Reborn in the 1980s: I made my fortune hunting wild game in Changbai Mountain

Chapter 260 The Secret of Sable's Wintering

Xiao Tao was distracted, pointed at the shadow that had already run seven or eight meters away and shouted: "Brother, is that a sable?"

Several people immediately looked in the direction where the little animal fled. Yue Feng took a closer look and realized it was something else but a sable.

"Don't be a dog!"

Yue Feng shouted a warning, then stretched out his long legs and chased after him.

After he rushed out seven or eight meters away from his teammates, he blew the whistle a beat late.

The big black eagle that had been circling in the sky discovered the little beast the moment it was blasted out.

However, after the last time it was smart and found five yellow-throated martens but ended up eating half of a marten whip, it was somewhat unsure about its owner's attitude towards this thing.

So the big black eagle first took a wait-and-see attitude towards the little guy who was escaping below.

Now the owner is chasing it and whistling to warn people, which must be a call for me to get to work and catch this little guy.

So, after the whistle, everyone heard the familiar sound of diving through the air, and the big black eagle swooped down like a black lightning.

It’s the same recipe and taste as the last time I caught the little female mink. Such a small thing can’t withstand a kick from the big black hawk.

The big black eagle swooped down and gave the sable a slight push with its wings, causing it to lose balance and fall several times while fleeing.

When the little sable managed to steady its body and continue to escape, it swooped down for the second time and flapped its wings again. The little sable felt a black screen in front of its eyes, the world was spinning, and its head was confused for an instant.

Yue Feng had already caught up by then, not even bothering to wear leather gloves, and grabbed the back of the little sable's neck with his bare hands.

Someone pinched his vital parts and the little guy squeaked and struggled. His little claws easily cut a few small cuts on Yue Feng's hands, but Yue Feng didn't feel any pain at all at this moment.

After spending a lot of time, I finally caught one.

Pinching the skin of the neck and lifting it up, Yue Feng naturally looked under the little sable's tail.

Good luck, a female mink!
"Xiao Wen, bring me a cloth bag! We caught a little female mink!" Yue Feng said excitedly.

Soon, several other companions came over. It was the first time for these people to observe a living adult sable up close.

Although the female mink's fur is not as gorgeous as that of the male mink, when facing the sun, the long guard hairs still shine with a dreamy lavender color.

Everyone was touching the sable's back fur, feeling the unique and delicate texture of the sable fur.

Xiaowen hurriedly took out the cloth bag that Meng Yulan had specially made for the sable from his shoulder bag.

In order to make this thing stronger, the cotton outer layer was lined with a layer of lambskin with lychee pattern. After Yue Feng pinched the sable's neck and stuffed it accurately into the cloth bag, he immediately locked the opening of the bag.

There was almost no light in the cloth bag. The little sable struggled for a few times inside, but soon calmed down.

Gaga gaga gaga!!

Everyone's attention was focused on the sable, and Big Black Hawk, who was the main worker, felt left out and quit.

"Great, great! Big Black Hawk is awesome! Thanks to you just now!!"

Hearing the dissatisfied cackle of his own falcon, Yue Feng instantly turned into a PUA master. After collecting the prey, he began to take out meat from his pocket to feed the eagle.

Big Black Hawk may not care much about other people's attitudes, but for his master, he has to give feedback after doing his job.

Yue Feng's praise, coupled with the added material rewards, immediately eliminated Black Hawk's dissatisfaction without a trace.

After eating three pieces of meat in a row, Yue Feng stroked its fur and coaxed it like a child, and the big black eagle soon became visibly cheerful.

quack quack
There was another series of calls, but the sound had changed significantly, and the rhythm and tone revealed a cheerful and joyful emotion.

"Alright, alright! We haven't finished our work for today yet. Let's take a break and continue looking! It must be the little sable from before, alive! You did a great job just now!!"

Yue Feng continued to comfort the big black eagle. The arrogant guy squatted on Yue Feng's arm and combed its fur. After resting for less than a minute, it took off again and circled in the sky.

"Xiao Feng, your black eagle is quite smart. I just watched it swoop down and fan the sable with its wings. How did it know to catch it alive?"

My second uncle also developed a keen interest in Yue Feng's precious eagle.

Yue Feng shook his head: "I didn't teach it to do this! It was its own subjective behavior!
At that time, I took the big black eagle and another very strong big blue kite into the mountains to catch sables.

The Great Green Kitten is small in size, and its claws cannot easily damage its skin, so it encountered a large male mink.

The kite caught it, but was scratched by the big mink, which caused the big black eagle to feel superior! !
Later, a little female mink flew up from the distance. The Big Green Kitten was injured, so I didn't let it take action. I blew the whistle and asked the Big Black Hawk to catch it.

This guy was just flapping his wings just now, and the female mink was captured alive in two rounds!

When I saw that this guy actually took the initiative to catch the bird alive, it showed that it was more powerful than the Greater Green Kites, so I gave it some meat to encourage its behavior.

So now when it encounters a sable, it knows it can catch it alive!

Speaking of this, there is a small episode. After being praised by me, this guy volunteered to increase the flight altitude, and then he discovered a group of yellow-throated martens!

Maybe it thought the yellow-throated marten looked similar to the sable, so it came back to report the news and chased after the black wolf.

Fortunately, the black wolf was smart and ran back from a distance when he found something wrong, otherwise the dog would have been killed by the group of yellow-throated martens!"

After hearing his nephew talk about the interesting story of falconry, the second uncle continued to ask: "What happened next?"

"What happened next? Five yellow-throated martens chased the black wolf to my side, about 70 to 80 meters away, and I killed them all with my gun!

Now those five skinned bastards are in my cellar, or maybe they have become the puppies' puppies' puppies!"

"Don't mess with the yellow-throated marten. It's smart and holds grudges! If you want to kill them, kill them all. Leaving them alone will only cause trouble!
Last year, there was a hunter in the east of our village. He was so angry that his dog was stabbed by a yellow-throated marten when he went up the mountain that he fired a shot with a homemade cannon. As a result, within a few days, the pigs and sheep raised in his family were all bitten to death by the yellow-throated marten in the middle of the night!" Second uncle muttered.

“This thing is really hard to deal with, so I killed all five of them.

Normally when I go up the mountain, even if I encounter them occasionally, I try not to provoke them. But if they want to hunt black wolves, that’s another matter.

Don't worry, second uncle. Although your nephew doesn't like to cause trouble, we are never afraid when trouble comes!"

Yue Feng used a double entendre to express his attitude by talking about the yellow-throated marten's revenge.

"Haha, I've known you'd be capable since you were little!" The second uncle understood what Yue Feng said, and the two of them understood each other and laughed.

Taking advantage of the time to chat, several people rested for a while, and then continued to pick up the poles and move forward. Yue Feng, who was walking in the middle, suddenly thought of a problem, and immediately turned around and went back.

He didn't run back far, but only came to the bush where Xiao Tao had blasted the little sable just now.

Everywhere was covered in snow. Logically, the sable was hiding under the bushes, and there should be traces of it around, but Xiao Tao didn't find any.

Yue Feng wanted to confirm whether there were no traces or the traces were so subtle that Xiao Tao didn't notice them.

Compared with Xiaowen and Xiaowu, Xiaotao's level of meticulousness is indeed not as good, but he should not have missed the distinctive claw marks of the sable.

Coming back the same way, Yue Feng patiently lowered his head and observed the surrounding area. Apart from the footprints left by someone who had just passed by, he really didn't find any traces of sable on the snow outside.

"Second uncle, come and take a look! Something is not right!" Yue Feng couldn't figure it out for a moment, so he called his second uncle over.

"What's wrong?" My second uncle walked up and asked curiously.

"Just now, this little female mink crawled out from under the snow in this bush!
But after searching around, I found no traces of footprints. Not to mention footprints, I didn’t even see any suspicious traces!

You say, can it not fly?"

When talking about the word "can fly", Yue Feng deliberately looked up. The surroundings were relatively empty. Except for a shrub that was slightly taller, there were no higher plants or terrain within ten meters around.

"There should be a hole underneath! If there is no road above, then there must be a road underneath! Let's look under this bush!"

My second uncle had a lot of experience in climbing mountains. After looking around and finding no traces, he gave his opinion.

Yue Feng took out a sharp knife and carefully removed the snow foam. He searched under the bushes and really found what his second uncle had told him.

Under the snow shell of the bushes, there is a hole as thick as a bowl. The soil at the entrance of the hole is quite smooth, and it is obvious that this is the trace of frequent entry and exit.

"There really is a hole! How can they be active under the snow in the middle of winter?" Yue Feng said.

"Normal! One of the staple foods for these sables in winter is the little mice under the snow!

It's freezing outside, but it's warm under the snow. As long as you catch a little mouse a day, you can survive the winter!
"Xiao Tao must have been lucky just now, as he happened to catch the sable hiding outside the cave entrance. The little guy was frightened and ran out in a panic and was caught!"

"Then, is it possible that our efforts ahead are in vain?
Even if there are holes under the snow, we can chase them from above. If they don't come out, there's nothing we can do! Can this sable dig holes?"

The second uncle scratched his head and recalled his scattered memories and said, "I'm not sure whether sables can dig holes, but it is true that there are holes in many places underground in the ditches and mountain streams below the Dalongjian.

After a summer rain, spring-like water outlets will appear in many places. They will not flow for long before the water dries up again. It is possible that they are connected to other areas!"

Hearing his second uncle say this, Yue Feng instantly imagined the scene in the animal world he had seen before, where the Tibetan fox relied on hearing to catch mice under the snow.

Yue Feng slapped his head and said, "Shit, if that's the case, is it possible that many sables spend the winter hiding in these caves below the surface?"

The habits of animals will change according to their living environment.

The sables, which also live in the Changbai Mountains, may spend the winter wandering around in the open air.

The sables living in the areas around Xiatuozi Mountain may have found a better survival strategy.

Winter is the dry season, and they may live in shallow caves below the ground, relying on seeds, mice, young leaves and grass on the surface under the snow shell as food to survive the winter.

Second uncle's breathing also became rapid: "It's very likely!
Now I know why those gangs fought for this place with their heads beaten to pieces!
Those hunters must have known the secret of how the sables spend the winter here, and they are making a fortune in secret!"

"Uncle, brother, now we know the sables are in the cave, is there any way to catch them?" Xiao Tao asked curiously.

Yue Feng frowned and went over all the possible methods in his mind.

He didn't say anything afterwards, but took out a box of matches from his pocket, gathered some hay under the tree, rolled it into a ball, lit it, and then threw it into the hole he had just discovered.

Soon, white smoke emerged from an inconspicuous snow shell about seven or eight meters away.

"There is a way! These caves should have different exits, not those long continuous underground tunnels!" Yue Feng said excitedly.

"You mean, we find a similar cave and attack it with fire? Then how do we find the entrance to the cave under the snow?
I just happened to find it by luck this time, but I can't turn over all the snow crusts at the bottom of the ditch, right?"

Xiaowu also figured out what was going on.

At this time, Xiaowen said, "Stupid, we have a dog with us. Let the dog recognize the trouble and see if we can find another hole!
These little things don’t live in groups. This hole is definitely gone, but the dog should be able to smell it out if it’s somewhere else.”

There is an old saying that three cobblers are better than Zhuge Liang. The ancients were right. We talked at the same time and soon came up with a response strategy.

Yue Feng took out the cloth bag containing the little female mink that he had just put away and carried the bag to the head dog Dahuang.

"Big Yellow, Black Wolf, come over here and smell it!"

After hearing the instruction, Dahuang and Heilang immediately smelled the scent on the bag.

Sable is an animal that loves cleanliness very much. Its body can hardly smell anything in front of the human nose. However, human sense of smell is not that good. Just because humans can't smell it doesn't mean that dogs can't smell it.

At this time, the difference in the two dogs' ability to smell scents became apparent. After smelling the scent for a while, Dahuang soon barked twice.

Although the black wolf was trying hard to sniff, it did not show any sign of having memorized the smell.

“Remember this taste, search!!!”

Yue Feng didn't wait for Heilang and directly gave Dahuang the order to search.

I saw Dahuang with his nose pressed against the snow-covered ground, almost with his head down, and then he sniffed here and there along the bottom of the ditch.

After going around in a circle, Dahuang returned to the cave entrance under the bush.

"Woof woof woof!!!"

Dahuang has already locked on to the source of the smell through his sense of smell, which is the cave entrance. However, the black wolf next to him is a bit like a headless fly at this moment. It is obviously trying very hard, but can't find anything.

“It works!”

Seeing that Dahuang found the entrance to the cave by smelling the smell, Yue Feng suddenly became excited.

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