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

Chapter 734 Delivered to the Door

Another half hour passed before Yue Feng dragged the sled back to the camp.

The game that Xiao Tao and his two brothers dragged back was already piled up at the entrance of the camp.

Yue Feng dragged the sled to his side, then untied the ropes and threw all the yellow-haired wild boars off.

Xiao Tao, Xiao Wen, and Xiao Wu dragged their sleds back. They could bring back the remaining wild boars in one trip, which meant that Yue Feng wouldn't have to go back to move the game again.

Thinking about how to skin and debone these wild boars and process the meat into jerky by torch, Yue Feng began to observe the area around the camp.

Soon, he found two trees that were not too far apart.

To process so many prey, you either skin them, dismember them, or hang them up, or use a table or similar device to assist you.

In the desolate wilderness, there are certainly no tables or benches, so the prey can only be hung up.

After Yue Feng identified the two tree trunks that were spaced appropriately, he turned and walked outside. A short while later, he returned dragging a pine trunk as thick as a bowl.

They found ropes and secured the pine trunk horizontally to the tree trunk, creating a temporary hanging beam.

Yue Feng tied a rope to the hind leg of a yellow-haired pig and, with a little effort, hung the pig on the hanging pole.

Skinning, deboning, and cutting into pieces as needed, in no time at all, the yellow-haired wild boar was transformed into a pile of large, neatly cut pieces of pork by Yue Feng's knife.

These tasks need to be done sooner or later. Xiao Tao, Xiao Wen, and Xiao Wu haven't returned yet, so Yue Feng, the team leader, naturally can't be idle.

Using the same method, they finished dismembering the two yellow-haired wild boars, and Xiao Tao and the Zhang brothers returned, dragging their heavy sleds.

"Brother! We heard you fire another shot on the way here. Did you spot some prey?" Xiao Tao asked curiously as he dragged the sled to its spot.

Yue Feng nodded: "The lynx that injured our Black Tiger didn't run away; instead, it was attracted by the smell of wild boar blood! The big black eagle spotted it in the sky and cawed to warn us. I was at least 300 meters away when I was shot a few times!"

"Missed?"

Yue Feng shook his head, then nodded, and said truthfully, "I missed the first two shots on the stationary target, but when the tiger cub turned and ran, I chased after it and fired three more shots! One of them hit its hind paw and smashed half of it!"

"Holy crap! What are we waiting for? Let's grab Azure Dragon and go after them! There's fresh blood on the trail, we won't lose track of them!"

When Xiao Tao heard that Yue Feng had injured the tiger cubs, his eyes immediately lit up.

"We definitely have to chase them, but there's no rush! We've got so much wild boar meat that we haven't even processed yet! We need to prioritize and make some choices!"

Xiao Tao grinned and said, "Hehe, if you ask me, it's definitely the tiger cubs that are heavier! A perfect pelt can sell for a lot of money!"
Even if all the wild boar meat were sold at market price, it would barely be worth the price of a tiger cub's pelt!

Hearing Xiao Tao's remarks, Yue Feng curled his lips: "You, you're called stupid, but sometimes you can actually do the math!"
You're supposed to be smart, but sometimes you just don't think things through!

"Why didn't I think it through? Lynx pelts are much more expensive than wild boar meat!" Xiao Tao said, still quite unconvinced.

Yue Feng curled his lip and complained, "I'm asking you, what time is it now!"

"It's almost one o'clock in the morning! Why are you asking this?" Xiao Tao answered truthfully.

"We've been busy since dawn, and we haven't even had lunch yet!"
In front of me are so many wild boar meats that we've already caught!

At this point, when you suggest chasing the lynx, everyone's stamina has clearly decreased!

It gets dark in the mountains around 4 PM! Theoretically, our maximum tracking time is only three hours!
"Do you remember how long it took us to chase that lame lynx last time?"

"Forehead……"

Upon hearing Yue Feng's words, Xiao Tao, who had just been eagerly clamoring to hunt tiger cubs, fell silent.

Even if lynx pelts are valuable, they still need to be hunted down!
However, time was running out; there was so much meat at home that it needed to be dealt with properly! If they risked chasing the lynx now, with such a short time, they would most likely return empty-handed before dark.

Yue Feng glanced at Xiao Tao: "Why aren't you saying anything? Have you thought it through?"

"Hehe, I didn't think that much about it!"

Xiao Tao scratched his head, no longer daring to show off.

"Time is running out, we definitely have to make choices! Let's set off first thing tomorrow morning and give it a try! If we can catch it, great; if not, consider ourselves lucky!"

Yue Feng made the final decision directly.

"Okay, tomorrow it is! We have one night. If it doesn't run for its life, we'll still have a chance to catch it tomorrow!" Xiao Tao agreed.

"Don't just stand there, everyone! Xiaowen, go to the tent and start cooking. The rest of you, before the pig freezes solid, lend a hand and clean out the skin, meat, and bones! After lunch, we'll start making jerky!"

"Oooo!"

……

Under Yue Feng's arrangement, the hunting team members got busy.

Many hands make light work; no matter how good Yue Feng's knife handle is, he can only handle one prey at a time.

But three people can handle three heads at once.

With the help of the hanging pole, everyone's hands were quick in skinning, deboning and cutting the meat, and in no time they could dismantle a 200-pound pig into pieces.

By the time lunch was ready inside the tent, most of the rough work of skinning and butchering meat outside had been done.

Yue Feng called out, dragged the unfinished wild boar to a sheltered and warm spot near the tent entrance, and then went inside to eat.

Compared to the dishes served yesterday and this morning, lunch today is much more substantial.

A whole rack of yellow-haired pork ribs was chopped into pieces and put into the pot, along with another pork hind leg.

In addition, Xiaowen also skewered some tender pork on pine branches and roasted it by the fire.

With fresh ingredients and a reasonably proper cooking method, the taste is much better than eating jerky or compressed rations.

After a busy morning, the four brothers sat around the stove in the tent, each filled their aluminum lunchbox with meat, drank soup, and then ate some skewers.

After a few bites, my mouth was full of oil, and my whole body quickly warmed up.

After a short rest, their strength was quickly restored. After eating and drinking their fill, the group didn't idle around. They skinned and deboned the remaining pigs and began working on the next steps of making the dried meat.

To be honest, making jerky was not difficult for the group at all.

First, cut down some dead pine trunks for firewood, then hang large pieces of processed wild boar meat vertically around the fire in a certain position.

The continuous burning of pine wood can quickly dry out the moisture in fresh pork. Once the pork has turned into jerky, it can be removed, replaced with a new batch, and the process can be repeated.

For a moment, the area around the camp was filled with the rich aroma of pork fat, which even temporarily masked the bloody smell of skinning and deboning.

To increase efficiency, the brothers lit several large fires and roasted most of the jerky by mid-afternoon.

The remaining fresh meat and offal can supply the camp's normal living needs, as well as the rations for the hunting dogs and falcons.

With so much to show for it, even if we broke camp and headed back immediately, the trip would have been worthwhile. Of course, that's what they said; breaking camp was definitely out of the question. Yue Feng and his men were still thinking about the lynx that had injured Gouzi.

As evening approached, Yue Feng checked the black tiger's condition again after it had been stitched up.

Black Tiger was quite robust, so this minor injury didn't affect it too much. Yue Feng gave the dog an anti-inflammatory pill and let it stay in the tent.

Night fell quickly, and the light around the camp dimmed. After dinner, the hunters, who had been busy all day, took turns to rest.

Yue Feng kept in mind all the precautions Wu Keji had taught him while he was away from home.

He went out with his gun and circled the camp for a long time but found nothing unusual.

After checking that the alarm device in the canned food jar was working properly, Yue Feng returned to his tent, added firewood, greeted the person on night watch, and lay down on his bedding to sleep fully clothed.

Tonight is even more chaotic than last night.

The gunshots from the daytime hunt and the stench of blood in the camp made the animals, big and small, in the forest somewhat restless.

Yue Feng couldn't distinguish many of the strange animal sounds.

However, the hounds, including Canglong, who had been guarding the camp entrance, were quite well-behaved tonight.

As long as the dogs don't bark indiscriminately, it means the camp is safe. No suspicious animal can escape the Azure Dragon's ears and nose.

Nothing happened that night, and Yue Feng took over Xiao Tao's night watch duties on the last shift of the morning.

Having drunk quite a bit of pork rib soup last night, Yue Feng woke up, put on a thick sheepskin coat, crawled out of the tent, and headed towards a spot not far away.

The sky was dim, and only the outlines of the surroundings could be vaguely seen. Yue Feng loosened his belt to relieve himself, then shuddered, fastened his belt again, and headed back.

As I walked, I casually glanced at the vast, dense forest in the distance.

With just one glance, Yue Feng's heart skipped a beat, and he instantly lost all sleepiness.

At least 150 meters away from the camp, two bright eyes, like small lanterns, were staring in this direction.

A large, yellow-green light bulb silently watched the campsite from beneath the distant trees.

Yue Feng took a deep breath, pretended not to see it, and walked steadily back to the tent entrance, then crouched down and crawled inside.

Upon entering the room, Yue Feng immediately grabbed the 56-and-a-half-inch handbag next to him.

Yellow-green pupils are a distinctive feature of felines.

Based on his experience hunting wild boar during the day, Yue Feng had ample reason to suspect that the creature secretly spying outside the camp was most likely the lynx.

Some people might wonder, how can you determine the target just by looking at them? That seems far-fetched.

The reasoning is not the same as the reasoning itself, but rather has a deeper underlying logic.

Every apex predator has territory!
As apex predators, their territories generally do not overlap (perhaps with a small overlap at the edges).

In simpler terms, within the core territory of an adult lynx, there is a high probability that no other lynx of its kind or in the same ecological niche exist.

With a limited number of prey, predators will compete with each other.

Could it be that this thing didn't learn its lesson after being shot and sneaked around the camp looking for revenge?

Yue Feng pondered to himself.

After calming down for a few seconds, Yue Feng quietly approached the tent, gently pulled open the tarpaulin of the observation port, and then peered through the port to observe the location of the creature.

Due to the angle, I looked around but couldn't find those eyes again.

Just then, the Azure Dragon at the tent entrance suddenly raised its head and pricked up its ears to listen to something.

Wang Wang!

A deep growl sounded, and Yue Feng saw eyes like copper bells turn and run away, leaving a trail of gray shadows that instantly disappeared into the depths of the forest.

"Brother, the Azure Dragon has roared!" Xiao Tao, who had just taken over his shift and was still awake, reminded him in a deep voice.

Yue Feng: "It's alright, it's almost dawn! Get some sleep, we'll talk about it when you're awake!"

"profound!"

Yue Feng gripped his gun and quietly watched from the observation post for a while longer, but he didn't see the wild animal appear again.

Outside, the Azure Dragon lay still again. Yue Feng put down his gun, turned off the safety, then added pine wood to the stove to stoke the fire, and started preparing breakfast ahead of time.

It was getting brighter outside, and it was past five o'clock.

Breakfast is ready: a porridge made with boiled meat and compressed biscuits, emitting a rich aroma of wheat and meat.

Yue Feng woke up his teammates, grabbed his gun, and led Canglong towards the unknown location of the prey to check the situation.

After a quick glance, Yue Feng's eyes narrowed.

I wasn't mistaken, it was indeed that lynx!
There were only three footprints on the ground. Yue Feng followed the footprints for a short distance, and Canglong also found a small drop of frozen blood.

This guy is incredibly audacious! He was shot and crippled, yet instead of trying to escape, he dared to sneak into the camp under the cover of night.

Is this a suicide mission?

Since you're so enthusiastic, I won't hold back!
After figuring out the situation, Yue Feng swaggered back to the camp.

Xiao Tao asked curiously, "Something's up? Why are you out with a gun and a dog so early in the morning?"

Yue Feng answered truthfully: "When I went outside to release the water during the midnight shift change, I found two eyes that looked like copper bells at the edge of the woods!"

I went back inside and searched the observation window for a long time but couldn't see anything clearly. The dog barked, and I ran away in fright!
I just went out for a walk, and it must be the lynx I shot and crippled! There were only three footprints in the snow, and I also found a drop of blood!

Upon hearing this, Xiao Tao's eyes lit up instantly.

"Holy crap, this is like food delivered to our doorstep! It even dares to roam around our camp! Hurry up and eat, then we'll go chase it!" Xiao Tao urged excitedly.

It would have taken at least 40 to 50 minutes to walk from the wild boar's den to the camp yesterday. Now that we don't have to start the chase from there, it's definitely good news for the hunting team.

Yue Feng nodded: "Everyone, hurry up and eat! Once we're full, we'll go after them! There's no reason to let go of benefits that are delivered to our doorstep!"
I must avenge Black Tiger!

In an instant, all four people in the tent became excited.

A perfect lynx pelt can sell for at least four figures.

Yesterday afternoon, everyone was worried that it had run far away overnight and they wouldn't be able to catch it.

Looking back now, everything is just right!
(End of this chapter)