Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

On the way back to the shelter, Lin Yue still couldn't believe it: "Why is Xiongba so powerful today?"

Lin Heng smiled and shook his head: "I don't know, maybe the traces today are fresher."

"Awoo~"

Xiongba raised his head and looked at Lin Yue with a heroic look.

Lin Yue sighed and said: "When Lai Fu gives birth to a cub this time, I will raise one no matter what."

"Haha, no problem." Lin Heng laughed and asked, "Brother, what prey did you kill?"

Lin Yue shook his head helplessly: "I killed two golden roosters and a grouse. I wanted to show off to you, but I didn't expect you to bring back such a big thing."

"It seems that there are really a lot of prey here. I'll look for it tomorrow. I just saw bear footprints." Lin Heng said to himself.

"What? Bear footprints!!"

Lin Yue stopped suddenly and asked in a lost voice.

Lin Heng explained: "I'm not sure if it's a black bear or a panda. We can track it tomorrow. It was dark when I came back, so I didn't check it carefully."

"Then you're really lucky today." Lin Yue didn't know what to say for a moment.

After a while, the two returned to the shelter. Seeing the roe deer that Lin Heng threw on the ground, Lin Yue shook his head again, still feeling that it was a bit too fake.

"Hurry up and deal with it before it cools down."

After Lin Heng said this, he picked up the Damascus dagger and started to skin it. He drew a line along the belly, and then used his fist to squeeze it to peel off the skin.

This method is much safer than using a knife directly, and it is effective and fast.

After skinning, Lin Yue stretched the roe deer skin and placed it at the door, which could block the wind and dry slowly.

After Lin Heng chopped off the deer head and hung it next to it, he began to gut it. The deer head was not given to Xiongba to eat. It tasted good when it was braised back home. The meat in the head could be given to him.

"Hey, this is what you deserve." Lin Heng took out the lungs of the roe deer and showed them to Xiong Ba, then threw them into the pot to cook.

Hang up the other internal organs temporarily, put the intestines aside temporarily, Lin Heng cut the roe deer meat into strips first, and then hung them on both sides of their six-square-meter shelter.

"Let's put these outside to freeze?" Lin Yue suggested.

Lin Heng nodded: "Let's get a rack at the door to hang them on and freeze them, so that if there is anything to eat secretly, we can find it in the first time."

The temperature in the shelter is too high, not suitable for storing roe deer meat.

Cut three trees and tie them together at one end, and unfold the other end to form a triangular bracket. Two brackets plus a horizontal bar are quite stable.

Hang the meat up, the two people simply deal with the feces in the large and small intestines of the roe deer, and the rest will wait until tomorrow when they have time.

It was almost ten o'clock when they finished, and the two sat in front of the stove roasting two large skewers of roe deer meat. At this time, they were too lazy to cook.

Roe deer meat is the same as sika deer meat, with a ruddy color. It is very chewy after being roasted. Spread a little chili on it and it will make you feel warm.

"This roe deer meat is good, not dry at all." Lin Yue nodded and commented.

Lin Heng smiled: "It will taste better if it is stir-fried."

While the two were eating meat, Xiongba was also eating the cooked roe deer lung. The five black dogs could only eat a small pancreas. The incompetent ones naturally could not eat as much as the competent ones.

"This time we went into the mountains and got off to a good start. I hope we can also gain something tomorrow." After eating, Lin Yue said with emotion.

"It should be no problem." Lin Heng lay down comfortably on the ground. There were a lot of dry moss on the ground. Although it was not as comfortable as sleeping at home, it was quite comfortable.

After a tiring day, the two fell asleep soon after lying down. In the middle of the night, they held the dog in their arms and added some firewood to the stove, which barely made it through the cold early morning.

The next morning, the two woke up at dawn. When they saw the sky outside, they both felt a little regretful. They got up too late and couldn't have breakfast.

"Now we can't have breakfast." Lin Yue said helplessly.

"It's okay. I have milk powder here. Let's drink it before going hunting."

Lin Heng took out a can of milk powder from his backpack and said, boiled water to mix the milk powder, and the two drank it and went out hunting.

At this moment, the east was just white, and the forest was not very clear. There was white frost everywhere, and the biting cold washed the nerves of the two.

Nothing could be seen clearly in the forest, only the sound of birds and sporadic squirrels.

Lin Heng walked a few steps and saw a red squirrel holding a chestnut climbing up from under the tree.

Considering that he had killed a roe deer yesterday, he didn't attack it. He walked under the tree and found the place where the chestnuts were.

Then he took out all the chestnuts and pine nuts under the squirrel's gaze.

The red squirrel stayed on the tree for a long time until Lin Heng left.

"This pine nut is very fragrant." Lin Heng gave his elder brother a handful and said with a smile.

"Yes, it is very fragrant." Lin Yue ate one and nodded.

The two of them went together today to find the bear footprints found last night.

On the way, Lin Heng looked at the clips and noose traps he had set yesterday, but unfortunately he found nothing.

After walking another kilometer, Lin Yue suddenly stopped and said, "Listen, this is the yellow muntjac calling."

Lin Heng nodded and said, "It sounds not far away from the opposite hill. Do you want to try it?"

"Go, maybe you can catch it." Lin Yue thought for a while and said.

Lin Heng did not refuse, and walked over with his elder brother, listening to the direction of the muntjac as he walked.

It was completely bright when they climbed to the top of the mountain, but what surprised them was that the deer stopped barking.

"Will this thing find us?" Lin Yue whispered.

"Xiong Ba, let's look for it." Lin Heng touched Xiong Ba's head. He came here and had to look for it again.

Xiongba searched for scent traces everywhere and hunted down the yellow muntjac.

"Ouch!!"

While tracking, the two suddenly heard another cry from the opposite ridge.

"This bitch ran so fast and jumped onto the mountain opposite." Lin Heng was shocked.

"Oh, it seems there is no chance. Let's look for bear footprints."

Lin Yue shook his head and said.

The two of them went down the mountain, and Lin Heng took a compass to look for the same location as yesterday.

Not long after going down the mountain, the yellow muntjac returned to the top of the mountain and howled again.

"This guy is so mean. He should have known that he had just been tricked." Lin Yue said angrily as he looked at the top of the mountain.

"It's useless, just like those cheap fish that jump around in the water and won't eat when fishing."

Lin Heng shook his head and said, he felt this feeling deeply, but there was nothing he could do about it.

After walking for more than ten minutes, they finally saw the two birch trees that Lin Heng had chopped down last night.

Taking a closer look, Lin Heng confirmed: "Yes, it's a bear footprint."

"Follow it and take a look. If there is excrement, you can find out what kind of bear it is." Lin Yue said and walked forward along the footprints.

After walking a few hundred meters, they saw a birch tree that had been beaten by a bear. The birch tree with a diameter of thirty to forty years had deep claw marks, which was enough to show the terrifying power of this guy.

After chasing after each other, they came to the edge of a ditch, where they saw a large pile of bear dung from a distance.

Quickly walking closer, they both had happy smiles on their faces.

This feces has very few bamboo fibers and is in the shape of long black strips with some animal hair inside.

"There is no doubt that there is black bear feces." Lin Heng nodded and said.

Lin Yue smiled and said: "I didn't expect to find traces of black bears here."

"I can't be happy just yet. This feces is at least over a month old. Who knows where the black bear is now."

Lin Heng shook his head slightly and said. Even if it is confirmed to be a black bear, tracking it is not an easy task.

"Follow it and have a look. The bear's tracks are very heavy, maybe it's easy to find." Lin Yue looked very open.

The two of them took Xiongba for about two kilometers before the footprints were lost.

The two separated and searched for a long time, then found that it turned back and then found several sets of footprints in different directions.

Since they were all left over from the past, it was impossible to tell where they ended up.

"How are we looking for it? Where is this black bear?" Lin Yue was confused. Compared with the picture of traces everywhere, which could not be found, it was even more confusing.

Lin Heng spread his hands and said, "We can only look for it. If we can't find it, we'll come over next spring. By then, the black bear will finish hibernation and we'll definitely find it."

"That's all we can do for the time being." Lin Yue said bitterly. He thought he had a chance to hit the black bear, but now it seems that the hope is slim again.

"Let's look around to see if there are any nests."

Lin Heng took Xiong Ba and explored everywhere.

Black bear caves are usually tree holes or rock caves, and you may find something nearby if you search nearby.

However, the result was a big disappointment for the two of them. They searched nearby and found nothing until four o'clock in the afternoon. They ate some roasted roe deer meat at noon.

"Give up, go hunt golden roosters, and wait until next year to find black bears." Lin Yue shook his head and gave up completely.

Lin Heng didn't insist, and the two of them walked towards the shelter, setting traps and looking for prey.

It got dark soon after, and Lin Heng found a blood pheasant on a mountain raft halfway up the mountain, and shot it to death with an arrow.

His eldest brother found a grouse in the ravine, but other than that, the two of them had nothing else to gain.

"The greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment."

Back at the camp, Lin Yue shook his head and sighed. He thought he would gain something today, but he found nothing.

"Let's eat first." Lin Heng said with a smile, boiled some water and ate it.

The roe deer meat has not changed much, and it will not go bad even if it is kept outside at sub-zero temperatures for five or six days.

After eating, the two of them didn't say anything, and lay down and fell asleep quickly.

The two of them got up early on the third day, had breakfast, and set out to hunt.

I can fight all morning today, and I have to go back at noon.

Lin Heng first checked his clips and nooses to see if they were closed one by one. Unknowingly, the sun was shining brightly and it was already past nine in the morning.

Lin Heng took back all the clamps and nooses he had set up, and none of them caught the prey. Of course, this is also related to the fact that the traps he set are all for large prey.

"boom!!"

Suddenly, a gunshot was heard not far away.

"Brother, what did you find?"

Lin Heng turned around and shouted loudly.

"Yes, muntjac, a yellow muntjac, I wounded it!!" Lin Yue responded and chased after him with his gun. His five black dogs had also chased him.

Without saying a word, Lin Heng led Xiong Ba in pursuit. Blood stains could be seen on the ground, but the muntjac ran very fast and obviously missed the vital point.

In the fleeing state, the yellow muntjac's escape speed is maxed out, and even Xiongba can't catch up with it. After chasing one for half an hour, the muntjak lost too much blood, and the bully finally accelerated to catch up and bite it.

"I found him behind a tree, and I fired a shot from a distance and managed to hit him," Lin Yue said excitedly.

"Little muntjac, I estimate it only weighs more than twenty pounds, but it's not bad." Lin Heng took out a dagger and killed him with one blow, giving him a happy ending.

Xiong Ba and Wu Hei Quan rushed to drink the blood.

"It's not a loss if you can hit him." Lin Yue said with a grin, now he was satisfied.

"It's almost eleven o'clock, let's go back directly." Lin Heng said looking at his watch.

"Walk."

Lin Yue picked up the yellow muntjac and walked towards the shelter.

After walking not far, Lin Heng suddenly stopped because he found another set of bear footprints. Following the footprints, he saw a rocky cliff covered with birch trees.

"We've never been to this place before, right brother?" Lin Heng turned around and asked.

"No." Lin Yue said with some uncertainty.

"Then let's go forward and take a look."

Lin Heng looked at the cliff ahead and led Xiong Ba forward. As soon as he reached the bottom of the cliff, Xiongba stopped, as if he was afraid of the front.

"This place is very much like a place where black bears hibernate." Lin Yue said excitedly.

Lin Heng said nothing, put the bow and arrow on the string, and said in a hasty voice: "Hurry up and change the lead bullets, this black bear may have woken up."

"This is unlikely..." Lin Yue didn't believe it, but slowly changed to lead bullets.

"Change quickly, brother!" Lin Heng shouted, because a black figure had emerged from the cracks in the rocks under the cliff in the distance.

Black bears do not sleep to death like humans when hibernating. They are still aware of the surrounding environment and will quickly wake up from hibernation if there is danger.

"Ho ho!!"

Being disturbed from his good sleep, the black bear angrily ran towards Lin Heng and the two of them.

"Holy shit." Lin Yue was so frightened when he saw this scene that he backed away quickly and quickly felt for the bullet in his waist, but he couldn't find it for a long time because of his nervousness.

"Woof woof woof!!"

Facing such a behemoth, neither Xiong Ba nor Wu Hei Quan dared to rush forward.

"Xiongba, don't go."

Lin Heng shot an arrow while talking.

With a dull sound, the arrow hit the black bear's left shoulder and passed directly through it.

"Roar!!"

Not only did this fail to kill the black bear, it actually made its eyes blood red and made it charge faster.

The distance between the two sides was only more than a hundred meters and now it was only more than forty meters, but Lin Heng did not run away. He stood calmly on the spot, quickly took an arrow from his waist and shot it instantly.

This arrow shot more accurately, diagonally shooting directly from the black bear's chest and piercing through the belly on the other side.

"Roar!!"

Then what was incredible was that the black bear was still alive and killed Lin Heng directly.

"Holy shit, this isn't even fatal!"

Lin Heng was shocked. He couldn't fire the third arrow, so he turned around and ran away.

"Brother, get down quickly." At this time, Lin Yue rushed up from behind and fired a shot at the black bear, which was only seven or eight meters away.

"boom!!"

With a deafening gunshot, the black bear turned and ran towards the nearby woods.

"What's going on? I obviously got hit."

Lin Yue looked at this scene puzzled.