Back to 1984: Hunting in the Mountains

Chapter 102: The Eagle Owl Flees

The older hunter also saw the eagle owl at this time. He was stunned for a few seconds, then suddenly grabbed the shotgun on the ground and shot the eagle owl.

However, shooting birds, which are moving targets, is quite difficult.

Generally, they approach quietly while the bird is not paying attention, and then wait until it is fully focused, making it extremely difficult to hit it.

Birds are not stupid, so how could they be so stupid as to let you hit them to death?

The moment the old hunter raised his gun, Yu Qiutang also took the five or six and a half in his hand.

At the same time, Wang Haofeng and Yu Qiujiang also aimed their crossbows at the two men.

It was the old hunter who broke the rules first.

In these mountains, when two groups of hunters meet, they need to be on guard against each other.

Do not point the gun directly at others unless it is absolutely necessary.

This is extremely challenging behavior.

Although Yu Qiutang soon saw from the trajectory of the gun that the old hunter's target was the eagle owl in the tree, he still did not put down the gun.

This thing right before my eyes is full of weirdness.

They were on the edge of a cliff, so who knew if the father and son were hunters or doing something else on the side.

After all, he still had more than a pound of Coriolus versicolor on him.

Hunters who often go hiking may be familiar with this thing and know its approximate price.

If it were stolen, it could be sold for at least three or four hundred yuan.

Nowadays, most people earn less than three or four hundred yuan a year, but they are willing to kill or burn anything just for that money.

There are many cases of black-eating-black in the mountains, or loggers robbing woodcutters and hunters of their property. In his previous life, Yu Qiutang often helped his comrades from the police station to lead the way and carry people down the cliff.

Defenses can not do without.

But he didn't expect that the eagle owl that had just dodged the hunter's gunshot would fly down and hide behind them the next moment, just using the bodies of the three people to block it.

There was no need to explain the bird's behavior. The two people opposite immediately came to the conclusion: this bird belonged to Yu Qiutang.

So, they stopped looking at the eagle owl and stared at the three people with cold eyes, and finally all their eyes fell on Yu Qiutang's face in front of them.

The young hunter took a few steps forward and pointed his gun at Yu Qiutang, "Brother, what do you mean? We have a grudge. Your bird hurt my dog. How do you explain it?"

Yu Qiutang looked at the muzzle of the gun quietly, and said coldly to the young hunter, "No matter what I am going to say next, you have to put down the gun first. This is not polite to ask questions."

"Put down the gun, what do you want to do!?"

Wang Haofeng was not paying attention when he saw the young hunter pointing his gun at Yu Qiutang. He immediately got angry and pointed his crossbow at the young hunter's head without thinking: "Be careful or I'll shoot your damn head off."

Yu Qiujiang said little, standing on the other side of Yu Qiutang, with his crossbow aimed at the old hunter.

Although he didn't say anything, his eyes contained a sinister coldness that made people shudder.

He is just nice to Yu Qiutang, but that doesn't mean he is a passionate person.

Especially when something like this happens.

The violence that had been suppressed for so long erupted once again.

"Why, are you trying to scare me? Look, I am someone you can scare. If you can explain why today, we will give up. Otherwise, we will fight to the death!"

"Stupid!"

Seeing this idiot, Yu Qiutang had no mood to say anything else. He suddenly dodged to the left, raised his foot and kicked the back of the young man's hand holding the gun, then swung and kicked him in the neck.

The young hunter only uttered a muffled groan before he saw Yu Qiutang's five or six and a half blades hitting his forehead.

"Can you talk properly now?"

This process happened so fast that not only the young hunters were unable to react, but even the old hunters, Wang Haofeng, and Yu Qiujiang were unable to keep up.

It seemed like in the blink of an eye, the gun was pointed at the young man's forehead.

Wang Haofeng was shocked and quickly aimed the crossbow at the old hunter.

The younger ones have lost their fighting ability, and the only ones they need to be on guard against are the older hunters.

"If you have the guts, beat me to death. If you don't, you are not..."

"Snapped!"

Yu Qiutang shot her directly with the tip of his gun.

"I don't think your request is excessive. If I can satisfy you, why do you still want to fight?"

"Come on, again..."

"Snapped!"

Once again, this time the blow was even harder than before, and it was visible to the naked eye that the young hunter's dark red face became even redder.

"stop fighting."

The old hunter at the side finally spoke. He looked at the three young men in front of him, finally sighed, and threw the gun in front of Wang Haofeng, "If you have anything to say, talk slowly, don't hit anyone."

Yu Qiutang took a look and then kicked the young man's shotgun to Yu Qiujiang, then stepped back in front of the two men.

He glanced at the eagle owl behind him, thinking, this damn owl is so damn annoying.

He never dreamed that he would be framed by a bird.

I'm also thinking about protecting endangered wild species.

Protect the ball.

Other eagle owls can be protected, but this dog eagle owl must be killed. Twist off its bird's head and eat it with wine.

however.

When he turned around, his mood exploded even more.

Just when he tried to subdue the young man, that damn eagle owl actually ran away.

Gone long ago.

Ok.

This is even more difficult to explain.

Yu Qiutang was so angry that he almost laughed.

Noticing his look, the other four also noticed that the eagle owl had disappeared. Wang Haofeng and Yu Qiujiang looked helpless, while the young hunter, whose expression had just stabilized, shouted again: "Okay, okay, this is how you do it, you are so cruel!"

Yu Qiutang felt it necessary to explain.

He was not afraid of the two men, but he also did not want to take the blame for Eagle Owl. The young men were hot-tempered and did not see the facts clearly, so they directly provoked and blamed him. He also beat the other party a few times, and that was enough.

There is absolutely no need to continue to deepen the hatred.

"Um... Listen to me, both of you. Have you misunderstood the relationship between us and that eagle owl..."

"You said that was an eagle owl?!" the old hunter was suddenly stunned.

"Yes, that's an eagle owl. Aren't you hunters? How can you not recognize an eagle owl?"

The old hunter said nothing, lost in thought.

"So what? How do you prove that it wasn't trained by you?"

"You are mentally ill. Not to mention that eagle owls are cunning and fickle birds of prey. They are basically not loyal, so they are difficult to tame. Even if I could tame it, why would I let an eagle owl attack you... Oh, where's your dog?"

"Then... who knows."

"It seems that you are not stupid, but ignorant." Yu Qiutang was too lazy to pay attention to the young man and looked at the old hunter. "Uncle, you should have heard that the eagle owl is a very vengeful bird. I want to ask you, from what you said just now, it seems that you have seen it once before, what's the reason?"

"Well..."

The old hunter looked at his son, hesitated, shook his head and said, "I think I saw it, but nothing happened, and we didn't offend it!"

Yu Qiutang frowned.

Seeing the young hunter's eyes flickering when he heard his father say this, he knew that the other party was hiding something.

He was about to ask, but then he thought, why should he care about these things? It had nothing to do with him.

He just needed to tell these two people not to suspect him.

“Whatever your past with the eagle owl is, it has nothing to do with us. I can tell you clearly that we were just hunting in the mountains and only met this eagle owl once.

Like you, I am speechless.

Okay, now I've made it clear, but I'm still curious. The eagle owl is powerful, but it can only scare off weasels and foxes at best. I can't imagine it being able to hunt a full-grown hound. "

"Ugh."

The old hunter sighed helplessly, "If you want to talk about this matter, it's all our fault, our Lao Hei... oh, the dog that was injured, he's an old dog, he's already fifteen years old this year.

Two years ago, when he was chasing a wild boar, one of his legs was bitten off by a wild boar, so he had three legs and should not have continued to climb the mountain. "

"Dad, why are you saying this?"

"What are you talking about!" The old hunter suddenly got angry, and with red eyes he yelled at his son, "It's all your fault. It's just a beast and doesn't understand. You don't understand either. I told you not to take it, but you insisted on taking it.

If you hadn't brought it here, it...it would have at least had a good ending. Have you forgotten that Lao Hei saved Dad's life?"

When the young man saw that his father was angry, his lips moved but he didn't say anything else.

Yu Qiutang felt a little better when he saw the old hunter talking like this, thinking that he seemed like an honest person.

He thought for a moment and asked, "Uncle, you should know that eagle owls will not make enemies with humans for no reason, nor will they risk their lives to attack hunting dogs."

He hesitated, but still tried to ask, "Are you sure you haven't offended him?"

Seeing the old man's wandering eyes, he was too lazy to care and was about to turn around and leave, but after taking a few steps, he softened his heart.

“Uncle, it doesn’t matter if you don’t tell us, but you have to know that, according to my estimation, this eagle owl will continue to harass you. If that doesn’t work, you should just get down the mountain.

Although it is not as fierce as a golden eagle, it is still very dangerous, so you should be careful."

After saying that, he picked up the hunting rifle on the ground and handed it back to the old hunter. "Also, don't point your gun at people easily in the future. Not everyone can be as easy to talk to as me. If you meet a fierce one, you will probably rot on this mountaintop today."

After saying this, he looked at the young men meaningfully and told Wang Haofeng and Yu Qiujiang to leave.

When Wang Haofeng passed by the young man, he glared down at him viciously and said, "Be careful next time."

Then they passed each other.

The three of them left the top of the mountain and walked into the chestnut forest. Yu Qiutang turned around to look at the people on the cliff and shook his head helplessly.

"What's wrong, Tangtang?"

Wang Haofeng asked in confusion.

"I sighed that this is fate. I have already told them very clearly that eagle owls will not attack people easily unless they have offended the person severely.

I was just wondering how they could have offended the eagle owl, and after much thought, there was only one possibility that was the most likely, which was that they stole the eagle owl's chicks."

"what?!"

Wang Haofeng exclaimed in surprise.

"What are you doing stealing eagle owl chicks? How do you know?"

"Of course it's just a guess," Yu Qiutang smiled, "I'm not particularly sure, but I think that this season is the season for eagle owls to feed their young. As a female bird, why would it chase hunters and kill other people's hunting dogs instead of staying in the nest to feed its young?
It was very likely that their cub was stolen by these two people, so it had no choice but to chase them...

Oh, of course, this is just my guess and it's a bit far-fetched, but other than that, I can't think of any other reason.

For birds like eagle owls, the relationship between male and female is relatively indifferent. Apart from the more interactions during the breeding period, they just play by themselves at other times, so they will not do this for their mates.

If it is attacked, it will choose to dodge. With its wisdom, it knows that it is no match for hunters and hunting dogs..."

As Yu Qiutang reached this point, he felt more and more that his guess was very likely.

Finally, the conclusion was given: "I didn't see the two people with the baby birds, but the eagle owl was still chasing them. It is possible that the baby birds have been taken away by someone, and they still have the smell of the baby birds.

There will be troubles later. If they listen to my advice and quickly go down the mountain to avoid this wave of attention, it may be okay. If they continue to stay, who knows what will happen. "

"So that's how it is. If you guessed right, then they deserved it."

Wang Haofeng said indignantly.

"It's hard to say," Yu Qiutang sighed as he looked at the mountain path in the shade of the trees. "Hunters come to the mountains to seek profit, so they are bound to have conflicts with these things. The cubs of eagle owls are cubs, so are the cubs of wild boars not cubs?"

“Well…” Wang Haofeng was slightly stunned.

"It's all the same, it just depends on your stance and identity," Yu Qiutang patted him on the shoulder, "We try not to kill cubs and not to harm lactating animals. Even if we do that, if we think too much about it, we're not suitable for this business."

Then he added: "But even so, we have to pay attention to the temperament of different wild animals. For example, the eagle owl is a vindictive creature, so we should try not to provoke it if possible."

"Okay, I'll do as you say. I'll remember that."

For the next two hours, they first walked to a place, but did not see any Coriolus versicolor after going down. Then, with hope, they came to the last place he knew.

When he arrived nearby, he was a little confused at first. He remembered that there was a mountain path leading up here, but when he got closer, he found that the mountain path might be the new terrain created by the landslide behind.

At this moment, this side is a whole hillside, and the mulberry trees are not growing halfway on the cliff, but on the top of the slope.

There is no need to climb to the top and then fall down halfway, you only need to climb to the middle of the slope.

Moreover, this mulberry forest was two or three times larger than when he discovered it later. Perhaps many mulberry trees were buried along with the mountain during the landslide.

"It's such a large mulberry forest, I hope to get some more, not much, even just one or two kilograms will be fine."

Ever since Wang Haofeng learned yesterday that Coriolus polypore could be sold for so much money, he has been very active in the first few places today. If Yu Qiutang hadn't stopped him, he would have wanted to go down the cliff to pick the fruits on behalf of Yu Qiutang.

Yu Qiutang took into consideration that the man had no experience and it was too dangerous to operate in mid-air, so he refused to agree.

"You're so bold to think that you can get one or two kilograms of it. If this thing is so easy to find, how can it be sold at such a high price?"

Yu Qiutang was chatting casually while looking at the mulberry forest. It was now late autumn and the mulberry trees were full of mulberries. With the naked eye, one could see many birds and small mustelids. Rats were happily eating mulberries on the mulberry trees. When they saw Yu Qiutang and the other two coming up, the timid ones immediately climbed towards the treetops.

The brave ones stood on the branches and stared at the three people vigilantly.

(End of this chapter)