Live Wilderness Adventure

Chapter 672 Hunting

There is 24 hours of sky light in the arctic summer and 24 hours of darkness in the arctic winter.

Any perception of time here is incorrect, with circadian rhythms blurred by the aurora at night.

Spring and fall generally mean more erratic weather, with storms and various cloud conditions.

Fortunately, in the past ten days, Bi Fang encountered only one snowstorm that lasted for four days.

At seven o'clock in the morning, it was already daylight in most areas, and the Arctic sky was still full of stars.

There was no aurora in the starry sky today. In the deep woods, Bi Fang gathered the dry firewood into a pyramid shape, stuffed a ball of smoking dry grass in the middle, and blew on it. Soon, sparks floated out of the dry grass and flew into the sky. A small flame emerges.

The thin flames climbed along the fibers, spread and expanded, and the dry firewood in the entire pyramid burned.

Simply set up a bonfire, Bi Fang set up a pot of ice water above the bonfire, tore the lichen collected yesterday into small pieces, soaked it in it, and waited for it to boil.

"This kind of lichen is called stamen. Because it is an important food for reindeer, it is also called reindeer lichen. It is mainly found in alpine tundra and is extremely cold-resistant."

"Deer pistils are the secret ancestral recipe of the Moinba people in the high mountains of the Eastern Himalayas to remove kidney stones. The inland Tanana people will mash the dried deer pistils and boil them in hot water to soften them as food. They also use the deer pistils to make soup Let's make antidiarrheal medicine."

[This thing can also treat kidney stones? 】

[Damn, I seem to have caught the medicine last time]

[There is this in Chinese medicine]

"However, because it contains acidic substances inside, it may cause stomach discomfort, especially when it is not cooked, so you must wait patiently for it to be cooked before eating."

Submerge the deer pistil with chopsticks, and cover it with a wooden board after it gets wet and sinks to the bottom.

"The deer pistil grows very slowly. When it is over-gnawed, burned, trampled or consumed, it usually takes decades to recover, so if you find it, don't dig it up by the root, just cut a part of it. "

Bi Fang got up and stuffed a thick wooden stick next to him into the bonfire. One end of the torch was tied with a hemp rope twisted from trees. The loose structure allowed the torch to burn longer.

If it can be coated with animal fat, the continuous burning effect will be better, but for Bi Fang who is still in a state of food and clothing, it is still too extravagant.

Wait for the torch to burn successfully, raise the torch and walk towards the forest.

Before getting ready to hunt, Bi Fang still has a lot of preparations to do, such as making weapons, ropes, sleds, etc.

[Sledding, Wuhu, are you ready to ski? 】

【Is it possible to ski on this snow field? 】

Bi Fang shook his head: "The preparation of the sled is not for skiing, but for the convenience of dragging the prey when the time comes."

Having found such a good valley, it must be used as a base, and the most important thing is to have combustibles.

When hunting bison, it is natural to bring it back here, but an average big bison weighing 300 kilograms, even if bones, lean meat and other unnecessary things are shaved off, it still weighs at least 200 kilograms.

Two hundred kilograms, the weight of three adults, Bi Fang couldn't carry it when he was exhausted, so he could only drag it, and use a sled to save some effort.

Holding a torch in the forest for a while, Bi Fang finally collected enough materials, brought them back to the campfire, and started cutting with a knife.

Soon, spears, short spears, Bi Fang installed sharpened stones on his most convenient weapon, and finally three long sled boards.

"Sled board, we don't need to make it too well, as long as there is a rough prototype, it is enough to use."

Although he didn't have a plane, Bi Fang also had a lot of experience on how to cut hardwood with a dagger, and completed all the preparations before the sun rose.

At this time, the reindeer moss in the pot was ripe, and Bi Fang simply filled his stomach with the fish, and wiped away the traces of the fire.

Bi Fang wrapped all the short spears around the shoulders with a rope a few times, tied them to the back, put on the backpack, took some supplies, kept a pot of boiling water, and set off along the trail where the musk ox was first found.

The sun has just risen, and the temperature of the earth has not yet risen. The scalding boiling water brings a little warmth through the kettle and clothes, and dispels a little chill.

Following the traces and smell left on the ground, Bi Fang gradually moved away from the forest.

Those deep marks on the trees also let the audience who have not seen the musk ox form its huge and terrifying appearance in their minds.

but

Almost all the marks didn't seem to exceed the position of Bi Fang's waist, and the highest was only up to the chest. Compared with its weight, it seemed unexpectedly short?

【This cow seems to have short legs】

[Three hundred kilograms of short legs, isn't this a potato? 】

【Forklift! 】

"Musk oxen have short legs. As far as the morphology of endothermic animals is concerned, there is an Allen's law in zoology, which holds that individuals of the same species or closely related species, compared with those living in warm areas, Protruding parts such as limbs tend to be shorter, thereby reducing heat dissipation."

"Compared with the serow of the same family, the short tail, short legs and small ears of the musk ox are indeed a confirmation of Allen's law."

"In addition, there is Bergmann's law, which holds that individuals of the same species or close relatives live in cold environments with relatively larger body sizes, and the musk ox is indeed larger than the serow."

Bi Fang looked at the barrage and explained in detail.

【Take notes and take notes】

【Learn something new every time】

[The hardest core and the most knowledgeable in Survival in the Wilderness]

[I remember that Lao Fang also said before that the higher the latitude, the larger the size of the wolf. Are the wolves in the Arctic particularly big? 】

Bi Fang nodded: "Yes, arctic wolves are members of the largest wild canidae family in the world. Adult wolves weigh more than 40 kilograms. There was an example of adult male wolf specimens weighing 68 kilograms, which is more than I met before. All the wolf species that come here are a little bit bigger."

Only in the Discovery Channel program did Bi Fang face a pack of wolves alone, but that was only a forest wolf, and the latitude was only medium, and the size of wild wolves was much smaller than arctic wolves.

With a body size close to that of a human, it is quite dangerous for Bi Fang to encounter an arctic wolf pack alone, because arctic wolves usually form a group of 5 to 10 individuals, and each family has about 20 to 30 members.

If the wolf pack encounters famine, it is possible for the whole clan to mobilize, just like what happened to Mohe.

[Hiss, the number is a bit scary]

[Are there so many? 】

[A person must not be eaten? 】

"But don't be afraid. It's not a wise choice to stop before you meet it. Let's think about how to deal with the musk ox."

Bi Fang stepped on brand new snowshoes and walked towards the flying snow.