Chapter 89 Hunting Techniques It was the first time that Li Long saw an animal react so quickly! The group of gazelles that were originally huddled together suddenly scattered in all directions like blooming petals the moment the gunshots rang out, and with a few faintly visible blood flowers as a backdrop, they quickly rushed to the snow all around! Among the seven gazelles, two of them ran out four or five meters away and then suddenly fell to the ground like withered flowers, their bodies twitching in place. Even from a distance of two hundred meters, one could see blood pooling on the bodies of the two gazelles. Li Long wanted to aim at other gazelles, but he found that these elves in the Gobi Desert were so fast that he could not catch them with his naked eyes. "Let's go and get the horses." Yushanjiang shouted. "Aren't we going to chase them now? The other gazelles must be injured. It would be a good opportunity to catch up and kill them, right?" Li Long asked, standing up with a gun in hand. "If you chase them now, the gazelles will run desperately, and you can't catch them even if you run to death." Yu Shanjiang explained, carrying the gun on his back, "But if they find that there are no hunters chasing them, they will stop after running a few hundred meters. At that time, the wounds from the gunshots will continue to bleed, and when we catch up with them following the blood trail, they will not be able to run even if they want to." Li Long suddenly realized. This is Yushanjiang teaching himself the hunting experience. This knowledge is like window paper, you can see through it with a little light. But if you don't light it up, you may never understand it in your whole life.
The three men carried their guns down the mountain and rode their horses to the place where the gazelles were shot. Two gazelles were already dead. There were two goats, one male and one female. Li Long was a little disappointed because the male ram with horns was not the one he was aiming for. "I'll stay and bleed them, you guys go chase them." Halimu dismounted and said, "The blood trail is heading northeast, and the amount of blood is quite large, so they shouldn't have gone too far." Li Long did not dismount, but immediately ran out following the trail of blood. His horse riding skills were far inferior to those of Yushanjiang and Halimu. He needed to hold the reins with one hand and the pommel in front of the saddle with the other. Yushanjiang did not speed up, but just followed behind Li Long, observing left and right. After running about seven or eight hundred meters, Li Long saw the largest male yellow sheep lying beside a bush. Upon hearing the noise made by Li Long and the others, it jumped up and continued to run forward. At this time, Li Long could already see that his bullet had hit the yellow sheep's abdomen. As the yellow sheep ran, blood spurted out of its stomach immediately. Li Long squeezed his legs together, and the big red horse No. 76 accelerated, getting closer and closer to the speed of the yellow sheep. Li Long simply accelerated the horse again and ran in front of the yellow sheep to block it. The big yellow sheep was forced to turn around and fell into the snow. Li Long quickly jumped off the horse, stepped forward and held the yellow sheep down. Ordinary yellow sheep are slightly larger than ordinary sheep, weighing only about 20 to 30 kilograms, but this male yellow sheep's horns are at least 30 centimeters long and its body is heavy. Li Long estimated that it is at least twice as heavy as an ordinary yellow sheep, probably weighing no less than 50 kilograms. He almost didn't hold it down! "Let me bleed it!" Yushanjiang also jumped off the horse, drew a knife from his waist and walked towards the big yellow sheep. When the big yellow sheep saw Yushanjiang approaching with a knife, it struggled desperately. Li Long held the horns with both hands and was almost hit by the horns of the yellow sheep. Yushanjiang hurried over and held the yellow sheep down, then cut the big yellow sheep's throat with a sharp knife to let the blood. Although the big yellow sheep had lost a lot of blood when it escaped, the blood spurting out from its neck still spread nearly one meter away. The gazelle struggled violently, but lost its strength after a while. "Okay, tie the horns with ropes and drag them back with horses." Yushanjiang put away his knife and stood up, saying with a smile, "The meat of this yellow sheep is not tasty, but it is quite big." Li Long didn't care. It's better than having no meat to eat. A month ago, my family was still worried about not having enough meat to eat. Only a month has passed, and although my family has undergone tremendous changes, the lives of the team members have not changed much. Take this meat back, there will definitely be many people in the team who want it. Exchange it for bullets.
Li Long dragged the big yellow sheep to Halimu, who had already drained the blood from one of the sheep and was in the process of disemboweling it. "Halimu, go back and get it. You have to take these offal back too," said Yushanjiang. "it is good." The three men dragged the three gazelles back to Halimu's winter den, and then Yushanjiang and Halimu quickly cleaned the sheep's stomachs, skinned them, and helped Li Long load them into the truck. After loading these, the two of them helped Li Long load some pine wood pieces into the car. At noon, Halimu's family made pilaf. Li Long was not used to eating it with his hands, but he didn't know if it was because he was tired or hungry, but it tasted really good. After dinner, he drove the carriage to say goodbye to his friends in the mountains and walked back leisurely. There is no need to come again after the New Year. After arriving at the county town, Li Long went to the big house. He put the two long yellow goat horns into the study, hid the Type 56 semi-automatic rifles on the beams of the wing room, unloaded some pine wood pieces, then locked the door and drove the carriage to the production team. When he returned to the team, he saw Li Qiang fighting cocks with other children. Without waiting for him to shout, Li Qiang put down one leg and rushed towards Li Long. "Uncle, uncle, are you back?" Li Qiang pulled Li Long's sleeve but his eyes were looking into the car. "Uncle, what's in the car?" "What? Wood." Li Long teased him. "But why do I see two horns?" Li Qiang had sharp eyes and saw the sheep's head pressed under the pine wood. "Hahaha, that's a yellow sheep." Li Long smiled and touched his nephew's hat and said, "Yellow sheep horns are very useful." "What's it for?" Li Qiang asked, remembering the wild boar tooth dagger his uncle had made for him. "Can it be used as a knife?" "I can't do it, but I can make money and treat illnesses." "Uncle Qiangqiang, can we eat this yellow sheep meat?" A child heard it and came over to ask. "Sure." Li Long said with a smile, "If you want to eat it, ask your dad to bring some bullets over in exchange." I drove the carriage back to the yard and saw Li Jianguo coming to greet me. "You came back early today," Li Jianguo said with a smile, "That's good." "I went there and hunted three yellow sheep. After that, they helped me skin and gut them. I came back after that." "They've pulled so much wood." Liang Yuemei came out, looked at the things in the carriage, and said with a smile, "Xiaolong never comes back empty-handed." "Uncle, uncle, come on, I want to see the yellow sheep!" Li Qiang urged. "Then help uncle hold the horse, your father and I will unload the cart." Li Long handed the reins to Li Qiang, and then he and Li Jianguo unloaded the cart. When the wood was unloaded and three yellow sheep appeared in front of everyone, there were already several people in the yard. Li Long didn't expect these people to act so quickly and actually exchange bullets for mutton meat. That's just right. I can't finish eating three sheep anyway, so it's more cost-effective to exchange them for bullets. (End of this chapter)