Chapter 100 I’m so lucky today! Li Long had already raised his gun when he saw the wolf, but the wolf was very quick to react. After discovering there were people here, it immediately ran into the pine forest and disappeared in an instant. "Wolf?" Halimu guessed it immediately after seeing Li Long's actions. "Yes, it might be the wolf I encountered the day before yesterday - it had gray and white fur all over its body, and there was a black mark on its face." Li Long described as he walked forward with a gun in his hand. The two men chased into the valley ahead, but could not see any trace of the wolves. Instead, two snow chickens flapped their wings and jumped towards Li Long and his friends. "Bang!" Halimu moved very quickly and fired directly, hitting a snow chicken so hard that its feathers flew everywhere and it fell into the snow. Li Long was still a little unconfident about shooting at moving targets. He held the gun and waited until the snow chicken fell into the snow with all its strength before he fired a shot. The feathers exploded, and the snow chicken jumped up, then fell down and became motionless. Li Long went over and picked up the snow chicken. He saw that it was not very big, with snow-white feathers with a hint of gray and yellow. It weighed just over one kilogram. It was shot in the abdomen, with a big hole that was bleeding. Li Long looked into the valley and vaguely saw snow chickens jumping and flying into the pine forest in the distance.
There are traces of digging in the snow at the bottom of the valley and on the sunny side. Small pieces of shrubs and grass buried in the snow should be food for the snow chickens. Halimu also tucked the other snow chicken under his arm and continued walking inside. "There should be more ahead. These guys can't fly far," he said. "It's better to kill a few more. One alone can't be used as a dish." The two men continued to move forward. Li Longdong looked around. His target at the moment was not the snow chicken, but the wolf. He hoped to find the wolf and kill it, so that there would be no hidden danger. However, when they reached the end of the valley, the two men killed three more snow chickens, but did not see any trace of wolves. Li Long felt that he would meet the wolf again, this guy was very cunning. "Let's go back. The gunshots scared the roe deer away." Halimu carried three snow chickens and Li Long carried two. They crossed the southern ridge and returned west through another valley. "There are wild goats with long horns in this mountain, but there shouldn't be any now. The gunshots will scare them away. These goats are very timid." Halimu was right. There were indeed a lot of sheep droppings in this valley, traces of being trampled on the snow, and the grass and moss under the snow had been eaten. Li Long was a little disappointed. It was not worth it to scare away wild goats and roe deer for a few snow chickens. After all, meat is still valuable these days. Although snow chicken is very precious in later generations, its current selling price is probably not even as high as that of a domestic chicken. Of course, good things are good things. Li Long plans to ask for a high price for them, and keep them for himself if he can’t sell them. In his two lifetimes, he has never eaten snow chicken. As he was walking, Li Long suddenly saw some sheep horns sticking out from under a big pine tree. He immediately ran over and pulled the thing out of the snow. It turned out to be the skull of a ibex! Two scimitar-like horns extend out from the skull, looking very majestic. Li Long was somewhat pleased that the skull was well preserved. If this thing were hung in the house now, it would definitely add some artistic atmosphere - it would look beautiful. "This sheep is old." Halimu looked at it and said, "It must be at least ten years old."
"how do you know?" "Look at the nodes on the sheep's horns. Two nodes mean one year. Just count them and you will know." Only then did Li Long realize that there were such "annual rings" on the sheep's horns. He counted them carefully and there were eighteen nodes. It is indeed an old sheep. Carrying two snow chickens on his back, a gun in one hand and a sheep's head in the other, Li Long felt that this trip was worth it. Then he continued walking a few steps down, and a bigger surprise was waiting for him - under a thick pine tree in front of him, two deer antlers with four or five branches were lying there, most of them sticking out of the snow. This pine tree has no branches from the ground to three or four meters high. Perhaps because of this, it has become a place for male elk to sharpen their antlers. Li Long walked over quickly, picked up a deer antler and weighed it. This antler alone weighed five or six kilograms - so heavy! He looked at the other deer horn. He definitely couldn't give it up. Plus, he also had a goat horn in his hand. "Let me take this." Halimu looked a little amused, "Li Long, you've got a good harvest today!" It was indeed good, Li Long himself smiled with some pride. So this is how I picked up the deer antlers! The two stopped searching for prey and headed back. When they reached the valley entrance, Li Long saw something moving beside a bush at the valley entrance. He immediately stood in front of Halimu and whispered: "There's something!" Halimu looked forward and saw an animal in the bushes. It lowered its head and used its front hooves to dig up the snow beside the bushes, then nibbled the grass underneath. "Roe Deer, Li Long, you are so lucky today!" Li Long smiled, put down his things, took out his Type 56 semi-automatic rifle, half squatted down, turned on the safety, and slowly put the roe deer into the crosshairs. The roe deer was very alert. From time to time, it looked up and around, then lowered its head to eat a few bites and looked up again. This is a female roe deer without horns. Li Long aimed at the area slightly behind the front legs, which is the heart, and then he pulled the trigger. "Bang!" With a gunshot, the roe deer's two front hooves suddenly bounced up, and then it fell heavily to the ground, with blood spurting out from the muzzle of the gun. "Not bad, great shooting skills!" Halimu exclaimed. Li Long smiled, put away his gun and walked quickly forward to the roe deer, only to find that it was already dead. "Take it away." Halimu motioned to Li Long and asked him to spread out the plastic sheet. "There's only a valley between here and the winter den. There's no need to lead the horse. Just pull it back." "Okay, I'll bleed it first." Li Long took out the knife he was carrying, bled the roe deer, wrapped it in plastic cloth, tied a rope around it, and dragged it towards the winter den. When they arrived at the winter den, Halimu and Li Long each peeled the skin of a roe deer - Li Long tried to be as careful as possible, but still got two cuts on the skin. It seems that I need to practice my skinning skills. "It's broken, so the price isn't that good anymore." Halimu said with some regret. "That can't be helped. I have to practice." Li Long said, "Otherwise, when you guys get to the summer pasture, I'll go hunting here. I can't help but skin the prey I catch." "Yes, that's right. We need to practice." Halimu agreed with what Li Long said. After skinning and removing the internal organs, the roe deer weighs less than 30 kilograms. Even if you add the antlers and sheep horns, a 28-meter-long truck can still carry it. Li Long had a meal of horse meat in the winter den at noon, then rode his bike down the mountain with his harvest. Halimu originally wanted to give the snow chicken he shot to Li Long, but Li Long refused. He felt that he was already a hunter, so he should be self-reliant.
Tomorrow, I’m going to sell roe deer meat! (End of this chapter)