Dashan Makes a Living 1984: Chapter 93 Roe deer

   Chapter 93 093: Roe deer

   "Brother, what are you?"

"We need to determine where the upwind is," Wang Tianxiao pointed to the right hand side. "We have to go around from here to the leeward direction, so that we can get close to the honey dog's nest. Their noses are very sensitive. If they are in the upwind direction, they will definitely be able to sense it." Show our taste."

   "Is it really that strong?"

   "Of course, every creature in this mountain has evolved for tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of years. If there is no effort to suppress the bottom of the box, how can it survive the cruel competition?"

   "Oh." Wang Tianxin was thoughtful.

   "Also, when walking later, they should be lighter. They can also know that other creatures are approaching based on the vibration of the ground. Especially if you believe in it, don't always bluff when you walk and make too much noise."

   "Well, I see."

   "Okay, let's move on. If I'm not wrong, there are about one or two hundred meters before we can see their activity tracks."

   According to Wang Tianxiao's statement, the three of them slowly circled to the downwind place and continued to explore forward.

  Because there are no footprints, I rely on two dogs to find the way.

  Ten minutes later, the two dogs stopped suddenly, looked ahead and whimpered.

   "There is a situation, hurry up."

  Wang Tianxin stepped forward quickly, hid behind the bushes, gently poked two holes in the snow with a branch, and looked ahead.

  Looking at it, he gasped and almost sat down on the ground.

  Wang Tianxiao saw that his face was pale, and knew that he must have seen the scene of Migouzi hunting. He immediately thought it was funny, and gently pulled his brother up, motioning him and Wu Wenhua to squat behind the bushes.

   Then he fixed his eyes on the hunting scene.

  On the snow field fifty-six meters ahead, at least seven or eight honey dogs were besieging and killing a gray-white animal.

  The animal was about one meter long, with horns on its head, but it was very short, a bit like a three-pronged tree branch.

  Its ears and eyes are big, its neck is longer than that of sika deer, its limbs are quite long, its hind limbs are slightly longer than its forelimbs, and its tail is quite short, almost hidden in body hair from a distance.

   It turned out to be a roe deer.

  Wang Tianxiao was also surprised.

   There are sika deer in Ziwuling, and naturally there are roe deer, which is also a kind of deer.

  Looking at the appearance of this roe deer, it should be a male roe deer that has not fully grown up. The male roe deer has short branch-like horns on its head, which is far less beautiful than the sika deer.

  The coat color of roe deer will change with the seasons.

  Roe deer in summer are generally maroon, or a slightly lighter brownish yellow, but when it gets colder in autumn, the color gradually becomes lighter and turns brownish gray. When it snows in winter, many roe deer even directly turn grayish white.

   Just like the roe deer in front of you.

   Roe deer originally eat all kinds of grass, fruits and bark, so in winter, the snow-covered mountains are fatal to roe deer. Not only do they lack food, but they also lose their resting places, often putting themselves in danger.

  People near the mountain thought the roe deer was a fool.

   They seem to have some very unintelligent behavior.

For example, when a hunter or a hunter encounters a roe deer in the mountains, the roe deer will run away quickly, but if the hunter does not chase them, they may stop and watch not far away, even in the snow in winter, if you are lucky, take A wooden stick can hit those roe deer lying on the ground and unwilling to move.

   This is not because the roe deer is stupid, but because of living habits.

  In other words, it is the harsh environment of nature that makes them have to choose such a survival mode.

For example, why do roe deer always stop to watch after seeing the predators? This is actually because roe deer are always cautious. It is not easy for them to find a place where they can eat or rest temporarily. willing to give up.

  The hunters in the natural world will not continue to chase after the roe deer is alarmed, so they can wait until the hunters leave and return to the original place.

  But human beings are much smarter than predators. Human beings can use strategies and explore laws.

  When the hunters find out that the roe deer has this habit, they only need to scare the roe deer away, and then hide and wait near the original place, and there is a high probability that the roe deer will throw themselves into the net.

   Another example is the kind of roe deer that is directly stunned by a stick, and there is also a kind of bitterness behind it.

   Due to the lack of food in winter, roe deer are generally weak in physical strength, especially female roe deer.

   Roe deer is the animal with the longest pregnancy period in the deer family. It is similar to human beings. It takes about ten months from pregnancy to birth.

  Other seasons are fine. In winter, pregnant roe deer have insufficient food, and they have to bear the nutrition of the child in their stomachs, and their bodies will become very weak.

  They can only eat some dry bark or hay for a living.

  Once the heavy snow has passed, the snow will press down all the food, and they have to dig the snow to find a place where they can eat and live.

  Because of lack of physical strength, once they lie down to rest, many times they are unwilling to stand up again, even in the face of sudden danger.

  So, most of the roe deer that hunters can knock out with sticks in the mountains after snow are female roe deer, and most of them are pregnant.

  Wang Tianxiao didn't hunt this kind of roe deer in his previous life. Hunters have a basic rule, they can't kill pregnant prey, they can't kill chickens to get eggs, and they took away the future of Dashan.

  Of course, the roe deer are pitiful, but there is no need to show them too much sympathy.

In fact, for human beings, the roe deer is harmful but not beneficial. Once the number of roe deer increases and they cannot find enough food in the forest, they will go to the villagers' fields to steal food, sometimes in groups Come in groups.

   Therefore, if the roe deer is too flooded, the forestry department will organize hunters to hunt until the number is reduced to an ecologically acceptable level.

   Return to the scene.

  Wang Tianxiao also saw Honey Gouzi hunting roe deer for the first time.

At a rough glance, this roe deer weighs less than 30 kilograms. Although it is not fully grown, it is at least a meter or more. The honey dogs that surrounded it looked like kittens, with a difference in size Very different.

   Kemi Gouzi's hunting is originally a group attack.

  They have a flexible body, a large number, and sharp teeth. Although the roe deer in winter has an advantage in size, their strength and speed are greatly affected.

   They are rarely alone, at least three or five live together, and I don’t know what’s wrong with it.

   Perhaps feeling the danger of his life, the roe deer exerted all his strength, thinking about throwing off the honey dog ​​on his body, but the two honey dogs were tearing the flesh on its back tightly, and it did not shake off.

  As the roe deer moves, the honey dog ​​looks like cancerous tumors growing on its body, or blood-sucking leeches.

   No matter how it swings from side to side, accelerates suddenly, or other methods, it cannot escape the bite of the honey dog.

  (end of this chapter)