After lunch, the group packed up their bags and continued to track the brown bear, but they did not find any trace of it until dark.
"Did my gun scare it off?"
"Brown bears have very poor hearing, but this possibility cannot be ruled out."
Joseph thought for a moment and said.
"Then let's set up camp today and chase them tomorrow."
Xia Yu glanced at his watch and said, it’s getting late.
"That's fine. If we lose him tomorrow, we can try another target."
There are a lot of brown bears in the deep mountains and forests of the Northwest region. The abundant food allows them to reproduce in large numbers. The territory of each brown bear is gradually getting smaller, and the possibility of inbreeding is further increased.
At this time, hunting some brown bears became a way to maintain ecological health. If they lost this one, Xia Yu and his team would not have to walk far to reach the territory of another brown bear.
Joseph and David took off their backpacks together and set up the tent skillfully.
There were two camping tents, one for the two brothers, and the remaining one was left for Xia Yu and Jiang Baiying.
This arrangement is very reasonable. Even if there is danger, Xia Yu can protect Jiang Baiying. It’s just that this is the first time they are in the same room together, and it always feels a little awkward.
"Senior, let me help you make your sleeping bag!"
Jiang Baiying took the initiative to speak. She had just laid out her sleeping bag.
Well, no one else is embarrassed, so why should he be embarrassed?
“Hey!”
Xia Yu said this and went into the tent.
Because it is a double-layer tent, the temperature inside is slightly higher than outside, and the small space gives people a sense of security. However, when living in this kind of tent, you must be steady. Even a single fart can instantly turn the entire tent into a gas chamber.
If it was a senior, Xia Yu would definitely not care with his thick skin, but now it is a junior, Xia Yu still has to have some shame.
Jiang Baiying quickly laid out her sleeping bag. The six months abroad were very training. Apart from the fact that her cooking was not tasty, her housework skills gradually improved.
"Sherlock, David and I are going to collect some firewood. You stay here and watch over the camp."
Joseph's voice sounded outside.
"Okay, go ahead and don't worry!"
Xia Yu said as he picked up the hunting rifle beside him. You can't let your guard down for even a moment in the wild because you never know what predators are hiding in the dark and watching for you.
When the two brothers returned from collecting firewood, a blazing bonfire was lit, driving away the darkness that had just descended.
Today's dinner is buttered bread with beef jerky. It's not delicious, but it fills my stomach.
While eating, Xia Yu looked up at the sky. The starry sky was very bright, but the long-awaited aurora did not appear.
This astronomical phenomenon can last from one or two minutes to one or two hours, and it depends a lot on luck.
"It might be in the second half of the night. Dave and I will keep an eye on it for you while we're on duty."
"Thank you, Joseph."
Xia Yu withdrew his gaze and continued to eat bread. After finishing dinner, Jiang Baiying suddenly came to him.
"Senior, I need to go to the bathroom."
Jiang Baiying said with a somewhat embarrassed expression.
There are three men in the team besides her, so she can only say this to Xia Yu.
"Go to the bathroom? Together!"
Not only did Xia Yu pick up a hunting rifle, he also picked up a folding engineer shovel.
If you go to the toilet in the wilderness, you have to dig a hole or something.
"What are you standing there for? Let's go!"
Seeing Jiang Baiying looking slightly dazed, Xia Yu urged her.
"oh!"
Jiang Baiying hurriedly followed.
She always felt weird going to the bathroom with boys.
It would be quite strange in the city, but it is not so complicated in the wild. It is like a TV series Xia Yu had watched before, and there was a scene in it that he would never forget.
"You're here for XX!"
All I can say is that this is a tasteful shot.
After saying something to Joseph, Xia Yu came to a snow cave five hundred meters away with a flashlight.
"Hold the gun for me."
Handing the hunting rifle and flashlight to Jiang Baiying, Xia Yu began to dig a hole, and soon a simple dry toilet was built.
"You first, me first?"
"Hey, you go first, Senior!"
Jiang Baiying made a concession, mainly because she felt embarrassed.
"Then I'll go first, and I'll help you dig a toilet later."
Xia Yu did not show any modesty. When he saw Jiang Baiying walked a little further away, he started to relieve himself. The battle was over in less than three minutes.
After filling the pit with soil, Xia Yu dug another pit next to it.
"Xiao Jiang, come here!"
"Here I come."
This time it was Xia Yu's turn to guard Jiang Baiying. He walked a little further away like a gentleman, but for some reason he felt something was wrong.
Is there any danger nearby?
Xia Yu, who had walked away, took a few steps back.
He felt that it was better to believe in something than not to believe in it. He discovered the mountain lion during the day based on his feeling.
"ah!"
A scream suddenly rang out.
Oh no, it’s Xiao Jiang!
The moment Xia Yu turned around, he raised the hunting rifle in his hand.
One pair, two pairs, three pairs. In the moonlight, he saw three pairs of green eyes in the bushes.
"Bang~~"
The first single-headed bullet rushed out of the barrel under the acceleration of the rotation of the rifling.
"Pang~~"
The second buckshot shot out in a radial pattern.
"Pah~~"
The moment the hunting rifle bullets were used up, Xia Yu pulled out his Glock 20 from his waist and fired another 10mm bullet.
There was no time to secrete adrenaline. Relying solely on the killing consciousness of the white death buff, Xia Yu fired three shots. He didn't care about the results of the battle. He had to go and see the situation on Jiang Baiying's side first.
"Xiao Jiang, how are you?"
"Senior, there was a wolf nearby just now."
Holding the PPK in her hand, Jiang Baiying, with a pale face, grabbed Xia Yu's wrist and refused to let go.
"Don't be afraid, the least dangerous thing here is the wolf."
Compared with brown bears and mountain lions, North American gray wolves are indeed much inferior. Their only advantage is that they have more numbers and can bully the weaker ones. However, no matter how many there are, they cannot compare to the number of bullets humans have!
"Sherlock, are you okay?"
Soon Joseph and David came over with flashlights. They were frightened when they heard the gunshots and were afraid that something might happen to the client.
"It's okay, there were just wolves nearby, at least three or more. I fired three times, I don't know if I hit them."
"Wolf? Wolves are most ferocious in winter. They don't hibernate."
The Joseph brothers had no good feelings towards wolves. These were the most common predators. They gave birth as quickly as dogs, and as long as there was enough food, the survival rate of their cubs was very high.
"Let's go and take a look."
Joseph said as he flipped the safety on his AR-15.
The four men walked towards the direction where Xia Yu fired the gun, only to see a gray wolf being shot in the head and another being hit in the torso and dying from excessive blood loss.
"You hit it twice. And there's blood on the ground. The buckshot from your second shot should have hit it as well, but the woods were too dense and blocked a lot of the pellets."
Buckshot consists of several lead bullets, and its power is good at close range and in open areas, but it is a bit disappointing in this situation.
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