Catch the Mountain 1985

Chapter 58 Discovering a herd of wild boars

The next morning it was still dark, so the hunting team got up, had breakfast, and started taking action according to the plan discussed yesterday. Zhang Peng and Zhao Chunming saw everyone leaving and headed southwest, walking along the way. It was extremely difficult for the two of them to walk in the knee-deep snow.

On the way, the two of them carefully checked the traces on the ground, but except for the traces left by some small rodents, the two of them saw nothing else. This also made Zhang Peng and Zhao Chunming a little discouraged. They had already walked four times. After five miles of mountain road, there were still no traces. Before they came out, they had expected the difficulty of finding traces, but they did not expect it to be so difficult.

The two of them found a fallen tree, sat down and rested for a while to eliminate their sweat. Then they stood up and continued walking forward, looking around at the traces left by the animals.

"Chunming, this won't work. It definitely won't work if we leave like headless chickens. It's such a waste of time."

Zhang Peng stopped, took off his bearskin hat from his head, and wiped his sweat with his hands. This walk was too hard. Walking continuously in the heavy snow consumed too much energy.

"Second brother, I think this has to happen by chance. Is there any other way?"

"We will walk along the ridge when we get to the front. Generally speaking, animals are not willing to walk in the heavy snow shell, and it is difficult for them to walk. They are smart, so we have a greater chance of finding it if we walk along the ridge."

Zhao Chunming also nodded when he heard this. What Zhang Peng said makes sense. These little things will also choose good places to walk, and they will also go around difficult places. As long as traces of their footprints can be found, they can move slowly. Tracking slowly.

The two struggled to get out of the heavy snow shell and climbed to the ridge. As expected, the view was broadened, the snow was much less, and there were more animal traces.

Suddenly, Zhang Peng's eyes narrowed and he saw a large set of footprints in front of him. It looked like there were a lot of wild boars. He quickly called Zhao Chunming. The two of them walked closer and looked at the footprints carefully. They looked very fresh. They shouldn't be. For more than a day, there were also footprints of other animals mixed in, which made Zhang Peng more vigilant.

"Second brother, you're lucky. Just a short while ago, we found this footprint. This time we show our faces."

Zhao Chunming hurriedly squatted on the ground excitedly and carefully looked at the footprints on the ground, then raised his head and said to Zhang Peng with a smile.

"Well, the luck is pretty good, but I don't know if it's good luck or something else. If you look carefully at the footprints on the ground, you can't find anything else?"

Zhang Peng looked at Zhao Chunming and shook his head. Zhao Chunming was good at everything but too sloppy. He had to be more cautious when encountering problems on the mountain, otherwise he would suffer big losses later.

Hearing this, Zhao Chunming lowered his head to look at the footprints on the ground carefully, then raised his head and said coquettishly: "Second brother, I was careless. There seemed to be wolf footprints inside, and there seemed to be quite a lot of them. These footprints were all mixed in." Together, I didn’t notice it for a moment.” “So Chunming, you have to pay attention. It’s winter now, and the meat eaters on the mountain are all hungry. Will they let go of this group of wild boars? I feel like they are also following them, because Some of the wolf's footprints are obviously on top of the wild boar's footprints. Now it seems that the most likely prey is the wolf, because they have a large family of wolves that need to eat, and there are also cubs that need to be fed. Of course, other people are not excluded. The guys are also following us, so we have to be more careful and don’t get picked up in the back.”

Zhang Peng told Zhao Chunming all the possible situations he analyzed in a sincere and thoughtful manner, so that he could quickly understand the current situation, which would also help him in his subsequent hunting.

"Well, I understand, second brother," Zhao Chunming replied seriously. He understood that this was Zhang Peng teaching him how to analyze this situation, and he felt that he benefited a lot after listening to it.

However, the question before the two of them is whether to continue tracking. If they continue to track, they may encounter wolves, which is fatal. The wild wolves at this stage do not care whether you are a human or a wild boar. In their eyes, There is only one noun in it, which can be collectively referred to as food. These two people belong to the buffet delivered to their door.

But if you don't track it, you will be a little unwilling. It's not easy to encounter it. If you want to find such a large herd of pigs again, it will be really difficult. The other teams don't know if they have found any traces of the prey. If they haven't found any traces, If not, then the day will be wasted.

Zhang Peng stopped and thought for a while, gritted his teeth and stamped his feet. If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't catch the tiger's cubs. Look for them carefully first, and then look at the situation. If there is danger, get back immediately. If you can catch a leak, that would be the best. Moreover, Zhang Peng analyzed that this group of wild boars is not easy to knock down. Even if the wild wolves hunt around them, they will prey on the old, weak, sick and disabled. As long as other adult wild boars do not leave the group, the wild wolves will not dare to try easily. Wild boars can also eat meat, which is also the animal's instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.

Then Zhang Peng told Zhao Chunming his thoughts. Of course, Zhao Chunming trusted Zhang Peng unconditionally. As long as it was something Zhang Peng said, he would never compromise on its implementation. This is also the most basic foundation for the two people to get along. Believe in the other party unconditionally.

Zhang Peng and Zhao Chunming slowly searched forward along the wild boar's footprints. After walking for more than an hour, they finally found the wild boar's footprints going downwards. Zhang Peng judged that they had reached a familiar place. It might be the place where they forage. After walking down for a while, they found that the wolf's footprints suddenly separated. It seemed that they were divided into two teams, one on the left and one on the right. Zhang Peng knew that this should be the wild boar. Not far away.

The two of them did not continue to move forward, nor did they dare to move forward. If they continued to move forward, they would easily walk into the circle of wild wolves, and they would most likely be made dumplings. After Zhang Peng and Zhao Chunming discussed it, they walked along the road. One of the wild wolf's footprints was closer to the top. I touched it carefully, so that I could escape from the encirclement and observe the situation from a high position. It was a double benefit.

After walking for about ten minutes, I vaguely saw a few black spots in front of me. When I got closer, I found about four green and black wolves lying there, all looking down. Zhang Peng The two of them followed the wild wolf's gaze and saw, "Hey guys, there are about twenty or thirty adult wild boars gathering below, constantly digging their mouths into the ground, rummaging for food to satisfy their hunger."

Zhang Peng made a gesture to Zhao Chunming, and then slowly stepped back. After they had retreated a certain distance, the two of them squatted down and quietly discussed what to do next.

If the two of them fight head-on, there is no chance of winning. They will be destroyed in a matter of minutes, alarming the pigs and disappearing without a trace. So now there is only one way, to ask for reinforcements, before the wild wolves have launched an attack. At that time, the hunting team must arrive, and then a mantis will catch the cicada and the oriole will follow. If everything goes well, the harvest will probably not be small.

(End of this chapter)