pjbooks Chapter 39 Hunting the Bear
Chapter 39 Hunting the Bear
When Shan Yaowen and his companion saw the bear, it was eating, and the deer's head was already gone.
The bear was tearing at the deer's neck with large bites.
"Looks like it was woken from hibernation and is starving." Zhang Du looked at the bear in front of him excitedly, already itching to take a bite.
"Didn't you say it was a family of three?" Shan Yaowen looked around but didn't see any other bears.
"I don't know, maybe it ran away, or maybe it went somewhere else to find food."
Seeing Zhang Du's determination to fight the bear, Shan Yaowen became more cautious and kept an eye on his surroundings. It was a pity that it was getting dark, otherwise, with the silly bird flying in the sky, he could have taken in all the surrounding conditions.
Zhang Du looked at the bear that was eating, its body bearing the scars he had left behind.
With a gunshot wound in its back, the bear couldn't treat it and would most likely die a slow death.
The two men hiding in the shadows watched the bear and silently raised their guns.
Of course, Shan Yaowen was still the main attacker.
The killing range of a shotgun is simply too short.
If we get too close to fight, the bear might go berserk and cause some trouble. It's better to fly a kite from a distance.
As for Xiao Hei, it wasn't released so as not to interfere with Shan Yaowen's firing.
"It's getting dark, are the shooting conditions okay?" Zhang Du squatted down to the side, looking at Shan Yaowen who was raising his gun.
"Not bad." Shan Yaowen squinted at the bear in the ravine. It was eating and had no idea of the danger on the mountain.
"However, I only have one shot. Whether I hit it or not, this bear will definitely go berserk."
"You fire first, I'll fire the second shot. If it goes berserk, have Xiao Hei go up and entangle it while we shoot." Zhang Du regretted not borrowing a dog. If there were two hunting dogs working together, they could better restrain the bear.
"Bang!"
"throat!"
Shan Yaowen did hit the target, aiming for the bear's head and neck, but he missed slightly, shooting at the junction of the bear's neck and shoulder, even inflicting a penetrating wound.
He originally intended to attack the head, but the bear kept eating and its head kept moving, so he chose the neck instead.
The bear that was hit immediately became enraged, put all four feet on the ground, and roared continuously.
"Beautiful!" Seeing the angry bear, Zhang Du couldn't help but cheer for his brother-in-law, then picked up his hunting rifle and pointed it at Xiao Hei.
The man and the dog darted out.
After reloading, Shan Yaowen also went outside.
"Bang!"
Another gunshot rang out.
Zhang Du took the initiative and fired the first shot as the bear charged towards him.
However, he underestimated the bear's rage.
He was shot in the stomach, but his momentum didn't stop.
It was peacefully hibernating when it was disturbed and shot in the back by a human. As a result, it has been enduring great pain for the past two days. It's cold and hungry in the middle of winter, and there's nothing to eat. It finally caught some prey and was happily eating when this person shot it again!
Seeing the bear charging straight at him, Zhang Du felt a little panicked, but he remained calm. After firing the first shot, he didn't reload and ran to the side.
"Damn it, Blackie, bite it!"
He didn't run in a straight line; instead, he found a rock and ran around the bear.
When Shan Yaowen arrived nearby, the bear had already chased his brother-in-law around once. Xiao Hei was frantically biting the bear's hind legs from behind, but the bear ignored him and kept chasing after the man in front.
Even though it's covered in blood right now.
"Gah~"
Seeing the perilous situation below, the silly bird, without anyone noticing, swooped down from the sky and began clawing at the bear's head.
"throat!"
Eagles have very sharp claws, and the bear's head was struck like that, making it even angrier.
Upon seeing the enraged bear, Shan Yaowen immediately crouched down and raised his gun. "Brother-in-law, run to the left!"
Upon hearing the sound, Zhang Du didn't think much of it. Trusting his brother-in-law, he bypassed the rocks and ran wildly to the left.
The bear chased after Zhang Du, leaving his entire back exposed to Shan Yaowen.
"Bang!"
A gunshot rang out, this time aimed at the bear's head.
A cloud of blood mist burst from the back of the bear's head.
Although he hit the target, Shan Yaowen didn't dare to relax at all. He cocked the gun in one smooth motion and fired another shot at the swaying, struggling bear.
Zhang Du, who hadn't dared to stop for a moment, only breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the second gunshot and realizing that nothing was chasing him from behind. He then turned in a different direction and saw Xiong lying on the ground.
"Awen, don't get close yet. I told you, wild animals are very resilient." Zhang Du, panting heavily, circled around to the side of the bear, loaded his gun, and fired a shot.
He fired two more shots, and only when the bear's head was smashed into a pile of minced meat did he catch his breath.
"Xiao Hei." Even so, he didn't go up, but instead called Xiao Hei to go and check the situation.
Upon hearing this, Little Black wagged its tail and went to eat the bear's head.
Seeing that the bear was indeed dead, the two were relieved, and then they became excited.
"Hahaha~ You chased after me, but in the end you still ended up in my hands!"
When Shan Yaowen saw his brother-in-law kicking the bear with a gun, he looked exactly like a villain.
At this moment, the silly bird in the sky also came down and stood on the rock beside it, looking at the bear lying on the ground, unable to get up.
"Not bad, not bad, all good!" Zhang Du nodded at the silly bird's appearance, and casually cut off a piece of meat with his knife and threw it to it.
"It's a good thing I didn't eat you back then, you're still very useful now."
Whether it was finding the deer or hunting the bear, the silly bird contributed its efforts today.
This made Zhang Du very satisfied with the silly bird.
Looking at the silly bird, Zhang Du felt a pang of regret, thinking he should have trained and tamed it himself.
However, the thought quickly passed by. Anyway, it was given to his brother-in-law, and he could just borrow it from him if he needed it in the future. Whether he could actually become an eagle was another matter.
Shan Yaowen poked the bear on the ground with his gun. It would be a lie to say he was unhappy, after all, it was a bear hunt.
In a few years, when the Wildlife Protection Law comes into effect, this kind of thing will no longer be allowed, except for poaching, of course.
"What do you mean now?" Shan Yaowen wiped the sweat from his palms.
It's impossible not to be nervous when facing such a big guy, especially since my brother-in-law was just being chased by a bear.
Fortunately, he managed to stay calm.
"Let's go, deal with the bear first, and that deer too." Zhang Du glanced at the deer not far away, its face ravaged by the carcass, without the slightest hint of disgust.
"Go back and call for help first. A bear and three deer, weighing nearly a thousand pounds, are not something the two of us can carry back. We need to go back and call for help."
After Zhang Du finished speaking, he spat and looked at Shan Yaowen: "So, remember the way you came?"
"Remember."
"Hurry up, it's getting dark, you'd better bring a jar."
Shan Yaowen looked at his brother-in-law with a wry smile, "You still remember deer blood wine?"
"Of course, a man of his word is a man of his word, and besides, such good stuff shouldn't be wasted."
"Okay, take care of yourself."
After saying that, Shan Yaowen ran towards his brother-in-law's house. It was still quite a distance, so he had to run fast and try to turn back before dark.
After Shan Yaowen went to call for help, Zhang Du drew his knife and prepared to deal with Xiong.
While we can still see it, let's process the prey, otherwise it will be difficult to process it in this snowy weather when it gets cold.
However, just as he was drawing his knife to skin the bear, a wolf howled from the nearby mountain.
Zhang Du's hand holding the knife trembled.
"Damn, can I really be this unlucky?!"