After all, this three-person poaching team has a very professional demeanor. After identifying the direction of the excrement left by the leopard, the three of them followed all the way, not letting go of any clues in this lush virgin forest.
, slowly but extremely accurately approaching the location of the leopard!
Jungle tracking is a very advanced technical activity, but because wild animals always leave various traces when they move in the mountain forest, especially predatory carnivores like leopards, the traces left behind are often quite obvious.
, so tracking a beast is much less difficult than tracking a human with sufficient anti-tracking skills.
The three-person poaching team followed various traces and searched for two full days. It was not until the morning of the third day that they finally caught the leopard's tail!
"The footprints...are no longer than ten minutes at most! The leopard should be nearby!"
The person in charge of tracking among the three people squatted down, carefully searched and inspected the bushes, then stood up suddenly and said excitedly.
The other two people's originally somewhat sluggish mental outlook was immediately shaken, and at the same time they tightened the shotguns in their hands.
The tracking for more than two days was not an easy task for them. In order to avoid losing track, the three of them did not really have a good night's sleep during the two days, and could only sleep for a few hours every day.
Then you have to force yourself to continue tracking after waking up.
All meals were eaten in the simplest and fastest way while on the road, and the physical fitness of the three of them was really put to a severe test.
After all, leopards have a relatively casual lifestyle, and no one can guarantee that they will lose their hard-won prey if they are not careful.
Even in the uninhabited land in the core area of ​​Shennongjia, golden leopards are definitely among the rarest species. Apart from the South China tiger, which has almost become a legend, this golden leopard is the most difficult to encounter.
One can imagine how excited it was for these three people to find traces of a leopard on the first day after entering no-man's land.
It is precisely the support of this excitement that allows the three of them to persevere in such an intense pursuit. Seeing victory in sight, one can imagine the joy in the hearts of the three of them.
However, as long as the prey has not been truly obtained, the three of them dare not really relax.
The most frequent hunting failures occur at the moment when the hunt actually begins!
Three experienced poachers know this very well.
After more than two hours of searching, the leader who had been walking at the front suddenly stopped and hid himself behind a bush. The two people following him couldn't help being slightly stunned, but among the three of them,
The tacit understanding made the two people understand the reason immediately, and without hesitation, the two shotguns were raised on their shoulders.
The leader was staring at a golden leopard about two meters long lying on the branch of an ancient tree more than 20 meters away that seemed to be hugged by at least three or four people!
The leopard's eyes were slightly closed, as if it were resting, and its long tail was swinging back and forth on its body, as if it was driving away mosquitoes.
The leader took a slow, deep breath, and then shouldered his shotgun, moving extremely slowly, for fear of making any noise that would alert the leopard a hundred meters away.
It stands to reason that the best way to hunt a leopard is to set up a trap and then kill the leopard without any damage. Only in this way can the complete leopard skin be peeled off from the leopard, and the value of a complete leopard skin is generally worth six figures.
If there are more than one number, the number at the beginning is definitely not one!
However, due to the fact that the operability is not strong, and the leopards themselves are becoming increasingly rare, it has basically become a luxury to hunt leopards by setting traps, so the only thing the leader can do is to wave away.
The two companions put down their shotguns, and then aimed at the leopard with their rifles.
The shotguns in the hands of his two companions were all earthen guns, and the bullets in the barrels were all loose bullets. If such guns were really used to hunt a leopard, the leopard's body would definitely have countless bloody holes in an instant.
The integrity of the leopard skin will be completely destroyed, and then the value of the leopard skin will be greatly reduced. This is a huge waste for poachers.
So after seeing his gesture, his two companions put down their grabs without any hesitation.
Only the rifle in the hands of the leader can kill the leopard without damaging the leopard's skin too seriously. Although it is impossible to sell it at a really high price, its value is enough for the three of them to make a small fortune.
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The leader was a little uncontrollably excited. Two and a half consecutive days of tracking with severe lack of rest had brought the mental and physical strength of the three of them to the limit. Before, they were relying solely on their excitement to support them. Now they were about to reap the fruits.
Even the leader couldn't help but feel relaxed as if exhausted.
Although the three of them have a lot of poaching experience, this is only the second time they have poached a leopard!
The last time I hunted a leopard was five years ago, and that leopard was far not as big as the one I saw today.
The leader's hands were shaking a little, and he aimed at the sleeping leopard on the tree more than 20 meters away. He felt that what he was aiming at was not the prey at all, but a pile of wonderful, colorful banknotes!
The more he thought about it, the more excited he became. The leader felt as if he had already got the money in his hand. He even began to imagine how he would use the money to enjoy himself after getting the money...
As he was thinking about it, the leader was slightly distracted. At the same time, the finger that pulled the trigger instinctively shrank due to excitement...
"Boom!"
The crisp sound of gunshots suddenly sounded, but the leader was instantly awakened from his dream by the sound of gunshots. He stared blankly at the green smoke rising from the muzzle of the rifle in his hand, and then subconsciously looked at the big tree.
When the gunshot was fired, he found that the leopard had already snatched off the branches at the same time as the gunshot.
Damn it! I was so distracted just now that I actually missed the target!
"Damn it! I didn't hit it right! Charge quickly! We can't let that leopard escape!"
The leader shouted angrily, and at the same time, he rushed out of his hiding place.
The reaction of the other two people was also not slow, and they were at most about one meter away from the leader.
A missed shot almost meant that the poaching failed this time. It was a fool's dream to catch up with the escaped leopard with legs in the jungle, but the three of them could see very clearly that the leopard ran down the branch.
The movement was a bit staggering, especially after the three of them crossed the distance of more than 20 meters, they immediately saw a pool of blood!
Obviously, although the shot missed, it also caused damage to the leopard!
An injured beast may be more dangerous, but its mobility will definitely be greatly affected!
The three of them were shocked, gritted their teeth and chased the leopard in the direction in which it was escaping.