Chapter 140: Looper Trap

After the bowstring was made, Ye Xuan picked up a shorter wooden stick and began to make the drill bit.

"This stick is a drill that can make fire, and use a dagger to handle the ends of the stick a little, sharpening one end and blunting the other. Okay, the drill is done. Ye Xuan held the sharpened drill bit in front of the live broadcast camera, and then took out a wide wooden stick from the firewood pile, and continued: "The last is the base, which is no different from the base of drilling wood for fire, just dig out the groove." ”

"When everything is ready, you need to find a piece of stone, a piece of hardwood or a piece of bone. Because when taking the fire, you need to hold the blunt head firmly to increase the friction, if you press the drill bit directly with the palm of your hand, and wait for the fire to rise, your hand is almost useless. ”

"One hand for a campfire, this wave is not a loss. ”

"It seems that the iron sand palm that the old man has practiced hard can finally come in handy. ”

"Spicy chicken, Huoyun Zhang, who has been single for 20 years, just ask if you are afraid. ”

"Coach, I want to learn... Forget it, I can't learn. ”

"Damn it... Yong Shuangquan, that's you, right?"

"After watching the video of the patriarch, I decided that I would carry a lighter with me in the future. ”

"It's better to make flint and steel, and I'm not afraid to get wet when it rains. ”

"For the handicappers, there is no difference between striking flint and tint and drilling wood for fire. ”

Stepping on the base with his foot, he wrapped the drill around the bowstring, then held a stone chip in his left hand, firmly pressed the blunt end of the drill, and began to pull the wooden bow for fire.

Ye Xuan was also the first time to use the bow drill to make fire, but he had had many previous experiences in drilling wood for fire and plowing for fire, and the principles and operations of these three methods were actually similar, so after the first few rustinesss, his movements became proficient.

As he pulled the bow, the drill bit spun rapidly, and the grooves of the base soon overflowed with wood chips.

Under normal circumstances, after the appearance of sawdust, in the process of slowly heating up, the sawdust will gradually turn black, and finally reach the ignition point, resulting in burning chips. However, the humidity here is too high, and before the wood chips gradually warm up and turn black, they are eroded by moisture in the air. In this regard, Ye Xuan can only speed up, so that the drill bit generates more friction in the groove and accelerates the heating time.

Ten minutes later, his right hand pulling the bowstring was already extremely sore, and at this moment, a faint wisp of smoke finally emerged from the black sawdust.

Seeing this scene, Ye Xuan finally breathed a sigh of relief, stopped the movements in his hand, hurriedly picked up the ignition on the side, and after dialing the burning chips into it, he blew skillfully.

Disappointingly, the debris did not ignite the ignition, but gradually extinguished.

"I was a little anxious, the air humidity was too high, and I had to make sure that the debris was large enough to ignite the ignition. ”

Sighing, Ye Xuan rubbed his sore right hand, rested for a while, adjusted his mood, and began to try to make a fire for the second time.

This time, he spent more than half an hour, waiting until the debris completely emitted a red flame, and then he pushed the debris into the ignition. As it continued to blow, thick smoke emitted from the ignition material, and finally a fire quietly appeared.

When firewood is added, the fire gradually grows larger. Looking at the blazing bonfire in front of him, Ye Xuan gasped and said, "The bow drill fire method is not only more efficient, but also more labor-saving. Even so, it was so laborious to raise a bonfire, and it was conceivable that it would take at least twice as long to use drilled wood for fire and a fire plow. ”

Before I knew it, the time had come to more than five o'clock, and the sun was setting in the west, trying to sprinkle the last afterglow.

Glancing at the slanting sun in the west, he stood up, clapped his hands and said, "It's only about half an hour at most until it gets dark." I'm going to take advantage of this time to make a few traps and see if I can catch a hare or two. ”

Ye Xuan walked out of the tree and came to the weeds, and when he came back, he had an extra handful of weeds in his hand.

Sitting back by the campfire, he explained: "This weed is called Karui by the local indigenous people. Among the stalks of this weed, there is a very thin, but tough coarse fiber. They are often used by the locals when making traps for hunting. ”

"You see, you just have to smash the stalk with a stick, like I did, and tear it open to find the fiber. ”

The whole fiber looked like iron wire, Ye Xuan held it in his hand, tugged hard, and said with a smile: "See, very tough, once small animals such as hares and foxes are trapped, they can't break free at all." ”

I smashed all the weeds in my hand and harvested a total of 3 fibers.

"What I'm making now is the simplest in the wilderness, and it's also a practical trap, a looper trap. The method is simple and easy to learn, and with a rope and stick, it can be easily done. Ladies and gentlemen, you are optimistic. ”

With that, he picked up a fiber, quickly made a looper at one end, and then tied the other end of the fiber firmly to a stubby stick.

Holding the made trap in front of the live camera, Ye Xuan smiled: "This is done, isn't it very simple? But the looper trap has great limitations, that is, it can only be used for small animals with a shoulder height of no more than 20 cm." As soon as the prey's head is in the looper, the looper will become tighter and tighter as it struggles. ”

To test the feasibility of the looper, he put his arm in it and tried it, and found that the results were even better than expected. Because the fibers are very thin and very tough, if you struggle violently, the fibers like iron wires will sink directly into the flesh and suffocate the prey.

Originally, the audience saw that it was so simple to fall into it, and they questioned it one after another. After seeing the test results, I immediately brushed up 666.

"Damn, it's that simple?"

"666, successfully get new skills. ”

"I've learned another trick, and I can pretend to be forced. ”

"Anyway, a hare wouldn't be so stupid to get into it, would he?"

"Can anyone tell me how to fight the looper?"

"Forget it, the handicapped party is honestly staying at home, the wilderness is not suitable for you. ”

"It always feels like the patriarch is teasing us. ”

"Is it a new routine? Everyone be vigilant. ”

Looking at the barrage in the live broadcast room, Ye Xuan pursed his lips and explained: "The thing where humans are better than beasts is that we are smarter than them. Of course, a hare wouldn't be stupid enough to burrow into it, but we can use our intelligence and let it drill into it on its own. Ladies and gentlemen, watch and study hard!"

"Don't learn the brain-dead party and the hand-disabled party, you won't be able to learn it anyway. ”

After teasing, Ye Xuan took the three traps he had made, walked out of the tree, and began to look for the hare.

There are really a lot of hares in Australia, and only by experiencing it can you understand the exaggerated density. Less than a hundred meters away, he found a rabbit hole.

Squatting down, Ye Xuan pointed to the swarthy hole and said, "The ancestors of Australian hares are European burrowing rabbits, and they are very good at burrowing. Caves tend to be well-connected, and a rabbit's burrow may have seven or eight openings. So it's simply not realistic to want to flood the smoke, or dig a hole to catch them. I'm sure there are other openings within a few dozen meters of this cave. ”

Sure enough, as he expected, after walking around the hole, he found five more hare holes.