I'm really not suitable for working in an office. It would be more comfortable to go to the battlefield and not have to deal with trivial chores all day long. Claude, thinking so, was riding his horse on the vast prairie at the moment. The sky was high and the clouds were clear.
The boundless Albato prairie gave Claude a feeling of relaxation and physical and mental pleasure.
A few wisps of light smoke billowed from the distance. Michael Jack at the front raised his palms, and most of the people behind began to rein in their horses and slowed down. That was one of the reconnaissance cavalry teams sent by the Thunder Division. There should be some
We will report back what we find.
Sure enough, when the galloping four people and four horses arrived not far away, they reined in the reins, rolled their saddles, dismounted, and led their mounts to the front of Mai Jack. After asking a few questions, Mai Jack took the leader with the long cheeks.
The bearded soldier walked towards Claude.
"Reporting to the general, his subordinate is Sergeant Linkmat from the 1301st Thunder Regiment's Reconnaissance Brigade. He came to report on the order of the regiment leader, Lieutenant Colonel Belklin. We have discovered the migration route of the bison and are currently moving the herd.
Scouting nearby, no trace of the enemy has been found." The soldier saluted Claude and reported loudly.
The migration of nearly one million bison herds is huge, but the Albato prairie is even more vast. Although the direction of the bison herd migration remains the same every year, from the northern plateau to the southern plains, this does not mean that the bison herds migrate every year.
They all follow one path. Many times, in order to chase the lush water grass, the bison herds often change their routes and deviate from their old migration routes in previous years. Therefore, if you want to find the enemies who are ready to hunt the bison, you must first find them on the Albato prairie.
Herd of bison.
People who have never seen bison migration can never imagine how huge a herd of nearly a million bison is, like an endless shadow covering the entire grassland. Looking from a distance, it is an area that can't be seen at a glance.
The dark clouds moved over the grassland. Where they passed, the lush and rich green disappeared, leaving only a messy reddish-brown soil.
"General, we can't get any closer." said Sergeant Linkmatt who was leading the way. He was a member of the Overseas Territory. He was selected from the Overseas Field Corps to join the Thunder Division and had several years of experience hunting bison.
"About five hundred meters away from a herd of bison is a safe distance. Within five hundred meters is the hunting range of those carnivorous animals that hunt bison. If you enter rashly, you will easily be attacked by them. A hundred meters away from a herd of bison is the safe distance for bison."
The warning area will arouse the vigilance of the bison. If the bison think that you are their enemy, they will chase you in groups until they drive you away to a position they think is safe. General, our war horses can't stand it.
The bison collided with each other. Sometimes in a short sprint, the bison could run faster than a war horse," explained Staff Sergeant Linkmatt.
This should be true. Claude has seen several famous carnivorous beasts in the Nubisian continent. Among them are the long-tusked lions that live in groups, and the Nubisian manticore brown lion, which is agile and good at fighting alone.
, spotted cheetahs, ferocious red-haired wolves and brown-backed green-haired prairie wolves, etc. Almost all the carnivorous beasts recorded in the animal map of the Nubisian continent appear around the migrating buffalo herds, looking for opportunities to prepare.
capture their prey from the buffalo herd, but more often than not, they fight over the carcass of a hunted buffalo, with continuous roars
"Sergeant Linkmatt, can you tell us how you hunted bison before?" Claude asked curiously.
"Of course, General." Staff Sergeant Linkmatt pointed at the buffalo herd in the distance and introduced in a flattered manner: "When hunting buffalo, we cannot hunt the buffalo in front of their migration. Because the buffalo in the front are almost all the strongest and strongest.
They are aggressive, they are equivalent to the vanguard of our troops, and are responsible for the task of opening the way. Any enemy blocking them can easily cause the bison to go crazy. No matter how powerful the enemy is, they will just rush over and block all the enemies.
Enemies in their direction were crushed to pieces.
Similarly, it is not a good choice to hunt bison in the front and side of the herd. Hunting bison there will easily trigger a mad pursuit by the herd, which is simply endless. I once heard an old bison hunter say that a group of nobles once came
While visiting the mainland of Nubisia, they heard about the migration of bison and were ready to join in the fun. They avoided the front and started hunting the bison on the periphery of the herd from the side.
At first, they hunted a dozen bison smoothly, but they forgot that they were too close to the bison herd. The bison herd coming from behind had already trapped them in the inner circle. At the same time, they also attracted the attention of the bison herd and started to pursue them.
They. The result was that they were trapped among tens of thousands of bison. When their mounts could no longer run, the group of more than thirty nobles and their entourage, including men and horses, were all trampled to death by the bison herd.
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Generally speaking, the side and rear of the buffalo herd is a better hunting place, but the carnivorous beasts must leave this area first and let them understand that this is a human hunting area, so that the buffalo hunters can have time to clean themselves up.
It’s just that the bison that fall on the back and rear of the herd are mostly old, weak, sick and disabled, and they are the hunting targets of those carnivores. For bison hunters, the bison hunted on the back and rear of the herd are worth all.
It’s not big, the quality of the cowhide is poor, and the taste of the beef is not good, so it is usually used to make beef jerky and sold.
At the same time, if you are hunting from the side and rear, you should also pay attention to the sneak attacks of those carnivorous beasts. A small team of bison hunters often cannot maintain their hunting area and are attacked by those beasts. If you are not careful, you may get hurt. So basically
In the evening, buffalo hunters will give up their hunting areas during the day and retreat to a campsite a thousand meters away with their prey to prevent being attacked by wild beasts at night. The next day, they will rely on the strength of the people to eat the meat.
The sexual predators are there to snatch the next hunting area.
If a hunting team of more than a hundred people can be organized, then the best place to hunt bison is at the end of the migrating bison herd. Many of the bison there are old and weak who cannot catch up with the big herd, but there are also many who have just grown up and are starting to go alone.
A half-grown young bison. For bison hunters, this is the best prey.
The advantage of hunting bison from the tail of the herd is that you don’t have to worry about the bison counterattacking in droves. However, you should also pay attention to those half-sized bison that suddenly go crazy and attack the group. Such large bison are often very aggressive, and they don’t care about you.
There are few people, whether they are hunters or wild beasts. As long as these bison are offended, they will chase them until they die.
When hunting bison at the tail end of a herd, the most important thing to be vigilant about is the wolf pack. Whether it is a red-haired wolf pack or a prairie wolf pack, they are the most hated enemies of bison hunters. These wolf packs are abundant in number and very dangerous.
Bear grudges. Every time the bison herd migrates, these wolves will combine from small groups into large groups and follow the bison herd. On the one hand, they hunt the old and weak bison for food, and on the other hand, they rob other carnivores.
Hunting of ferocious beasts. Even the most ferocious manticore brown lion can only give up food and leave when encountering a pack of wolves.
Once upon a time, some buffalo hunters took advantage of the strength of their numbers and killed a dozen red wolves that were following the buffalo herd and competing for their prey. As a result, at night, their campsite was surrounded by thousands of wolves.
Then the human-wolf war lasted for three days and three nights. The bison hunters suffered many casualties before they were able to defend the camp and killed hundreds of red wolves. Finally, the bison herd left and the red wolf group withdrew.
I had no choice but to go back home to rest and recuperate. It can be said that I lost money.
Nowadays, experienced bison hunters organize teams to hunt bison at the rear of the herd. They will leave the old and weak bison killed by the wolves and take away the carcasses of the young and strong bison themselves. This way, humans and wolves will not invade each other.
The boundary is clear. Our previous experience is basically to keep at least one of the three buffaloes after hunting. Otherwise, if we take them all away at once, the next time there are hunted bison, the wolves will rush up to fight for the carcasses."
A circle of people gathered around Staff Sergeant Linkmatt and listened to him tell the story of hunting bison with great interest. McJack asked: "Sergeant Linkmatt, what do you think is the most important thing about hunting bison?"
Sergeant Linkmat thought for a while and replied: "The most important thing is a well-defended camping site and sufficient auxiliary personnel. Because hunting bison is what we bison hunters should do, but to hunt good prey
After that, there must be auxiliary personnel to transport the bison carcass to the camping site for immediate processing, skinning, draining the blood, smoking and drying the beef, and preliminary processing of the horns and hides to prevent decay. These are all things that are urgently needed.
The matter is related to the income from our buffalo hunting activity.
In addition, since there are many carnivorous beasts in the wild, they will pose a great threat to us buffalo hunters at night, so it is very important to have a campsite with good defense performance that allows us to safely rest and recuperate at night. Organize a campsite
Bison hunters only account for one-third of the team that hunts bison, and the rest are support staff. We all look for a suitable location to build a campsite thousands of meters away from the bison herd, and basically use the materials to build it.
They were all transported from the rear, trenches were dug and fortifications were built to ensure safety."
The big man Germi suddenly asked: "Are the abandoned, semi-collapsed camp sites we saw when we came here just now the campsites you built before?"
Sergeant Linkmat nodded: "Yes, the earliest one was built ten years ago, but now the migration route of the bison herds is becoming more and more eastward. These built forts are basically one or two intervals apart."
It was abandoned in 1998. After all, it is too far away from the buffalo herds and the long journey to transport the hunted animals is not only unsafe, but will also cause rigor mortis and affect the quality of the skin and meat."
Claude looked at the sky and ordered to camp on the spot. At the same time, he told Sergeant Linkmatt to take some people to hunt some bison and add some fresh meat dishes to dinner to see if he was as good as the bison hunter in the past.
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Sergeant Linkmatt without hesitation greeted a small group of soldiers who had been buffalo hunters, and drove three carriages to the buffalo herd in the distance. Claude, Michael Jack and others stood on a small soil
On the hill, I used a monocular to watch them from a distance, how they hunted bison.
Sergeant Linkmatt and his team first rode their horses and shouted, waving their whips to create a great noise near the buffalo herd, scaring away the three spotted cheetahs hiding in the grass, and then let the three carriages
Stopping there, he continued to lead the small group of soldiers towards the buffalo herd.
They did not rush straight into the buffalo herd. Instead, under the leadership of Linkmat, they rode their horses along the edge of the buffalo herd and separated the four or five buffalo from the surrounding buffalo herd.
Come forward and use war horses and whips to drive these buffaloes away from the attention of the buffalo herd.
One of the bison had a very hot temper. It suddenly stopped and turned around while running, lowered its head and pointed its sharp horns at the mount of the soldier who was driving it from behind, and rammed it without hesitation. But this
The soldier had been warned by Sergeant Linkmatt and had already taken precautions. He reined in his horse and moved to the left to get out of the way of the bison, allowing the bison to miss.
But this bison missed the target. It rushed for a while before stopping, and then realized that it was very close to the bison herd. It seemed to be worried about what happened just now, and shook its head left and right, looked around, and then walked towards the bison herd.
After a few steps, he soon stopped and continued to eat weeds on the ground.
At this time, Sergeant Linkmatt and the others had driven the remaining four bison about 100 meters away from the herd. They changed their formation. Two people and two horses were running with a bison between them, making it impossible for the bison to change.
Direction. Sergeant Linkmatt, who was sitting on the horse, had already held the musket with a lit match in one hand, and extended the muzzle of the gun to the back of the neck of the running bison.
There was a "bang" sound, and white gunpowder smoke came out.
In Claude's monocular, he could clearly see a splash of blood splashing on the head of the bison. The running bison continued to run forward for a few steps, suddenly staggered, and then stumbled forward.
After staggering about ten steps, he fell down on the grass, his hooves twitching all the time.
The remaining three bison were also shot in the same way. One of the bison fell to the ground quickly like the one hunted by Sergeant Linkmatt. But the same was not true for the remaining two bison.
A bison jumped up suddenly after being shot, as if it was going crazy. However, another soldier next to him had quick eyesight and shot it again, knocking it to the ground.
The last bison took a shot from the soldier on the right, but then bumped to the left, forcing the soldier on the left who hadn't fired yet to rein in the reins and turn his horse's head to avoid the collision of the bison, and then looked at this
The bison broke out of the encirclement and ran wildly to the left. Several soldiers following behind opened fire on the bison, but the bison was obviously bleeding, but it seemed to be uninjured. It ran faster and faster.
the farther
Sergeant Linkmatt and the others had nothing to do with the wild bull. The matchlocks in their hands had already fired one round, and it was useless to catch up. They could only stop where they were and greet the three men.
A carriage came over to transport the three buffaloes that had been hunted. At the same time, they loaded the muskets and clamped the match rope again to guard against the predatory beasts that were glaring around them.
After the carriage arrived, except for the four or five soldiers who were sitting on their horses to guard the surrounding area, all the remaining people got off their horses and tried their best to carry the bodies of the three bisons onto the carriage.
, then he got on his horse again and ran back behind the carriage.
Claude watched a buffalo hunting show with his own eyes, and then he understood how the buffalo was hunted. It was different from what he imagined. It was almost a matter of pressing the muzzle of the gun against the back of the buffalo's head to kill the buffalo with one shot. This was not what he thought.
You can shoot a bison from a distance of 100 meters. Just look at the last bison and you can come to the conclusion that if you shoot a bison from a distance of 100 meters, unless you hit the target, it will only anger the bison and attack the hunter, which is more dangerous.
According to Sergeant Linkmatt, the three bison hunted this time were probably weak, because they only weighed about a thousand kilograms. Basically, strong bison weighed more than 1,500 kilograms.
A few years ago, the Bison Trading Company killed and injured two or three buffalo hunters before killing a king buffalo. The body weighed more than 2,700 kilograms. It is said that when it was not dead, it was nearly two meters tall. It was a very tall man.
terrifying behemoth
The hunted buffalo became a snack in the evening. Claude ordered the Thunder Division not to hunt the buffalo for the next two days. The most important thing at the moment was to find traces of the enemy. The group was formed by retired soldiers from the Principality of Karnas.
Did the Volunteer Light Cavalry Regiment once again enter the Albato Prairie in the Beringana Territory to hunt the migrating bison herds?