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

After easily capturing the first adult male marten, the hunting team continued to move north along the direction of Centipede Ridge.

The dogs were searching for the scent of sable around the bottom of the ditch, while Yue Feng and his men were advancing halfway up the east side.

Safety was particularly emphasized before we came here, so everyone took it very seriously in the beginning and acted very cautiously.

After searching for about 500 meters forward, Dahuang also spoke.

This time, Dahuang discovered that the entrance to the sable cave was much farther away from the middle of the east side, at least twenty meters.

"Dahuang, open the hole! Canglong, you go over and help too!" Yue Feng hurriedly gave orders, directing the two dogs to work together.

Dahuang’s response to long commands was a little poor, and he didn’t understand what his owner meant when he heard him shouting.

After hearing the order from his master, Canglong behaved much smarter. He immediately went over and started digging the pit diligently. Soon he dug out a large pile of snow foam.

Xiao Tao had already prepared the firecrackers, but the distance was a bit far. He tried twice but failed to throw the firecrackers into the hole.

"Damn, this hole is a bit far away. What should I do if I can't throw it in?" Xiao Tao said a little anxiously.

Yue Feng waved his hand and said, "Forget it if it doesn't work. Let's not take risks! There's more than one sable on Centipede Ridge. Let's just let it go!"

Xiao Tao grabbed another snowball and tried again, saying unwillingly, "If I can get within fifteen meters, I can definitely throw it in!

How about we tie a rope and hold it, and I try to take two steps forward and see how it goes?"

"Forget it, Xiao Tao. If you miss a step, even if you are pulled up, you will fall into the water and your clothes will be wet. Hypothermia will also be a big problem!" The second uncle also frowned and advised.

"We haven't even reached the core area yet. I can't be so unlucky! This is a sable. It can be sold for at least several hundred dollars!" Xiao Tao muttered a little like a money-grubber.

The most frightening thing about everything is to quantify it by value.

If we were asked to give up a sable, we would not seem to have much of a psychological impact, but if we quantify it into money, we would feel reluctant.

My second uncle wanted to persuade her, but he fell silent when he thought of the money.

Yue Feng also had a bit of a lucky mentality.

"Then you have to be careful and use the stick to try to move forward. Xiaowen, tie a rope for Xiaotao!" Yue Feng instructed carefully.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine!! I'll react quickly and I won't fall. I should be able to get back in time immediately!"

Xiao Tao quickly tied the rope around his waist and tentatively walked forward with a two-meter-long wooden stick in his hand.

After walking five or six meters from the edge of the pond to the inside, Xiao Tao had absolute confidence that he could throw the modified firecrackers into the pit.

One step, two steps, three steps, the first few steps were steady, and Xiao Tao relaxed his vigilance unconsciously.

Another step, he poked it tentatively with the wooden stick and felt that there was no problem, then he took a step forward.

Click!
The sound made by the snow crust was a little strange. Xiao Tao stepped on it and it went directly over his instep, and his whole body sank rapidly downwards.

"Fuck!"

Xiaowen and Xiaowu reacted very quickly. Before Xiaotao could sink, the two brothers grabbed the rope and pulled Xiaotao back.

"Damn it, there's a pit here! I almost fell into it!" Xiao Tao was still in shock and was patting his chest and gasping for breath.

"Are you okay? Are your shoes wet?" Yue Feng asked with concern.

"It's not wet, it's filled with some snow foam! No, no, it's too scary, there's a pit next to it!!"

Xiao Tao took off his shoes and quickly poured out the snow foam inside.

"Let's go, let's not take this anymore! We can't be careless, we can't gamble, we can't afford to lose!"

Yue Feng urged them a few times and continued to move forward with his men.

After this dangerous experience, Xiao Tao was obviously much calmer. The others also adjusted their positions and continued to be on high alert.

The team continued to move forward, and several ravines of varying sizes appeared one after another.

Following the terrain that Grandpa Wang had reminded him of, Yue Feng abandoned the not-so-deep ravines and continued searching along the main area.

After walking about a mile, Canglong discovered the third sable's cave.

Dig a hole, throw firecrackers to drive away the sables, then the big black eagle swoops down from the sky and the dog brings the prey back.

The process was very efficient and the second sable was captured alive.

Another big male mink.

The density of sables here is indeed quite high. In less than an hour after arriving at Centipede Ridge, we caught two large male martens, and the distance between the two male marten caves was no more than three miles.

"Fuck, why can't I see the female mink? I can't even find the cave halfway up the mountain! It's all near the bottom of the ditch!"

Yue Feng stuffed the second prey into his bag and sealed it, and couldn't help complaining.

Compared to this big male mink with valuable fur, Yue Feng wants a female mink with cubs more.

Now both of them are big male minks, and Yue Feng just thinks it's a bit unlucky.

However, in the next hour and a half, the hunting team found three sable holes, abandoned the farthest one, drove away the two closer ones, and harvested two more live sables, all of which were males.

Now Yue Feng couldn't hold his temper anymore.

"No, something is definitely wrong! There must be something we have overlooked!" Yue Feng frowned and thought carefully.

Sables are animals that have their own territory. Female minks are allowed in the territory of adult male minks, but they are very resistant to other adult male minks.

In some male mink's territories, there may be one adult male mink or even several female minks active.

In this case, there shouldn't be only male minks and no female minks!
At this time, Xiaowen guessed: "Brother Feng, could it be that the deeper areas of the two sable caves we gave up earlier are the caves of female sables?"

"What's the difference between the deeper area and the closer hole? Why do female minks have to go in?" Yue Feng scratched his head, confused.

"It's hard to say. What if the conditions in the deeper caves are not as good as those in the nearby caves? The male mink is much bigger, and the female mink probably can't beat it in terms of territory!" Xiaowen added.

"That makes sense! Damn it, do we really have to take the risk and go deeper inside?" Yue Feng slapped his head, turned around and walked back.

"What's going on, Brother Feng? Where are you going?"

"Let's go back to the sable cave we just abandoned. Let's find a way to catch it and see what's going on!"

Sometimes, if you don’t push yourself, you don’t realize how smart you are.

As Yue Feng walked back, he kept thinking about how to safely get close to the sable nest at the bottom of the ditch.

When I was walking back and saw the footprints on the ground, I suddenly had an idea.

The dog weighs over 100 pounds, but it can move safely on the snow crust without falling.

This shows that the carrying capacity of the snow shell is still relatively strong, but the weight of the person exceeds the critical point.

This is a junior high school physics problem about pressure and stress. In order to avoid falling, the pressure per unit area caused by people stepping on it must be less than the carrying capacity of the snow shell.

What to do in the wilderness?

Yue Feng saw scattered trees growing on the gentle slope, found a shorter one, took out a small hatchet and started chopping down the tree.

After felling the elm tree, which was as thick as a calf, Yue Feng started to work by cutting off a large number of branches.

In about half an hour, an extra-large shoe shaped like a badminton racket made of twigs was made.

“Who weighs the lightest? Put this on and go to the place where Xiao Tao almost missed his step. Let’s give it a try!”

Xiaowu immediately raised his hand: "Let me do it, I'm lighter!"

Yue Feng nodded: "Okay, then you do it! Don't worry, tie up the rope and build a fire in advance, there will be no danger!"

Everyone followed back to the location of the first pit.

Xiaowu took the gun off his shoulder and handed it to Yue Feng, then took off his hunting bag and other personal belongings.

Then, he tied a rope around his waist and put on oversized tennis racket snowshoes made of tree branches and willow twigs.

“Walk backwards and hold on to the ground with both hands to share the pressure!” Yue Feng reminded.

Xiaowu did as he was told and walked backwards step by step towards the inside.

I knew it was a pit, and I would be lying if I said I wasn't afraid. However, I had two ropes tied around my waist and my companions were beside me, so the worst that could happen was that my clothes would get wet, but I wouldn't fall.

Xiaowu tentatively walked back a few steps to increase the load-bearing area and distribute the pressure caused by his body weight. Surprisingly, after this adjustment, the snow shell was not crushed.

Xiaowu moved all the way to the entrance of the sable cave, took out a firecracker from his pocket, lit it and threw it in.

The next second, bang!
After a muffled sound, the smell of exploding firecrackers instantly filled the air.

Squeak!
The sable in the cave was indeed blown out.

"It's coming out, it's coming out!" Xiaowu failed to catch it, and the sable fled to the south.

call out!
Yue Feng blew the whistle decisively, and the sable ran less than twenty meters before it was knocked to the ground by a wing of a big black eagle that descended from the sky.

Canglong quickly went over, picked it up in one bite, and happily brought it to Yue Feng.

When Yue Feng got the sable, his first reaction was to look at the male or female under the tail.

When I saw the male and female, I suddenly felt numb.

My goodness, there really is a female mink living in this nest far away from the bottom of the ditch!

"Fuck! It really is a female mink! Xiaowu, please come back soon! Let's go dig out another nest!"

The guess was initially verified, and Yue Feng's team also used this pair of strange-looking wicker tennis shoes to preliminarily verify the possibility of walking safely above the pit.

As long as you are careful, you shouldn't fall into the trap again due to missing a step.

Soon, the brothers made another circle and returned to the second deeper sable pit that they had abandoned.

The same trick was used again, and another sable was driven out.

The final result is still a female mink!

It is said that three cobblers are better than Zhuge Liang. Thanks to the friends' imagination, Xiaowen's guess reminded Yue Feng.

Otherwise, after working hard here for a whole day, you might end up catching only male minks and no female minks at all. That would be a big loss!
"Hahaha, now we're in luck, four males and two females in just one morning! It's dangerous here, but the sables are really thick!"

Yue Feng looked at the sable in his pocket and felt quite happy.

Xiaowen smiled proudly and said, "Well, I guessed it right, didn't I? Otherwise, how about making a few more pairs of wicker shoes?

This way everyone can get down to the bottom of the pond, which is more comfortable than walking on the path halfway up the gentle slope!"

"No, one pair is enough. Let Xiaowu do it! Everyone should be cautious about this thing. If something gets stepped on, everyone will be wiped out! Safety first!"

"All right!"

……

In the next few hours, Yue Feng and his hunting team members carefully searched the ditches and ponds in the core area of ​​Centipede Ridge over a range of at least two kilometers.

By noon, when they lit a fire to cook lunch, they had already collected eight sables, four males and four females.

Undeveloped dangerous areas, coupled with superb search and hunting methods, equal a great harvest.

The density of wintering sables in this area far exceeds that in the core area of ​​Blind Tuozi Mountain.

At this efficiency, we can catch at least seven or eight sables before dark.

What does it mean to catch sixteen sables in one day?
Even if we only calculate the average price of ordinary first-grade furs, this is a terrifyingly huge fortune.

Soon, a fire was lit, and everyone placed the lunch boxes they brought up the mountain on the fire to heat them.

At this time, the second uncle said: "I didn't expect this place to have such a thick sable. We are going to make a fortune this time!
Xiaofeng, how much dividend do you plan to give to Uncle Wang?"

Upon hearing this question, Yue Feng was slightly stunned and immediately realized what his second uncle meant.

The second uncle was a man of particularities, and he certainly would not let Yue Feng secretly take away the share of dividends that should have been given to Uncle Wang. He was probably worried that if he gave it to him at the original price, the information would be leaked.

Yue Feng asked, "Second Uncle, are you afraid that if Uncle Wang finds out there are so many sables here, he will leak the information to other people? Is that what you mean?"

The second uncle nodded: "Yes! The promised dividend must be given to Uncle Wang! But, to be honest, it is a bit inappropriate!
To be selfish, if we create a platform for others to know the real situation, there will definitely be competition in the future!
In the grand scheme of things, if someone comes to catch sables because we have a good harvest and something happens, we will feel bad too."

Yue Feng grinned and said: "At worst, we can just give a higher price and lower the quantity!
There are many people going into the mountains, and according to the rules for entering the mountains, eagles, dogs, and humans must all be counted.

If Uncle Wang asks, we can just say we'll give him a price based on the value of the stud, how about that? "

The second uncle nodded: "Okay! Let's do as you say! Everyone else should be smart and be careful not to let anything slip, otherwise Uncle Wang will have other ideas by then!"

"Hey, don't worry, everyone is keeping their mouths shut! No one will say anything nonsense!"

While we were chatting, lunch was heated up. The brothers put the lunch boxes side by side, squatted on the ground in a circle and ate.

After a quick rest and a good meal, it took less than an hour to complete the lunch break and continue searching the remaining area with full energy.

With the exploration and practice in the morning, the efficiency of the sable catching work in the afternoon reached a new high.

By 17: in the afternoon, sables had been caught, including females and males. The harvest in just one day was as much as what we caught after several days of hard work last year.

It gets dark early in this season. At around 3:30, Yue Feng led everyone to prepare to go down the mountain.

I came back with a full load and in a good mood. Today's harvest is enough to create a millionaire.

If such huge profits were to be leaked to other villagers and hunters, it is estimated that countless sable hunters would come to Centipede Ridge tomorrow to try their luck. (End of this chapter)