After working in the woods for a while, he set up seven or eight ingenious traps made of winnowing baskets.

The traps for catching pheasants are not big because the pheasants on this mountain are mainly hazel grouse.

Hazel grouse are small in size, weighing only about one pound when fully grown.

After setting the trap, we followed the winding path to find the main force.

Zhou Yue walked beside Uncle Dong, looking at the beautiful scenery in the woods, feeling very happy.

Suddenly, Uncle Dong stretched out his hand and pulled hard, and Zhou Yue staggered and was pulled to the side.

"Uncle Dong, what's going on?"

Zhou Yue was suddenly pulled and was a little dazed. She blinked her eyes with a look of confusion on her face.

Uncle Dong looked nervous and pointed to a place nearby.

"Girl Yue, there's a big hole over there, you almost stepped on it!"

Zhou Yue looked in the direction Uncle Dong pointed and did not see any big pit, but a lot of grass spread on the ground.

Uncle Dong took a few steps forward, squatted down and pulled away some of the grass, revealing the big pit underneath.

The bottom of the pit was densely packed with many extremely sharp bamboos, which flickered coldly under the mottled light and shadow.

Zhou Yue took a deep breath and patted her chest.

"Oh, Uncle Dong, it's a good thing you pulled me back just now. If I had fallen down, I would have been stabbed like a hedgehog!"

Uncle Dong covered the hole with grass again, stood up and said.

"This is a trap that your brother Daniu set up a while ago. I almost forgot to tell you. Luckily I didn't step on it."

Seeing this, Zhou Xing hurried over and took his sister's hand, fearing that she would step on something again.

In fact, if you look closely at this trap, it is not difficult to find that the grass on it is different in color from the surrounding grass and is somewhat withered and yellow.

And on the pile of grass, there was a piece of bloody meat, which looked like rabbit meat.

There are some traps set in this mountain. These big pits are mainly used to catch big prey.

There is usually a sign where the trap is set, so hunters going up the mountain can see it. Zhou Yue was so engrossed in the scenery that he didn't notice it.

When Sun Daniu went up the mountain today, he brought a lot of meat with him. He put the meat on the trap and waited for a day or two before going up the mountain to check the trap.

They passed two or three traps on the way, and Uncle Dong and Zhou Yue and the others avoided them one by one.

Soon, a large army was seen ahead.

Qiangzi waved his arms from a distance and said with a happy face.

"Ayue and Axing, come quickly!"

Qiangzi held up two hazel grouse high in his hands, and his mouth was smiling so much that it reached behind his ears.

"Haha, look! Brother Dong has already shot two pheasants! Enough for us to make a pot of soup!"

These two hazel grouse are quite big, estimated to be about 1.2 jin, which is a very good size.

Zhou Yue took a few quick steps, looked closer at the two pheasants, her eyes full of curiosity, and couldn't help asking.

"Wow, you guys were so quick! But why didn't I hear any gunshots just now?"

In this forest, everyone is not far away from each other, so if someone fires a gun, we will definitely hear it.

Sun Daniu, who was standing nearby, also had something on his back. There were three pheasants tied with ropes and hung upside down by their feet.

The three pheasants looked dead, but there were no bullet holes or blood on their bodies.

Sun Daniu smiled and showed the slingshot in his hand to Zhou Yue.

"It would be a waste of bullets to shoot such a small pheasant with a gun. A slingshot is much more effective!"

For these mountain hunters, bullets are very precious things, and it takes a lot of effort to get them.

It is definitely not worth wasting a bullet for such a small pheasant.

They save their bullets for hunting big game so they don't feel too bad about it.

For small prey like hazel grouse, they never waste bullets and use slingshots directly.

Zhou Yue took the slingshot, looked at it for a long time, and thought it was amazing.

"Can this slingshot be used for hunting? This is the first time I've heard of it!"

Sun Daniu took out a stone from his trouser pocket. It was obvious that the stone had been polished and looked rounder.

"Don't underestimate this slingshot because it's small. If you use all your strength to throw the stone, the force is really huge! I'll show you how to shoot a pheasant when I see one!"

Zhou Yue smiled and nodded repeatedly, "Okay! Then let's continue hunting!"

In this era, the mountains and forests have not been overly disturbed and are still a paradise for animals and plants.

In particular, the number of hazel grouse is surprisingly large, and as long as you have a good hunting skill, it is not difficult to fill your stomach.

"Shh-"

Sun Daniu suddenly stopped and his broad figure instantly tensed up, like a lurking cheetah locking onto its prey.

Zhou Yue looked in the direction of his finger and saw a hazel grouse quietly perched on a branch with lush leaves.

If it weren't for Sun Daniu's reminder, Zhou Yue would probably have found it difficult to spot it.

The hazel grouse's feathers are gray and it almost blends in with the surrounding branches.

Moreover, the hazel grouse is small and delicate, and it is not easy to be found when it is perched on a branch.

The corners of Sun Daniu's mouth rose slightly, revealing a confident smile.

His rough big hand skillfully reached into his pocket, took out a round stone, and placed it steadily on the slingshot.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, and after just a few seconds of aiming, he decisively released his fingers, and the stone flew out like an arrow.

With a whoosh sound, the branches began to shake violently.

Immediately afterwards, a black shadow fell to the ground with a thud.

"I hit it! I hit it! Brother Daniel, you are so awesome!"

Zhou Xing jumped up with excitement, and he looked at Sun Daniu with admiration in his eyes.

Before he could finish his words, Zhou Xing ran towards the direction where the hazel grouse had fallen.

Zhou Yue looked at Zhou Xing's back with a slight smile on her lips.

Zhou Xing is an accurate shooter. The gun captured from the enemy, equipped with an advanced scope, allows him to repeatedly achieve military exploits on the battlefield.

But he was very envious of Sun Daniu's ability to shoot pheasants with a slingshot.

After all, a slingshot doesn't have any tools to assist in aiming; it all depends on experience and feeling.

To hit a tiny hazel grouse at such a long distance, and hit it nine out of ten times.

It would take many years of hard work and effort in the mountains to master this skill.

Zhou Xing ran back quickly, holding the hazel grouse high in his hand, with a bright smile on his face.

"Brother Danniu, you are so good at using the slingshot, you have to teach me!"

Sun Daniu scratched his head with a smile and agreed readily.

"Okay! I will definitely teach you!"

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