Surrounded by large piles of dry grass, there was a feeling of getting warmer and warmer. During the day, he slept for half a day in the morning, and when he woke up naturally, it was only in the second half of the night.
He had enough sleep and couldn't do anything when he got up at this time, so he continued to lie in the haystack and continued to rest with his eyes closed. Until Yuan Bao, who was lying next to him, suddenly stood up, and he opened his eyes keenly.
"Woof..."
Yuanbao barked and looked steadily in the direction of the sheepfold. The other dogs also stood up immediately.
This is a signal that wild animals are approaching.
Are the wolves coming?
The bright moon is in the sky, and the cold moonlight is reflected in the snow. Even at night, you can see very far away, although it is only a vague outline.
Lu Lu carefully opened the mattress and got out of the haystack with the semi-automatic. Then he squatted down and looked in the direction where Yuan Bao was looking, which was the direction of the sheepfold.
He looked carefully for a long time and saw nothing.
In the sheep pen and stable, Sukhbalu kept two big guard dogs, but the two dogs made no sound at all.
But Yuanbao was still snoring and making a low, ferocious sound.
Seeing this, Lu Lu couldn't help but feel a little strange.
He raised his semi-automatic rifle and looked through the scope, constantly searching.
Suddenly, he saw branches and leaves swaying beside the fence on the opposite hillside, and an animal slowly poked its head out.
The light was poor, so he could never see clearly what it was. He only felt that the animal was quite large and had a cold light in its eyes.
Just as he was puzzled, he saw the animal slither, jump up easily, jump directly onto the fence, and stand motionless on the horizontal railing.
It was a large animal that was at least one meter long, with a long tail that was about one meter long at least.
From a distance, it's just a blurry black shadow, and I still can't tell what it is, but since it's here, it must be aimed at the livestock in the pasture.
Lu Lu didn't think much. He immediately looked through the scope and aimed at the small head of the wild animal. He estimated the distance in his mind. After making a slight adjustment, he decisively pulled the trigger.
There was a bang, and the sound resounded through the night sky.
The wild animal standing on the fence and looking down at the pasture fell down and fell from the fence.
At this moment, Yuanbao and the others ran towards the fence while barking wildly.
When they got to the fence, they couldn't jump out of the fence and could only bark through the fence.
Lu Lu took aim for a while, but after seeing no movement, he also stood up and approached carefully with his gun in hand.
The sound of gunshots and the barking of dogs would suddenly wake up the sleeping people living in the yurts.
Zhang Shaofeng and others were the first to react. When they heard the gunfire, they immediately picked up the semi-automatic that they had habitually put aside, opened the door of the yurt, and immediately ran out.
Sukhbalu also woke up immediately, called his two sons who lived in the same tent with him, and each picked up a shotgun, took the torch he had prepared, lit it, and ran outside.
When they came out, they saw Lu Lu and others running to the fence diagonally opposite in the distance.
At this time, Lu Lu finally saw clearly the wild animal he had killed under the flashlights of Zhang Shaofeng and others - a Far Eastern leopard, also known as the Siberian leopard, what the locals call a native leopard.
The head is small and round, the body is well-proportioned, the limbs are medium-long, the fur is soft and smooth, and the distinctive patterns all illustrate its identity.
This is the second native leopard Lu Lu has seen since he came to live in the mountains.
The last time I saw him was when he was wandering alone in Xiaoxing'an Mountains to explore the situation in the mountains. At a quick glance, before he could get close, the local leopard had already jumped down from the tree and entered the forest.
Unexpectedly, this time he was shot to death by Lu Lu under such circumstances.
Compared with the native leopard with golden fur that we saw last year, this native leopard is lighter in color, light gray, probably because it changed its fur in winter.
This is a piece of fur that is not inferior to that of a lynx, it is in perfect condition.
The native leopard is also called the golden leopard because the dotted markings on its body resemble copper coins.
In fact, the leopard called the golden leopard is not just the Amur leopard.
The Amur leopard is just a branch of leopards. They are not much different in appearance, except that the color of the Amur leopard is darker. The largest one can even grow to 1.8 meters. The overall appearance is very similar to the big paw, but the body is obviously smaller. many.
If you encounter this thing in the woods, you won't be able to use it with a gun.
After all, this guy is so nimble. Not only is he extremely fast on the ground, he can even run and jump on trees. He is much faster than monkeys and cats.
When Sukhbalu led his two sons over, he saw Chen Xiuqing climbing out of the fence and lifting the native leopard, which weighed more than 100 kilograms, with both hands. Zhang Shaofeng and others inside helped him took it over.
He took a closer look and said in surprise: "Leopard..."
Then, he looked back at the barn where the grass was grazed, and then looked at the only wound on the leopard's head that had been shot through. He was even more surprised and said: "More than two hundred meters, one shot... This is too powerful."
Lu Lu smiled slightly: "It's just a fluke."
"This is not a fluke. I have never seen such a powerful hunter... How many people are afraid that they can't even see the shadow of a leopard, let alone more than two hundred meters away, and it's still at night... This time I You really invited an expert!"
If before, Sukhbalu doubted the abilities of the people he hired to help get rid of the wolves, now he truly believed that only these people could help him get rid of the wolf problem.
Just kidding, where can I find someone who can easily kill a local leopard with a single shot on a snowy night?
You know, the Mongolian people are not just nomadic, they also hunt and protect their herds on daily basis.
Not only are they good at hunting on horseback, but they also pay attention to selecting and retaining some good hunting dogs - Taige, which are castrated short-haired dogs. They also have people to train falcons.
However, with the development of nomadism, these hunting skills are gradually fading away, but that does not mean that they do not know how to do it. There are also many hunting masters.
Sukhbalu dared to choose such a place to build his own pasture. According to what he said yesterday while eating belly meat, he still thought that he had good hunting skills and could ensure the safety of his own pasture. However, at the end of the day, he discovered I overestimated my abilities.
The animals were injured one after another, and he still had no good way to deal with the wolves. What he didn't expect was that the Oroqen people who specially went to Jiagadaqi to invite hunting in the surrounding areas came in several waves, but they couldn't deal with the wolves. Wolves.
Now, seeing that Lu Lu could easily kill a native leopard, he was filled with hope as he had just tried it.
Several people moved the leopard to the front of the yurt. Sukhbalu found firewood and built a fire. While the leopard had just been hunted and its body was not yet frozen, they were busy cutting the gorgeous fur.
Peel it off carefully, and this is another eight or nine hundred income.
"Leopard meat and bones are also good things. You should keep these carefully. Leopard meat can be used as medicine. It has the functions of calming the five internal organs, repairing injuries and replenishing qi. Take it back and give it to your family to taste.
Also, bones can dispel wind, activate blood circulation, and strengthen bones and tendons, so take them back and make wine."
These are all good things, but they cannot be given away directly like the meat of other animals, but they are rare things. Of course, you can often drink some of them in bubble wine, so you don’t have to be reluctant to drink them like tiger bone wine.
In my impression, starting from this year, leopards became less and less rare, and they were no less rare than big paws. It was at this time in Lu Lu's life that he started to deal with mountain products. Over the few years that he has been living at home, the number of times he has received leopard skins,
I can count it in one slap.
Maybe this will be the last time we catch a native leopard.
You know, in the entire wilderness, the current stock is estimated to be only forty or fifty.
What is terminal injury?
Jueshui means that the disease has reached the extreme, indicating that a certain organ's essence has been extinguished or will be extinct, and it is difficult to recover.
Of course, it is not just leopard meat that has such effects, but also the meat of many other animals, such as dog meat, antler powder and the like, which have different effects.
No matter what, it's always good to let family members share some.
Of course, he was not stingy and asked Chen Xiuqing to cut off a leg. After removing the leg bone, he handed the meat to Sukhbalu.
After the native leopards were taken care of, it was already dawn, so Lu Lu took out the internal organs and fed Yuanbao and them.
It is a hero at night.
As expected of a dog that has eaten meat from big paws and dares to pounce on big paws. It dares to speak out when facing a native leopard without any fear. On the contrary, the two thin dogs raised by Sukhbalu are different.
When the local leopard came, he was so stunned that he didn't even dare to make a sound.
Knowing that Lu Lu and others were going to the mountains, Sukhbalu also hurriedly asked his wife and daughter-in-law to prepare breakfast.
After a meal, there was no delay for a few people. Everyone checked their semi-automatic rifles, brought hunting bags and pancakes, sticky bean buns, etc. for lunch, drove a sledge, and found a river.
Valley, going deeper into it.
I followed the river the day before yesterday and got quite a few water dogs, as well as a few foxes and sables. Of course, I got up too late in the morning and stuck my head in the snow, leaving only my tail to protect myself from the wind.
Snow dragon.
The flying dragon forages for food on the snow during the day and eats leaves on the branches. Although it looks like it can fly, it spends the night in the snow nest on the ground.
Because in the trees, you are more likely to be preyed on by natural enemies such as sables and ocelots at night. On the contrary, it is safer and warmer to hide in a snow nest.
Going out in the early morning and returning in the evening, the harvest today is equally rich.
We got several greyhounds, snowshoe rabbits, sables, badgers and foxes, and even killed a blind bear in the Shilizi cave in the valley.
Seeing the sledge loaded with prey, Sukhbalu was once again surprised.
He didn't expect that a few people could bring back so many prey in one trip into the mountains. No wonder they even had people hauling the meat of various prey to give away. The efficiency of this hunting was really high.
At this time, he was dragging a sheep back and was about to slaughter and roast the whole sheep to entertain Lu Lu and others, but Lu Lu stopped him.
There is so much meat on the sledge that I can't eat it, so why kill the sheep?
Sukhbalu thought about it. There are hundreds of kilograms of various kinds of meat on the sledge, and I'm afraid I won't be able to finish them all.
So, he asked his son to drive the sheep back to the sheepfold.
Tonight, I chose the meat of greyhound, snowshoe hare and blind bear.
Halfway through the meal, Lu Lu stood up, walked to the door of the yurt, and looked up at the mountains in the distance.
Zhao Yongke, Liang Kangbo and others also came out and listened carefully.
"After eating, take some time to rest. I'm afraid something might happen tonight." Lu Lu whispered.
Zhao Yongke nodded slightly: "I don't know how many will come and which direction they will come from."
"We'll know when the time comes, so be alert!" Lu Lu smiled slightly.
"Tonight, I'll go to the hay shed with you to keep watch!" Zhao Yongke glanced at Lu Lu and said, "It's good to have someone to take care of you."
"Yeah!" Lu Lu responded, then looked up at the sky: "The weather is going to change again, I hope it won't be a snowstorm!"
Sukhbalu also walked to the door at this time and asked with some confusion: "What's wrong?"
"Listen carefully..." Lu Lu smiled slightly.
From the top of the mountain in the distance, there was a faint sound, long and deep.
Ouch...
Hearing this voice, Sukhbalu's expression changed a little: "Wolf!"
"It's very possible that we will come tonight!" Lu Lu said with a smile.