Back to 1984: Hunting in the Mountains

Chapter 65 How could there be a wild boar? !
The next morning, when it was still light, Yu Qiutang got up, finished his boxing practice, and then dressed neatly and went out.

In addition to wearing long sleeves and long pants today, he also wore a pair of yellow rubber shoes that his father had given him, and wrapped the shoe openings tightly with leather.

When I went to the oak forest yesterday, I only thought about my body and didn't pay attention to my feet. As a result, when I washed my feet in the evening, I found that there were many small cuts on my feet caused by thorns. When they touched the water, I grimaced in pain.

Today we are truly armed from teeth to heels.

According to the previous route, he first went to Wang Haofeng's house to call him, and then the two of them went to find Yu Qiujiang together.

When we arrived at Wang Haofeng's house, we found that although he had gotten up, he was wearing a tattered vest and flowery shorts, which did not meet the requirements for entering the mountains at all.

I had no choice but to ask him to change his clothes quickly. Wang Haofeng had a pair of rain boots made of pigskin, which could be used. Pigskin is thick and very tough, and it is impossible for ordinary thorns to pierce through it.

It’s high-top and can protect against snake bites.

If you go into the mountains early in the morning, you are likely to encounter the Qinling pit viper. If you are bitten by this guy, it will be quite difficult to deal with.

After dressing up, he saw Wang Haofeng about to go out with a big axe for chopping wood, and had no choice but to tell him that the axe looked very powerful, but in fact, it was difficult to break the defense when encountering a real beast.

Animal skin is thicker and much more resilient than most people imagine, and animals’ resistance to pain is many times greater than that of humans. The stronger the animal, the more outstanding this aspect is.

Therefore, not to mention small wild animals, hunters basically have to rely on guns to hunt large beasts or herbivores. Ordinary people cannot penetrate the defense with cold weapons at all.

Even a strong man has to choose the right position. For example, the weakest part of wild boars is the anus, and they are not good at protecting the anus. If there is no gun, the anus must be the key point to break the defense.

If you aimlessly chop your body with an axe, I'm sorry, even if the wild boar is injured, it can fully withstand it. It can come directly with the axe and knock your intestines out in a flash.

But when Yu Qiutang told Wang Haofeng about this, Wang Haofeng disagreed. He had a special liking for his axe and thought that he could chop off the head of not only a wild boar, but even a antelope.

Yu Qiutang failed to persuade him and had to let him do as he pleased.

As for Yu Qiutang's own equipment, he had commissioned Yu Qiujiang to make it when he left a few days ago. It was a powerful steel fork.

When the two arrived at Yu Qiujiang's blacksmith shop, Yu Qiujiang was already sitting at the door waiting.

He was well prepared. Not only had he tied his trouser legs, he also put on an iron arm guard covered with spikes on his right arm.

This thing is called "Hanabishi" and was originally prepared for hunters or woodcutters to prevent wolf attacks when entering the mountains. As long as a wolf pounces on them, they can just use their arms to block it. The wolf will suffer if it is not careful, and the wolf's mouth will be pierced, so it will naturally give up the attack.

But this thing has its pros and cons.

It's heavy.

They are divided into large, medium and small sizes. Even the lightest one weighs five or six kilograms. People with weak strength will not be able to use their arms freely when wearing this thing.

Not to mention defensive counterattacks.

Only someone as strong as Yu Qiujiang is most suitable to use it. There is a "weapon" leaning against the wall next to him, which is prepared for Yu Qiutang.

This "weapon" that Yu Qiutang specially asked Yu Qiujiang to make for him is a bit like an ancient halberd. The steel spike tip is one foot long and the shaft is four feet long. The entire gun body is made in one go and looks like a whole.

"Brother Jiang." Wang Haofeng and Yu Qiujiang knew each other, but their relationship was average.

"Yeah." Yu Qiujiang responded, without saying anything more to Wang Haofeng. He pointed at the steel fork and said to Yu Qiutang: "Try it."

Yu Qiutang liked it after just one look. He took it and weighed it, then made a few thrusts. It felt heavy in his hand and had a very textured feel. It was as if if a tiger appeared before him, he could rush forward and poke the big cat with a bullet.

"It works great, Brother Jiang is really capable." "I've never used this thing before, so I'll give it a try. Use it first, and then fix it if it doesn't work for you."

"it is good."

With all the weapons and equipment, the three of them set out into the mountains, stepping on the dew and bathing in the morning mist. Along the way, Yu Qiutang patiently told the two brothers the basic knowledge of the mountains.

Relatively speaking, small omnivores or herbivores are active at night and dormant during the day, while large beasts often patrol their territories and hunt during the day.

The purpose is to survive better.

During the transition period between early morning and dusk, the atmosphere in the mountains is often the most dangerous. Small animals fail to return to their caves in time, and the industrious large beasts begin a new day of hunting.

The three of them walked up along the foot of the mountain. The sun slowly rose. When they passed through the birch forest, Yu Qiutang suddenly saw a group of blue-gray wild pigeons flying out of the oak forest in front of them. There were at least dozens of them.

"Something's happening." His heartbeat quickened slightly.

Wild pigeons stay on the lower and middle branches of oak trees, or even land on the oak forest floor, eating cracked acorns and fruits of associated plants.

They flew in groups, not in the same direction, but spread out before adjusting their formation in the air. This showed that they were very frightened when they took off, and must have been frightened by something.

This thing may be a natural enemy of wild pigeons, not necessarily a large beast. Animals in the mountains and forests have their own living space, but not all spaces exist independently.

The forest is so small that a large cat, such as the Qinling leopard, can have a territory of dozens of kilometers. If the territories cannot be integrated, there will be only a few leopards in the entire Qinling Mountains.

The so-called territorial division only means that people at the same level of the food chain, or even people with very similar or exactly the same food composition, are not allowed to interfere with each other.

For example, in the territory of leopards, wolves and jackals are definitely not allowed to enter. They are in the same position of the ecological chain. If they allow the other party to enter their territory, it will affect their food source.

Wild animals have only two purposes in their lives.

To live and reproduce.

To live, they need to eat. If anyone interferes with their eating, they will fight to the death. On the other hand, if there is no competition for food, there will be much more peace.

"Tangtang, what's wrong?"

Wang Haofeng clenched his axe with both hands and looked around vigilantly, while Yu Qiujiang subconsciously took a few steps forward, ready to stand in front of the two men.

"There must be something in the oak forest ahead. These flocks of wild pigeons were startled. They must have encountered their natural enemies. Since they didn't fly up with us, it's probably not an eagle or an owl. It's probably some kind of cat or weasel..."

He thought for a moment, "And there are quite a few of them."

As he said this, he thought of the jackals he met yesterday and couldn't help but wonder, could it be those guys again?
Jackals do not normally eat wild pigeons, but if they have not caught prey for a long time, they don't mind filling their teeth.

Although they are not as agile as cats, they can jump three or four meters high in an instant and catch a few pigeons with just their hands.

“Ah~Puff!”

Just as I was thinking about it, I suddenly heard a sharp and shrill roar coming from the oak forest.

"How can it be!!"

Yu Qiutang subconsciously tightened his grip on the fork. "Why would a wild boar come down from the oak forest at this time?"

(End of this chapter)