Chapter 411 Bear and Wolf

"That's right, it's the bear trail."

Jem pawed down the snow and looked like it might have stayed last night. "If the bear is here, the wolf should have run away." Jem frowned. Both bears and wolves have a strong sense of territory. "Maybe the heavy snow covered the smell."

The Smith brothers looked at it, and there was a shallow layer of wolf hoof prints next to the bear's footprints. "Everyone be careful, pay attention to the hoof prints around, these guys are not far from us." As the leader, Li Han still has to say this, the appearance of bears and wolves made the team a little more depressing.

This is the first real snow hunting for Li Han. He has worked and made money in the United States all these years, but he has never been free for a moment. Hunting is not a hobby, but a wish. When working for others, he always thinks about himself. How comfortable it is to have free time to hunt and fish.

It is rare now, the appearance of bears makes Li Han nervous and excited at the same time, hunting bears, this is something that was unimaginable in the past, but now it may be possible. "Go along this small road, the distance can be shortened by half, how to take the main road."

Li Han looked at the map, frowned slightly, and Jem explained with a smile. "Han, this path has to climb over the hill ahead, the road is not easy to walk, and the valley is too narrow." Jem said, Li Han understood. "That's right, such a place is not suitable."

Brother Smith said with a smile. "This place is pretty good, Jem is too timid, three or five wolves, our brothers can peel them." "Yes, Han, this road is really good, sliding all the way down the hillside can save half a day's time. "

Li Han was speechless, the two brothers. Courageous, not afraid of anything. But Li Han was afraid that something might happen, so he took the responsibility. "Smith, I just checked the hoof prints at the intersection. I don't know if you have seen it. There are at most a few white-tailed deer on the trail. This is not our goal. If you want to talk about wolves, this valley is probably blocked by snowdrifts now, but there is no Animals feed them."

This hill is relatively steep. Such a heavy snow avalanche is almost ten to ten, blocking the valley, everyone will go there together, and they may have to go back at that time.

Li Han didn't think of this just now, but now he wants to understand. "Hey, buddy, it seems that I should listen to you." Brother Smith smiled. Continue to take the hounds to look for hoof prints, not to mention finding that the snow covered up some breath.

The hounds roared at the edge of a bush, and the white wolf howled in a low voice. "Urine, it seems that it hasn't gone far, everyone be careful." This must be the urine left by the beast, Gray Wolf. Or a bear, maybe even a mountain lion. Li Han, Jem, and the Smith brothers found the footprints in a short time. Judging by the thickness of the snow, it took up to two hours. "There's no food here. Looks like the bear is going to try his luck at another ranch."

At this time, Li Han is not easy to control, so let's take a look. It was luck if he could be caught in the Pearl Flower Ranch. If he couldn’t catch him, Li Han planned to go back and tell Ronald that he would randomly enter another’s ranch without saying hello.

He still brought a gun to make troubles, and he was still at a disadvantage. Li Han didn't intend to do stupid things.

Chasing the bear all the way was really not busy, the border fence, was pushed to one piece. "Han, come and have a look." "This pillar was buried by Colt and the others, and it would be difficult for a bear to knock it down."

Li Han squatted down, and Jem pointed at the bear paw print. "At least three adult bears. How is this possible? Bears seldom get together." Li Han's face became very ugly. Most of the bears were alone. Only the mother bear took her cubs for a while, but the three adult bears , and very big, the Grizzlies may account for 80%.

"It seems that the rancher on the opposite side should be notified earlier about this matter. Now that the bear is hungry and mad, it will be troublesome if it hurts someone."

Li Han helped up the pillar and said, "It's a pity that the mobile phone is useless and there is no signal. It will take at least a day to return to the stone building in the living area of ​​the ranch. It will not be delayed. The sky will gradually darken." "Go, find a place to rest first."

In the snow, there is no place to live, but he is courting death. Shrubs and groves are the best places. There are no large animals here, and there are mostly pheasants and hares. If you clean up the place to live, you may be able to catch a few pheasants.

The bushes in front are good. The bushes are more than ten acres. The Smith brothers took a hunting dog to check it out. There was no problem, and they started to clear the snow and dig out the house. After walking all the way, Li Han's feet were numb and he was tired from the cold.

No wonder Wei Li felt uncomfortable when he said that he would go hunting in the grasslands of Zhouzhou in winter and not kill him. "Drink some hot water." Jem filled the hanging pot with snow, built a fire with bushes, and sat down beside Li Han. "It looks like there are more animals coming down this time than we expected, and the avalanche may have affected Yellowstone."

While Li Han was drinking water, he was gnawing on the frozen and stone-like beef, and Jem was also gnawing on the beef. "Although this snowfall is heavier than in previous years, the impact is not much different. In the past few years, hunting in the grasslands of the state has decreased, causing wild animals to flood. Damn the government, don't they know how to pay for these damn things to be cleaned up? drop?"

Li Han is also particularly disgusted with wild animals. If there are enough cattle and sheep, other animals should disappear, which is annoying. "Jem, put out the fire." Li Han took the pheasant from Brother Smith, cleaned it, peeled it, and removed the head and tail.

Take out the seasoning, this chicken is the dinner, cook some hot soup, Li Han takes out some meatballs from his backpack, made at home, sprinkle a handful of dried seaweed, add coriander, a bowl of hot meatball soup to accompany a meal Roast chicken, full belly, sleep.

The next day, I continued chasing the wolf's hoof prints. There was no accident. This time I failed. I met a red deer on the road, but it was only pregnant. They looked at each other from a distance, turned and left. On the third night, the group returned to the ranch with nothing. Li Han called Ronald.

On the way back after delivering supplies in a pickup truck, they found traces of a fight. The Smith brothers and Jem found the bones of three white-tailed deer, in addition to the bones of a coyote, all gnawed A bone and a handful of rotten skin.

At night, I finally took a hot shower, changed into dry clothes and came to the living room. "Han, this is a simple drawing drawn by me, Brother Smith, and a few experienced cowboys." "Hey, let's go around in circles." "That's right."

Jem said with a wry smile, a group of people were played around by a few wolves, but this is not a matter of face. "Interesting, this is where we encountered the fight, and it seems that these guys are not in the same group."

Jem nodded. "It is more likely that we are chasing the coyote. The gray wolf may have met the coyote. The gray wolf won this battle." "No, not necessarily." Li Han always felt that something was wrong. very high.

The prairie where the coyote came from, the gray wolf seems to come from the mountain, or from the Yellowstone Park. "We didn't see the battle scene with our own eyes, but the gray wolf's hoofprints were never seen again. Isn't it strange?"

The size of the gray wolf is larger than that of the coyote. If it is a single battle, the gray wolf may win more, but there are blood red and messy hoofprints on the snow, leaving only the bones and fur of a coyote. Look. Triumph like a gray wolf.

Jem and the Smith brothers have been muttering in their hearts for the past two days, there is no trace of the gray wolf, only the hoof prints of the coyote are left. Could it be that something happened to the gray wolf. "This thing is getting weirder and weirder." Li Han patted his forehead and poured a glass of beer for Jem and Brother Smith.

Li Han greeted the rest of the people, and here they prepare a barrel to drink whatever they want, as long as they don't get drunk. The four of them discussed for a long time without coming up with an idea. Li Han guessed in his heart that a clever coyote king like a demon would not be created because of the spring water.

If that was the case, it would be a big trouble. The animals in the grasslands of the whole state became more and more strange. Li Han regretted that he promised Dudu to fill the space with animals, let alone stop Dudu from pouring the spring water of the space into the grasslands of the state.

The last time the rats were infested, Li Han kept wondering if it was caused by the spring water in the space. Even if it wasn't, Li Han's heart still sank when he saw the mutated rats. "Well, I'll give Hughton a call and order some clips."

Animal traps, this thing is more a symbol of shame for hunters, but this time there is no way, a group of people chased it for several days, and finally came back to play tricks on wolves. "Don't worry, these coyotes don't look normal, and the traps don't necessarily work."

"Han, there is no other way. I want to block some roads that enter the farm first. This thing is too cunning, and I'm afraid it will hurt people." Injury to cattle and sheep is not a big problem, let's talk about cattle farms and horse farms. With modern facilities, there is no big problem. The defense against flies and mosquitoes is not good. Once wolves and bears approach, they will definitely seek death.

Li Han sighed, he was right, he would catch up but couldn't catch up, so he had to use traps. "Where is the last hoofprint?" Li Han asked while drawing the map, looking at the circles drawn. "Here." "Near the Mihir farm?"

Li Han's heart skipped a beat, he quickly took the phone, and called Marbury. Marbury Farm and Michel Farm were not far away. "Uncle Marbury, I'm Han, I have something to tell you."

Li Han didn't hide anything about it, and told Marbury everything he knew. "You mean these coyotes will attack Mihir Farm?" "It's very likely. We chased it all the way until it was close to Mihir Farm. There is no fence here."

Many places in the Lihan Ranch have only one side of the fence. As long as the farm and the pasture are mostly separated by a road, it is completely unimpeded for the coyotes. Marbury called Ronald, but before he could say anything, Ronald had already received a call from Mihir, saying that four sheep were lost last night, which was only found out in the afternoon, and was not discovered at all in the morning. It was only at night that a lamb bleated, and Mihir noticed that the ewe with its broken horn was missing.

Li Han hung up the phone, and after a while, Marbury called. "What, missing?" "No cleaning hoof prints left." Li Han scratched his head, these wolves have become spirits, and they know how to clean up the crime scene.

Li Han hung up the phone and was stunned for a while, until Jem shouted to eat, could it be that he returned to the living area, had a decent meal, ate beef, roast chicken, drank rice porridge and ate vegetables Li Han, don't mention How comfortable.

But during this meal, discussing the matter of these coyotes, Li Han was depressed again, and it was difficult to catch them. The hoofprints of snow days are easy to be buried by heavy snow, let alone this wolf that can clear hoofprints.