Chapter 3 Teaching Hunting
The hysteria of the female chief plunged the tribe into an atmosphere of despair, and many of them were lifeless. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Long Qiupeng was a little impatient with the female leader's chatter, and suddenly yelled: "Enough! ”
The female leader was taken aback, and the people around her looked at him in shock. He pointed to the place where the boar had been lost and said, "Food...... Meat...... I...... Tomorrow...... Bring it back! ”
Some may have understood his words and hope began to burn in their eyes. The female leader still wanted to speak, but she couldn't open her mouth because of his momentum, and stood for a while, then silently walked to the depths of the cave. After a turmoil, the tribe regained its calm, and the primitive people lay down to rest, except for the deer and him who continued to guard the campfire.
"Long, thank you......" Lu said again, Long Qiupeng didn't understand what it meant, Lu repeated it a few more times, Long Qiupeng knew that he was grateful for what happened tonight.
Lu told Long Qiupeng that the female leader was his sister, named Xi. The war caused a severe shortage of labor in the tribes, but the consumption of food increased. The tribe, which was already relatively weak, was constantly attacked by other tribes and wild beasts, and the tribe that had been without food for many days was already on the verge of extinction.
Long Qiupeng sighed, knowing that Xi had become fearful and uneasy because of the war, and her love for her clan made her more nervous. It can be seen that she actually intends to sacrifice her brother to keep the wild boar. He understands and forgives Creek's hostility, after all, the other party is nothing more than a desperate and helpless woman.
However, he didn't have time to dwell on the affairs of the stream, since he chose to form an alliance with this tribe, the fate of the two was tied together, and if he wanted to live, the most important thing at the moment was food. Although he boasted of Haikou, this kind of thing of hunting was not something he could do by himself, and he needed the help of the deer. He put one hand on his chest and the other on the shoulder of the deer and said, "Tomorrow...... We...... Together...... Hunting ......" the deer nodded.
Early the next morning, Long Qiupeng was woken up from his sleep, and the effect of the tribe's herbs was beyond his expectations, and his wounds were significantly improved. However, the toss of the previous day made his muscles sore and tired. But he didn't have a choice, and stopping to rest at this moment was tantamount to sitting still.
He looked at it, and after he had fallen asleep, the deer had sharpened many pointed sticks with his short knife, which, with the aid of modern tools, were very sharp, and were much more useful for hunting than the clumsy stone axes.
Just as the team was ready to go, Long Qiupeng's stomach made a loud gurgling noise. He remembered that he hadn't eaten since yesterday. Long Qiupeng's meat yesterday is still there, and this is also the last piece of meat in the tribe.
The physiological reaction made Long Qiupeng want to swallow this piece of meat by himself, but reason told him that this was not in line with the idea of sustainable development. Today is a hunt, he can't do it alone, he must bring helpers with him, and hunger may make these helpers a burden. So he and the hunters shared the piece of meat and prepared to go into the forest.
It is said that it is a hunter, but in fact, the experienced adult hunters in the village have all been lost in the last tribal war, and the rest are all boys like deer and a half. Before Long Qiupeng arrived, they didn't even start hunting with them, but were only responsible for helping and protecting the woman in charge of gathering.
Dragging his unhealed body, with these inexperienced children, hunting beasts of prey is almost impossible, and at the same time completely unnecessary. If you have to rely on people to go up the mountain to hunt, with the combat power and labor force that this tribe has, it is not much different from waiting for death. Therefore, learning to set traps is the way to survive for a long time.
However, trap making is a huge and complicated curriculum system, and with the current technology and tools, it is not possible to learn too much at one time, so Long Qiupeng can only choose to start with the simplest trap at the moment.
In the first lesson, he chose to teach primitive man the practice of tunnel traps. Once, it was his most disdainful trap, but now, he has no easier option. He dug an almost horizontal funnel-shaped tunnel in the ground, then scattered bait near the tunnel and extended little by little into the depths of the tunnel.
Such traps should only be used to catch birds with stiffer feathers, which do not go backwards and do not bend. However, for beginners it is simple and easier to operate.
After the primitive people comprehended it, they immediately practiced it separately. But Long Qiupeng left the deer behind, just like the teacher prefers smart and well-behaved children, he decided to open a small stove for the deer. He used a short knife to cut three suitable branches, cut out the points or grooves in specific places on them, and finally assembled a "4" trap.
In order to show the deer, he gently pushed the bait part, and the balance of the whole mechanism was broken, and the wood slammed into the place where the bait had been placed. It's still an entry-level trap in a wilderness survival camp, but it's magical enough to make the deer dance with excitement.
Long Qiupeng asked Lu to try it himself, and the practice of sharpening wooden sticks last night had gradually made him familiar with the use of knives. But Long Qiupeng knew that this kind of trap looked simple, but it was still a bit complicated for a deer who had no physical concept at all.
Sure enough, the deer had gradually become proficient in making parts, but when assembling, he couldn't find the balance for a long time and made little progress, but he also had infinite respect for Long Qiupeng.
The trap training of primitive people continued, and Long Qiupeng himself wandered by the stream, often leaving traces of animal life next to the water source, and there might be an accident. Sure enough, a pair of half-moon-shaped footprints by the stream attracted Long Qiupeng's attention, which were the more common footprints of deer or antelope.
He followed the footprints into the forest, and soon found vertical tooth marks on the bark of nearby trees that resembled those gnawed by deer. He has hope in his heart, and if he is lucky today, he may have a big harvest.
He returned to the hunters, checked and perfected their traps, and then led them to the spot where the deer had just been found. He pointed to the tooth marks on the tree, imitated the appearance of a deer, and said, "Deer! Then he led a team of hunters to continue the search for deer tooth marks in the vicinity, and every time he found it, he would say to them, "Deer! ”
Among the little hunters, it was still the deer who first understood Long Qiupeng's intentions, and muttered to their companions for a while, and then the teenagers began to split up to find and track the deer's movements.
Long Qiupeng did not participate in the search, but stood in the distance to see the pattern of those traces, and after about an hour, he basically determined that this area was the territory where the deer often moved. He gathered everyone together again and began to prepare to dig the trap.
It was a hard job, but it didn't require much skill, and he learned to touch the shape of the deer and draw a large circle frame on the ground. Then he jumped into the circle and dug a few shovels of dirt out of the circle. He looked at the prospective hunters of the squad, and a few of the children who realized his intentions jumped into the circle first to start their work, and then more and more people joined in until they all began to participate.
Long Qiupeng was cutting some suitable branches and leaves on the side, while working as an overseer. It's a pity that before leaving, he didn't take into account that there is still a task of excavation today. The stone axe and stone knife of the primitive man were not suitable for this work, and he did not dare to let the deer use it in collective labor for the time being. The progress of the work was seriously lower than he expected, and the pit, which he thought would be almost completed after noon, was only dug by more than half a man in the middle of the afternoon.
Time waits for no one, and if it is dusk, the deer will come out to forage for food and drink. If it can't be completed by then, today's preparations will be in vain. So regardless of the fact that the big words blown out by yourself can't be realized, the more important thing is that the entire tribe, including yourself, will be hungry tomorrow.
Long Qiupeng decided to change the simple pit into a pit with wooden stakes, he chose a few relatively sharp wooden sticks in the young man's hand, then broke them into a suitable length, nailed them to the bottom of the pit, and then jumped out of the pit to cover the pit with camouflage.
It is a little difficult to teach the techniques and tactics of hunting, but fortunately, the communication between Lu and Long Qiupeng is not too difficult. He found a stone, put it on the ground, pointed to it, and said, "Deer." Then he compared it to the appearance of a deer. Then he put three or five leaves on one side of the stone, pointed to the leaf in his head, and pointed to himself, saying, "Dragon." Then he pointed to the leaves behind him, and then to the others present.
He continued to pick up the stone and move it forward, then pushed the leaf from three sides of the stone to start yelling. He made a gesture of encirclement and advancement, and finally he threw the stone representing the deer to the location of the trap.
After the demonstration, he looked at the deer again, and the deer patted his chest and made a whining sound, as if to show that he could do it, and as if to express his admiration for Long Qiupeng.
Everything was ready, the sun began to tilt slightly to the west, and Long Qiupeng led his team members to hide in the range of the deer's activities. As the time passed, the sky gradually turned red, and the hunter team was a little tired after a hard day's work outside. Long Qiupeng was a little frustrated, after all, he had never practiced it, and he didn't know whether these things he had learned from the survival training camp were reliable.
Just as hope was passing by, a tall, sturdy shadow appeared in the distance of the forest. The worries in Long Qiupeng's heart were dispelled, judging from the size and appearance of the horns, it must be a sturdy male sika deer.
It walked idly alone in the direction of the stream, unaware of the danger that awaited it.
Long Qiupeng actually rarely has the opportunity to see wild sika deer, in modern society, he will definitely be moved by the leisurely majesty of the sika deer under the slanting sun. But at this moment, he was just thinking about how heavy this deer was, how much it could eat, and if he could bring it back, he would be able to gain a firm foothold in the tribe.