Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

After the roe deer was taken away, Li Long finally breathed a sigh of relief.

One of the most important things he had to do these days was to cut grass for the roe deer. The roe deer was not very picky and could only eat a small part of each bundle of grass, and the rest was wasted by it.

Li Long actually thought about starving this guy if he couldn't get it working, but he finally held back.

I'm thinking of bringing this guy back home to pair with the male at home. Actually, Li Long has thought about it, but it will take a long time to develop a large-scale business with just one male and one female. But this is just a start after all, maybe we can get more later?
Besides, if we can really become a couple, it would be a good deed for me.

Heaving a sigh of relief, Li Long cleaned up the small room thoroughly in the afternoon, including washing the floor with warm water.

The smell of roe deer urine was quite strong, and it was not easy to clean it. After Li Long finished cleaning, he went to bed early.

The next day, he got up before the sun rose, and the fire in the stove was not completely extinguished. After that, Li Long had a simple breakfast. As usual, he turned down the fire in the stove, put a kettle of water on it to heat it up, and walked into the mountains with his gun on his back.

Drawing on the experience from the last time, Li Long did not wear a coat this time, just a cotton-padded jacket and a leather hat. He also brought bullets, ropes, a shoulder bag, plastic sheeting, and a lighter.

He went to the valley where the boys had suggested they find the deer during their last sheep roaming.

Although he was still climbing the mountain through snow, Li Long was in good spirits and moved very fast this time. He reached the valley in less than two hours.

Li Long rested for a while at the valley entrance and ate some snow to cool his mouth - he was sweating after walking such a long distance.

After resting for less than twenty minutes, Li Long got up again and walked into the valley.

At the entrance of the valley, one can see traces of animal footprints, both new and old, and there are quite a lot of them, which makes Li Long very happy.

He slowed down. The snow in this valley was not very thick, there were many rocks, little grass, some bushes, no pine forests on both sides, but there were many protruding rocks.

Li Long stopped when he reached the middle of the valley.

He was somewhat surprised to find that many of the footprints were heading up the hillside, which meant that the footprints split here. The footprints heading up the hillside were also new and old, some going back and forth, but this split showed that there was an even number of animal hoof prints, which should be herbivores such as deer, roe deer or wild goats. The size and depth of the footprints also showed that there should be both large and small ones.

Li Long thought about it and walked up the mountain along the trail.

Because the valley was a bit winding and the end could not be seen at a glance, there was a group of strange rocks on the hillside. Li Long wondered if there was something that some animals needed here.

After climbing up for more than a hundred meters, Li Long saw footprints entering the pile of stones. He also crawled in, and then found that there was a large hole in the pile of stones.

You can't see it when you look up from the bottom of the mountain because there is a stone blocking the entrance to the cave, and you can't see it as far as you can see, but you can see it after you come up.

The cave is more than two meters high, in the shape of an irregular quadrilateral, four or five meters wide, and it looks a bit deep inside, so it's not very clear.

When Li Long came here, he thought about hunting during the day, so he didn't bring a flashlight. However, after careful observation, he saw that the footprints of these animals were indeed entering and exiting this cave, so Li Long decided to go in and take a look.

He turned on the safety, cocked the bolt, and walked in slowly with the gun in hand.

The cave entrance turns right less than five meters inside, but it does not turn completely, and the space inside suddenly becomes larger.

The ground was all gravel, and there were some large rocks protruding from it, so it was not easy to walk on. There was a lot of animal feces and urine on the ground, and some blood stains, and no one knew how they were created.

Going further in, the light became dimmer, but Li Long squinted his eyes when he walked in and quickly adapted to the light inside. Then he saw that this was the end.

The space at the bottom of the cave was quite large, larger than the large room in his cabin. There were three or four rocks protruding from the ground, making the terrain complicated.

The air in here doesn't smell particularly bad, and there's even a breeze. Li Long guessed that there must be a crack in the rock leading to the outside.

What are these animals doing in this cave?

Li Long was a little puzzled. There was nothing in the cave at this time, so he slowly groped around with his gun.

Then Li Long discovered that there was more animal feces and urine at the foot of the wall, and the stone wall here was very smooth and had a certain degree of light transmittance - Li Long suddenly thought of a possibility.

He found a relatively high place, reached out and wiped the wall a few times, then wiped it on his clothes, then wiped a little bit on the stone wall and licked it with his tongue - sure enough, there was a salty and astringent taste!
This is rock salt!
No wonder these animals ran into this cave, it turns out they came here to replenish salt!

That's it!
Li Long smiled. He walked out, looked around, then walked about thirty or forty meters diagonally upward from the cave entrance and sat down behind two large rocks.

This place is pretty good. The place where two large rocks intersect can be used as an aiming point. After getting ready here, Li Long feels that he can easily ambush those animals that come to lick the salt.

Early in the morning, these animals should all go out to look for food. After eating, they may take a rest or look for a place to drink water, and then come here to lick the salt. Animals also need salt to replenish their bodies.

Li Long sat down. This place was sheltered from the wind, and animals coming over could not smell Li Long's scent. He just had to wait patiently.

This wait lasted for several hours.

At noon, Li Long was hungry. There was a cold steamed bun in his backpack. He was a little careless this time and didn't bring dried meat. He found some snow nearby that he thought was clean, ate a bite of the cold steamed bun and then a bite of snow - it was rare to have such a hard time.

Li Long didn't feel that his work was that hard. It was mainly because he seldom did this. Usually, when hunting, he would finish the hunt quickly and then leave with the prey in excitement. Now, he had been waiting for half a day and didn't even see the hair of the prey.

That's strange too.

Li Long even wondered if he had guessed wrong. Did the animals only come here to lick the salt every few days? If so, then he had waited in vain.

But think about what Halimu said, they feed the sheep and give them salt every day. If these animals found this place to replenish salt, how could they only come here once every few days?
You must come here every day!

Just like Li Long himself, knowing that there was hunting to be found at the hot spring, he would go there every day, unless there was no prey there or he was unsure of the time when the prey would appear.

Now it all depends on your luck.

The sun began to set and Li Long felt a little cold. He now regretted not bringing his coat. Although he had a cotton-padded jacket, he would get frozen quickly if he stayed in one place for a long time.

Although he was wearing big cotton shoes, the leather soles were not conducive to long-term walking and he had long since abandoned them. So now his feet were icy cold and Li Long felt a little unbearable.

At around four or five in the afternoon, just when Li Long was about to give up, two yellow sheep ran over from the entrance of the valley.

Li Long immediately became happy. He moved his almost frozen fingers, wrists and ankles, then raised his gun and waited for the prey to arrive. When the two yellow sheep ran to the fork in the road, they ran straight up the hillside without hesitation. Li Long aimed at them, wondering whether to shoot them before or after they entered the cave.

Finally decided to fight after entering the hole - blocking the hole entrance, maybe we could hit both of them!

Otherwise, given the gazelle's ability to jump over a two-meter-high wire fence in a desperate situation, I might not be able to keep both sheep!
The two gazelles ran into the cave. At this time, Li Long was about to get up to block the cave entrance, and then he saw three elk walking towards him from the valley entrance.

Two big and one small, one male and two females - mainly one with horns. They are called fawns only in relative terms, in fact, they are larger than the roe deer.

Li Long hesitated. If he went to kill the gazelle now, the deer would definitely run away. If he waited for the deer to come, the gazelle would probably leave in advance.

So which one do you want?
Li Long finally decided to wait for the deer!

He bet that the family of three deer should also come here to lick the rock salt. In this case, even if the gazelle ran away, the deer would be better than the gazelle.

Li Long lowered his head to check the gun, slowly pulled the bolt and checked the bullet, making sure no bullet popped out, and then waited quietly.

The three deer stopped at the fork in the road. At this moment Li Long's heart tightened. He must get up!

The three deer stopped at the fork in the road for less than a minute. Finally, the small deer ran up first, and then the two big deer followed.

At this moment, the gazelles in the cave ran out. They must have heard the noise outside, so they ran out and saw the deer. The gazelles hesitated for a moment.

Then the stag raised its head and shouted, and the gazelle turned and ran towards the direction opposite to Li Long.

Okay, just as I thought.

Li Long was not too disappointed, and then he saw the deer running into the cave first.

By the time the two big deer arrived at the cave entrance, the little deer had already come out of the cave.

I guess you can't eat too much salt.

The two big deer entered the cave gracefully, and the little deer followed.

Li Long climbed up at this time and prepared to block the door.

Then he was discovered by a deer that suddenly jumped out!

When the deer saw Li Long, they were stunned for a moment, then turned around and ran into the cave, shouting as they ran. Li Long knew something was wrong and immediately ran towards the cave entrance. When he was less than ten meters away from the cave entrance, three deer had already rushed out!
As luck would have it, the stag rushed directly towards Li Long. After seeing Li Long, it suddenly stopped, then froze for a moment, tried to turn its head, but then rushed towards Li Long again, barking as it rushed.

Li Long was also shocked. Apart from the time with the wild wolf, Li Long felt that this was the most exciting moment!
Subconsciously, he pointed the gun at the deer and pulled the trigger. The bullet hit the deer's front leg. The deer stopped for a moment, but then rushed two steps forward, and its horns immediately stretched out in front of Li Long!
Li Long took two steps back and fired two more shots at the deer. The deer was finally seriously injured and fell to the ground. It was still struggling to get up, but it was hit by a bullet in the leg and could not get up at all.

Li Long went to look at the mother deer and the fawn again and found that they had already run far away. He could only see its back among the rocks, and then it disappeared.

This male deer weighs at least over 100 kilograms!

Li Long walked to the side of the deer. The male deer still wanted to struggle and use its horns to butt Li Long, but unfortunately it only moved its head and then had no strength left.

The deer wasn't dead yet, but it was close.

Li Long put away his gun, drew a knife from his waist, and killed the deer.

Next, it’s about how to get it back.

This place is quite far from the cabin, and the deer will probably be frozen if we bring it back.

But it was obviously not ideal to disembowel the animals here. Li Long also wanted to use this place as a hunting base like the hot springs. If the bloody smell was too strong, other animals would not come.

So Li Long thought about it, grabbed the deer's horns and dragged it down.

A long bloodstain appeared in the snow.

But there was no other way, so Li Long dragged the deer horizontally until he reached a place about 100 meters away from the cave entrance before stopping.

This is downwind, so if we gut and skin the deer here, it shouldn't have much impact on the other side, right?

The deer was very big, and its body was full of treasures. Li Long felt that his hands and feet had not fully recovered yet, so he simply cut the deer's neck and drank a handful of its blood.

what……

It’s so unpalatable!

It feels fishy, ​​salty and smelly!
But since he had already drunk it, he might as well not vomit it out. Li Long swallowed it with difficulty and didn't feel much.

Now that we have chosen this place, let’s start peeling!

He planned to take away all the valuables and leave the rest here as an explanation to the people in the mountains.

Even though deer are very precious animals, to be honest, the smell of their flesh is still unpleasant when they are gutted.

Li Long skinned the deer, gutted it, took out the contents and placed them on the snow. Then he wrapped the deer's belly with deerskin and tied it up with a rope.

Without the internal organs, the deer had lost at least 30 kilograms of weight, and Li Long could barely lift it.

There were too many rocks in this area, and the plastic sheet was easily torn. He planned to carry the deer out of the valley, wait until the snow was thick, and then use the plastic sheet to drag the deer back.

Just like last year when we dealt with wild boars, that would be much easier.

Better than carrying it on your back. (End of this chapter)