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

Upon hearing Yue Feng's words, Xiao Tao immediately called out and gathered all the dogs over, then re-tied them with their ropes.

"Brother, the dog's tied up. Shall we go along the roadside or go straight down into the ditch? I asked around yesterday, but they didn't give me any specific directions!" Xiao Tao asked, scratching his head.

Xiaowen and his younger brother Xiaowu exchanged a glance. Xiaowen said, "Let's walk and see. It's still a long way off. It's a bit early to go down into the ditch now!"

Yue Feng briefly reviewed the surrounding terrain in his mind, then said with certainty, "If we're going to spend the night on the mountain now, we'll definitely have to dig snow nests."

If we're spending the night around Shidingzi, there aren't many suitable spots to dig snow nests! Let's first go check out the large ditch on the sunny slope outside the fence on the south side of Shidingzi!

"If we're going to the ditch, going down directly from here isn't considered a detour! Shall we go straight down?" Xiao Tao asked after hearing this.

"Go! Keep an eye on the dogs! Watch your step, safety first!" Yue Feng nodded and gave the order.

Xiao Tao immediately led the dog down into the ditch and headed towards the sunny slope ditch, stepping on the snow.

Since Yue Feng and his group contracted this area and fenced it off with barbed wire, there are significantly fewer hunters coming here to hunt.

Along the way, there were no hunter footprints on the snow, only the occasional footprints left by small animals.

Looking at it in the morning light, the snow cover is a silvery white, with scattered trees in the distance, which is quite beautiful.

The four men, with dogs on their hind legs and guns on their backs, advanced forward. After walking for about twenty minutes, they crossed the first mountain ridge. Standing on the ridge and looking north, they had a clear view of the opposite side.

Yue Feng shaded his eyes with his hand and surveyed the terrain from west to east, looking for suitable places to make snow nests for the night.

“No one camped here! No one has been to the large ditch on the sunny slope below!” After scanning the area, Yue Feng said with great certainty.

Xiaowen also observed the area and frowned slightly, saying, "Is it possible that they secretly sneaked into the area of ​​our net?"
Below the stone peak, there's also a sunny slope where you can make snowdrifts and shelter from the wind at night!

In those days, the fences used to mark the outer perimeter of a territory were made of wooden stakes and barbed wire. Due to cost considerations, they were rather rudimentary, only enough to indicate that the area was owned, and could not completely prevent outsiders from entering.

The more expensive iron mesh was only used on the side of the main road near Chaiji Road. In the end, this kind of isolation netting is only good for keeping honest people out, not for keeping scoundrels out.

The hunters who go up the mountain to hunt also know the rules and generally do not cross the line. Even if they occasionally do something borderline, they restrain themselves and do not make things too serious.

Given this objective situation, what Xiaowen said is indeed quite possible.

Cui Dahai wasn't considered a particularly skilled hunter in the surrounding villages; at best, he was a semi-amateur and not necessarily one to follow the rules.

Yue Feng nodded: "Let's go, let's go straight to the south slope of Shidingzi!"
A lot of Solomon's Seal was planted over there in the fall, but it hasn't grown yet. This guy probably took people there to hunt pigs and clear land, didn't he?

Xiao Tao's eyes widened instantly upon hearing Yue Feng's concern: "He wouldn't dare! This is our own territory! If he dares to cause trouble here, I'll take his balls off!"

"Let's take a look first!"

Yue Feng gave a shout, and the group readjusted their direction, walking about a mile northwest along the ridge. They found the area closest to the ridge of the sunny slope of Shidingzi, went down to the bottom of the ravine, and then crossed the ravine again to proceed in a straight line.

As mentioned earlier, this wild boar den mountain area is very suitable for large-scale encirclement. It has a commanding position, several ditches and ponds that connect it, and the mountain slope is relatively steep. Now that it has snowed, the native vegetation on the sunny side of the slope has been completely buried under the snow crust.

Yue Feng went to the ridge outside the second sunny slope and looked down. This time he quickly discovered something.

Part of it, on the sunny slope covered with yellow clay soil of Solomon's seal, had a large amount of snow crust removed, revealing the dark soil underneath, which was very obvious.

Another part, near the middle section, has large areas of snow with signs of trampling, and there are still pinkish, possibly bloodstains on the ground.

The bloodstains mixed with the white snow were quite distinctive, and Yue Feng and his companions spotted them at a glance.

"Brother, look over there! There's a snowdrift over there, and there are even signs of gutting people next to it! A whole area has been trampled!" Sharp-eyed Xiao Tao was the first to spot the situation and pointed it out to Yue Feng.

Yue Feng's heart tightened: "Let's go, let's go take a look first!"

Cui Dahai must be out of his mind, daring to hunt and spend the night in a wild boar den that he's supposed to have occupied!

This is the core production area of ​​Huangjing wild boar meat, and also one of Yuefeng's core assets on the mountain!

If the secret of Huangjing wild boar meat is completely exposed, it will directly affect the long-term plan for Yuefeng wild boar meat to be served at state banquets.

The group jogged quickly, and it took them more than ten minutes to reach their destination along a straight line.

Once they arrived at their destination and saw the details, Yue Feng's anger intensified!
There are indeed snowdrifts here, and not just one, but three side by side. The scale of snow trampling is quite large, and it looks like there is at least a hunting team of six or seven people active here.

The pinkish area visible from a distance outside the snowdrift is where wild boars were slaughtered, gutted, and bled. Judging from the marks, at least a group of three to five wild boars must have been hunted together, bled, and gutted to leave such marks.

"Damn it! They're treating our own territory like some unmanaged mountain area! They're coming to the wild boar's den to buy supplies!" Xiao Tao was furious when he saw this.

Yue Feng was also very angry, feeling as if his own treasure had been stolen by someone else.

But now is not the time to get angry. We need to make enough judgments and then adjust our response accordingly!
"Stop arguing! Let's unleash the Azure Dragon and look for any traces of that wild beast that hurt people!" Yue Feng called out.

Xiao Tao immediately released Canglong and began searching around the snowdrifts.

In less than a minute, Xiao Tao and his dog discovered unusual footprints.

"Brother, over here, there are footprints!" Xiao Tao said, pointing to a clear footprint on the ground.

Yue Feng immediately walked over and took a look, his brows furrowing even deeper.

The judgment made from the information gathered earlier matches the footprints on the ground now.

The footprints of this man-eating beast were half a size smaller than the tiger claw marks Yue Feng had made before, but the outlines were basically the same.

What angered Yue Feng even more was that after carefully examining the footprints along their direction, he discovered that the prey footprints on the snow crust had all been deliberately destroyed.

Why do I say that? Because the footprints of people who passed by were still there, but the footprints of that wild animal had been swept away by branches.

In addition, the mountain wind was quite strong at night, and the snowflakes blew so hard that at least 90% of the marks were destroyed.

However, this trick was no match for Yue Feng. He called out, "Azure Dragon, come here and let me sniff!"

The Azure Dragon immediately scurried over, sniffed the claw marks on the ground, and then chased after the blurred footprints.

Led by the dog, Yue Feng followed behind for a while, walking nearly a hundred meters away from the snowdrift campsite, before finally seeing the undisturbed animal tracks again. These tracks were left from a distance, indicating that the destination was the snowdrift campsite for the night.

Yue Feng boldly guessed that it was very likely that the wild boar meat was slaughtered during the day, and the smell of blood attracted the beast. After the ambush failed, it escaped from somewhere unknown.

Cui Dahai was injured and sent to the hospital for treatment. The others, fearing that things would be exposed or having other considerations, destroyed the animal's footprints and other features to prevent giving themselves away.

After examining the footprints, Yue Feng returned to the snowdrift and began to think from the perspective of the wild animal.

It stayed outside the snowdrift at the very edge, and then launched a sneak attack from less than two meters away from the snowdrift. However, the sneak attack failed because Cui Dahai was carrying a short wooden stick.

After failing, where can it go from here?

Yue Feng muttered something to himself, then began searching the outer perimeter of the camp.

They searched in circles for a long time but found no valuable information. It was as if a wild beast had been slaughtered and carried down the mountain; there was only the way it came, but no trace of its escape.

"Canglong, look around and see if there are any other scents coming from that direction! See which way that beast ran off to!" Yue Feng carefully instructed Canglong, the lead dog.

The azure dragon barked twice in response, then carefully raised its head and sniffed the air in front of it.

After sniffing around for a long time, the Azure Dragon finally found a faint scent, and then barked loudly towards the southeast.

Yue Feng saw that the dog was straining in his direction and took big strides to walk up the hillside.

After walking for nearly twenty meters, I finally saw fresh footprints below.

Yue Feng glanced back at the footprint and frowned inwardly.

What the hell is this monster? It leaped across the distance of at least twenty meters from where it was standing just now, as if it had wings!

Although there is a certain height difference on the sunny side, which can add some extra horizontal distance for jumping, the actual situation is still somewhat unbelievable.

"Keep chasing!" Yue Feng called to Gouzi again, and they continued the pursuit in the direction the prey had fled.

The more Yue Feng chased, the more alarmed he became. The prey was running at an astonishing speed with an extremely long stride.

Yue Feng made a simple estimate of the stride distance, which was close to two meters. Keep in mind that this was a stride on almost flat ground, without any elevation gain.

After chasing for nearly a mile, Yue Feng stopped when he saw the cliff on the south side.

The footprints indicate that the monster used its speed to jump off the cliff and escape. From a high vantage point, you can see the bright footprints on the opposite snow crust extending all the way to the ridge before disappearing from sight.

"Brother, should we keep chasing? The scent should still be there! Canglong can keep up!" Xiao Tao, who had caught up from behind, glanced at the situation and asked.

Yue Feng shook his head: "Let's go back first! Based on the data we've collected so far, we definitely can't catch up with this thing on foot!"

The last male tiger's stride was only about one and a half meters when it ran at full speed, but this monster's stride is over two meters!

The distance they jumped and ran from the camp was even more terrifying, with a significant drop, nearly twenty meters!

"Aren't you going to chase it anymore? If you chase it again tomorrow, even the scent will be gone!" Xiao Tao was a little anxious when he heard this.

"It's not that we're not going to chase them anymore, it's just that there's no point in chasing them now! It happened the day before yesterday, if they want to run, we definitely can't catch up!"
We've dealt with tigers before, and tracking them is already so difficult, let alone this kind of unknown monster!
Let's go back first! I'm more worried about how many of our wild boars, which are kept in the mountains, have been lost!
Although Cui Dahai went into hiding after receiving the message, he still needs follow-up treatment after surgery and can't stay hidden forever! Once we find him, many problems will be solved!

We can't let him leak the news from this base!

"What if it's already been spread?" Xiao Tao continued to ask.

Yue Feng narrowed his eyes: "If it's already spread to a small circle, then don't blame me for being ruthless! We'll find everyone who knows and then shut them up!"

The Ye family also owns shares here. If necessary, I'll have Brother Jun handle it! He knows what's important and what's urgent!

“I knew Cui Laodeng must be in the know, otherwise we wouldn’t have come up empty-handed yesterday! What do we do now?” Xiao Tao continued to ask.

Yue Feng instructed, "Let's go up to the top of the stone first. You have good eyesight, so go up there and use your binoculars to survey the surrounding mountains. See how long the poaching has been going on and gather information on the losses!"

My things aren't so easy to take. Anyone who dares to touch them will have their claws chopped off!

"Okay, then let's do it your way!" Xiao Tao immediately turned around and strode towards the highest point of the stone peak.

Xiao Tao had something to do, and Yue Feng and the other two weren't idle either; they each carefully searched the snowdrift.

The snow here is still relatively shallow, so the snowdrifts are not very large, which is why there are three snowdrifts.

From the scattered footprints, Yue Feng could tell that there were about six people in the group. They didn't bring any dogs, so they probably weren't very professional athletes.

About an hour later, Xiao Tao came down from the top of the stone.

"Brother! These bastards have caused a lot of trouble for our pigs! I can see from the top of the rock that there are at least seven or eight places with bloodstains on the north slope!"

"They came in from the area where the iron fence and caltrop netting intersected on the north side. That area had been cut open, and small paths had been made on the ground!" Xiao Tao said indignantly.

Yue Feng nodded after listening: "You lead the way, and we'll take a tour of the place!"

"it is good!"

Soon, Xiao Tao led his men around to the north side of the shady slope, and then began to investigate each of the traced areas in the field.

Upon seeing the scene, Yue Feng couldn't help but convulse in pain.

Xiao Tao's observation from the mountaintop was too conservative. Judging from the traces at the scene, there were at least two medium-sized wild boar herds that were driven away by multiple people and then ambushed and killed.

It can be said that these wild boar herds, which had been resting and recuperating in Yuefeng and had not been able to hunt or slaughter in large numbers during the New Year and other holidays, suffered heavy losses.

"Fuck it! I'm not watching anymore. I'm going down the mountain now and find Cui Dahai first! If we don't get this batch of meat back, I'll make sure their whole gang is locked up in jail!"

Yue Feng, whose home had been robbed, was instantly filled with rage.

Compared to the wild boar meat, the escaped unknown animal seemed utterly insignificant. (End of Chapter)