Build a farm from the mountains

Chapter 173

In the 80s, there were [-] to [-] rabbits in the Daxinganling forest area, and there were even more rabbits in the grassland. There were not [-] but [-] rabbits in his pasture.

Wolves, foxes, leopards, eagles and the like all catch rabbits. Why are there so many of them?

You can refer to Australia in later generations, where the number of rabbits exceeds [-] million.

Their reproductive ability is terrible. Rabbits have two uteruses and can conceive at the same time. Wild rabbits can reproduce 6 times a year, with an average of 4 each time.

Rabbits just over 5 months old have the ability to reproduce and can join the breeding army.

Two rabbits can produce 24 each year, and these 24 rabbits can produce 144 in the same year.

Even with only 16 percent healthy individuals due to inbreeding, the two rabbits still produce [-] healthy offspring per year.

There are many predators in the west of this pasture, and the number of rabbits has not decreased, especially in the area where humans can be seen in the east of the pasture.

Predators seldom come over, and there are many rabbit nests in the buffer zone in the middle.

It costs one yuan to catch one rabbit, and 100 yuan to catch one hundred rabbits. This is a lot of money. Why is no one caught?

There are quite a few people who catch rabbits, but they can't catch many!

Rabbits are also called jumping cats. Most rabbits jump forward on all fours, especially the rabbits in the forest area run and jump.

But the ones in the pasture are different, they will stand up and jump forward, and look around for danger by the way.

The main means of catching rabbits is to put down a cover, use iron wire, and form a ring at one end. The diameter of the ring is about ten centimeters, and the wire behind the ring is folded.

When in use, the ring does not move, and the folded iron wire is pulled apart. The short one is tens of centimeters, and the long one is more than one meter.

Rats have mouse paths, snakes have snake paths, and rabbits follow the old path, leaving footprints when they leave, and follow the footprints when they return.

Although the sable knows the way, there is more than one way for people to travel. As for the rabbit, as long as the road is not disturbed, it will run to the dark all the way.

Rabbits in the forest area are easier to catch. Fix one end of the wire to a tree, and the end of the ring stands above the rabbit's footprints, about ten centimeters from the ground.

Experienced hunters will judge the size of the rabbit based on the footprints. If the rabbit is bigger, the ring will be enlarged.

Rabbits bounce when they walk, and when they come back along the way, when they jump up, the head of the rabbit is about ten centimeters from the ground.

As for whether you can put your head into the ring, it depends on luck. You can also stand the ring on the ground, and it depends on luck whether it goes in or not.

When a rabbit is trapped, it will not retreat, but will run forward. Its front legs are short and its front body is thin, so it will rush forward vigorously when it is trapped.

Its hind legs are long, its waist is thick and its crotch is still big. The more it struggles forward, the tighter the cover is closed. In the forest area, the cover is covered by trees.

The villagers will use many traps to catch them, and the rabbits are not stupid. Some of them stuck their heads into the traps and were not caught, so they will be more careful when walking next time.

Especially the old rabbit, even if he can't see the wire, as long as his body touches it, he will immediately change his way.

There are many people who play tricks, and one or two rabbits can be harvested in a few days, so you can't expect to make money by catching rabbits.

Many rabbits have been caught, especially those in the pasture. When they see many branches beside the road, the old rabbits will choose to detour.

There are fewer people in the traps. The traps are iron guys, not everyone has them. If the nearby companions die too many, many rabbits will go deep into the pasture.

The grassland is empty, and there are predators like foxes. Rabbits will always be on guard against natural enemies when they come out to look for food. When they see someone coming, they will immediately run into the hole and cannot come out. People can't do anything about it.

Letting dogs chase them is even more futile. There are too few small dogs in Northeast China, and other dogs can't catch up with rabbits.

Nowadays people don't eat rabbit, it is not as good as fish, there is too little fat, and it has a fishy and earthy smell.

Catching rabbits is not a profession, but earning extra money if you catch them. There are traps around the woods and pastures, and no one goes deep in the pastures. The field of vision is empty, and rabbits are difficult to catch.

Wu Hao is so big, he doesn't have many traps, and there is a mink around, so it is definitely not good for a rabbit to cat in the hole.

Rabbits do bite when they are in a hurry, but they are no match for the yellow-throated marten. When they see it, they run away.

Wu Hao wanted to catch more rabbits, so he drove to Heitian and set up camp next to the woods to rest. He was eating in the morning when the screams of animals came from the west.

People who often go hunting in the mountains can tell which animal it is by hearing the sound of the animal.

Many deer called "Yo Yo", but the cry just now was like a lion's roar, loud but not as domineering as a lion's, and the distance it spread was not too far.

This is a moose, it sounds like it was injured, and the sound is not urgent, it should not be attacked by a predator.

The camp can't be moved, the horse can't be thrown here, and the moose is not close to here, so he hitched his cart and headed west.

The snow in the pasture was uneven, like driving in a hilly area. An hour later, there was a very clear cry of anxiety and fear from the front.

Heifeng didn't run away easily, the distance was already very close, and Wu Hao was not in a hurry, he wanted to see who would intercept him.

When I drove past a small snow bag, I saw two foxes and three jackals circling a moose.

When the five guys saw people, the fox turned around and ran away, while the three jackals opened their mouths to threaten. When the seven dogs came out from behind the snow bag, they jumped up in fright, turned around and ran away without hesitation.

"Wow, woof, woof~" Big Brown howled and took the lead to charge up, these guys were definitely not their opponents.

Wu Hao whistled to call the dog back, not because he was kind, nor because he didn't kill the fox, but because the moose on the ground wanted to stand up, and its injuries were not right.

A guy weighing more than 700 kilograms, except for wolves and tigers, there are too few animals that can catch it.

Wu Hao observed closely, the moose's left front leg was broken, the ground was covered with blood, and the broken leg was still in a hole.

Half of the calf was stuck, and the skin was still connected. He guessed that the moose stepped into the rabbit hole at night, but he didn't know if it was the one that Zhang Liang was going to beat before the pig camel ran away.

The moose was very frightened when it saw people. It couldn't stand up. It lay on its side and stretched its legs.

Wu Hao took off his gun and aimed it at its forehead. One shot ended its pain. The whole moose couldn't be transported, and the one with broken legs was even harder to feed. He didn't want to raise such a big guy either.

When he took out the invasion knife and squatted down to open his mouth, he was still muttering: "I couldn't find you in the mountains, but now it's delivered to your door. Is this hand strong or not?"

Not counting the deer he shot, but the deer he picked up. He has seen footprints in the mountains, but he has never encountered a deer.

Dogs and minks are only half full in the morning, and today they have to catch rabbits. When they are full, they don’t work hard, especially the minks, who may let go on their stomachs.

He disemboweled the moose and put them on the snow. The intestines could be thrown away, and some of the guts were ready to be taken home.

The dog was obedient and refused to eat. When he disassembled the moose, he had to look at the two minks distractedly.

After Wu Hao disassembled the moose, the two guys were almost full, and they couldn't beat or scold them, so there was nothing to do with them.

We loaded the car with venison and came back to observe the rabbit hole. It was dark at night, and even with the reflection of snow, the moose still couldn't see the hole under their feet.

And this is an old rabbit hole, the top layer of soil is very thin, and the moose is too heavy to step in with its front legs.

Its body is bound to lean forward, and it will directly bend its legs. Many large animals do not like to enter this pasture.

He was afraid that he would lose his life here because he didn't let the dog chase the fox just now. There were too many rabbit holes nearby, and the dog would break its legs.

Some rabbit holes are covered in snow and it can be difficult to see where the hole is from the outside, especially on high slopes.

He seldom drives from there, and later raises cattle on pastures. Rabbits breed too fast. Rabbit holes are a big problem and need to be filled.

We must catch more rabbits, otherwise we will not be able to fill the pit, and if a cow's leg is broken, it will have to be killed and eaten, and hundreds of dollars will be lost.

Wu Hao propped up the front and back of the carriage with wood, and the venison was loaded into the carriage to prevent small animals from coming to steal it.

Unhook Black Wind, extend its reins, find an open space nearby without a rabbit hole, and hammer an iron peg with an axe.

Tie Hei Feng here and let him walk around to pluck the grass under the snow. He returned to the car and picked up the fishing net and led the dog and mink to catch rabbits.

There are three rabbit holes, one rabbit hole has at least two exits, and there are many rabbit holes in the pasture, and many of them are interconnected.

There may not be many rabbits in a hole, and there are more exits. It will be troublesome to deal with these holes in the future.

Wu Hao walked less than 100 meters and found four rabbit holes. He took out fishing nets and directly covered the openings of the holes. These fishing nets were woven with five threads twisted into a rope, so that they would not be damaged by rabbits.

Then use these holes as the center to search around, cover the hole with a fishing net, and use up ten pieces of fishing nets.

Wu Hao found that there were fewer fishing nets, and there were more rabbit holes than he imagined. He was afraid that the dogs would chase the rabbits and step into them, so he asked seven dogs to guard the seven holes.

He guarded the three holes, squatted in the middle hole with a gun and pointed in: "Go in and grab it."

There was no movement on his shoulders. He tilted his head to see that the two guys were full and pretended to be asleep. They reached out and picked up the big hair and put it towards the hole.

Da Mao stiffened as if his legs and feet were not working well, then lay down, closed his eyes, and fell in love.

"Fuck!" Wu Hao sneered when he saw Da Mao's virtue, and wanted to cure him!
Going back to the car, he took out half a jar of honey and came back, squatted down to open the jar, found a thick straw stick to pick out some honey and fed it to Ermao.

After Ermao finished licking the honey, he looked at the jar eagerly. Da Mao had already come back to life. He jumped up and then stood up, stretching out his two little paws as a thank you.

Wu Hao wasn't used to it either, and pointed at the entrance of the cave: "Come out and eat!"

Even foxes and raccoons can't get in this small hole, and even smaller animals may not be able to beat a group of rabbits.

The yellow-throated marten is different, natural enemy, Ermao is very familiar with the rabbit hole, it dare not enter the badger hole to fight.

But the rabbit was manipulated by it, and in order to eat honey, it went in with a "swish", but Da Mao didn't do it, it crawled on its body and stretched its paws to grab the honey.

After eating a bite, I ran to the hole in the distance and got in. The hole of the rabbit hole is small, and the space inside gradually increases.

There are many passages, and the big hairs chase after the fresh smell. The rabbit has poor eyesight and a keen sense of smell and hearing.

It can distinguish the footsteps of the same species, and the approaching sound and smell of the yellow-throated marten are obviously different from those of the same species.

It didn't hesitate at all, didn't look back, and ran away, and people who dared to come in would definitely clean it up.

The rabbit didn't run out, it turned around in the hole, and when it turned a corner, it encountered the same kind that was running away, and this time it was even more scared.

The four legs speed up and run towards the other hole. Ermao is faster than him, and he chases after Ying when he catches it.

Hearing the sound behind him, the rabbit was frightened, ran to the entrance of the hole and ran out, and hit the fishing net. The 1.5-meter net wrapped it up, so it could only writhe and kick.

The cold-blooded killer didn't leave anyone alive, Er Mao rushed forward and locked his throat, Wu Hao ran over to feed him with honey, Er Mao licked the honey loosely.

As soon as he finished a bite, he was picked up by the neck and thrown into the hole. Ermao went after the rabbit again in order to eat honey.

Wu Hao took out the penetrating knife and stabbed it straight into the heart to give the rabbit a good time, opened it up and threw it on the ground, and covered the hole with the fishing net again.

I ran back and pulled grass from the bottom of the snow to block the three holes. The grass in the pasture was half a meter high, and the tallest was about the same as a corn stalk.

Now being blown upside down by the wind and buried in the snow, he was busy pulling weeds to block the entrance of the hole, while a rabbit ran out on the other side and was caught in a fishing net.

The big blue wolf lay down at the entrance of the cave and looked inside. The rabbit saw the dog's head outside the cave and wanted to turn around, but Ermao had already caught up with him, so it was so frightened that it rushed out.

A dog weighing more than 100 kg opened its mouth and bit. The rabbit jumped up and was bitten by its front leg. It used its "stunt skill" to kick the eagle.

The big blue wolf kicked the dog's neck with its hind legs. The big blue wolf had a bad temper. It was supposed to grab it, but when the rabbit kicked it, it got angry and slammed its throat on the ground to kill it.

When Wu Hao ran over, it still pretended to be indifferent, threw the rabbit to the ground, Ermao bared its teeth, its prey was killed by others, and wanted to fight.

The big blue wolf didn't care about it, he couldn't fight when he was a child, but he never lost when he grew up. The two sides didn't really fight, and the whole family slapped it with one paw, but Er Mao couldn't bear its dog's paw.

Wu Hao could only try to persuade them to fight, feeding honey to both parties, then bleeding and disemboweling the rabbits, and feeding the internal organs to the dogs, he would go wherever the rabbits escaped.

The mink can't work all the time. After catching these rabbit holes, they have to rest. They changed three places in the morning and harvested 22 rabbits.

Wu Hao put the rabbits together with a joyful expression on his face, while others put the trap under the trap and checked them every few days.

It is possible that the reaped bones are leftover bones eaten by foxes and birds, and it is too easy for him to catch rabbits, as long as the mink enters the hole, he can just block it.

Not everyone can raise yellow-throated mink. This thing is full of wildness, and it will run away if you are a little unhappy. The old man spent most of his savings to coax out two.

He is also coaxing it now, returning to Heifeng at noon, cooking with wood from the car, eating and drinking enough to let the mink rest for an hour.

In the afternoon, he left Heifeng next to the camp, and he took a cloth pocket collar mink and a dog to catch another twenty rabbits nearby.

If you give honey, you will lick it, if you give it to work, you will not move.

Wu Hao was just teasing the two of them. They have put in a lot of effort today, so they can't use others as donkeys and feed the rest of the honey to the mink, lest they get angry and run away in the middle of the night.

Put the rabbit in a cloth bag, carry the rabbit and walk to the camp, and prepare to feed some honey water to the dog.

It was less than two miles away from the camp, and more than half of the way, there was a strange cry from the sky.

"Quack quack."

Wu Hao knew it was a magpie when he heard the sound. This thing wanted to steal the meat from his carriage, so he looked up at the sky.

The magpie was flying over the camp, and a figure swooped down above it, and the speed flashed past the magpie's head.

The distance was less than 200 meters, and he didn't see the whole figure clearly, but he recognized it, and the magpie fell down with a howl.

Magpies, crows and owls are not easy to mess with. Owls are the boss at night, but when flying, peregrine falcons are their natural enemies, and most raptors are not their opponents.

The peregrine falcon landed on the ground and tilted its head to look at them. Seeing that they were not moving, it wandered to the magpie and began to pluck its feathers and eat the meat.

Standing 100 meters away, Wu Hao looked at Peregrine Falcon and sighed: "The big move is to dive into your head, Falcon doesn't talk too much, and walk like my sixth brother."

(End of this chapter)