During the Republic of China, hunters in Changbai Mountain area summarized a special set of hunting skills, especially in winter, where they can capture some small animals alive, thereby making money by selling skins, which is really eye-opening. What's going on? If you want to know, let the editor reveal it to you:
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As the saying goes, it is called "eat the mountains and eat the mountains and water", and anyone living in a place with a superior natural environment can often rely on rich resources and reproduce and reproduce. It has to be said that this is the instinct of human survival and the secret of human beings' endless life on the earth. There are many famous mountains and rivers in my country, but if we talk about which mountain has the most natural resources, it is probably Changbai Mountain. As the sacred mountain of the Manchu culture in my country, Changbai Mountain has hundreds of thousands of species of animals and plants, and countless species. Therefore, local mountain people will also become hunters for wild animals during the slack farming period, adding some extra income to the family.
Most of the prey captured by hunters on the mountains are marten, rabbit, deer, and fox . Although their meat is tender and delicious, the meat itself is not valuable. Instead, the peeled leather products can be exchanged for a lot of hard work. However, fur merchants will deliberately supervise the quality of fur when purchasing animal fur. Generally speaking, complete fur is the most expensive, and fur with loopholes or damages on the whole body will be greatly reduced. It is precisely because of this that hunters will deliberately ensure the quality of their fur when hunting prey. Therefore, if conditions permit, try not to use hunting rifles or bows and arrows.
What "secret weapons" will hunters use if they abandon their hunting rifles and bows? The answer is very simple, it is to set a trap. When it comes to traps, it is estimated that the first thing readers think of is the trapping clip, but the trapping clip can also damage the animal's fur. Over time, hunters are also very distressed about it. Of course, hunters must use traps to deal with some large beasts, such as tigers, wild boars, elks and , etc., otherwise, facing the enemy head-on will increase the risk factor of the hunter. Even if you eventually kill the prey, you will be injured. If you encounter serious injuries or bacterial infection, the hunter's life will be threatened.
Hunters naturally have a mature way to deal with small wild beasts. Although small wild beasts are not aggressive, capturing them alive and taking off a complete fur is also the goal that hunters have always pursued. What traps do hunters use when catching small beasts? The answer is simple, the most commonly used traps are ice buckets and dead holes.
The problem arises at this time, what are ice buckets and dead holes? Let’s talk in detail below. The so-called "ice bucket" is actually a bucket made of ice. The Northeast region is extremely cold, and the outdoor temperature remains at tens of degrees below zero in winter, so ice buckets can exist for a long time. When setting up ice bucket traps, hunters will deliberately bury the ice bucket with white snow and place a piece of fresh meat in the bucket, as bait at one time to lure the small beasts to take the bait. As long as the little beast crawled into the barrel by itself, it would have lost the possibility of escape. Because the inner wall of the ice bucket is very smooth, even if the little beast has sharp claws, it cannot grasp the wall of the bucket, so it can only surrender.
The method of making ice buckets is actually very particular. First, hunters will place a bucket of water outdoors to make it in a semi-freezing state, and then carry it indoors to release the water that has not been frozen in the bucket, leaving only a thick layer of ice on the wall of the bucket. Once everything is ready, the hunters will bake the walls of the bucket with a charcoal stove to separate the ice from the bucket, so that they can get a large ice bucket. As long as the hunter holds the ice bucket and places it in a place where small beasts often appear, he can easily hunt them.
What is the hole that falls to death? In fact, its principle is similar to that of an ice bucket, but its production method is relatively simple. When winter is not yet coming and the earth is not frozen, hunters will choose places where small beasts often move. After finding the target point, the hunters will use a pointed wooden stick with a diameter of about 15 cm diagonally into the ground, chisel to about 70 cm deep, make a small inclined hole, and then pour water into it, so that it freezes. When hunting prey, just put in bait and you can easily capture prey like an ice bucket.
I have to say that whether it is a hole that falls to death or an ice bucket trap, it is a particularly useful method. However, the two methods also have geographical restrictions and can only be used in the cold northeastern region. More importantly, they are highly durable, so they must be made from time to time to capture more prey.
Speaking of this, we have to admit that although the production technology in the Republic of China period was backward, the wisdom of the predecessors was indeed infinite, which completely made up for the lack of backward tools. In modern times, many wild animals have been listed as protected animals, so hunting behaviors in the Changbai Mountain area are rare.
Reference materials: "Northeast Story" by Wei Weiwei, Jilin Publishing House Publishing
Wen Xiucai, editor-in-chief of Wenlan Hairun Studio, written by this article: Special History Writer: Changshan Zhao Zichong
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