The dozen or so pigs, except for those lying on the ground, were immediately divided into three groups.
One group fled quickly away from Wang Tianxiao, another group headed towards the ambush site of Liu Yuan and Wang Tianxin, while yet another group, in their panic, ran straight towards the place where Wang Tianxiao was hiding.
Wang Tianxiao was in no hurry. He seized the opportunity and fired another shot at a sow.
Unexpectedly, just as he fired, a boar ran up from the side and the gun hit the boar in the head.
In a single encounter, the boar collapsed to the ground, while the sow turned and led several pigs in the opposite direction.
Wang Tianxiao was in no hurry. He took aim at a piglet at the back of the line and shot it down.
Just then, two more shots rang out from the mountain stream, one after the other. It turned out that Liu Yuan and Wang Tianxin had driven the wild boar that had run to their side back.
The moment the wild boar returned, Wang Tianxiao fired two more shots, taking down a sow weighing about 130 or 140 pounds.
Five shots were fired in total, taking down four pigs.
His marksmanship was pretty good today.
After five shots, the remaining wild boars were basically out of the question.
Wild boars can run very fast at full speed; a minute or two is enough for them to cover a thousand meters. Unless you're a top-notch sniper, most people would have no ability to track them at that distance.
Fortunately, that's enough.
The three of them hunted four wild boars, which weighed a total of three or four hundred pounds. They couldn't bring back any more.
They ran back to the scene and put the four wild boars together.
They found two wild boars, a female and a male, so it was a pretty good haul.
He didn't want to kill the boar, but the boar suddenly rushed out and blocked the bullet for the sow, so he had no choice.
The next step is bloodletting to address the internal organ problems.
Since I didn't bring my dog today, I couldn't just throw these things to them to eat. But it would be a waste to throw them away, since there are many wild animals at home that need meat to survive.
First there was a badger, then two leopard cat cubs, and now there's a little leopard cat too.
Add to that three dogs, and you'll need a lot.
In addition, pig intestines and the like can actually be eaten by humans.
Wild boars and domestic pigs are similar in many ways. Although the taste of wild boars is not as delicate as that of domestic pigs, they are not that far apart.
In particular, the wild boars in Yangziling belong to the Mongolian wild boar species, which are most similar to domestic pigs and have a similar texture.
In this weather, they weren't afraid of anything. After taking out the internal organs, they were simply thrown aside to freeze. After a few minutes, they were frozen solid. Wang Tianxiao put them in a snakeskin bag that he had prepared beforehand and left them aside.
After removing some blood and internal organs from the four wild boars, they still weighed over 300 jin (approximately 150 kg). Wang Tianxin, lacking strength, dragged a smaller wild boar weighing 70-80 jin (approximately 35-40 kg).
Liu Yuan, though old and strong, was dragging the heaviest sow, which weighed about 130 or 140 jin (approximately 65 kg).
The remaining two, one large and one small, were all handed over to Wang Tianxiao to pull.
He tied the legs of the two wild boars together, then bound them as closely as possible together, and slowly dragged them back to the Chaochang Station with Liu Yuan and Wang Tianxin.
This dragging method is one of the common ways hunters transport wild animals.
Generally, if it's a small wild animal or a very light one, you can carry it back on your back or shoulder. But if it's a wild boar, which is quite heavy, and you've bled it in the mountains, you'll have to drag it along.
Otherwise, I definitely wouldn't have been able to persevere on such a long journey.
A corpse is different from a regular, heavy object; it's much harder to carry, not to mention the blood will splatter everywhere.
Wang Tianxin was unhappy on his way back.
The hunting expedition he envisioned was something extraordinary, something that shouldn't be accomplished so quickly.
Right now, it's just a quick glance, it's done in a few minutes, and there's no sense of accomplishment at all.
Wang Tianxiao, seeing this, smiled and explained to him, "Tianxin, don't think that hunting is boring just because we had a smooth day. In fact, the only time you really need to use a gun is for a short while. What's really important is the preparation and the process of finding the prey."
"Oh." Wang Tianxin was still not in a good mood.
"Let me tell you, there's a real problem if hunting isn't this simple and quick. Think about it, if we hadn't hit the boar or killed it directly, the wild boar would have been running all over the mountains and fields, and we would have had to chase after it. Just imagine that process. Not to mention that a person couldn't handle it, even if you could catch up, how could you guarantee that other wild animals wouldn't take the opportunity to come along?"
"You think we humans are the only hunters in these mountains? Not at all. If we can't get the loot out of West Peak as quickly as possible, and those jackals or honey badger catch a whiff and come running, then we'll have to sacrifice the pawns to save the king. If you don't share some of what you've worked so hard to hunt with them, don't even think about coming back safely."
"Haha, kid, what your brother told you is all the truth, don't let it go in one ear and out the other," Liu Yuan said with a laugh.
"Our purpose in hunting is to kill our prey, not to show off. A truly skilled hunter catches his prey in the shortest time and with the most efficient method. If he looks impressive but the prey gets away, then he's completely useless."
"Well... alright," Wang Tianxin slowly understood, but still said regretfully, "When will I be able to hunt a few wild boars myself and bring them home?"
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