"How about comparing it with yellow-spotted skin?" Liu Junhao asked unconvincedly after hearing Mr. Xiao talk about the fierceness of the native leopard.
"The next thing I want to talk about is the yellow-spotted skin. This thing is stupid and bold. A single yellow-spotted skin can't defeat a native leopard, but a few of them together can definitely drive the native leopard away. In the early years, the yellow-spotted skin was found in Daqingshan It's so popular that one can sell for two yuan." Xiao Baocai explained. [Search for the latest updates here.]
¡°Then what¡¯s going on with ¡®It¡¯s better to mess with a local leopard than a yellow-spotted skin¡¯?¡± Liu Junhao asked again.
"When you encounter a native leopard on the mountain, as long as you don't rush to escape and look at it for a few minutes, this thing will usually turn around and leave. The yellow-spotted skin is different. When it encounters prey, it will cling to it until the end. The same goes for people, so it has this In one sentence.¡±
??????????????????????????? It turns out that I had a misunderstanding. I used to think that a yellow-spotted leopard could win a fight with a native leopard.
"Old man, tell us about your hunting in the early years." Last year, he was in a hurry to hunt wild boars in the mountains, so Liu Junhao didn't ask much about Xiao Baocai's youth. Today, looking at the opportunity, he asked.
"You have to say when I started hunting," Xiao Baocai said with a hint of pride on his face, "I was less than fifteen years old at that time. At first, I was herding sheep for the landowner Guo Wansheng's family in Daqingshan. Three of them were snatched away by hungry wolves, and I went back and received a whipping. At that time, the Japanese army had not yet arrived, and we did not understand the truth, so we put our hatred for the landlords on the wolves. I hunted wolves. At that time, I mainly set traps, and a wolf could be sold for ten yuan, which was not a small sum. Later, as I gained experience, I started to work as a hunter"
"After liberation, a professional hunting group was set up in the town, and I was the first to sign up. You young people don't know that hunting was a very honorable thing at that time. Each hunter was given a hundred catties of wheat every month. Hunting pheasants and rabbits during the day, this It¡¯s called Dapo. Targeting wild boars, grasshoppers and hungry wolves at night is hunting.
I learned this skill from that time. Rabbits follow rabbit paths, and wolves follow wolf trails. Badgers burrow at the bottom of ditches, and foxes slither up the mountainside. In addition, there are overt and covert attacks on hungry wolves and covert attacks on grasshoppers. Before shooting a wolf, you must make some noise. The wolf will stop and observe when it hears the sound. At this time, aim and shoot.
"The grass raccoon is a devilish thing, so you must fight it quietly. It will run away at the slightest sign of trouble, and you can't catch it"
Talking about his proud things, Xiao Baocai could not finish them for three days and three nights. From hunting pheasants and rabbits to hunting wolves and leopards, and finally hunting tigers.
"Old man, do you think there are still leopards in this mountain?" Seeing that he had no intention of stopping, Wang Junfeng hurriedly stopped him.
"It should be all gone. I haven't heard of anyone seeing leopards or native leopards in any village in the past few years. I haven't seen the grass leopards in Xiaohao's family for a few years. These few probably escaped by hiding in the mountains. . If you want to find this thing, you'd better go deep into the mountains. Anyway, it can't be found on the outside." Mr. Xiao felt a little disappointed at the end, "To say the least, the fight was too fierce in the past few years, and I didn't know it at that time. Protect."
"So, old man, do you think there might be cats in that area? Can you help us mark it?" Wang Junfeng said and took out Zhang Daqingshan's map from his backpack. Although Mr. Xiao confirmed that native leopards and leopards belong to different cats, this confirmation is of little value before seeing the actual individuals.
"That's nonsense. I don't even know a few big characters. I can understand your entire map." Xiao Baocai waved his hand and said, "I'd better tell you a few place names and let Xiao Hao help mark them."
"No problem" Liu Junhao nodded in response.
Xiao Baocai casually mentioned a dozen places, and he marked them all one by one.
Later, the old man enthusiastically asked them to stay at home for lunch, but they were rejected by everyone. As they were about to walk out of the door, Xiao Baocai slapped his thigh and shouted, "I almost forgot about this. Seven or eight years ago, a friend of mine went to the mountain to collect herbs. He said that he saw traces of leopards hanging their claws on Dama Mountain. Invite me to come over and have a look. Dama Mountain is too far away, so I didn¡¯t go there because of my bad legs. You can also go there and look for it, maybe you¡¯ll find something new.¡±
"Hanging claws?" Liu Junhao didn't know what this word meant.
"Oh, cats all have the habit of sharpening their claws. Just like dogs like to pee everywhere and leave smells. Cats use claw marks to indicate that a certain area is their "territory." In strange places, they generally rarely hang The phenomenon of claws. Tigers and leopards often hang their claws on tree trunks in active areas, so these traces become an important reference for judging whether there are large cats in the nearby area." Wang Junfeng explained for Xiao Baocai.
"The relationship is like this. I wonder why I often see those clouded leopards at home grinding their claws." Even though Liu Junhao has been feeding clouded leopards for more than a year, he still cares about cats.I really don¡¯t know much about it.
????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? off of the mountain road, and a round trip of nearly 20 miles is nothing. It was just past eleven when they rushed back to Liujiagou.
Liu Junhao enthusiastically invited everyone to his home for dinner. Although he could not do any inspection work for them, he could still afford a meal.
Wang Junfeng agreed after a slight refusal. They will live together for the next few days, so it would be better to contact him as soon as possible to establish a relationship.
Vegetables are very easy to sort out. Go to the backyard to catch some eels, and then kill a home-raised hare to finish the job.
With good ingredients and good craftsmanship, everyone was full of praise for the meal, which made the trip worthwhile.
After having enough wine and food, Liu Junhao took them to see the pig and badger cave outside his yard. Pig badgers rarely appear during the day, but the few outside Liu Junhao's courtyard are very impressive.
When they arrived at the entrance of the cave, Liu Junhao shouted several times at the top of his lungs, and screams immediately came from the cave in response, and soon several fat guys appeared.
Liu Junhao is so familiar with them mainly because of the eels and large-flowered melons in his backyard.
Just this summer, Liu Junhao¡¯s courtyard lost at least seven or eight large flower barks, all of which were ruined by this thing. Fortunately, pig badgers are omnivores, and earthworms, loaches, eels, snakes, and voles are all their food. In summer, there are abundant food sources in the wormwood bushes outside the yard, so our large flower bark did not suffer further losses.
¡°Otherwise, if things continue like this, Liu Junhao will have driven them away long ago.
Because they often interacted with him, the pig badger was very familiar with Liu Junhao's scent. It screamed in a low voice and crawled out of the cave, not staying next to him and sniffing him.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wang Junfeng and others quickly took out their cameras to take pictures.
Although they have been studying cats for five or six years, the opportunities for real face-to-face contact with wild animals are very few. Most of them see these mysterious things in videos captured by infrared-triggered cameras.
When they came to Daqingshan, they found that their trip was worthwhile. First of all, the herons in the woods outside Liu Junhao's courtyard made everyone exclaim for a long time. Many birds that are rare in the wild can also be found near Liujiagou.
There are also clouded leopards and ocelots, two animals that can actually live together.
"Let's go, I'll take you to see the foxes again." After taking the picture of the pig badger, Liu Junhao took everyone to the river beach again. In the afternoon, Zhang's mother took the car to Liujiagou, so Zhang Qian stayed at home and he was at leisure.
"We have read your wife's article about foxes on the Internet. It is very vivid." Du Bo interrupted when he heard that he wanted to see the fox.
"It's not vivid." Liu Junhao responded modestly.
Going down to the river beach, two yellow-spotted skins opened the way in front, and soon startled a group of pheasants. There are seven or eight colorful roosters and a few gray hens. These guys flapped their wings and slowly passed by in front of everyone. It looks like they are complaining about the uninvited guests disturbing their rest.
Xiaopi got up and wanted to catch up, but was stopped by Liu Junhao.
The reed swamp in Liujiagou is dense, and large numbers of pheasants and ducks are stationed in the swamp all year round, and the numbers are increasing, which provides ample food for the foxes.
A few grass raccoons have been moving in the reed swamps. These guys are more alarming than the pig badgers.
Not long after Liu Junhao came down to the river beach, he saw a grass raccoon emerging from the reeds. When he saw an acquaintance, the guy immediately ran over excitedly, not even noticing the two yellow-spotted skins.
"Liu Junhao, this fox is not afraid of people, so don't let anyone catch him." Wang Junfeng asked worriedly.
"Haha, you are overthinking it. We are the only ones who can see it. Usually, as long as this guy hears a little bit of wind, he will immediately run all the way to the reed swamp and disappear without a trace. He is smarter than people. Some time ago, someone wanted to take a photo. For the photos of Cao Lizi, I stayed by the reed swamp for a week and didn¡¯t even see a single fox fur. Later, I was asked to take a few photos.¡± Liu Junhao answered with a smile. When it comes to other animals, he is worried about being caught by humans. Foxes have no need to do so. They are more vigilant than imagined. As long as there is a strange smell near the nest, they will immediately "move" that night to prevent accidents.
"Another one came out, and there are cubs." At this time, sharp-eyed Du Bo exclaimed.
There were three cubs in total. The little guys were afraid of humans and hid in the grass and refused to come out. The mother cub called several times but had no effect.
"This is another litter. Last year, the litter of cubs ran into the mountains. I encountered them when I went up the mountain some time ago." Liu Junhao explained.
Originally, I wanted to take them to continue the tour, but Zhang Qian called and said that Zhang¡¯s mother had arrived in town and would take the numb car over immediately.
Liu Junhao had no choice but to end the introduction and hurried back with everyone.
There were guests coming to the house. Wang Junfeng and others did not disturb them too much. They just told them to go up the mountain tomorrow and bring the necessary equipment.
After parking at home for less than ten minutes, the numb car drove to the door of Liu Junhao's house. Zhang Qian told her not to bring anything with her on the phone. They have everything here. Unexpectedly, Zhang Ma promised that she still brought a few bags of children's clothes and toys when she came.
Having not seen her grandson for two months, Zhang¡¯s mother was naturally unable to be affectionate, and kept talking while holding the grandson and the youngest.
The little guys also gave face to Zhang Ma and kept smiling at her, making the old lady very happy. .
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