Chapter 256: The land is vast and sparsely populated, and there are flocks of wild things

Hearing Zhang Zhandong say that he was shot with a gun, the attention of a group of people was attracted.

You know, when you are at the King's Farm and the Rose Farm under the name of Little Stunner, the farm is also equipped with firearms, and the employees of the farm and ranch also hunt.

However, those people are more interested in destroying wild beasts that sneak up on livestock, but there is no such thing as wild boars.

This is also the reason why Lu Xiaochuan and Kui Ge would rather indulge in fishing than hunt.

Riding around the grasslands, it is up to luck to see prey...... If you can't drive, the sound of the motor will make those smart guys escape early.

"This wild boar was run down from Mount Bashapu, probably attracted by the grapes in the vineyard. ”

Cousin Zhang Zhandong said in a very ordinary tone, "It's not big, and when I saw it, I was afraid that it would hurt someone, so I shot it down." ”

Wild boars are already considered fierce beasts in the mountains, and in China, they are protected animals, and it is a crime to beat them.

But in Canada, on Deer Tail Island, this thing is a pest.

There is a gun bearers' association in Canada, and the members often get together to go hunting somewhere, and the hunting of wild boars is a popular activity, and the locals encourage it.

After all, this thing can grow to five or six hundred pounds, and its head is not very good, and it is easy to hurt people when it runs out of the mountains.

The wild boar that Zhang Zhandong hunted was a half-sized man, with a total of only about 200 catties, and he had nothing to show off, which was also the reason why he was calm.

"Mr. Zhang, are there many wild boars in the mountains?"

Brother Kui was a little eager to try, after all, compared to trying his luck on the grassland, it was more tempting to go into the mountains to hunt wild boars.

"A lot, the town encourages people to go hunting. ”

Zhang Zhandong immediately laughed, there will always be some strange tacit understanding between men, "And there are deer, this season, it won't be long before the deer herd descends the mountain, if you want to go into the mountain, just help hunt a batch." ”

In the thinking of Lu Xiaochuan and his gang, hunting wild animals is equivalent to snatching something from the mouths of the locals to eat, and for a while and a half, I can't understand how it can be "helping" hunting?

Like most of Canada's smaller towns, Deer Tail Island is a sparsely populated island with only about 2,000 inhabitants, making it a relatively large village compared to China.

The Bashapu Mountain on the island surrounds Luwei Island in a half circle, and the north and east of the entire island are its figure, stretching for hundreds of kilometers, which is already a big mountain.

It's just that the altitude of Bashapu Mountain is not high, and the highest mountain is only 200 meters, and most places are only 180 meters.

Because there were so few inhabitants and even fewer people willing to go into the mountains to hunt, the wild animals in the mountains had become a scourge.

Similar situations abound throughout Canada, so the government and locals will not only not ban outsiders from hunting, but will be grateful.

Because in winter, when food is scarce in the mountains, deer and other wild animals will rush down the mountain and come to the town in search of food, which causes a lot of trouble for the locals.

This has caused a certain impact on a group of people who have received wildlife protection education since childhood, but thinking that there are so many wild beasts in the mountains that they have become disasters, Lu Xiaochuan and Brother Kui's eyes are all lit up!

"If we want to enter the mountain, we have to make some preparations. ”

Zhang Zhandong could naturally see that his cousin's group of friends were very interested in hunting, "You must first apply for a temporary gun license, and then you can go hunting, hunting wild beasts is not illegal, but without a gun license, there will definitely be trouble."

By the way, have you ever played with guns?"

Lu Xiaochuan and Brother Kui nodded at the same time.

Although they are not interested in riding horses on the grassland, the brothers have a good addiction to shooting.

Luo Xingwan and Little Stunner both have shooting experience and are not proficient, but they have no problem shooting.

Sister Tan naturally shook her head, in China, even if she was in the rivers and lakes and was hunted down for several years, she would not be able to touch that thing.

Xiao Ruo looked cute, thought for a while, and asked with some uncertainty: "Playing balloons in the park, is it counted?"

A group of people laughed heartily, and Xiao Youwu and Luo Xingwan took the opportunity to hold Xiao Ruo in their arms and jerk it off.

"However, before we go into the mountains, we can go and shoot fish first!"

Zhang Zhandong could see that the guests didn't seem to be so interested in the sea and yachts, and considering the current climate and the fact that the guests had only been on a nine-hour plane today, he thoughtfully put forward a pretty good suggestion.

Fish shooting is now very popular in North America, and as the name suggests, it is to shoot fish.

However, the target specifically refers to Asian carp in the lake.

The news of Asian carp wreaking havoc in North America is familiar even in China, and it has been in the newspapers a few years ago.

Asian carp is a general term that includes not only carp, but also eight species of fish native to Asia, including carp, herring, grass carp, and silver carp, which are collectively referred to as Asian carp in North America.

As early as the 70s of the last century, in order to clean the water body, the Americans imported some eight kinds of Asian fish, including bighead fish, silver carp and grass carp, from Southeast Asia and put them into some aquaculture lakes in the south.

At that time, people's understanding of alien species was still very shallow, giving Asian carp the opportunity to dominate North America.

Taking advantage of the floods, Asian carp managed to escape into the wild and settle in wild waters.

In North America, these Asian carp have no natural predators, and their numbers begin to skyrocket over time.

Moreover, these Asian carp eat everything, are competitive, and eat so much that they can eat aquatic weeds and plankton equivalent to 40 percent of their body weight every day, and before the locals can react, they will beat the freshwater biological system in North America.

The original local wild fish are in danger of being squeezed, and there are even many species that have disappeared directly.

According to some statistics, before the 21st century, Asian carp only ravaged the waters of the United States, and the number of Asian carp in individual rivers could account for 90 percent of the total number of fish!

In the 21st century, the dreaded Asian carp adapted to the cold climate of North America with its strong survival ability, and its influence extended to the waters of the Great Lakes, followed by Canada, where freshwater aquaculture was wiped out.

The Asian carp is a fast-growing, massive carp with few natural predators and no competitors in the Great Lakes, and its wild breeding and growth has become a local disaster.

In order to protect the native fish species, the locals tried their best to eradicate the Asian carp, and the fish shooting activity was born.

The principle is also very simple, Asian carp are easily frightened, as long as they drive a boat into their habitat and make a sound, they will jump out of the water, and then they can shoot with a bow and arrow.

"How do I feel that we should open visas to come here in China?"

Lu Xiaochuan's eyes were thoughtful, and Brother Kui listened and nodded again and again.