The table was broken, so Zhang Chi thought of replacing it with another one.
But the remaining guys didn't think so.
"Let's repair it. I think the damage is not too serious." Ricardo said and got off the horse first.
Bell then got off the horse and said, "I think it's just a little tilted, so we can pull it up with a horse and it'll probably be fine."
Zhang Chi suspected that there was something wrong with these two guys. The table and the canopy had already fallen to the ground. How could this be called just a little tilted?
Miller also dismounted at this time, and while dismounting, he said: "We have enough horses, and there is no problem in raising this platform again."
Garcia next to him also nodded.
Zhang Chi has learned something from these cowboys. They seem to have a preference for fixing something. When they see something broken, they will try to fix it.
Everyone else had dismounted, and he couldn't just sit on the horse in a daze, so Zhang Chi also dismounted, illuminated it with the oil lamp in his hand, and followed the others towards the collapsed platform.
When he arrived at the table, Zhang Chi lifted up the lamp in his hand and found that the inside of the table was already broken and could no longer be broken.
"Try to pull it up?"
Ricardo said to everyone.
Everyone agreed, and Zhang Chi nodded, thinking: Let's give these guys a try.
As agreed, let's get going, but before pulling up the platform, we need to put a few children down from the horses.
After carrying several children off the horse, everyone took out their own nooses, tied one end of the noose with a slip knot on the head of the saddle post, and tied the other end to the post of the platform.
Five people and five horses were tied to the four pillars, and the remaining horse, Zhang Chi's Chi Yanshan, was tied to the middle beam.
The platform is facing away from the mountain. If everyone wants to pull it up, they can only pull it in the opposite direction of falling, which means the horse has to climb the slope.
Fortunately, the hillside is not too steep, no one has stepped on the snow now, and there is no ice on the snow. Otherwise, the horses would probably break their legs after pulling a few times.
"I call one, two, three, and everyone works together." Burris is the oldest among the group, so he gives the orders.
Everyone nodded, and Zhang Chi, who was holding Chiyanshan's horse by the bridle, also nodded.
When Burris shouted three, Zhang Chi pulled Chiyanshan up the slope, and while going up the slope, he had to ensure that Chiyanshan was parallel to the other horses, so that everyone's strength could be directed toward the same direction.
direction.
The power of the five horses cannot be underestimated. Under the influence of the horse power, the platform frame slowly stood up.
Seeing this, everyone felt happy and urged their horses to continue pulling up the pillars.
As the stage rises higher and higher, everyone's spirits are getting higher and higher.
Some things are more likely to go wrong in the end, and it was the same today. Just when the stage was approaching 90 degrees, Burris's own horse slipped.
The horse tried desperately to maintain its balance, but unfortunately the snow under its feet was too slippery. The snow that had just been dug out and the snow compacted by the horse's hooves had already frozen.
The horse's hoof scraped twice, and just when it was barely holding on, it stepped on another ice line, and then the horse lay down on the snow with a snap.
One horse fell down, and the weight of this piece was instantly distributed to the other horses. After pulling for such a period of time, which horse didn't leave a snow mark on the hillside? The snow mark was so tight that it was so tight that it was ten degrees below zero.
How many minutes can it last in the cold weather without freezing?
In less than a breath, all the remaining four horses fell down almost at the same time, including Zhang Chi's Chi Yanshan.
As soon as the group fell down, the platform could no longer stand, and it fell directly towards the ground. The weight of the platform was towards the ground, and the rope tied to the horse naturally brought the horse down.
Because there was almost no friction on the snow, the platform did not pause at all, but it directly pulled the five horses and fell heavily to the snow.
boom!
The platform that originally had a shelf was smashed into pieces. Except for a few pillars, the wood in other places was cracked and broken. It was no longer worth repairing. Rebuilding it would be better than repairing it.
Much simpler.
Ricardo was dumbfounded. He stared at the broken table, thought for a while and said, "Forget it, let's change the table."
"That's all." Miller nodded.
Zhang Chi was defeated by these reckless men. A good platform could have been saved, but what you guys did to it... was directly scrapped.
It was too late for him to say anything now, so everyone put away their nooses, and Ricardo also said that there would be time to rebuild one or something.
Put the noose back on the horse.
Several children are having fun now, and a group of children and a group of dogs are playing in the snow.
Everyone put the children on their horses and continued walking along the foot of the mountain toward the public pasture.
After walking about three or four miles, another stage appeared in front of everyone.
Only then did Zhang Chi know what a coyote hunting stand looked like.
It is said to be a platform, but in fact it is better to say it is a pavilion. It is rectangular, with four pillars as legs, supporting a platform about three meters high.
There is a wooden fence surrounding the first floor, and you can tell from the looks of it that this is where horses are tied.
There is a wooden ladder to go up. It is quite steep, and it is almost at an angle of 80 degrees with the ground. It is definitely impossible to walk up. You have to use your hands and feet to climb up.
When they got to the stage, everyone did not drive the horses into the bottom of the stage. Instead, they untied the things and put them on the second floor of the stage.
After throwing his things to the second floor, Zhang Chi discovered that there were fences on three sides of the second floor to block the wind, while the other side facing the pasture was completely empty. A careless person might fall down.
But it will definitely be okay if it falls now, because the snow on the ground can definitely catch it.
Other than that, there is nothing special about the table. As for whether the construction of the table is precise or not, there is no need to discuss it. It is not a place for people to live, so why should it be so fine? The second floor table is directly paved with tree trunks. There are many trees.
The skin is still wrapped on it, so it has the original flavor.
"What's next?" Zhang Chi saw that everyone had taken out their guns and started to install the scope. He also followed the others' example and installed his own scope on the gun.
"Next, shoot a deer, separate the deer and drag it around on the ground to let the deer's scent linger and attract coyotes," Garcia said.
Zhang Chi nodded.
It's easy to find a deer in the surroundings. You don't have to run away. Just stand here and take aim with a gun. Many herbivores will choose this place in winter. First, because this place is open and carnivores have no way to hide.
Second, the grass here is also abundant. Although it is hay, it is better than starving to death, and the herbivores here do not need to move with the seasons.
"Who's coming?"
"George, it's his first time here, let him take the first shot," Burris said with a smile.
Garcia and others all smiled and said to Zhang Chi: "Come on!"
Zhang Chi was not polite and without any excuses, he directly pushed the bullet into the barrel of the gun and aimed at a deer through the night vision scope.
The deer is not small, and the antlers on its head are very attractive. At first glance, you can tell that it is a majestic male deer, and he is probably the leader of the herd.
Zhang Chi didn't care at all whether he was a leader or not. After taking aim, he held his breath and waited for his mood to calm down before decisively pulling the trigger.
boom!
The sound of a gunshot broke the tranquility of the night and the herd of deer that were eating. These guys looked up one after another, and then one deer started to run, and the other deer followed suit, and soon the group of deer disappeared.
In the sight of Zhang Chi and others.
"bingo!"
There was no joy from everyone, and there were no words of congratulations, because everyone felt that this was a basic operation. If the shot failed to hit, that would be a problem. If it hit, that was the minimum requirement.
Zhang Chi didn't think that this shot was very good, it was just an ordinary shot, and his heart was like a flat lake.
Several people mounted their horses and quickly walked towards the fallen deer.
When he got to the deer, Burris took out the long knife he was carrying and started to separate the deer. He would definitely not peel the skin. This deer was not for people to eat, but was used as bait. It was broken down directly.
That’s it.
It was obviously not the first time that Burris had done this job. The long knife in his hand was inserted directly from the joint. He pressed the back of the knife with his hand and heard two clicks. He easily removed a deer's hind leg.
It feels quite smooth.
"this is for you!"
The first deer leg was given to Zhang Chi.
"Tie it with a lasso and drag it around here to let the deer's scent spread to the ground. It's best to cut off a piece of meat from time to time and throw it down. Of course, you don't have to cut it. Coyotes are not picky eaters."
After hearing Ricardo's words, Zhang Chi took off the noose again from the horse. One end of the rope was tied to the deer's leg, and the other end was tied to the head of the saddle.
After getting on his horse, Zhang Chi dragged the deer leg under the snow and began to walk in a circle with the current place as the center.
Zhang Chi didn't finish the circle here, and the remaining ones also dragged the remaining parts of the deer's body and began to circle around the place where the deer was now hidden.
The painting got bigger and bigger, almost covering an area of a football field. Burris said that's enough, so everyone just dropped the venison they were dragging on the spot and gathered towards the table.
When they arrived at the stage, everyone dismounted and drove the horses into the wooden shed under the stage. They then untied the bags of fodder they carried and placed them in front of their horses so that the horses could eat something.
After doing these things, everyone comforted their dogs and then went on stage one by one.
When they got to the stage, everyone was busy with their own business. Zhang Chi followed suit and untied the cold-proof sleeping bag he brought with him, and got into the bag, leaving only the upper part of his arms exposed.
Now everyone is lying down on the stage in a shooting position, with their lower bodies in sleeping bags. It won't be too cold, so it's quite comfortable.