Claude believed that he would never forget this night again. When the matchlock gun in Verricro's hand made a thunderous sound, at that moment, the entire forest suddenly became quiet. Apart from the sound of wind and running water, the only ones heard were those few heads. The sound of mountain deer running towards the woods. All Claude could see in his eyes was the slightly throbbing body of the shot mountain deer in the stream.
The four people held torches and walked towards the shot mountain deer. Verricro grabbed good gunpowder and a gun for the match rope, handed it to Claude, and asked the three of them to be on guard while he was going to kill the deer at the creek. The carcasses of mountain deer were skinned and disemboweled.
"We can't carry this mountain deer back to the camp and dissect it, otherwise the camp will be filled with the smell of blood and attract wild beasts in the forest. That is not a good result for us. The most likely reason is that we are armed. If you keep your eyes open all night, no one will have the energy to climb the mountain tomorrow."
Verricro was nagging while skillfully cutting the mountain deer's skin with the short knife in his hand: "For a hunter, it is best to skin the prey that has just been killed immediately, because the muscles are still loose and elastic, and can The skin and flesh are separated quickly. If the whole body has been dead for a long time, it will be difficult to peel the skin. If you are not careful, you will cut the fur and you will not get a complete skin. Of course, these are what my father taught me."
The moonlight in the distance shines on the stream, dancing with dots of silver scales. Four torches are inserted into the ground nearby, and the firelight illuminates the area brightly. Claude, Boquear, and Erikson are holding weapons. , look at the silent woods, then look at Viricero who is dissecting a mountain deer, and then listen to his chatter, the blood keeps flowing down the stream.
It only took half an hour for Viricero to break the mountain deer into four large pieces, including the head, four hooves, tail and internal organs. He soaked the mountain deer skin in the stream for a while and then rolled it up. He got up, washed four more pieces of mountain venison, and connected them with two rattans. Only then did Viricolo say with satisfaction: "Let's go, we should go back."
This mountain deer is not big. After decomposition, the four large pieces of meat are estimated to be only about 20 kilograms. After returning to the camp, Claude cleaned the iron vortex, chopped the piece of meat from the left front leg into pieces, threw it into the iron pot, and hung it on the campfire to cook slowly. The other three large pieces of meat were ready to be divided into strips. Then use the fire smoke to make bacon, so you can take it home if you can't finish it. After all, it was the first prey for the four of us, and it was a mountain deer. We could take it back and let our family have a taste of it, and we could also brag about it.
Viricero cut down a few branches and built a shelf, then laid the mountain deer hide on the shelf, and used a knife to carefully clean the meat scraps and blood tendons that were not separated when peeling off the leather. Then apply charcoal ash on it
Bockaar and Erikson had long since lost their sleep. They clicked their tongues around the mountain deer skin: "Vero, your shot was so accurate. It went right through the head without damaging the fur on the body. I bet This mountain deer hide can be sold for one silver thaler in the town."
"More than that," Bockaar shook his head: "This is mountain deer skin. All hunters know that mountain deer are the most sensitive animals. They are simply elves in the mountains and forests. And they are very courageous. They will run away immediately if there is any movement, hoping to hunt them down. Mountain deer is very difficult. I didn’t expect that we were so lucky to catch such a mountain deer. The fur was so complete. Not to mention the leather goods shops in the town, even the tailors would rush for it. No one had any money. We won’t sell it for five riyals of taler.”
"Vero, why don't we go to the creek to ambush again tomorrow night? Maybe we can catch another mountain deer." Erikson's eyes flashed with gold, and this would appear in his mind as he ran through the woods. It's not a mountain deer, but a piece of silver thaler.
"I won't go. There won't be any mountain deer coming to drink water tomorrow." Verricro shook his head and did not slow down the movement of his hands: "You all know that mountain deer are very courageous animals, but they also have very bad memories. Okay. If we kill this mountain deer in the stream, then for a long time in the future, these mountain deer will not go to the stream to drink water. Because they will remember that they lost a partner there."
After drinking broth and nibbling venison, Bockar and Erikson went to bed first. Since it was the first night of camping, Verricro decided that it would be better to stay overnight with Claude. What's the matter? There is also a plan to take care of the matter. After three or four hours, Boker and Erikson will be asked to get up and change.