Chapter 413 Bear and Wolf

   "That's right, the bear marks."

  Jem pulled the snow down below, and it looked like he might have stayed last night. "If the bear is here, the wolf should run away." Jem frowned. Both the bear and the wolf have a strong sense of territory. "Maybe it's the snow covering the smell."

Brother   Smith looked at it, and there was a shallow layer of wolf hoof prints on the edge of the bear footprints. "Everyone, be careful, pay attention to the hoof prints around, these guys are not far from us." Li Han was the leader, so I still have to say this, the appearance of the bear and wolf made the team a little more depressed.

This is Li Han's first real snow hunting. Over the years, he has been working in the United States to make money, but he has never been idle for a moment. Hunting is not a hobby, but a wish. When working for others, he always thinks of himself. How comfortable is it to have time to hunt and fish?

  It is rare nowadays. The appearance of the bear made Li Han nervous and excited at the same time. Hunting a bear was something that he never dared to think about in the past, but now it might be possible. "Going along this small road, the distance can be shortened in half, how to take the main road."

  Li Han looked at the map, frowned slightly and looked puzzled, Jem explained with a smile. "Han, this path has to climb the hill in front of you. The road is not easy to walk, and the valley is too narrow." As soon as Jem said it, Li Han understood. "That's right, this 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 be stripped." "Yes, Han, this road is really good, sliding down the hillside can save half a day. "

   Li Han was speechless, these two brothers were bold and not afraid of anything, but Li Han was afraid that something would go wrong and took responsibility for it himself. "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 path. This is not our goal. Speaking of wolves, the valley is probably blocked by snow now, but no Animals feed them."

  The top of this mountain is relatively steep, and almost ten percent of the avalanche is so large that it blocks the valley. The big guys will go over together, and they may have to go back when the time comes.

   Li Han just didn't expect this, but he wanted to understand it. "Hey, buddy, it seems that I'd better listen to you." Brother Smith smiled and continued to look for hoof prints with the hound, not to mention that he soon found the snow to cover up some breath.

The   hound roared at the edge of a bush, and the white wolf howled in a low voice. "Urine, it doesn't seem to go far, everyone be careful." This must be urine left by beasts, gray wolves, or bears, or even mountain lions. Li Han, Jem, and the Smith brothers discovered the footprints in a short while. Judging from the thickness of the snow, it took up to two hours. "There is no food here. It seems that the bear is going to try his luck in another pasture."

At this time, Li Han is not easy to manage. Let's take a look first. If you can catch it at Pearl Flower Ranch, you will be lucky. If you can't catch it, Li Han intends to go back and tell Ronald, and enter other ranch without saying hello. If something happened with a gun, he still suffered a loss. Li Han didn't plan to do stupid things.

   chased the bear all the way and ran very busy, the border fence was pushed to a piece. "Han, come and have a look." "This pillar was buried by Colt and the others. It is difficult for a bear to push it down."

  Li Han squatted down, and the thin square Jem pointed to the bear's paw print. "At least three adult bears, how is this possible, the bears rarely get together." Li Han's face became very ugly. Most of the bears were alone. Only the mother bear took the cubs for a while, but there were three adult bears in front of him. , and the size is very large, the grizzly bears may account for 80%.

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

  Li Han picked up the pillar and said, it's a pity that the mobile phone is out of use and has no signal. It will take at least a day for the phone to return to the stone building in the living area of ​​the ranch. "Go, find a place to rest first."

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

   The bushes in front are not bad. The bushes cover more than ten acres. Brother Smith took the hounds to check them. There was no problem. Walking all the way, Li Han's feet were numb and tired from the cold.

   No wonder Wei Li feels uncomfortable when he talks about going to the state grassland to hunt in winter, don't kill him. "Drink some hot water." Jem hung a pot full of snow, made a fire with the branches of a bush, and sat beside Li Han everywhere. "It looks like there were more animals coming down than we expected, and the avalanche may have affected Yellowstone."

  Li Han nibbled on the frozen and stone-like beef while drinking water, and Jem nibbled on the beef as well. "Although the snow is bigger than in previous years, the impact is not much different. It is still the state grasslands that have been hunting less in recent years, causing the flood of wild animals. Damn government, don't you know how to pay to clean up these **** things? fall?"

   Li Han also hates wild animals. If there are enough cattle and sheep, other animals should disappear, which is annoying. "Jem, kill the fire." Li Han took Brother Smith and handed over the pheasant, cleaned it up, peeled it, and removed the head and tail.

Take out the seasonings, this chicken is for dinner, cook some hot soup, Li Han took out some meatballs from his backpack, made them at home, sprinkled a handful of dried seaweed, added cilantro, and accompanied him with a bowl of hot meatball soup. Just roast chicken, belly full and get some sleep.

   continued chasing the wolf's hoof print the next day. There was no accident. This time, he failed. On the way, he encountered a red deer, but he was pregnant. He looked at each other from a distance and turned to leave. On the third night, the group returned to the ranch living area with nothing, and Li Han called Ronald.

Driving the pickup truck to deliver the material, and on the way back, they found a trace of a fight. Brother Smith and Jem found the bones of three white-tailed deer, in addition to the bones of a coyote, all of which were eaten. Lower bones and a handful of rotten skins.

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

  Jem said with a wry smile, a group of people being played around by a few wolves, but this is not a shameful thing. "Interesting, this is where we encountered a fight. It seems that these guys are not a group."

  Jem nodded. "We are more likely to be chasing coyotes. The gray wolf may have met the coyote, and the gray wolf won this battle." "No, not necessarily." Li Han always felt something was wrong. The coyote's IQ seemed to very high.

  The prairie where the coyote came, the mountain where the gray wolf seemed to come, or the other side of Yellowstone Park. "We didn't see the battle scene with our own eyes, but the gray wolf's hoof print was never seen again. Isn't this 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 even more, but in that snow, there are blood red and messy hoof prints, leaving only the bones and fur of a coyote. Look. Victory like a gray wolf.

   Brother Jem and Smith have been murmuring in their hearts for the past two days, the gray wolf is gone, only the coyote hoof prints are left. Could something happen to the gray wolf. "This one is getting weirder and weirder." Li Han patted his forehead and poured a beer for Brother Jem and Smith.

   The rest of the people, Li Han, said hello, and prepared a bucket to drink as long as they were not drunk. The four of them discussed for a long time without an idea, and Li Han guessed in his heart that he would not create a clever coyote king because of the spring water.

  If that happens, it will be a big trouble. The animals in the whole state grassland are getting weirder and weirder. Li Han regrets that it happened that he promised Dudu to put animals in the space.

  Last time about the rat infestation, Li Han kept wondering if the spatial spring was troubled. Even if it wasn't, seeing the mutant mice, Li Han's heart sank. "Well, I'll give Houghton a call to order some clips."

  Beast trap, this thing is more a symbol of shame for hunters, but this time there is no way, the group chased for several days, and finally came back and played it with the wolf. "Don't wait, these coyotes don't look ordinary, and the traps are not necessarily useful."

"Han, there's nothing I can do. I want to block a few roads into the farm first. This thing is too cunning, and I'm afraid of hurting people." It's not a big problem if cattle and sheep are injured. Modern facilities, no problem, no defense against flies and mosquitoes, as soon as wolves and bears approach, they will definitely seek death.

   Li Han sighed and said that he was right. He would catch up and not catch up, so he had to use a clip. "Where are the last hoof prints?" Li Hantu drew over and asked while looking at the circles of paintings. "Here." "Near Mihir Farm?"

  Li Han was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly took the phone and dialed Marbury. Marbury Farm and Mihir Farm were not far away. "Uncle Marbury, I'm Han, I have something to tell you."

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

  Lihan Ranch has only one side fence in many places. As long as the farm and the pasture are mostly separated by a road, it is completely unobstructed for the coyotes. Marbury called Ronald, but before he had time to say it, Ronald had already received a call from Mihir. He lost four sheep last night. He only learned about it in the afternoon, and he didn't find it in the morning. At night a little lamb was bleating, and Mihir only noticed that the horned ewe was gone.

   Li Han hung up the phone, and Marbury's call came in not long after. "What, missing?" "No cleaning hoof prints left." Li Han scratched his head, these wolves have become fine, and they know how to clean the crime scene.

Li Han hung up the phone and was stunned for a while, until Jem called for dinner, did he go back to the living area and have a decent meal, nibbling on beef, roasting chicken every day, drinking rice porridge and eating vegetables Li Han, not to mention How comfortable.

   But after dinner and discussing the matter of these coyotes, Li Han was depressed again. It was difficult to catch them. In snowy days, the hoof prints could easily be buried by heavy snow, not to mention that this was a wolf that would remove hoof prints.

   (end of this chapter)