Wang Tianxiao felt that with the two hunters' preparations, they were no match for most prey and could basically take them down.
Suddenly, the three dogs stopped and began barking incessantly at a huge poplar tree in front of them, pawing at the soil with their hind legs, raising dust and scattering dead leaves.
The two stopped and seemed to discuss it briefly. One of them stood guard with a gun, while the other went to the side and chopped down two tree trunks. He quickly cut off all the leaves and branches from the trunks, leaving only bare trunks.
Because the two were a bit far apart, Wang Tianxiao couldn't accurately judge the thickness of the tree trunk, but he thought it was about the thickness of an adult's arm.
The wood is elm, so it should be quite sturdy.
Wang Tianxiao continued to observe. When he saw the man begin to sharpen the top of the tree trunk to a very point, and then dig two holes in the ground and bury the tree trunks in them in a cross shape, he immediately understood what the two men were trying to do and was greatly surprised.
They... they're going to hunt bears.
To be honest, Wang Tianxiao had never considered hunting bears.
He spent twenty or thirty years in the mountains in his previous life, and he only hunted a bear once with others.
The Ziwu Ridge is home to only black bears, but these creatures, weighing only three to five hundred pounds, are already at the very top of the food chain in the entire Ziwu Ridge.
It can be said that on the peaks of Ziwu Ridge, adult black bears can roam freely without restraint, acting as a father wherever they go, and any other wild animal will avoid them.
Generally speaking, the bears in the mountains are mainly brown bears and black bears.
Brown bears are larger, weighing around 700-800 pounds, while black bears are much smaller, with larger ones weighing around 500 pounds and smaller ones weighing around 300-400 pounds.
Brown bears tend to live in underground dens, while black bears prefer to stay in their granaries.
The term "earth cave" refers to finding a hole in the ground in the mountains and crawling inside, while "sky granary" is not built in the sky or on a tree, but rather inside a tree.
For example, this very thick poplar tree could easily become a hibernation site for black bears.
Black bears that need to hibernate will carve a hole in a tree after accumulating enough energy, then crawl inside and sleep until the ice and snow melt the following spring.
However, not all bears hibernate; this is not always the case.
Some bears are roaming bears; they will continue to roam around even in winter, instead of choosing to hibernate.
Similarly, even hibernating bears are not dead asleep; they will wake up if you disturb them vigorously.
However, once they are woken up, they become extremely irritable and angry, and they won't stop until they vent their anger.
People from the mountains who have seen or know bears know that bears have a strange characteristic: they seem to dislike humans.
When humans stand with other creatures, they will attack the humans first, while temporarily sparing the other wild animals.
Therefore, unless absolutely necessary, or if you are not a professional hunter, most people who encounter a bear are likely to meet a bad end. Inexperienced people can basically just walk away without a chance.
But even though bears are so ferocious, bear hunters still exist.
The saying goes, "People die for money."
Almost everything about a bear is valuable.
Let's not even talk about bear bile. If you could make a copper gallbladder, it could sell for two or three thousand yuan these days. Bear paws are another story; if cooked properly, they taste amazing.
Bear oil is a treasure; food fried in bear oil is especially tender, and if you get frostbite, just apply some bear oil and it will heal quickly, making it very useful.
As for bear fur and other items, they are naturally all valuable treasures.
Therefore, if you can hunt down an adult black bear, making three or four thousand yuan is no problem at all.
That's basically ten years' income for an average person.
But precisely because bears are so precious, some ignorant and arrogant people try their luck and end up getting licked on the head by a bear.
Many people think that bears are clumsy and that even if they can't kill a bear, they won't necessarily be killed by it. This is simply a sign of youthful ignorance.
Bears are slower than dogs, wild boars, wolves, and even rabbits, but they are definitely faster than humans, and their endurance is far superior.
If you were to run a long-distance race with a bear, five people would die of exhaustion while the bear wouldn't even be out of breath.
Wang Tianxiao watched as the two began their preliminary preparations and secretly admired them.
Although he hadn't hunted bears much, he was still familiar with the process.
The three dogs keenly spotted the bear sleeping in a tree hole, so the two hunters made a kind of trap to jam the entrance of the hole, so that when the bear was startled by a loud noise, it would stick its head out first.
Because the clamp is positioned very tightly, the bear can only stick out about one end of its head. In that instant, the two men can take the opportunity to shoot out the bear's eyes and then use an axe to cut off its throat.
This is a relatively common method of killing bears.
If we wait until the bear comes out but don't have a powerful gun, then the chances of survival are slim.
Wang Tianxiao noticed that the two men were clearly very experienced hunters. After they blocked the entrance to the bear's den, they did not rush to wake the bear. Instead, they walked around and took in the surrounding terrain and environment.
This is about finding a way out.
In case things change, I can know which direction to run in immediately.
In addition, they also cleared away all the shrubs around several large trees nearby, making the area around the trees look clean and tidy, which is also a sign of their experience.
Once the bear emerges, they certainly can't outrun it in a straight line, but they can circle the tree with the bear, mimicking the Qin King circling the pillar, using minimal effort to exhaust the bear's strength and thus gain a chance to escape.
Even the smallest details show that the two of them were well-prepared and not just acting on impulse.
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