Before the wolf was killed, although there were more wolves in the woods of Niutoupo, no one had heard them howl for many years, but now they suddenly heard it, how could it not make people panic? Before that, the last time Zixuan's father heard a wolf howl was when he was young. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info when he was young, there was a small group of wolves living on the Niutou slope, and every moonlit and starry night, they could always be heard howling in the mountains. However, in recent years, human activities around the mountains and forests have become more and more frequent, and the mountains and forests are gradually shrinking, so that the food source is relatively insufficient, and the wolves have begun to show a declining trend. In the face of powerful humans, the wolves are slowly in a weak situation, afraid of attracting the attention of humans and leading to death, smart wolves will not easily make movements, so no one has heard the wolf howl in those years.

Later, however, one of the wolves was killed by the villagers, and the rest of the wolves, with no regard for their own safety, wanted to call out to their companions with that mournful howl. However, it is not difficult for a discerning person to hear that the howl has the meaning of a demonstration to mankind in addition to calling for companions.

After hearing the wolf howl, Zixuan's father gave up the idea of continuing to hunt wolves, thinking that the death of his companion might bring warning to the remaining wolves and would not cause trouble to the villagers again, so Zixuan's father had no plan to hunt them. He thought to himself that if he could get along peacefully, he could leave them to live in the mountains and forests of Niutoupo, and let them fend for themselves.

For a long time later, no wolf howls were heard, no villagers lost chickens and sheep, and Zixuan's father went into the mountains to hunt and in the process, he did not find any clues of wolves. I thought that the matter about the wolf would settle down like this, but then the hunter suddenly changed his original intention, but it was because of a hunting dog.

Zixuan's father expected that the remaining wolves would not offend humans easily, so he didn't take them to heart, and still went out hunting with his beloved hound as usual.

One day in the early summer of that year, Zixuan's father was walking at the foot of the mountain, and suddenly saw a pheasant flying up from the front, but it landed not far away, with years of accumulated experience, he concluded that it was a hen pheasant that was incubating eggs, and its nest was nearby. If it is an ordinary pheasant, it will try its best to fly out of people's field of view to avoid danger when disturbed, but the instinctive maternal love of the hen pheasant in the process of incubation will make it brave in the critical moment, and they often deliberately fall within the range of people's vision, in order to attract the attention of the introvert and ensure the safety of a nest of eggs. Zixuan's father ignored the pheasant's carving skills, and only searched near the pheasant where it took off, he wanted to find the pheasant's nest, so that he could bring the pheasant back to hatch it with the chicken, and it could be used as a bait chicken next year. And while he was concentrating on the search for the mountain egg, his hound chased after the pheasant.

Seeing the hound pounce, the pheasant could not care about his nest, so he had to rush for his life and hurriedly flew away into the distance. However, the well-trained hound knew that the flight of the pheasant could not last, so he did not hesitate to chase after him. After a short while, the hound disappeared with the pheasant.

Zixuan's father ignored the hound, thinking that no matter whether it caught the pheasant or not, it would come back by itself, so he did not pay attention to its whereabouts, and still looked for the pheasant's nest in the grass. Not long after, in a deep grass, he really found the pheasant's nest, and the dozen or so eggs in it still carried the pheasant's body temperature and maternal love.

The hunter was picking up the mountain eggs when he heard the miserable barking of the hounds in the distance. When the hunter heard the sound, he immediately sensed that something was wrong, so he got up in a hurry and ran in the direction from which the sound came.

When the hunter saw his hound again, it was lying on the edge of a cluster of thorns, and blood was bubbling from its throat. It was clear that it had been bitten off its throat. Although the hound's limbs were still twitching, and his eyes were projecting a strong desire to survive, everything was useless. The hunter understood at a glance that it was the wolf who ambushed his hounds, and it was their usual method to bite the throat of the other party, and only they could be so ferocious! The ferocious wolves must have lurked in the grass at the edge of the thorns, and while the hounds were preoccupied with chasing the pheasants and were unprepared for the danger, they suddenly attacked and hit the vital point, so that the hounds had no room to fight back.

In the eyes of the hunter, if a wolf dares to attack a hunting dog, it must have lost its mind, and if it were not for the loss of reason, the wolves would never easily provoke the hunter. The wolves who have lost their minds must have borrowed the hunting dogs to vent their anger at the hunters! Zixuan's father thought to himself, this time it dared to provoke the hunter, then next time it would dare to attack other livestock, even people!

It was only then that Zixuan's father made up his mind to hoe the wolves in the forest.

If you want to kill a wolf, you first have to determine how many wolves are left in the forest. After carefully examining the scene of the attack on the hounds, and carefully examining the wounds on the hounds, the hunter quickly concluded that there was only one wolf left in the forest, and with his knowledge of wolves, the actions of this animal have always been collective attacks, if there is more than one wolf in the forest, in order to ensure that the ambush is foolproof, they will never act alone, and the bite wound on the hound is only one in the throat, so the hunter dares to conclude that there is only one wolf left in the forest. As it turned out, the hunter was not wrong in his judgment.

In order to kill the last wolf in the forest, Zixuan's father spent a lot of energy and a long time, and later he also told Zixuan that it was the most difficult period of his hunting career. In those days, in many interactions with this wolf, he really understood the wolf's wisdom and scheming.

The wolf, the last wolf in the woods, smelled the hostility of humans from the outing of his companions, and had already raised his vigilance, whether it was digging traps or casting bait, it no longer worked for it, and after repeated failures, the hunter had to go deep into the mountains and forests to find the wolf, he wanted to find out the range and activity of this wolf, hoping to shoot directly. But to the hunter's surprise, the cunning wolf disappeared after killing the hound, and even if the hunter had traveled through the mountains and forests, he could not find any trace of it.

After looking for a whole autumn, Zixuan's father didn't find any clues left by the wolf, which made him a little annoyed, could it be that the wolf had moved elsewhere? However, what other place can it survive except Niutoupo? Or, it's hiding in some unknown corner, waiting for an opportunity!

It wasn't until winter came that Zixuan's father found out that the wolf's traces had reappeared. That winter, the first snow on Niutoupo lasted for two days. As soon as the wind and snow stopped, he stepped into the deep snow and entered the forest. It didn't take long for him to find the wolf's footprints in the snow, and judging by the fresh footprints, the wolf had left them when the wind and snow were about to stop. Finding the footprints, the old hunter immediately grabbed his shotgun and followed the trails. Snow is a great thing for hunters, and if you find the traces of your prey on the snow, you can find its nest all the way! Zixuan's father was like a treasure, he held a shotgun and chased after the wolf's footprints. But to his surprise, after walking for a long time, he found that he had returned to the original point, and it was not until he returned to the original point that the hunter realized that the road he followed the wolf trail was actually a big circle!

As a hunter, he was actually tricked by a wolf! Zixuan's father was angry and annoyed, and stubbornly followed the imprint, trying to find the traces of the wolf walking out of this circle, it is impossible for it to appear out of thin air and disappear out of thin air! But strangely, after reaching the starting point again, he didn't find any other footprints.

In the mountains and forests where the wind and snow have just stopped, there is a large circle of footprints! This strange circle is really difficult for the hunter, isn't this wolf with wings? It landed on the snowy field out of thin air, spun around in a big circle, and then flew away? But why would it do that? I've been dealing with a variety of animals for many years, and I've never encountered such an anomaly! Could it be that a wolf can climb a tree? However, the trees that grew around this footprint were all tall trees with thin trunks, and it was difficult for people to climb them, so how could a wolf climb the trees? Wolves climb trees? Just thinking about it in my head, that sight sends chills down my spine.

The circle eventually became a mystery and was buried in the hunter's heart until it was buried in his tomb.

Although it was only a circle, Zixuan's father was not without gains, as long as he found the wolf's footprints and proved that it was still in this forest, he could always think of a way to deal with it. The hunter was determined to hoe the wolf as soon as possible in winter, otherwise it would only get more difficult when the snow melted the following year.

But the next thing soon changed the hunter's plan.

(To be continued)