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Chapter 11
There are no more than two types of traps in the wild: landing traps that use gravity and sling traps that use elasticity.

The elasticity of bamboo is excellent, but if you want to trap an adult brown bear weighing half a ton at every turn, you have to use a landing trap.

To make a landing trap, you have to dig a pit, at least two meters deep and two meters in diameter!
Without any tools at hand, it would be too wasteful to exchange Faith Points for an engineer shovel just to dig a hole. Zhang Tian thought about it and came up with the idea of ​​a stone axe.

The ax head of the stone ax has been carefully ground, with a thin and wide blade end and a thick and narrow handle end, which is very similar to the sì (sì) used to plow the ground in later generations. The ax head can be removed to make a stone plow.

Just do it.

He found two trunks more than one meter long and thick, peeled off the bark, and polished them into sticks. He drilled holes in the sticks with modified stay wires, and then inserted wooden sticks of appropriate thickness into the holes to serve as sticks. Finally, use a rope to bind the stone pike and the wooden handle tightly, and you're done.

At this time, Hutou came back dragging two slender bamboos.

"what is this?"

Hutou saw that he dismantled the stone ax and made a new one, and was puzzled.

"This is a stone plow. It is used to dig the ground. We need to dig a hole."

As Zhang Tian said, he inserted the stone beetle into the soil and stepped on the crossbar with his feet. The soil on the river beach was soft. He easily pushed the beetle into the soil, and then turned his wrist to lift the soil.

When conditions permit in the future, it is still necessary to use the shoulder blades of animals to make bone plows. After all, the stone plows sank a bit, so it is not necessary to use long-term labor... He came to a conclusion in his heart.

But Hutou didn't care about this weight, he had plenty of strength, so without saying a word, he immediately took over the stone puff and started digging a hole.

Zhang Tian quickly made a second stone pike, and then processed the bamboo, skillfully removing the excess branches, leaving behind some small and hard barbs, which can make it impossible for wild animals that fall into the trap to break free.

The next step is to cut the bamboo poles into small sections and sharpen them. The bamboo in this area is a cold-resistant variety with thick and hard skin and good toughness. Based on the sharpness of the stone knives and bone knives, it is estimated that it will be cut to the limit.

Zhang Tian decisively spent 5 Faith Points to exchange for the Palan Machete that he often used outdoors. There was no longer the option of Palan Machete in the exchangeable resources, and the Faith Points dropped to 4 points.

Hutou worked tirelessly without any hesitation, completely unaware that there was a silver weapon in Zhang Tian's hand that he had never seen before.

With the machete in hand, Zhang Tian regained the feeling of sleeping in the wild in the mountains and forests with his donkey friends.He swung the machete and chopped continuously, splitting the bamboo pole into half-meter-long sections, and then sharpened the bamboo head to make a sharp weapon. The sharpness obtained with modern tools can easily penetrate the fur of a brown bear and pierce its flesh. Internal organs.

Busy until the sun was setting, he finally whittled the two bamboo poles into sharp nails, a total of sixteen.

The trap has also been dug into shape, and Hutou dug up two stone pikes. Even though he is as strong as an ox, he is still panting and sweating profusely.

The tiger head with a height of about 1.6 meters looks very petite in the pit, but it is just enough to deal with the brown bear that is as small as a hill.

Hutou climbed out of the trap with his hands and feet, only to find that Zhang Tian had an extra machete in his hand, which was extraordinary at first glance.

Zhang Tian asked him to chop down trees with a machete on the pretext that it was a gift from the sky.

After the tiger's head tried it, he was horrified. A tree as thick as a bowl would have to be chopped down hundreds of times to break it, but it was done in a few strokes with this machete!

This machete was even more powerful for him. He thought to himself that now he had a slight chance to die with the bear, but with him alone, the chance was still too low.

He expressed his concerns to Zhang Tian.

Zhang Tian smiled and said, "You don't need to confront the bear head-on, we can use this pit to hunt it down."

Hutou looked at the big hole he had dug, not knowing why.

How to hunt bears?Even if it accidentally falls, wouldn't it be fine to climb out again?
At this time, the fishermen had already collected their poles and came over to share their joy with their bamboo cages in their arms. They also took a look at the progress of the two of them.

Xiao's harvest was the most, and the bamboo cage was filled with more than half of it, and with the other six people's, there was also a full cage.

Today's harvest is almost twice as much as yesterday's. This is still in the case of brown bears making troubles. They actually only caught fish for half a day. Thinking of this, everyone smiled and couldn't help it. They thought that as long as the bear was dealt with, this No worries about no fish to eat in winter!
Zhang Tian is not so optimistic. This water area has not been fished and hunted, so there are plenty of fish and shrimps, but no matter how abundant the resources are, they are limited. It is difficult to have such a good harvest again.

When Xiao saw the pit and saw a row of sharpened bamboos at Zhang Tian's feet, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "I know! Let's put these bamboos in the pit, and once the bear falls, it will be pierced! "

Hutou suddenly realized that this is indeed a good way. These bamboos are almost as sharp as this machete. As long as the bear falls, it will be bound into a honeycomb. Even if it climbs out again, it will still be a dying sick bear.

Hutou said: "We can use the dead fish to lure it into the pit!"

When he was hunting, he often used this trick to trick small carnivores such as ferrets and badgers out of holes and kill them.

Others also realized that this method was feasible, and when they were excited, their thinking became active and they offered ideas one after another.

Because it was the first time to make a landing trap, everyone's ideas inevitably had some unrealistic elements, but thinking about this matter itself, it has already revealed the essential difference between humans and beasts, and Zhang Tian feels very relieved that children can be taught.

In order to ensure nothing goes wrong, the final execution must follow Zhang Tian's plan.

Because the soil is wet and soft, the sharp nails are not strong enough after being inserted, so it needs to be backfilled with dry sand for compaction. After the hidden nails are buried, the potholes are covered with dead branches and leaves, and a layer of sand and weeds is covered to disguise the appearance of the ground. , because bears usually come out to look for food during the day, so I plan to place bait tomorrow morning.

Zhang Tian left a mark near the trap to prevent his own people from entering by mistake.

Everyone worked together to finish all this. The sun had already set on the mountain, and the moon had not yet risen. It was the darkest hour of the day.

Torches were lit on the bank of the river, and the dancing flames reflected nine excited faces.

Xiao looked at the trap that was integrated with the surrounding environment, and grinned, "That bear is dead! No matter how hard its slap is!"

Hutou was even more impatient, wishing for dawn so that he could set up bait and hunt down the brown bear.

There was a long and long shout from the canyon, and the tribesmen in the cave urged.

Everyone groaned in unison toward the cave, saying that they were safe, and then picked up their bamboo cages and set off on their way home.

(End of this chapter)