American Ranch

Chapter 25 The Unsuccessful Hunt
Qin Yi packed up and went downstairs, Ye Fang was already waiting, when he saw Qin Yi coming down, he immediately surrounded him, "Where's the shotgun?"

In fact, firearms can be touched by Ye Fang in China, but they are all played on the shooting range, where there is a natural environment, it is refreshing to play.Although there are some privileges, there are also many restrictions. The development of a family not only has various allies, but also many political enemies. It is not just what you want!

"Remington or Lee Enfield, which one do you use?" Qin Yi showed the shotgun in the bag and asked Ye Fang to choose by himself.

"I have a Remington too? I want a Remington!" Ye Fang was completely pleasantly surprised, how cool the Remington was!
Qin Yi handed him a Remington and two boxes of 100 rounds of ammunition, and took out two pistols for him to choose. Ye Fang picked them up one by one to try, and finally chose QSG92, a Chinese police 9mm pistol with a capacity of 15 rounds. , Qin Yi checked, but none of the bullets were loaded, so he went to the hunting area to reload.

Go back to the house and find a backpack, go to the kitchen to pack beef jerky, drinking water and fruit, think about it, and bring some salt and cumin powder, the most fun is to hunt prey and roast it at noon!After everything was done, he took Ye Fang to the stables to lead the horse. Of course, Qin Yi rode Xiao Hei. Ye Fang's Xiao Zong didn't carry many things, so he didn't need to find another horse to carry things.

Say hello to Ryan, and the two set off!

First arrived at Qin Yi's dilapidated shooting range, Ye Fang held the Remington in his hand, and after a few shots to show off his marksmanship, the two of them officially set off from here, and the target that was already riddled with holes was left scattered on the ground. A few rotten planks!

After walking for more than 30 minutes, the two crossed several streams and saw a small hillside with many bushes in the distance. They walked towards the hillside, where the chances of catching prey were greater.Walking to a position about 200 meters away from the hillside, the two got off their horses, bent over, and searched quietly forward.

Just now at the side of the creek, the two wanted to hunt a wild duck or something to go back and stew it for a taste, but the sound of riding a horse was loud, and the wild ducks and waterfowl were startled when they got close, and flew away in a large area, let alone hunting wild ducks. , Not a single mallard feather was left!
After this careless lesson, the two also learned to be good. After that, whenever they went to a place where there might be prey, they dismounted from their horses at a long distance, concealed their bodies, and searched for prey.The two quietly walked forward for about 100 meters, then squatted down quietly, stared at the hillside for a few minutes, and carefully searched for every suspicious movement. At this time, the two had a new depression, damn, forget Bring your binoculars!
It's funny to say that the two of them were hunting. One had no hounds, and the other didn't have binoculars. Finding prey depends on long-distance scanning with the naked eye. It's so sad!

After all, this is the first time to hunt alone, and I haven’t consulted Ryan before, so it’s easy to forget something. Ye Fang has sighed more than once since he got off his horse: “Fortunately, I brought beef jerky and water. The prey is also a wild ride!"

Qin Yi also laughed softly when he heard it, and said that he would definitely be able to hunt some pheasants and hares. Just after he finished speaking, Qin Yi found that under a hillside more than 50 meters away, the grass next to a rock was slightly swaying, and the surrounding grass did not move. , it seems that it should not be blown by the wind!Quickly pointed to Ye Fang's location, and then the two of them touched it lightly.

Near this small hillside is [-] meters away, the growth of the pasture is not very good, the plants are sparse, there are few branches and leaves, and there are many weeds in the pasture!Because there are many rocks on the ground nearby, it is not convenient to come here to graze or harvest pasture. Gradually, the irrigation and management here cannot keep up, and the pasture and weeds grow together. It has become a paradise for small animals and a good place for ranch cowboys to hunt. place!
It's a pity that the low grass now caused a lot of trouble for the two to hide their figures.

Perhaps the fun of hunting lies in the battle of wits and courage between the hunter and the prey!

The two stopped and walked, dodging, and it took about 3 minutes before they got close to the place where the grass swayed just now, more than 30 meters away. This distance is too close for hunting, and the slightest movement may scare away the prey!But there is no way, it is still very difficult for two people without binoculars to find small targets in the weeds!

The two lay there cautiously, for fear of scaring the prey away!
Qin Yi probed over there to observe, and saw a gray long-eared rabbit, grazing leisurely!

"It's a rabbit!" Ye Fang also quietly raised his head to look at it, and was immediately happy, but when he looked at the Remington in his hand, he was a little depressed. If he shot himself down, the rabbit would not be smashed to pieces!
"Go ahead, my Remington hits rabbits, every time I punch a hole! I'll hit the bigger one later!"

Qin Yi chuckled, slowly squatted up, raised his gun to aim!

Looking at the rabbit on the front sight, Qin Yi thought of the sight again. This rifle turned around and asked Old Jack to install a sight for him. It could also be used as a telescope. Putting aside his wild thoughts, Qin Yi aimed at the rabbit seriously. This is my first time hunting, so don't miss it!
"boom!"

Qin Yi took aim and didn't hesitate any longer. With one shot, the rabbit fell down!

hit!
Qin Yi looked excited. This was his first time hunting. Regardless of the size of the prey, he could be regarded as an advanced hunter!
Ye Fang on the side saw the rabbit lying down, jumped up suddenly, and ran over quickly.

"Hey, what a great marksmanship, one shot hits the head, and you can leave a good leather if you go back carefully!" Ye Fang held the rabbit and fiddled with it.

Qin Yi took two steps forward, and when he heard Ye Fang's praise, he smiled without saying a word, but he complained in his heart: I am aiming at the body, the head is so small, what if I miss it!
I took the rabbit and checked it. Sure enough, it can be seen that the bullet penetrated the head from the left ear and passed out from near the right eye!

Well, aim at the body and hit the head, well, the marksmanship needs to be improved!

Weigh it, it’s about 3 catties, peaty, eat my pasture and grow yourself so fat, I deserve to be killed and eat meat, go back and ask Ryan to help peel it, it should be good to save this leather for mother to make gloves!Pull a few grasses as ropes, tie the prey, and hang it on the horse later.you say rope?Didn’t bring it, isn’t it for traveling lightly? You see, we didn’t even bring binoculars, just to lighten the load, yes, to lighten the load!
"Let's go hunt some big animals. I'm carrying a Remington here, and small animals are afraid to shoot! I heard that there are quite a lot of white-tailed deer, black-tailed deer, and moose in Montana!"

"It's the end of June. In this season, white-tailed deer are usually in the dense forests on the mountain. Let's hunt white-tailed deer on the National Day. Then the white-tailed deer will go down the mountain to find food in the pasture. The eldest and second children will also come, let's go together go!"

When Ye Fang heard that he couldn't shoot white-tailed deer, he was a little disappointed, as if he couldn't get any more energy out of him: "That's a good deal, next time I come, let's go camping together!"

Qin Yi nodded, feeling a little helpless. After all, he had just taken over the ranch, so he was too impatient to hunt this time. He didn't even have hunting dogs. If he went hunting in the mountains or in the woods, he would have to worry about being attacked by carnivores!Forget it, straighten out the ranch in the past few months, raise some hounds, and have fun with them on National Day!Qin Yi didn't delay any longer, and told Ye Fang to mount his horse and continue searching for prey.

This time, the destination is a small forest in the distance. It can be reached in half an hour on horseback, but after all, it is a hunting trip, and it is a sin to go straight to the destination and ignore the scenery in front of you. Therefore, the two of them rode horses. Trot forward, dismount and hunt when seeing prey.

And just when Qin Yi hit a pheasant in a bush with Li Enfield again, Ye Fang finally couldn't help it, put the Remington that he had been holding in his hand on the back, and took out the QSG92 pistol, I plan to use the pistol to shoot a few small animals for fun!
So, along the way the two walked, from time to time, with a few bang bang bang bang gunshots, a rabbit or pheasant jumped up quickly, and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye, leaving only Ye Mo with a depressed face. put!

Seeing a hare again, Ye Fang raised his pistol to aim, seeing that the scene just now was about to happen again, Qin Yi hurriedly handed Li Enfield over.

"Okay, okay, let's use this, you are amazing enough to hunt with a pistol!"

Ye Fang laughed: "Brother, this marksmanship still needs to be practiced. You can't hit it at a distance of 30 meters!" He took the shotgun, loaded it, aimed it, and shot it all in one go. , that is simply unreasonable!
Sure enough, a shot hit!
Ye Fang jumped up happily, ran over to pick up the pheasant, and shook it at Qin Yi with a smile. Qin Yi had a good time watching it, and he was still so childish when playing!

Ye Fang imitated Qin Yi, hanging the prey around the horse's neck, dangling it, making him grinning, haha, we have prey too!
The two mounted their horses and continued on their way.More than 40 minutes later, the two shot alternately along the way, and they hit 2 hares and 3 pheasants, and saw a fox, but when Qin Yi wanted to make a move, he made it run away first!

When they arrived at the edge of the grove, it was already noon. The two decided to have lunch first and then go in in the afternoon.He chose an open place as a temporary residence, then Ye Fang picked up firewood, and Qin Yi went to the stream to clean up two pheasants.Fortunately, Qin Yi is also considered a cowboy now, and he carries an outdoor multi-function knife with him. Opening his stomach is just a matter of leisure, and it will be cleaned up soon.

Before going back, Qin Yi dug a hole and buried all the internal organs that were cleaned out. Otherwise, the pasture would be damaged to some extent if it rotted, and it would be unlucky if it attracted large carnivores, even though they are all on the mountain now. Come down easily, but everything has a just in case!

Back at the station, Ye Fang had lit a fire and was sitting and drinking water.Qin Yi threaded the chicken with twigs and handed one to Ye. The two chatted and grilled.Pheasants are generally small. After plucking and removing the internal organs, the meat is only the size of two fists. Qin Yi and the two foodies felt that it was not enough, so they cut up a catty of beef jerky in their backpacks, divided them between them, and then ate. Finally full of fruit!

After resting for half an hour, the two packed up their things, left the horse here, and walked along the stream into the woods.This forest is very small, distributed along the creek, less than 300 meters long and more than [-] meters wide.The two walked along the creek, startling an unknown bird from time to time. In fact, they met a lot of birds along the way, but neither of them was interested in hunting birds. Pheasants can be shot, so what to do with bird hunting!

In the surrounding trees, many little squirrels looked at them bouncing around, probably curious about what these two strange two-legged animals were doing.

Qin Yi also looked at the squirrel curiously. He had heard that squirrels were cute before, and he had seen pictures on TV, but this was the first time he had seen a live squirrel.But after a few glances, I feel that the big tail is not bad, and the others are not cute at all!
Leave it alone, turn your head and continue walking, and suddenly notice a bare tree branch hanging and swinging on the water surface next to the big tree root in front of you on the left. There is no wind here!

Got prey tickling the dry saplings?
Qin Yi quickly grabbed Ye Fang and squatted down, looked over there carefully, the branches were still moving!Suddenly, the branch suddenly rose up, and a big head was exposed underneath!

Nima, the hair is tickling, this is a deer with big horns drinking water by the stream!
(End of this chapter)