My 1995 Small Farm

   Chapter 156 Earth Leopard

   "Good guy, there are a lot of birds in this pond."

   "Fugui quickly call the dog to come, don't make a sound, let's hit a few dogs, we will have lunch today."

   Indeed, in this wetland, in addition to white cranes and swans, there are also wild ducks and water birds such as Qingzhuang. You can see a lot across the reeds, and there are more that you can't see inside.

   "No, this puddle is too big, even if we hit it and fall into the water, it's not easy to get past..."

   "The puddles in the mountains can't enter randomly. If they sink in somewhere, they won't come out."

   "Damn, if you said that, the wild boar also slipped away?"

This wetland is quite big. Although Heiwa and Xiaojin have not stopped their show, the direction of the wild boar is obviously to cross the wetland and go to the opposite mountain. They like this kind of place and can easily pass through, but people There is no way.

  In the current situation, there is no need to build a bamboo raft. If you have time, the wild boars don’t know where to go.

  Everyone was disappointed.

   At this moment, Chen Ling's heart suddenly tightened.

  The two dogs beside him also raised their ears instantly, their eyes were piercing in one direction, and their teeth were slowly bared.

Almost in the blink of an eye, a golden-yellow figure appeared silently among the reeds by the water, and flew towards the flock of water birds. Birds chirped, the reeds swayed violently, and the white reeds scattered all over the sky.

   Countless birds were flying and jumping in the reeds, and white cranes, swans, wild ducks, and all kinds of unnamed birds fled.

   Everyone was shocked, and hurriedly took their guns on guard.

The    group of dogs also barked wildly and rushed over.

   But it's too late...

  The beast was as fast as lightning, grabbing a white crane that was still flapping wildly, and one jumped onto the tree. When the branches and leaves swayed, the figure had disappeared into the dense forest and disappeared.

   "Wow! Wow! Wow!"

   The group of dogs barked wildly, Heiwa and Xiaojin were even more furious, staring at the tall trees on the opposite mountain, humming anxiously.

   They seemed to still be able to see the beast.

   But because of the wide wetlands, there was no way to catch up in time.

   "Xian, Brother Xian, what is that? Where did it come from?"

  The young boys didn't notice any movement, and suddenly such a guy jumped out, which was really frightening.

"do not know."

  Wang Lixian frowned and looked around, but he couldn't see clearly.

   turned his head and asked Chen Ling: "Fugui, how are you? Did you see it?"

  Chen Ling just said that he saw a shadow in a trance, not much bigger than a local dog, with golden-yellow fur, similar to the color of withered reeds, and it seemed to be similar to a leopard, but there were no leopard-like markings on his body.

   He also thought it was strange.

   This time I came into the mountains, I heard a lot of things but I haven’t seen them before, so I was very confused at first glance.

   "Listen to what you said, it should be a leopard..."

  Wang Lixian pondered for a moment, then nodded again: "It's smaller than a leopard, and it looks like a leopard. Eight or nine are inseparable from ten."

   "I didn't expect that there are leopards in Kinmen Village, and we can also meet them here. It seems that there have been fewer hunters these years, and there are more of these things."

   "Soil leopard?"

   "Isn't that the old tiger that the older generation said!"

   Everyone looked at each other in dismay, and the young ones were a little scared.

  Compared to picking up dogs, they grew up listening to the stories of leopards, and they know how powerful this stuff is.

   Earth leopard, old tiger, grass leopard…

   Anyway, there are many names for this thing, and they are all used to scare little dolls. Except for the hunters who often enter the mountains, few people have actually seen it.

   "It's that thing, everyone, be careful. After dark today, don't go far when you pee and pee."

   Chen Dazhi's face also became serious.

   "The leopards are hard to guard against. Why did the people from Kinmen Village run into the mountains here, because they were afraid that the dogs they brought at night would be useless and let the leopards touch them."

   "Don't think it's to scare you, let this thing get close to you, it's a death, there's no time to fire a gun..."

   Everyone didn't dare to be careless when they heard this, and they all responded in a row.

   In fact, leopards are not leopards. They are two sizes smaller than leopards, but they can dig holes and build nests in trees. They come and go without a trace, and they walk without a sound.

  If it is staring at it, it can follow you all the way. When attacking people, it stealthily touches the side, and you can't see where it came from. It's worse than a jackal.

  Chen Ling heard his father Chen Juncai talk several times before, saying that in the mountains farther away, the mountain people called the leopard "Shan Biao", and the tiger gave birth to three sons, and there must be a Biao Biao.

   Although there are a lot of false rumors, it is enough to see how powerful this thing is.

   "Alas, I can't afford to provoke me in the mountains, people are scared everywhere, and I feel uneasy wherever I go..."

"Hahaha, what are you afraid of? Wild things are actually not that scary. If you are afraid of them, they are also afraid of you. As the old saying goes, you are afraid of two wolves. Don't go far, don't be alone."

   "Wild creatures also know that there are too many people and they are not easy to provoke, so they choose the soft persimmons who are single."

  Chen Dazhi was talking to everyone.

  Chen Ling and Wang Lixian continued to look for traces of prey around.

   But the gain is small.

   Heiwa and Xiaojin still had their show, and they still felt the smell of wild boars, but judging from their reactions, the wild boars were still on the opposite mountain, it was difficult in the past, and there were leopards, so everyone didn’t want to go.

   Wang Lixian said: "Then go southeast, go down to Eagle Claw Ridge, and then go around this big pond."

  People have no opinion on this.

   Slowly walked down the Eagle Claw Ridge, and when it was almost noon, it was almost the same location as yesterday morning.

   But it is not far from that stream.

  The group of dogs is not weight-bearing and appears to have better endurance than humans. Jumping around all the way, sniffing around, following Heiwa and Xiaojin either frightened the mountain birds on the trees, or frightened away the snakes hidden in the forest.

   Very quickly, Xiao Jin accelerated and ran under a stout oak tree.

   There are a few clumps of dung of wild animals. There are many cracks on the dung, some of which look like black coal balls.

  Wang Lixian walked over, bent down and picked up a piece, crushed it lightly, and crushed it on his hands.

Then he handed it to Chen Ling: "This feces is very stinky, it is left by wild animals that eat meat, but there are still grass seeds and husks in it, no bone residue, and no hair on wild animals. Vegetarians also eat meat.”

   "Look at this dung ball again, it's not a dung sliver, this is obvious wild boar dung."

  Chen Ling looked at it carefully, smelled it again, and remembered the smell.

   He understood that Wang Lixian was teaching him.

   I secretly remembered that the feces of wild meat-eating animals are smellier, but there are plant residues in the feces, which proves that they are omnivorous wild animals that do not eat meat and vegetarian food, and then according to the shape of the feces, we can identify the types of wild animals.

Chen Dazhi also stepped forward and picked it up: "It's still a little wet and soft to the touch, but there are no footprints on this side, it should be a long time. Let's eat first, we didn't eat in the morning, and now we've been walking for a long time. My stomach is growling with hunger..."

  The feces just left are wet and soft, but there will definitely be footprints of wild boars around, and I can't see them now, that is, it has been a long time. The feces become soft again after it rains.

   "Let's eat first, there's nothing to be discouraged. It rained in the mountains yesterday. This is the best time. Follow the fresh footprints, and wild animals will catch you as soon as possible."

  Wang Lixian raised his head and looked around.

   After going down the mountain, it was yesterday’s stream, but at noon, wild animals drink more water. If they go there rashly, wild animals will be disturbed, and they will not come to drink water in a short time, and it is difficult to identify the trail of the startled prey.

   So after discussing with everyone, I just found a place in the woods to deal with it and have a meal first, just to fill my stomach.

   You guys have no opinion.

   After a simple lunch, we packed up our prey.

   Now there are five grass deer, one deer, one sika deer, one fragrant deer, and more than ten pheasants, hares, and three wild ducks. It looks like a lot, but it’s still not enough.

  Who brought the most people from their seven teams?

  No way, no one rests after eating.

   So he continued to follow Wang Lixian towards the direction of the stream.

   When we got to the stream, there were quite a lot of traces of prey after the rain, and the fresh hoof prints were very obvious.

The small ones had rows of small paw prints resembling a mouse, the big ones were the size of eggs, and the largest even had hoof prints the size of a fist. Wang Lixian stepped forward and looked at them, letting the dog sniff the smell, and found the surrounding mountains. In either direction, it is not clear whether it is far or near.

  Chen Ling suggested: "If you can't go up the mountain, let's get off the clip. There are not many wild animals here to drink water."

   "Well, that's a good idea too."

   Wang Lixian nodded and asked everyone to take out the beast clips they brought.

   Then smear the clip twice with the feces of various wild animals to cover up the rust smell.

   Find a suitable place and put the clips one by one.

   Or under a tree not far from the water, or near a bush or a hill.

   "Fugui, and Yuqiang, take out the two of you, let's set up a few more traps and dig a few traps..."

"it is good."

  Chen Ling obeyed and took out the cover.

  Yuqiang took a hoe.

  The cover is made of beef tendon rope, which is very tough. It is fixed on the tree, and then the mechanism is set up with branches or bamboo pieces, and it is done.

   And the location of the trap is more clever.

   is matched with clips and sleeves, similar to chain sleeves.

   means that the animal clips catch the prey, or the cover traps the prey. If there is something to rescue or a beast to eat, this trap will play a role.

  The surrounding area is usually covered with feces, and in some places, two pieces of rabbit oil, or pine nuts, or other wild fruits are used as bait.

   "Let's go, the longer we stay, the more humane we will become, just come and walk around at night."

   "Brother Xian, where are you going?"

   "The clip is down and the trap is dug, so let's follow this footprint with the most number of chasing after. I saw it when I put down the clip just now. This is left by a muntjac..."

   "Ah? Didn't you say Jizi is not easy to catch?"

   "Shuiwazi, why are you so stupid? It's hard to catch it when there are few people, and you are afraid of it running away when there are many people? Are you a vegetarian when you are a rich dog?"

   "Well, Ji guards a mountain. This thing loves home. It was born on which mountain. Usually, it runs around this mountain.

   "That's it, what are you waiting for, let's go and grab the slut."

  The crowd shouted and moved forward.

   After walking for a short distance, I saw that some black bean curd-like feces were sticking together on the grass on the hillside, which was left by the muntjac, and it was very fresh.

  Heiwa and Xiaojin found Sao easily.

   and a group of local dogs swirled around Chen Ling, his nose twitched, his breathing snorted and he took small steps uneasily.

   Needless to say about this situation.

   This muntjac is nearby.

  Chen Ling made a gesture with everyone, touched Xiaojin's head, and said in a low voice, "Go."

  Xiaojin jumped out immediately.

  Heiwa followed closely with the dog group.

  Heiwa is mighty and strong, but his speed is not slow in the slightest. His powerful legs and feet climb up the rock like walking on the ground, but Xiaojin is faster than it. In the blink of an eye, a few jumps have disappeared.

   After a while, Xiao Jin's wild screams came from the mountain.

  Heiwa led the group of dogs and barked, and then the dogs gradually dispersed, with Heiwa hitting the head in a cone shape, and surrounded the mountain.

  Wang Lixian smiled when he saw it, put away the shotgun, turned his face to Chen Ling and said, "See, this good dog just needs to practice his legs and feet more, it's only a few days, we don't need to get started at all."

   Someone heard this and said with envy: "Really, we won't have anything to do with it in the future. After all, we haven't used it in dogs yet."

   "How dare you divide the meat?"

  Chen Ze immediately retorted: "Okay, then don't divide the meat, you are a dog if you take it."

"Hahaha."

   A group of people laughed.

   It was as if a mad cow had got into the mountains and forests, and it was slammed everywhere.

   And soon I heard the sound of "woo woo, woo yo" sounding from the edge of the woods, slightly weak, like a cat meowing, and then there was no sound.

   Not long after, Xiao Jin took the dogs out of the forest.

   Heiwa walked at the end, holding a chubby muntjac in his mouth, and ran over shaking his head, blood dripping dripping along the way.

  Chen Dazhi stepped forward to take a look and gave a thumbs up: "There is not a single meal before and after, it's amazing, rich and noble."

   "Brother Dazhi, can you speak more clearly, those who don't know will think you are scolding people..."

   "Haha, am I not happy?"

  Chen Dazhi weighed it, and the deer turned around and reported the number: "This guy weighs more than 60 kilograms, and he is a big male deer."

This male muntjac is indeed not small. Its body length is almost one and a half meters, and its height is about sixty centimeters. pure white.

   The top of the head has a horn, but it is not long, slightly curved, with a little fork.

  Its teeth are similar to those of a fragrant deer, but longer, in the shape of tusks, curved towards the back of the mouth.

   If it were alive, this thing would actually look pretty good.

   "It's very heavy, and it's over 60 pounds. This is the beginning of autumn fat."

   "It's not bad, it's not bad, it's hard to come by, and you can get a lot of money just by selling meat."

   Everyone praised one by one, and then bundled the hoof of the muntjac, carried it by Chen Yuqiang, and moved forward again.

  I don’t know if it’s because of the frequent occurrence of wild animals after the rain, or if they are lucky enough.

   Along the hillside where the muntjac was, just over a ridge, he found the prey again.

This is a dense pine forest, tall pine trees, thick pine needles under the trees, just after noon, the sun is just right, a few wild boars are bowing their heads, humming and arching their long beaks everywhere on the ground, Leisurely looking for food.

  The group of dogs immediately pricked up their ears, stared at them tightly, and stopped wagging their tails.

   In the past three days, not only Heiwa and Xiaojin, but also other local dogs have learned a lot of skills and made rapid progress.

  The moment a dog spotted a wild boar, it immediately became cautious, slowed down, bowed its head and arched its back, and its eyes were bright and sharp.

   But none of them acted rashly.

   It seems that as long as the person is silent, they don't make a sound.

  Chen Ling followed the dog at the forefront, and when he saw the wild boar, he quickly gestured behind him.

Everyone immediately raised their guns and approached cautiously. When they got closer, they saw a few gray-black figures with their noses arched in the pine forest three or four hundred meters away, slowly looking for food, trying to cross the pine forest. go away.

   (end of this chapter)