Soybeans are grown in the innermost part of the small valley.
Chen Mo had nothing to do and walked to the stream in boredom...
Voles are usually active at night and are rarely seen during the day. Rabbits can be seen during the day and night as long as they are not full...
Chen Mo didn't go far when he saw a gray rabbit. It was fat and big. It must have caused many dealers trouble.
Later, he was going to go into the mountains to catch the fox. Chen Mo was worried that the sound of gunfire would frighten the fox, so he did not shoot and spared its life for the time being.
The water in the mountain stream is very clear, almost transparent under the sunlight.
The water seems to be very 'saturated' and can be boiled and drank directly. In the stream upstream, the river bed is covered with stones, there are no aquatic plants, and occasionally a few small fish can be seen...
Chen Mo took some water and washed his face, then along the river bed, he picked out some beautiful small stones to take home and cultivate bonsai.
It is also relatively easy for Chen Mo to grow bonsai. The space flow rate is 10 to 1. It takes a month or two outside to grow a very good bonsai in the space.
The stones are pink, dark green, blue, etc.
These stones are relatively common. They are smooth and round and do not need to be plated. But they are not gemstones, so they have no value. They are just beautiful.
I picked out some good-looking stones and carried them to the roadside with my clothes. I looked at the chickens in the chicken coop and walked around boredly. It was almost nine o'clock before Atsol came back, followed by a pickup truck...
The owner of the car was an old man, wearing outdoor mountain boots and a cowboy hat, and holding a modified semi-automatic rifle (shotgun).
"This is Roosevelt, the most powerful hunter in our town."
"Hello, Mr. Roosevelt."
The old man smiled and returned the greeting: "You can just call me Old Buck. Mr. Roosevelt is a weird name."
Buck Roosevelt.
Roosevelt is the surname, and John is the given name. Perhaps because the surname Roosevelt is so famous, many people in the town directly call him Roosevelt, and those who are close to him call him "Mr. President."
"Okay, Old Buck. You can also call me by my name directly, Chen Mo...it's a bit convoluted."
"Chen Mo... is indeed a convoluted word." Old Buck opened the car door and put down the two black hounds: "They are my old friends, Jesse and Jamie. Jesse is 6 years old and Jamie is 8 years old, but they are still very
"Excellent hunting dog." The owner praised in front of others, and the two dogs held their heads high and barked twice, looking particularly magical.
6 and 8 years old are already a bit old for dogs.
Looking at them, Chen Mo thought of Dasha and Ala in his own family. Sure enough, there would be no harm without comparison...
"You can gently stroke their heads. We can only go hunting together after we get to know each other..." Old Buck asked the two dogs to get to know Chen Mo, mainly to get familiar with his scent. This is a group hunting, and the first thing you need to do when bringing a hound out is
things to do.
The two hounds looked quite intimidating. Chen Mo approached them cautiously and touched them...
Waiting for the dog to accept Chen Mo, Old Buck let go of the dog's leash, took out the fox fur he found in the morning and gave it to the two hounds to smell.
"By the way, if I find that fox, the ownership of the fox will belong to me, and this will be the reward for me and Jesse." Old Buck is not a professional hunter, but he recently lost his job...
Looking at the fox fur just now, it should be a red fox (firefox). If the body length is more than 1 meter and the fur color is good, a complete red fox fur can be sold for tens of dollars. But usually it is more than ten or twenty dollars a piece.
Zhang... But if the shape is good, it can be sold to a taxidermy shop, usually starting at fifty dollars, and can even be sold for hundreds of dollars.
For example, Athol's daily salary is about $77.
Half a month's salary, one day off every two weeks. It's not bad to earn dozens of dollars from hunting.
"no problem."
Only then did Old Buck let go of the hound. The two dogs sniffed the scent and rushed into the forest. From time to time, they heard a few barks. Chen Mo and the others only needed to follow the sound of the barks to find them...
"My two hounds are very powerful. As long as the fox is still in the pasture, I will definitely find it." Old Buck boasted a few words and said.
"I hope." Chen Mo shrugged: "There are still wild boars living in my pasture. If I find the fox successfully, you can help me clean up the wild boars in the pasture. No matter how big or small, it costs $15 for a wild boar. How about that?"
"15 dollars..." Old Buck said: "Are there many wild boars in the pasture?"
"You are planning to deprive me of the joy of hunting." Assol smiled bitterly: "At least 35 have been identified. There are 5 large wild boars, and then there are small wild boars following the big wild boar..."
"Deal." Old Buck said with a smile. There should be at least 35 wild boars. For an experienced hunter with hounds, hunting wild boars is relatively easy: "I can't do this alone, I need Asol to help me."
"No problem?" Chen Mo looked at Atsol.
Assol spread his hands indifferently: "My time is from 9 am to 5 pm, and I can only enter the forest for hunting during this time."
"ok."
Chen Mo and Atsol had previously discussed finding a professional hunter to come to the ranch to hunt wild boars, but the other party's price was too high and the negotiation failed.
Wild boars can reproduce when they are six months old. The average number of litters is 6, and they can have 1 to 2 litters a year. Wild boars are also very smart animals. During this period, Athol often worked with a gun, and the wild boars became more vigilant.
He is much stronger and will run away whenever he sees someone approaching from a distance.
If they are allowed to multiply in the mountains and forests, wild boars will overrun and the ginseng in the mountains and forests will also suffer.
Following the barking of the hounds, Chen Mo and the others found a cave about half a meter in diameter near the outlet of Snow Mountain Lake.
The location of the cave is secretive. If it weren't for the hounds, you would definitely not be able to find it unless you happen to be passing by here.
It's a newly dug cave, and two hounds are guarding the entrance...
Chicken feathers were also found at the entrance of the cave.
Alsol brought a hoe and dug directly. This was a new cave, not too deep, and the fox was dug out in a few minutes...
Old Buck shot him down...
It is a red fox, its scientific name is Red Fox, Fire Fox.
It's not big, and it doesn't look very good-looking, so it can't be made into a specimen...
After hunting the fox and checking the cave, several people left the small valley and agreed with Old Buck to come back to hunt wild boars in three days. Chen Mo and Athol went to the warehouse to get some barbed wire, then got in a pickup truck and looked for loopholes in the barbed wire along the edge of the pasture.
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Barbed wire fences are mainly used in mountains to prevent animals such as wild boars and foxes. Wooden fences are mainly used in large pasture areas...
Hunt wild boars, foxes, even wolves...
There are coyotes here on the ranch, not as many as wild boars, but I heard there are quite a few. But Chen Mo has never encountered one... After living in Montana for a few months, Chen Mo has gained a lot of knowledge, and he has a lot of knowledge about Montana.