American Ranch

Chapter 23 Fox Hunting 【Please recommend, collect】

Soybeans are grown in the innermost valley.

Chen Mo had nothing to do, walked to the creek in boredom...

Voles are usually active at night and are rarely seen during the day.Rabbits, as long as they are not full, they can see them during the day and night...

Not long after Chen Mo walked, he saw a gray-haired rabbit. It was fat and big, and it must have brought disaster to many dealers.

Later, he was going to go into the mountains to catch the fox. Chen Mo was worried that the sound of the gun would scare the fox, so he didn't shoot, and let it die for the time being.

The water in the mountain stream is very clear, almost transparent under the sun.

The water looks very 'saturated', and it is of water quality that can be boiled and drunk directly.In the upstream creek, the river bed is covered with stones, no aquatic plants can be seen, and occasionally a few small fish can be seen...

Chen Mo took the water and washed his face, walked along the river bed, picked some beautiful small stones and prepared to take them home to grow bonsai.

It is also relatively easy for Chen Mo to grow bonsai. The space flow rate is 10 to 1. After a month or two outside, he can grow a very good bonsai in the space.

The stones are pink, dark green, blue and so on.

These stones are relatively common, clean and smooth, so round that they don't need to be panned.But it is not a gem, so it has no value, it is just beautiful.

I picked out a nice little stone and took it to the side of the road with my clothes. I looked at the chickens in the chicken coop and walked around boringly.It was almost nine o'clock when Athol came back, followed by a pickup truck...

The owner is an old man, wearing outdoor mountain boots, wearing a cowboy hat, holding a modified semi-automatic rifle (shotgun).

"This is Roosevelt, the most powerful hunter in our town."

"Hello, Mr. Roosevelt."

The old man replied with a smile: "You can call me Old Buck. Mr. Roosevelt's name is very weird."

Buck Roosevelt.

Roosevelt is the last name and John is the first name.Perhaps because Roosevelt's surname is so famous, many people in the town directly call him Roosevelt, and if they have a good relationship, they call him 'Mr. President'.

"Okay, old Buck. You can also call me by my name directly, Chen Mo...it's a bit tricky."

"Chen Mo... is really a mouthful." Old Buck opened the car door and put down two black hounds: "They are my old buddies, Jesse and Jamie. Jesse is 6 years old and Jamie is 8 years old, but they are still very young. Excellent hounds." The owner praised in front of others, and the two dogs raised their heads and barked twice, looking very miraculous.

6 and 8 years old are old for a dog.

Looking at them, Chen Mo thought of Dasha and Ala in his own family.Sure enough, there is no harm without comparison...

"You can gently stroke their heads. We need to get to know each other before we can go hunting together..." Old Buck asked the two dogs to meet Chen Mo, mainly to get familiar with his smell.This is group hunting, and the first thing you need to do is to bring the hounds out.

The two hounds looked rather bluffing, Chen Mo approached them cautiously, and touched them...

Waiting for the dog to accept Chen Mo, the old Buck let go of the dog leash, and took out the fox fur he found in the morning to give the two hounds a sniff.

"By the way, if you find that fox, I will own the fox and it will be my reward for Jesse and me." Old Buck is not a professional hunter, but recently lost his job...

Looking at the fox fur just now, it should be a red fox (Firefox). If the body length is more than 1 meter and the fur color is good, a complete red fox fur can be sold for tens of dollars.But usually more than ten or twenty dollars a piece... But if the shape is good, it can be sold to a taxidermy store, usually starting at fifty dollars, and can even be sold for hundreds of dollars.

For example, Athol's daily salary is about 77 US dollars.

Half monthly salary, one day off in two weeks.It's not bad to earn dozens of dollars when you come out to hunt.

"no problem."

Only then did Old Buck let go of the hounds, and the two dogs rushed into the forest smelling the scent, and there were a few barks from time to time.Chen Mo and the others just need to follow the sound of the dog barking to find it...

"My two hounds are very powerful. As long as the fox is still in the pasture, I will definitely find it." Old Buck boasted a few words and said.

"I hope." Chen Mo shrugged: "There are still wild boars living in my ranch. If the fox is found successfully, you can help me clean up the wild boars in the ranch. No matter how big or small a wild boar is, how about $15?"

"15 dollars..." Old Buck said, "Are there a lot of wild boars in the ranch?"

"You are going to deprive me of the fun of hunting." Athor smiled wryly, "At least 35 have been confirmed. There are 5 big wild boars, and then the small wild boars following the big wild boars..."

"Deal." Old Buck laughed.At least 35 wild boars. For experienced hunters with hounds, hunting wild boars is relatively easy: "I can't do this by myself. I need Athor to help me."

"No problem?" Chen Mo looked at Ashor.

Athor spread his hands indifferently: "My time is from 9 am to 5 pm, and I can only go hunting in the mountains during this time."

"OK."

Before, Chen Mo and Athor discussed finding a professional hunter to hunt wild boars on the ranch, but the other party's offer was too high, so the negotiation failed.

Wild boars can breed when they are six months old. The average litter size is 6, and they can lay 1 to 2 litters a year.Wild boars are also very smart animals. During this period of time, Asol often worked with a gun. The wild boars became much more vigilant, and would run away as soon as they saw people approaching from a distance.

Let them multiply in the mountains and forests, the wild boars will be flooded, and the ginseng in the mountains and forests will also have to suffer.

Following the barking of the hunting dog, Chen Mo and the others found a cave with a diameter of about half a meter near the outlet of Snow Mountain Lake.

The location of the cave is hidden, if there is no hunting dog, unless it happens to pass by here, otherwise it will definitely not be found.

It is a newly dug cave, and two hounds are guarding the entrance of the cave...

Chicken feathers were also found at the entrance of the cave.

Also brought a hoe and dug directly.This is a new cave, not too deep, and the fox was dug in a few minutes...

Old Buck shot down...

It is a red fox, scientific name red fox, fire fox.

It's not big, and it doesn't look too good-looking, so it can't be made into a specimen...

After hitting the fox, they checked the cave again. They left the small valley and made an appointment with Old Buck to hunt wild boars in three days. Chen Mo and Asol went to the warehouse to get some barbed wire, and took a pickup truck along the edge of the pasture to find holes in the barbed wire. .

The barbed wire circles are mainly in the mountains to prevent animals such as wild boars and foxes.Large ranch area mostly fenced with wood...

Hunt wild boars, foxes.even wolves...

There are coyotes on the ranch, not as many as wild boars, but I heard there are quite a few.But Chen Mo hasn't met him yet... In the few months of living in Montana, Chen Mo has enriched his knowledge and gained a clearer understanding of Montana.

(End of this chapter)