten net bags from the backpack to cover the rabbit hole, and separate the dogs to block the hole.

Just as he took out honey to feed the four minks, a gust of wind blew, and the big brown mouth made a sound of protecting food, and bent down to look up the slope.

The wind was mixed with the smell of wild animals, and the other eight dogs all imitated the actions of the leader dog.

(End of this chapter)