Canada's gun control measures are still relatively strict, which is also because of the repeated shootings in recent years, so the federal government has formulated a lot of decrees, such as aggressive automatic weapons, general weapons to be registered and monitored, monitored by the RCMP, which also leads to the people who apply for gun licenses have to be monitored all the time, of course, there are countermeasures, there are policies, and the black market gun sales have been very hot.

Li Cheng went to apply for a gun license for the convenience of hunting, after all, the number of grizzly bears around the ranch is still relatively large, and a gun is an indispensable tool to solve these big guys.

I came to a shop that sold guns in the town, talked with the owner for a while, and after getting the idea, Bata introduced: "Yes, it takes about 8,000 Canadian dollars to apply for a gun license in Canada, but you need to go through a series of procedures and studies, which requires a trip to Calgary, which cannot be handled in the town." ”

"Well, it's okay, you can help me file it online first, and I'll go to the RCMP in Calgary to learn the firearms regulations right away." Canada's gun management is much stricter than Li Cheng imagined, I have been seeing Canadian shootings in the news, and the law here does not pay attention to the ban on guns, in fact, Canada attaches more importance to this aspect than the United States, but the black market transactions have been repeatedly banned, and ordinary people can buy high-damage weapons at will in the black market.

And through regular channels, Li Cheng can only buy shotguns, pistols and the like, automatic rifles don't have to think about it, and applying for restricted weapons here also requires some cumbersome procedures, not to mention that the automatic weapons here are modified and cannot be fired in a row!

For Li Cheng, who has never touched a gun in his life, it is extremely happy to be able to legally own a shotgun and a pistol, and he ran for most of the day, and studied the conditions for gun management and basic teaching of firearms in Calgary for a day, Li Cheng is considered to have learned something, at least when shooting in the RCMP, there was no off-target, and he was familiar with the use of Remington-700 and revolvers.

It wasn't until late evening that Li Cheng's pickup truck was filled with boxes of bullets, shotguns, and pistols, and he finally got a full load of firearms.

He bought a Remington-700 (850 plus knives), a revolver (1050 plus a knife), and a large box of bullets (300 plus knives) in the town, and the purpose was hunting!

"Hey, Boss, I've had a great day!" Old Peake and his party also returned to the ranch, and it seemed that there was no gain, all five of them carried shotguns on their shoulders, and Noah even brought a shepherd dog, looking a little sluggish.

Deku had a cheerful personality, walked over and patted Li Cheng's shoulder, and said very affectionately.

"yes, just passed the RCMP review, old Peake, did you find the grizzly bear?"

Old Peake walked over and said, "No, it seems that the grizzly bear has gone into hibernation and won't be coming out in the near future." ”

"Okay, you go and rest, you don't have to look for a grizzly bear tomorrow, first train these hundred wild horses, and teach me equestrianism by the way."

The matter of searching for grizzly bears is not in a hurry, and it is not possible to reach it quickly, grizzly bears have not lived in this area for a year or two, how to achieve harmony with grizzly bears, and Li Cheng needs to slowly find a way, anyway, there are not many families in the ranch now, and it is completely possible to move outside the range of grizzly bears, and do not cross the area where grizzly bears forage, of course, as a rancher of 10,000 acres, it is extremely disadvantageous to not be able to make reasonable use of this place.

In fact, the most fertile pasture in the pasture grows just near the Kananaskis Provincial National Park, and the grizzly bears generally do not have a fixed habitat, which makes it difficult for the old Peake and his cowboys to find them, not to mention that walking alone cannot effectively drive away the grizzly bears when the ranch horses are not trained haode.

Therefore, Li Cheng chose to train at least 6 or so ranch horses among the 100 wild horses to use them for transportation, patrol the security around the ranch, and the most important thing is to prevent the invasion of grizzly bears.

According to Li Cheng's judgment these days, the main danger of the grizzly bear ranch comes from the grizzly bear, which only temporarily entered hibernation, so it has no impact on the ranch, but this is a time bomb that will explode at any time, so after Li Cheng owns the grizzly bear ranch, the first thing to solve is not the business problem, but how to drive or hunt the grizzly bear.

At the very least, they need to be prepared to fight a protracted battle, and the five cowboys have good professionalism and can be divided into shifts to guard the safety of the ranch.

The next day, Li Cheng got up early, and when he was shopping for guns and ammunition in the town, he also specially piggybacked on a few sets of denim clothes at the denim clothing store next door, such as riding boots, capes, buckles, jeans, cowboy hats, and of course, the most important saddle, water rope, stirrups, horseshoe falls, and other equipment.

This is for the training of haode ranch horses, the previous old Peake, the training of the quart horse, the ranch horse, the thoroughbred Arabian horse, etc., were sold to the racetrack by the bastard of Toth, I heard that there is also a more haode ranking, the value has doubled, reaching hundreds of thousands of more than a knife!

Pico Sr., Noah, Deku, Byron, and George also wore denim suits, and they were in good spirits and had a very adventurous and pioneering spirit.

A hundred wild horses were driven in a horse pen that was ready to be prepared in the open air, and were left to Li Cheng and others to choose.

"Old Peake, go pick your horses."

"Cheng, how are your riding skills? Do you want me to help you pick a wild and weak wild horse first, and train it for a few days? "Pique Sr. is known for his jishu horseman, he has trained horses that have won the rodeo standings, and after all these years no one has broken his total.

Li Cheng is most fortunate to have the old Peake's group of experienced cowboys to escort him, otherwise he would not be able to run a huge ranch on his own, not to mention the invasion of grizzly bears.

"You pick yours first, and I'll take a look at it casually." Li Cheng had read the "Soma Sutra" in China, and he also wanted to know if the knowledge of his ancestors would also work in Canada.

"Horses have horses, but those who are good can be different. If there is a relationship, a good scholar can make a small ......"

recalled some of the content of the "Soma Sutra", Li Cheng circled the fence and turned around a few times, and felt that each horse was not much different, amateur is amateur, read a "Soma Sutra", I wanted to appreciate the wisdom of the ancient sages, but I underestimated Bole.

Looking at the cowboys, he picked out his favorite horse and started the horse training process, which aroused Li Cheng's interest, only to see the experienced Pique, without any protection, turned over on the horse, and the wild horse of about 1.5 meters is not a problem at all in the opinion of the old Pique, who is about 1.8 meters, and there is no need to put on the harness.

After getting on the horse, the wild horse tossed for a while, and the old Peek clamped the horse tightly, no matter how the wild horse jumped up and down, it still did not fall off the horse, and it was a stalemate for more than ten minutes.

"Noah, is this all the way to train horses?" Noah is a local aborigine, and has been severely anthemized, in addition to his yellow skin, he is similar to pure white immigrants, of course, some customs are still preserved, in the Calgary rodeo, he has been serving as an Indian parade knight, whenever there is a Calgary Stampede Festival, Noah will join it, wearing his own national costume, and parade through the city.

"Generally speaking, only old cowboys who are skilled in riding and know horses can tame horses without harness and protection, which is also the fastest way to make wild horses a ranch horse, of course, the risk factor is also high, and it is easy to cause fractures." Noah's English is very standard, if you trace back to the roots, the Neints belong to a branch of the Mongols, which also belongs to the sequence of Asians, and the birthplace is in China!

Li Cheng was extremely envious, so he asked, "Can you too?" ”

"Of course, horse training is our Newint's forte!" Noah smiled proudly, and also turned over directly on the horse, his strong physique and skilled skills were not inferior to old Pique.

"What about you?" Li Cheng was a complete layman and did not know how dangerous it was to train a horse without harness.

Deku smiled and said, "Boss, we can't compare to Old Pick and Noah, and I advise you not to learn such dangerous moves, for beginners, taming a horse without harness is equivalent to sending them to death!" ”

After all, Deku took care of himself to choose a chestnut horse harness, and his movements were quite skillful, such as Byron and George were also self-aware, and there was no need to risk injury in front of the trusting boss.

"It seems that among these five people, only old Peake and Noah have excellent professional skills! Of course, you get what you pay for, and their wages are high! Li Cheng secretly commented to himself for a while, at this time the old Peake had already tamed this wild wild horse, stroked his mane, walked over and said: "Old, old, boss, the quality of this horse is not bad, it is a quart horse with a relatively pure blood, with more training, there is still potential for appreciation."

"Oh, then this quart horse will be yours to use, and you should have a name for pulling the wind."

"Well, let's call it Ianos!"

Old Peake fell in love with a well-known quartter horse among the hundred wild horses, and began to equip Ianos with harness to get used to the feeling of wearing heavy objects.

The professional old cowboy chooses to saddle on the left side of Ianos, and first puts the sweat drawer lightly on the horse's mane.

Hold the front saddle bridge with your left hand and the back saddle bridge with your right hand and gently place it in the sweat drawer position, while the front saddle bridge is just at the scarlet. (highest position on horseback)

Then the sweater was gently pulled back with the saddle, and the whole process was pulled along with the hair, so that Ianos was not uncomfortable, and let old Peake fiddle very quietly, and enjoyed the process very, very much.

Thread the belly strap out of the buckle under the sweat drawer, fix it to the two buckle leathers in the saddle, gently lower the belly strap and smooth it, and the belly strap and saddle are easily connected.

Old Peake continued to bring harness such as ropes and stirrups for Ianos, and his proficiency could be completed with his eyes closed, which surprised Li Cheng.

Only by comparing can you see who is more skilled, and in comparison, Deku and the others are about half slower than the old Pique when they carry the harness!

It may be that Noah's height is about the same as Li Cheng's, the wild horse he selected is an excellent horse with Mongolian horse blood, and the process of taming the horse is relatively long, the Liliang of Mongolian horses is famous, and it is not easy to be alarmed, in fact, Mongolian horses are more suitable for cruising pastures, and they will not be frightened when they encounter grizzly bears, while quart horses are easy to be alarmed.

He is only about 1.35 meters tall, but his patience is amazing!

According to the records of the pull-up test conducted in November 1978: Mongolian horse-drawn rubber-tyred cart with a load of 1,000 kilograms, covering 10 kilometers in 1 hour and 30 minutes; After walking 20 kilometers in 1 hour and 51 minutes with a load of 500 kg, breathing, pulse, and body temperature returned to normal 40 minutes after the measurement. The maximum pulling force averages 270 kg.

Of course, due to the height of some of the competitors and the photographic effect, the quartt horse is still relatively popular, and the Mongolian horse is rarely selected for the racecourse.