Chapter 164 Black Bear Killed
When the black tiger and the elf saw that the black bear was injured and their master was in high spirits, they were not as scared as last time and barked at the black bear. The black tiger even took the opportunity to come forward to help, biting the black bear from time to time to help Gao Mingcheng restrain the black bear.
The black bear is very strong, but Gao Mingcheng is not weak either. With his current physical fitness, he will not be at a disadvantage even if he fights a healthy black bear in hand-to-hand combat. However, humans are intelligent. If they can win by intelligence, why take unnecessary risks?
So Gao Mingcheng chose to use a javelin to launch a sneak attack and injure the black bear first.
Perhaps because of the sudden injury and the need to take care of its cubs, the black bear did not choose to fight him on the spot, but instead tried to attract him by running away, thus giving the cubs in the cave a chance to escape.
But this move also caused it to be injured again.
Now the black bear pounced towards Gao Mingcheng with great momentum, but its strength had weakened after being injured. Coupled with the sneak attacks from the black tiger and the elf, it could not exert the power of its strongest period. Gao Mingcheng could almost easily avoid the black bear's killing move, and then stabbed its neck with the dagger in his hand.
When humans become more powerful, whether using advanced weapons or strong bodies, most wild beasts are no match for them. Otherwise, wild beasts such as the South China tiger and black bear would not have become protected animals.
Gao Mingcheng cut the black bear's neck with one cut after another, until the third cut. Blood gushed out from the wound. As the blood flowed, the black bear gradually lost its strength, collapsed to the ground, and let out its last gasp.
Gao Mingcheng knew that the black bear was dead, so he stood aside and did not try to kill him again.
But the black tiger and the elf still did not let it go. They barked like dogs and bit the black bear's body.
Gao Mingcheng originally wanted to stop it, because he was planning to sell the black bear. Although the tearing of the black tiger and the elf would not completely destroy the bear skin, it would also affect its appearance.
But in the end he did not stop them and let the black tiger and the elf fight each other. When they were almost done, he scolded them to stop.
Letting the hounds bite the prey can stimulate the hounds' ferocity and boost their courage. If they encounter prey like black bears next time, the black tigers and elves will not be afraid, but will actively hunt.
"Woof woof!" The black tiger and the elf were very excited and had not yet completely calmed down, but fortunately they were very obedient and did not continue to bite the black bear.
Gao Mingcheng walked forward with a dagger, cut a hole in the black bear's belly, and reached in to feel around.
Although the black bear was dead, its internal organs were still warm.
He planned to take out the bear bile. The most precious parts of a black bear are the bile and the paw. It is because of people's pursuit of bear bile that they kill black bears.
Gao Mingcheng quickly took out the bear bile, cut it off, and then pulled out a few tough grass stems to tie the opening of the sac tightly to prevent the precious bear bile from flowing out.
Looking at the bear gall in his hand, Gao Mingcheng grinned as if he was looking at money, and was in a very good mood.
In fact, he was a little excited. After all, this was his first time to kill a black bear, and unless he specifically tracked other black bears in the future, he would probably not be able to hunt one again.
The number of black bears was already becoming increasingly scarce, and before this, he had never heard of any black bears existing in their mountains.
He had heard that there were black bears in Wuyi Mountain.
However, he is not too far from Wuyi Mountain. It only takes a few hours to drive there, about 280 kilometers.
Like most wild animals, black bears are accustomed to living alone. Only during the estrus period will female black bears emit their scent everywhere to attract male black bears. Once they fall in love, they can reproduce together.
When the estrus period is over, the male black bear will leave and the female black bear will be responsible for pregnancy, delivery and caring for the cubs.
The mother bear will take care of her cubs until they grow up. If the cubs are male, the mother bear will drive them away. If the cubs are female, the mother bear will let them live near her territory and even cede part of her territory to the female cubs.
But this is not about favoring girls over boys, but to prevent inbreeding.
Gao Mingcheng put the bear gall into his pocket, then bent down, picked up the black bear and put it on his shoulders. He had carried wild boars twice before and estimated that this black bear should weigh about 250 kilograms.
This weight is not too heavy in the black bear family, because this is a female black bear, which is lighter than a male black bear. A strong male black bear weighs about 400 kilograms.
Although the female bear is lighter than the male bear, the weight of 250 kilograms is not something that most people can carry easily. This is because he is very strong, otherwise even if he kills the black bear, he cannot carry it down the mountain by himself.
Gao Mingcheng picked up the javelin that fell on the ground and said in high spirits: "Go home!"
The two dogs responded, barking and running in front to clear the way for Gao Mingcheng.
When Gao Mingcheng was empty-handed, he could run wildly in the mountains at a speed that even a black tiger could not catch up with. But now he was carrying a black bear, so he could not run anymore and could only walk fast on the path in the forest.
By the time we got back home, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon.
In fact, hunting black bears does not take much time. It mainly takes time to go up and down the mountain. After all, black bears live in deep mountains. If they are not in good physical condition, ordinary people have to walk from morning to afternoon to reach the black bears' living area.
Gao Mingcheng had already fought back and forth in the mountains twice.
When Gao Mingcheng was carrying a black bear back home, Duo Xiumei, who was drying clothes, was startled and almost dropped her clothes on the ground. She didn't want to dry the clothes anymore, so she just hung the clothes on the bamboo pole and looked towards Gao Mingcheng.
But she had never seen a black bear, and she didn't have a TV to learn all these strange facts, so she couldn't recognize what kind of animal it was. She just thought it was particularly mighty and powerful.
"What is this?" Many beauties asked curiously.
"Haha, have you heard of steamed bear paws?" Gao Mingcheng pointed at the black bear's feet and said proudly, "This is a bear paw!"
"What? It's a black bear?" Manyu Mei's eyes widened in disbelief, and she murmured, "There are black bears in our mountains? I've never heard the old man mention it!"
Gao Mingcheng didn't know in his previous life, because as long as the black bear didn't come down the mountain and enter the village, who would know what species there were in the deep mountains?
"Hey, can your man still lie to you? This bear is not a good bear. It has stolen my honey twice! This is intolerable, so I killed it!" Gao Mingcheng kicked the black bear's limbs and decided to cut off one of its legs.
"Dame, bring me an axe!"
Gao Mingcheng asked many beauties to get axes. The black bear had thick skin and hard bones, and it was impossible to cut off its limbs with a dagger.
Although Gao Mingcheng planned to sell the black bear, he had to eat the bear paw since he had promised to do so.
After all, you may only be able to eat bear paws this once.
Xuanyuemei immediately went back to the house to get an axe, and seeing Gao Mingcheng covered in sweat and dirt, she hurried into the kitchen and poured Gao Mingcheng a glass of water.
"Are you hungry? I left some food for you, go and eat it!" Xuanyuemei knew that Gao Mingcheng must be tired and hungry, so she didn't bother to wonder how Gao Mingcheng killed the black bear. She just persuaded Gao Mingcheng to eat.
Gao Mingcheng was indeed hungry, but he still had one thing to ask Xuanyuemei to do.
"Duomei, ride your bike to Junling and see if Chen Guolin is at home. If he is, ask him to drive his tractor over and tell him that you need to go to the county town for some business and hire his car."
Gao Mingcheng looked at Xuanyuemei and said, "I plan to take this black bear to the county to sell it. There is no need to keep it for myself. If I sell it, I can get a lot of money."
Xuan Mi Ke never thought of keeping the food for herself, so she nodded and agreed with Gao Mingcheng's idea. Such a valuable and good thing should of course be sold!
How nice it would be if I could hold money in my hands instead!
(End of this chapter)
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