Catch the Mountain 1985

Chapter 341 Catching Leopards

Early the next morning, everyone got up early. Wang Xiaoli was preparing today's breakfast in the cellar, Zhao Chunming and Hou Damao were preparing the things needed for squatting, and Zhang Peng led Dahuang and the others. Outside, Zhang Peng and the others couldn't take Dahuang out today, so they needed to put them in the underground cellar.
Why not put it outside? This is because although the chance of wild wolves appearing during the day is relatively small, Zhang Peng still doesn't dare to take risks. After all, if he is unlucky and attracts wild wolves, then Rhubarb and the others will be tied up. It's all there, so it's someone else's meal every minute. By then, it's too late to regret it.
When everything was ready, Zhao Chunming and Wang Xiaoli dug out the roe deer that had been buried in the snow. Although it was frozen and hard, it was also a rare delicacy for leopards. It should not be Will be disgusted.
Zhang Peng put Dahuang and the puppy gang into the underground cellar. They need to stay in the underground cellar today. As for the little fox, they did not put them in again. If Zhang Peng and the others were not here, the red fox would be in debt. With his character, it is estimated that he will not end well in the underground cellar.
The red fox seemed to understand the truth, so he followed Zhang Peng closely after coming out. It seemed that he was going to act with them today.
Zhang Peng did not drive it away. After all, the fox was just a small pet. Even if it was found by the leopard while running around, it would actually be nothing. After all, the fox was originally from the mountains, and it would not let the leopard have any other ideas.
In this way, the four of them, plus a red fox, set out on the road to the alkali field. The first place they wanted to go was the place where Zhao Chunming and the others found that the traces disappeared yesterday.
Zhang Peng needs to go to the actual site to conduct an actual inspection before confirming the location where they will catch leopards. This location is very important. If it is not done well, it will steal the chicken but lose the rice. It does not matter if the roe deer is taken out, but he is afraid of coming. A sneak attack would be troublesome.
Zhang Peng and the others soon arrived at the place where traces of yesterday disappeared.
"Second brother, take a look. This is where we stopped yesterday and did not continue to follow. The main reason is that there are no traces. We have no choice if we want to go forward." Zhao Chunming stepped forward and introduced Zhang Peng.
"Well, let's take a look." Zhang Peng heard Zhao Chunming's words and said to him.
Then Zhang Peng began to observe this place carefully. It's no wonder that Zhao Chunming couldn't find traces. This place is relatively a raised place, so there is very little snow on it, plus the wind on the mountain The wind was blowing quite hard, so the snow here appeared to be patchy.
In this case, coupled with the fact that leopards are relatively light when walking, the traces of their paws on the ground are very shallow. If the mountain wind blows like this, the traces on the ground will completely disappear.
Zhang Peng tried very hard to distinguish the traces left on the ground, but he had no clue. At this moment, the red fox who had been following Zhang Peng left Zhang Peng, then raised his head and squinted his eyes. He sniffed it, and then screamed at Zhang Peng.
After Zhang Peng heard the sound, he raised his head and saw the direction of the red fox. When the red fox saw Zhang Peng looking at it, he immediately turned around and ran towards the left front.
This move of the red fox caught Zhang Peng and others off guard. What does this mean? He ran away suddenly. As a result, he found that the red fox did not run too far, then he stopped, turned around and looked at Zhang Peng and the others continued to shout.
"Let's go. It seems that the fox has found some traces again. Follow him and take a look!" After Zhang Peng came to his senses, he said to everyone.
Then Zhang Peng and others followed, wanting to see if the red fox would surprise them. However, after about four to fifty meters, the red fox stopped.
Zhang Peng and others stopped when they saw it, and then stopped moving forward. Zhang Peng looked around curiously, wanting to see what was different here.
At first glance, there was nothing else but a huge boulder, which was the beast's path under the boulder. It wasn't until Zhang Peng and the others took a closer look that they were not disappointed. Next to the raised boulder, they found There were some traces of footprints, and it looked like he had jumped onto a boulder here, but there was no snow on the boulder, so there were no traces.
However, Zhang Peng is basically certain that this place has been visited by leopards, because this place is really suitable for its hunting. There is a beast path under the boulder in this condescending position, which is a perfect ambush location.
"Okay, this is the place. We don't have to leave. Let's just throw the roe deer here, and then we can just find a place downwind to ambush." ​​Zhang Peng said to everyone after seeing the scene.
"Second brother, when will this leopard come back to this place?" Wang Xiaoli said hesitantly.
"how?"

"That's what I think. Although this place is more suitable for an ambush, I don't think this leopard will come back. At most, this is a backup place, because it is still some distance away from the alkali field. I think it should Let’s go to the alkali field first?” Wang Xiaoli said analytically.
"Well, I think what Xiaoli said makes sense. Second brother, this place is probably not the number one hunting place for leopards." Zhao Chunming nodded in agreement after hearing Wang Xiaoli's words.
"Well, this is indeed not the first hunting place for leopards, but I believe that leopards will definitely come here, because the environment of the alkaline field is actually not very suitable for leopard hunting." Zhang Peng said to everyone.
Seeing everyone's confusion, Zhang Peng began to explain his thoughts. Although the alkali field was a very good place, and prey would come there in a steady stream, there were no trees around the alkali field, and there were even few bushes. It can be said that it is clear at a glance that it is this kind of surrounding environment that causes prey to come here to lick it without fear of ambush.
If the leopard wants to attack, it will inevitably be exposed, which will cause its hunting success rate to become very small. However, Zhang Peng and the others' hiding place is some distance away from the alkali field. They have guns that can carry out attacks from a long distance. Attack, this is the reason why their hunting success rate is high. Basically, as long as the prey shows its head, it can be knocked down, but leopards do not have guns.
And the most important thing is that this animal path is the key, because once the prey finishes licking and walks back, there is a high chance that it will take this animal path. This is the highway for animals, and the success rate here is definitely high. It will be very high.
After Zhang Peng's explanation, Zhao Chunming and the others suddenly realized that if they followed Zhang Peng's explanation, it would become that this is the main one, and the alkali field is the secondary one.
"Second brother, we understand, let's start preparations." Zhao Chunming was completely convinced when he heard Zhang Peng's explanation.
"Okay, let's get started. Although the chances are higher here, it will probably take a long time." Zhang Peng said to everyone.
(End of this chapter)