The musk is so fragrant that it can spread far away, indicating that the deer is in estrus and this area is its home territory.
Since the 1980s, with the progress of reform and opening up, the price of musk has been rising steadily. However, most of it has been resold abroad through coastal areas and can really be sold at a good price. In the international market these days, one gram of musk costs almost the same.
It's like thirty to forty dollars.
You heard that right, it’s a beautiful knife!
Lu Lu got the first musk deer, and the musk he took out didn't look like much, but it could already be sold for a lot of money. Of course, it had to be sent to the coast. As for the purchasing station, that's it.
It's not too late to go there again after you've accumulated more of these muskies. Of course, you can also bring other mountain goods, such as sticks.
The price sounds high, but even in later generations, there are very few companies or private farmers who can make money by breeding deer deer for musk deer.
A few are leading companies driven by research institutes and subsidiaries of pharmaceutical companies, but the musk they produce can only meet domestic demand.
Even though there are more than hundreds of things that deer deer eat, which sounds very complicated, what they eat in the four seasons is very different. It may be related to the secretion of musk, and the required food ratio is quite complicated.
The key is that the environment required by this thing is very demanding, and it is quite capable of jumping. Just the selection of the environment and the construction of the breeding place are quite a load.
Here in Lulu, there is a two-meter-high fence built on the slope of the ridge. It is impossible to jump vertically from the slope below.
Even if it could climb trees, it wouldn't be able to get out.
There are so many trees on both sides of the meadow, it is far away from the village, and there is a good water source. This kind of environment is a good place to raise deer.
These days, there are only a few people who are capable of privately harvesting deer deer. They don’t have the skills, and they don’t know how to extract incense from living animals. The main way to obtain musk is to kill musk deer to get the incense.
Due to the international demand for perfumes and medicines, prices will continue to rise in the future. It is for this reason that domestic deer deer have been hunted in large numbers and their numbers have dropped sharply.
The reason why Lu Lu dared to breed was because he knew the breeding technology and had such a good environment in the mountains. In addition, he had done it in his previous life, so he had this advantage.
Of course, he also knows that even if he can raise it in the past ten years, it will not be easy to make money after raising it. Because foreign trade of musk is prohibited and the control is extremely strict, it is difficult to really sell musk at a good price at home and abroad.
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He just wants to seize this opportunity and make a fortune!
As for whether to support it in the future, we have to wait and see the situation later.
In comparison, the breeding of sika deer takes longer.
After setting up the hunting net, Lu Lu and Zhao Yongke continued to wander around.
This is a suitable living environment for deer, and there are probably others nearby. After all, the deer's home range is not large.
Lu Lu not only wanted to capture male deer for their musk, but also wanted to get more female deer to breed more offspring.
Of course, take whatever you can get. There are plenty of opportunities to go into the mountains. Just catch them when you encounter them later and keep accumulating. You don’t have to get a lot now.
Needless to say, after walking around the mountain, they actually found another female deer.
The deer's movement route is fixed, and the defecation position is also fixed. After setting off the hunting net, in the evening, two deer were easily obtained.
After spending another night in Caodianzi, the three of them continued to walk back the next morning, heading to the third place where Zhao Yongke had discovered deer deer - birch bark Qiangzi, where there was a forest farm.
When he arrived at the place, Zhao Yongke, as an Oroqen hunter who visited from time to time and brought game, greeted the manager of the forest farm whom he was familiar with and directly stored his car at the forest farm.
Chen Xiuqing could finally follow the two of them.
The two deer deer in the hunting net can be trapped for a day or two, but if the time is longer, they will be exhausted just by their constant struggle.
Can't delay too long.
Lu Lu planned to focus on catching the male deer this afternoon and tomorrow.
Those doe can't sit idle.
There are people on the hills near the forest farm all year round, and the number of wild animals is much smaller, so you have to go to the surrounding mountains farther away.
The three of them went to the mountain forest where Zhao Yongke and the others had discovered the deer first. As a result, they walked all the way down and found that there were no traces of deer activity in this area, but they encountered two wild boars.
As for the sika deer, not even a shadow was seen.
"Brother Lu, there are no deer or deer. Are we afraid our trip will be in vain?"
Chen Xiuqing was a little worried. There were no traces in the mountains and plains, which was a bit boring.
Lu Lu was not in a hurry at all.
He took out the deer whistle and shook it: "In the golden autumn of September, the mountains and forests are full of fruits. Nature has chosen the wedding date for deer, roe deer, and deer. There are a few deer and deer, but could it be that we are not sincere enough?"
He smiled and picked up the deer whistle, blowing it once or twice from time to time while resting.
"Tonight, we will spend the night in the mountains. It is the quietest time in the early morning and morning. If there are deer, you can hear the roar of deer in the mountains, but not in broad daylight! Choose a place, let us rest early, and we will talk in the early morning."
Lu Lu rode Zhui Feng on the gentle slope in the forest, heading towards the mountain valley below.
When they arrived at the place, they set up the tent they had brought with them by the river beach, baked a few steamed buns to barely fill their stomachs, and the three of them went to bed early.
Probably because there was something on his mind, Lu Lu suddenly woke up in the early morning.
Seeing that Zhao Yongke and Chen Xiuqing were still sleeping soundly, he quietly got out of the tent without disturbing them.
Unexpectedly, probably when he opened the tent door, the sound got louder, and Zhao Yongke suddenly turned over and sat up: "Are you ready to leave?"
"Well, it's almost time."
Seeing that Zhao Yongke had woken up, Lu Lu simply went back and shook Chen Xiuqing awake: "Qingzi, wake up!"
This guy clicked his lips twice, stretched out his hand to scratch his arm, rolled over on his side and curled up into a ball, his breathing became steady again, and he showed no signs of waking up.
"Yanzi, why are you here?"
Lu Lu looked at him like this and said lightly.
These words seemed to have infinite magic power. When Chen Xiuqing heard these words, he suddenly turned over and sat up: "The swallow is here? Where is it?"
He looked around and found that he couldn't see anything.
"In your dream!" Lu Lu said with a smile.
Zhao Yongke on the side couldn't help laughing.
"Brother Lu, are you ready to leave?" Chen Xiuqing asked after yawning greatly. It was still dark and it was difficult to see clearly, otherwise you would have seen his red and purple face.
"I can't wake you up by shaking it. When I talk about swallows, you become more energetic! If you really marry a swallow in the future, I'm afraid you will be hurt to death. Just take your time. Get up, it won't be long."
It’s time, it’s going to be daylight.”
Lu Lu urged.
He got out of the tent first, and the six dogs guarding the entrance of the tent also got up one after another, shaking their bodies and stretching.
It was still dark, and the air outside had become much colder. Lu Lu couldn't help but shiver, and quickly wrapped his clothes tightly.
I walked to the river, washed my face with the cold water in the river, and returned to the tent. The first thing I did was to take a deer whistle and blow a few times into the surrounding mountains and fields.
"miu...miu..."
The deer whistle, which is rugged yet gentle, bold yet mixed with shyness, spreads through the mountains and fields.
Lu Lu listened quietly for a while without any reaction, then blew a few more times and listened carefully again.
But until Zhao Yongke and Chen Xiuqing joined hands to fold and tie up the tent, Lu Lu didn't hear any sound.
He had no choice but to tie the tent to Zhui Feng and carry it on Zhui Feng's back, call the two of them together, and continue deeper along the river valley.
Zhao Yongke also took out his old deer whistle, and the three of them rode horses all the way to the depths, blowing a few deer whistles from time to time and listening for a while.
Gradually, the morning light faded, and then the sun rose, but the three of them never received any response.
Chen Xiuqing couldn't help but sigh slightly: "No, I walked into the mountains for a day and was followed by jackals for a day, and I got a bunch of useless jackal skins! What I was looking for couldn't be found... Alas!"
Lu Lu smiled: "Didn't we get two deer deer? Don't be dissatisfied. Everyone knows these deer and deer are good things, but no one will kill them when they see them. There are already few in the mountains, so even if we don't get anything,
Yes, it’s normal. Keep your mind calm. The more anxious you are, the more you will find that you can’t see anything.”
"The main thing is these places. When we were in the mountains, we would only visit them every once in a long time... I have seen them before, but there is no guarantee that they will always be there. Blame me!"
Zhao Yongke was a little apologetic.
"Brother Zhao, I don't blame you. These deer and deer have long legs and can walk. They are not stones. If you throw them there, they will remain motionless. Please be calm. Let's just go with the flow! Hunting with bare hands,
Isn’t it very common?”
Lu Lu's mentality was very stable.
The three of them walked forward along the valley for a while, and saw that the valley ahead became narrower, and the slopes on both sides became much steeper, making it difficult to walk. Lu Lu took the lead and rode Chasing Feng and climbed up the slope on the left.
I walked along, blowing the deer whistle all the way, and saw that the sun was already rising, but there was still no response.
"Come on, let's go back! We came out yesterday afternoon and walked a lot this morning. We'll go back to the forest farm to rest for the night. Let's go home tomorrow."
The peak period of deer activity in the morning has passed, and it will be even more difficult to find them at noon.
If there is a deer whistle, there must be a deer in the place where the sound is transmitted for it to be effective.
Along the way, most of the places we chose were places where deer like to hang out. There was no response to the sound of the deer whistle. We didn't even see a single deer hoof print along the way. It would be very difficult to find any further.
Lu Lu turned the horse's head, checked the direction, and simply drove the horse to the ridge, preparing to go back along the ridge that was easier to walk on.
With the deer whistle in his hand, he blew it once or twice as if to try his luck.
He didn't pay much attention to it himself, but Zhao Yongke who was following behind him suddenly shouted after the three of them reached the ridge and walked for a while, and Lu Lu blew the deer whistle one time: "Wait!"
"What's wrong?" Lu Lu reined in the reins and looked back at Zhao Yongke.
"I seem to hear the sound of a deer crowing...keep blowing!"
Zhao Yongke urged.
Lu Lu was stunned for a moment, then raised the deer whistle in his hand and blew a few more times. Then, the three of them listened quietly.
"miu...miu..."
Faintly, Lu Lu actually heard the sometimes thin and sometimes deep cry of the sika deer when it was in heat.
"It seems to be true!"
Lu Lu raised the deer whistle and blew a few more times, listening carefully again.
This time, he didn't speak, but Chen Xiuqing said first: "I heard it too!"
"Why can't you tell where it is?" Zhao Yongke said with some confusion.
"I can't hear it either, it's too young!" Chen Xiuqing also shook her head and said.
Lu Lu turned the horse's head: "I think it's coming from the mountain opposite... Let's go back, let's go to the top of the mountain and listen again."
Zhao Yongke and Chen Xiuqing immediately turned around and walked along the ridge towards the top of the mountain.
After Lu Lu blew the deer whistle a few more times, he also drove Zhui Feng to speed up his pace.
After a while, the three of them reached the top of the mountain.
This time, Lu Lu didn't need to blow the deer whistle, but he could still hear the sound of deer crowing halfway up the mountain facing the sun.
Deer in estrus use their calls to search for the herd. They also use their calls to warn other competitors to show their presence.
Lu Lu stood on the top of the mountain and blew the deer whistle several times. After confirming the location of the stag, he immediately led the three people down the gentle slope.
Now that the deer has been discovered, catching it is the hardest part.