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

“Brother Hongtao, these wild boar lambs weren’t caught all at once! Look at the footprints on the ground!” Yue Feng said, pointing to the footprints on the ground.

Zhao Hongbo didn't even look at the footprints, and said very confidently, "They definitely weren't caught all at once!"
We set only a few traps, and the traps weren't dense enough to catch several of these chicks at once!
These piglets must have eaten the bait we scattered around first, and only after they had picked up almost all of it were they slowly attracted to the area where the trap was located!

These medicated baits are a delicacy for piglets with little survival experience, and even knowing the danger, they will still bravely try them!

If I'm not mistaken, the first one caught should be this half-grown, two-year-old wild boar!
This sow weighs about 100 pounds, which is the best time to cook her meat!

Other piglets are simply put into burlap sacks and taken back, but what about this half-grown sow? Should we just kill her, bleed her, skin her, clean her up, and take her back to eat?"

After saying this, Zhao Hongbo raised the single-section spear in his hand and pointed it at the two-year-old wild boar that was still struggling desperately and circling around the clamp.

Yue Feng hesitated for a moment and then shook his head: "We just went hunting, and we have plenty of fresh meat at home. Let's not kill this two-year-old Chen!"

So what are your plans?

Zhao Hongbo looked at Yue Feng with a puzzled expression when he heard that Yue Feng did not intend to slaughter the sow.

Back then, piglets that were only a few months old could still be raised and domesticated. But these two-year-old sows, who had been living in the mountains for more than a year and had grown into half-grown pigs with the herd, had completely developed their wild nature and there was no point in raising them in captivity.

Yue Feng said, "I plan to release all the live piglets caught in the traps into our Shidingzi contracted forest base!"

The area was surrounded by barbed wire, and a large number of medicinal herbs and edible plants such as Solomon's seal were planted there!
These piglets or half-grown pigs have no worries about being full while living inside, and they will definitely fatten up before winter!

Especially this little sow; at least she's part of the same group as the other piglets from back then, they know each other well, so in a new environment, she should be able to lead those piglets around!

Upon hearing Yue Feng's plan, Zhao Hongbo immediately understood what Yue Feng was thinking.

"If we do it the way you described, it seems like it could work!"
However, subduing this wild boar, which weighs about 100 pounds, will be a little difficult for the two of us. Don't let its small size fool you; if you're not careful, it could easily injure you!

Yue Feng took the rope off his back: "It's okay, I have experience catching live wild boars, just watch me! You keep watch for me, if we make a mistake, just kill it and eat it!"

"Okay, come on over! I'll keep an eye on things for you!"

Yue Feng straightened the rope, then tied a slipknot at a suitable length at one end, and began looking for an opportunity.

The half-grown wild boar, trapped in the trap, paced nervously in circles, foaming at the mouth and breathing heavily through its nostrils, clearly in a state of stress.

Yue Feng tied the slipknot, but didn't rush to make a move. He let the other pig keep fussing until it slowed down. Then, he seized the opportunity and suddenly threw out the slipknot, which landed squarely on the sow's snout.

The rope tightened, and the slipknot locking the pig's snout instantly took effect.

Yue Feng pulled the rope slightly, then guided it in a suitable direction, like leading an ox, so that it was in a straight line with the clamp on the sow's hind hooves. This restricted the sow's nose and hind legs, leaving her with no room to move.

After restraining the sow's snout, Yue Feng handed the rope end to Zhao Hongbo: "Brother Hongbo, hold the rope end for me! I'll use the rest of the rope to add more fuel to the fire!"

"Okay!" Zhao Hongbo pulled on the rope, controlling the wild boar's movements.

Yue Feng used the same trick again, tying a slipknot at the other end of the rope, this time to tie the wild boar's front hoof.

After tying the front hooves, Yue Feng circled the boar a few times, easily tightening and binding the wild boar's limbs.

Now, the little wild boar, having lost its balance, landed belly-down and was unable to move, only able to let out a pitiful cry before it died.

Yue Feng tightened both ropes and tied a neat slipknot before letting out a sigh of relief: "Alright, it's tight now, we can take off the clips!"

I'll check on the injured hoof to see how badly it's hurt!

Zhao Hongbo said with a smile, "You don't need to worry about that. I wrapped the iron blade of the clamp with cloth strips, which slightly reduced the biting force but greatly reduced the damage! At most, it will cause some superficial injury. After a few days of healing and the scabs fall off, it won't affect the pig's trotter's function!"

"Okay, take off the clips first so I can check them!" Yue Feng nodded.

Zhao Hongbo approached the sow who was bound like a dumpling, glanced at the pig's hoof on the clamp, and then slowly opened the gap of the steel clamp by stepping on the spring switch.

Once the clamps were removed, the condition of the sow's hooves immediately became clear.

Just as Zhao Hongbo described, it was only a minor scratch and swelling, with no serious injury or bone damage.

"Hehe, no problem. This level of injury from a clamp should recover to about 70-80% in a day or two at most!" Yue Feng grinned, his heart finally at ease.

After dealing with the largest two-year-old sow, Yue Feng and Zhao Hongbo immediately turned to deal with the other three young wild boars.

When these wild boar chicks saw people approaching, they weren't just simply afraid; instead, they were eager to attack.

They say a newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger, and these wild boar lambs from back then were in a similar situation, thinking that their pitiful aggression could endanger the two young hunters, Yue Feng and Zhao Hongbo.

Removing the clips from the legs of the piglets is even simpler.

Yue Feng was responsible for lifting the piglet upside down, while Zhao Hongbo used his strength to remove the clamps.

The traps used to catch piglets are small, less destructive, and have limited killing power on the prey, which is also alive and intact.

A piglet was stuffed into a snakeskin bag, the bag was tied with hemp rope and thrown aside, and then the same trick was repeated to pick two more piglets.

After the last piglet was untied, Zhao Hongbo chuckled and pried open the piglet's legs to take a look.

"These three piglets are two male piglets and one female piglet!"

You're planning to move them over at the top of the stone? Should we give them a minor surgery before doing so?

"Minor surgery?"

Yue Feng was slightly taken aback when he heard the word, and his mind didn't quite process it for a moment.

"Yeah, I know how to castrate pigs, and I've been doing it for over ten years!"
This thing, with those two balls in its crotch, is not only prone to fighting, but it also refuses to grow flesh!

"Give it a castration while you're at it, and scatter the scatterings in your breeding area; it'll make a big difference!"

As a child from the village, Yue Feng naturally knew what castrating pigs was for.

The so-called castration of pigs is a small surgery performed with a knife to remove the testicles of male piglets when they are still young.

This thing is also called castration.

Castrated piglets, lacking egg cells, experience a greater influence on their male hormone secretion during growth. This results in them being more docile and able to gain more muscle from the same food intake, with a noticeable improvement in meat quality.

For humans, castrating piglets is a choice with only benefits and no harm. Domesticated large pigs, unless kept for breeding, will all undergo this procedure. In the village, the pig castrators who know how to castrate pigs have a very high status, and almost every household deals with them. Yue Feng had never personally released wild boar piglets into the breeding area before, so he hadn't paid attention to this detail.

Now that Zhao Hongbo had reminded him, Yue Feng naturally agreed readily.

"Great! Brother Hongbo, you even know this skill!" Yue Feng nodded repeatedly.

"I learned from my second uncle before, but after taking this job, I stopped doing pig castration! So I'm going to get started!"

"Um, do you need me to lend a hand?"

"No need, these little piglets are easy to handle! Take out the small wine flask from my bag, I'll disinfect the knife!"

"it is good!"

Yue Feng took out his flask from his satchel, and Zhao Hongbo spat a mouthful of wine onto the blade of his knife. Then, he grabbed the little wild boar by its hind legs and clamped it between his knees.

Lift the skin, the blade easily cuts a small opening, reach in and squeeze out the egg ball, then chop it off with a single stroke. The pig castration process is now complete.

The entire process was as simple as squeezing a pimple for his wife in Zhao Hongbo's hands; it was as easy as pulling a needle in a haystack.

"All right!"

Zhao Hongbo demonstrated his skills, then stuffed the piglet back into the snakeskin bag and tied it up.

The next one continued the same action, and within a few minutes, these two promising young boars had completely lost their eggs.

"Tsk tsk, I didn't expect you to be so skilled at castrating pigs!" Yue Feng, who witnessed the whole thing, couldn't help but exclaim.

"Haha! This size of piglet is alright, but any bigger and it'll be difficult to handle! Let's move the harvest outside a bit and then rearrange the traps!"

"Can they still catch more? These surviving wild boars know it's a trap, so why would they keep coming over?" Yue Feng asked, scratching his head.

Zhao Hongbo said, "We definitely can't continue setting traps in this small area! But if we move it a little, there's still a chance! The water source is still here, so the pigs will most likely come back!"

These things are clever, but some are like piglets without experience, and they easily forget how to learn from mistakes!

We've only caught three so far. Based on the size of the pig herd we've observed before, there should be at least a dozen more piglets from that year!

“Okay, then I’ll do as you say and make the arrangements again!” Yue Feng nodded readily.

"This time, it's your turn? You should have learned it last time, right?"

Zhao Hongbo took down a clip and looked at Yue Feng with a smile.

Yue Feng knew that Zhao Hongbo was teaching him how to set up clips, so he didn't stand on ceremony: "I've learned most of it. This time, I'll teach you. If you have any questions, please remind me!"

After saying that, Yue Feng took the clip from the other person's hand.

All the clamps that had been set up earlier were removed, and the mud was simply rinsed off in water. Then Zhao Hongbo remained silent and quietly watched Yue Feng's performance.

At this point, Yue Feng's experience in setting up rope traps, which he had learned from Zhao Dashan, came in handy.

In principle, suspender covers and clips are actually quite similar.

Both methods involve using a tool or device to restrict the prey's movement in order to achieve the goal of hunting the prey.

Yue Feng put himself in the perspective of the wild boar and began to carefully observe the surrounding terrain and the details that could be used to set up traps.

After some observation, Yue Feng focused his attention on an area several dozen meters outward from the sandy beach and mud pit.

None of the clips came with wedges; they needed to be secured to trees or shrub branches, so open spaces were completely ruled out.

In addition, if wild boars approach the water source from the southeast, this area is a necessary passage. With the powerful effect of the bait, setting traps here will definitely yield results, not much worse than near the beach earlier.

Once the location was chosen, Yue Feng got busy.

The process involves digging a hole, setting up traps, camouflaging the area, erasing footprints and other traces, and then moving to a different location to repeat the previous steps.

Throughout the entire process, Zhao Hongbo simply watched silently without uttering a word of advice.

After Yue Feng finished setting up all the clips, Zhao Hongbo couldn't help but exclaim, "Your clip-making skills are already seven or eight tenths perfect! Did you learn it before?"

Yue Feng smiled and shook his head: "This is the first time I've set up traps, but I learned from my master how to set up hanging traps with deer tendon rope!"

To me, these things are all pretty much the same. Just put yourself in the prey's shoes, think like the prey, and draw conclusions! Then you can set up the plan accordingly!
I think the difficulty lies in choosing the location; simply placing the clips is not that hard!
However, with my Uncle Zhao's sweet bait, the margin for error in this most difficult step has become much larger!

"Look, do you think the traps I set up in this area have a chance to land a shipment?"

Zhao Hongbo nodded: "I also think this area is promising! We're kindred spirits!"
"Hey, let's spread the bait, then we'll retreat!"

After saying that, Zhao Hongbo took out a small bag from his pocket, which contained bait that smelled of food.

Yue Feng took the small bag, but instead of immediately scattering the bait, he pointed to the water's edge and said, "Let's go around to the other side and I'll scatter the bait there!"
People tend to leave their scent here! But once they go into the water, there's no smell!

Upon hearing this, Zhao Hongbo was completely convinced.

He didn't even consider the issue of lingering human scent, but Yue Feng did.

From this perspective, Yue Feng's understanding of setting traps is almost on par with Zhao Hongbo's, and he even thinks of more details than Zhao Hongbo.

Zhao Hongbo exclaimed sincerely, "Tsk tsk tsk, my dad occasionally mentions that you have a high aptitude for being a hunter."

I used to be a little unconvinced, always feeling that when you led Xiao Tao and the others into the mountains to hunt, the results you achieved were partly due to luck, in addition to your skills!
Looking back, my dad was right! You paid more attention to these details than I did!

"Haha, it's not that mysterious! It's just good luck!"

Yue Feng said modestly, and while backing away, he swept up the footprints on the ground. After everyone had left, the ground had been restored to about 80-90% of its original state.

In just a few hours, once the damp sand surface dries completely, the smell of people having been there will be completely gone.

After setting up the bait, Yue Feng and Zhao Hongbo got on the motorcycle with the live wild boar lambs they had caught using the traps.

The longer the night, the more likely things will go wrong. These four wild boars, captured alive, must be sent to Shidingzi that very day. (End of Chapter)