Several dogs sniffed at the series of footprints and saw Lu Lu and Liu Hao following the fox's footprints toward the forest. Yuan Bao immediately knew that Lu Lu and the others were following the fox.
It immediately trotted forward, raising its head from time to time and looking ahead alertly, then looking back at Lu Lu who was following behind, waiting for the two of them to get closer before continuing to explore.
The fur color of foxes is destined to be very conspicuous in this mountain forest where black and white are the main colors. This also means that they are destined to be easily tracked prey.
But after more than ten minutes, Yuanbao issued a warning.
Lu Lu walked to Yuanbao, rubbed its head gently, then raised his gun and continued to walk in the direction pointed by Yuanbao, scanning the surroundings carefully as he walked.
Foxes are also very alert animals, and Lu Lu didn't want to be discovered first and then run away. In that case, Yuanbao and the others would have to chase him for a while, which would waste time.
After walking for more than two hundred meters, I reached the halfway point of the hillside. I never saw a trace of the fox. Instead, I saw more and more fox footprints on the ground, which became messy. There was also a lot of scattered feces around.
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Lu Lu looked around and fixed his gaze on a bush in the forest.
He walked straight to the bush and took a look. It was a badger hole. There were dense fox footprints on the snow at the entrance of the hole. There was also a layer of frost right at the entrance of the hole.
"This is the fox's den. It should be in there now, and from the looks of it, there are several of them."
When Lu Lu saw the situation at the entrance of the cave, he immediately laughed.
Red foxes usually gather in groups from December to March and are in estrus.
They only live together in this stage, usually one female and several males. After this period, the offspring are raised, and the successfully paired female and male take care of the cubs until the cubs can become independent, and then start living alone, wandering around.
Wandering, just occasionally living in a place temporarily for a period of time.
Their burrows are also very simple. They like to find rabbit holes and badger holes to expand and live in. When they choose a badger hole, there are even badgers living in it. Of course, they also often live in tree holes, stone caves, and even graves.
, probably because of this reason, foxes are said to be evil.
Liu Hao also squatted at the entrance of the cave for a while and nodded: "Maybe there are badgers inside!"
It can be heard that Liu Hao also knows the habits of red foxes.
"There are indeed badgers. I kicked out the badger excrement on the snow. They are badgers. They are hibernating in the holes now... It's a bit troublesome. I didn't bring digging tools! Look around, there are at least two badger holes.
There are three exits, and some even more... We can’t let them escape through other holes!”
Lu Lu said and started walking around.
Yuanbao and a few puppies also made fierce whining sounds or barked at the entrance of the cave, and then sniffed around. This time, Black Mouth barked from a hiding place at the base of a bush a few meters away.
Lu Lu walked over and took a look, and found that the snow at the base of the tree melted, revealing a hole as big as a bowl, but most of it was covered with snow. He could see that there was also a thin layer of frost on the wall of the earth cave inside.
He immediately determined that this was the second exit.
The third exit was discovered by Liu Hao. He accidentally stepped on it. The entrance was blocked by some dead branches and covered with snow, making it quite hidden.
The entrance to the cave was quickly cleared by Liu Hao, and he also saw a thin layer of frost on the earthen walls of the tunnel inside, so he was sure that this was the third exit.
Next, the two men and a few dogs expanded the area and found no other cave entrances.
"It seems that there are only three cave entrances. Let Yuanbao and the others bite from the main cave entrance. You and I will each guard one and see if we can scare them out."
Liu Hao also didn't expect that following the footprints of a red fox, he would find a cave where foxes and badgers lived together.
Whether it's a fox or a badger, they are both valuable.
If you destroy this lair, the reward will be no worse than killing a blind bear.
"Okay, let's do it like this. If it doesn't come out, use smoke!"
I didn’t bring any digging tools, so I could only use this method. Moreover, even if I dig, looking at the distribution of the three exits, the area to be dug is not small, and it takes a lot of effort, but at the same time, it is enough to show that the people living inside are
There are no shortage of badgers either.
"Yuanbao!"
Lu Lu returned to the main cave entrance and shouted to Yuan Bao, who immediately ran over.
Several puppies were still searching around the area.
"Hey..." Lu Lu gave the order.
Yuanbao immediately jumped down from the entrance of the badger hole, barking wildly, and stretched his head inside. A pair of front paws began to pull at the soil at the entrance of the hole, trying to dig his head deeper.
Hearing Yuan Bao's barking, the other puppies also gathered around and started barking.
Lu Lu returned to the second cave entrance, while Liu Hao guarded the third exit. Both of them held guns, ready to shoot any badger or fox that poked its head out.
However, Yuanbao and the others have been busy at the entrance of the cave for a long time, but the animals hiding inside have always shrunk and refused to come out.
"This is not the way to go, just smoke it!"
Seeing that there was no chance, Lu Lu made a decisive decision: "Foxes live in badger holes. They can't live as deep as badgers. They should go in at the main entrance of the hole. Let's light fires from these two exits and remove them from the main hole."
The hole is forced out."
"Okay!" Liu Hao responded, then turned around and looked around for dry birch bark to start a fire.
Lu Lu ran to the foot of a red pine tree, pulled apart the snow layer, and pulled out a lot of pine needles mixed with snow. This stuff is flammable, but when the contaminated snow melts and becomes damp, it becomes thick smoke.
It's rolling.
The two cave entrances were quickly lit with burning pine needles, which were placed on the ground to burn so that the smoke would not enter.
So both of them lit the pine needles on fire, stuffed them deeper into the hole with sticks, and then rolled a snowball to block the entrance of the hole to prevent the flames from coming out.
This combustion will inevitably consume the air inside, and the fire smoke can only diffuse inside.
The effect came immediately.
Not long after, fire smoke began to fill the main entrance, and the snoring of a fox and the barking of a dog could be vaguely heard from inside.
Yuanbao and the others were smoked by the fire, so they could only retreat to the side and kept barking at the entrance of the cave.
Seeing that the fox couldn't bear it inside, Liu Hao went directly to the entrance of the cave and guarded it with a gun.
Lu Lu reopened the two openings for lighting the fire and stuffed some pine needles inside to make the smoke bigger.
At this time, the foxes inside couldn't stand it at all. When one of them poked its head out of the hole, Liu Hao shot him decisively.
When several dogs heard the sound of gunshots, they immediately rushed toward the entrance of the cave. They originally wanted to open their mouths and bite, but they were smoked by the thicker smoke and jumped aside again.
The pungent smell of fire smoke was really too much for Yuanbao and the others. On the one hand, they wanted to help, but on the other hand, they couldn't bear the smoke, so they could only bark at the side, spinning around anxiously.
Liu Hao looked at the entrance of the cave, reached out and quickly pulled out the fox that he had hit in the head and killed.
Who knows, at this moment, several foxes suddenly emerged from the cave and fled in all directions.
How could Yuanbao and the others, who had been waiting nearby, let go of this opportunity and chase them away immediately?
Yuan Bao reacted quickly and caught one immediately, biting it on the neck and pressing it into the snow.
The leopard also performed amazingly, and was successfully bitten by one of its hind legs. The fox screamed sharply, twisted its body and bit the leopard, but the green wolf bit it on the head.
As for the other three, they were caught off guard and successfully escaped from the encirclement of the pups. The remaining dogs immediately chased them out.
The black tiger was chasing one, the white dragon and the black mouth were chasing the other one, and as for the third one, there were no dogs to chase it, so it fled on the snow.
Seeing this situation, Liu Hao decisively threw the fox in his hand, raised his gun and started shooting.
He reacted very quickly. When Lu Lu just picked up the gun, he had already fired, killing the red fox that ran seven or eight meters away.
Lu Lu couldn't help but admire the precision and reaction speed of this marksmanship.
But the two foxes, who were being chased by the dogs, saw that they could not run away. In panic, they chirped a few times and jumped up the tree with great agility.
You heard me right, foxes can climb trees.
However, if you climb a tree at this time, you are waiting to be shot.
Lu Lu raised his gun and knocked down the fox that Bailong and Heizui were chasing up the tree. The one chased by the black tiger was then shot down by Liu Hao.
In one fell swoop, the six foxes were dispatched in just two or three breaths.
At this moment, a foul smell spread through the woods.
The source is the two foxes bitten by Yuan Bao and the two foxes bitten by Leopard and Green Wolf.
Foxes have odor glands on their buttocks. When their lives are in danger, releasing odor to escape is one of their life-saving methods.
The odor emitted by foxes is worse than that of yellow-skinned ones, so they are worthy of being called coquettish foxes.
Fortunately, the two of them who were a little further apart could still bear it.
The piece Yuan Bao bit was only on the neck, but it successfully avoided the smelly fart emitted by the fox. When the smell spread, it ran a few steps to the side with its mouth in its mouth. The cervical vertebra was also a very fatal position. The fox now only has
The lower part of the body was twitching.
The white dragon biting the hind foot of another fox didn't feel so good. He couldn't bear the smoke, so he could only let go and run to the side, shaking his head. The fox's head was still bitten by the green wolf. With the bite force of the green wolf, his teeth
The hole had already penetrated its head, and the fox was limp and close to death.
There are six foxes, five are fire foxes and one is a silver fox.
The silver fox is not all white, but a fox with black fur and white guard hairs. From a distance, it looks like silver.
A red fox only weighs more than ten pounds. It is too small in front of the big stupid dog.
Lu Lu took a deep breath, walked to the entrance of the badger's cave and looked at it. Seeing this, the foxes living in the badger's cave suddenly came out. He took a few foxes back and threw them aside to pile up on the snow.
"Brother, stay away and wait for these smells to dissipate. Don't smell too much!"
Lu Lu said to Liu Hao, who was still holding a gun and staring at the entrance of the badger burrow: "If you hear too much, you will be possessed by evil spirits!"
"Evil?"
Liu Hao followed Lu Lu's words and stepped aside at a distance. Both of them were still staring at the badger hole, but hearing what Lu Lu said was mysterious, he couldn't help but said: "I don't believe this!"
"It has nothing to do with whether you believe it or not!"
Lu Lu smiled and said: "The odor released by the fox is more powerful than that of Huangpizi, but even the odor of Huangpizi is enough to paralyze the brains of people with poor health, cause hallucinations, and make people confused.
, the so-called evil spirits appear, it is really influential. This is also the reason why there are always stories about foxes and yellow-skinned people in Liaozhai. It’s just that the ancients didn’t know the reason and understood it as evil spirits... These smells are poisonous. If you smell them too much,
It’s not good!”
Lu Lu once accidentally read a report. Experts from the Institute of Specialty Animals mentioned that the odor released by weasels and foxes can cause hallucinations, but it seems that it is not widely known.
In short, you can’t go wrong with avoiding the spots.