The place where we went into the mountains for our hunting was a mountain called "Camel Ridge", which was located in the depths of the mountains, about 70 miles from the village, and was frequented by wild boars.

The road is far away, there is nothing to do along the way, Sun Zhishu told us about the knowledge of hunting wild boars, and Yu Banxian and I have a fresh energy for hunting, so we are very fascinated by it.

According to him, the wild boars in the mountains are the main source of food for the villagers, and they all gather in the area of Camel Ridge and fight endlessly.

Wild boars are omnivores, they eat whatever they can, they like to live on the sunny slopes of Camel Ridge in winter, and use aspen, birch, and larch as their food sources.

Wild boars also choose to eat meat if there is a shortage of food, they are not only good at preying on hares, voles, etc., but also scorpions and snakes.

The wild boars in Camel Ridge are divided into two categories, namely "group pigs" and "solitary pigs".

A herd of pigs, generally consisting of several adult sows and piglets, forage, move and rest in groups.

Solitary pigs refer to wild boars that move independently, generally older males, weighing huge, some can weigh up to eight or nine hundred pounds, a pair of large fangs open outward, manes erect, and hideous faces.

And this kind of lonely pig is very fierce and aggressive, even if the experienced hunter encounters it, it can only escape, because its skin is rough and thick, ordinary people can't penetrate it at all, and even provoke its ferocity, take the initiative to fight with the hunter, the huge body rushes back and forth, and uses its fangs to pick the hunter's body.

According to Sun Zhishu, an experienced old hunter in their village was once picked on the stomach by the "lonely pig", causing his belly to be scratched and his intestines to flow all over the ground, and he choked before he returned to the village.

Therefore, in the eyes of hunters, this lonely pig is known as a bear and two tigers, which shows that hunters are deeply afraid of this behemoth.

After talking about these two kinds of wild boars, Sun Zhishu talked to us endlessly about the skills of fighting wild boars.

There are two ways to fight wild boars.

The first is the most common "headwind fight", which is the way to play wild boars when foraging, and must be approached against the wind, because it will smell humans when approaching downwind.

When approaching the boar, you should be light, once the boar looks up at you, you should stop in place immediately, because the boar's vision is very poor, as long as you don't move, it will think that you are a dead thing, there is no danger, and then continue to eat, then you can continue to move forward, wait until the effective distance of the shot, a hit.

The other is called "Hades Cave", which is both simple and lethal, the method is to dig a deep pit in the ground, cut out a sharp wooden tip and insert it vertically into the soil, camouflage the pit with branches and dead leaves, and then put in a wild fruit, and when the wild boar comes to eat the wild fruit, it will fall into the trap, and it will definitely die, and there is no reason to live.

In this way, we trekked all the way through mountains and rivers, and finally two hours later, we came to our destination "Camel Ridge".

Camel Ridge is the halfway point of a mountain, looking at it from a long distance, the shape looks like a hump, hence the name.

Sun Zhishu had great experience in hunting, and after looking around for a while, he ordered everyone to set up camp by a river under the mountainside, and he felt that there was a greater chance that wild boars would come here to drink.

After setting up the tent, the two of them did not rest, but walked around the neighborhood, chose a good location and began to dig the Hades Cave.

Yu Banxian and I couldn't help much, so we went to the river to catch fish, the water was not deep, just no knee position, when it was dark in the evening, the harvest was not bad, and I caught two fish, which was also a bit of a tooth sacrifice.

In the evening, when the north wind was howling and the goose-feather snow was falling again, we hurried into our tents, and we were already hungry from morning to now, so we hurried to make a fire, and roasted the frozen dry food and two fish, and devoured them all.

You can't sleep immediately after eating, running and drinking, the Yama Cave outside is hung with bells, and if a wild boar falls into the trap, there will be an alarm, everyone has to listen with their ears pricked up, and as soon as there is a movement, they will run out to catch prey as soon as possible.

Of course, this wild boar is not a fool, if you dig a good pit, it will not jump in a daze, you have to wait patiently, it can be regarded as a tug-of-war between hunters and prey.

The night was long, and Yu Banxian and I were really bored, so I suggested that Sun Zhishu tell us about the strange things about the Great Xing'an Mountains, so as to relieve the boredom.

After listening to this, Sun Zhishu pondered for a while, knocked on the cigarette pouch and pot in his hand, and coughed lightly: "Then I will tell you about the two major evils of the Great Xing'an Mountains, the first evil is the little Japanese devil, the second evil is the Northeast dreadlock, the little Japanese have nothing to say, burning, killing and looting are all evil, and the beast is not as good as the thing, I will tell you about the Northeast dreadlock." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Sun Dazhuang shouted dissatisfiedly: "Dad, you mentioned those things about the bandits back then, didn't you just beat a few bandits when you were young, what is there to brag about, my ears are calloused, can't I change a fresh story." ”

"Stinky boy, I didn't tell you anything, I don't like to listen to it, so I cover my ears." Sun Zhishu's eyes widened, and he picked up the cigarette bag and knocked on Sun Dazhuang's head.

Yu Banxian looked surprised, gave a thumbs up and said, "Old Sun, I really didn't see it, you actually killed bandits when you were young, there is a kind." ”

"Haha, what is this, I joined the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army when I was young, and I have suppressed no less than a dozen bandit dens, and killing a few bandits is nothing." Sun Zhishu said with a glance of smugness.

I didn't expect Sun Zhishu to have such glorious deeds when he was young, and he was very curious about the bandits, so he urged: "Sun Zhishu, tell me the story about the bandits." ”

When it came to bandits, Sun Zhishu's spirit was unusually high, and the conversation box was also opened, only to hear him spit and say: "Bandits are also called "locks" and "beards", which have existed in our country for a long time, especially before the liberation, their numbers are large, their distribution is wide, and their influence is great, they can be called the crown of all dynasties, and among them, the bandits in our northeast are the most famous.

Let me tell you two this, there are as many as 18o bandits in the Northeast at most, obediently, what kind of concept is this, this number is equivalent to the equipment of two hundred armies, as for the number of people, there are bandits in the entire Northeast with a total of about 1o people, and in some areas, the entire village is almost controlled by bandits, basically belonging to the "threesomes must have a bandit".

The ferocity of the bandits is more than the Japanese devils, there was a landlord who was robbed to the mountains by the bandits, according to his later recollections, he and several other people were locked up in the cold cellar, every day to urinate and not allowed to go out, can only be held back can only be pulled in the trouser pocket, do not eat, sometimes thirsty really can't do anything, so I have to squeeze some urine, urinate on clothes, and then twist it out, lick it with the tongue to quench the thirst.