novelden Chapter 209 Good harvest
Chapter 209 Good harvest
The two continued walking quietly, and after walking about two hundred meters, the bushes in front of them suddenly swayed slightly.
Li Xiangyang immediately raised his right hand, signaling to stop.
He squinted and observed carefully, and sure enough, he saw a pair of pointed ears peeking out from the bushes.
The roe deer was munching on tender grass, unaware of the approaching danger.
Li Xiangyang turned to look at Wang Ergou and mouthed, "I'll lead the way, you block the retreat."
Wang Ergou nodded and quietly circled around to the direction the roe deer might have escaped in.
A gentle breeze blew by, and the roe deer suddenly raised its head, its ears twitching alertly, its body tense, ready to flee at any moment.
Knowing he couldn't wait any longer, Li Xiangyang quickly raised his gun and aimed.
"boom!"
Gunshots shattered the silence of the mountains and forests.
The roe deer leaped up suddenly, but it was too late.
Li Xiangyang's bullet hit its vital point with pinpoint accuracy.
The roe deer lunged forward, struggled a few times, and then lay still.
"Great shot!" Wang Ergou emerged from behind the bushes, a broad smile on his face. "Brother Xiangyang, that was a brilliant shot!"
Li Xiangyang smiled slightly and stepped forward to check on the deer.
This is an adult male water deer, and it's quite well-built.
He crouched down and stroked the deer's fur: "The fur is nice, the meat should be good too."
Wang Ergou leaned over to help check: "Indeed. The meat of the roe deer is at its most tender this season."
As they were talking, Xuanmao and Xiaohu suddenly pricked up their ears at the same time and looked warily in one direction.
Li Xiangyang immediately stopped smiling and gestured for Wang Ergou to be quiet.
The two held their breath and listened intently.
A mountain breeze carried the faint sound of footsteps, approaching from afar.
Li Xiangyang quickly assessed the location and whispered to Wang Ergou, "Drag the roe deer behind those bushes over there."
After saying that, he bent down and moved. Wang Ergou immediately understood, and the two of them quickly dragged the roe deer and hid it.
A fishy, pungent smell wafted on the wind—the distinctive odor of a badger.
Immediately afterwards, a badger came into view.
It is not large in size, but it is very sturdy. Its body is tightly covered with a layer of dark brown hair, and its snout, which resembles a pig's snout, protrudes forward and sniffs around from time to time.
Its sharp claws left deep scratches on the ground, and it made a low growling sound.
"Don't shoot," Li Xiangyang whispered.
At this moment, the most dangerous thing is not the badger, but the wrong judgment made in the panic.
Compared to other predators, hog badgers are not much of a threat to humans, but their mouths may carry a variety of bacteria and viruses. If bitten by a hog badger, the wound is easily infected, resulting in symptoms such as redness, swelling, pain, and fever.
If a hog badger carries the rabies virus, there is a 100% chance of death if bitten.
Therefore, the more you encounter an animal that seems easy to hunt, the more cautious you should be.
Although he didn't understand why Li Xiangyang was so cautious when the child was just a small one, Wang Ergou still followed his advice and did not fire the gun.
Just then, a sharp bird cry came from afar.
The badger suddenly stopped moving, its ears twitching alertly.
That was the call of a hawk-owl, a bird of prey that is not uncommon in the forests of Northeast China.
At this moment, the badger's ears twitched rapidly, and a low growl came from its throat.
It began to get restless, pacing around in circles.
Just then, the black cat suddenly let out a very soft "meow".
Li Xiangyang immediately looked up and saw a snow hare running by in the distance, munching on grass roots. It was clearly unaware of the danger around it.
But Li Xiangyang noticed that a grayish-brown figure was slowly moving among the branches above the snow rabbit's head.
It was a huge eagle owl, with a wingspan of more than a meter.
This bird of preys on snow hares and pheasants in the mountainous regions of Northeast China. It is almost silent when it flies, making it a true aerial killer.
It is carefully adjusting its position, ready to launch a fatal attack at any moment.
The badger clearly noticed this as well.
It stopped pacing and stared intently ahead.
Li Xiangyang knew that this beast was waiting for an opportunity.
Once the eagle owl pounces on the snow hare, it will gain an advantage no matter which side succeeds.
Sure enough, the eagle owl suddenly swooped down from the branch.
Surprisingly, the snow hare sensed the danger at the last moment and quickly darted into the bushes.
The eagle owl's sharp claws missed their target, and its wings brushed the ground, stirring up a fallen leaf.
Just then, the badger suddenly darted out, but its target was not the snow hare, but the eagle owl that was about to take off!
This sudden turn of events was unexpected by everyone.
The eagle owl hastily flapped its wings in an attempt to escape, but the badger had already pounced on its back.
The two wild beasts instantly began to wrestle.
Li Xiangyang and Wang Ergou were dumbfounded.
None of them expected that a hog badger would dare to take on an eagle owl that was much larger than itself.
The eagle owl let out a mournful cry, its sharp beak pecking repeatedly at the badger's head.
"A great opportunity!" Li Xiangyang's eyes lit up, and he lowered his voice. "You hunt the badger, I'll hunt the eagle owl. Listen to my command."
Wang Ergou immediately understood and his finger was already on the trigger.
Such a rare opportunity, their hunter's instincts told them they had to seize it.
The two prey were locked in a struggle, their attention focused entirely on each other—it was the perfect opportunity.
The two quickly adjusted the muzzle of their guns.
The fight between the eagle owl and the badger intensified, with feathers and fur flying through the air.
Li Xiangyang squinted, waiting for the best opportunity to shoot.
The eagle owl suddenly spread its wings, trying to get rid of the badger's entanglement, completely exposing its vital parts.
The badger was biting the eagle owl's wing tightly, exposing its fatal hind scapula.
"beat!"
"Bang! Bang!"
Two gunshots rang out almost simultaneously in the mountains and forests.
Amidst the billowing smoke and dust, a feather fluttered down.
When the smoke cleared, the eagle owl and the badger lay motionless on the ground.
Both Li Xiangyang and Wang Ergou's bullets hit vital points precisely, killing them instantly.
"Haha, well done!" Li Xiangyang patted Wang Ergou on the shoulder. "This trip was really profitable."
"That's right, three prey," Wang Ergou said with a laugh. "We're really lucky today."
"Good haul, let's go, it's time to head back."
Li Xiangyang was very satisfied with his current achievements.
"Back already?" Wang Ergou asked, somewhat surprised. "Aren't you going to take advantage of our good luck and wander around a bit more?"
Li Xiangyang shook his head: "We're running low on bullets; we need to go to the forest farm. We haven't visited Captain Zhou since his promotion."
Wang Ergou suddenly realized, "Right, I have to go take a look. Perfect timing, we had a good haul today, I'll take some meat with me."
"That's what I meant too."
After the two finished preparing their prey, Xuanmao and Xiaohu were also very excited, running ahead to lead the way for them.
Along the way, Li Xiangyang and Wang Ergou took down the wild boar that had been hung up earlier.