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

For several days in a row, Yue Feng and his hunting team members took their eagles into the mountains every day to collect chicks.

This winter, the chicks in the mountain valley are more numerous than last year, and the brothers have a bountiful harvest every day.

To put it dramatically, we're almost at the point where we need to replace the bags we used to carry the chicks with burlap sacks.

A few days later, the activity of releasing eagles and collecting chicks in the mountains came to an end, and the mountain village returned to normal.

For several days in a row, Xiao Tao and his brothers Xiao Wen and Xiao Wu came to beg Yue Feng to take them into the mountains for a big hunt.

They do the same monotonous work at home all day long. They do earn some money, but for these young people, it gets a little unbearable after a while.

Taking advantage of his daily trips up the mountain to deliver supplies, Yue Feng kept a close eye on the condition of the fresh snow on the mountain.

To make it easier to go into the mountains for a large-scale hunt, the snow crust must be frozen solid. Going into the mountains with uneven steps is too inefficient, and often the dog's advantages cannot be brought into play.

After patiently waiting for a week, the snow crust on the mountain finally met Yue Feng's expectations. So that evening, Yue Feng called all the hunting team members to his house to gather, and they went into the mountains to hunt the next day.

In autumn, besides hunting a few deer with the film crew, I didn't hunt any more in the mountains. Judging from the deer population in Deer Valley, this year should be a bumper year, a year in which the number of wild animals on the mountain explodes.

That evening, Yue Feng spread out a hand-drawn map of the area around the back mountain that he had made in his spare time on the table, and then began to discuss the plan to go into the mountains the next day.

Having already hunted in the mountains for two seasons, Yue Feng had acquired knowledge of many old hunting grounds where prey was readily available. These prime locations were now the targets for Yue Feng's team to raid in the new hunting season.

After a brief discussion, the group roughly determined the location of the mountain area they would visit the next day, and then dispersed early to go home and rest.

After two hunting seasons of training and practice, the four members of Yuefeng Hunting Team, plus Eagle and Dog, have long since transformed from rookies into seasoned veterans. In addition, the Yue Family Hunting Team's firearms have changed from the original Type 56 semi-automatic ten-shot rifles to two original Russian AK47s with thirty-shot rounds each.

With such powerful firepower, let alone an ordinary herd of wild boars, even if he were to encounter the wild boar king he had killed before again, Yue Feng was absolutely confident that he could take it down in one round.

The next morning, before dawn, Yue Feng got up early and started working.

Prepare food for the dogs, feeding the four hunting dogs until they are about half full, and organize the things needed for the mountain trip.

At five o'clock in the morning, Xiao Tao, Xiao Wen, and Xiao Wu, the three brothers, arrived at Yue Feng's new house on time.

"Today we'll split into two vehicles! One snowmobile will go ahead as a scout, and the other will follow behind in a three-wheeled military-style vehicle! Our target location is Wild Boar Ridge and the area around Yama Jump!" Yue Feng said.

"Hehe! Let's go, let's go! My blade is itching for a fight!"

Xiao Tao slung his hunting bag over his shoulder and quickly began packing up the equipment and tools in the house.

Soon, the Yue family hunting team, having completed its preparations, had all four dogs on vehicles. The two vehicles departed from the door of the new house, speeding out of the village and heading directly into the mountains via the wood-fired road.

Having a motorcycle makes getting into the mountains much faster.

In less than forty minutes, Yue Feng and his group arrived at the edge of Chaiji Road, which was separated from Yezhu Ridge by a mountain ridge.

The wild boars were probably still in their dens at this hour. Yue Feng and his group parked their vehicle in a safe spot by the roadside, and then, with Gouzi and Falcon, headed towards Wild Boar Ridge.

By the time they crossed the mountain ridge and reached the edge of Wild Boar Ridge, it was already broad daylight.

Standing on the high point of the mountain ridge and looking down at Wild Boar Ridge, the vast mountain forest is covered in a blanket of silver.

The fresh snow covered the low shrubs and vines below the ditches and ponds. In this situation, even without dogs, a hunter's eyes alone could spot the traces left by wild boars from a great distance.

Yue Feng flicked the leash in his hand, untying the leash of the lead dog, Canglong.

"Azure Dragon, search!"

Once freed from its ropes, the Azure Dragon instantly broke away from its master and began to frolic in the snow.

They run, jump, sniff around, and even frequently lift their legs to urinate on the surrounding tree trunks to mark their territory.

After letting the dog gloat for a while, Canglong quickly began his work for the day.

The weather was nice today; it was calm and peaceful this morning, and even the top of the tallest aspen tree didn't sway at all.

In this state, odor molecules in the air are easier to distinguish.

The azure dragon kept its head tilted back the whole time, searching for the scent of any potential prey.

They searched for almost a mile with their hunting party, but they couldn't find a single wild boar footprint or any suspicious scent.

"Hey, Feng, something seems off here! There aren't even any footprints!" Xiao Tao followed behind, leading the other three dogs, his eyes filled with confusion.

Yue Feng was also a bit confused. A few days ago, he had asked his master Zhao Dashan about the wild boars in the Wild Boar Ridge area. Old Zhao said that there was a group of wild boars there that hadn't been dealt with yet.

However, judging from the footprints on the ground, this group of wild boars is probably not active near the core area of ​​Wild Boar Ridge.

It's unclear whether they sensed danger and moved their territory, or whether someone beat them to it.

"It's still early, let's continue searching to make sure the pigs are gone before moving on to another spot! Xiao Tao, let the other three dogs go too!"

"Okay! Alright!" Xiao Tao released the other three dogs, making a total of four wolf pups, who then began searching the snow even more recklessly.

After another hour of continuous searching, apart from finding a few slightly older robe-like footprints, no trace of the wild boar herd was found.

Just as the hunting party was feeling a bit down and thought they might be in for a bad start, the cawing of a black crow came from the woods on the shady slope in the distance.

"There's a crow calling over on the shady slope! Let's go straight there and take a look!" Upon hearing the crow's call, Yue Feng immediately made arrangements to rush over.

The crow, also known as the raven, is a native bird that can be seen all year round in the old forests of Changbai Mountain in Northeast China.

This creature is extremely intelligent; it could even be said to be one of the most intelligent birds in nature.

They are omnivorous birds most of the time, but in winter, especially after heavy snow closes the mountains, they switch from omnivorous to carrion-eating.

Small animals that have frozen to death, or the entrails left by hunters to offer as sacrifices to the mountain gods, are all food for black crows to survive the winter.

Experienced hunters can sometimes glean a lot of information from the crow's call from a great distance, a skill that Zhao Dashan taught Yue Feng.

The crows' calls just now weren't just from one bird; it was clearly from many birds gathering together. This situation definitely indicates something is going on.

The group of four traveled along a straight line to the area where the crows gathered.

Sure enough, from at least a hundred meters away, we saw a black crow perched on a branch next to the tree trunk, pecking at something.

Yue Feng took the rifle off his shoulder, held it in his hand, and swaggered over.

Whoa whoa whoa!
When the crow saw people approaching, it immediately cawed and took flight, hiding in the treetops.

Yue Feng walked up and saw wild boar entrails and offal on the tree branch that were almost rotting and emitting a foul odor.

In winter, when temperatures have already dropped below zero, wild boar entrails shouldn't rot so quickly, even after ten days or two weeks. This means that the wild boar was hunted at least two weeks ago.

In an instant, Yue Feng felt as if someone had broken into his pigsty and taken away the big, fat pig he had raised for a year.

"Brother Dong, what's going on? Are you hanging pig offal on the ground?" Xiao Tao asked, glancing over at the scene.

Yue Feng nodded: "Stop wandering around here! This area was cleared before the snow! The wild boar offal in the trees is highly rotten, it must have been there at least half a month ago!"

"Um... let's go then! No wonder we didn't see a single wild boar footprint!"

……

Despite possessing top-tier weapons, the group headed towards Chaiji Road with somewhat low spirits.

With the boar herd gone from Wild Boar Ridge, we'll have to head to the next backup hunting ground!

The four brothers walked in the woods for more than half an hour, circled back to where they had parked at Chaiji Road, and then went to Yanwang Jump!
Same recipe, same taste!
Even in the snow-covered mountain area of ​​Yanwangtiao, there were only a few scattered animal footprints, and still no trace of wild boars.

By the time the hunting team returned to the parking area, looking a bit down, it was already past 10 a.m.

The group entered the mountains with great enthusiasm and ambition, intending to wreak havoc with their advanced weapons and skilled henchmen, only to find their backyard had been raided.

"Damn it! Have you heard which 'troll' has come out of the mountains again in our Hongxing Forest Farm? He's already swept up our private plot!" Yue Feng asked Xiaowen and Xiaowu with a bit of helplessness.

Xiaowen and Xiaowu exchanged a glance and both shook their heads.

Xiaowen replied, "I haven't heard of it! My brother and I have been keeping an eye on things at the purchasing point. If such a remarkable person really emerged, I should be able to hear about it from the villagers who go into the mountains!"

"Let's change locations again, to the backup hunting grounds, Logging Forest No. 47!"

"OK!"

The group started their vehicle and headed to another mountain area that was a little further away.

In Zefalin, we did see some wild boar tracks that we hadn't seen in a long time, but they were at least three to five days old.

The guys followed the dog and kept tracking it, only to discover that after killing the wild boar, they were offering blood as a sacrifice to the mountain god.

The wild boar blood had long since seeped into the snow crust and the black soil beneath, freezing hard and turning black in the biting cold wind.

The drainage from the trees, though not smelly, was severely weathered and dehydrated. It was frozen solid, and by appearances, it had been there for at least three to five days.

Well, the wild boar herd at the backup hunting grounds has already been 'ravaged' in advance.

This happened after it snowed, probably on the second or third day after the snowfall.

For the entire morning, Yue Feng and his team worked non-stop, but they couldn't catch up at all.

"Brother, this place is tough enough already. How about we go for a walk in the mountains further away?" Xiaowen suggested in a low voice.

Yue Feng glanced at the time on his wrist.

It's already noon, and it'll be getting dark around 4 PM. The group hasn't even had lunch yet. Judging from the schedule, today's hunting party's first outing after the snowfall will most likely be a complete waste of time!
Yue Feng said, "It's already twelve o'clock. Let's gather some firewood to start a fire and fill our stomachs first! After we eat, we can go for a walk around the area!"

"Okay, I brought steamed buns and some lard and pickled vegetables! Let's fill our stomachs first!" Xiao Tao replied and immediately turned around to gather firewood.

Right at the scene of the pig slaughter and bleeding, the group quickly lit a fire, heated their food over the fire, and slowly began to eat.

While waiting for the dry rations to heat up, Yue Feng wandered around and found some clues from the traces left in the snow.

There were no old dog paw prints around, which means the hunter probably didn't bring a dog!

Less than three meters from the bleeding site, there were traces of a wild boar being knocked down. From the tree trunk next to the traces, Yue Feng discovered bullet holes left by rifle bullets.

Yue Feng pulled out his knife from his lower back and slowly pried the deformed bullet off the tree trunk.

Looking at the deformed shape of the bullet, Yue Feng scratched his head.

"Xiao Tao, fire a shot at that larch tree about twenty meters away!"

"Ah? What for?"

"Just jump when I tell you to!"

"profound!"

Soon, Xiao Tao fired a shot at the tree trunk. Yue Feng went over, found the bullet hole, and worked hard for a long time to pry the bullet out of the tree trunk.

Yue Feng's knowledge of firearms is not exactly professional; the type of bullet he uses most often is the 7.62mm medium-power standard bullet.

After comparing the two warheads, Yue Feng discovered the problem.

Before this bullet deformed, it was not the same type of pointed bullet, but a round-nosed bullet!

This touches on Yue Feng's area of ​​knowledge.

He could tell the difference by comparing them, but he couldn't tell what kind of guns and bullets they were.

Yue Feng stuffed the two severely deformed bullets into his inner pocket and then returned to the campfire.

"Brother, what are you fiddling with over there? If you fire a shot like that, even if there are other wild animals around, they'll run away as soon as they hear the gunshot!" Xiao Tao asked, scratching his head.

Yue Feng explained, "I just found a round-nosed bullet! I'm not sure what it is, so I compared it with the bullets we use! I'm not sure what kind of gun this bullet is for, but I'm sure it's for older guns!"

Now they all use pointed bullets; round-nosed bullets are scarce, mostly leftovers from the past!

Xiao Tao pouted: "Who cares if it's round-headed or pointed-headed! There are plenty of wild animals on the mountain, how can it always get ahead of us?"

"At worst, we can ride our bikes to somewhere even further tomorrow! Or we can just pack our tents and go camping deep in the mountains beyond Chaiji Road!"

What Xiao Tao said makes sense.

Yue Feng was just being curious; he didn't have any other intentions.

He is now quite well-off, and his need to go hunting in the mountains has decreased significantly.

In the past, hunting was a way for families to improve their lives and accumulate capital when conditions were poor. Now, hunting is more about satisfying the need for outdoor recreation and, incidentally, getting some meat for the family's dogs and the ranch on the mountain.

I don't recognize these round-nosed bullets. I'll ask my master when I get back; Uncle Zhao will definitely know. (End of Chapter)