Chapter 1068 - 87: Slow-Roasted Brown Bear

Listening to Roland’s roar.

Fred sighed helplessly and said, "There might be some beasts here that can threaten them, but indeed, the moose in this area are far more perceptive than in other places."

This morning, Fred and Roland successfully circled upwind of a herd of moose.

But after circling around, what greeted them was not the joy of a successful hunt.

It was the frustration and helplessness of the moose herd slipping away once again.

In the end, amid this helplessness and anger, the two gave up on hunting the moose.

Roland said fiercely, "These damn moose, if I had firearms, I could absolutely wipe out their entire herd! But now, only with bows and arrows, no one can kill them with cold weapons!"

Hearing this, Fred thought of Chen Wen.

But with the perception ability of this herd of moose, even Chen Wen might not be able to manage, right?

After all, when getting within one or two hundred meters of the moose herd, they had already detected Fred and Roland approaching.

The moose have extremely exaggerated hearing.

In the forest filled with dry branches and fallen leaves, even the slightest abnormal sound can startle them.

Therefore, no matter how hard the two tried, breaking through the moose’s keen sense of smell, ultimately, they were defeated by their outstanding hearing.

The two returned defeated and decided to hunt other prey.

...

On Chen Wen’s side.

Handling animal intestines can be quite tedious and disgusting work.

But he was already used to it.

Skilled in using a dagger to separate the bear skin, Chen Wen glanced at the wound on the bear.

It must be said, Hua Yun’s archery skills are still excellent.

All four arrows hit, and they all landed in the front half of the body.

Of course, Chen Wen’s skills were also on point.

The place and angle he stabbed were perfect, causing one of the hind legs of this brown bear to be crippled.

Even if it tried to run, it couldn’t get very far.

Gazing at the wound on the brown bear, Chen Wen started gutting it, cleaning out all the intestines that couldn’t be eaten.

However, while Chen Wen was dealing with it, he noticed a detail.

It was that Hua Yun’s arrows actually pierced through the bear’s digestive system.

But when Chen Wen handled it, he found that this bear’s abdominal cavity was quite clean, and the contents of its digestive system hadn’t scattered out.

Actually, he had encountered this problem while hunting a Siberian roe deer with a spear, with its digestive organs pierced, spilling the contents throughout the abdominal cavity.

Hua Yun was resentfully cleaning the Siberian roe deer.

But the brown bear was a bit different.

Chen Wen looked at the bear’s pierced digestive organs and mused: Seems like there’s nothing inside; did this guy digest that quickly? Or was that pile of feces its last batch from recent days?

Shaking his head, Chen Wen stopped dwelling on these disgusting thoughts.

Instead, he continued to process the brown bear.

The edible intestines were picked out, fat was separated, and even some easily deboned parts had their bones stripped.

Having decided to hunt here, Chen Wen planned to roast the bear meat after processing it.

Just like how the crocodile was roasted over at Caprivi.

This method makes storage relatively easy.

Moreover, there are sufficient materials here for processing.

The Siberian roe deer processed by Hua Yun was to be kept for their meals in the following days.

After roughly processing their prey, the time gradually moved towards the afternoon.

Chen Wen started looking for materials to roast.

He found many lush branches in the forest, removing the thicker parts and keeping the ones with more leaves and thinner branches.

He searched for over an hour before hauling a large amount of branches back to the camp using a sled.

Hua Yun had dug a pit for roasting meat with earth.

Chen Wen left the branches at the camp and then went to the surrounding woods to gather many stones, transporting them to the camp.

He placed the stones at the bottom of the pit, then began to pile firewood and ignited it.

As the firewood continuously burned, the stones below were heated and sterilized by the flames.

This burning lasted until dusk.

Looking at the stones that had been burning for almost an afternoon, Chen Wen felt it was just right.

He spread the collected branches on top, then into the small pit went the bear meat seasoned, wrapped with leaves and soil.

This time, Chen Wen divided the brown bear into many parts for roasting.

After placing the food inside, he covered it with another layer of dirt, and then it was the long wait of roasting.

Chen Wen didn’t concern himself much, having had the experience last time, he could handle the entire process with ease, without worrying about it burning or failing.

However, considering the low temperatures here, both in the air and the ground.

Before sleeping in the evening, and during night watch, Chen Wen added more fire over the roasting pit.

Achieving the effect of keeping warm.

Overall, Chen Wen was quite meticulous about these bear meats.

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The next morning.

After breakfast, Chen Wen felt the roasting was about done.

Using a wooden stick, he slowly pushed aside the soil covering the bear meat.

Then, Chen Wen took out the bear meat wrapped in soil separately.

The soil was still slightly warm.

Chen Wen carefully knocked off the dried soil, revealing the bear meat wrapped in leaves and branches.

He cautiously picked up a piece of bear meat, feeling the doneness.

He had to admit, this piece of bear meat was roasted quite well, overall retaining a lot of its juices, and beyond the aroma of the seasoning, Chen Wen could also smell some botanical fragrance.

It was very refreshing.

"Seems like the bear meat will taste nice,"

said Chen Wen, storing away the bear meat.

Other pieces of bear meat were also taken out by Chen Wen one after another.

He used the cleaned bear skin as a base to lay the bear meat.

Meanwhile, Chen Wen also found some clean branches to cover over the bear meat, preventing it from being noticed by any flying animals.

Thus, the bear meat was stored properly.

However, Chen Wen did not bury the roasting pit.

He divided the roe deer meat a bit too, intending to handle it today.

While Hua Yun, carrying weapons and the Golden Eagle, prepared to go into the woods in search of prey.

With the brown bear dead.

This area no longer had animals that could threaten them, making it an excellent opportunity for hunting!

Hua Yun and the Golden Eagle planned to first locate the prey and determine their activity areas.

Once determined.

Tomorrow, Hua Yun and Chen Wen planned to cooperate and hunt the prey they found.

Once done, their hunting trip would be just about complete.

Then they could go back to rest directly.

Moreover, starting from last night, Chen Wen could clearly feel the temperature continuing to drop.

The winter of Lake Baikal was also about to arrive.

In the period before the first heavy snow sealing the mountains, it was the best hunting time for Chen Wen and the others.

Once the heavy snow falls, the accumulation here can reach several meters deep.

At that time, trying to move and hunt in the mountains and forests will become very difficult.

Even during hunting, encountering danger will be more likely.

In short, this is their last chance for large-scale hunting.

Once they miss this opportunity, they’ll just have to rely on fishing and exchanging food from hunters like Arseny.

With this in mind, Hua Yun began her search.

And the Golden Eagle followed Hua Yun, leaving the campsite.

Chen Wen was busy roasting the roe deer, everything was going smoothly.