Chapter 2: Hunting Black Bears

Walking all the way, groping for a fork in the road, Hong Shan stopped and looked around vigilantly.

At this time, it was getting late and the visibility was not very high. For safety reasons, he decided to rest first and continue his search tomorrow during the day.

In this way, he walked around the mountains for about three days, every time he saw the traces of the black bear, the clues were lost, and the other small animals beat a few, roasted and made into a meaty preservation, but they could be full.

When it was almost dark on the fourth day, Hongshan thought that he had searched again today and was very tired, and was ready to find a place to camp. Suddenly, I sniffed it with my nose, and a faint smell of scorching smell came.

"That's right, it's the damn brute, it's not far away, it should be hiding in some big tree hole, or hiding in some cave to sleep." Hong Shan muttered in his heart.

Years of experience in hunting in the mountains have made Hongshan's nose as sensitive as a wolf, able to distinguish the attributes of different animals around him. Even the difference between male and female can be smelled, because their bodies secrete different odors. It's like animals use their sense of smell to perceive their surroundings and their own kind.

And the keen eyes that are different from those of other hunters in the tribe, can ignore the color difference between day and night, and can see movement in the distance. This is a great advantage for archery.

So Hong Shan cautiously half-squatted, moved his body downwind, took off his clothes, bows and arrows, etc., smeared them on the ground, trees, and other parts. But I deliberately left a headscarf without applying it, and dug a small pit nearby to bury it, and there will be other functions later.

Because the characteristic of black bears is that they have bad eyes, they are also called bear blind, and they can't see far. But the sense of smell and hearing is very good, and you can smell it from afar. Therefore, Hongshan must allow himself to integrate into the environment of this mountain forest and become one.

This is also the first time that the old hunter took Hongshan into the mountains to hunt, telling him that this is one of the rules for surviving in the mountains.

After doing all this, Hong Shan squatted and walked like a duck, holding a bow and arrow in his hand and slowly groping his way towards the place where the smell came from.

After a while, he saw a small hillside in front of him, and there was a relatively wide hole in it, which was enough for the black bear to enter and exit freely. Hong Shan was secretly happy in his heart, and it was estimated that this was the place.

Feeling closer, he squinted his eyes and looked carefully into the cave. Then there was a faint night light, and it felt like the hole was very deep, and it seemed that there was a fork. In this case, you must not rush in.

There are many ways to outwit large and ferocious animals, otherwise you are reckless and doomed to not survive in this mountain forest for long. This is the old hunter who took him that time, after hunting a large wild boar weighing 500 catties, he said a serious warning.

Hong Shan looked at the surrounding situation and had an idea in his heart. Carefully turn around and go back, go to the place where the headscarf is buried and take it out. Then hang it on a small tree that is only a man tall ten meters to the left of the cave entrance. He rubbed a long rope of bark and led it.

After arranging these, he continued to collect large piles of leaves and dead branches, some of which were dry, some of which were damp and some of which were rained. Put it at the entrance of the hole, and immediately hit it with a flint and steel to ignite it and run away.

Hong Shan retreated and climbed to a tree that he had already looked forward to, and half-squatted on the tree. There are also several trees of various sizes nearby, and this is his main battlefield.

The fire at the entrance of the cave was burning bigger and bigger, and on top of the fire was a large number of wet leaves and branches. Gradually, puffs of smoke began to rise and sweep around, and many of them poured into the hole.

After a while, a low roar was heard from inside the cave. Hong Shan held a bow and arrow, his body did not move, and he watched calmly. At this moment, it was as if he was a big fruit on the tree, perfectly integrated with the environment.

The black bear was so angry that he slept well, but he was harassed. So he rushed out of the hole full of anger, and after bypassing the fire, he erected his huge body, roared and looked around for a target with his nose and nose.

It is too late to say that it is too fast, and it is this moment that Hong Shan is waiting for. At a distance of about 20 meters, the bow is held steadily in the left hand, and the bowstring is quickly pulled away with the right hand. The index and middle fingers are sandwiched between the arrows, and they are naturally and easily scattered.

I saw the arrow cut a beautiful arc in mid-air, and the body of the arrow swayed slightly, like a night elf singing a dark song happily, heading straight to the chest of the black bear.

Considering that the black bear is fat and fat, Hong Shan deliberately chose three of them, and the largest arrow cluster was used to deal with it. Each cluster of arrows was about half a palm's width and was unusually sharp, and it had been rubbed and rubbed on the oily hides beforehand.

And in the tug-of-war, adjustments have also been made. Because this was the first time he had hunted a giant bear, he had not learned about the thick skin and fat of this huge black bear, so to be on the safe side, he increased the penetration of the arrow cluster. Hong Shan deliberately drew the bow full, and the fingers that pulled the string were level with his shoulders. The arrow, which was almost a meter long, was pulled to the outside of the remaining arrows.

As a person who wields a bow and arrow, he can have such a pair of long arms, and he is also the envy of other tribe hunters. They all said that it was a gift from God, and that they gave him this bowl of rice to eat.

In the distance, after hearing the giant black bear with an arrow in the chest, he screamed and wailed, and Hong Shan didn't care about the condition of its wounds, and immediately pulled the bark rope and pulled it gently.

In the crazy giant black bear, I saw a human figure flashing on the side of the hole, and it ran straight towards the target fiercely.

Don't look at the huge body of the bear, but the running speed is not bad, it can reach a speed of fifty or sixty kilometers per hour. Ten meters away, for it is instantaneous. Raising his claws high, he pounced, and a small tree was broken, and it was crushed under the giant black bear.

When Hong Shan was pulling the bark rope, he quickly buckled an arrow with his right hand and pulled it away.

With the fat body of the giant black bear, it just pressed against the small tree at the same time. Taking advantage of the fact that its left heart and lungs were all exposed, Hong Shan simply threw it down, and in less than half a second, the second arrow was inserted into the fatal position of the giant black bear.

Half of the shaft of the arrow was exposed, and there it was shaking, and the wide triangular cluster of arrows had pierced the right side of the giant black bear's torso.

The huge pain in the heart and lungs made the black bear roll on one side, rolling there and howling. Frightened, the birds and other animals in the distance fluttered around.

It tried to tear off the two arrows with its claws, but the inverted triangular cluster of arrows prevented it from pulling, and it roared in pain. Now, more blood flowed from the wound, staining the ground red.

When Hong Shan was about to take out the third arrow, it was estimated that it was at close range, and the murderous aura on his body was too heavy, and he was felt abnormal by the giant black bear. He didn't bother to pull out the arrow from the wound, so he sniffed his nose and swooped down on the tree.

"Oops, found out." Hong Shan secretly screamed badly, the injured black bear was the most violent. Of course, this is true for large beasts.

After a few longitudinal crossings, the giant black bear reached the bottom of the tree, and reluctantly and painfully stood upright, and smelled that the culprit was actually in the tree.

Annoyed and angry, he was about to climb up and bite Hongshan to death, but the first arrow was straight into the chest, and when he climbed the tree, he would be pushed from time to time, causing his movements to be slow. But it didn't stop, trying to climb up.

When Hong Shan made a plan to squat on the tree to guard archery, he had already thought of a way out. Jumping up slightly, he flew to the big tree next to him.

The giant black bear climbs trees very fast, but its fat body doesn't have the bounce power. I could only howl and slowly retreat, unwillingly rushing towards the tree.

This is exactly in line with Hongshan's original plan, which is to fight a tug-of-war with it at ease. Because the large beast has strong vitality and sufficient qi and blood, it will not be finished all at once, and it can only be consumed after it is seriously injured.

The key is not to let it run away, otherwise it will be time-consuming to look for it again.

When the giant black bear climbed halfway up the tree, it stopped, and the wound was no longer large, and it was already bleeding so much that it could not climb again. Sitting under the tree, a pair of fierce little eyes looked at Hongshan.

Too close, just under the tree, Hongshan has no angle and can't make up the arrows. So he continued to climb higher, and then jumped to another fork on the side, looking for an angle.

This giant black bear is a long time old, and it is estimated that it has become a sperm. Seeing the target scurrying up to the tree over there, I understood the intention. So he moved slowly, hid behind a tree, and hid himself.

Hong Shan smiled angrily: "Okay, you can't run anymore, I can't wait to rest more, and I'll clean you up after your blood is dry." ”

So he took out a small piece of smoked rabbit meat that he carried with him, sat on the tree and ate it, staring at it vigilantly out of the corner of his eye.

In this way, one person and one bear spent most of the night with each other. During this time, the giant black bear hid behind a tree and howled incessantly. But it has not fallen, and the vitality is really strong.

It was early in the morning, and the sky was slightly bright. Animals could be heard from other parts of the forest, but it was quiet, because they knew that this was the territory of the giant black bear, and they did not dare to come and be presumptuous.

Hong Shan observed that the black bear was leaning against the tree and was motionless, and he didn't care if it was really dead or fake, and he couldn't delay any longer, worried that other animals would come.

So he crept down the tree, and scurried to another tree he had already set his eye on, where there was a small angle, but it was enough.

Clasped up the third wide cluster of arrows, his eyes narrowed slightly. Because this angle exposes the side head and neck of the giant black bear, that lost area. The giant black bear's skull is too hard to shoot through, and the effect is not as good as hitting the neck.

Hongshan no longer hesitated, and set up arrows, pulled strings, opened bows, and scattered them in one go. The arrow was like a ray of light into the fat bear's neck.

"Roar, roar, roar." The giant black bear is indeed not dead, after all, it weighs thousands of pounds, and it has too much qi and blood. But the arrow hurt so much that it stood upright and ran towards the mouth of the cave.

"Poof," he said, and he couldn't hold his last breath anymore and collapsed at the door of the cave. Lying there motionless, with the three arrows stuck in his body.

In order to be safe, Hong Shan continued to find an arrow and shot an arrow at his spine from the side. It's also a critical location, and if the spine is broken, the animal can't continue to crawl.

The shot was made, and the giant black bear was still lying there motionless. Another arrow hit its heart and lungs, but it still didn't move. Hong Shan waited patiently for about half an hour, walked over with a thick tree pole and stabbed it, only then did he confirm that the giant black bear was really dead.

The hanging heart quieted down at this time.

Suddenly I thought of something, and immediately covered it with blood stains on the ground, and pulled a lot of branches behind the giant black bear. Immediately climb to the top of the tree and whistle loudly.

This is the way the tribal hunters communicate in the mountains, there are fires, whistles, and carved marks.

Hongshan's whistle is to tell the nearby hunters, come here, there are large animals that need help. After all, he couldn't bring it back alone.