Dashan Makes a Living 1984: Chapter 91 Footprints
Chapter 91 091: Footprints
The mountains after the snow were shining white and dazzling under the sunlight. Wang Tianxiao reminded everyone not to keep looking at the snow, as it is easy to burn your eyes.
Many southerners come to the north for the first time and encounter heavy snow. Most of them are more excited and eager to enjoy the vast snow scene.
However, after appreciating for a while, the eyes will hurt or even swell, and in severe cases, even temporary blindness will occur. This is snow blindness.
The strong light of the sun is reflected by the white snow, without any absorption and blocking, inexperienced people are bound to be hurt by it invisible.
Wu Wenhua obediently withdrew his gaze, but Wang Tianxin agreed with his mouth, but his eyes couldn't help looking around from time to time.
Before, Wang Tianxin and Wang Tianxiao also went to the mountain a few times, but they basically walked around the outside, like stroking the mountain, and never went to a slightly deeper place, so naturally they couldn't appreciate more beautiful mountains.
But today, their purpose is not to enjoy the snow scene, nor is it to collect the cage, but the real hunting activity.
So you have to go west for a distance into the mountain.
At least you must be able to meet the first wave of wild beasts.
This made Wang Tianxin very happy.
Hunting is much more fun than studying. Learning such a boring thing is not something people do. He thought to himself, the boyish habits were fully revealed.
Comparatively speaking, Wu Wenhua is relatively honest. He carries a large ax for chopping wood as a contingency.
Although Wang Tianxiao had already told him that under certain circumstances, he would not be able to use this big axe, and there was no chance at all.
Wu Culture also bears the load of other tools.
Including a bundle of ropes, snakeskin bags rolled into bundles, some emergency hemostatic medicine, a thick blanket, a tent, and of course a kettle, steamed buns and other food.
If you want to hunt in the mountains, you must respect the mountains, anticipate all possible accidents, and prepare some emergency supplies. In case of unexpected disasters, you can save lives.
At any time, an excellent hunter should take survival as the premise, and keep the green hills. He is not afraid of no firewood, and the prey will not die, but he will lose his life instead.
Many of Wang Tianxiao’s experiences are summed up from personal experience, and they are also painful lessons.
It looks like a lot of things, but this weight is not worth mentioning to Wu Wenhua. He can carry two 200-jin sacks.
He thinks that Wang Tianxiao hired him anyway, so he can do whatever he wants. Compared with moving and unloading, this kind of life is not too pleasant.
Two dogs were exploring the way ahead, and the three of them followed the footprints of the dogs.
Pay special attention to the snow holes in the mountains after snow.
That is, the kind of snow pit that is rolled into a pile by the cyclone.
There may be a few meters or even more than ten meters deep steps below, because the snow is slowly accumulating, and a void snowdrift is built on it.
If a person accidentally falls into the snow cave, the snow on it will collapse quickly, and may be buried in it forever.
It is the same as quicksand.
This situation can also occur on flat ground, such as many right-angled wall corners, and sometimes even flat ground will be built up as an independent large snowdrift.
But there is no danger in the flat ground. If you go in, you can just walk out, unlike the mountains where there is no return.
The dogs’ reaction is very sensitive. Even if they touch the snow hole, they will jump out at the moment of collapse, so you must let them go ahead when entering the mountain after snow.
It was safe along the way, and I didn’t touch the snow hole.
Wang Tianxin was a little bored, gradually became impatient, and kept asking why he hadn't seen the prey yet.
Wang Tianxiao did not directly teach him to be patient. He knew that words were difficult to make Wang Tianxin serious, but facts and experiences would teach him everything.
"Wow!"
"Wow!"
Suddenly, there was a dog barking in front.
Wang Tianxiao looked around and found that this was one of his cage placements. Seeing Gouzi's excited look, maybe he caught something.
Speaking of which, he hadn't collected the cage for a few days, and because he was too busy two days ago, he was worried that Wang Tiancheng would go into the mountain alone, so he didn't.
Most of the cages are safe, but there are still a few cages that are slightly closer to the west mountain, and this cage is one of them.
"Go, go and have a look."
Wang Tianxiao took the lead and strode forward.
Wang Tianxin and Wu Wenhua hurriedly followed behind, and they exchanged glances, full of anticipation for each other.
Seeing Wang Tianxiao approaching, the two dogs stepped aside, leaving a gap for him.
The barking still kept on, grinning, full of vigilance and eager to try.
Wang Tianxiao smelled a **** smell before he arrived, and he was already prepared.
Can.
After seeing the situation in the cage, he still gasped.
It's just horrible.
There are only "half", or less, mutilated hares in the cage.
I don’t know what beast can almost eat it through the cage. Only a small part of the rabbit's head was left, and the other parts were almost eaten away, and the bones were scattered everywhere.
The snow around the cage was sprayed with red dots everywhere, which shows that the scene was quite tragic.
"What's the matter, brother?"
Wang Tianxin felt a little nauseous, covered his mouth and ran to the side to retch a few times, but he didn't spit out anything.
It was the first time for him to see such a tragic picture, which refreshed his senses, and only then did he realize how cruel and terrifying a real carnivore is.
Wang Tianxiao signaled him not to speak, and stepped back.
"Did you find anything?"
Wang Tianxiao didn't draw a conclusion right away, he squatted on the ground and carefully observed the footprints on the scene.
Because this situation was not expected just now, the footprints of several of them stepped on the surrounding area in a mess. Adding the footprints of the two dogs earlier, the scene was even more messy.
But as an experienced hunter, Wang Tianxiao believes that as long as something has appeared here, it will leave some traces, and what he needs to do is to find these traces.
He inspected the scene carefully, not sparing an inch of snow, and finally his hard work paid off, and he found two very small half-footprints next to a dog's footprint.
Judging from the remaining traces, the original shape of the two footprints was probably plum blossom-shaped. After restoration, the footprints were about the same size as the kitten's soles, but its toes were more concentrated, unlike the five toes of the kitten. in radians.
"Brother, what did you find out? Tell me, you're going to panic me to death." Wang Tianxin was so impatient that he was on the verge of jumping.
"Be patient after I told you, and forget?" Wang Tianxiao said angrily, and pointed to the distance, "Speaking in the mountains after the snow should be controlled carefully, too loud may cause an avalanche, and we will all be wiped out by then. What can I do if I press it down?"
Wang Tianxin scratched his head and said with a smile: "Okay, I know, I just listen to you, tell me quickly, what is it that killed the rabbit? A fox, a wolf, or a weasel?"
Wang Tianxiao saw that he had a good attitude of admitting his mistakes, so he didn't continue to struggle. He pointed to the two small footprints and said,
"Look, although there are only two and a half pairs of footprints, they are quite well preserved. I measured them with my hands just now. The distance between the footprints is about six or seven centimeters. Because there is no front-to-back span, I can't judge its length very accurately. , but actually we have enough information.”
"So, you know what it is?"
(end of this chapter)