Chapter 222: Gunshots
After following the feces left by the leopard, the three of them tracked all the way, not letting go of any clues in this lush primeval forest, and slowly but accurately approaching the location of the leopard!
Jungle tracking is a very advanced technical task, but because wild beasts will always leave all kinds of traces in the mountains and forests, especially leopards, which are predatory carnivores, and the traces will be quite obvious in many cases, so it is much less difficult to track a beast than to track a human with sufficient anti-tracking skills.
The poaching team of the three followed all kinds of traces to search, and it took two whole days to chase it, until the morning of the third day, and finally chased the tail of the golden leopard!
"This footprint...... No more than 10 minutes will be left! That leopard should be nearby! ”
The person in charge of tracking among the three crouched down, searched and examined the bushes carefully, and then slammed into his feet, and said with excitement on his face.
The other two, who were originally a little sluggish, were immediately shocked, and at the same time tightened the shotguns in their hands.
The tracking for more than two days was not an easy thing for them, in order to avoid losing them, the three of them didn't really get a good night's sleep for two days, and they could only sleep for a few hours a day, and then they had to force themselves to wake up and continue tracking.
The diet was also carried out in the simplest and fastest way in the process of hurrying, and the physical fitness of the three of them was really severely tested.
After all, the leopard's living habits are relatively casual, and no one dares to guarantee that if they are not careful, they will directly lose this hard-won prey.
Even in the no-man's land in the core area of Shennongjia, the leopard is definitely the rarest species, except for the South China tiger, which has almost become a legend, this leopard is the most difficult to encounter.
One can imagine what kind of excitement it was for these three people to find the traces of a leopard on the first day after entering the no-man's land.
It is precisely the support of this excitement that allows the three of them to persevere in such an intense tracking, and at this time, seeing that victory is in sight, the joy in the hearts of the three can be imagined.
However, as long as the prey has not really arrived, the three of them dare not really relax.
The most common occurrence of hunting failures is at the moment when the hunt actually begins!
The three experienced poachers are well aware of this.
After more than two hours of searching, the leader who had been walking in the front suddenly stopped and hid himself behind a bush, and the two people behind him couldn't help but be slightly stunned, but the tacit understanding between the three immediately made the two understand the reason, and without hesitation, the two shotguns were held on their shoulders.
The leader stared at the distance of more than 20 meters, and on the branch of an ancient tree that seemed to be hugged by at least three or four people, there was a leopard about two meters long!
The leopard's eyes were slightly closed, as if resting, and its long tail was swinging back and forth on its body, as if to repel mosquitoes.
The leader took a deep breath slowly, and then also carried his shotgun, his movements extremely gentle, for fear of causing a little noise and causing the leopard a hundred meters away to be vigilant.
It stands to reason that the best way to hunt a leopard is to set a trap and then hunt the leopard without damage, only in this way can the whole leopard skin be peeled from the leopard's body, and the value of a complete leopard skin will generally reach more than six figures, and the number at the beginning is definitely not one!
However, due to the lack of practical operability and the fact that the leopards themselves are becoming more and more scarce, it has basically become a luxury to figure out how to set a trap to hunt leopards, so the only thing the leader can do is wave his hand to let the two companions put down their shotguns, and then aim at the leopard with his own hand.
The shotguns in the hands of his two companions are all earthen guns, and the bullets in the chambers are all flowering shotguns, if you really use this kind of gun to hunt leopards, the leopard's body will definitely instantly have countless blood holes, and the integrity of the leopard skin will be completely destroyed, then I am afraid that the value of the leopard skin will really be greatly reduced, which is a great waste for poachers.
Therefore, his two companions did not hesitate to put down the snatch in their hands after seeing his gesture.
Only the rifle in the hands of the leader can kill the leopard without destroying the leopard skin too strictly, although it is impossible to sell it for a really high price, but its value is enough for the three of them to make a small fortune.
The leader was a little uncontrollable excited, and the lack of tracking of the three of them after two and a half days of rest made the spirit and body of the three of them reach the limit, and they were completely supported by excitement before, and at this time, seeing that the fruits were about to be harvested, even the leader couldn't help but relax like a prostration.
Although the three of them have a lot of poaching experience, this is only the second time that they have poached leopards!
The last time a leopard was hunted was five years ago, and the leopard was nowhere near as big as the one seen today.
The leader's hand trembled a little, and he aimed at the pretending money leopard in the tree more than twenty meters away, and he felt that he was not aiming at prey at all, but a pile of wonderful, colorful banknotes!
The more I thought about it, the more excited I became, and the leader felt as if he had already got the money in his hands, and even began to fantasize about how to use the money to enjoy it after getting it......
Thinking about it, the leader was slightly distracted, and at the same time, the finger that pulled the trigger instinctively shrank out of excitement......
"Phew!"
The crisp sound of the gunshot suddenly started, but the leader was instantly awakened from his dream by the gunshot, staring blankly at the green smoke rising from the muzzle of the rifle in his hand, and subconsciously looked at the big tree again, but found that the leopard had already swept down the branch at the same time as the gunshot.
Damn it! I was in a trance just now, and I actually missed it!
"! Not sure! Rush! Can't let that leopard run away! ”
The leader shouted angrily, and at the same time, the whole person had rushed out of the hiding place.
The other two were also not slow to react, and at most they were about a meter away from the leader.
A shot missed, almost means that this poaching failed, in the jungle want to rely on their legs to catch up with the fleeing leopard, that is a fool's dream, but the three of them saw very clearly, the leopard jumped down the branch of the movement is a little staggering, especially as the three of them crossed the distance of more than 20 meters, immediately saw a pool of blood!
Obviously, although it missed, it also caused damage to the leopard!
Wounded beasts may be more dangerous, but their mobility will definitely be greatly affected!
The three of them were shocked, gritted their teeth and chased out in the direction where the leopard fled.