Chapter 411: Among the Bears and the Wolves
"That's right, it's the bear's traces. β
Jem Pap pulled down the snow and looked like he might have stayed last night. "If the bear is here, the wolf should run away. Jem frowned, both the bear and the wolf have a strong sense of territory. "Maybe it's the snow that obscures the smell. β
The Smith brothers looked at the shallow layer of wolf hoof prints on the edge of the bear's footprints. "Everybody be careful, pay attention to the hoof prints around you, these guys are not far from us. Li Han as the leader, this is still to be said, the appearance of bears and wolves made the team a little more depressed.
Li Han is the first real snow hunting, all these years of working in the United States to make money, but not idle for a moment, hunting is not a hobby, just a wish, when working for others, I always think that I have time to hunt and fish, how comfortable.
Now it is rare, the appearance of the bear makes Li Han nervous and a little excited, hunting bears, this is something that I couldn't think of in the past, but now maybe it will become. "Along this path, the distance can be cut in half, how to take the big road. β
Li Han looked at the map, frowned slightly and looked puzzled, and Jem explained with a smile. "Han, this path has to climb over the hill in front of it, the road is not easy to walk, and the valley is too narrow. As soon as Jem said it, Li Han understood. "Well, it's not a place like this. β
Brother Smith said with a smile. "This place is very good, Jem is too timid, three or five wolves, our brother can be flayed. "That's right, Han, it's a nice road, and you can save half a day by sliding all the way down the hill. β
Li Han was speechless, these two brothers are bold and are not afraid of anything, but Li Han is afraid that something will happen and he will take responsibility. "Smith, I just checked the hoof prints at the intersection, I don't know if you saw them. There are a few white-tailed deer at most on the trail, which is not our goal, and if we want to talk about wolves, this valley is probably stuffed with snow now, and there are no animals for them to eat. β
This mountain is relatively steep, and the avalanche is almost ten out of ten so heavy that it jams the valley, and the big guys go over together, and they may have to go back when the time comes.
Li Han didn't expect this just now, but he would have figured it out. "Hey, man. It seems that I still listen to you. Brother Smith smiled, and continued to look for hoof prints with the hounds, not to mention that the snow was hiding some of the breath.
The hounds roared by a bush, and the white wolves roared in a low voice. "Urine, it doesn't seem to have gone far, everyone be careful. "It must be a beast that leaves urine, a gray wolf, or a bear, or even a mountain lion. Lee Han and Jem. It didn't take long for the Smith brothers to find footprints, and judging by the thickness of the snow, it would take two hours at most. "There's no food here, and it looks like the bear is going to try his luck on another ranch. β
At this time, Li Han was not easy to manage. Let's take a look first, it's lucky to be caught in the pearl flower ranch, if you can't catch it, Li Han plans to go back and tell Ronald. Entering other people's ranches indiscriminately without saying hello, and making trouble with a gun, he still suffered. Li Han didn't plan to do anything stupid.
I was really not busy chasing this bear all the way, and the border fence was pushed to a piece. "Han, come and take a look. "This pillar was buried by Colt, and it was difficult for a bear to knock it down. β
Li Han squatted down, and the thin square Jem pointed to the bear's paw print. "At least three adult bears, how is this possible, bears rarely get together. Li Han's face became very ugly, most of the bears were alone, only the mother bear took the cub for a while, but there were three adult bears in front of him, and they were very large, and the grizzly bears might account for eighty percent.
"It seems that this matter should be notified to the rancher on the other side earlier, and now the bear is crazy with hunger, and it will be troublesome to hurt people. β
Li Han picked up the pillar and said, it's a pity that the mobile phone can't be used, there is no signal, the phone has to return to the stone building in the ranch living area, it will take at least a day, or not delay, the sky will gradually darken. "Let's go, find a place to rest first. β
In the snow, there is no place to stay, but those who are looking for death. The best place for shrubs and groves, where there are no large animals, pheasants and hares are the majority, and if you clean up your quarters, you might be able to catch a few pheasants.
This bush in front is good, this shrub is more than ten acres, the Smith brothers took the hunting dog to check it, there is no problem, and began to clear the snow and dig out the dwelling. Walking all the way, Li Han's feet were numb and tired.
No wonder when it comes to going to the state grassland to hunt in winter, don't kill him, it's uncomfortable. "Drink some hot water. Jem filled the pot with snow, made a fire with bush branches, and sat down beside Li Han. "This time it looks like there are more animals than we expected, and the avalanche may have affected Yellowstone. β
Li Han drank water and nibbled on frozen and stone-like beef, and Jem also nibbled on beef. "Although this snow is bigger than in previous years, the impact is not much worse, to say that there has been less hunting in the state grassland in recent years, resulting in the flood of wild animals, damn the government, don't you know that you will pay to clean up these damn things?"
For wild animals, Li Han is also very annoying, there are enough cattle and sheep, and other animals should disappear, annoying. "Jem, extinguish the fire. Li Han took the pheasant handed over by the Smith brothers, cleaned it, peeled it, and removed the head and tail.
The seasoning was taken out, dinner was this chicken, boil some hot soup, Li Han took out some meatballs from his backpack, made at home, sprinkled a handful of dried seaweed, plus coriander, a bowl of hot meatball soup accompanied by a roast chicken, full belly, sleep.
The next day, I continued to chase the wolf's hoof prints, there was no accident, this time it was missed, but I met a red deer on the way, just pregnant, looked at each other from a distance, and turned to leave. On the third night, the group returned to the ranch living quarters, and Lee Han called Ronald.
Transporting the material in a pickup truck, and on the way back, they found traces of a fight, and the Smith brothers and Jem found the bones of three white-tailed deer, in addition to the bones of a coyote, all that was gnawed was only bones and a handful of rotten skins.
I finally took a hot shower in the evening, changed into dry clothes and came to the living room. "Han, this is a simple drawing that I drew with the Smith brothers and a couple of experienced cowboys. "Hey, we're going around in circles. "That's right. β
Jem said with a wry smile, a group of people were played around by a few wolves, but this is not a shameful thing. "Interesting, this is where we have a fight, and it seems that these guys are not in the same group. β
Jem nodded. "We were chasing coyotes who were more likely to be coyotes, and the gray wolves probably met the coyotes, and the gray wolves won the fight. "No, not necessarily. Li Han always felt that something was wrong, the coyote IQ seemed to be very high.
Coyotes come from the prairie, gray wolves seem to come from the mountains, or from Yellowstone. "We didn't see the battle scene with our own eyes, but we didn't see the gray wolf's hoof prints at that time, isn't it strange?"
The gray wolf is a circle larger than the coyote, and if it is a single fight, the gray wolf may win bigger, but the snow field has a blood-red and messy hoof prints, leaving only a coyote bone and fur, which looks like a gray wolf victory.
The Jem and Smith brothers muttered in their hearts in the past two days, the gray wolf is gone, and only the coyote hoof prints are left, is there something wrong with the gray wolf. "It's getting weirder. Lehan slapped his forehead and poured a beer for the Jem and Smith brothers.
The rest of the people, Li Han, said hello, and prepared a bucket to drink casually, as long as they didn't get drunk. The four of them discussed for a long time and had no idea, and Li Han guessed in his heart that he would not make a coyote king as smart as a demon because of the spring water.
If that's the case, it will be a big trouble, and the animals in the whole state grassland are getting weirder and weirder, and Li Han regrets a little that he agreed to Dudu to fill the space with animals, and he shouldn't stop Dudu from dumping the space spring water towards the state grassland.
The last time about the rat infestation, Li Han kept muttering in his heart if it was the space spring water, even if it wasn't, seeing the mutant mice, Li Han's heart still sank. "Well, I'll give Hughton a call and customize some clips. β
The trap, this thing is more of a symbol of shame for hunters, but this time there is no way, the crowd chased for several days, and finally came back to play a total of wolf. "Don't be, these coyotes don't look ordinary, and traps aren't necessarily useful. β
"Han, this is no way, I want to block a few roads into the farm first, this thing is too cunning, I'm afraid of hurting people. "It's not a big problem for cattle and sheep to be injured, and it's not a big problem to talk about modern facilities like cattle farms and horse farms, and it's not good to defend against flies and mosquitoes.
Li Han sighed, that's right, this will chase and can't catch up, only use a clip. "Where are the last hoof prints?" asked Li Han as he pulled the map over and looked at the circle. "Here. "Close to Mihir Farm?"
Li Han chuckled, hurriedly took the phone, and dialed Marbury, Marbury Farm and Mihir Farm were not far away. "Uncle Marbury, I'm Han, and I have something to tell you. β
Li Han will not hide this, knowing that he will sue SΓΉ Marbury. "You're saying these coyotes are going to attack Mihil Farm?" "There was a good chance that we chased all the way until we got close to Mihil Farm, where there was no fence. β
In many places, there is only one side of the fence in Li Han Ranch, as long as the farm and pasture are mostly separated by a road, so that for coyotes, it is completely unimpeded. Marbury called Ronald, and before he could say anything, Ronald had already received a call from Mihil, who had lost four sheep last night, and only found out about it in the afternoon, and he didn't find it at all in the morning, and at night a little lamb bleated, and Mihir noticed that the broken-horned ewe was missing.
Li Han hung up the phone here, and it didn't take long for Marbury's phone to call. "What, missing?" "Didn't leave a wash hoof print. Li Han scratched his head, these wolves have become sperm, and they know how to clean the crime scene.
Li Han hung up the phone and was stunned for a while, until Jem shouted to eat, did he return to the living area, eat a serious meal, eat beef every day, roast chicken, drink rice porridge and eat vegetables Li Han, not to mention how comfortable.
But after eating this meal and discussing the matter of these coyotes, Li Han was depressed again, it was not easy to catch, and the hoof prints were easy to be buried by the snow on a snowy day, not to mention that this was still a wolf that would remove the hoof prints. (To be continued......)